Mt. Trashmore Challenge 2024 is coming soon!

Trashmore Challenge 2024

LOOKING FOR A UNIQUE WAY TO GET IN SHAPE AND HAVE SOME FUN?

Sign up for the Trashmore Challenge  for an opportunity to climb our local treasure and earn coupons and prizes along the way! Climbing the mountain 140 times is equivalent to climbing Mt. Everest ~ ARE YOU UP FOR THE CHALLENGE? REGISTER FOR THE CHALLENGE AT TRASHMORECHALLENGE.COM

The DISTRICT is teaming up with the Solid Waste Agency to promote wellness in our community and bring some foot traffic to shops & restaurants, and museums & cultural organizations in Czech Village & New Bohemia.

Signup for 2024 is scheduled to begin April 1. Climb tracking for the 2024 season will formally begin April 20, 2024 (Ecofest day!). Past users counts will reset and new users will be able to signup then. Plus we’ll have new prizes and other fun as this popular program continues!

More information will appear at this address by April 1, 2024. Please come back then.

Questions? Want to be a Sponsor? Please contact:
Zac Hornung, Recreation Coordinator, Solid Waste Agency

Our favorite Sunday of the month!!! Join us at Lucky's today for a traditional Czech dinner. You will not want to miss it!
EVERY first Sunday of the month come down to Lucky's in the heart of Czech Village and enjoy an authentic Czech dinner!

You won't want to miss out on an amazing dinner that is made with original Czech recipes!

Dinner will run from 4pm-7pm!! But don't wait until last minute because we will run out!

NO RESERVATIONS OR CALL AHEADS! DINE IN ONLY!

The menu:

Czech Goulash

Dumplings

Sauerkraut

Sunday, April 7

4pm-7pm

#luckyson16th #czechdinner #sundayczechdinner

St. Joseph’s Day Dance

Sponsored by the Czech Heritage Foundation

Music by Becky & The Ivanhoe Dutchmen

Sunday, March 24, 2024

1 pm – 5 pm

DanceMor

77 2nd St SE, Swisher, IA 52338

Tickets are $10 per person and available at the door

21 and under FREE

50/50 Raffle | Bake Sale

All profits go to support the many educational projects and programs of   

The Czech Heritage Foundation of Iowa

Czech’em Out Book Club hosted by the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library at the Skala Bartizal Library. Held every 3rd Monday of the month from 1-2:30 PM.

The Quiet Hero Booktalk with George Drost

The Quiet Hero is a true story about John Anton Drost who emerges as a beacon of hope, defying adversity and persecution with unwavering courage during WWII. His son, George Drost, current NCSML Board of Trustee Member, will give a presentation of his family’s story.

Cost: Free

Brews and Irish tunes by Kellen O’Cullom! Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in style! After the SAPADAPASO parade.

Kellen O'Cullom is a Cedar Rapids native and Celtic music enthusiast performing a selection of Irish folk songs. Guaranteed to stir up your fondness of the Emerald Isle, these songs are required reading for all you brewery loving Paddy's Day fans out there. Part of that time honored tradition balancing rollicking pub tunes with a good old fashioned facade of composure and decency, Kellen is your local Plastic Paddy. The parade day is changed this year to Saturday. That's March 12th, 2022, so mark your calendars and make your St. Patrick's Day celebration complete at Lion Bridge. Come have a listen and say hey! Slainte!

kellenocullom.bandcamp.com/

Live Irish Music! Stop by and get festive, enjoy our traditional Bangers & Mash with a pint of our World Beer Cup Winner- Olde 17 Irish Stout!

Slainte!

Classic Rock & Blues "Music is like a dream..." It transcends you to a different time and place and evokes emotion. It takes you up and down like a roller coaster ride. It's the thing that makes you feel sexy, powerful, groovy, and makes you feel ALIVE. Join us for some Classic Rock & Blues and some delicious brews! (12) Facebook

Join us this Wednesday to support another great nonprofit and enjoy some free BINGO too. NAMI Linn County will be calling BINGO this week!!

And if you can’t join us at 6, stop by for breakfast or lunch because a portion of the entire days sales (on Wednesday) goes to NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)!

#luckyson16th #nonprofitwednesdays #Nami #namilinncounty

Red Tape: Radio and Politics in Czechoslovakia 1945-1969

March 9 @ 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

In socialist Eastern Europe, radio simultaneously produced state power and created the conditions for it to be challenged. As the dominant form of media in Czechoslovakia from 1945 until 1969, Communist officials, broadcast journalists, and audiences used radio technologies and institutions to negotiate questions of citizenship and rights. Rosamund Johnston will reconstruct the relationship between radio reporters and the listeners who liked and trusted them while recognizing that they produced both propaganda and entertainment. By focusing on listeners’ feedback, captured in thousands of pieces of fan mail, she will show how a non-democratic society established, stabilized, and reproduced itself.

Johnston argues that all media is social media. As such, a study of socialist radio holds important lessons for those seeking to understand current fake news debates and the Facebook and X politics of our own time.

About Rosamund Johnston

Rosamund Johnston is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Vienna. She is the author of Red Tape: Radio and Politics in Czechoslovakia, 1945-1969, published by Stanford University Press. She has also authored one book of public history, Havel in America: Interviews with American Intellectuals, Politicians, and Artists, released by Czech publisher Host in 2019. Her work has also appeared in Central European History, the Journal of Cold War Studies, East Central Europe, Harvard Ukrainian Studies, Scottish newspaper The National, on public broadcaster Czech Radio, and in the NCSML’s own Slovo magazine. Between 2009 and 2013, she was the oral history project coordinator at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library. She is currently researching the global history of Czechoslovakia between 1954 and 1994 through its arms trade.

Concert by Ambros duo Prague RSVP

March 8 @ 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Ambroš Duo Prague, consisting of violinist Miroslav Ambroš and pianist Zuzana Ambrošová, will bring to life the music of Antonín Dvořák, Josef Suk, and Bedřich Smetana, and more during the evening’s concert.

Cost: Free with suggested freewill donation of $10 to help cover related costs.

Program:

Antonín  Dvořák:  Romantic Pieces  op.75

Allegro moderato

Allegro maestoso

Allegro appassionato

Larghetto

Josef Suk: Radúz  and  Mahulena  Op. 16 – violin solo from Fairy-Tale

Bedřich Smetana:  From  my   homeland  –  Two duos

1. Moderato

2. Andantino

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Josef Suk jun.:  Romance

Antonín Dvořák:  Humoreska

Antonín  Dvořák:  Mazurek  e minor Op. 49

Dedicated to Pablo de Sarasate

Sylvie Bodorová:  Dža more- Gypsy  Ballad

Pablo  de Sarasate:  Concert Fantasy on Faust

RSVP

EVERY first Sunday of the month come down to Lucky's in the heart of Czech Village and enjoy an authentic Czech dinner!

You won't want to miss out on an amazing dinner that is made with original Czech recipes!

Dinner will run from 4pm-7pm!! But don't wait until last minute because we will run out!

NO RESERVATIONS OR CALL AHEADS! DINE IN ONLY!

SOKO Outfitters 41 16th Ave SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404

Our rock climbing wall is great for indoor private climbing, and we’d love for you to book your next climbing party. Four routes (easy, medium, hard, and a challenge route)

• Molded from the rocks of Taylors Falls, a local climbing crag just north of the Twin Cities

 CLICK HERE TO SIGN OUR CLIMBING WALL WAIVER

The wall is open Friday & Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM, Sunday 11 AM - 2PM

• $5 for 2 climbs

• $10 for two people up to 1 hour

Contact the store and speak with Chad or Cortney to schedule usage of the wall outside of hours, parties and lessons.

Email info@sokooutfitters.com anytime or call 319-200-4848 during store hours. 

Students of all ages (preschool through college) are invited to visit the NCSML’s exhibits for free on the first Saturday of each month. College students must bring a current school ID card.

Cost: Free with student ID.

Sponsored by: UFG Insurance

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Join me tomorrow for dinner and music with the Up In Smoke BBQ crew. Word on the street is that my dad will be there. Tell your friends!

2 for 1 beers from 4-7.

Adam Sines

Shop Small for the Holidays! Come down to the Village to shop and explore all the offerings the small businesses in the area have to offer.

BrewNost is the Midwest’s premier international beer festival that supports the educational and cultural mission of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library. Join us for a lively event featuring unlimited food and beverage from some of the area’s finest restaurants, local breweries and distilleries, along with international beers, wine, and spirits.

More Details to Come!

More Details to Come!

Enjoy music from the 20’s, 30’s, 40’s and polkas

Don’t forget to bring your lawn chairs!

Ready for some polka? Join us at the Kosek Bandstand for a fun night of entertainment with the Czech Plus Band.

EVERY first Sunday of the month come down to Lucky's in the heart of Czech Village and enjoy an authentic Czech dinner!

You won't want to miss out on an amazing dinner that is made with original Czech recipes! Homemade rye bread and kolaches from Sykora's Bakery right across the street!

Dinner will run from 4pm-7pm!! But don't wait until last minute because we will run out!

NO RESERVATIONS OR CALL AHEADS! DINE IN ONLY

Enjoy music from the 20’s, 30’s, 40’s and polkas

Don’t forget to bring your lawn chairs!