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The Rooms Where It Happened

Havel in the MediaThe Rooms Where It HappenedVHLFJuly 24, 2021Source: The Wilson Quarterly / www.wilsonquarterly.com / By Richard Byrne / Theatres are physical structures. Creative works – plays, operas, concerts, dance – make their home in them for a brief moment in time. Then they disappear. The building remains, but only memories linger. The spaces in which landmark diplomatic …Read more...

Havel – Summer Rooftop Movies

NewsHavel – Summer Rooftop MoviesVHLFJuly 17, 2021Summer Rooftop Movies continue! Commemorating the anniversary of August 21, we are partnering with the Czech Center New York to show the 2020 narrative film directed by Slavek Horak Havel. Thursday, August 19, 2021, 8 pm Bohemian National Hall, 321 E 73rd Street, New York More than a simple biopic, …Read more...

Dmitri Strotsev Wins the 2021 Disturbing the Peace Award to a Courageous Writer at Risk

AwardsDmitri Strotsev Wins the 2021 Disturbing the Peace Award to a Courageous Writer at RiskVHLFJune 30, 2021The Vaclav Havel Library Foundation announced today that the winner of the 2021 Disturbing the Peace Award to a Courageous Writer at Risk is Belarusian poet and publisher Dmitri Strotsev. Since the mid-2000s, Strotsev has chronicled state repression in Belarus in poetic form. Strotsev has helped lead the unprecedented popular …Read more...

Gene Therapy: Immoral and stupid, suppression will fail

Havel in the MediaGene Therapy: Immoral and stupid, suppression will failVHLFJune 19, 2021Source: Pittsburg Post Gazette / www.post-gazette.com / By Gene Collier / We might not have even the slipperiest handle on it for another 17 months, and we might not get any degree of certainty about it until late 2024, but I’m starting to suspect that the people trying so very …Read more...

2021 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival, Embracing the Inexplicable

Theater2021 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival, Embracing the InexplicableVHLFMay 31, 2021Bohemian National Hall in New York City June 21 – 30, 2021 Vaclav Havel Library Foundation and Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association are pleased to present the 2021 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival as it returns to in-person format. The festival’s fourth edition offers to audiences a program of two …Read more...

A dictator’s brazen act against a truth-teller

Havel in the MediaA dictator’s brazen act against a truth-tellerVHLFMay 28, 2021Source: The Christian Science Monitor / www.csmonitor.com / The forced landing of an airliner in Belarus to arrest one journalist shows how much the regime fears its own people – and their acts of “living in the truth.” Four months ago, Pavel Latushka, a dissident fighting a dictatorship in Belarus, …Read more...

2021 Annual Gala: The Play’s the Thing

News2021 Annual Gala: The Play’s the ThingVHLFMay 26, 2021Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association & Vaclav Havel Library Foundation Annual Gala: THE PLAY’S THE THING With guest of honor Sir Tom Stoppard Join us for a festive celebration of the legacy of Vaclav Havel and Czech and Slovak communities’ presence in New York! With two-time Tony Award-winning actress Christine …Read more...

Disturbing the Peace Award 2021: Short List of Nominees Announced

AwardsDisturbing the Peace Award 2021: Short List of Nominees AnnouncedVHLFMay 25, 2021The Vaclav Havel Library Foundation’s Disturbing the Peace Award to a Courageous Writer at Risk honors distinguished writers of fiction and non-journalistic non-fiction who have been unjustly punished for challenging oppressive regimes. The award recognizes writers who share the values of Vaclav Havel, the Czech playwright who was imprisoned for …Read more...

How the right-wing is fighting back against ‘cancel culture’ in the Czech Republic

Havel in the MediaHow the right-wing is fighting back against ‘cancel culture’ in the Czech RepublicVHLFMay 17, 2021Source:euronews / www.euronews.com / By David Hutt / While the current trend in Europe appears to be censoring social media content, the Czech Republic is considering the opposite. Czech MPs have passed the first reading of a legal amendment that would criminalise social media firms if they ban content that …Read more...

Portrait of a playwright as an enemy of the state

Havel ArchivesPortrait of a playwright as an enemy of the stateVHLFMay 11, 2021Source: The New York Times / www.nytimes.com / By Samuel G. Freedman / The cottage belongs to Vaclav Havel, the Czechoslovak playwright, and although it sits in the hills near the Polish border it resembles nothing so much as a Manhattanite’s Litchfield County retreat. Mr. Havel built the house himself …Read more...

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