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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! The evening’s highlights will include a …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...

The explosive reset of Czech–Russian relations

Havel in the MediaThe explosive reset of Czech–Russian relationsVHLFMay 5, 2021Source: Australian Strategic Policy Institute / www.aspistrategist.org.au / By Erik Tabery / The Czech Republic has endured one of its most dramatic fortnights since the Velvet Revolution in 1989, following the government’s announcement that two Russian agents were responsible for explosions at a munitions depot in the Moravian village of …Read more...

Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul awarded 2020 Vaclav Havel prize

NewsSaudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul awarded 2020 Vaclav Havel prizeVHLFApril 28, 2021Source: euronews / www.euronews.com / By Euronews / The Council of Europe has awarded its 2020 Václav Havel Human Rights prize to Loujain al-Hathloul. The Saudi activist pushed to end a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia, but was arrested in 2018 and sentenced to almost six years in …Read more...

HAVEL CONVERSATIONS ON ZOOM: Asli Erdogan in discussion with Elzbieta Matynia

Havel ConversationsHAVEL CONVERSATIONS ON ZOOM: Asli Erdogan in discussion with Elzbieta MatyniaVHLFApril 23, 2021Disturbing the Peace Award recipient, Turkish writer Asli Erdogan will talk about her position of a dissident writer, a woman prisoner of conscience, Havel’s legacy, what hope meant for him and where we should look for it. She will be in discussion with Elzbieta Matynia, Professor of Sociology and Liberal …Read more...

2021 [Virtual] Spring Weekend: Concerning Human Identity

Theater2021 [Virtual] Spring Weekend: Concerning Human IdentityVHLFApril 6, 2021Experience award-winning contemporary plays by Eastern European playwrights addressing current social and political issues in pursuit of truth April 16 – 25, 2021 online on Zoom The Vaclav Havel Library Foundation and Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York and Consulate General of Slovakia …Read more...

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