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  • ‘Hero’ Activist Makes Heart Symbol As She’s Jailed for 11 YearsNews‘Hero’ Activist Makes Heart Symbol As She’s Jailed for 11 YearsVHLFSeptember 14, 2021Source: VICE / www.vice.com / By Tim Hume / Maria Kolesnikova had been hailed for her bravery when she ripped up her passport to prevent authorities in Belarus from forcibly deporting her. She was similarly defiant in the face of her lengthy sentence. A leading Belarusian opposition figure smiled and …Read more...
  • Let’s not forget we’re choosing our politicians while the world burns down around usHavel in the MediaLet’s not forget we’re choosing our politicians while the world burns down around usVHLFAugust 28, 2021Source: The Narwhal / https://thenarwhal.ca / By Arno Kopecky / Set against the magnitude of this crisis, our inescapable smallness. There’s just no way around it: I can swear off the internal combustion engine, renounce meat, cover my roof in solar panels, touch no plastic, and plant a hundred trees …Read more...
  • The Rooms Where It HappenedHavel 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 MoviesNewsHavel – 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 RiskAwardsDmitri 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 failHavel 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 InexplicableTheater2021 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-tellerHavel 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 ThingNews2021 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 AnnouncedAwardsDisturbing 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...

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Look who popped in during our gala?! Sir Tom Stoppard, albeit via Zoom. A surprise moment for our guests and supporters. 😃 Photo @rathkopfphoto.
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Thank you to everyone who came out to our 2021 Annual Gala last Thursday! We hope you had a great time. 😃 Thank you for your continued support of our programs & our mission to preserve #VaclavHavel legacy in the US. #HumanRights #theater #nyc #vhlf https://t.co/iCdUnkqvCu
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