The Student Mini-Drama Contest is back!
In 2023, The Václav Havel Library Foundation will continue with our Student Mini-Drama Contest, announcing the program both for Czech and American …
TV review: Simon Schama on the power of the arts to challenge autocracy
Source: The Irish News / https://irishnews.com / By Billy Foley / Simon Schama: History of Now, BBC 2 and iPlayer Simon Schama’s …
Fedir Kis and Zuzana Sklibova are winners of the annual contest for the best mini-drama
The Havel Foundation in partnership with the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague announce that Fedir Kis and …
Writer Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz, Who Connected Czech Dissidents With The West, Dies Aged 95
Source: BRNO Daily / https://brnodaily.com / By Czech News Agency / Prague, Nov 7 (CTK) – Writer and translator Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz, who …
Putin’s war on Ukraine is also a war on truth
Source: The Washington Post / https://www.washingtonpost.com / By Vladimir Kara-Murza / “It takes incredible courage in today’s Russia to stand against the …
HAVEL CONVERSATION: Lou Reed, Vaclav Havel, and the Velvet Revolution
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium 111 Amsterdam Ave, New York Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 6 – …
Vladimir Kara-Murza wins Václav Havel Human Rights Prize
Source: Radio Prague International / https://english.radio.cz / By Ruth Frankova / Russian publicist and opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza has been awarded this …
VHLF & BBLA 2022 Annual Gala FOLLOWING DREAMS honoring Peter Sís Bohemian National Hall, New York, September 22, 2022
Opening Remarks by Martin Palous President, Vaclav Havel Foundation Good evening and welcome — dear friends and supporters of the Vaclav Havel …
Havel Conversations: Eva Heyd in discussion with Alex Zucker
Rehearsal for Truth Festival, Bohemian National Hall, New York June 14, 2022 Translator Alex Zucker was in conversation with photographer, curator, and …
Andrey Kurkov, Winner of the Disturbing the Peace Award of Vaclav Havel Foundation
By Joanne Leedom-Ackerman |New York, September 22, 2022 “The penguin,” said Viktor bleakly, “is me.” You must read Death and the Penguin …