By Dr. Josef A. Mestenhauser These are three questions in one – and answers depend on three different concepts that I will try to relate to each other. One is what we actually know – in our case about the Czech and Slovak republkics that we have learned from school or experience that is “stored” in our brain. For most people that knowledge about the Czech and Slovak Republics and their people is very skimpy. The second concept is one of...

  Announcing the 2011 Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival slated for April 14 through May 5, 2011 at the five-screen St. Anthony Main Theatre (115 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414). For three weeks, the Festival presents over 200 films from some 60 countries (including Slovakia and Czech Republic) and the Twin Cities celebrates the arrival of the best of international and independent filmmaking. Modra Showtimes:...

Traditional Czech/Slovak Family Easter Celebration hosted by Czech/Slovak Mom’s Club at CSPS Sokol Hall When: Saturday, April 23, 2011 Program 12:00-1:00 potluck (bring items to share) 1:00-2:00 Czech/Slovak Easter activities (bring blown out unpainted eggs) 2:00-3:00 puppet show, pomlázka/korbač The most significant tradition of Czech/Slovak Easter are painted eggs. At our Sokol Easter celebration, you will have a chance to learn how to...

The final World Curling Federation (WCF) championships of the 2010-2011 season get underway on Sunday 17 April, 2011 when Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA plays host to the 2011 World Mixed Doubles Championship and the 2011 World Seniors Curling Championships. The two events will run until Saturday 23 April and will be staged simultaneously in the historic eight-sheeter St Paul Curling Club which was originally founded in 1888 and is currently...