Events: August 2012
July 2012
September 2012
Václav Havel for Children
August 9, 2012, 14:00
Who are the Pižďuchs and why should we watch out for them? Come find out during the holidays at a workshop for children inspired by the only children’s book written by Václav Havel. Reservations info@vaclavhavel-library.org Anežka Bartlová and Veronika Boháčová will present the programme.
Jan Novák – Citizen Václav Havel Goes on Vacation
August 21, 2012, 19:00
The writer and documentary maker Jan Novák – author of such novels as Milionový džíp (Million Dollar Jeep), Zatím dobrý – příběh bratří Mašínů (So Far, So Good – The Story of the Mašín Brothers), Hic a kosa v Chicagu (Scorchers and Big Freezes in Chicago) – created a filmed reconstruction of a memorable holiday taken by Václav Havel in 1985 that turned into a massive police operation. Three-hundred police officers took part, his friends were subject to interrogations and searches following his visits, Václav Havel was arrested twice… and the summer reached a climax. That’s how it was in those days. There will be a Q&A with Jan Novák after the screening of Citizen Václav Havel Goes on Vacation (Adam Novák, Jan Novák 2005, 85 min), which has English sub-titles.
Jan Novák – Citizen Havel is Rolling Barrels
August 28, 2012, 19:00
The writer and documentary maker Jan Novák – author of such novels as Milionový džíp (Million Dollar Jeep), Zatím dobrý – příběh bratří Mašínů (So Far, So Good – The Story of the Mašín Brothers), Hic a kosa v Chicagu (Scorchers and Big Freezes in Chicago) – created a film adaptation of Václav Havel’s famous play "Audience". There will be a Q&A with Jan Novák after the screening of Citizen Havel is Rolling Barrels (Adam Novák, Jan Novák 2009, 72 min), which has English sub-titles.
Thinking With All Senses
August 28, 2012, 09:00
Nina Rutová’s workshop for Czech School Without Borders. Interactive “Havel in a Nutshell” seminar suitable for all age categories. (Work with photographs, songs, visual poems, short texts.) Nina Rutová is an instructor at the Václav Havel Library’s educational programme and is editor-in-chief of the magazine Rodina a škola (Family and School).