Wednesday, March 19, 2008
AARO - 3rd Thursday - March 20th
AARO Movie - **Time change** - Wednesday 26th March
Sunday, March 16, 2008
AARO - CORRECTION - 3rd Thursday 20th March
Please note corrected dates from Don's text: The previous 3rd Thursday took place on February 21st.
This month's 3rd Thursday is this week, March 20th from 6pm at Resto Café Patio.
My apologies for any confusion.
Jeremy Willis
AARO Prague Events Chair
AARO - 3rd Thursday 20th April
Dear AARO Members:
If you didn't join your friends at the last AARO "Third Thursday" in February -- and if you're not already making plans to come to this month's "Third Thursday" on March 20 -- you're robbing yourself of one of the great benefits of your AARO membership.
The April 17th get-together was packed with most of our most active fellow members:
Grady Lida and Lida Lloyd, Irina Rybacek, Carol Sanford, Peter Ridder, Dale Wyatt, Jeremy Willis, Don Hill and Maggie Lawson, Bill Harter, Max and Dorothy Seunik, and Marion Williams and John Robbart.
New members Lorna Straka and Gloria Beranek also made it. So if you didn't, you missed a great evening. But not to worry. AARO will be circulating the details of the March "Third Thursday" in the next few days.
In addition, be sure to make your reservation for AARO's exclusive members-only pre-release screening on March 26 of the Oscar winning movie There Will Be Blood – to include as usual a social pay-bar.
: ) It's AARO time in Prague! Be there! : )
Thanks go to AARO Member Don Hill for contributing this note.
March 3rd Thursday will take place upstairs at Resto Café Patio, Narodní 22, Prague 1
www.lepatio.cz (between Tesco and Café Louvre)
From 6pm.
Metro: Narodní Třída; Trams: 22, 23, 9, 6
Jeremy Willis
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
AARO - FW: American independent film director Nina Menkes at the American Center
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Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 3:02 PM
To: Prague, American Center
Subject: American independent film director Nina Menkes at the American Center
AARO - FW: WARDEN MESSAGE: Announcement of an Extended Grace Period and Czech Visa Links
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 3:21 PM
Subject: WARDEN MESSAGE: Announcement of an Extended Grace Period and Czech Visa Links
Subject: Announcement of an Extended Grace Period and Czech Visa Links
Dear American Community:
„Grace Period" approved by the Minister of Interior for Americans awaiting long-term visas
The Ministry of the Interior informed the Embassy that they have established a grace period for Americans and other nationals of non-Schengen states awaiting long-term visas. The grace period applies only to citizens of visa-free countries, who during their legal stay (i.e. within the first 3 months beginning Dec. 21, 2007) applied for a long term visa, but have not received their visa due to the length of the procedure.
The police will be instructed not to take steps leading to expulsion of people falling under the grace period, which lasts until June 30, 2008.
However, if you are here beyond the 3-month allowable time and that is discovered during a spot check, the police are obliged (pursuant to the Aliens Act) to issue an exit order. An exit order is not the same as expulsion. It legalizes the stay of an overstayer for a set period which can be up to 60 days. This additional period should be sufficient for getting a long term visa (if applied for in time).
The Ministry of Interior notes that the grace period will not apply to anyone who is out of status if the immigration violation is discovered as the result of another crime. In addition, the grace period is only recognized in the Czech Republic, not in the other Schengen states.
For other Czech visa questions, please contact the following Czech websites or call the Foreign Policy Hotline at: 974-841-356 / 357 or e-mail at: infoscpp@mvcr.cz.
Sincerely,
The Consular Section
US Embassy Prague
AARO Prague
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
AARO Movie - Wednesday 26th March
You are cordially invited to a highly exclusive, pre-release
screening of the Oscar-winning movie There Will Be Blood, starring
Daniel Day-Lewis.
Day-Lewis recently picked up the Best Actor Oscar for his
spellbinding performance as Daniel Plainview, a ruthless and
enigmatic oilman seeking wealth and, ultimately, social isolation in
early 20th century California. The movie will be preceded as usual by
a social which by popular demand will now commence two hours before
the movie starts, pay bar will be open before and after the movie.
The movie has received numerous rave reviews, a sample of which can
be found on this link:
http://www.variety.com/VE1117935281.html
Where: Kino Atlas
When: Wednesday 26th March
Pre-movie social: 5:45pm
Movie start: 7:45pm sharp
Please note that this will be a Members-only event. For this reason,
Members are politely requested not to publicize this event beyond the
AARO Prague Membership in order to avoid any misunderstanding or
embarrassment. The movie will be projected from a DVD provided
exclusively to members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences for Academy Award consideration, and as such is being made
available to AARO Prague Members prior to it's public release only by
very special arrangement.
Please rsvp to this address no later than Friday March 14th, thank you.
Directions:
Kino Atlas
Sokolovska 1
Prague 8
Metro: Florenc
Trams: 8, 24 (Florenc); 3 (Tesnov)
From Florence tram stop, walk towards the Hilton parallel to the
highway, Kino Atlas is on your right approx 20 yards after the Ceska
Sporitelna bank on the corner.
