Thursday, August 06, 2009
American Center - Month ahead schedule
From: Hrncirova, Daniela [mailto:HrncirovaD@state.gov]
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 3:39 PM
Subject: MONTH AHEAD CALENDAR: August 1 - 31, 2009
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 3:39 PM
Subject: MONTH AHEAD CALENDAR: August 1 - 31, 2009
CALENDAR for the MONTH AHEAD: August 1 - 31, 2009
August is a very exciting month at the American Center. First, we welcome astronaut Andrew Feustel and his wife Indira at a special public event in our garden. Then another distinguished speaker, professor emeritus Edmund Lambeth of the University of Missouri's prestigious School of Journalism, visits to discuss how electronic media are changing the way we get our news. Still talking media, we will premiere The Paper, a documentary about the modern American newsroom. On the last day of August we invite all friends of the American Center and their families to enjoy the music of Rolnicka Praha, a youth chorus returning from an overseas tour, who will help us conclude the summer season and open our fall schedule. There will be a special surprise for kids, too: Portuguese Water Dogs, the same kind recently made popular when the Obamas added one to their family in the White House.
§ Abraham Lincoln: The Greatest American President exhibition in the American Center Foyer
§ Apollo 11: 40 Years Later exhibition in the American Center Library
§ Documentary movies celebrating 50 years of NASA
Come in and request a screening of new English-language NASA documentaries during July and August, Monday-Thursday, 1 p.m.- 4 p.m. in the American Center Library
§ Wednesday, August 5 , 2009
WHERE: Garden of the American Center, Tržiště 13, Prague 1 - Malá Strana
WHEN: 5:30 p.m.
WHAT: Andrew and Indira Feustel discussion and autograph session
Andrew J. Feustel, the last person who touched the Hubble telescope, and his wife Indira, who has Czech roots, are coming to the Czech Republic. The American Center, in cooperation with Astronomical Institute of Academy of Sciences Czech Republic, is very pleased to invite you to meet them and get an autograph at their only public lecture in Prague.
The event will be held in English with simultaneous translation.
§ Tuesday, August 11, 2009
WHERE: American Center, Tržiště 13, Prague 1 - Malá Strana
WHEN: 6 p.m.
WHAT: Journalism Movies Series: The Paper film screening
Interweaving the drama of pressure-cooker journalism with the energy and idealism of young reporters, THE PAPER explores the media from the fresh perspective of tomorrow's journalists. But the young reporters' dilemmas and decisions raise complicated questions about the role of the press in society…
The movie will be screened in English with English subtitles.
§ Tuesday, August 18, 2009
WHERE: American Center, Tržiště 13, Prague 1 - Malá Strana
WHEN: 4 p.m.
WHAT: Values, the New Media and Public Deliberation lecture
A lecture by Edmund B. Lambeth, Ph. D. professor emeritus of Journalism at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Professor Lambeth is coming to the Czech Republic to participate in American days at the Summer School of Journalism at Havlíčkův Brod August 19 – 20.
Lecture will be held in English with simultaneous translation.
§ Tuesday, August 25, 2009
WHERE: American Center, Tržiště 13, Prague 1 - Malá Strana
WHEN: 6 p.m.
WHAT: Journalism Movies Series: All the President's Men film screening
Directed by Alan J. Pakula and based on the Woodward/Bernstein book, All the President's Men won four 1976 Academy Awards. The film explores a working newspaper where the mission is to get the story – and get it right.
In the Watergate Building, four burglars are caught in the act when the lights go on unexpectedly, setting off a chain of revelations that drove a U.S. President from office. Washington reporters Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) grabbed the story and stayed with it through doubts, denials and discouragement. All the President's Men is their story.
The movie will be screened in English with English subtitles.
§ Tip of the Month
WHERE: American Center, Tržiště 13, Prague 1 - Malá Strana
WHEN: Monday, August 31, 5 p.m.
WHAT: Jingle bell sing multimedia program
A Family afternoon full of songs, summer stories and even dogs at the American Center garden. We will open a new season and jingle school bells with the Prague children's choir "Rolnička". Plus you can meet water dogs just like the one President Obama and his family have at the White House.
The program will be held in Czech.
Admission to all events is free of charge.
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