CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Peter Pellegrini, the president of Slovakia, arrived in Iowa on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, as part of a multi-day celebration in Cedar Rapids. Pellegrini participated in a ribbon-cutting for The Slovak Epic exhibit at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library with museum President and CEO Cecilia Rokusek and visited […]
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Inside the immigrant clock tower transfo...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Visitors to BrewNost will see a sneak peek of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library’s transformed clock tower on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. The Prague-style astronomical clock, or orloj, includes 12 figurines symbolizing immigration that were installed this week, hand-carved by Slovak artist Andrej Haršány, of Borová, a village […]
Old and new: Photographer creates unique...
CEDAR RAPIDS — Slovak photographer Monika Klučiarová has long been passionate about taking photos of newborns, and had always held a fascination with Slovakian folk costumes, called kroje. Combining the two created a unique art form “that merges the innocent beauty of newborns with the treasured works of our ancestors,” Klučiarová said during the opening […]