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T. G. Masaryk Czech SchoolSunday, October 26th, 2025 at 3:56am

MAREK TORČÍK AT T. G. MASARYK CZECH SCHOOL — TODAY AT 5 PM 🇨🇿📚

Join us for an afternoon presentation with acclaimed Czech author Marek Torčík, whose debut novel Memory Burn (Rozložíš paměť) won the Magnesia Litera Prize for Prose (2024) and is now newly available in English.

📅 Today — Sunday, October 26
🕔 5:00 PM
📍 T. G. Masaryk Czech School
🎟️ Free and open to the public

Join us for the book talk, and stay for refreshments and book signing. The discussion will be held in English, and copies of both the original Czech version and the freshly published English translation will be available for purchase.

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T. G. Masaryk Czech SchoolThursday, October 23rd, 2025 at 12:58pm

Representing T. G. Masaryk Czech School, a proud member of the Chicago Cultural Alliance, at the Homerathon hosted by the National Hellenic Museum in Chicago’s vibrant Greektown 🇬🇷. Our group took part by reading Book V of Homer’s Odyssey—including several passages in Czech 📖🌊

We were honored to be joined by Chicago Tribune writer Ron Grossman and his wife Diane Wagner, both longtime friends of our school, Deputy Consul Ondřej Pometlo, Ms. Nancy Purcell, co-chair of the Prague Committee of Sister Cities International, and—most importantly—our wonderful students Greg Vinkler, Hugh Graham, and Klárka Šebestíková 👏🩷

Special thanks to our teacher Irena for coordinating our school’s participation in this inspiring event 🙏

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T. G. Masaryk Czech SchoolWednesday, October 22nd, 2025 at 4:15pm

This year’s Czech Heritage Week concluded at our school with a poetic evening featuring writer and performer Ondřej Macl and our own Janet Witt, TGM student and actress. Their performance, based on Ondřej’s award-winning work I Love My Grandma More Than Young Women, was a beautiful collage filled with tenderness, humor, and reflection. And yes, the evening drew a lovely crowd — including more than a few grandmas! 💕

Ondřej had a busy week in Chicago — on Thursday he performed at the Poetry Foundation during the celebration of the European Day of Languages, and on Saturday he led a workshop with our children, analyzing and rewriting the Czech national anthem based on what “home” means to them. Later that day, he held a similar workshop at the Alliance Française with children from different countries and backgrounds — all of whom left singing Kde domov můj? 🇨🇿🎶

Ondro, you were the kindest and most wonderful guest to our school — thank you for sharing your stories with us, and we hope you’ll be back soon! 🙏😘 And as we all know, to make a happy guest you need a wonderful host — so big thanks also to our teacher Kristýna, who takes such good care of all our visitors and makes everyone feel at home.🌟

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T. G. Masaryk Czech SchoolMonday, October 20th, 2025 at 5:54am

This week, the Symphony Center will resound with The “New World” Symphony No. 9 led by Riccardo Muti.

🎟 Use code CZECH for 20% off your ticket order!

Muti conducts Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony
📅 Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
📅 Friday, October 31, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.
📅 Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.

TICKETS: https://cso.org/performances/25-26/cso-classical/muti-conducts-strauss-hindemith-dvorak-9/

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T. G. Masaryk Czech SchoolThursday, October 16th, 2025 at 2:50pm

🇨🇿📚 Memory Burn – USA Book Tour by Marek Torčík

It’s an honor to welcome acclaimed Czech author Marek Torčík to our school during his U.S. book tour! Considering all the distinguished places on his schedule — from Harvard University to Columbia University, the University of Chicago, and the Czech Embassy in Washington, D.C. — we are proud to be among them and to host him at the T. G. Masaryk Czech School on Sunday, October 26 at 5:00 PM.

🗓 Tour Schedule
📍Monday, October 20 | 5:30–7:00 PM
Harvard University – Barker Center, Thompson Room
12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138

📍Wednesday, October 22 | 12:15 PM – Columbia University, New York, NY
https://harriman.columbia.edu/.../memory-burn-a-reading.../

📍Thursday, October 23 | 6:00 PM
European Literature Night
Ukrainian Institute of America
2 E 79th St, New York, NY 10075

📍Sunday, October 26 | 5:00 PM
T. G. Masaryk Czech School
5701 W 22nd Place, Cicero, IL

📍 Monday, October 27 | 4:30 PM
University of Chicago – Classics Building, Room 110
1010 E 59th St, Chicago, IL
https://slavic.uchicago.edu/news-events/events/marek-torcik-memory-burn

📍Tuesday, October 28 | 6:30 PM
Bergstrom Press & Books
10425 Fawcett St, Kensington, MD 20895

📍Wednesday, October 29 | 6:00 PM
Embassy of the Czech Republic
3900 Spring of Freedom St NW, Washington, D.C.

“Memory bulldozes everything. It erases everything except our strongest recollections. You have to work hard to find the weaker ones, the happier ones. You dredge them up from the bottom, covered in mud and algae. But why summon them now? Why resurrect anything from memory? Why are you always raking about in there?”

Torčík's award-winning debut novel Memory Burn (Rozložíš paměť), translated by Graeme and Suzanne Dibble, portrays the struggle to overcome the past with empathy and precision. Don’t miss this rising literary voice from Central Europe.

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T. G. Masaryk Czech SchoolWednesday, October 8th, 2025 at 4:31am

The first concerts featuring the music of Antonín Dvořák are coming up this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. 🎻🎶

Antonín Dvořák at Symphony Center 🎶

This October, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra presents two programs featuring the music of Antonín Dvořák. Hear the folk-infused elegance of his Violin Concerto, performed by Augustin Hadelich, and the sweeping emotion of the “New World” Symphony No. 9, led by Riccardo Muti.

Surrounded by works from Brahms, Kodály, Strauss, and Hindemith, these concerts honor Dvořák not just as a composer, but as a living voice of Czech heritage.

🎟 Use code CZECH for 20% off your ticket order!

Hadelich plays Dvořák’s Violin Concerto
📅 Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
📅 Friday, October 10, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. (at Wheaton College)
📅 Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
TICKETS: https://cso.org/performances/25-26/cso-classical/hadelich-dvorak-brahms-2/

Muti conducts Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony
📅 Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
📅 Friday, October 31, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.
📅 Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
TICKETS: https://cso.org/performances/25-26/cso-classical/muti-conducts-strauss-hindemith-dvorak-9/

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