To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Velvet Revolution
The Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Chicago in cooperation with
The American Friends of the Czech Republic, EuroChicago, the Gene Siskel Film Center
Northwestern University, the Prague Committee of the Chicago Sister Cities International Program, and The University of Chicago Center for International Studies
Velvet Redoux: 20 Years of Freedom in Central and Eastern Europe
October-November 2009
October 28 – December 23, 9:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Exhibition “20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Iron Curtain”
Consulate General of the Czech Republic
205 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1680
www.mzv.cz/chicago
November 4, 6:00 p.m.
Roundtable with the Consuls General of the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary and Poland
University of Chicago
International House, 1414 E. 59th St.
http://cis.uchicago.edu/1989
November 5
“Remembering the Velvet Hurricane” – Art collector Dr. J. Kyncl remembers writer
Bohumil Hrabal´s visit to Chicago in 1989
Consulate General of the Czech Republic
205 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1680
www.mzv.cz/chicago
November 10, 6:00 p.m.
Gala Award Dinner: The Woodrow Wilson Monument Returns to Prague
American Friends of the Czech Republic celebrate 20 Years of Freedom
Honoring Mayor Richard M. Daley
Ritz-Carlton Chicago, 160 E. Pearson St.
www.afocr.org
November 16, 8:00 p.m.
Chicago premiere of the documentary film “Citizen Havel”
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N. State St.
www.siskelfi lmcenter.org
More information at www.mzv.cz/chicago or 312-861-1037, ext. 100.
