Learn Czech with Sokol Spirit

3909 Prairie Ave., Brookfield, IL

Questions: czechclass@sokolspirirt.org or call 708-442-4444

(Call for part-time options)

Register at first class of each session

All classes use: “Basic Czech I” by Ana Adamovicova and Darina Ivanovova (Available on Amazon $18) plus handouts

2018-19 Sessions

Basic Conversational Czech - Monday Mornings from 10 AM to 11:30

• Session I – 12 weeks, September 10 to December 3, 2018 - $190

• Session II – 10 weeks, January 7 to March 11, 2019 - $160

• Session III – 10 weeks, March 18 to May 20, 2019 - $160

Intermediate Conversational Czech – Wednesday Evenings 7PM to 8:30

• Session I – 12 weeks, September 12 to December 5, 2018 - $190

• Session II – 10 weeks, January 9 to March 13, 2019 - $160

• Session III – 10 weeks, March 20 to May 22, 2019 - $160

Czech Movie Nights at Sokol Spirit – NOW - 3rd Friday of the Month

Save these dates. Movies start at 7PM and $5 includes a Czech beer or a water or soft drink if you prefer. Discussion of the movie follows.

Enjoy the movie and stick around for World Beer Club – Each month features themes, beer types or regions.

September 21, 2018 – Burning Bush, (Hořicí Keř) Part 1 and 2 of a 2013 HBO Europe mini series. Biography/Drama (151 min) PG - violence Story of Jan Palach and the attorney who defended his legacy.

October 19, 2018 Burning Bush, (Hořicí Keř) Part 3 (77 minutes) See description above

November 16, 2018 Loves of a Blonde, (Lásky Jedné Plavovlásky) 1965, (88 minutes), B/W, R-Nudity.  First Oscar nominated film directed/written by Czech New Wave Milos Forman.

December 21, All My Good Countrymen, (Všichni Dobří Rodáci) 1968, 114 minutes, B/W, PG-Nudity.  Directed/Written by Czech New Wave Vojtech Jasny

January 18, 2019, Fireman’s Ball 1967, 97 minutes, G. Oscar nominated film which was directed/written by Milos Forman.

February 15, 2019, The Shop on Main Street, 1964, 125 Minutes, B/W, PG-13-Violence. Winner of the1965 Oscar for best foreign film.

March 15 2019, The Firth Horseman is Fear, 1964, 100 minutes, B/W, PG-13-Violence.

April 21, 2019, Closely Watched Trains, 1966, 93 minutes, B/W, R-Violence/Nudity. ALL Czech New Wave-Director Jiri Menzel; Written by Jiri Menzel & Bohumil Hrabal

May 17, Black Peter,  1963, 86 minutes, B/W, PG 13- nudity. Directed by Milos Forman

June 21, Capricious Summer, 1967, 75 minutes, G. ALL CZECH NEW WAVE-Director Jiri Menzel;