Sokol SF Newsletter - April 2024 |
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Sokol SF Calendar of Events |
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April 13, 2024
Get Together with Bohumír Janský and Eva Janská
April 14, 2024
Online Czech Meal Cooking Class
April 19, 2024
Lubomir Vejražka - Prednaška
Pribehy a osudy obeti rezimu
presented in Czech
April 21, 2024
Hike in Baylands Nature Preserve
June 8, 2024
Children's Day Picnic at Lake Chabot
October 12, 2024
Day of Czech and Slovak Culture and
Celebrating 120 years of Sokol San Francisco
October 27, 2024
Picnic and Sokolský Běh Republiky
All event times listed are in Pacific Time
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Dear Sokol SF members/Vestnik readers, we want to learn more about you.
Please take a moment to share your unique story with us and other Vestnik readers. We would like to know what life journey/event brought you across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States. If you are not shy and want to share your story with us, please email it to us by 08/31 at sokolsfevents@gmail.com
If possible, keep your text on one standard A4 page, which is approximately 280 words. Photographs, pictures, and other attachments are welcome and encouraged.
We are planning on posting your stories in our Vestnik newsletter.
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Vážení členove Sokols SF/čtenáři Věstníku
Udělejte si chvilku čas a podělte se s námi o Váš příběh.
Jaká životní cesta/událost Vás přivedla za Atlantický oceán - Spojených Státu Amerických.
Zašlete Váš příběh do 31.8. na e-mail:
Úskalí: jedna normostrana A4, cca 280 slov.
Vítány jsou fotografie, obrázky, jakákoliv doplňková příloha pro zpestření.
S velkým potěšením Váš příběh otiskneme ve Věstníku.
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Ongoing till August 31, 2024 |
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Get Together with
Prof. Bohumír Janský and Eva Janská, Ph.D.
Saturday, April 13, 2024
3 PM - 5 PM
Red Morton Community Center, Rm B
1120 Roosevelt Ave. Redwood City, CA
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We are delighted to invite our community to meet Bohumír Janský and Eva Janská, who will visit San Francisco on their way to a conference (AAG) in Hawaii.
Do not miss this unique opportunity to meet the highly respected geographer, hydrologist, and explorer Prof. Dr. Bohumir Janský, who discovered the true source of the Amazon River and doc. RNDr. Eva Janská. Ph.D. who is a specialist researcher on Czech Diaspora and migration.
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Prof. Janský of Charles University led several international expeditions in Siberia, Central Asia, and Latin America and, with his team, discovered the true source of the Amazon river.
Prof. Janský's lifelong work and passion focuses on Geography, Hydrology, Water Management, and Water Protection, primarily issues with drought and floods in the Czech Republic.
Specialist researcher on Czech diaspora and migration, Doc. Janská focuses on international migration and the adaptation of immigrants into the majority society. Our community participated in Doc. Janská's research project into expatriate issues directly influencing its outcomes and resulting recommendations on diaspora policymaking.
We will hear about some great adventures, learn exciting facts about our 'blue planet', and be awed by people's determination to find their place to call home in the world.
Presentation and conversation will be in both Czech and English
FREE admission
Hosted and fully funded by Czech School of California.
EVENT IS NOT TO BE MISSED!
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Join Our Popular
Online Czech Meal Cooking Class
Sunday, April 14, 2024
11 AM - 12:30 PM PT
Join us online on Zoom for another popular three-course Czech meal cooking demonstration.
We will be cooking:
- Sauerkraut Soup - Polevka Zelnacka
- Dill cream sauce - Koprova omacka
- Gluten-Free Bundt Cake - GF Babovka
The event is FREE of CHARGE, but we ask that you register for the event so that we can send you the recipes and Zoom link before the event.
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Get Together with Lubomir Vejrazka
Saturday, April 19, 2024 @ 7 PM
Veterans Memorial Senior Center, Goldstar Room
1455 Madison Avenue, Redwood City, CA
We have a unique opportunity to welcome Lubomir Vejražka of Ustav pro studium totalitnich rezimu (Institute for totalitarian regime studies), author of "Nezhojene rany naroda," and listen to stories of political prisoners during the communist years in Czechoslovakia.
The event is free of charge
This presentation will be in the Czech language.
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Sokol San Francisco Monthly Hikes
Baylands Nature Preserve
Sunday, April 21, 2024 @ 11 am
Join us in exploring another part of Bay Area!
The Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve, known officially as the Baylands Nature Preserve, is the largest tract of undisturbed marshland remaining in the San Francisco Bay. Fifteen miles of multi-use trails provide access to a unique mixture of tidal and fresh water habitats.
We will meet at Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center
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We have an opportunity for a new topic in our Speaker Series via Zoom. |
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Are you interested in Zoom presentation of UNESCO protected wooden churches in Slovakia?
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Be a part of The Day of Czech and Slovak Culture!
and Celebrating 120 years of Sokol SF
Saturday, October 12, 2024 in Orinda
Do not be shy! Let us know!
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Do you own a business or know about a business whose products would enrich our event?
Do you have a talent you would like to showcase?
Do you have any ideas that would make the day better?
This is a big event, so we invite everyone who would like to contribute in any shape or form to let us know!
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Welcome New Members to Sokol SF!
Katie Ann V. and Tereza D.
We are happy you joined us!
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Nenapadlo mě, že o básnickou soutěž bude za Atlantikem takový zájem, říká Nela Růžičková ze Sokola v San Franciscu
Pomocí básní se dají vyjádřit emoce, pohrát si s jazykem. Tuhle příležitost dostali Češi v Sokolu v San Francisku, kteří se zúčastnili literární soutěže. Básně se líbily, a když se k nim přidaly ilustrace, vyšly ve Věstníku.
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Note: For our subscribers who may not be able to read the Czech language, we recommend using the online translator developed by researchers at Charles University called CUBBIT: www.lindat.cz/cubbit
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Sokol San Francisco Monthly Hikes
Golden Gate Park with a visit to T.G. Masaryk's bust
March 9, 2024
Beautiful spring day at Golden Gate Park. Our group walked about 3 miles and we visited the Rose garden, which holds the bust of our first president TG Masaryk, walked by a freshly fallen huge redwood, took an elevator to the top floor of DeYoung museum to enjoy 360 degrees of spectacular views of San Francisco and enjoyed catching up with old friends and meeting new .
Our next hike is on April 21, 2024
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Czech News & Announcements |
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České kempování s dětmi
Staré pověsti české
June 16 - 23, 2024
near Arnold by Bear Valley, CA
V termínu od 16. do 23. června 2024 se bude konat třetí ročník českého
kempování (nejen) rodičů s dětmi. V tomto týdnu se pokusíme vytvořit v Kalifornii české prostředí plné českých her, pohádek a písniček.
Budeme kempovat u městečka Arnold, nedaleko od Bear Valley.
Kempování přinese aktivity převážně pro děti, ale určitě neodmítneme dospělé bez dětí, zvláště pokud by chtěli s organizací kempování nějak pomoci.
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FRANCIS KORBEL (1831-1920)
NEJBOHATŠÍ ČECH RANÉ KALIFORNIE
(2. část – Kalifornský vinař)
by Amb. Jaroslav Olša, Jr.
Na počátku 70. let 19. století byl Francis Korbel už úspěšným obchodníkem. Ještě netušil, že ten největší úspěch jej nečeká v San Francisku, ale v divoké přírodě údolí Sonoma, kde bratři koupili velké pozemky. V roce 1872 je tam přilákalo sekvojové dřevo, které začali ve velkém těžit a na vlastních zámořských lodích je pak vyváželi do Evropy a Latinské Ameriky. Když ale stavební boom s ekonomickou krizí opadl, zjistili, že mají spoustu dřeva, po kterém je malá poptávka. Korbelové byli ale odjakživa vynalézaví, a tak přemýšleli, co by se s vykácenými pozemky dalo dělat. Brzy přišli na to, že úrodná půda je ideální pro zemědělské účely. Začali pěstovat dobytek, vyrábět sýry, pustili se do pěstování mnoha plodin, např. vojtěšky, řepy, kukuřice, pšenice i švestek.
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Note: For our subscribers who may not be able to read the Czech language, we recommend using the online translator developed by researchers at Charles University called CUBBIT: www.lindat.cz/cubbit
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Invitation from an artist who designed our Day of Czech Culture Logo!
Lenka Glassner
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Free exhibit of paintings, rare decorated eggs and wool art at a garden featured in the
2024 Clayton Garden Tour.
Date: May 19, 2024
Time: 10 am till 3 pm
Place: 715 Black Point Place, Clayton
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Bezplatná výstava obrazů, neobvyklých kraslic a wool artu.
Kdy: 19. května od 10 do 15hod.
Kde: 715 Black Point Place, Clayton, CA.
Místo konání je jednou ze zahrad vybraných pro 2024 Clayton Garden Tour.
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Česká Katolická Misie in San Francisco |
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Father Libor Svorcik
is inviting you to a
Czech mass in San Francisco
or online
Visit their website for the Czech in-person or online mass dates or to sign up for their Věstník
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Sokol San Francisco is a non-profit organization operating as an independent unit of the American Sokol Organization (ASO) and its Pacific District. Sokol SF provides physical, educational, and cultural programs for all who are interested in Czech, Moravian, and Slovak culture and their history, as well as those who are bonded by a common heritage and ethnic identity.
The Sokol credo is “a sound mind in a sound body”
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