PAST EVENTS
2023 - 2024
CYCLING ACROSS THE USA
22.10.2024 - Klub Atlantik Ostrava
7 000 km cycling around the American continent, the main goal of which was to get to know the people and the culture and natural beauty of the USA. We will visit the harsh deserts of the Southwest... MORE...
VIDEORECORDING: https://youtu.be/IgQC4RQlS_s
ROUTE 66 * travelogue
13. 10. 2024 * Centrum Pant
Zdeněk Jurásek and Jiří Míža
ROUTE 66 was created in the 1920s and quickly became America's #1 road. Connecting east to west, it was exactly in keeping with the early settlers' longing to travel to the unknown reaches of the New World in search of a better life and new opportunity. MORE...
VIDEORECORDING: https://youtu.be/ypA88r2i8cM
PACIFIC CREST TRAIL
10.10. 2024 * travel lecture
Ondřej Skowronek * Ostravská knihovna
A story about Ondra, who hiked the Pacific Crest Trail for almost half a year in 2023. This trail, over 4,200 miles long, runs across the entire United States, starting in the south at the Mexican border and ending in the north at the Canadian border.. MORE...
COLLIN RYMER & BAND
15.7. 2024 - Loděnice Ostrava *concert
American folk singer and songwriter Collin Rymer has been performing American folk with a twist of blues and country for many years.In Collin's performance you can hear not only original songs by American greats such as Bob Dylan or Neil Young and many others, but also his own great work.MORE...
NOVEMBER 2 nd
concert * 15.6.2024- Klub Parník Ostrava
If November 2nd's previous recordings have sounded like a tasteful mix of rock and songwriting, the new material moves the band towards a rockier, blues-aggressive sound, bringing to mind the roots of Led Zeppelin and contemporary Jack White...MORE...
WORK & TRAVEL USA
5. 6. 2024 - Knihovna města Ostravy - Americké centrum * lectures
The Work and Travel programme gives young students the opportunity to go to the USA. What is it like to make your own arrangements and leave it to an employment agency? MORE...
ALASKA and WEST USA
28.4.2024 travelogue
We traveled to Alaska and ten western US states and a breathtaking 18 national parks. North America showed us how wonderful it is to travel in a car that is also your home. MORE...
WORK & TRAVEL USA
7. 4. 2024 - Rynek Inn * travelogue
The Work and Travel programme gives young students the opportunity to go to the USA. What is it like to make your own arrangements and leave it to an employment agency? MORE...
TRAPEŘI a BG STYL
18. 3. 2024 - Klub Parník * concert
Last year bluegrass band TRAPEŘI celebrated 50 years since its foundation. Legendary Brno band from the 1970s - the first band of Robert Křestan. The evening will be opened by BG STYL. MORE...
TYGRASZ * concert
4. 3. 2024 - Klub Parník
We are a band from Ostrava and we have been playing for 25 years in different variations. We started out playing American bluegrass, mostly covers. Gradually we started to create our own songs and because everyone... MORE...
VIDEORECORDING: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsnJtW6H4Mo
PACIFIC CREST TRAIL * travel lecture
25.2.2024 - Rynek Inn
A story about Ondra, who hiked the Pacific Crest Trail for almost half a year in 2023. This trail, over 4,200 miles long, runs across the entire United States, starting in the south at the Mexican border and ending in the north at the Canadian border.. MORE...
VIDEORECORDING: https://youtu.be/G3lumq7s5K8
HOW ADAM DISCOVERED AMERICA
24.2.2024 - DK K-TRIO * travel lecture
What's it like to travel with a one-year-old to the other side of the world? Katka and Ondra Gongal will introduce you to their three-month journey through the national parks of the USA with little Adam. Traveling in the western United States offers the perfect symbiosis of beautiful nature and unforgettable places, and facilities that make traveling with a small child comfortable. MORE...
WORK & TRAVEL IN USA
24.2.2024 - DK K-TRIO * lecture
The Work and Travel programme gives young students the opportunity to go to the USA. What is it like to make your own arrangements and leave it to an employment agency? We'll talk about how to prepare for a great summer, what to look for and think about when choosing a job and travel. MORE...
THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS * lecture
24.2.2024 - DK K-TRIO
Glacier became a national park on May 11, 1910, and is one of the oldest in the United States. There are 350 other protected historic sites throughout the region. Glacier National Park is known as a hiker's paradise, as it is crisscrossed by a network of 1,130 miles of trails.. MORE...
VIDEORECORDING: https://youtu.be/3tpMnThDbLI
MAJOR CITIES USA * travel lecture
24.2.2024 - DK K-TRIO
A lecture about a 6-month journey across the USA. We will introduce the most famous metropolises, many cultural and natural sights and beautiful beaches. Together we will have a look into the hippie towns, but we will also tell interesting facts about the Americans themselves. MORE...
VIDEORECORDING: https://youtu.be/stqA20ccO1E
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL
24.2.2024 - DK K-TRIO * travel lecture
The CDT is a nearly 5,000-mile-long hiking trail in the U.S. and follows the Rocky Mountains along its entire length. The trail traverses the deserts of New Mexico, the snow-capped high mountains of Colorado, Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, and the forests of Idaho and Montana, filled with deer, eagles, grizzly bears, bison and elk. MORE...
VIDEORECORDING: https://youtu.be/vwUj-hfTrHs
SOUTHWEST USA * travel lecture
24.2.2024 - DK K-TRIO
Across the entire American Southwest, by car, on foot and by canoe. Deep canyons, colorful deserts, high rocky mountains, red rocks, lush valleys, glittering waterfalls, giant redwoods, but also interesting cities and places of one great part of the American continent. MORE...
VIDEORECORDING: https://youtu.be/g-ocU8RZvx8
ALJAŠKA and YUKON * travel lecture
24.2.2024 - DK K-TRIO
A summer in North America on foot, hitchhiking, driving and canoeing over 1000 km in a three-month journey through Alaska and the Yukon. The journey begins in Vancouver and quickly takes us into the heart of the northern wilderness. MORE...
VIDEORECORDING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn18Dgh8nYg
HAVAII or dreams should come true
23. 2. 2024 - Centrum Pant * travel lecture
In my childhood, Hawaii was a symbol of something paradisiacal, completely unreal, like time travel or a flight to Mars. Coconut palms, dancers in tutus with lei garlands made of bouquets around their necks, ukuleles... Having a Hawaiian with a small h is still a Czech word for cool. MORE...
VIDEORECORDING: https://youtu.be/sQ2wiq_Sa_U
YELLOWSTONE - life in the wilderness
11. 2. 2024 - Centrum Pant * travel lecture
Welcome to the land of the buffalo... Wonderland, supervolcano, icy and boiling rivers, vast plains, wild animals, mountains, and rivers that tell you that time is passing - all this is the beautiful Yellowstone National Park. In short, a "must see" and bucket list spot. But don't be fooled! MORE...
VIDEORECORDING: https://youtu.be/0NPJMHB3A6Q
KANADSKO-AMERICKÝ VEČER *
23. 1. 2024 - Klub Parník
A traveling-music evening that transforms the USA and Canada through the changes of time and showcases American music - folk and country. MORE... .
BG STYL * concert
19. 12. 2023 - Klub Parník
Ostrava bluegrass band. They are forged not only in bluegrass, acapella gospel tones, but they also visit country and tramp songs and who knows what they will come up with.. MORE...
VIDEORECORDING: https://youtu.be/SfhSwxQowTQ
WEST USA * travel lecture
12. 12. 2023 - Centrum volného času
4 states: California, Arizona, Utah, Nevada. Los Angeles (Universal studio, USS Iowa battleship, Santa Monica Beach, Hollywood Boulevard and Walk of Stars), San Diego (Sea Word, USS aircraft carrier), Pima Air & Space Museum MORE...
VIDEORECORDING: https://youtu.be/YZ-hH0bGXrc
BLUEBELLS * Bluegrass festival
9. 12. 2023 - Klub Parník
RED AND WHITE - VIDEO: https://youtu.be/BnrGh8ggqbw
TATAGRASS - VIDEO: https://youtu.be/nffiPZ7UzQs
NEW ALIQUOT - VIDEO: https://youtu.be/DoiKPVZ9OFo
TOPINQUI - VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ZLT4sTDwRcg
NOČNÍ VLAK - VIDEO: https://youtu.be/guqgkiAOIJw MORE...
EAST OF USA - from Maine to Florida * travel lecture
5. 12. 2024 - CKV Ostrava
5-week trip through the eastern USA from the north - the state of Maine- to the south in Florida. A 100 km long cruise on the calm Allagash River in the remote US state of Maine and a float down Florida'sTurner River. MORE...
COLLIN RYMER & BAND
28. 11. 2023 - Klub Parník * concert
American folk singer and songwriter Collin Rymer has been performing American folk with a twist of blues and country for many years.In Collin's performance you can hear not only original songs by American greats such as Bob Dylan or Neil Young and many others, but also his own great work. MORE...
VIDEORECORDING: https://youtu.be/4mGVzCCx9RM
NORTHWEST OF THE USA for bears and Indians * lecture
11. 11. 2023 - DK Poklad
Dramatic Pacific coastline in Olympic National Park, the towering Mt. Rainier volcano, Yellowstone full of natural wonders, encounters with bears, elk and bison in Glacier National Park, or wandering the Cascade Mountains and Rocky Mountains. MORE...
VIDEORECORDING: https://youtu.be/C4D0nnUqOJE
WILDERNESS OF ALASKA * movie * 11. 11. 2023 - DK Poklad
The Alatna is a 296 km long river that rises in the Brooks Range, in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness. It really flows south all the way and when it finally reaches the Arctic Circle, it flows into the Koyokuk River. Most of the time it flows through a national park aptly named Gates of the Arctic.
VIDEORECORDING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQS2KjPBmKo
ALIBABA * concert
28. 10. 2023 - DK Akord
The Alibaba band plays original folk music inspired by old swing and blues. Initially, they profiled themselves with a genre that can be simply called "folk with drums" or also as "folk-beat". Over time, the band's musical style changed slightly.
AMERICAN EVENING
Opening of the American Year
10. 10. 2023 - Klub Parník
The travel and music show featured: Collin Rymer (USA), Robin Hill, Vadim Windy, Petra Chovancová, Katka Gongalová, Forfolk a další...MORE...
VIDEORECORDING: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlVOHg-ULJ4