Omaha Heritage & Culturefest Center www.omahaculturefest.org Founded March 30, 2002

About Us

The Omaha Czech Cultural Club is a non-profit organization established in 1959 to promote appreciation, awareness, and understanding of Czech and Slovak culture, history, current events, language, literature, music, drama, and art.

To advance these purposes, the Omaha Czech Cultural Club:

1. provides lectures and discussions through which members and others may exchange information and opinions about Czech/Slovak culture and Society in Europe and America.
2. encourages the study and use of the Czech language in the United States.
3. sponsors the public performance of Czech and Slovak music, drama, art, publications, folk arts, and the showing and sale of Czech and Slovak artifacts.
4. helps preserve manuscripts, publications, and artifacts from Czech-American culture in Nebraska in order to facilitate the present and future study of this culture and its history.
5. works with other Czech-American organizations to promote fellowship among all those with a Czech and Slovak interest.

Our Logo - The Charles Bridge (Karlûv most)

Our logo is the Charles Bridge, which spans the Vltava River in Praha. This bridge connecting the Olde Town of Prague with the Malá Strana symbolizes the link between Czech, Slovak, and American cultures, and our desire to maintain close ties with our heritage in the Czech and Slovak Repulics.

Activities

Monthly luncheons and progams are held the second Sunday of each month from September through May at South Omaha Sokol, 2021 "U" St. Included are:

1. Presentations on Czech/Slovak culture, music, art, history, travel, and current events by local and national experts and European visitors.
2. Annual spring Czech Festival in April at Sokol Auditorium, 13th & Martha Sts.
3. Excursions to Czech Museums, music festivals, places of Czech history and culture.
4. Annual late summer "Piknik."
5. Annual Christmas Party with Czech/Slovak traditions, Christmas music, carols and fun.
6. Sponsorship of Czech language classes with South Omaha Sokol.
7. Sponsorship of a Czech queen who represents our club at the Nebraska Czech Queen Pagent and other statewide Czech activities.
8. Czech films with English subtitles, videos, slides, and travel films.
9. Participation in Ethnic Night at the Durham Western Heritage Museum.

Omaha Czech Culture Club Membership

Nebraska Czechs, Inc.

Nebraska and Midwestern Czech/Slovak Links

European Czech/Slovak Links