New York Wed 30th September 2026 The Vaclav Havel Center and the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association invite you to Havel at 90, a special evening marking Václav Havel’s 90th birthday and celebrating his ideas, values, and continuing relevance today. The evening will feature the presentation of the Disturbing the Peace Award, honoring a courageous writer at risk; a special performance by Grammy Award winner Ondrej Pivec; and a benefit auction in support of the Vaclav

New York Mon 4 May 2026, 06:30 PM Vaclav Havel Center and Consulate General of the Czech Republic in New York present the Annual Václav Havel Lecture 2026 with economist and philosopher Tomáš Sedláček. The evening will feature: – Opening remarks by Andrew Schapiro, Chair of the Vaclav Havel Center, and Karel Smékal, Consul General of the Czech Republic in New York – Keynote remarks by Tomáš Sedláček, Director of Vaclav Havel Library in Prague – Moderated conversation with Jar

Set in Cuba’s Zapata swamps, this intimate black-and-white documentary follows a father who secretly hunts crocodiles to feed his family, capturing the tensions of survival during the pandemic and a period of social unrest. Followed by a discussion on migration, political dissent, and everyday life in Cuba with Nadia Ivanova (Head of the Human Rights and Democracy Centre, People in Need) and Cuban documentary filmmaker and journalist Ismario Rodríguez Pérez, moderated by prof

Resilience is a visually poetic documentary exploring ecological balance and human responsibility in endangered Central European landscapes. Screening followed by a Q&A with protagonist Pavel Pokorný, moderated by Ondřej Kamenický, Director of the One World Human Rights Film Festival.

Dissent Lab, our new series featuring dissidents from around the world. This series is designed to hear from those who are struggling against authoritarians and authoritarianism in the spirit of Vaclav Havel. The inaugural discussion features Jesús Armas, a leading Venezuelan dissident who was imprisoned in December 2014 and held for 13 months. His crime: supporting Venezuela’s democratic opposition and insisting that Nicolás Maduro had lost the 2024 presidential election.