Slovak Heritage Festival

Activity Type: 
Cultural Event
Date: 
Sunday, November 2, 2014 - 13:00 to 17:00
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
Cathedral of Learning Commons Room
Contact Person: 
Christine Metil
Contact Email: 
slavic@pitt.edu
Cost: 
Free

This year’s musical performers:
Jozef Ivaška, internationally renowned singer from Slovakia
The Singing Revil’ak Family of Bardejov, Slovakia
Pittsburgh Slovakians
PAS (Pittsburgh Area Slovaks)
Slavjane Folk Ensemble
Ben Sorenson on Fujara
And others!

Also Featuring: Cultural Displays & Lectures
Shop for Christmas: Slovak and East European import vendors
Ethnic Food (klobasa, halušky, holupki, pirohy, and pastries)
(please donate cookies or pastries in support of this wonderful FREE festival. Bring them to the pastry table in the Commons Room)

Lectures
1:15 room 242 CL Lisa Alzo
There is No Easy Button: Using “Immersion Genealogy” to Understand Your Slovak Ancestors
2:00 room 252 CL Thomas Check
Pearls of Wisdom: Slovak Expressions for Every Occasion
3:00 room 242 CL Paul Kostyak
The Taylor of Lendak: Revised
4:00 room 252 CL Martin Votruba
On 100th Anniversary of World War I: Mayhem from an Operatic Murder to a Slovak Dawn

UCIS Unit: 
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Non-University Sponsors: 
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Pitt Student Slovak Club
Slovak Studies Program
World Regions: 
Russia/Eastern Europe