The Czech/American Reading Circle

      ​The Nebraska Czechs of Lincoln are proud to sponsor the Czech/American Reading Circle.  Started in January, 2019, the Reading Circle shares significant books about, by, for, and important to, people of Czech Heritage.

      Attendees are not required to have read the book being discussed, however, it helps to have some familiarity with it, and we encourage all participants to contribute any relevant information they may have.

Please join us!   The circle meets the last Tuesday of each month (except December) at 6:15 pm central time
on ZOOM.   Everyone is welcome.   

      ​​Please contact the following or any Board Member for additional information and/or to get your Zoom Link.


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                                                         Lois Shimerda Rood
                                                   402-570-2333    lois@loisrood.com

                                                         ​Layne Pierce 
                                                   402-770-5029    layne.pierce@yahoo.com

                                                         ​Mila Saskova-Pierce
                                                   402-770-4624    msaskova-pierce1@unl.edu
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      ​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Czech/American Reading Circle is continuing with its eighth year ​of reviewing great books. ​
      ​Please join us the last Tuesday each month.









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​​​​Click here for a high resolution copy of the  2026 Reading Circle Brochure. 

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         Český čtenářský kroužek


MEETING INFORMATION:
    Join Zoom: 6:15 p.m.  Presentation: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

THE ZOOM LINK:
    Our Zoom Link is the same for ALL of the Reading Circle Sessions.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87384971615?pwd=anI0UXQ4T0I3Qk44RE16emhISGI5QT09

Meeting ID: 873 8497 1615;  Passcode: 123553





Please Join Us for our January 27, 2026
​Nebraska Czechs of Lincoln Reading Circle!














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SUMMARY:

​​A Song for Bohemia (2024) by Anne Marie Kenny
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Prague in the 1990s, an extraordinary place and time. The Cold War had ended. The Berlin Wall had fallen. Soviet-bloc countries like Czecho-slovakia had just liberated themselves. The atmosphere was intoxicating, the future unmapped. And Anne Marie Kenny was there-a singer-turned-entrepreneur. Her true-life story reads like fascinating fiction-enduring family tragedy, singing at 21 on the Champs-Élysées, enjoying an artistic career in Paris and Nice, and performing in Prague at the invitation of Vaclav Havel before moving there to start a business
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A Song for Bohemia is a love song and a tribute to the spirit of the Czech people, a story of a personal and collective journey to freedom. With the voice of an impassioned artist, this memoir does not merely speak, it sings.
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AUTHOR/LEADER: Anne Marie Kenny
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Anne Marie Kenny is a singer who has had an international career and voice instructor with her own Vocal Performance Studio in Omaha, Nebraska. She enjoys working with singers of all levels and ages, from accomplished professionals to beginners. Her students have won first or second place at NATS competitions. Her vocal method is based on a traditional bel canto technique mixed with an individualized contemporary approach to meet the interests and goals of each student. Besides the American musical theater and classical repertoire, her specialties are in French, Italian, and Czech music, pronunciation and diction. Anne Marie also works with public speakers on the speaking voice. She uses simi-lar performance principles and healthy vocal techniques to optimize the speaker's message.
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Anne-Marie is also a writer and has had articles and books published. As a singer, she continues to perform. For 20 years she lived in Europe, where she performed regularly at venues such as the Paris Ritz Hotel, the Monte Carlo Beach Regency, and Théatre de Cannes. In Prague she was invited at the request of President Vaclav Havel to perform at the famous Reduta Club. Anne-Marie worked for 30 years with Janine Reiss of Paris, France, one of the greatest vocal coaches of our time. She has also taken courses and/or master classes at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, the Juilliard School of Music in New York, and the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore.
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Anne-Marie is fluent in written and spoken French and has a working knowledge of Czech, Spanish and Italian.
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Source: National Association of Teachers of Singing