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May Slovak Heritage Meeting today Monday, May 6, 2024.
Mt. Lebanon Library
16 Castle Shannon Blvd
Mt. Lebanon, PA 15228
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

GUEST SPEAKER: Don Warhola, nephew of Andy Warhol.

TOPIC: Don Warhola will speak about the early life of his uncle and how his Slovak heritage influenced his art.

Free and open to the public. Bring your friends. "Vitajte" - "Welcome"
Hope you can join us.

Happy May Day!

Today, across Slovakia, Maypoles are being raised in a colorful celebration of spring! 🌸✨ Dating back centuries, this tradition revolves around the May tree, or "máj", symbolizing love, vitality, and admiration💖

As time has passed, this tradition has evolved, with May trees now gracing town centers, symbolizing unity and community spirit. 🏡

Let's join together to celebrate Slovak culture and embrace the joy of spring! 🌼

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What a wonderful day we had at the Slovak Beer Tasting! Fabulous food, incredibly joyful music and the setting felt like stepping back into history. Thank you to Krissy Kochis, Bobby, and the wonderful staff, as well as the talented George and Mikey for the tunes.

Sneak peek #3 for this Sunday's event at Emil's:

"Rick introduced us to Krissy Kochis, daughter of the original Emil and proprietor of the lounge bearing his name. Unfazed by the fact that we ordered half the menu, Krissy was happy to show off her family’s tradition of preparing what she called classic “Hunky food,” borrowing a term once used disparagingly to refer to Slavic immigrants who came to Pittsburgh to work in the steel mills, now used lovingly by their descendants who embrace the moniker as a point of pride."

To read the full article, check this out: https://www.americastestkitchen.com/cookscountry/articles/741-from-pierogi-to-paska-we-eat-our-way-through-pittsburgh

Sneak peek #2 into what to expect for the Slovak Beer Tasting at Emil's Restaurant on 4/21, featuring one of Pittsburgh's favorite personalities, Rick Sebak! Deadline to RSVP is today.

A sandwich with Sebak “...everything is delicious when you’re hanging out with Rick Sebak” - A fish sandwich from Emil's, a cookie from Nancy B's and a side of Pittsburgh history

Want a sneak peak of what to expect at our Slovak Beer Tasting at Emil's? Take a look at this video, Emil's owner is featured at the 1:28 mark. (Also included are 2 other local favorite businesses, Apteka and S&D Polish Deli!) Deadline to RSVP is Wednesday 4/10!

TABLE Magazine | How to Pittsburgh | HOMETOWN FAVORITES (food) Erin Davis, instructor for The Warhol Academy’s new social media fellowship program in the North Shore’s Pop District, helps showcase some of TABLE Magazine’...

Happy and joyful Easter! Thank you for being a part of our community.

We are delighted to have astrobiologist, speaker, author, and analog astronaut Dr. Michaela Musilova joining us for the April 1st Slovak Heritage Meeting! Please join us for a stellar evening of education and entertainment.
PLEASE NOTE: Different location for April.

Dear Friends and Colleagues in the Pittsburgh area, I'll be giving a presentation and showing my first documentary: Hakuna Matata Kilimanjaro in Pittsburgh on April 1st. Please join me if you are interested 😊.

The presentation and documentary showing will be combined with a Q&A session with me 😊. This movie is the first documentary film that I've directed and produced. It's about my team's expedition to Kilimanjaro, as part of my Astro Seven Summits project.

Event date: April 1st, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM
Venue: In room 332 at the University of Pittsburgh Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
The event is organized by: The Western Pennsylvania Slovak Cultural Association (WPSCA)


Drahí priatelia a kolegovia v oblasti Pittsburghu, 1. apríla budem mať prezentáciu a premietať svoj prvý dokument: Hakuna Matata Kilimanjaro v Pittsburghu. Ak máte záujem, ste vítaní na podujatí 😊.

Prezentácia a premietanie dokumentu bude kombinované s diskusiou so mnou 😊. Tento film je prvým dokumentárnym filmom, ktorého som režiserkou a producentkou. Ide o expedíciu môjho tímu na Kilimandžáro v rámci môjho projektu Astro Koruna Zeme.

Dátum podujatia: 1. apríla 2024
Čas: 19:00
Miesto konania: V miestnosti 332 v Katedrále učenia University of Pittsburgh, 4200 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Podujatie organizuje: Western Pennsylvania Slovak Cultural Association (WPSCA)

Study Slovak in the Summer at Pitt/from home (6 weeks) and in Slovakia (+ 4 weeks)!

Please join us in our annual Slovak Beer Tasting event.
We hope to see you there, Slovak beer, Slovak Food, and Slovak Friends!
Na Zdravie! 🇸🇰🍺

Digging into Andy Warhol's Slovakian roots Three decades of visitors to The Andy Warhol Museum notwithstanding, the average person outside Southwestern Pennsylvania still probably doesn’t much associate Warhol himself with Pittsburgh.

One of our most popular events returns in March, Pysanky Egg Decorating! This two-week class will be offered in the afternoon & evening again. Registration begins February 16th at 10 AM over the phone or in-person. Must pay $25 fee to sign-up. If you have questions, please contact Emily by calling 412-462-3444 or emailing [email protected].

Here's the photos from the most recent Slovak Heritage meeting on February 5. Mike Yanchak discussed learning pysanky writing from his father, who learned from his father. On display were a variety of Mike's pysanky, featuring a step by step process on demo eggs, as well as an array of beautiful eggs he's obtained from Slovakia, Hungary, the Ukraine and Poland.

Are you looking for pysanky classes? Crafts -n- Scraps Studio in the North Hills of Pittsburgh are offering 4 classes; February 17, March 2, March 9 and March 10. Information and registration information is at

www.craftsnscrapsstudio.com

This old postcard is held in The New York Public Library. They have a large collection of foreign holiday cards. For the additional info on this card, please visit http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-4adb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 and have a very Merry Christmas!

Msgr. Larry Kiniry of the Diocese of Greensburg reads Nicholas Bakewell's book "Santa and the Christ Child" to children during the 2009 Advent season.

Santa and the Christ Child: Read by Msgr. Lawrence Kiniry Msgr. Larry Kiniry, a priest of the Diocese of Greensburg, reads Santa and the Christ Child to children during the 2009 Advent season.

Enjoy a view into the Slovak traditions of Štedrý Večer, Christmas Eve. What are your family's traditions?

The Slovak Tradition of Stedry Vecer

What a great time we had at the December Heritage Meeting! So interesting and lots of fun, too. People from all over the Pgh. area came to the meeting - Monroeville, Steubenville, Wall, Shaler - to name a few. Lots of "new" faces. Many stayed after the meeting to talk and exchange stories.

"In some Slovakian towns and villages, St. Nicholas, or Svaty Mikuláš arrives in a horse drawn coach, accompanied by an angel and a devil who rattles a chain. While waiting, children fill the streets with singing and dancing. St. Nicholas has a present for each child and in some villages he visits each home."

Does your family celebrate St. Nicholas Day? What are your traditions?

Slovakia - St. Nicholas Center Everything about St Nicholas: stories, customs, crafts & more.

Follow along as Bishop Larry Kulick makes his traditional mushroom soup for Štedrý večer, or Christmas Eve.

Bishop Kulick's Mushroom Soup Recipe Bishop Larry Kulick makes his traditional mushroom soup for "Stedry Vecer"

Coming up this Sunday, December 3 from noon-4 pm, a FREE event open to the public. Participate in traditional crafts and cultural demonstrations to learn about the rooms and their ethnic communities and traditions. Listen to world and holiday music and shop for handcrafted and cultural wares as well as food and gift items to purchase. We look forward to welcoming you to the 32nd Holiday Open House to celebrate traditions and make memories!
https://nationalityrooms.pitt.edu/events/holiday-open-house-2023

Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs
1209 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

The National Slovak Society Heritage Museum is hosting a Christmas Around the World event with a ton of exciting things to see and do:

- Ethnic Christmas Trees on Display
- Make your own Oplatky (Christmas Wafers)
- Photo with St. Nicholas - Bring Your Camera/cell phone
- Old World Bake Sale
- KIds' Arts & Crafts - Make your own cards
- Slovak Old World Kitchen - Ethnic Foods
- Slovak Folk Museum & Slovak Gift Shop
- Hand carved Animated Nativity Display

Don’t miss it! Admission is free!

National Slovak Heritage Museum
351 Valleybrook Road
McMurray, PA 15317
This SATURDAY, November 25, 2023 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm

Museum - NSS Life NSS Life Heritage Museum VÍTAJTE (WELCOME) TO OUR HERITAGE MUSEUM! The museum was dedicated to the memory of Andrew Chengery, a life long NSS member, who unselfishly gave of his time and talents in support of the National Slovak Society and preservation of Slovak heritage in America. In 2002, at th...

The Slovak Heritage Festival is this Sunday. Stop by the WPSCA table to say hi!

We are looking forward to seeing you on SUNDAY Nov 5 at the 33rd Annual Slovak Heritage Festival organized by the Slovak Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh.

What better way to spend a rainy day than at the movies? Join us on Sunday (10/22) for Pivnica/The Cellar.

We are delighted to welcome Karen Melis to our next Slovak Heritage Meeting. Family history research led to the discovery of a local legend. Is the legend fact or fiction? Join us On November 6 to find out.

November 6, 2023 Heritage Program: “The Spirit of the Lake” A Local Legend Turned Genealogical Case Study A legend involving a family is unexpectedly discovered in a local book in a small town in northern Slovakia.