In summer 2013, former Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Craig Stapleton, conversed with Presidents George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush and General Scowcroft. “When you’re the president, you get to meet interesting people, and there was no more interesting person than Vaclav Havel… he was a true leader, had a sweet heart, he had a vision that speaks to the world today, and that is free societies… he also understood that sometimes you had to make tough decisions to achieve the peace, he was a very unique citizen of the world…” notes President George W. Bush.
HAVEL CONVERSATIONS ON ZOOM: Andrey Kurkov in discussion with Salil Tripathi
February 8, 2023
February 24, 2 pm ET Watch HERE On the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Andrey Kurkov, the Ukrainian writer and thinker who was awarded
HAVEL CONVERSATION: Lou Reed, Vaclav Havel, and the Velvet Revolution
October 12, 2022
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium 111 Amsterdam Ave, New York Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 6 – 7:30 pm Watch
VHLF & BBLA 2022 Annual Gala FOLLOWING DREAMS honoring Peter Sís Bohemian National Hall, New York, September 22, 2022
September 28, 2022
Opening Remarks by Martin Palous President, Vaclav Havel Foundation Good evening and welcome — dear friends and supporters of the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation and