Upcoming Events: On May 10, 2006 at 7:00 pm, the Embassy of the Czech Republic will screen Director Benjamin Tucek's film debut Girlie (Devcatko), a film about a seventeen-year-old named Ema, looking for love and trying to find her place in a disinterested world. On May 11, 2006 at 7:00 pm, the Embassy of the Czech Republic will open the exhibition entitled Three Czech Artists, comprised of large colorful canvases depicting figures in grotesque style by artists Michael Rittstein, Boris Jirku and Josef Bolf. A reception will follow the opening. On May 17, 2006 at 7:30 pm, the Embassy of the Czech Republic welcomes Czech playwright Petr Zelenka in collaboration with Scena Theatre to present a staged reading of his new play Theremin directed by Robert McNamara. The reading will take place in English, translated by Stepan Simek. On May 24 at 7:00 pm, the Embassy of the Czech Republic will screen Lovers and Murderers (Milenci a vrazi). The film takes place in the 1970s and 80s in North Bohemia. The central setting is a house somewhere in Usti nad Labem that belongs to the Kotex factory. The laws that rule this house are not ones of love but of hatred and torture, both physical and mental. This film adaptation is based on the bestseller by Vladimir Paral. Dir. Viktor Polesny, 2004, 108 min., Czech with English subtitles. RESERVATIONS: To make reservations to one of our events, please call 202/274-9100 x. 3413. For questions, please call 202/274-9105. Take care, Mary E. Fetzko Cultural Section