On May 9th, while seated around tables with vases of flowers, drinking coffee and tasting the wonderful array of sweet and savory treats from the refreshment table, we enjoyed a wonderful presentation by James Pavlish. Jim was one of the earliest supporters of the Museum, but it is his love and knowledge of the magyar language and […]
It was so good to see many members of the Hungarian Community hearing about the use of our ancient language in this particular diaspora. Our guest speaker and researcher was Dr. Krisztina Fehér, who was introduced by Mrs. Kuni Nádas, a member of the Museum’s Program Committee. Dr. Fehér was still in Hungary in 2021 […]
Every once in a while we are witnesses to a very special program, and as we journeyed through the “Soulful Voice of Hungary”, we learned so much about the “Klasszikus Magyar Nóta! This is an art form that has been recognized by the Hungarian government as a “Hungarikum”, a national cultural gem. Many of us sitting in […]
On Saturday afternoon, March 8th, we had a Hungarian language program at the Museum. It was well-attended and well-received! Our speaker, Ildikó Antal-Ferencz, is a freelance journalist who spent almost 3 years in the U.S. Her husband’s job landed the family in New Jersey, and she spent a significant portion of those years interviewing Hungarians […]
Connie Hampton Connally gave the first lecture in the Cleveland Hungarian Museum’s fall series on Saturday, the 14th. She is well-known to our Cleveland community. She introduced her first novel, The Songs We Hide several years ago. It is set in one of the darkest periods of Hungarian history, in the early 1950s, where two people connect and find […]
On Saturday afternoon, March 9th, Dr. John Gyékényesi gave a wonderful talk on how soccer developed locally in Cleveland starting in the 1950s. He described how soccer in Ohio became a force in the American soccer arena, and how the game was such a big part of Hungarian recreational life for both youth and adults […]
In February, we celebrate International Mother Language Day. In celebration of this day, we heard a lecture by a distinguished Hungarian linguist, Dr. Krisztina Fehér. She presented the results of her research about children’s perception of regional dialects of Hungarian. A regional dialect is a variety of a language spoken in a particular geographical area. The common perception is that regional dialects […]
On Saturday December 9th, we welcomed 29 children and the many parents and grandparents who accompanied them to the Museum for our Annual Children’s Program. We had a full house, including members of our Board who dropped in, and some adult guests and friends of the Museum who came to see the Domján Exhibit and […]
It was an uplifting literary afternoon for those of us who were privileged to hear Judit Havas present some of the beautiful poetry of Sándor Kányádi. Our presenter enriched her presentation of Kányádi’s poetry by weaving in highlights of his personal and professional life. Kányádi was a personal friend of Judit Havas, and that impacted […]
On Saturday, May 13th, we enjoyed a lovely afternoon at the “Museum’s Café” as we gathered to commemorate one of Hungary’s famous poets, Sándor Petőfi. It was little over 200 years ago that Petőfi was born, and although he died a young man, Petőfi left an imprint on Hungary’s history as well as on its […]
