{"id":5322,"date":"2026-03-26T22:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.svu2000.org\/newyork\/?p=5322"},"modified":"2026-04-29T22:34:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:34:53","slug":"the-6-minue-challenge-vol-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.svu2000.org\/newyork\/news\/the-6-minue-challenge-vol-20\/","title":{"rendered":"The 6-Minue Challenge, Vol. 20 &#8211; Alumni Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thursday APRIL 30, 2026 at 7 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join us for a special alumni edition of our signature program, running since 2015!<\/p>\n<p>The series brings together artists, professionals, scholars, and scientists of Czech or Slovak descent to present their work, projects, research, or studies in a six-minute talk in English.<\/p>\n<p>This edition will feature presenters from the program\u2019s early years\u2014before we recorded the sessions\u2014offering a look back at the voices that helped shape the series from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Presenters include  <strong>Branislav (Brano) Brinarsky<\/strong> (musician), <strong>Dino Dvorak<\/strong> (neuroscientist), <strong>Vera Dvorak<\/strong> (AI linguist), <strong>Anton\u00edn Fajt<\/strong> (composer and pianist), <strong>Roman Heczko<\/strong> (furniture designer), <strong>Viktor Krystufek<\/strong> (holistic clinician), <strong>Dusan Pristic<\/strong> (architect) and <strong>Lenka Wooten<\/strong> (youth novelist).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.svu2000.org\/newyork\/wp-content\/6MC-Vol-20-collage-slide-Final.jpg\" alt=\"collage slide\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.svu2000.org\/newyork\/wp-content\/6-MC_Vol-20_PROGRAM-NOTES_April-30_-2026_V4_8.pdf\">PROGRAM NOTES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Expect a wide range of perspectives, disciplines, and stories\u2014and plenty of inspiration and fun. The evening will conclude with a wine reception, providing an opportunity for informal discussion and networking.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets: $5 are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/the-6-minute-challenge-vol-20-alumni-special-tickets-1986163749240?aff=oddtdtcreator\">via <strong>Eventbrite<\/strong>.<\/a><br \/>\nSeats are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n<p>This event is organized by the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU), New York Chapter, with the support of BBLA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday APRIL 30, 2026 at 7 pm Join us for a special alumni edition of our signature program, running since 2015! The series brings together artists, professionals, scholars, and scientists of Czech or Slovak descent to present their work, projects, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.svu2000.org\/newyork\/news\/the-6-minue-challenge-vol-20\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-121","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.svu2000.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.svu2000.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.svu2000.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.svu2000.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.svu2000.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5322"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.svu2000.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5368,"href":"https:\/\/www.svu2000.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5322\/revisions\/5368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.svu2000.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.svu2000.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.svu2000.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}