Me and my baby... the Texas Czechs exhibit at Museum of the Coastal Bend in Victoria. Celebrate Czech Heritage Month with me! It's been over two months since my last blog post because, in the interim, my friend/co-curator Lori Najvar and I finished and installed the exhibition we've been researching and designing for the last two years-- Texas Czechs: Rooted in Tradition . What better way to announce it to my blog followers than on the first day of Czech Heritage Month in Texas. Vic Patek and Friday's ruzicky (rosettes.) The exhibition opened September 11th at the Museum of the Coastal Bend (MCB) in Victoria, Texas with a reception that featured Czech foods like kolaches, and sausage and sauerkraut. See photos of the event on PolkaWorks' Flickr account . In partnership with the Victoria County Chapter of the Czech Heritage Society of Texas, the exhibition will be on display until December 6th this year. Though my passion is traditional food, Texas Czechs:
family + history + food = me