Bohemian Benevolent & Literary Association

This virtual international conference centered on Adolf Loos, one of the most influential architects of European modern architecture, is happening next Thursday. "In Search of Space for Modern Life," March 4, 2pm. #architecture #culture #centraleurope

"Three Views to the East: Eastern Jews in Czech Interwar Literature," the lecture by Christopher Harwood livestreamed last week is now available online. Explore & enjoy! #literature #CentralEurope #Jewish #book #novel #culture #zoomtalk #zoom #history

Our next guest on a #zoomtalk is the Czech journalist and political writer Jiri Pehe, a shrewd observer of both the American and European political scenes. He will talk with Marilyn Wyatt, former cultural affairs officer at the U.S. Embassy in Prague. Join us this Sunday at 2pm. RSVP to receive a Zoom link: http://bit.ly/3prNuZI . #politics #culture #EasternEurope #Czech #VaclavHavel #democracy #freedom #people #transition #future #Europe

Egon HOSTOVSKY (1908-1973) - who emigrated to the US, lived in New York, died in Montclair, NJ - was a major figure in Czech literature from the 1930s to the '60s. Born into a Jewish family, he became an editor at the Prague-based publishing company Melantrich in the early '30s. His book "House without a Master" will be discussed tonight by Chris Harwood. Please join us at 7pm on Zoom: https://bit.ly/35CTNTh. Hostovsky left Czechoslovakia in 1939, and he ended up in New Yo...rk, seeking a home far from the occupying Germans. He lived in the United States for the duration of the war, while virtually his entire family died in the Nazi death camps. Although he did return to Czechoslovakia, and left in 1950 again and for good. He returned permanently to the U.S. Hostovsky continued writing into the '60s, and served as an editor at Radio Free Europe for five years. He died in Montclair, NJ, in 1973. #culture #CentralEurope #literature #book #bookclub #reading #knowing #Jewish #community #people #history #memory #worldwartwo See more

It will happen this Saturday, October 31 - yes, Halloween AND the full Moon! It will be already a second full moon this month (called "Blue Moon"). Look up at the sky on Saturday. A #Halloween Hunter’s Blue Moon! #fullmoon #community #discover #fun

16 color linocuts were designed by artist VOJTECH PREISSIG and produced for the Wentworth Institute during World War I. The poster calls for Czechoslovaks living in the U.S. to join the Czech legion. The poster was printed in several languages to reach a wider audience: Czech, Slovak, and English. The flags are of the four regions that would become Czechoslovakia in 1918: Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, and Slovakia. The Resistance flag of the Czechoslovak Independence movemen...t is red, white and blue with stars in the middle. As a result of its alliance with the Allied Powers, Czechoslovakia became an independent country in October 1918. Designed and printed at the School of Printing and Graphic Arts of Wentworth Institute, Boston, Mass. USA" Issued by Czechoslovak Recruiting Office, New York #community #together #celebrate #nation #history #memory #Czechoslovak #Czech #Slovak #freedom #independence See more

Happy Czech Independence Day! We miss the annual celebration at the Bohemian National Hall, together with Consulate General of the Czech Republic in New York and the Czech UN NY Mission. But let's remember the 102 years of independence of the former Czechoslovakia and now the Czech Republic, shall we? #community #Czech #nation #celebration #independent #history #memory

Tomorrow, we're celebrating the 102nd Anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia. Join us tomorrow to watch the recording of Antonín Dvoák’s "From the New World" Symphony (Novosvtská) conducted by Václav Neumann. #CzechIndependence #music #classicalmusic #tradition #memory #remember #nation

Tomorrow is the Czech Independence Day! Our Czech-Canadian friends hold a fabulous online celebration, 8pm ET, with a program featuring Ondrej Havelka, Petr Janda, Marta Jandova, Sestry Havelkova, and other performers. Hosted by Ambassador Borek Lizec. It's a great opportunity to connect with Czech-Canadians! #community #abroad #history #Czechoslovakia #celebrate #memory #nation

Did you know? Two years ago, we planted in NYC with our friends at Friends of Czech Greenways a Linden tree (Czech and also Slovak national tree) to commemorate the centennial of the founding of Czechoslovakia. Has anybody seen our Tree of Liberty? Our friends at Czechoslovak Society of Arts & Sciences -SVU- New York Chapter call for selfies with this tree loved by beekeepers because linden pollen is said to produce really superior honey. It's a great shade tree that doesn't trigger pollen allergies, ideal for urban landscapes because it tolerates a wide range of adverse conditions, including pollution. #community #selfie #share #newyorkcity #joinus #landscape #urbanlandscape #nature

"Alfons Mucha for the 21st Century": art historian Marta Filipova reviews two recent exhibitions and also notices the attempt of institutions to make Mucha relevant as a contemporary product through the sales of Mucha merch. Scarves, calendars and fridge magnets with motifs from his works can be purchased in the exhibition gift shop alongside a special limited-edition of an iMucha & Moët bottle which draws on the success of Mucha’s original posters for the champagne producer featured in the section Bubbly Intoxication. This fusion of the commercial and the artistic is a striking reminder that Mucha was indeed an artist promoting commercial products of all kinds. And it is an important reminder that he himself became a commodity, being nowadays one of the main Prague attractions, next to Kafka, beer, glass ornaments and Jewish sites.

Early voting starts this Saturday! It runs until November 1. Nine days of early voting prior to Election Day. Your early voting poll site will likely not be the same location where you can vote on Election Day. CHECK THIS ARTICLE. Early voting poll sites are in every borough. #election2020 #election #vote ##President2020 #Yorkville #UpperEastSide #democracy #community

Good Monday morning, everyone! If you missed the lecture "Election Observation and the Democratic Uprising in Belarus," the recording is now available on YouTube, thanks to Czechoslovak Society of Arts & Sciences -SVU- New York Chapter. #politics #EasterEurope #election #democracy #community #engagement

Join us on Sunday afternoon for the magnificent Antonin Dvorak’s Cello Concerto, with Marcy Rosen on cello, and the late Maurice Peress conducting the Aaron Copland School of Music Orchestra. Dvorak’s fertile American output climaxed with this Cello Concerto, composed toward the end of his residency and directorship at the National Conservatory of Music of America, in early 1895. Go to the link here: https://bit.ly/34Gx6fA. #music #AntoninDvorak #classicalmusic #performingarts #culture #AllInNYC