BBLA Newsletter SEPTEMBER 2017 | Issue No. 57
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Dear Friends of BBLA,
Greetings to all of you from a tranquil Nova Scotia, which I confirm is the absolute opposite of the New York City clamor. I do hope that your summer also qualifies as a wonderful one.
As is customary, we have rejuvenated the Bohemian National Hall during the slowest days of the year and are now ready for the onslaught of the fall programs.
One of the most important events this season will be the
Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival. We are very pleased to partner with Vaclav Havel Library Foundation to bring you this unique cultural experience that is not available anywhere else in New York City - a festival showcasing the best in Central European theater and honoring Vaclav Havel, the 20th century hero of democracy.
(check this trailer by Divadlo Na zabradli: V+W Letters to be performed at the festival)
With its tradition of presenting Czech and Slovak culture for more than one hundred years,
Bohemian National Hall is the perfect place to establish this new and energizing annual event. Enjoy!
Best wishes,
Joseph Balaz, President
Bohemian Benevolent & Literary Association
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 HERE IS WHAT'S COMING IN SEPTEMBER
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Thursday, September 7, 7:00 PM
EXPLORING DVORAK'S AMERICAN EXPERIENCE AND MORE
concert, talk
Celebration of the 125th Anniversary of his arrival in America. The festive music offerings include: Dvorak's Sonatina for Violin and Piano, Opus 100, written in New York and premiered by the composer's children, plus selected Humoresques for piano combined with readings from Josef Kovarik's
Three Years with the Maestro: An American Remembers Antonin Dvorak.
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Monday, September 18, 8:00 PM
ON TYRANNY: TWENTY LESSONS FROM THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
lecture
Lecture by Timothy Snyder, the Housum Professor of History at Yale University and author of a new book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, an essential guide to survival and resistance for our time.
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Friday, September 22, 7:00 - 11:00 PM
venue: Bohemian National Hall
Unique, elegant, good looking with own taste... as James Bond. Come to feel like Agent 007, bring or find your James Bond Girl, drink, dance and be just James Bond - young forever.
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Sunday, September 24, 3:00 - 5:00 PM
DVORAK: THE CHAMBER MUSIC SURVEY
venue: BBLA at Bohemian National Hall
>> Pay at door $20; Seniors, Students, Czech Center Club Members $10.
With New York Philharmonic musicians and friends. Presentation of Antonin Dvorak's chamber music masterpieces as well his lesser known gems. This year's concert-featuring outstanding New York Philharmonic musicians and friends-pairs Dvorak's Piano Quintet in A, Opus 81 with his first String Quartet, written in 1862.
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Wednesday, September 27, 5:00 - 6:30 PM
THEATRE AND THE POLITICAL: DRAMATURGY, IDEOLOGY, AND INJUSTICE
panel discussion
venue: BBLA at Bohemian National Hall
Moderated by Hana Worthen, Assistant Professor, Theatre and Performance Studies, Barnard College, Columbia University. Part of Rehearsal for Truth, a unique festival presenting the best in Central European theater, organized under the auspices of Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President, and Daniel Herman, Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic.
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Wednesday, September 27, 6:30 - 7:30 PM
NO STRINGS ATTACHED? PROS AND CONS OF PRIVATE AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS
panel discussion
venue: BBLA at Bohemian National Hall
Moderated by Frank Hentschker, Executive Director at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at the CUNY Graduate Center. Part of Rehearsal for Truth, a unique festival presenting the best in Central European theater, organized under the auspices of Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President, and Daniel Herman, Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic.
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Wednesday, September 27, 8:00 - 10:00 PM
Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival / play (Hungary) + AFTERPARTY RECEPTION
venue: Bohemian National Hall
"Home" (Otthon) is the second show of a family trilogy loosely based on a Strindberg play (The Pelican). An intimate and intensive experience, very much based on the art of the actor, of a rarely produced drama about familial politics and economic inequality that resonates in the same way as when the play was first staged in 1907. Part of Rehearsal for Truth, a unique festival presenting the best in Central European theater, organized under the auspices of Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President, and Daniel Herman, Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic.
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Thursday, September 28, 8:15 - 10:30 PM
Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival / play (Czech Republic) + AFTERPARTY RECEPTION
venue: Bohemian National Hall
A performance drawn from the correspondence of Jiri Voskovec and Jan Werich, the legendary founders of the Liberated Theatre in Prague, who had to flee fascist Europe and then separated in 1948 after the communist government got into power in Czechoslovakia. Part of Rehearsal for Truth, a unique festival presenting the best in Central European theater, organized under the auspices of Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President, and Daniel Herman, Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic.
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Saturday, September 30, 8:00 - 10:00 PM
EXPERTS VISITING
Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival / play (Slovakia) + AFTERPARTY RECEPTION
venue: Bohemian National Hall
The play The Experts Visiting (Navsteva expertov) written by Egon Bondy - one of the most outstanding Czechoslovak underground personalities - is based on his personal experience from the environment of the secret services. Part of Rehearsal for Truth, a unique festival presenting the best in Central European theater, organized under the auspices of Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President, and Daniel Herman, Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic.
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Sunday, October 1, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
INTRO
Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival / play (Poland) + AFTERPARTY RECEPTION
venue: Bohemian National Hall
The play Intro draws inspiration, recognition and nervous melancholy from the undying spirit of the Dada movement, which - as its Apostles used to say - was, is and will be. Part of Rehearsal for Truth, a unique festival presenting the best in Central European theater, organized under the auspices of Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President, and Daniel Herman, Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic.
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September 27 - October 1
HAVEL CONVERSATIONS
Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival / preview screening
venue: Bohemian National Hall
>> Free and open to the public.
A continuous preview screening of interviews with US politicians, activists, and artists at BNH Cinema. Part of Rehearsal for Truth, a unique festival presenting the best in Central European theater, organized under the auspices of Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President, and Daniel Herman, Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic.
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September 27 - October 1
FROM VISEGRAD TO VISEGRAD
Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival / exhibition
venue: BBLA at Bohemian National Hall
>> Free and open to the public.
The exhibition From Visegrad to Visegrad drawn from the collection of Polish Archive Society presents the history of relations between Polish, Slovak, Hungarian and Czech nations - from the 14th century to present day. Part of Rehearsal for Truth, a unique festival presenting the best in Central European theater, organized under the auspices of Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President, and Daniel Herman, Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic.
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BBLA'S MEMBER
ORGANIZATIONS
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Association of Free Czechoslovak Sportsmen
Czech and Slovak Solidarity Council
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Bohemian Benevolent & Literary Association | 321 East 73rd Street, 3rd floor | New York, NY 10021
(212) 988-1733 | www.bohemianbenevolent.org | info@bohemianbenevolent.org
BBLA is a not-for-profit organization established in 1891 in
New York City
as an umbrella organization for almost eighty Czech and Slovak immigrant organizations. The mission of BBLA is to preserve and support Czech and Slovak culture in
New York City
. BBLA
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s member organizations include American Fund for Czech and Slovak Leadership Studies, Association of Free Czechoslovak Sportsmen, Czech and Slovak Solidarity Council, Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in
America
, Dvorak American Heritage Association and Sokol
New York
. BBLA is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization.
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