Czechs abroad
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Suzanna Halsey: I organised New York celebration of Velvet Revolution from offices of Penthouse
Suzanna Halsey is one of the most active members of the Czech community in New York and describes herself as an inveterate organiser. Alongside teaching Czech and other…
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Virtuoso pianist Tomáš Kačo: When I tell somebody I’m a Gypsy in the US, they’re excited about it
Earlier this year the young piano virtuoso Tomáš Kačo performed for the first time at New York’s famous Carnegie Hall. It was the fulfilment of a long-held dream for the…
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Bořek Lizec: Centennial Gala to honour Chicago’s role in Czechoslovak independence drive
Bořek Lizec, Consul General of the Czech Republic in Chicago, has unearthed and preserved remarkable stories of Czech-American friendships and come to believe that, quite…
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Vít Hořejš: puppets can be better actors than people
Actor and puppeteer Vít Hořejš was born in Czechoslovakia but spent most of his life in the United States, where he emigrated in his late twenties. He worked for the…
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L.A.-based Czech artist Maxim Havlíček comes full circle with “The Alchemist” exhibition
Twenty years ago, Czech artist, graphic designer and musician Maxim Havlíček left for San Francisco with 200 dollars in his pocket and the deep-felt conviction that his…
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Petra Tonder, pt. 2: A childhood escape, pulled across a river on a plank on an inner tube
Petra Tonder’s father Ivo Tonder took part in the Great Escape in 1944 and later also succeeded in breaking out of prison in his native Czechoslovakia. There, like many…
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Jean Hruby of American Sokol: Attending slet is like coming home to meet your grandparents
The 16th all-Sokol slet (gathering) begins in Prague next Sunday and will bring together thousands of people from the Czech physical fitness organisation, which was…
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Gratias Agit recipient on her ties to homeland
Jana Reichová left Czechoslovakia just weeks after the country’s invasion by Soviet-led troops in 1968 and started a new life in Sydney together with her husband and son…
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Foreign Ministry hands out annual Gratias Agit awards
The Czech Foreign Ministry has handed out its annual Gratias Agit Awards to Czech expatriates and foreigners for promoting the good name of the Czech Republic abroad. This…
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Czechs and Slovaks mark 100th anniversary of ‘Pittsburgh Agreement’ leading to statehood
One hundred years ago this autumn, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk stood atop the stairs of Independence Hall in Philadelphia – where both the American Declaration of Independence…
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Biggest Czech cultural event in US goes from strength to strength
An annual showcase of contemporary Czech films called Czech That Film is currently underway across the United States. The festival is the largest Czech cultural event in…
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Wife of a WWII war hero: Zuzana Wienerová
Zuzana Wienerová emigrated to the United States in the 1960’s with her late husband, RAF pilot and World War II hero Jan Wiener. Mr. Wiener was imprisoned by the…
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