Czechs abroad
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John Tusa: Our modernist Baťa estate in UK was exact model of what we’d left behind in Zlín
Sir John Tusa anchored the top UK current affairs show Newsnight in the 1980s before heading the BBC World Service for seven years. Though today a member of the British…
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Czechoslovak centenary celebrations held the world over
Celebrations marking the centenary of the birth of Czechoslovakia on October 28, 1918 are taking place not only in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, but also among Czech…
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Norma Zabka: Attending Sokol New York since the early 1930s
Norma Zabka was born 90 years ago in the heart of what was then the heavily Czech district of Yorkville on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Though now possessed of a soft but…
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Minister at UN: Chicago connections were key to foundation of Czechoslovakia
The Czech deputy prime minister, Jan Hamáček, referenced key moments in the country’s modern history in an address to the UN General Assembly on Saturday. In an interview…
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Czechs living in US call for introduction of postal vote
The Czech parliament is set to debate a proposal that would make it easier for Czechs voting in elections abroad to cast their vote by post. A Czech community in the…
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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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