Czech Center chief Barbara Karpetová: If you commit yourself to the mission, New York will pay it back

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:55:39 +0200Czech Center chief Barbara Karpetová: If you commit yourself to the mission, New York will pay it backhttps://english.radio.cz/czech-center-chief-barbara-karpetova-if-you-commit-yourself-mission-new-york-8144424© 2026 Radio Prague International When I visited New York in September I heard nothing but praise for the work of the city’s Czech Center in recent years. Much of the credit for this belongs to Barbara Karpetová, its tireless director, whose tenure is now coming to a close. The Czech Center is located in the magnificent Bohemian National Hall on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. When we spoke at its well-stocked, stylish library, I asked Karpetová who the institution’s visitors tended to be. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/karpetova_barbara.jpg?timestamp=1590427009 Czech Center chief Barbara Karpetová: If you commit yourself to the mission, New York will pay it back https://english.radio.cz/czech-center-chief-barbara-karpetova-if-you-commit-yourself-mission-new-york-8144424 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9