About this Event
TALK, EXHIBITION OPENING | Translator Alex Zucker will be in conversation with photographer and curator Eva Heyd on the occasion of her new publication, Ticket to the New World, and an exhibition of the same name.
The book, edited by Heyd, follows the fates of numerous prominent figures of the First Czechoslovak Republic’s cultural scene (including Bohuslav Martinu, Alexander Hammid, and Jiri Voskovec) who decided to leave the country at the beginning of World War II. Some emigrated out of fear of persecution, while others refused to live under a totalitarian regime. The bilingual publication aims to document their unusual life stories and fates, introduce their American activities and work, and map their lasting contributions.
The conversation will be followed by an opening of the exhibition Ticket to the New World curated by Eva Heyd, featuring works by Axel Hammid and Bedrich Grunzweig, images by graphic designer Ladislav Sutnar, caricatures by Adolf Hoffmeister and Antonin Pelc, and documents from the career of soprano Jarmila Novotna.
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Ticket to the New World (2018), edited by Eva Heyd, illustrated by Hans Lichtenwagner. Published for a 2018 exhibition organized by Czech National Trust.
Free and open to the public. Online registration through Eventbrite is required. Wearing of a face mask inside the venue is required.
The 2022 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival: Under Pressure is dedicated to the people of Ukraine fighting for their independence. ?? Suggested donation ($10) will be used to support Ukrainian refugees. All collected funds will be donated to People in Need, a Czech non-governmental, non-profit organization.
WHERE: Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street (between 2nd & 1st Aves), New York, NY 10021. Subway: Q line - 72nd Street, 6 line – 68th Street Hunter College or 77th Street
PARKING: Discounted parking of $30 for up to 10 hours for guests of Bohemian National Hall is available at GGMC Parking. Two parking entrances: 307 East 73rd Street and 300 East 74th Street. Present your parking ticket at BNH reception for a validation sticker.
ABOUT THE 2022 REHEARSAL FOR TRUTH THEATER FESTIVAL
The 2022 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival: Under Pressure is organized by the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation and the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York, GOH Productions, Czech National Trust, Terezin Music Foundation, Trap Door Theatre, and Yara Arts Group.
The festival is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts, Consulate General of the Czech Republic in New York, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Ministry of Human Capacities, Hungary, and Society for the History of Czechoslovak Jews.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street, New York, United States
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