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. On view until June 25. A special presentation, Jarmila Novotna: Transatlantic Opera, Screen, and Czech Cultural Presence, will be on view in the Dvorak Room. >> Read more
Ticket to the New World (2018), edited by Eva Heyd, illustrated by Hans Lichtenwagner. Published for a 2018 exhibition organized by Czech National Trust.
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The 2022 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival 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 with over 20 years of experience in helping people in emergencies all over the world.
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Project partners: Czech National Trust, Dvorak American Heritage Association, Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences New York Chapter, Embassy of the United States of America in Prague, and Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.
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 with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, 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.