Dear Friends of the BBLA and the Bohemian National Hall,

The time of summer frolicking is over and as any New Yorker would tell you, the most important and the most vibrant season in our city is just about to take off.  Once the Labor Day is behind us, the streets will swell with life and the "New York Minute" becomes the norm again. We are now ready again, to welcome you all.  Our individual organizations are full of energy and enthusiasm to dazzle you with their programs. So come and play with us.

Joseph Balaz, President 

Bohemian Benevolent & Literary Association

Bold, brilliant and blackly comic, The Devil's Workshop paints a deeply troubling portrait of a country dealing with its ghosts and asks: at what point do we consign the past to history?

Alex Zucker's translation of Jachym Topol's The Devil's Workshop (in Czech Chladnou zemi) received the 2013 English PEN Award for Writing in Translation and is available in the United States. Listen to a radio interview with Alex about the challenge of making translations visible.  

View our photos from the last unforgettable dance at the historic BNH, all white, hosted by Blanka Stichova with DJ Raphael.