THE PRAGUE SPRING, 48 YEARS LATER
By Peter Brampton Koelle for International Policy Digest
August 20 marks the forty-eighth anniversary of the beginning of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. The Soviet Union crushed the Prague Spring, Alexander Dubcek's attempt to build 'socialism with a human face.' The invasion and subsequent repression were one of the saddest chapters of the Cold War period. Now, forty-eight years later, the Soviet invasion must not be remembered in the United States with any feeling of Post- Cold War triumph, but with sober reflection. The United States was partner to the Cold War, and but five years later, the United States crushed Salvador Allende's attempt to build socialism with a human face in Chile. General Augusto Pinochet took his place and established a reign of terror. The United States was, just as was the Soviet Union, loath to tolerate any regime beyond its control within the perceived sphere of influence of the United States.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio to Declare September 28 Vaclav Havel Day in New York City
SAVE THE DATE - HAPPY HAVEL DAY!
venue: Bohemian National Hall Join us for a celebration of the power of words and human rights at the inaugural Havel Day in New York City. The program will be hosted by screenwriter and human rights activist Margaret Nagle, winner of three Writers Guild of America Awards. Professor Timothy Garton Ash of Oxford University will present the first Award for a Courageous Writer at Risk Disturbing the Peace. Dagmar Havlova, spouse of Vaclav Havel, and Adriena Krnacova, Mayor of Prague, will be the Guests of Honor. Greetings and music by Havel's friends and extracts from Havel's plays directed by Michael Sexton, Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Society. For more information, contact Pavla Niklova at (888) 729-8453 or pavla.niklova@vhlf.org.
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 HERE IS WHAT'S COMING THIS SUMMER
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August 2 - 12 
LUKA BRASE: LB MEETS NEW YORK
Viewing hours: Monday - Friday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
(BBLA's exhibition space is occasionally closed for events. Please call 212-988-1733 to verify access.)
Exhibition opening: Wednesday, August 3, 6:30 - 8:30 PM.
Recent works by Slovak artist and photographer Luka Brase. Drawings, mixed media, collages and new 3D technology based on the artist book Art on the Way.
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August 16 - September 16 
VINCENT HLOZNIK: BETWEEN WAR AND DREAM
closing reception Thursday, September 15, 6:30 PM
Viewing hours: Monday - Friday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
(BBLA's exhibition space is occasionally closed for events. Please call 212-988-1733 to verify access.)
20 Surrealist-inspired linocut prints by Slovak artist Vincent Hloznik (1919-1997) from the series Dreams (Sny) (1962) on loan from Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection at Hebrew Home at Riverdale. They represent a turning point in the artist's career as his figurative motifs-always related to the exploration of the human condition-began to take on more symbolic and metaphorical meanings.
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on view until October 23
ETCHING OUT DREAMS: CONTEMPORARY SLOVAK PRINTS BY DUSAN KALLAY, KAMILA STANCLOVA, AND KATARINA VAVROVA
venue: Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection at Hebrew Home at Riverdale
(5901 Palisade Avenue, Riverdale, NY 10471)
Three contemporary award-winning Slovak artists will be featured: Dusan Kallay and Kamila Stanclova-both students of Slovak master Vincent Hloznik (1919-1997)-and Katarina Vavrova, who studied with Hloznik's protégé Albin Brunovsky (1935-1997).
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