Bohemian Benevolent & Literary Association

A Meeting of Masaryk and Dvorak Majda Kallab Whitaker 22 November, 2016

For a brief moment last September, the statue of composer Antonin Dvorak by Croatian-American sculptor Ivan Mestrovic (1883-1962) welcomed a visitor in the Bohemian National Hall: the portrait bust...

Celebrating Dvorak: DAHA at 25 Years Majda Kallab Whitaker 31 March, 2015

This year's Beseda Ball, BBLA’s annual fundraising event, honored DAHA and its creative, accomplished, and forward-looking leadership, as exemplified by the special honorees Professor Michael...

Making History: “New World” Symphony Manuscript in BNH Majda Kallab Whitaker 28 January, 2015

As a center of Czech culture and government, the historic Bohemian National Hall was recently the proud venue of a historic exhibition celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in...

Dvorak’s Cello Concerto: Manuscript Discovery Majda Kallab Whitaker 18 March, 2014

The recent discovery of the earliest known musical manuscript of Antonin Dvorak's New York-composed masterpiece, the Cello Concerto in B minor, Opus 104, will be marked by an unprecedented...

New World Diplomacy: Dvorak’s Contract Majda Kallab Whitaker 25 September, 2013

On September 8th, the Dvorak American Heritage Association (DAHA) unveiled its exhibition of the contract that brought Antonin Dvorak to America, featuring the original 1892 document signed by...

DAHA’S CONCERT DRAWS SKVORECKY AFFICIONADOS Majda Kallab Whitaker 05 February, 2013

The Dvorak American Heritage Association (DAHA) welcomed the New Year with a well-attended jazz and literary tribute to Josef Skvorecky (1924-2012). In his opening remarks, New York...