Book presentation: Renata Fucikova, Bohemian Stories

[1st Floor] Renata Fucikova, a renowned illustrator and author of literature for children and young adults, presents a graphic journey through the history of Czechs in the United States, capturing the bonds between the two countries through their lived experience.

Short texts and vivid illustrations detail the fates of the cartographer Martin Bohemus, the rebel Vojta Náprstek, the Freethinker Ladimír Klácel; reveal the stories of politicians like Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Anton Čermák and Madeleine Albright; and celebrate the accomplishments of astronauts James Lovell, Eugen Cernan and John Blaha. Readers join the Czech immigrants as they settle the barren prairies of the Midwest and help build the streets and neighborhoods of Chicago and New York, and experience the success of artists and athletes who found a new home in the United States.

For more information, visit www.czechcenter.com.

Free and open to the public. RVSP online through Eventbrite.

This event is organized by Czech Center New York.

From Bohemian National Hall.