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Volume 104 Number 42
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★ Humanity ISSN —07458800
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October 26, 2016
Premier U.S. exhibit of iconic Czech artist Josef Lada opens at three museums in Texas By Susan Chandler Czech Heritage Museum Administrator Temple, Texas
Heritage Day at the State Fair
Lodge 84, Dallas members and friends of all ages present Czech dances at the annual Heritage Day at the State Fair of Texas on Sunday, October 16 in Dallas in memory and honor of the late Bessie Petr who taught the traditional beseda dance to generations of members for 64 years. Bessie passed away in February. TOP PHOTO: Youth are ready to dance. Left to right are Aven Ivey, Katie Kenney, Asher Ivey, Natalie Williamson, Noelle Williamson, and Lilly Kenney. Photo by Susan McKee. BELOW: Adults take the stage to dance the traditional beseda.
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Three Texas Czech cultural museums have partnered to bring the art of Czech illustrator and painter Josef Lada from Prague to the United States for the first time. The exhibit of 96 pieces will be divided between the Czech Heritage Museum in Temple, the Czech Center Museum in Houston and the Texas Czech Cultural and Heritage Center in La Grange. The exhibits will open in October and remain through February. Each museum is hosting an opening event featuring a lecture and discussion by folk artist and Czech importer Daniela Mahoney of Portland, Oregon. The dates are October 22 in Houston; October 25 in Temple; and October 29 in La Grange. Lada’s work is well known in the Czech Republic and has shown in galleries and museums for decades in Europe. In his village of Hrusice, one can visit his home, now a museum of his works and that of his daughter, Alena. “We are happy to have managed this first U.S. Josef Lada exhibit with (the Czech Heritage Museum in Temple) and hope it will go well,” said Lada.
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Lodge 28 East Bernard member honored for 41 years of service
Joseph Lada, 1887 to 1957, was a prolific painter, illustrator, and cartoonist. He was editor of the Sunday supplement for the Cesky Slovo. He painted numerous series of illustrations and cartoons including “How Newspapers are Made,” “Pub Brawls,” Mikes the Talking Cat,” and many landscapes and village scenes from his home and childhood. He also designed sets and costumes for the National Theatre. His Christmas illustrations were animated for film to depict the J.J. Ryba’s Czech Christmas Mass (1796), a beautiful Czech equivalent to our Handel’s Messiah. His political satire cartoons appeared in major Czech magazines and newspapers. When Lada’s old roommate Jaroslav Hasek’s wrote a humorous commentary on the absurdities of war and oppression, he asked Lada to create a cover. Lada went on to illustrate the book, “The Good Soldier Svejk and his fortunes in the world war” and the sequel, “The Red Commissar.” “The Good Soldier Svejk,” one of
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Lodge 54 West shares September meeting scenes
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Lodge 185 New Braunfels youth wins award at State Fair of Texas