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The Bohemian Club (Czech: Česká beseda) is a club founded in 1899 that was frequented by Chicago's Czech elite, as well as the visiting elite from Czechoslovakia. The club was used as a place to share Czech culture , drama , music and literature .
Chicago has a large Czech population [1] (colloquially known as "Czechcagoans"). As of 2000, Chicago had the largest Czech population among US metropolitan areas, and Illinois had the second-largest Czech-American population after Texas. [2] There are 72,058 residents of Czech heritage living in the greater Chicago area as of 2023. [3]
Burials at Bohemian National Cemetery (Chicago) (9 P) Pages in category "Czech-American culture in Chicago" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
He trained at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and studied under A.H. Krehbiel, A. Sterba, and K.A. Buehr. [1] He arrived in Chicago in 1910. [2] [3] He modelled himself on Bouguereau and was associated with the Bohemian Arts Club of Chicago. [4] The Doctor, 1933, after Luke Fildes
The term polka referring to the dance is believed to derive from the Czech words "půlka", meaning "half-step". Czech cultural historian Čeněk Zíbrt attributes the term to the Czech word půlka (half), referring to both the half-tempo 2 4 and the half-jump step of the dance. [2]
The Masaryk School is architecturally undistinguished, a faceless cube set among Cicero’s bungalows, but every brick was laid with loving care by immigrants determined to pass the Czech language ...
The founders of the organization said that the purpose of the society is to encourage, support, and maintain Bohemian schools, dramatics, and libraries for Czech children and children of Czech heritage; to maintain a non-profit-making home social for Czechs and people of Czech ancestry in which the Czech culture may be taught and blended with American traditions and culture which makes the ...
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