Month: June 2011

How Did Cities Evolve?

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an illustrated lecture by SVU member

Edward A. Toran

THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011 @ 6:30 PM

6th Floor, Mid-Manhattan Library,
40th Street and 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016

Edward Toran’s illustrated presentation points out the many intertwined influences where changes in production, business dealings, technology, warfare, communication and information could lead from minor inventions to major changes in urban landscapes. In all these obervations, recognizing present life procedures helps to clarify historic events; and knowing history always can help to understand future developments.

JOHANNES DOKCHTOR FAUST, June 5, 2011 @ 3 PM

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A Special Performance at SVU Conference
(June 3-5) at the Bohemian National Hall

JOHANNES DOKCHTOR FAUST

The Petrifying Puppet Comedye.
Starring 100-year old Czech puppets speaking English.

SUNDAY, JUNE 5 at 3 pm

FREE ADMISSION
Bohemian National Hall
321 E 73rd Street (between 1st & 2nd Avenues)

The story of the learned Johannes Faust, who sold his soul to the devil for ultimate knowledge.

The staging incorporates age-old technical tricks, fire and thunder, hellish gargoyles and underwater creatures.

With marionette theater, the Czechs brought commedia to the Faustian canon. They introduced the jester, Pimprle (Kasparek), into the story (his appearance in about half of Czech marionette plays gave the name “Pimprle Theater”) as well as three other clown characters: Faust’s comic guards, Dumpling and Bigcheeze, and his German valet, Wagner.