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Think a seven-hour bus ride to Potsdam, N.Y., is a long road trip? As a junior in high school, Smith spent a total of six weeks in four countries—the Czech Republic, Finland, Switzerland and Germany—while playing with the U.S. National Team Developmental Program...
PRAGUE The favorite among the Czech capital's boardroom set is Louis Vuitton's classic Tobol briefcase ($1,630), left, with a trio of large individual compartments inside and an open pocket outside for travel documents...
After taking over the non-profit theatre three years ago, the duo have been busy preserving the Brattle’s independence through a bill that primarily appeals to cult audiences, featuring film series with themes such as Humphrey Bogart, Czech Fantasy and Horror and the Bugs Bunny Film Festival...
DIED. GEORGETTE KLINGER, 88, fashionable skin-care pioneer of the 1940s whose European facial techniques laid the basis for today's multibillion-dollar spa industry; in New York City. Born in what is now the Czech Republic, she fought acne as a child and began experimenting with her own cures when traditional dermatology treatments failed. Her view that the face is something to be treated rather than just decorated inspired a revolution in cosmetic skin care...
Like many an eagle-eyed Czech, composer Václav Hálek was out in the woods on a recent afternoon, foraging for wild mushrooms. But their flavor was far from his mind - Hálek, 66, was after their sound. He found his quarry 10 minutes into his walk: a beautiful Fragile Russula with a purplish top. After a moment of prayer, he reached for a sheet of notepaper and wrote out a short piece for solo violin. "They are all compositions that in some way portray a particular mushroom," he says. As Hálek tells...