Amerikai Magyar Szó, 1978. január-június (32. évfolyam, 1-26. szám)

1978-06-01 / 22. szám

Thursday, June 1. 1978. IO AMERIKAI MAGYAR StO LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Editor, Heritage! Although I saw a retrospective exhibit of Diihrer at the Guggenheim Museum several years ago, I had no idea that he was of Hungarian origin. It was a pleasant revelation. Congratulations, Heritage! Martha C. NYC • Editor, Heritage! The first issue was excellent. Congratulations to all who worked and wrote for it. Anca Vrbovska Saitta Editor, Heritage! I found Heritage very interesting with one ex­ception: the Almanac column has too many items without sufficient explanation. How about giving us fewer items and more detailed background to the events mentioned. Susan G.. Manhattan Editor, Heritage! Hiked your publication so much I want to get in on the ground floor and be assured that I will get it regularly for a long time ,so I am enclosing a check for $ 5.- At your subscription rate of $ 1.- per 6 months, that should keep me well stocked with Heritage for 2 and 1/2 years. Congratulations and good luck! M.B. Bronx,NY Did you enjoy reading Heritage? Would you like your friends to share in the enjoyment of reading a paper geared to those who want to read note­worthy articles about Hungary and Hungarian- Americans? Yes? Well, then, send us the names and addresses of those friends to whom you wish us to send a sample copy and we shall gladly do so. Address your request to: Mrs. Fay Deak, c/o Heritage-Himgarian Word, 130 E 16 St. New York, N.Y.10003. Name:............................................................................ Address:...................................*.................................. Name:.......................................................................... Address:.................................................................... Subscription for 6 months $ 1.— HUNGARIAN ART N0UU6AU A traveling exhibition from Hungary has ended a successful stay at Rutgers University, in New Jer­sey and is currently being viewed at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in'Wausau, Wiscon­sin where it will remain through June 11. The exhibition of Art Nouveau objects includes tapestries, lace, ceramics, glass, posters, leather, metalwork, graphics, and sculpture. The show is sponsored by the Institute for Cultural Relations in Budapest and is being circulated by the U.S. Smithsonian Institution Traveling Service. The New York Times /New Jersey Supplement/ said of the exhibition:“...the display introduces us to consummate tum-of-the-century creation marked by their strong national characteristics, originality, expert craftsmanship and vision.” Following its stay in Wausau, the exhibit will move on to the Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Florida, where it may be seen from July 1 to August 6. "A CARESS OF OUR ROOTS” continued from p. 9. Hungarian we talked to in the stre'ets appeared to rejoice in his or her celebration of life. Clearly there are crises that the euphoric tourist is not in the least sensitive to, but then again, as all things re­main relative, we found that many of the problems that did permeate, were of such a nature that they can be considered universal, unfortunately. The problem of overpopulation, crime among the young, the values of the young in direct contradiction with the older generation, the feverish idea that the more one possesses, the more this results in happi­ness, waste of energy resources, and many more parallel situations which we find in the substance of our own culture. One inevitable conclusion must clearly be im­pressed in one’s travel to Hungary or any other sovereign state, and that conclusion is that we are more and more critically dependent on each other. The concept of the global village becomes only too apparent as we begin to correlate the aspirations of peoples in Hungary and the United States. We see the monumental parallels. The frustrations, the crises, those social problems that are not remedied by kafkaesque bureaucracies. Alas! the latter can become a veritable béte noire inversely propor­tional to the more one depends on them for expe­dient solutions. Knowing human nature we may remain optimistic about the future, after all did we not evolve from the pleistoscene era to the present? In time there will be even less and less contrast between all “civilised” nations. This may be unfor­tunate to a great extent. But to a greater extent /and this can be evidenced in one’s travel to Hun­gary quite conspicuously/ it may be most fortu­nate, as it will dissipate poor communications and very likely effect better understanding among na­tions. /Henry Weinstock came to the United States as a child in the mid-40’s with his father, Eugene Wein- stock who recounted their harrowing experiences escaping the Nazis in a book entitled: BEYOND THE LAST PATH./ I Stained glass window in cupola of the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest, designed by Odon Lech- ner and Gyula Partos, 1896. /Cover illustration on the catalogue of the Hunga­rian Art Nouveau Exhibit./ The First Hungarian Folkdance Symposium will be held from June 21 to 25, 1978 at the Paramount Hotel, in Parksville, New York, in the Catskill Mountains. For further information, write to HFS, c/o Magyar, 257 Chestnut Ave. Bogota,NJ,07603. • The University of California at Santa Barbara, presents its 4th Annual Folk Dance Symposium Labor Day Camp, from Tuesday, August 29 to Sunday, September 3, featuring, among others, Judith and Kalman Magyar, in 5 days of folk dance instruction. For information write to Folk Dance Symposium, PO Box 2692, Hollywood, Cal.90028. • ANDRÁS ŐSZE Hungarian-American sculptor, András Ősze had his first exhibition in Hungary forty years ago. An ex­hibition of his work recently opened at the Műcsar­nok Gallery in Budapest, showing his latest small sculptures and graphic works. Two years ago, And­rás Ősze presented his home town of Nagykanizsa, with one hundred of his statues. TO OUR READERS

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