Culture
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Petra Valentová: I like how many people are reacting to the current situation – with responsibility…
Petra Valentová is a Czech-born, New York-based conceptual and multimedia artist whose work frequently explores questions of identity. With her adopted city greatly…
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Czech Film Commissioner: foreign productions will return, development remains strong
The Czech film industry expects to see a 75 percent drop in production by year’s end due to the coronavirus pandemic. The cinemas are closed, the production of foreign…
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“Paralysed” Radio Orchestra reaching audiences through streamed concerts
Impacted like so many others by coronavirus-related restrictions, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra has found a new way to reach audiences. It is relaying live video…
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Artist and musician Tom Kotik: When we're able to meet again, we can lose ourselves in composing…
Tom Kotik is an artist and curator whose work often explores the intersection of sound and vision, as well as a musician with the band Sportsman’s Paradise. As New York…
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War with the Newts: Karel Čapek’s prescient, dystopian magnum opus
Karel Čapek’s last major novel, War with the Newts, is considered a satirical dystopian masterpiece, both prescient and timeless, uniquely Czech and yet universal. Like…
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Artist Hana Shannon: I find comfort in the creative process
Painter Hana Shannon, whose works include the series Czechs Silhouettes, received classical training in Prague before settling in New York. With the Big Apple currently…
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Petr Sís: Our ancestors would draw in caves in times of uncertainty
The highly successful Czech-born illustrator and author Petr Sís has been resident in New York for several decades. As the city comes under intense pressure from the…
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Artists That Never Give Up project part of new Czech Center New York online focus
With New York reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, the city’s Czech Center is now reaching the public online. As part of this new focus, it has created a series of…
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Fanfán Tulipán cut new ground with LP ‘Genius noci’
Fanfán Tulipán are known for their playful melodies rooted in jazz, as well as funk and chanson traditions, and for their energetic exploration of rhythm. The band was…
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Czech artists boost public morale during quarantine period
Czech artists and people from the cultural sphere have been looking for ways to boost public morale in the face of the coronavirus epidemic. Those artists who saw their…
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Miřenka Čechová: If my parents had known one percent they would have taken me out of ballet school
Miřenka Čechová is an internationally acclaimed performer, director and choreographer known for combining dance and physical theatre. In her recently published…
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Tribute to Czech queen of jazz and swing Eva Pilarová
She was one of the biggest stars on the Czechoslovak music scene during the 1960s and 1970s. Known for her three and a half octave soprano voice and down to earth…
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