Culture
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New Jerusalem exhibition to spotlight Czech glass design
Cross the Line is the title of a new exhibition of Czech and Slovak contemporary glass design that runs from Sunday in the Czech House Jerusalem. The exhibition is a joint…
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Student Oscar winner Marie Dvořáková: The fact Hollywood comes calling doesn’t mean it’s the right…
In 2017 director Marie Dvořáková followed the likes of Spike Lee, Robert Zemeckis and her compatriot Jan Svěrák in winning the Student Academy Award for her film Who’s Who…
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Czech incentives scheme paying off in attracting foreign film & TV productions, film tourism
Foreign filmmakers and TV crews spent nearly 5 billion crowns last year in the Czech Republic, a jump of nearly two billion crowns compared to 2017. With the state having…
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Divokej Bill’s wild celebration
Czech folk-rock band Divokej Bill recently celebrated 20 years of existence with 18,000 fans cheering in a sold-out O2 arena. The band, which hails from the town of Úvaly…
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‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ raises profile of Czech AIDS project co-founded by Freddie Mercury's friend
The founders of a project to educate Czech schoolchildren about HIV and AIDS, named in honour of the late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, plan to take it worldwide. The…
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Lake Malawi frontman honoured to represent Czechia at Eurovision
The band Lake Malawi will represent the Czech Republic at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Tel Aviv in May. The indie-pop band, formed in 2013 by the…
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Director Ivan Fíla on final cut, Hollywood kitsch, and Prague Spring hero František Kriegel
Award-winning screenwriter and director Ivan Fíla this summer added another titular feather to his cap – that of best-selling author – following the runaway success of his…
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Véronique Firkusny: In my mind, Czechoslovakia was a magical realm – a mid-80s visit left me…
Though forced to live in exile for most of his life, the world-renowned pianist Rudolf Firkušný maintained strong Czech traditions at his home in the United States. Indeed…
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Opera star Štefan Margita ventures into chanson
The world-known opera tenor Štefan Margita has ventured into the world of chanson. His new album, called Mapa Lásky or Map of Love, is a collection of twelve songs…
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Bizarre real-life story focus of award-winning graphic novel
The Czech Republic’s annual Muriel Award for the best comic book of the year was given to Svatá Barbora or Saint Barbara, a graphic novel about a highly publicised child…
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Otakar Dušek: the medallic artist behind Prague’s illegal Jan Palach / Josef Toufar mural
Otakar Dušek is a designer and artist with a passion for history and historical justice – something he hopes to instil in his students at the prestigious Václav Hollar…
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Twenty years after his death Jaroslav Foglar’s books are as popular as ever
Czechs are marking twenty years since the death of Jaroslav Foglar, youth movement activist and author of the legendary comics Rapid Arrows. Among the events remembering…
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