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In memoriam: Ivan Král – Czech musician who worked with Patti Smith, Iggy Pop
Ivan Král, a celebrated Prague-born musician, composer and producer who immigrated to the United States in the mid-1960s, died on Sunday at the age of 71. Early in his…
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The Grandmother: the book that every Czech knows
The Grandmother by Božena Němcová is an iconic work in Czech literature. The novel about an idealized rural community in the early 19th century, written in the days of the…
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THE BEST OF CZECH CLASSICAL MUSIC, PART 4: Largo, from Antonín Dvořák’s New World Symphony
Czech classical music is not only a part of national culture and history, but also of the nation’s soul. This year we have prepared a series on the renowned hits of Czech…
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The Czech Books You Must Read
Kafka, Čapek, Kundera and Havel, these are all world renowned names, but what about all the others? How well are Czech authors actually known abroad? Can you find a…
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Holocaust Memorial Day: teaching a new generation, through the children’s opera Brundibár
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the most infamous of Nazi death camps. Throughout the Czech Republic, memorial…
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The best of Czech classical music, part 3: Julius Fučík’s Entrance of the Gladiators
Czech classical music is not only a part of the national culture and history, but also of its very soul. This year, we have prepared a series on renowned works of Czech…
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The best of Czech classical music, part 2: Bedřich Smetana’s The Bartered Bride
Czech classical music is not only a part of national culture and history, but also of the nation’s soul. This year we have prepared a series on the renowned hits of Czech…
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Screenshot: a hybrid English-friendly Prague art-house cinema where screenings are events
Screenshot, a new Prague art-house cinema and exhibition gallery, is the beloved brainchild of Iranian-born filmmaker and FAMU International grad Payam Razi, who stepped…
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FAMU student’s animated short secures Oscar nomination
Dcera (Daughter), the puppet stop-motion movie created by FAMU student Daria Kashcheeva has been nominated for an Oscar in the category “best animated short“. It would be…
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Írán:ci Film Festival cofounder Kaveh Daneshmand on escape, boundaries and ‘Z-movies’
The ninth annual Írán:ci Film Festival, this year under the theme of ‘Escape”, gets underway on Wednesday. Ahead of the opening, I spoke to festival cofounder and artistic…
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“He was a storyteller”: Czech directing great Ivan Passer dies at 86
Ivan Passer, one of the leading lights of cinema’s Czechoslovak New Wave, died in the US late last week at the age of 86. Best-known in his home country for the magical…
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The best of Czech classical music, part 1: Dvořák's Slavonic Dance no. 8
Czech classical music is not only a part of national culture and history, but also of the nation’s soul. This year we have prepared a series on the renowned hits of Czech…
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