Culture
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Sculptor discovers monument by National Museum was actually dedicated to Jan Palach
A sculptor tasked with reconstructing the communist era pylon in front of the National Museum’s New Building has discovered old documents which show the monument’s author…
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Virtuoso pianist Tomáš Kačo: When I tell somebody I’m a Gypsy in the US, they’re excited about it
Earlier this year the young piano virtuoso Tomáš Kačo performed for the first time at New York’s famous Carnegie Hall. It was the fulfilment of a long-held dream for the…
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Robert Křesťan - a legend on the Czech folk and bluegrass scene
Czech vocalist, banjo player, composer and translator Robert Křesťan is one of the bright lights on the Czech folk, country and bluegrass scene. In the course of a career…
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In National Gallery, young fashion designers send message: “We’re Next”
Fashion initiative We’re Next held their third annual event in Prague on Thursday evening, featuring designs by students from Prague’s Academy of Arts, or Umprum, and the…
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Prague exhibition highlights interwar functional design by top artists
Household items produced in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s and ‘30s by some of the country’s top designers and artists, such as Ladislav Sutnar and Toyen, are currently on…
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Petr Hájek named Architect of the Year
The Architect of the Year award has been bestowed upon a renowned educator and architect, Petr Hájek, who the judges said has responded with experimental flair on a wide…
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Steamboat Stompers celebrate 50 years on stage
Steamboat Stompers are one of the legends of the traditional Czech jazz scene. The Prague Dixieland band was established 50 years ago, in 1968. Steamboat Stompers have…
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Prague author gives ‘Slavic Misery’ a witty tribute in book, online
Welsh writer John Bills currently resides in Prague, but his fondness for Central and Eastern Europe stretches beyond the borders of the Czech Republic. So far beyond, in…
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Kupka exhibition opens at Prague’s National Gallery
An exhibition of work by the major Czech modernist painter František Kupka has just got underway at the National Gallery in Prague. Entitled František Kupka 1871–1957, it…
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Chinaski – hit band gearing up for autumn tour
The Czech pop-rock group Chinaski formed way back in the late 1980s and though they didn’t find a broad audience until the mid-2000s, they have consistently been one of…
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Popular Czech band Lucie makes a comeback
After a pause of 16 years, one of the most popular Czech bands, Lucie, is releasing a new album. The band, which enjoyed the biggest popularity in the 1990s, is also…
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Police crack down on drug traffic ahead of Hip Hop Kemp festival
Hip Hop Kemp, the largest music festival of the genre in Central and Eastern Europe officially kicks off on Thursday night at the massive open-air site Festivalpark on the…
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