Culture
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Ivan Mládek and his Banjo Band
Over the last nearly five decades, Ivan Mládek and his Banjo Band has been amusing fans with his original music style, combining elements of Dixieland and country with…
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Czechs cling to literary traditions in spite of new technologies
March is national reading month in the Czech Republic, with special events taking place all around the country. There has always been a strong reading culture in the…
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My Prague – Karel Och
Karel Och, who hails from a small town in the Vysočina region, is artistic director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. For most of the year, Och and his…
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A desperate search for Mexican food in Prague
As a Southern California native, Mexican food is not just a fundamental part of my diet, it’s a staple. While I tried to load up on as many burritos as I could before I…
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Czech film student wins massive following with New York photo art
Yellow cabs flying in the sky above New York, the Statue of Liberty holding an ice cream cone or a man hanging from a skyscraper, about to be blown away by the wind: these…
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DVA – Idiosyncratic folk-pop duo win admirers at home and abroad
DVA, comprising Bára Kratochvílová and Jan Kratochvíl, have been on the go since the mid-2000s, creating a highly distinctive brand of quirky folk-pop sung in their own…
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Martin Reiner and a poet in the maelstrom of the 20th century
It is not often that one book receives two major Czech literary awards within a few weeks, but that is just what happened at the end of last year in the case of Martin…
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Chair designed by Czech architect offers parents of premature children greater in-hospital privacy
In this week’s Arts, meet the Prague-based architect and designer Petr Schwarzbeck. He made headlines recently for the design of a special egg-shaped chair which in the…
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National Museum launches volunteer program
The National Museum in Prague has just launched its very first volunteer program, giving members of the public the opportunity to serve in a variety of positions…
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Snowden doc and Act of Killing follow-up among highlights of 2015 One World
Preparations are well underway for the 2015 edition of the colourful One World international festival of human rights documentaries, which begins in Prague on Monday…
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The Hop Pickers: 60 years later still considered the greatest Czech musical
Today’s Sunday Music Show is dedicated to the very first and undoubtedly the most popular Czech musical Starci na chmelu or The Hop Pickers. The film, also known in…
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Guy Roberts – Founder of Prague Shakespeare Company
Anyone interested in English-language theatre in Prague will do well to look up tickets for productions by the Prague Shakespeare Company, founded by the Texas-born Guy…
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