Culture
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Whitewashing Lennon Wall sparked threats, says art group’s Mikuláš Karpeta
On the recent 25th anniversary of the start of the Velvet Revolution a previously unknown street art group named Pražská služba (Prague Service) made headlines at home and…
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Petr Hapka remembered
In this edition of Sunday Music we'll be playing some of the best known songs by popular Czech singer Petr Hapka, who passed away last week at the age of just 70…
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It’s just a wall
I decided it was time to update my profile picture on Facebook and I needed to go to the Lennon Wall to do that. As a study abroad student in Prague, I didn’t go to the…
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First Aussie Film Fest held at Prague's Lucerna cinema
Many have noted that Australian film productions are all too rarely showcased in the Czech Republic. But the 1st Aussie Film Fest at Prague's Lucerna Cinema would…
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Popular composer and singer Petr Hapka dies at 70
The popular Czech composer and singer Petr Hapka has died at the age of 70. Many hit songs that Hapka co-authored have become part of the culture, while he was also a…
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Singer Ida Kelarová finds inspiration in her Romany roots
Singer Ida Kelarová is a singer, musician and choirmaster who performs some of the best Romany music to come out of the Czech Republic. But, ironically it was many years…
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Irena Eliášová: a song to raise your spirits
The poet, playwright and novelist Irena Eliášová spent her early childhood in a Romany village in south-western Slovakia. The memory of this time has become the defining…
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Former Prague slaughterhouse turned into new theatre and centre for experimental art
Earlier this month, Cirk La Putyka (one of the Czech Republic’s most acclaimed New Circus companies) and project manager Štepan Kubišta launched Jatka 78, a new theatre…
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Czech Philharmonic receives standing ovation at Carnegie Hall
The 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, celebrated earlier this week, was marked not only in the Czech Republic but also abroad. On Sunday, for example, the Czech…
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Collection pays homage to Prague’s legendary Semafor theatre
For Semafor is a unique album initiated by the Czech music journalist Pavel Klusák on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the legendary Semafor Theatre in 2009. It…
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Gary Keith Griffin draws on own experiences of heady days of revolution for movie Listopad
Gary Keith Griffin is currently in Prague presenting his new Czech-language movie Listopad (November), which explores the Velvet Revolution from the perspective of young…
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Photographer Jiří Jírů on life behind the Iron Curtain, exile and ‘Photostroika’
Jiří Jírů developed a love for photography from his uncle, the avant-garde Czech photographer Václav Jírů, before studying the discipline in Brussels and working for US…
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