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Houpací koně: Ústí indie troopers reach peak on Everest
Inspired by US guitar bands like The Pixies and Sonic Youth, Houpací koně formed in Ústí nad Labem in 1991, releasing their eponymous debut LP four years later. While the…
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Kateřina Tučková and the latterday witch hunts of Moravia
The White Carpathian Mountains, straddling the border of Moravia and Slovakia, are one of the most beautiful and rural parts of the Czech Republic. Towns are few and far…
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Finnish phenoms Nightwish to headline Masters of Rock
Masters of Rock, held near Zlín, is the biggest international rock festival in the Czech Republic each year, with a spin-off winter event as well as sister festival in…
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Czech design festival showcases high level of local creativity
This week Prague is hosting its biggest annual design festival, Designblok, with dozens of presentations, exhibitions and fashion shows taking place in the city. Unlike in…
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Libraries organize week–long series of events to attract new readers
Thousands of libraries around the country are celebrating National Library Week with events aimed at drawing more people to these public institutions and highlighting what…
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Cimrman English Studio aiming to bring much-loved comic character to wider audience, says founder…
In a couple of weeks’ time, audiences in Prague will get their first chance to see a Jára Cimrman play performed in English. Known as a dramatist, inventor, philosopher…
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Petr Skoumal – songwriter whose music touched both children and their parents
The singer, songwriter and film score composer Petr Skoumal, who passed away last Sunday aged 76, wrote hundreds of songs for both adults and children. He will be…
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Divadlo v Kotcích festival recalls legacy of lost stone venue
In recent years, the Czech Republic and Prague specifically have seen an increase in street performance or street theatre. This Saturday, visitors can see troupes perform…
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Czech incentives attract more foreign filmmakers but big Hollywood productions are yet to come back
The Czech Republic is slowly re-establishing itself as a prime destination for international film and TV productions, mainly thanks to an increasingly generous incentives…
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Play about two extraordinary Shoah survivors from Prague enjoys two months’ run at off-Broadway…
This summer, an off-Broadway theatre in New York put on a play about the actress Hana Pravda and the athlete Miloš Dobrý, two extraordinary Czech Jews living in Prague…
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Life story of traveller Zikmund (95) like journey in time, says documentarian Petr Horký
The new documentary The Old Man and the World explores the life of one of the greatest of Czech travellers, Miroslav Zikmund. The exploits of Zikmund (now almost 96) and…
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Elena Buixaderas: a Spanish poet in Prague
At a crossroads in Europe, the Czech capital has always been an international city and has attracted writers from many parts of the world. But, despite the rich historical…
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