Culture
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My Prague – Glen Emery
Glen Emery has been in Prague since the early 1990s and today owns the lively and cosmopolitan bar Bukowski’s in Žižkov. But the Canadian, a font of great anecdotes and…
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GASK to offer a bit of Venice in upcoming exhibition
In this week’s Arts I talk to Jitka Hanušová of Art for Public, collaborating on an upcoming exhibition at the GASK Gallery in Kutná Hora, central Bohemia. The show…
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Writers’ fest “downsized” but bringing Pamuk to Prague
Wednesday sees the launch of the 23rd Prague Writers’ Festival, whose highlights will include appearances by one of the most important guests the event has ever brought to…
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Czech ensemble performs Jan Dismas Zelenka’s forgotten Easter Mass
Recent years have seen a renewed interest in the work of great Baroque composer Jan Dismas Zelenka – in his day admired by contemporaries like Johann Sebastian Bach. His…
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Famous Czech jazz flutist Jiří Stivín
This week’s Sunday Music Show is devoted to one of the country’s most prominent jazz artists –flutist Jiří Stivín. The 68-year-old musician, who is reputed to be able to…
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The Prague Literature House: “a developing story”
Until the middle of the 20th century, the territory of today’s Czech Republic had always been bilingual and the country has a huge German literary legacy. Adalbert Stifter…
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Martin Barry – New York-based landscape architect, founder of reSITE festival
In this week’s Arts my guest is New York-based landscape architect Martin Barry who last year launched a new festival and conference in Prague called reSITE, focussing on…
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Lendl’s unique Mucha collection goes on show in Prague
A much-anticipated exhibition of posters by the Czech Art Nouveau master Alfons Mucha has just opened its doors at the grand Municipal House in central Prague. The…
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Days of European Film festival in Prague celebrates its 20th anniversary
The Prague-based Days of European Film Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. In addition the usual program of thought-provoking films from all over…
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Folk singer Jana Vébrová: the girl from the windmill
This week Radio Prague’s Sunday music show profiles Jana Vérova - a young musician whose music is both raw and poetic and deeply rooted in her place of birth –the former…
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Nika Kupyrova: Creating myths of home and demons that hide within
Nika Kupyrova has traversed Europe from East to West and back. Born in Ukraine and having grown up in Prague, she went on to study art in Edinburgh and Iceland. Now Nika…
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Hated and admired, Brno’s Orloj lays a claim to fame
It was meant to be the pride of Brno - the town’s own astronomical clock to rival Prague’s famous Orloj and attract tourists to the Moravian metropolis. Located on the…
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