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15th International Organ Festival now underway at St James’ Basilica in Prague
The 15th International Organ Festival got underway at Prague’s St James’ Basilica on Thursday night with a recital by the American organist John Scott. In a series of…
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Highly-anticipated thriller hits Czech screens
This Wednesday saw the premiere of the highly-anticipated Czech crime thriller Kajínek, partly based on events surrounding one of the Czech Republic’s most notorious…
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A visit to set of ‘Leaving’, Václav Havel’s debut as film director
The former president Václav Havel has had many professions in his life – poet, playwright, dissident, revolutionary, president, and published author. Now, at the tender…
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Daphne Carr - American music writer and scholar teaching at Charles University
Daphne Carr is an American music expert and writer. The focus of her research is not classical but popular music, a field that only recently has garnered attention from…
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Future of the Future exhibition at Prague’s DOX seeks to go beyond established conceptions of past…
The future is not what is used to be. This popular statement was the inspiration for a fresh exhibition that opened at Prague’s DOX Center for Contemporary Art this week…
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Czech pavilion at Shanghai expo getting record attendance
The Czech Republic’s pavilion at the Expo2010 fair in Shanghai is proving an enormous success. Attendance figures have surpassed expectations and on Tuesday the pavilion…
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‘Kajínek’ – gripping story of convicted killer who maintains his innocence
A new film hits the cinema screens next week about the Czech Republic’s most notorious prisoner - Jiří Kajínek. In 1998, Kajínek was sentenced to life in prison for the…
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Summer Czech language courses in Dobruška
For many Czechs, the eastern Bohemian town of Dobruška evokes the Czech National Revival, a time when the Czech language was on the verge of extinction. A local merchant…
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Czech cinemas enjoying record earnings
Looking at the sales for Czech cinemas for the last half year, it seems there’s no business like show business for riding out an economic crisis. This week, the Union of…
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Authorities block transfer of famous Slav Epic
Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece the Slav Epic will not be moved from its temporary home in Moravský Krumlov to Prague for the time being – not before legal questions over its…
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Hearth and Horizon: cultural identity in a globalised world.
This week’s Czech Books visits the home of the distinguished philosopher and author, Professor Erazim Kohák, to discuss his book, Hearth and Horizon. After exile from…
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Popular Let’s Dance festival returns for fifth year
The Let’s Dance Prague International Festival, focusing largely on oriental dance including genres such as tribal, and styles like funky jazz, flamenco, flirt or street…
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