Culture
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Exhibition celebrates Czech patron saint
This year, some historians contend, marks exactly 1,100 years since the birth of St. Wenceslas, the Czech king and chief patron of the Czech lands. To celebrate this…
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The Makropulos Case returns to Prague’s National Theatre
The opera Věc Makropulos by Czech composer Leoš Janáček, premiered at Prague’s National Theatre on Thursday in a co-production with the English National Opera. In this…
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Czech arts & culture a major facet of upcoming EU presidency
With only a couple of weeks remaining before the end of the 2008, anticipation is growing over the Czech Republic’s upcoming EU presidency: for six months the country will…
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Two-year international project “revisits” great Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů
Marking five decades since the death of the great Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů in 1959, a major international project entitled Martinů Revisited was officially launched…
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Czech box-office hits premiere in New York
Several Czech films made their New York debuts at The Brooklyn Academy of Music recently. The New York cultural institution's annual Czech film series is now it its ninth…
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Svitavy – the birthplace of Oskar Schindler
You are not very likely to wander into Svitavy by chance. Located on both the major road and railway line connecting Moravia and eastern Bohemia, for most people Svitavy…
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Revolutionary Czech design movement remembered in new exhibition
Artěl was a turn-of-the-century collective of young Prague-based designers sometimes referred to as the ‘Czech Bauhaus’. The movement is nowadays most famous for its…
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Mailbox
Today we disclose the identity of November’s mystery Czech and announce the names of the four listeners who will receive small prizes for their correct answers. Listeners…
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Tale of success for pupil of Chaucer
The guest on Czech Books this week, Tomáš Zmeškal, stunned the Czech literary world and reading public this autumn with his debut novel, Milostný Dopis Klínovým Písmem or…
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David Mamet’s Edmond to premiere in Prague on Saturday
Prague’s Divadlo na Zábradlí is best known for staging plays by the former Czech president Václav Havel, but recently, it has started producing English-language plays for…
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‘More junkies than gangsters’ – Czech rap scene explored in new film
Česká RAPublika is a new documentary following the lives of some of the best-known names in Czech rap. Over the last three years, director Pavel Abrahám has followed the…
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Paul Robeson in Prague: paying homage to Dvořák and socialism
In last week’s From the Archives we featured Martin Luther King, interviewed by Czechoslovak Radio in 1963. But Dr King was not the first civil rights campaigner to…
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