Culture
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A brief encounter with a man who photographed history
You may not be familiar with the name Josef Koudelka, but there is a very good chance you will know his work. And we’re all sure to see a lot more of it as the August…
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Věra Chase: the frustrated astronaut who became a writer
Věra Chase has had six books published. They include poetry and prose - both short stories and a novel with the intriguing title, “Passion for Peaches”. Věra hails from a…
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Dvořák American Heritage Association keeping great composer’s legacy alive in NYC
The great Czech composer Antonín Dvořák lived in New York for three years in the 1890s, after being invited to teach at America’s national conservatory. Dvořák’s stay in…
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Laughter and remembrance of 1968 at the Prague Writers’ Festival
Writers from all over the world gathered in Prague this week to recall the strange days of 1968. The Prague Writers’ Festival, which was originally set up to promote…
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Martin Rajniš – from ‘70s high tech to a building “for an ice queen” on Sněžka
Martin Rajniš is a renowned Czech architect, who along with Johnny Eisler and Miroslav Masák, authored the famous Máj building (now Tesco) in the centre of Prague…
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Lights! Camera! Prague! puts city’s filming locations on the map
Amadeus, Mission: Impossible and Casino Royale are just a few of more than 70 international films shot in and around Prague since the 1980s. Visitors to the Czech capital…
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Symphony orchestras face off in football friendly
Many fans of classical music in the Czech capital have been closely following the Prague Spring Festival drawing to a close this week. But how many knew that some of these…
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Khamoro Festival celebrates 10th anniversary in Prague
The Khamoro Festival is an international Romany Festival held in Prague each year. This year saw the 10th anniversary of the event, which features Romany performers and…
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Visa agency head outlines which Czech musicians play in the US, where they play – and who they play…
The New York-based company Tamizdat brings music from central and eastern Europe to an American audience. They also act as an agency helping musicians get work visas to…
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Production of central European Biedermeier furniture beginning of modern design, says Prague Castle…
A major new exhibition entitled “Biedermeier Art and Culture in the Czech Lands, 1818 to 1848” has just got underway at Prague Castle. Indeed, organisers are saying it…
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Adolf Zika on 15 years of photography
Anyone familiar with Czech photography in recent years will have come across the name of Adolf Zika – highly respected in the world of fashion for his commercial and…
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Rajniš show opens at Jaroslav Fragner Gallery
This Tuesday sees the opening of a new exhibition at Prague’s Jaroslav Fragner gallery featuring the work of renowned Czech architect Martin Rajniš. He is one of the co…
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