Culture
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Czechs - Europe's biggest bookworms and poorest readers?
Reading has friends in some very high places here in the Czech Republic. Last week, former president Vaclav Havel and a group of other famous names besides got together to…
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Ma Vlast by Bedrich Smetana celebrates 125 years since its premiere
The familiar sound of harp opens the cycle of six symphonic poems entitled Ma Vlast or My Country, written by one of the most famous Czech composers Bedrich Smetana. This…
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First annual 'Festival of Czech Culture Abroad' opens at Senate Hall
Representatives of Czech communities from all over the world are gathering in Prague this week for a new festival celebrating Czech culture outside the Czech Republic. The…
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Encore: Music for the movies - from the Emperor of Abyssinia to the Count of Monte Cristo
For this edition of Encore we go to the movies, looking at two contemporary composers who have approached the art of composing for film from very different angles.
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Czech and Irish leads enjoying surprise success of film Once
The Irish independent film Once has been a surprise success in the United States this year. Shot in just two and a half weeks for USD 160,000, it has taken in over 10…
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Former president Havel and friends encourage Czechs to read to their children
Now, are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin... Once upon a time, in a land far, far, away, a group of celebrities met to read their favourite fairytales to children…
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Second annual KomiksFEST under way in Prague
The second annual KomiksFEST, which claims to be one of the biggest festivals of its kind in Central Europe, is currently in full swing here in Prague. Cinemas, theatres…
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Kolin - more than just a railway junction
Surrounded by railway sidings and industrial estates, it's easy to get the impression that Kolin is simply a town travellers pass through on the way from the Czech capital…
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Forgotten paintings by forgotten artists document changes in 19th Century Prague
Zapomenute obrazy Praha 19. stoleti ( Forgotten Pictures, 19th Century Prague) is the name of an exhibition currently running at the Museum of the City of Prague. Of the…
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Will a new 'Music Export Office' promote Czech pop abroad?
Bands like Mig 21 and Chinaski may be pretty famous here in the Czech Republic, but might well leave you asking 'who?' That might not be the situation for that much longer…
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Michal Prochazka - lightening Kundera's unbearable burden of history
Last week the best-known living Czech author, Milan Kundera, was awarded the State Prize for Literature. The award sparked plenty of debate about the 78-year-old writer…
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At the sign of a Czech Jack O'Lantern
Since the 1990s a number of imported holidays - like St Valentine's or St Patrick's - have made something of an inroad in Prague and perhaps other Czech cities, not least…
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