Culture
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Designers from Prague and Berlin come together in Manes exhibition
Wednesday marked the beginning of a three-week exhibition of Intercity: Berlin-Prague, an annual art show dedicated to bringing together the work of the brightest young…
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Exhibition highlights Czech designers' take on "home"
The eighth annual Designblok festival of design opened its doors Tuesday in the River Diamond apartment complex, part of the ongoing regeneration of Prague's Karlin…
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Painter Josef Capek's "Foot Bath" sets new Czech auction record
2006 has been an unusually successful year for Czech art auction houses. With the number of collectors growing and ever more valuable pieces on sale, turnover is soaring…
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Encore: Thirty-six Czech fugues and Janacek in search of his musical identity
In this edition of Encore we hear from a Czech master of the fugue and we feature a recording of a fascinating early orchestral piece by Janacek, sounding very different…
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Ivan Tlusty and Maciej Swieszewski featured in Confrontation 6 exhibit
A new exhibit at the Polish Institute entitled Confrontation 6 features the works of two artists: the Polish painter Maciej Swieszewski, and the Czech sculptor Ivan Tlusty…
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Prague Zoo celebrates 75th birthday
The Prague Zoo celebrated its 75th year in style this week, with festivities coinciding with the national holiday of St Wenceslas Day on September 28th. As Patrick Ryan…
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French exhibition of Czech art winds up, heads for Prague
In the shadow of the church of the St. Germain de Pres on the Rue Bonaparte, the staff of the Czech Cultural Center waved visitors in to the closing celebration of a…
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Jaroslav Jezek: 100 years since the birth of a Czech musical legend
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jaroslav Jezek, a man whose musical compositions from the late 1920s and 1930s have stood the test of time. Critics…
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"Through the Valley of Shadows" maps burial sites, rituals from Neolithic to early Middle Ages
Anyone interested in archaeology is likely to be attracted to a new exhibition just opening at the Prague City Museum titled "Through the Valley of Shadows". The exhibit…
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Franz's sand "ziggurat" final piece at Sculpture Grande '06
For a number of years now visitors in Prague have been able to view public sculpture in and around the monumental Wenceslas Square throughout the summer months. Titled…
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Pursued by a bear on the seacoast of Bohemia: Shakespeare and the Czechs
For this edition of Czech Books we are at the Philosophical Faculty of Prague's Charles University to meet one of the most respected professors at the university. Dr…
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"Seven Candles" to remember Czech composers who died in the Holocaust
The impact of the Holocaust on Czech classical music was devastating. Many Czech composers were of Jewish origin, and during the German occupation were deported to the…
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