Culture
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Variety show brings spice to Prague park
Letna Park in Prague occupies a high, flat plain overlooking the Vltava river. Over the centuries, it's been the location of a military barracks, May Day parades, and last…
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Popular singer-songwriter gives fans gift of free Christmas album
One of the Czech Republic's best loved singer-songwriters Jaromir Nohavica has just released a new Christmas album. The online collection features songs for all the family…
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The many faces of the Sudetenland
Usually in Czech Books we discuss poetry or prose, but for this week's programme we look at an intriguing book that fits neither category. Instead it is a collection of…
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Katus - modern-day troubadour with repertoire in eight languages
In this week's edition of the Arts I'll be speaking to a modern-day troubadour - a half-Czech, half-English female troubadour, who sings in eight different languages and…
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Mucha's masterpiece may be in Prague by 2008
The Art Nouveau "Slav Epic" is considered the magnum opus of the artist Alfons Mucha. But for decades the paintings have been housed "temporarily" in a chateau in a small…
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Porcelain (and other) antique dolls for Christmas
It has become a tradition now that each December the Prague City Museum holds a Christmas-themed exhibit, most often displaying historic nativity scenes once manufactured…
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Internet newsletter offers Czech-American news, hard-to-find products
Numerous newspapers and magazines serve the Czech community in the United States, from "nationwide" publications such as Americke listy to regional titles like Czech…
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Barrandov Studios open "Europe's largest" soundstage
This week Prague's famous Barrandov film studios opened a brand new soundstage that is reportedly the most ambitious investment by the studio in decades. Named "Max" for…
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Pop Idol Aneta Langerova clinches Czech Nightingale absolute winner award
This Saturday, leading artists gathered at Prague's State Opera to receive and present the Cesky Slavik - Czech Nightingale - music awards. The event was hosted by…
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Kolya celebrates 10th anniversary, Havel takes New York by storm
In this week's edition - playwright Vaclav Havel takes New York by storm in a major retrospective of his works, and also picks up the theatre awards he was denied for more…
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"My films are not nice to these people"
One of the most distinctive young voices in Czech filmmaking celebrates her 30th birthday in two weeks: documentarian Erika Hnikova. This autumn she brought out her second…
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Twelve more Czech sites striving to make UNESCO list
The Czech Republic boasts numerous cultural heritage sites. Twelve of them, including the historic centre of Prague, the Villa Tugendhat in Brno, and the town of Cesky…
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