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Edward Meegan: Prague’s Grittiness Made Me Feel At Home
When Edward Meegan visited the Czech Republic as a tourist in 1993, he had no intention of staying. I talked to him twenty-five years later about his Czech-American family…
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Wife of a WWII war hero: Zuzana Wienerová
Zuzana Wienerová emigrated to the United States in the 1960’s with her late husband, RAF pilot and World War II hero Jan Wiener. Mr. Wiener was imprisoned by the…
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Iva Bittová – Czech avant-garde violinist, singer and composer
Iva Bittová is a phenomenal Czech avant-garde violinist, singer and composer who has developed a music style of her own. She moved to upstate New York over ten years ago…
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Exploring Roots: Artist Sonya Darrow and Her Project Stezky/Pathways
Artist Sonya Darrow spends her time in the Czech Republic and in Iowa, two places where she feels at home. Her interesting exhibition “Stezky/Pathways” recently opened at…
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Former US ambassador to Prague, William Luers, on what it was like to serve in Communist…
Former US ambassador to Czechoslovakia William Luers and his wife Wendy recently visited Prague and gave a talk at the American Centre about what it was like to be posted…
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Singer Juwana Jenkins: The moment I fell in love with Prague? When I got lost
Blues singer and teacher Juwana Jenkins has been living in Prague since the late 1990s. In this special video interview, the American vocalist discusses her relationship…
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British contemporary art exhibition in Prague
Art lovers in Prague can now appreciate non-conformity in a remarkable exhibition featuring contemporary avant-garde British artists at the Černá Labuť Art Gallery. The…
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Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra using cross-over projects to attract new audiences
Many people don’t know that the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra is one of the oldest leading Czech orchestras. It was founded only three years after the creation of Czech…
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Polish-Czech pop-rock singer Ewa Farna
Ewa Farna appeared on the Czech music scene after winning a talent contest in 2004, and two years later she released her first album titled Měls mě vůbec rád (Did You Ever…
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Hana Hegerová –the queen of Czech chanson
Hana Hegerová –known as the queen of Czech chanson - recorded over twenty albums, appeared in more than a dozen films and gave thousands of concerts in the course of a…