“The 10 Babies,” created by artist David Černý are in Palm Springs for a temporary exhibit. They will be on loan to the Palm Springs developer for 20 months and will be unveiled to the public on June 5, the same day as the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce luncheon, during which Michael Braun, president of Grit Deveessman of the year. Braun paid for the “Babies” to be shipped from Europe and then trucked in from the Los Angeles port. He added some people hate the “Babies” and some like them, but he hopes that will create a conversation. “He took the face away and put this stamp of a barcode… instead of what defines their individuality and their humanity. Especially with the way the world has become more digitized… we as a person really no longer count, only as a number, a unit, whether it’s a working unit, or a consumption unit. By putting that on a baby it really touches people,” said Christian Hohmann, owner of Hohmann Fine Art Gallery in Palm Desert who helped secure the artwork. Author: red
One of the hidden gems of Prague are its courtyards, which one does not almost notice while admiring the beautiful historical facades. This event offers you a unique option to visit places which are usually not publicly accessible. The event takes place this weekend (May 26 and 27) and will unlock gates to about 13 courtyards at Lesser Town and you can enjoy here installations by fine artists, public readings and concerts. The organizers recommend participants to go first to Malostranské náměstí (opposite the tram stop) and buy a brochure. It includes a map of the sites and a historical summary of the selected yards, as well as a complete list of all planned events. The price of the brochure is 50 CZK. The initiative belongs to Prague café owner and urban impresario Ondřej Kobza, who last year rented a 1,000-square meter space on top Lucerna Palace with the goal have a community garden. More information here Author: red
Located in the heart of Karlin, it’s hard to believe Kasárna Karlín hasn’t been around forever. This multi-purpose cultural center opened in June 2017 in the courtyard of an abandoned army barracks. It boasts an outdoor cinema, bar, cafe, gallery, sculpture garden, and most recently, the 4+4 festival’s artistic squatting art exhibit. Kasárna Karlín is now preparing a new season of events for the warm-weather months of 2018 and will kick things off this week with its first open-air cinema screening. On Saturday, it will screen the seminal San Francisco cop classic Dirty Harry starring Clint Eastwood. The movie will be shown in English with Czech subtitles. The screening will commence at 22:00 and the entrance is 80 CZK. Further screenings and events have yet to be announced but you can keep yourself updated following the Kasárna Karlín Facebook page Trying to create a new public space, Kasárna Karlín is operated by a group of artists. The barracks are still owned by the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic. The artists have signed a three-year lease to use the area. Author: red
The Open House Praha festival this year will see 65 buildings open to the public on May 19 and 20. The buildings include new examples of modern office architecture, 20th-century landmarks and historical palaces. Twenty-four buildings are new to the program this year. Some will only have guided tours while others will allow for free exploring. Some will also only be open for limited hours or only one of the two days, so it best to check online in advance. Online registration is required for a tour of the technological facilities in the Main Point Karlín building, which is only allowed to visitors over 15 years of age. Read the full article here (Prague.TV)
The National Theatre in Prague celebrated the 150th anniversary of the laying of its foundation stone with a performance of folklore groups and the teaching of the old Bohemian polka dance by ballet soloists, who re-enacted the historical events on Saturday. The laying of the foundation stone for the building of the NG in 1868 became one of the biggest events of the Czech national revival in the 19th century. At that time, it lasted three days and was visited by the estimated 150,000 people. The idea of building a stately edifice to serve as a theatre was first mooted in the autumn of 1844 at meetings of patriots in Prague. It began to materialize through a request for “the privilege of constructing, furnishing, maintaining and managing” an independent Czech theatre, which was submitted to the Provincial Committee of the Czech Assembly by František Palacký on 29 January 1845. The most important moment came on May 16, when the granite block from Lounovice, central Bohemia, was tipped by a gilded hammer by “the father of the nation” Frantisek Palacky, prominent Czech politician Ladislav Rieger, actor Josef Jiri Kolar and composer Bedrich Smetana, whose opera Dalibor was premiered on the day. The National...
The objective of International Museum Day is to raise awareness of the fact that, “Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples.” The theme chosen for 2018 is “Hyperconnected museums: New approaches, new publics“. The aim ist to point on the way how museum use new technologies and options how they can use them in order to attract new visitors. There will be free admission and special programs at the Sternberg Palace, Schwarzenberg Palace, the Monastery of St. Agnes Czech, the Trade Fair Palace, Kinský Palace and Wallenstein Riding School. Other museums with special programs include Náprstkovo Museum, Czech Museum of Music, Lapidary, the Museum of Antonin Dvorak, Bedrich Smetana Museum, National Monument on Vítkov and the Ethnographic Museum – Musaion. The list of them will be published before the event on this website.
On May 12, visitors will have a chance not just to see individual historical buildings and temporary exhibitions for free. In addition to the traditional routes, this year, as part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the establishment of the Republic, you can also exceptionally visit the representative rooms, exhibitions and permanent expositions. This year, you can exceptionally visit the following temporary exhibitions for free – Through the Labyrinth of Czech History at the Imperial Stables, a Hint of Statehood at the Riding Hall, the Renaissance of Prague Castle at the Theresian Wing and the Jože Plečnik 1996 Exhibition in the area under the tower in the south garden. From 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. one can visit for free: Old Royal Palace incl. Vladislav Hall Cathedral of St Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert St George Basilica Golden Lane (+its expositions) Representative halls and lounges on the 1st floor of the New Royal Palace Temporary exhibitions – Through the Labyrinth of Czech History, Elements of Statehood, The Restoration of Prague Castle, Plečnik’s Renovation of Prague Castle A festival of brass orchestras will be held at the 3rd courtyard; children can look forward to an accompanying programme incl. training of predators. Author: red
From May 3rd to September 29th, Wallenstein Garden hosts classical music concerts mostly on Thursday afternoon (5 pm) and occasionally on Saturday afternoon (2-3pm). You can listen for free to performing brass bands, choral groups, jazz bands and many others. The garden was created at the same time as the Wallenstein Palace in the early 17th century, in the lower part of the Malá Strana District. It displays a fine example of Mannerist layout and decoration, with very diverse sections. It is dominated by an aisle lined with bronze sculptures, an impressive Sala Terrena, and an amazing artificial grotto. During the last renovation in 2012, the appearance of the gardens was restored into the original state from 1920’s Address: Wallenstein Garden (Valdštejnská zahrada), Letenská, Praha 1 – Malá Strana, 118 00 Author: red
Nearly four-fifths of Czechs read at least one book a year. Ten or more books can be read by 22 percent of people at the same time. This results from data for 2016, collected by the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO) and published by Statistics & My magazine. The share of readers in younger age groups has been increasing in recent years. While in 2011 at least one book read by 68 percent of the Czech population, their share grew to 73 percent last year. In about a third of cases, people reached one to four books. In terms of age, the most active readers were among the students. “Only ten percent of students older than 18 years said they did not read any books in 2016,” explains Dedera, of the CZSO’s Department of Statistics, Health, Culture and Social Security. According to statistics, it is only possible to speculate how many of these books have been read in the framework of compulsory study reading. As for the love of literature, seniors are also very well. Ten and more books were read by every fourth pensioner under the age of 69 in 2016. “In retirement, people seem to find their way to...
This weekend is the festival Majales, (translated from Latin as “May”) which marks the Czech student celebration for the arrival of May and hedonism of student life. Over the past years growing up into the biggest Czech festival and is organized in Prague, Brno and Hradec Králové. Majáles is launched by the ceremony of building Májka maypole, which starts the “Month of students”. Everything culminates with the main celebration day with Majales Parade and final Majales Open-air festival. Majales also became influential in the development of counter culture in the Czech Republic after the communist censorship of the early 1950s. A famous year was 1965, when beatnik poet Allen Ginsberg visited this city and found himself elected the ‘King of May’ by the students of Prague. He was then deported for allegedly corrupting the city’s youth with his poetry he wrote for the festival. In the 1980s and 1990s, the festival continued to flourish in popularity and culture, with the former president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus becoming the first King of spring after the revolution. Today, the “month of students’’ kicks off with the Majales Parade and building the Majka maypole and is enjoyed by 20,000 students. ARTISTS: RYBIČKY 48 TOMÁŠ KLUS...
-How was born the project and what’s your current plan? GIUDI: For 4 years I was a frontwoman in a pop-rock band, it was an amazing time and gave me a lot of experiences, but musically I grew up in a different direction than the rest of the band. I had a need to express how I perceive music and feel myself. INUDE: Inude was born in the South of Italy in 2014 by an idea of Giacomo and Flavio and Francesco joined us later. We played together since we were young and now we are working hard on our new album that is almost done. -Tell us some stories from your past gigs in Europe, especially the ones in the Czech Republic. GIUDI: As this new project, my first gig was on the boat on Moldova, then I sang for example in the old iron factory in Ostrava, in Clam-Gallais Palace as a part of the Prague Fashion week. On may I am going to Berlin make a concert in one Pop Up Gallery Space, the audience will hear the whole concert only through the headphones, I am looking forward to this unique concept and for the feedback what...
Before the technological revolutions that seemingly shrunk the world, Prague, like many other industrial cities, relied on its own local time. To determine high noon, the city used a shadow cast by a Marian column that fell directly upon the meridian of 14°25’17″ East each day. This occurred from 1652 to 1918, from when the meridian was set into the stones to when the Marian column was torn down by a mob in 1918 during a demonstration against the Habsburg Monarchy. Though the column has been gone for nearly a century, the meridian line is still visible. Keep an eye out for a thin brass strip flanked by plaques on either side, written in Latin and Czech. Loosely translated into English, they say, “Meridian, according to which time in Prague was determined.” They were placed alongside the time strip in the 1990s. Though the meridian is no longer a marker of high noon, it’s a subtle reminder of a time when the sun’s shadow was a vital tool in tracking the hours within a day. Author: red
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