On September 23, the Fall Equinox will take place and Katarze organizers decided to celebrate this date with a full day/night event – one will be the festivity in front of the Gabriel Loci monastery. After this, the second part of the event will take place in the crypt below the church. It is up to you if you decide to celebrate with us during the daylight, night, or both! You can explore a course of mundane existence through music and be ready to let go. Escape the everyday routine, reconnect with your senses and enjoy the fall resurrection. The mind behind this event is Katarze, a name that comes from the Greek word Katharsis, which means purification, cleansing, or clarification. The aim is to share love, inspiration, and respect for music, leading to the purification of emotions through art or the change in feelings to renewal and restoration. The goal is to confront emotions such as pity and fear, creating an atmosphere and an area where the attendees can forget about their burdens and leave with feeling inspired and rejoiced by creativity and the heightening of all senses. Tickets are available on Goout Music by: Sabura [Alula Tunes|Eulentanz|Waagenbau|Hamburg] Hans...
The Lunchmeat Festival returns with its Autumn program from September 25th – 30th. Dedicated to electronica with an emphasis on visual and musical artists in collaboration, Lunchmeat brings the highest level of experimental digital artists collaborating with musicians/producers/DJs annually. Lunchmeat Festival includes a symposium, and it is spread out in venues around Prague, for a most local flavor. While this is an international festival with mostly multi-nationality collaborations, this year’s program is de-emphasizing headliners, for a more helpful promotion and support of the local artist community. The musical programming has been refined for this year’s festival, and that said, some visiting artists are contributing to a noticeable shift to a dreamier side, for instance Marina Herlop from Catalonia, as a classically-trained, experimental pianist and vocalist. Her 2022 album “Pripyat” is refreshing (singing in an imagined language); her voice is influenced by Bjorn, Laurie Anderson, and possibly even the Bulgarian Woman’s Choir, but uniquely as a solo project (thanks to vocal manipulation/digital production), she makes a wondrous sea of dreams in sound. Another classically-trained pianist, Corin, takes this approach to an edgier zone with her project Lux Aeterna (an AV live performance). Corin is described as music for the end of...
The Bohemian Burlesque Festival, now in its seventh edition, stands as the largest burlesque event in the Czech Republic. As one of the pioneers of this genre in the Czech Republic, the production company Bohemian Burlesque is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. To mark this milestone, they are presenting the seventh edition of the country’s largest burlesque event, the Bohemian Burlesque Festival. The festival spans from September 20th to September 24th, taking place in three cities and featuring five events. Following the opening event in Ostrava, the festival heads to Brno for its traditional Thursday evening at the Cabaret des Péches. On Friday, the production moves to Prague for a gala evening in the new space of the historic Rokoko Theatre. Saturday, September 23rd, is packed with excitement as the festival offers two events. From 12 to 6 p.m., visitors can explore the Bohemian Market, where numerous vendors will showcase vintage and retro fashion and accessories, along with a retro clothing bazaar. The day includes over 20 burlesque performances, parades, a discussion on body image and self-esteem, as well as a lecture on the history of lingerie. In the evening, the festival concludes with the Bohemian Queen Night competition....
Tomáš Mašín’s Brothers / Bratři has been selected as the Czech Republic‘s candidate for the 96th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International Feature Film category. The film is a co-production between the Czech Republic, Germany and Slovakia. The film was chosen by the Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA), which is also responsible for the Czech Lion Film Awards. Twelve feature films and documentaries were submitted. The drama tells one of the greatest stories of the Cold War, the story of the Mašín brothers, who decided to leave communist Czechoslovakia with arms in their hands. Marek Epstein penned the script and the main roles are played by Oskar Hes, Jan Nedbal, Adam Ernest, Matyáš Řezníček, Antonín Mašek, Matěj Hádek and Tatiana Dyková Vilhelmová. FilmBrigade produced the film in coproduction with Rohfilm Productions and PubRes, with support from the Czech Film Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech Television and Eurimages. Brothers will premiere on the 70th anniversary of the escape of the Mašín brothers behind the Iron Curtain, with release in Czech cinemas on 26 October 2023. The Yellow Affair is handling the sales.
After two successful seasons, the screening series “Some Like It Czech” is ready to get back on track with the riveting comedy OWNERS, a humorous portrayal of Czech contemporary society. The movie will be screened at the legendary cinema Aero on September 20th with English subtitles and a knowledgeable introduction. Get your tickets here. Some like it Czech? Turns out, many do. Two local enthusiasts Šárka Bekrová and Anna Šenfeldová initiated this unique project two years ago with the aim of introducing Czech culture and history to an international audience through movies. Each month, they thoughtfully choose a Czech movie helping expats to grasp different facets of Czech culture and its customs. Screenings are complemented by English subtitles and witty introductions held by cultural experts or fellow expats ensuring that nothing is lost in translation. “We were beyond thrilled when we first attended. This is the most fun I’ve ever had at the movies. It’s really hard to find Czech movies with English subs, so this is a great opportunity to watch local films and meet the international crowd,” says Samantha, an American expat with Czech roots who moved into the country with her husband. For the upcoming season, the...
In the last few years of the Cold War, from 1985 to 1989, an inspired young man decided to prove to the world that Europe, despite the political differences that kept it divided in two, was and remains one entity. With a small camera that he keeps close to his heart, Constantin Pittas will scan the then-divided Europe, capturing countless hundreds of films the true face of the European citizen. It records raw emotions of everyday people in Western and Eastern countries, as they are reflected through their gaze, eventually managing to record history itself. The fall of the Berlin Wall will find him to be a witness in the city of Berlin and there, he will make the mindless decision to drop his project and leave the material of the photographs for a whole 25 years in a storage room. Today, in Prague, we have the unique opportunity to see history in its human form unfolding before our eyes, and during this troubled period we live, to ask ourselves again: Is Europe, after all, a unique entity? Looking at some of the photos, 1989 seems surprisingly long ago. And it must seem even more so for the young generation...
“In the garden of the Excelsior that evening, you could hear the breath of the extremely attentive spectators, you felt a thrill running through the audience”. These words, written by the young Michelangelo Antonioni as a critic at the second Venice Film Festival, in 1934, give us a hint of the tremendous impact of Extase (Ecstasy), written and directed by Prague-born director Gustav Machatý, during that historic premiere. Dubbed a “pornographic film” by the Osservatore Romano (the daily newspaper of Vatican City State), it even aroused Mussolini’s attention, to the extent that Il Duce actually requested a private screening. Despite the Pope’s attempts to block it, it was screened on 7 August 1934 and the Czechoslovak director was rewarded with the Venice City Cup. According to a public survey, Extase was considered the best foreign film and Machatý the best director. A scandalous film, now considered a turning point in the direction of international cinema, which also marked the beginning of the career of the leading lady, Hedy Lamarr, later launched in Hollywood under the label of “the most beautiful woman in the world”. Lamarr said the director tricked her into the nude scenes. Here’s how the “tricking” happened, as recounted...
Founded by 14-year-old Ondrej Filgas and his team, Rare Places has been operating in the Czech and Slovak markets since 2020, continuously bringing the best of the local architecture and design scene through its activities. Rare Places aims to map quality architecture and show it to the general public. The launch of the Rare Places pocket guide On March 23, 2023, the launch of the new Rare Places Pocket Guide took place at CAMP in Prague. The godfather of this guide was Jan Vondrák, the architect of the Mjölk studio, whose works contributed significantly to the guide’s content. In addition to the book launch, visitors could also take part in a discussion with the authors of the guide about the way this unique project, which combines modern architecture and travel, was created was described. The graphic side of the book was prepared by the renowned STUDIO KOSATKO, whose representative, Jan Košátko, significantly enriched the discussion. The highlight of the evening was a discussion on the topic of walking through architecture with the guide’s godfather Jan Vondrák and landscape architect Jakub Finger. Visitors learned interesting facts from behind the scenes of designing public buildings. Rare Places Pocket Guide A compact guide, Rare Places fits in the pocket of...
Every September European Heritage Days open up the doors to some of the most fascinating monuments, buildings, sites and premises, including those that are otherwise closed to the public. You can visit most of them free of charge. This year they will run from 9th to 17th September, with the grand opening to take place in Poděbrady, an ancient spa town on the banks of the Elbe. Seeking common European roots European Heritage Days commemorate the fact that European civilisation has a common history, and the wide variety of events, exhibitions and festivities on offer give you the chance to explore your European roots and find out how the nations of Europe differ from one another and also what they have in common. Many fascinating and unique architectural monuments, museums, galleries, libraries, technical heritage sites and other interesting spaces will be opening up their doors to visitors throughout the whole of Czechia. And during that week you can even get to visit a lot of them completely free of charge! This year’s theme is Living Heritage. Enjoy the spas in Poděbrady! Poděbrady in Central Bohemia, only around an hour’s drive from Prague, is a picturesque spa town packed with parks,...
Due to huge audience demand for the Saturday performance of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS in Concert, organizers are adding a second date on Friday 22nd March at 7.30 pm. JV Classics presents the 2nd part of the epic fantasy trilogy The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. The spectacular screening, accompanied by 230 members of a symphony orchestra, choirs and foreign soloists, will take place twice, on Friday 22 March, and Saturday 23 March 2024 in the modern concert hall O2 Universum Prague. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, based on the book by J. R. R. Tolkien, premiered in the Czech Republic on 16 January 2003. Although more than 20 years have passed since its release, this ground-breaking work has lost a bit of its huge popularity. On the contrary, more and more new generations continue to admire its excellence. The music for the trilogy was composed by the celebrated composer Howard Shore: “The large scale of the music requires a symphony orchestra, a mixed choir, a boys’ choir and instrumental and vocal soloists singing in Tolkien’s literary languages, but of course also in English,” says the author. The music of The Lord...
Sir Rod Stewart will bring his Global Hits tour to Prague on July 3, 2024, with a special show at Prague’s O2 Arena. “I’m genuinely excited to be back and performing for my great friends in Prague, where I’ll be performing my greatest hits – and of course, there will be plenty of exciting surprises”, said Stewart. Rod Stewart is one of the best-selling artists in recorded music history, with an estimated 250 million records and singles sold worldwide. His songs include worldwide hits such as “Maggie May”, “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy”, “Baby Jane”, “The First Cut Is The Deepest”, “I Don’t Want To Talk About It”, “Tonight’s The Night”, “You Are In My Heart”, “Hot Legs”, “Forever Young” and “Sailing”. In addition to his brilliant live performance, Rod Stewart has been delighting his fans for five decades. His distinctive voice, style and songwriting have transcended all genres of popular music, from rock, folk, soul, R&B to the Great American Songbook; she is thus one of the few stars to have enjoyed chart-topping albums throughout her decade-long career. He has received countless top honors in the industry, including two inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an ASCAP...
Babak Jalali’s American film Fremont wowed audiences at the Sundance Film Festival and the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it took home the Crystal Globe for Best Director. The tender comedy follows the life of a young girl, Dunia, who works in a fortune cookie factory and decides to chase her own luck by hiding a daring message in one of the cookies. The main role of the quirky Dunia is played by debutant actress Anaita Wali Zada, alongside Jeremy Allen White, known to viewers from the popular kitchen nightmare series The Bear. Jalali’s distinctive humour and charming atmosphere have earned the film rave reviews, which are not afraid to compare the British director with Iranian roots to the big names of world cinema. Artforum magazine describes the film as “an extraordinary comedy with a calm detachment reminiscent of Kaurismäki and Jarmusch,” while Harper’s Bazaar calls it “an ode to the beauty and restless appeal of human connection.” The film will be released by Aerofilms on September 14. The right to a better life Jalali’s goal was to make a story that could easily slide into a dark social drama as a sweet, light comedy. “Showing humor in grim...
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