The Czech Design Week design and art festival will take place at the Mánes Gallery from 2 to 4 September 2022. The festival will display the most interesting works by Czech and international designers with an emphasis on authenticity and personal approach. Come and see the best of interior and industrial design, glass, ceramics, fashion, jewelry, graphics and visual creation. There will also be a daily accompanying educational and music program. Within three days from 2 to 4 September, Czech Design Week will offer a wide selection of contemporary Czech and foreign works by various designers, students, brands and studios across all fields of design: from interior and industrial design, glass, ceramics, fashion and jewelry to graphics and visual creation. The installation format will also complement the daily accompanying program at the festival in the form of lectures, panel discussions, music performances and now also fashion shows. This year’s festival will be prepared by Idea & Maker studio, run by the Czech duo Johana and and her husband Maxim Kroft, whose digital art extends to the world of the NFT. Applications for Czech Design Week 2022 are open to anyone who is not afraid to show their work and go through curatorial supervision.
The Czech sculptor Jaroslav Róna will create a new memorial from the cut Jewish gravestones, which have been part of the paving on Wenceslas Square in Prague for decades. The Jewish community in Prague is launching a crowdfunding campaign to build the memorial, stated in a press release Petra Schwarz Koutská of the Jewish community. The memorial will be placed close to the Jewish cemetery not too far from the Žižkov TV Tower in Mahlerovy sady. For many years, the Jewish community in Prague drew attention to the origin of the paving in the lower part of Wenceslas Square. In 2020, dozens of paving stones made from Jewish headstones have been found during redevelopment work, confirming speculation that the former communist regime raided synagogues and graveyards for building materials. The names of the dead are unidentifiable because the headstones have been broken to form cobblestones. One person appears to have died in 1877, when Prague was part of the Habsburg empire, while the most recent death is shown to have happened in the 1970s, during the height of communism. The stones appear to have been taken from different cemeteries. Thanks to a memorandum signed by Prague and the Technical Administration of...
The seventh annual Praha žije hudbou festival brings live music to the streets and squares across the city on June 3 and 4. Praha Žije Hudbou is a street art festival whose aim is to present street art to the public and support the idea of busking. Dozens of places in Prague will transform into stages, on which will perform popular Czech musicians, theatre ensembles, acrobats and others. The program of the event includes approx. 500 concerts and performances in Prague. The stars of this year include Aneta Langerová, Lenka Dusilová, Mucha, James Harries, Scott & Lila, Prago Union, Hellwana… and many others! Busking Busking does not include just music acts, but is any street performance, from music to magic, theatre to dance. Passers-by usually toss a voluntary contribution into their favourite performer’s hat. Even though the artists at the festival do not charge for the public to watch and listen to their performances, they will surely appreciate your support! Festival venues 5 stages for music acts, 1 stage for theatre and over 40 busker points will be created in Kasarna Karlin, Kampa, Jungmannovo Square, Můstek, Stalin and other locations. In fact, you can simply walk all the way through...
The enduring appeal and attractiveness of the “golden nineties”, which seem to have kept the professional and wider cultural public, movers and shakers, and observers of the art scene interested to this day, is one of the reasons for creating the Heroin Crystal exhibition project. As both a participant and witness, Olga Malá initiated, therefore, the Heroin Crystal exhibition, which maps the activities of the Prague City Gallery associated with artists of the 1990s generation in the years 1994–2002. The exhibition is running until August 28th, 2022. The period the exhibition focuses on is defined at the beginning of 1994, the first year of the Zvon ’94 Biennial of Young Art and at the end by its “institutional conclusion” in 2002, which saw the end of the long-term exhibition of artists of the 1990s generation, Contemporary Collection – Czech Art in the ’90s, that was featured in the basement of the Golden Ring House for four years (1998–2002). At the same time, it is clear that the label “institutional conclusion” of the period needs to be understood only as a tentative term because the Prague City Gallery’s cooperation with artists of this generation has never been actually interrupted and continues...
The 15th-century astronomical clock is at the centre of an embarrassing row amid claims that an artist endowed it with likenesses of his friends and acquaintances in an expensive restoration project, possibly as a joke. The unveiling of the reconstructed Old Town Clock took place in 2018 but it has only now come to light that the copy of Josef Mánes’ calendar, is a far cry from the original. According to Milan Patka from the Club for Old Prague, some of the figures on the calendar have changed dramatically. Now the artwork has been engulfed in controversy after a local heritage preservation group alleged that its painter, Stanislav Jirčík, had deviated from the spirit and detail of Mánes’ painting. Discrepancies that initially passed unnoticed were belatedly brought to light after a member of the Club for Old Prague lodged a complaint with the Czech culture ministry, which has now launched an investigation. In one depiction, intended to represent Virgo, the original of a girl with red hair and a distinctive ribbon is replaced with a middle-aged, modern-looking woman with grey or highlighted hair and an earring. In another instance, a smiling female Aquarius has been transformed into a man with...
DoorDash, Inc. (NYSE: DASH) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Wolt Enterprises Oy (“Wolt”) in an all-stock transaction, bringing DoorDash to a total of 26 countries outside of the United States. Going forward, Wolt CEO Miki Kuusi will oversee the combined company’s team and operations outside the United States, reporting to DoorDash CEO Tony Xu. Under Miki’s leadership, DoorDash aims to accelerate its international growth through faster product development and improved investment efficiency. The Wolt consumer app will continue to run separately, supported by the resources of a global technology company. Wolt plans to maintain operations in all of the markets where it currently operates. “DoorDash is at the beginning of a colossal journey, and I’m more excited than ever about what we’re building and the potential to help hundreds of millions of people across the globe in our mission to empower local economies,” said Tony Xu, DoorDash Co-Founder and CEO. “Today marks the beginning of a new chapter for Wolt,” said Miki Kuusi, Wolt CEO and DoorDash Head of International, “By joining forces with DoorDash, we have an even greater ability to build delightful products and services across continents. Our two companies share a strong vision...
A fire broke out Wednesday evening at a nursing home that takes care of people suffering from Alzheimer disease in the Czech Republic, injuring more than 50. The regional rescue service said ladders were used to evacuate 56 patients from the home in Roztoky, a town just north of Prague. A total of 54 were injured, the rescuers said. “Firefighters, unfortunately, found two people dead,” said a spokeswoman for the Central Bohemian rescue service. “Two people are in critical condition, other two have moderate injuries, 51 minor injuries,” said Monika Nováková, a spokeswoman for the Central Bohemian Rescue Medical Service. Nearly 100 firefighters were deployed to extinguish the fire and evacuate the home’s clients. The fire broke out on Wednesday evening. At around 4 am on Thursday morning, firefighters managed to get the blaze under control. According to a very rough preliminary estimate, the fire caused about CZK 70 million of damage. The cause of the fire is not yet known. Hasební práce probíhají v ulici Nádražní, policisté na místě uzavřeli všechny přilehlé ulice a umožňují průjezd pouze vozidlům IZS. Provoz v bezprostředním okolí je omezen, dbejte prosím pokynů policistů. #policiestc https://t.co/JgjvgU1NKx — Policie ČR (@PolicieCZ) June 1, 2022 ...
The family of State Duma deputy Vladimir Resin, who had been first deputy to Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov for 20 years, owns 13 apartments in Prague worth over 100 million crowns, Czech Television reports citing the Office of Financial Analysis of the Czech Ministry of Finance. The politician’s family bought the last two apartments in March 2022, after the start of the war in Ukraine. «All the apartments are located in a newly built complex in Zličín. They are registered to Contract Services, a company managed by Resin’s grandson, who has permanent residency Israel. Resin’s daughter and son-in-law control all of his assets. The company also owns a three hundred square meter apartment in Vršovice, where its head office is located. However, according to neighbors, the owners rarely visit the place,» the report says. Resin supervised the construction sector in Moscow throughout Luzhkov’s mayoral term. Architectural critic of the Kommersant newspaper Grigory Revzin described Resin’s outlook as follows: «In 2000, I went on a gondola ride with Resin in Venice, and he said: »Look, the masonry is crumbling, if only they let Mospromstroy do business here, we would build a modern city.» After Luzhkov’s resignation «due to loss of confidence» in September 2010,...
Prague City Tourism, together with the operator, is launching a historic carousel, lent to Prague by its Italian owners, on Children’s Day! On this occasion, children can enjoy a free ride on the carousel if they purchase a ticket to the Petřín Lookout Tower or the Mirror Maze. The attraction will be in operation from 1.6. 2022 by the end of September. And because the historical merry-go-round is also coming back to Petřín in June, the ticket for the Petřín Lookout Tower or Mirror Maze comes with a free voucher for one free ride on the historical carousel for each child. The voucher can only be used on June 1 and it’s valid for youngsters under the age of 18. Non-paying children under 5 years of age get registered on the ticket of their accompanying person and so are also entitled to the free-ride carousel voucher. The carousel is located in the park in the sandy area near the Petřín Lookout Tower. The carousel, which has been on Petřín for the second year now, enjoyed great interest last year. “We are glad that Petrin Hill will revive the historic carousel after a year. Visitors have the opportunity to ride this unique attraction over...
Classical Music at Werich’s is a festival of outdoor chamber music recitals and concerts taking place from May 31 to 13 September 2022, always at 7 p.m., in the Werich Villa Garden on Kampa Island. The second edition of the classical music cycle is performed by exceptional and talented young artists in the Werich Villa garden – the former home of the incomparable actor, philosopher, and writer Jan Werich. For the first time with international guests, an accompanying program for children and “Echoes”, i.e. concerts of the Prague programs in selected locations in the Czech Republic – in the “Horácké divadlo” theatre in Jihlava and the Schwarzenberg Tomb in Třeboň. The opening concert on Tuesday, May 31 (you can buy your tickets here) will present Lithuanian, Czech, Slovak, and Polish songs. The aim is to provide a colorful picture of Slavic authors on the axis of Lithuania – Poland – Czechia – Slovakia. Following this are two concerts devoted to the sung repertory. The first, the Nordic Evening (30 August), features mezzo-soprano Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir. On 13 September is a concert in tribute to Austrian music. Kristýna Kůstková (soprano) and Lukáš Bařák (baritone) will perform breathtaking songs. The pianist Ahmad Hedar...
Using public transportation with your bicycle has been getting easier in the last couple of years. Nowadays you can travel with your bike by metro, trains, ferries and in certain eras also by trams. But there are certain rules and restrictions that you need to follow. Metro In the metro, you can transport your bicycle on the front and back platforms of every carriage excluding the front one behind the driver. Every platform can take up to two bikes at a time. To make sure you´re in the right spot, you can check the signs on the door. Trains Currently, all the trains operating as part of Prague´s public transport have space for bikes. Within Prague, unlike outside, you don’t need to pay extra to take the bike with you on the train. Outside of the city, you´ll need to pay for the bike based on the tariff of the carrier. If you travel with your bike during the summer season, it’s highly recommended to make a reservation as the number of bikes on the train is limited. Trams On the tram, you can transport your bike only in certain areas in directions out of the city. All the...
Prague Castle is hosting a two-day festival of mini-breweries. The festival will offer the production of 50 Czech and Moravian breweries and four foreign brewers. Every year, the Czech-Moravian Association of Mini-Breweries organizes the Festival of Mini-Breweries at Prague Castle, which aims to introduce the production of mini-breweries from all over the country to the public. The number of visitors is limited due to the location and security of Prague Castle. Every day, 1.200 visitors can attend the event; 600 tickets will be sold at the venue. The price includes a catalog of mini-breweries, a degustation glass and unlimited tasting. The festival takes place in the beautiful premises of the Royal Garden of Prague Castle, on Střelecká cesta under the Royal Summer Palace, on Friday 10 June from 2 pm to 8 pm and on Saturday 11 June from 12 pm to 8 pm. Participating breweries include favorites like Clock, Purkmistr, U Medvídků, Hoppy Dog, Joe’s Garage, Faltus, Permon, Kocour, and countless others. Brewers and owners from each brewery will be on hand to provide detailed information about their beer. You can find out more information about the event and breweries on Facebook.
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