http://www.expats.cz/ Events for Tuesday, 9th February, 2010 from expats.cz Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:02:01 +0100 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=5755 Half Price Cocktails 25 Kc Draft Beer 30 Kc Wine  5 Kc Chicken Wings Spicy Buffalo,Honey Mustard or BBQ 5:00 P.M-7:00 PM Every day Monday-Friday Globe Cafe & Bookstore Pstrossova 6 Prague 1   http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=5755 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=8764 A newly conceived exhibition of mediaeval and early Renaissance art was opened in November 2000 in the authentic environment of the first convent of the Poor Clares in Bohemia, probably founded in 1231 by St Agnes of Bohemia, the daughter of Přemysl Otakar I.The first part of the exhibition on the first floor traces the development of Czech art from the panel paintings and sculptures of the mid-14th century (Master of the Vyšší Brod altar, Master of the Michle Madonna) and the "soft" style of Master Theodoric, to the paintings of the Master of the Třeboň Altar and those executed in the International style (St Vitus Madonna, St Peter of Slivice, variant of the Krumlov Madonna). While Bohemia and Prague were important European art centres during the 14th century and around the year 1400, in the 15th century they were more inclined to receive external stimuli (Master of the St George Altar, Master of the Puchner ark, Master of the Litoměřice altar). Bohemian and Moravian works from the 15th and early 16th centuries are confronted with works from other Central European regions with which Bohemia enjoyed close cultural ties at that time. The painting of the Madonna and Child by Master IW thus finds a common dialogue with a work on the same theme by Saxon artist Lucas Cranach the Elder. The venerable Master of the Lamentation of Christ from Žebrák is represented at the exhibition with key works documenting the high standard of carving in Southern Bohemia, whilst the influence of the Danube school (for example, the painting by Albrecht Altdorfer) is reflected in the work of Master IP. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=8764 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=8765 European Art from the Classical Era to the Close of the BaroqueThe recently opened exhibition in the Sternberg Palace was opened to all the art lovers after an overall installation in the years 2002 and 2003. The first part encompasses the works of art from the ancient Greece and Rome. The first floor exhibition halls further house the famous works of 14th - 16th century art that come from the Konopište Castle collection of Archduke Franz Ferdinand d´Este. It contains the works of older Tuscan masters (B. Daddi, Lorenzo Monaco), the works of Venetian school (Vivarini workshop) and the masterpieces of Florentine Mannerism (A. Bronzino, A. Allori). The impressive collection of older Netherlandish painting dominates the triptych by Geertgen tot Sint Jan and the monumental altarpiece by Jan Gossaert called Mabusse. The icons on display offer the examples of works from the most of the important Mediterranean and East European centres.On the second floor of the palace are exhibited the works of Italian, Spanish, French and Netherlandish masters from the 16th to the 18th century. The paintings by the most famous European artists such as Tintoretto, Ribera, Tiepolo, El Greco, Goya, Rubens and van Dyck can be found here. The collection of Flemish and Dutch masters dominated by works of Rembrandt, Hals, Terborch, Ruysdale and van Goyen is characterized by an extraordinary quality. The separate cabinet installed in the first half of the 19th century style reminds us of the famous collector and patron Josef Hoser, to whom the National Gallery owes for the essential part of its collection of old masters.The ground floor houses the exhibition of German and Austrian art of the 16th to 18th century. Besides many masterpieces by e. g. Lucas Cranach or Hans Baldung called Grien one can find here one of the most famous works of the European painting The Feast of the Rosary by Albrecht Dürer. The painting was completed in Venice in 1506 and later it was purchased and trasferred to Prague by Emperor Rudolf II.The exhibition is supplemented by chamber collections of arts and crafts and small sculpture of the period. The drawings and prints of the past centuries are on display in the cabinet of prints and drawings. On the walls and ceilings of the exhibition halls can be seen again the original murals exposed. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=8765 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=8775 MUSEUM OF THE CZECH CUBISMAt the Black Madonna HouseOvocný trh 19, Praha 1The museum is situated in the centre of Prague, in an outstanding piece of Cubist architecture by Josef Gočár, the Black Madonna House, at the point where Celetná St. meets Ovocný trh. The house dating from 1911–12, designed for František Josef Herbst as a department store with a café on the first floor, is an example of how a modern building can sensitively be incorporated in the historical core of the Old Town. The fact that after the recent reconstruction its spaces have been assigned to the Museum of Czech Cubism owes to a brilliant decision by the Ministry of Culture. The exhibition was arranged by the National Gallery in Prague in collaboration with the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague and the National Museum.The exhibition of Czech Cubism presented on the second and third floors of the Black Madonna House focuses on the years 1910–19, the most imporant stage of Cubism in the Czech lands. Painting is represented by the works of Emil Filla, Bohumil Kubišta, Vincenc Beneš, Josef Čapek, Antonín Procházka, Václav Špála, Jan Zrzavý, Otakar Nejedlý, and Otakar Kubín, while sculpture is the domain of Otto Gutfreund. The collection of paintings and sculptures was chosen from the holdings of the National Gallery in Prague and supplemented by a number of loans from galleries outside Prague and from private collectors. The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague loaned the various pieces of furniture made from designs of the architects Pavel Janák, Josef Gočár and Vlastislav Hofman. Their architectural works, along with documents of Josef Chochol’s works, are shown in a number of photos and two models: Gočár’s Black Madonna House and Chochol’s tenement house in Neklanova St. in Prague. It is the Czech Cubist architecture dating from the years before World War I that is quite unique and cannot be found anywhere else in Europe. Samples of applied art were also loaned by the Museum of Decorative Arts. The exhibited ceramic items were executed from the designs by Pavel Janák, Vlastislav Hofman and Jaroslav Horejc, while the glass was designed by Josef Rosipal and posters present the works of Jaroslav Benda, V. H. Brunner and Václav Špála.Exhibits on the fourth floor include drawings and prints by all the earlier mentioned artists. In an interesting way, they are also complemented with items of African sculpture, whose simplified and succintly expressed forms fascinated not only Emil Filla when he visited the Trocadéro in Paris in 1912, but also other Czech artists, and considerably influenced the forming of their Cubist views. The exhibited collection is rounded off with a number of documents, photos, reproductions of archival material and references to literature on Czech Cubism, which classified it within a wider context.The Black Madonna House project counts on providing space for short-term exhibitions on the fifth floor, where also instruction programmes will take place. The instruction department of the National Gallery in Prague has prepared extensive accompanying programmes for schools and individuals. A longer-term prospect also counts on reconstruction of Gočár’s interior of the café which had been abolished following the changed use of the former department store. The café will doubtless make a sought-after place of social encounters in the centre of the Old Town.Jana Horneková http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=8775 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=8776 Asian ArtArt of Japan / Lacquerware from the 16th to the 19th centuries is represented primarily by jewelry and other boxes produced for the European market as well as decorative cases for writing implements and other accoutrements of Japanese everyday life. The remarkable sculptures include the statue of the King of Hell, Emma, dating from the sixteenth century, and the lavishly carved and gilded altarpiece with the Bodhisattva Kannon and two guardians. Among the Japanese metalwork, particularly decorative wares adorned in the traditional Asian technique of compartment enamel – cloisonné – are of major importance as well as a set of Japanese sword guards, unique in the Czech Lands. Painting and graphic art depicting nature, with the themes of natural still life, kachōga, and landscape painting, sansuiga, arecomplemented with rare painting manuals and albums, hanging scrolls and folding screens.The Rainer Kreissl Collection / This small exhibition on the ground floor is dedicated to the famous collector of Czech origin, connoisseur and generous art patron Rainer Kreissl (1924–2005). On the occasion of the opening of the first permanent exhibition of Asian art in 1998, the collector donated more than one hundred and forty exhibits of Asian provenance to the National Gallery in Prague, a smaller part of which is on display.Art of China / Neolithic art is represented by ceramic wares with abstract decoration and examples of unique bronzeware, small sets of jade carvings, bronze arms, bells, mirrors, clasps, rattles and pendants. The impressive introduction continues by a rarely complete set of funerary figures. Also worthy of attention are Buddhist sculptures from various materials and in different techniques portraying monks, bodhisattvas and other Buddhist deities. The statues of Guanyin in the royal position and Luohan Kashyapamuni are outstanding. A collection of ink painting and calligraphy in a regularly changing installation is complemented with seals and calligraphy instruments.Art of Southeast Asia / The prevailing part of this territory was influenced by Indian culture, one of the major unifying elements of ethnically and culturally diverse Southeast Asia. Its art is mainly represented by Buddhist sculpture, as the most productive regions in terms of art were those where Buddhism prevailed. The principal developmental features between the 9th and 19th centuries can be seen in the artwork from today’s Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia and Indonesia.Art of Tibet / The term ”Tibetan Art” denotes not only artwork of Tibetan origin, but also Buddhist art of Mongolia, Nepal and southwestern China. Painting, namely Tibetan paintings called thangka, was most significant in these regions. The exhibition is dominated by the gilded figure of the Bodhisattva of Compassion Padmapani and the tall ritual dagger phurba dated from the early 19th century.Art of India / Buddhist art of South Asia is represented by the Gandhara reliefs from the territory of today’s Pakistan dating from the 2nd and 3rd centuries. Fragments of high-relief decoration of Hindu temples came from the 10th to 13th centuries: Kahjuraho in Central India and Konarak in Eastern India.Art of Islam / The exhibition primarily offers examples of decorative art: a large collection of Persian, Turkish and Central Asian rugs and examples of Islamic metalwork and book illumination. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=8776 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=8777 The image of landscape as an independent painting genre was inherited by 19th century art from previous periods, 19th century art, however, became especially enthusiastic of the subject of landscape and developed it to the full. Throughout the 19th and into the 20th centuries, Czech landscape painting far exceeded its figural counterpart not only in quantity, but especially in quality, with numerous specialized schools of landscape painting established in the Czech lands. The grand upsurge of landscape painting was first of all connected with the new relationship of the growing bourgeoisie to Nature. Its fondness of trips outside the city was promptly met by veduta painters who, both in painting and graphic arts, captured the favourite places for middle-class excursions and executed views of chateaus, castles, cities and towns. They sought out romantic scenes of Nature which, in fact, influenced not only fine arts but also poetry and music.  The greatest upsurge of landscape painting in the Czech lands occured under Romanticism and, later, its turn to Realism. Germany set the trend for all Central European art, including Czech, until around 1850, when Czech painters began to study in Paris more frequently. Unlike French Romanticism – excited, impassioned and predominantly figural – Romanticism in Germany was characterised by silent contemplation and melancholic elegy. It was much closer to the nature of the Czech artists, and this style began to predominate in Czech works in the 1820s, reaching its peak by mid-century in the school of landscape painting headed by Max Haushofer. Haushofer came to Prague from Munich in late 1844 upon the invitation of his brother-in-law, Christian Ruben, director of the Prague Academy at that time. His task was to familiarise Czech landscape painters with contemporary German landscape painting. Haushofer was a good teacher. He was fond of his students and provided them with all possible care. He was much admired by his students, too; many of them remained in his studio well past the completion of their studies. Haushofer often took his wards to paint in the open air – after all, it was thanks to him that, after 1854, the painting of Nature was established as obligatory subject at the Academy. He made his students familiar not only with the romance of the Bavarian Salzburg Alps and lakes, where he went for striking views, but also with the Czech landscape, where he again pursued unusual, picturesque motifs. During the two decades of its existence, a long succession of students passed through Haushofer’s studio. They comprised a diverse group of greater and lesser talents. Those with the most extraordinary gifts distinguished themselves, creating works of characterful expression. The most accomplished of these students included Adolf Kosárek, Alois Bubák, Bedřich Havránek, Alois Kirnig, Hugo Ullik, Leopold Stephan, Wilhelm Riedel and Julius Mařák. Czech painting would never have reached its peak without them. Students of Maxmilián Haushofer slowly but surely brought Czech landscape painting to the edge of Realism, with their Romanticist love for Nature already permeated with a pronounced interest in reality. Directly in the open air, in front of a concrete motif, they first executed a sketch, after which they later composed the painting in the studio in order to usually complete the work again in the landscape. The aim of the realistic and plain-air landscape painting as practised by Antonín Chittussi was not to simply depict a section of Nature, but, following the example of French landscape painters, to capture the impression of a particular sort of daylight. Even with the arrival of Realism in the Czech lands, Romanticism did not have its last say. Picturesque Prague inspired artists to work in the spirit of Romanticism more pronouncedly than other cities. If we speak of Neo-Romanticism at the end of the 19th century, it is hard to say whether Romanticism in that period was a simple continuation or a ressurection. Till the end of the century, the Romanticist and Realistic elements never ceased to permeate Czech painting, as did German and French influences. In the late 19th century, Julius Mařák succeeded in firmly establishing the tradition of Czech landscape painting and to bring it to the 20th century. His students were already capable of delineating the new stage of development, based on conscious and comprehensive study of landscape, on colour transcription of its atmosphere and sensual experience of it. Impressionism in the renderings of the generation of the 1890s, represented especially by Václav Radimský and students of Mařák‘s school of landscape painting – with Antonín Slavíček as its most pronounced representative – came to rule the art of the turn of the 20th century, with its cult of bright and clear colours and record of the experienced executed in immediate brushwork. Both intimate and wide views of the landscape captured Nature in a new way. This art became thoroughly experienced in all its changes of season, weather and time of day. Of special note is the development of landscapes enlivened by human work: ploughing, sowing, or harvesting. From the first half of the 19th century onward, graduates of other studios of the Prague Academy joined the efforts of these painters, contributing their particular talents to the new way of depicting Czech landscape and capturing its specific character. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=8777 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=8778 The permanent exhibition of 19th, 20th and 21st century art on three floors of Veletržní palác acquaints visitors with the development of Czech and foreign fine art during the course of the last two centuries. The extensive exhibition space in this Functionalist building is home to over 2,300 exhibits and spans an area of 13,500m2. The exhibition presents the work of leading artists in Czech fine art in monographic profiles or in a selection of key works, along with the work of foreign artists. The image of the period is complemented with examples of architecture, furniture, the applied arts, fashion, design and stage design. You will also find photographs, drawings and prints concentrated in graphic cabinets. Alongside celebrated figures we have also included artists who have been neglected in the past or are yet to be discovered. Czech art is shown through qualities which distinguish it from its international counterparts and which make it unique. The objectives of this new conception are emphasised by the inventive archectural design of the individual halls http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=8778 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=8783 Baroque in Bohemia - Permanent Exhibition of the Collection of Old Masters of the National Gallery in PragueLenders and partner institutions:National Museum in Prague, Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Municipal Museum in Prague, Senate of the Parliament of the CR, National Heritage Institute – regional workplaces in Pilsen, Pardubice, České Budějovice, and Central Bohemia, Prague; South Bohemian Museum in České Budějovice, Regional Gallery in Liberec, Town Council in Luže, the parishes of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese in Prague and dioceses of Litoměřice, Pilsen, Budějovice, and Hradec Králové; the monastic orders of the Benedictines (Prague– Břevnov), Premonstratensians (Prague – Strahov; Nová Říše, Teplá), Friars Minor – Franciscans (Prague – New Town), friars preachers – Dominicans (Prague – Old Town), Barefoot Carmelites (Prague – Lesser Town), and private lenders.Permanent Exhibition of Sculpture and PaintingOn the three floors of the reconstructed building of the palace, the new permanent exhibition presents about 160 sculptural exhibits and 280 pieces of late Renaissance and Baroque painting, created in the territory of the lands of the Crown of Bohemia from the late 16th to the end of the 18th centuries.As early as 2002, the interior disposition of the building of Schwarzenberg Palace and the distribution of the rooms designed for the needs of the permanent exhibition, „Baroque in Bohemia“ resulted in a decision to present the collections of sculpture and painting separately. The monumental stone sculptures „welcome“ the visitors when they enter the building. These include the renowned stone sculptures by Matthias Bernhard Braun from the attic of the Clam-Gallas Palace in Prague (1714-1716) and the two Angels from the hermitage near Lysá nad Labem, accompanied by the Moor figures from the gate of Kounice Castle, created by Maximilian Brokof. Three interconnected rooms present then en exhibition conceived according to traditional chronology and stylistic periods of the Early, High and Late Baroque. For the first time in such an extent, the adjoining space shows the best-quality surviving examples of everyday workshop practice of art studios, particularly those of the 18th century: sculptural and painting sketches, modellos, authorial and workshop replicas and copies.The main installation on the 2nd and 1st floors of the palace is based on high-quality paintings, mostly known from the previous exhibition spaces in St George’s Convent. The collection was again conceived according to the accepted chronology in the sequence of stylistic cycles, spanning the time from the Late Renaissance, represented by the production of the artists active at the Prague court of Emperor Rudolf II, to the waning of Baroque culture in the late 18th century. The new exhibition includes all the great names of local fine arts of the 17th-18th centuries, with the emphasis on key figures. Well-balanced ensembles thus present the paintings by Hans von Aachen, Bartholomaeus Spranger, Roelant Savery, Michael Willmann, Johann Christoph Liška, Wenzel Lorenz Reiner, Anton Kern, Johann Peter Molitor, and Norbert Grund. The world of late Renaissance collections – cabinets of arts and curiosities – will be recalled in a partial reconstruction of such a collection with characteristic examples of small pictures and sculptures, and samples of the period crafts. The most important figures of Baroque painting in Bohemia – Karel Škréta and Peter Brandl – have intentionally been allocated prestigious spaces which will do justice to the qualities of both the ensembles of paintings, by right considered the gems of the Gallery’s Collection of Old Masters. One of the rooms on the 1st floor also presents in deliberate confrontation the portraits by Peter Brandl, and those by Johann Kupecký. Both painters explored similar (French and Dutch) sources of inspiration found in European portraiture. A specific form of „panel“ installation of paintings, with the principle of contrast and symmetry in mind, of the pendant pairs (compagnons) – be it landscapes, still lifes or figural compositions – is to recall the character of the period aristocratic picture galleries, most popular and wide-spread around 1700. It was precisely in the interiors of the city or country residences of local aristocrats that rare artifacts were also to be found, including cabinet sculptural pieces, made mostly of exclusive materials, such as bronze, ivory, tortoise-shell, marble and alabaster. Painting collections of 18th-century artists are accompanied by carefully selected samples of small-size carving of definitive character, coming from the Prague studios of Franz Ignaz Weiss, Karl Joseph Hiernle, Johann Anton Quitainer, and Ignaz Franz Platzer, installed in modern glasscases with perfect lighting.Cabinet of Prints and DrawingsThe Collection of Prints and Drawings (SGK) of the National Gallery in Prague, which is situated in Kinsky Palace in the Old Town Square, keeps some 300,000 prints and 60,000 drawings from the Middle Ages to the present. The earliest works there include pieces of medieval book illumination or early prints, there are also prints and drawings from the Renaissance period in Europe, a significant collection of Mannerist drawings, etc. In 17th century art, particular attention should be paid to the ensemble of the Hollareum, one of the world’s largest collections of Wenceslas Hollar’s works. As regards Bohemian Baroque artists, the SGK keeps, for example, a collection of drawings by Karel Škréta. Other periods of art until the present are also sufficiently represented, and we can find works of both Czech and foreign artists there.Artworks on paper are handicapped in that they are sensitive to the influences of climate and light, and may thus easily be destroyed. This is why they can only be exhibited for a precisely limited time and in subdued lighting. The National Gallery therefore organizes small short-term exhibitions of prints and drawings, the „cabinets of prints and drawings“, which accompany long-term exhibitions.Whereas modern works are regularly shown at the Trade Fair Palace, old masters have so far been assigned only a small space at Sternberg Palace. With the opening of Schwarzenberg Palace, the Collection of Prints and Drawings has gained a possibility to organize small exhibitions here, in a broader selection. On the occasion of this permanent exhibition’s opening, the SGK has prepared a short exhibition cycle of presentations of masterpieces from its collections starting with the earliest works, to the end of the 18th century. In three parts, always three months in duration, the visitors will be presented with a selection of the most important drawings and prints from the Gallery’s holdings.The exhibitions will be accompanied by a representative catalogue entitled,   100 +1: Masterpieces from the Collection of Prints and Drawings of the National Gallery in Prague from the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th Century, in which drawings and prints represented in these exhibitions will be published.Programmes for VisitorsThe Department of Education of the Collection of Old Masters offers a number of accompanying programmes for the new permanent exhibition. In collaboration with the Collection’s curatorial staff, a cycle of lectures has been prepared, while educational programmes for various age groups have been designed for schools. Schwarzenberg Palace has a studio at its disposal, which will also be used as a lecture hall. By the end of 2008 a haptic exhibition entitled, The Touches of the Baroque will be open to the public in the basement, designed particularly for visitors with visual handicaps.Opening times:Daily except Mondays, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.    Entrance feesbasic 150,- Czk reduced  80,-  Czk family: 200,- Czk http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=8783 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=8784 The Collection of 19th-c. Art transferred its permanent exhibition to the Convent of St George at Prague Castle, once the collection of Baroque art moved to the carefully restaured and reconstructed Schwarzenberg Palace.It is an established truth that 19th-century art, as the art of every historical period, reflects not only the historic and social conditions of the time, but also its philosophical thought; it responds to the stimuli and conditions of the period, while accepting many ideas from the heritage and traditions of past ages. It is equally true that every new interpretation naturally reflects contemporary opinions and attitudes. In consequence our understanding of 19th-c.art is refreshingly new and different from that of past generations. Every new presentation of 19h-c.art should evoke our past in a way, which will be accepted and understood by our contemporaries as a refreshingly new and powerful experience.That is the goal and purpose of the exhibition that is being opened today. The intention is to present all important 19th-c. trends in art and their chief representatives and to demonstrate how Czech art coped with contemporaneous European ideologicaland art tendencies. The collections of individual artists, mainstay of the exhibition, confirm that in its best representatives and in its specific way Czech 19th-c.art bears comparison with the art found in other European art centres. Perhaps just with a slight delay - the reason shouldl be sought in historical conditions and in the position of the lands of the Bohemian crown in the multinational Habsburg monarchy.Under the impact of changing cultural, social and economic conditions art in Bohemia was since the late 18th century going through considerable transformations. Communication between artists and the public totally changed. With the onset of the 19th century literature, music, as well as architecture, sculpture, painting and decorative art began to express the desires, feelings and needs of the emerging middle class. Its businessmen grew rapidly rich - in its ranks were, however, not only entrepreneurs, but also representatives of the Czech intelligensia. In consequence the middle class was becoming the chief consumer and patron of the arts. The history of Czech art in the 19th century is thus also the history of 19th-c. Bohemian society.To acquaint the visitors with the cultural climate in 19th-c. Bohemia and, more specifically, Prague, we have included in the exhibition not only paintings and sculptures, models and sketches of tombstones and monuments of personalities, who dominated the social and cultural life at the time, but also examples of decorative art. Paintings, sculptures and decorative art share similar attitudes,identical ideas and principles and thus bear testimony to the time and place of their origin, to contemporaneous society and the prevailing climate. Even for purely formal reasons the presence of sculptures and of decorative art is important for the exhibition: it highlights individual sections and helps fashion their spacial arrangement. Their role in the exhibition is twofold - on the one hand they are documents of prevailing trends in the development of art, on the other hand they serve as illustrations, e.g.portraits-busts.The introductory part of the exhibition at the Convent of St George shows the links with late 18th-century art in Bohemia by comparing the work of Norbert Grund with that of František Xaver Procházka or of Christian Seckel with that of Ludvík Kohl. The exhibition ends with the generation born in the 1850s and 1860s, e.g. with the work of Beneš Knüpfer, Emanuel Krescenc Liška, Maxmilián Pirner or Jakub Schikaneder at the turn of the 19th and 20th century.The exhibition follows the traditional chronological and thematic arrangement, to which was added a new element - sacred art. This was possible because the exhibition roms include a chapel, a perfect place for Myslbek's huge statues of Bohemian saints from the monument of St Wenceslas, which stands - cast in bronze - on Wenceslas Square. Visitors will also see there Emanuel Max's Crucified Christ. Actually, in the chapel motifs took precedence over chronology. Thanks to the dimensions of the convent rooms it was possible to display not only large sculptures, but also very manumental paintings, especially in the section of history painting.Let us end with some figures: on view are 350 paintings (8 from the Collection of Old Masters) and 54 sculptures (2 from the Collection of Old Masters) - a careful selection of the best works in the care of the Collection of 19th-century art. The period covered by the exhibition spans approximately from 1790 to 1910. On view are also collections of decorative art - glass, porcelain, silver, furniture, clothes on loan from the Museum of Decorative Art, two architectural models lent by the Technical Museum. Several exhibits have been lent by other institutions, e.g. the Administration of Prague Castle, the Prague Municipal Museum and several private art collectors.Naděžda Blažíčková-HorováIt is already an established tradition that the Museum of Decorative Art contributes sundry exhibits to both temporary and permanent exhibitions of the National Gallery in Prague. This is also the case of the new permanent exhibition of 19th-century art at the Convent of St George at Prague Castle. The new concept of the exhibition called for a somewhat different participation of the Museum of Decorative Art. In line with the newly arranged sections of the exhibition, the Museum of Decorative Art prepared small ensembles, which illustrate the changing life style of the various decades between the period of Neo-Classicism around 1800 and the Historicism towards the close of the 19th century. The exhibits should also demonstrate the development of local production, especially in glass manuacturing, porcelain or cast iron, at the time naturally within the framwork of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Thanks to a lucky coincidence, visitors will be able to follow the development of the visual arts, including decorative art, in Bohemia at the Schwarzenbeg Palace, where the Museum of Decorative Art will open a permanent exhibition of the best achievements in lithurgical goldware and textiles; the exhibition will also include the world-famous Baroque glass from Bohemia and examples of contemporaneous banqueting and table manners. Our association with the Collection of 19th-c. Art of the National Gallery in Prague will be highly important for the exhbition Biedermeier,The Art and Life Style in Bohemia, which will open on 28 May at the Riding School of Prague Castle. For the first time this period will be presented in great detail, with most exhibits coming from Czech collections, including collections from various castles.Helena KoenigsmarkováNG - Collection of 19th-century ArtConvent of St George http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=8784 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12013 The first steps to preschool The youngest, two years old children, who start their experience with the kindergarten, follow an adaptive curriculum: „The first steps to preschool”. We meet three times a week for three hours a day. Every year in September we run adaptive classes. Regardless of the programme you selected, we invite you to gradually longer visits to The Little Mole. At the beginning, a child may spend time together with his/her parent, playing and integrating with other kids. This includes various classes, e.g.: art, music, dance, integration games. This is the way a child learns the preschool, teachers and his/her colleagues. The Little Mole Nursery - JANUARY 2010! Please be informed that in order to answer the expectiations of many parents, as of January 1st, 2010 "The Little Mole International Preschool of Prague" broadens its offer and opens the Nursery in English - "The Little Mole Nursery" for children from 18 months to 2.5 years old. This programme is designed to assist the child towards independence, social awareness,respect and the development of motor skills and language. This includes various classes, e.g.: art, music, dance, integration games. We approach the kids individually, with the children in very small groups. Mon-Fri 8.30 am - 3.30 pm For details please call: +420 731 024 074 www.ipprague.cz        http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12013 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=10315 Banditos Restaurant & Bar introduces our new Happy Hour (Please see full listing in attached poster) Fun environment, friendly service, and great food!! 2 for one cocktails 2 for 1 mixed drinks 2 for 1 shots 25 Kč Beer 35 Kč wines Happy Hour Food Specials 30 Kč Tacos - 50 Kč Nachos - 10 Kč Wings - 50 Kč ribs 16:30 to 18:30 EVERYDAY!!! This is a really good deal!!  Take advantage of it while it lasts Free WiFi OTHER BANDITOS EVENTSNEW! Live Music Friday Nights from 19h NEW! Saturday Ladies Night Free Sangria 19h-21h Weekend Brunch Menu 11h - 15h Banditos Restaurant & Bar Melounova 2, Praha 2, near I.P. Pavlova tel. 224 941 096 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=10315 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=11502 Eager to play golf but don´t know where to start looking plus trying to find an English speaking coach for a reasonable price? So come over and enjoy the summer time the golf way! Our company Goram cooperates with various partners´golf courses within the Czech Republic and that´s why you have a chance to play at the greens near the place you live. Under the guidance of a professional coach you might be able to pass the exam within a month or two of possible 10 classes of regular trainings plus some individual practise of a concrete course where the academy takes place. Possible golf courses: - Prague -  GC Motol - Prague 5, possibly GC Hostivař - Prague 15 - Plzeň - GP Plzeň (Dýšina) - Hradec Králové -  GC Kunětická hora - České Budějovice - GC Mnich - Ústí nad Labem - GC Terasy - Karlovy Vary - GR Karlovy Vary - Hluboká nad Vltavou - GK Hluboká nad Vltavou - Konopiště - GR Konopiště If desired options of different golf courses within CR possible.  Prices: (VAT not included) * 14 900,- Kč - 5 - 10 participants * 13 900,- Kč - 10 - 20 participants * 13 000,- Kč - over 20 participants The goals of our academy are: -          to develop an appreciation and knowledge of golf history and origin -          to perform golf skills (full swing, pitching, chipping and putting) with proficiency -          learn and apply golf terminology, rules, and etiquette -          to use safety precautions on the practice area and golf course -          preparing you for an exam to gain a club HCP 54 (both practical and theoretical) The course usually includes: using balls at driving range, renting clubs, green fees etc. and is standartly being finished by a written exam from golf rules and etiquette and a practical 9-hole round of golf. The exam might be repeated in case of a failure. Help and advice with the golf equipment: don´t worry about what to get for your first classes or what to fill your bag with. Our professionals will help you to pick the right and appropriate clubs, shoes, trolleys or jackets and before you know it you may have them home from our own, fully packed, stores. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=11502 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=8934 After taking a summer break we're starting up again on 17 September 09! Our playgroup is designed for mothers/fathers with children 1-4 years of age that would like to meet and interact with other parents and their children. The focus of the playgroup is on singing traditional English songs, dancing and playing basic musical instruments. Part of the time is dedicated to creative art, free play and socializing with refreshments provided.Our playgroup is focused on fun for both the parents and children and is a great opportunity to meet other families in Prague. Sessions are run by Vanda (Czech/Canadian) and Larissa (Australian).Price per session is 150kc if you buy a 10 card pass, 170kc if you buy a 5 card pass or 200kc for a casual drop in rate. We meet on Thursdays 10:15-11:30am in Korunovacni Elementary School walking distance from Letenske Namesti and Letna Park.For further details and to register your interest in the Playgroup for 09/10 please contact Vanda Krutsky via email vanda.krutsky@gmail.com or phone 777 078 732.    http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=8934 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12706 Looking for ways how to improve your healthy living?         We would like to invite you to   "Five Tibetians" Tao exercises. FREE YOUR BODY, MIND AND SOLE. Enjoy 1 hour of harmonizing exercises with English speaking Master. You will learn how to relax your body and free your mind. Few easy-to-practice exercises. Breathing exercises. Basic "Healthy Join the club. Forget the stress and enjoy the joy of : Tao Living" instructions during the lessons.longevity. Every week, Mon. 19:30 - 20:30 and Thu. 18:30 - 19:30 at KC Zahrada, Malenická 2, Praha 4 Chodov More info: jirka@byu.cz or 602 22 69 33   . http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12706 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12218 Looking for ways how to improve your healthy living?         We would like to invite you to   "Five Tibetians" Tao exercises. FREE YOUR BODY, MIND AND SOLE. Enjoy 1 hour of harmonizing exercises with English speaking Master. You will learn how to relax your body and free your mind. Few easy-to-practice exercises. Breathing exercises. Basic "Healthy Join the club. Forget the stress and enjoy the joy of : Tao Living" instructions during the lessons.longevity. Every week, Mon. 19:30 - 20:30 and Thu. 18:30 - 19:30 at KC Zahrada, Malenická 2, Praha 4 Chodov More info: jirka@byu.cz or 602 22 69 33   . http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12218 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12746 Around 4.5 billion years ago the Earth came into existence and it is our home today, old but still very much alive, constantly metamorphosing, bearing the only known life in the universe. What was its birth like? What does the planet look like inside? How did life happen to evolve in such immense diversity? ... Just a few of the many questions our exhibition helps answer.Through unique specimens, models and a selection of what we call “toys” you can investigate the Earth in a different way than your everyday experience, books or movies. Let us escort you through a volcano experiencing an earthquake, around a Devonian tropical reef or through a Carboniferous forest. You can also meet a skeleton of the giant dinosaur Amargasaurus or the well known Australopithecus “Lucy”. Come and explore the story of Earth from its very beginning through the present human age. When leaving the show-rooms, we hope you will take with you an even greater appreciation of the Earth than before.   http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12746 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12293 Swing by the Czech Inn Kavarna (daily, from 8am-12pm) if you're looking for a yummy breakfast at a reasonable price...consists of fresh rolls, fruit, ham, salami, cheese, homemade muesli, yogurt, eggs (with or without bacon), milk, coffee, tea and more. Just 140 Kc for all-you-can-eat! While you're at it, fan us on facebook to find out about future events (including gallery openings, trivia nights, holiday parties and more!): http://www.facebook.com/pages/Prague-Czech-Republic/Czech-Inn-Hostel/57803086052. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12293 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12294 Happy Hour(s) at the Czech Inn Kavarna - daily from 18:00-20:00. 20 Kc Budvar + daily cocktail special.   Sky TV + ESPN on the tube...ask for your fav sports game and we'll do our best to find it for you! Now serving beef goulash soup + fresh rolls to fill you up on these cold winter days - 80 kc. Mmm Mmm Good! Swing by and have a taste! Fan us on facebook to find out about future events (including gallery openings, trivia nights, holiday parties and more!): http://www.facebook.com/pages/Prague-Czech-Republic/Czech-Inn-Hostel/57803086052. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12294 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=9525 Learn and practise Eskimo Roll ( C to C, Sweep Roll) in a pool.Warm water. The only thing you need is your swimsuits.All equipment (kayak, paddle, spraydeck) available on the pool.Pub counselling session always follows - )Fotos and videos of your own eskimo roll.Come and eskimo roll with CKO Harfa. We practise 3 times a weeks.Henry http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=9525 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12355 A new Jazz Venue has just opened up on the Old Town Square in restaurant Bílý Koníček. We have live jazz concerts every day - see ww.jazz-prague.com for current list of who is playing when. The entry is 250,- Czk / person, but , as this venue is a restaurant as well as a jazz club, the entry ticket serves a purpose as a 150,- Czk credit towards your final dinner bill (i.e. it applies to food - not to drinks only). We serve a wide variety of snacks, full meals as well as a wide selection of wines, alsoholid drinks, etc.   Hope to see you all soon!!!!!   Yours trully Marmite http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12355 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12440 The renovated space of the Golden Ring House will once again come to life with a new exhibition, After Velvet, which will open on November 17th, 2009, exactly 20 years after the Velvet Revolution. The exhibit was conceived by curators of City Gallery Prague Sandra Baborovská and Karel Srp. The post-November retrospective features the work of several generations of Czech artists from 1989 to the present. These will not be presented chronologically, but rather in thematic groups comprised of the works of different generations of living artists. Visitors will encounter recent creations by younger contemporary Czech artists who were only partially affected by the communist regime, alongside the work of an older generation which was primarily trained at the Academy of Fine Arts or the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, and which laid the groundwork for the diverse post-revolution art scene.An extensive catalog and guide will be published for the After Velvet exhibition of post-revolution art featuring commentary from leading Czech philosopher Miroslav Petříček and art theoreticians (Tomáš Pospiszyl, Karel Císař, Petr Vaňous, Jitka Hlaváčková and Olga Malá). The catalog will be published by Arbor Vitae societas and include graphic art by Martin Odehnal, recipient of the prize for the "Most Beautiful Czech Book of 2006". After Velvet aims to address the viewer with its multiple layers of meaning and striking visual allure. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12440 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12742 Not only for its long lasting tradition but also for its historically correct interpretation of classical jazz the Traditional Jazz Studio is an extraordinary ensemble in the Czech jazz history. On 8 November, 2009, they celebrated their 50th anniversary. From the beginning their interpretation style has been distinguished by purity, by extraordinary quality of their instrumentalists, by creative concept of solo-playing and inter-playing, and mostly by important contribution of the authors which shifted the term ´traditional jazz´, and added new values to it. The activity of the ensemble has always been oriented towards cooperation with other head representatives of the Czech jazz scene, and with foreign colleagues as well. This remarkable relationship between music history and presence is crucial to the development of jazz music in the world. In November 1959, a group of students, lead by brothers Pavel and Ivan Smetáček, were interested in traditional 1920´s and 1930´s New Orleans jazz, and together they formed a group entitled Studijní skupina tradičního jazzu při Kruhu jazzové a moderní taneční hudby Závodního výboru Revolučního odborového hnutí Státního hudebního vydavatelství (The Study Group Of Traditional Jazz By The Circle Of Jazz And Modern Dance Music Of The Work’s Committee Of The Revolution Trade Union Movement Of State Music Publishing House). Even though the structure of the ensemble changed throughout the years, all musicians who were involved added a little of their own creativity to the basic and stable music orientation which made the Traditional Jazz Studio the world’s most popular Czech jazz band in the 2nd half of the 20th century. The exhibition offers an overview of the ensemble’s history, and draws attention to certain members as well as to foreign collaborators. The exhibition is based on original documents (music notes, programs, photographs, caricatures, instruments and other) which are for the very first time presented as a whole. Most of the documents are from the archive of Traditional Jazz Studio and also from the private archives of its members, namely Pavel Smetáček. Audiovisual documents are an integral part of the exhibition. They are freely accessible to visitors. The exhibition is in both Czech and English. Next to the exhibition visitors will have a chance to attend jazz concerts and lectures. Live music of the Traditional Jazz Studio will be heard during the 5th anniversary of the opening of the new building of the Czech Museum of Music, on 21st November, 2009, as well during the presentation of the new double CD prepared for the 50th anniversary of the ensemble, and during other supporting events, concerts and lectures. The programme will be regularly updated. The exhibition will be also framed by accompanying audiovisual program which was directed by Václav Filip. For many years now Filip has been collaborating with the ensemble, and is the author of programs about the Smetáček family and the documentary movie made for the 45th anniversary of the ensemble which will also be presented during the exhibition.   http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12742 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12443 Josef Bolf is one of the most famous Czech artists of the generation born in the 1970s. His artworks and personality permeate Czech art. He is one of the few artists to exhibit his works with Hunt Kastner Artworks at international art fairs. He was nominated for the "Jindřich Chalupecký Award" but since he did not receive it, he will have to wait for the Award for artists over 35 years old. Josef Bolf never leaves the world of sorrow and emotions. He creates alternatives of his own experience on a pink background. He overcomes the limitations of individual media with the same ease as he crosses the line between real and unreal. His drawings are derived from paintings, sculptures, comics, texts and films. The exhibition, Ty nejsi Ty, Ty jsi já /You Aren't You, You Are I/, organically blends the fragments of individual approaches and introduces the story of actual episodes in a semi-epic permeation of the resulting scene.   http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12443 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12617 The Chelsea Hotel is a legendary place connected with artistic Bohemians of the 20th century, which inspired many books and films as well as famous songs by Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan. One of the most impressive portraits of the hotel is a body of photographs and texts created by Julia Calfee, recently published in a successful book with a preface by Miloš Forman, a resident of the hotel himself. The photographs are presented here for the first time in the form of an exhibition. Julia Calfee has lived and photographed in the Chelsea Hotel for four years which enabled her to befriend a number of its permanent hotel guests and made her camera almost invisible. As she points out, “When I photographed at the Chelsea Hotel, I would stay in a space or situation for hours. Time would pass and my presence would become less and less visible. Sometimes I would even disappear.” Thanks to her long-term stay and established friendships, in one word thanks to the inside view, Julia Calfee has managed to capture that which would elude most of the other photographers and filmmakers: the unique intimate atmosphere of the place formed by personalities of its inhabitants and the overall environment including its archetypes, legends and ghosts. Julia Calfee was born in the USA, but has spent most of her professional life living and working in Europe. She majored in journalism at the New York University and studied art history at the Sorbonne in Paris. Her publications comprise Photogénèse (Joan Miró Foundation, 1995) The Mountain Spirits of Mongolia (Richard Liu Foundation, 2002) and Spirits and Ghosts: Journeys through Mongolia (PowerHouse Books, 2003). Her photographs and photographic essays have been published in leading international magazines and newspapers including The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Time, Business Week, The Sunday Times of London, Paris Match, The Guardian, Elle Italia, Elle Japan, Paris Photo, Digital Photography, Corriere della Sera and foto8. Julia Calfee has exhibited her photographs also in museums and galleries in France, United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, Spain and the USA. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12617 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12592 Exhibition at Galerie Julio Cortázar Nikola Smernić presents photography at"CUBA LIBRE" From the 6th of December 2009 till the 7th of March 2010 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12592 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12634 Banditos Restaurant & Bar is now offering a weekend brunch in addition to our everyday breakfast menu.  Every Saturday and Sunday morning from 11 to 3. 2 for one Blloody Mary! 35 kc mimosas! Build your own brunch from items such as buttermilk pancakes, biscuits and gravy, specialty omelets, home made has browns, and more. Please see the attachment for details. Or visit our website. OTHER BANDITOS EVENTSNEW! Live Music Friday Nights from 19h NEW! Saturday Ladies Night Free Sangria 19h-21h Happy Hour Everyday 16:30h to 18:30h http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12634 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12633 Banditos Restaurant & Bar is now offering a weekend brunch in addition to our everyday breakfast menu.  Every Saturday and Sunday morning from 11 to 3. 2 for one Blloody Mary! 35 kc mimosas! Build your own brunch from items such as buttermilk pancakes, biscuits and gravy, specialty omelets, home made has browns, and more. Please see the attachment for details. Or visit our website. OTHRT BANDITOS EVENTS NEW! Live Music Friday Nights from 19h NEW! Saturday Ladies Night Free Sangrias 19h-21h Happy Hour Everyday 16:30h to 18:30h   http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12633 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12684 A few years ago Lucie and Daniel had an idea to collaborate using Daniels minimalist photos as a backdrop for Lucie's abstract drawings. And so the project "Lusi in the Sky with Daniel" was born. The Disorder exhibition explores the idea of misplacement and chaos in a rigid and grey world. This is their third exhibition together. The exhibition vernissage 16th December 09 featured live music from Natalie Kocabova with Gregory Finn (Southpaw), who exclusively presented songs from their new record, which was release.d in december. Afterparty with DJ Tuco. LUCIE REMEŠOVÁLucie has always been interested in drawing, and even though she has never studied formally it has always been a passion of hers. She has exhibited in Galerie Trojka in Brno, Cafe Erra, Cafe 21 and had work auctioned at the Chemistry gallery in Prague.She is very influenced by art nouveau, art deco and cubism and her style is best described as female characters living in a Klimt-esque, ornamentalic and psychadelic world. She uses mostly gel pens for her drawings.She is also designer of her own clothing brand Ex-lusi-vE distributed by the japanese company Tcollector.DANIEL OMLOŠDaniel has always been interested in taking photographs and is studying photojournalism at Sheffield University. Even though he is really old. He has exhibited at Cafe Erra, Cafe 21 and had work auctioned at the Chemistry gallery in Prague.He is very influenced by street photography and his style is best described as found objects seen from another angle, often captured out of their original contexts.He uses mostly an Olympus camera for his photos.He hasn't designed any clothes luckily, but he writes a monthly column for a Czech music magazine. ALL PICTURES FROM THE EXHIBITION ARE FOR SALE http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12684 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12760 A partir de janvier 2010, nous inaugurons des cours du soir d'arts plastiques pour les adultes. Les cours sont destinés à ceux qui veulent dessiner, peindre, modeler de l'argile, aux débutants ainsi qu'à ceux qui souhaitent se perfectionner. Nous travaillons en petits groupes (au maximum 8 participants). Les cours sont pour tous ceux qui souhaitent : apprendre en se relaxant se reposer activement de l'agitation quotidienne aider à révéler la créativité que chacun porte en soi trouver ses capacités illimitées, son habilité et ses possibilitésNous vous accueillons dans un  lieu magnifique dans le centre de Prague. Nous avons à notre disposition des chevalets. En raison de la limitation du nombre de participant, il est ici possible d'un enseignement plus étendu.Nous travaillerons de nombreuses techniques - fusain, crayon, aquarelle, pastelle, peinture acrylique et détrempe. Nous apprendrons les perspectives de base, les jeux de lumières et de couleurs d'après la réalité, les natures mortes, les portraits, pour arriver petit à petit à une création libre.Nous nous efforçons d'aider à l'éveil du talent, à la créativité, à la communication grâce au milieu créatif. Nous utilisons une approche du vécu comme sujet principal d'enseignement. Nous partons du principe que l'homme est capable de  plus qu'il ne le pense. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12760 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12794 A partir de janvier 2010, nous inaugurons des cours du soir d'arts plastiques pour les adultes. Les cours sont destinés à ceux qui veulent dessiner, peindre, modeler de l'argile, aux débutants ainsi qu'à ceux qui souhaitent se perfectionner. Nous travaillons en petits groupes (au maximum 8 participants). Les cours sont pour tous ceux qui souhaitent : apprendre en se relaxant se reposer activement de l'agitation quotidienne aider à révéler la créativité que chacun porte en soi trouver ses capacités illimitées, son habilité et ses possibilitésNous vous accueillons dans un  lieu magnifique dans le centre de Prague. Nous avons à notre disposition des chevalets. En raison de la limitation du nombre de participant, il est ici possible d'un enseignement plus étendu.Nous travaillerons de nombreuses techniques - fusain, crayon, aquarelle, pastelle, peinture acrylique et détrempe. Nous apprendrons les perspectives de base, les jeux de lumières et de couleurs d'après la réalité, les natures mortes, les portraits, pour arriver petit à petit à une création libre.Nous nous efforçons d'aider à l'éveil du talent, à la créativité, à la communication grâce au milieu créatif. Nous utilisons une approche du vécu comme sujet principal d'enseignement. Nous partons du principe que l'homme est capable de  plus qu'il ne le pense. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12794 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12728 Our winter Trimester at MUDDUM where we offer you pottery and art classes has started this week and will go on till the last week of March. In the winter trimester we offer Pottery for adults, Drawing classes with nude model, Workshops for animation film, Art classes for kids... For more informations see our web page www.muddum.cz. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12728 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=10108 Open Mic night at the Royal Oak. Come along and enjoy performing in front of a lively crowd or relax, chill out and listen to some great musicians and performers at this friendly pub.     Gambrinus only 28kc. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=10108 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12751 Contemporary German cinema: the best from the festivals Weekly Sunday evening screening at Shakespeare and Sons cafe in Vrsovice. All films are titled in english. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12751 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12670 Location: PRE show room, Jungmannova 28, Prague 1 (TeTa palace). Gallery is open from 10:00 – 18:00 (Monday till Friday) Vernissage: Tuesday January 12, 2010 at 18:00 Exhibition is open till February 26, 2010 Pedja Djaković was born in 1964 in Derventa, Yugoslavia. After the completion of his secondary school studies in Belgrade he came to Prague where he was admitted to the Academy of Fine Art, specialization painting. His professors were the academic painters Pospíšil and Sopko. Djaković lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic.  Website: http://www.pedjadjakovic.cz/ http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12670 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12780 Come and learn how to draw at another of our Drawing classes with a nude model, that starts this Wednesday at 19:30, lead by bfa Rhode Island School of Design. For more information see our webpage www.muddum.cz. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12780 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12750 Shakespeare and Sons cafe in Vrsovice hosts Literature in Cinema nights every Wednesday from 8. Films are projected and all are titled in english. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12750 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12843 Born in Czech Republic Kamil Vojnar spend many years in New York City producing images for books and CD covers. Later Vojnar moved to Paris and subsequently to St. Remy de Provence, where he is now living and working. He presents his personal images in two showrooms there. Leica Gallery is pleased to introduce originally Czech artist for the first time to Czech audience. Born in Moravia of Czechoslovakia in 1962, Kamil Vojnar studied at School of Graphic Arts in Prague (1976-1981) and left in 85 to study at Philadelphia Art Institute. Vojnar moved to New York City in 1989 where he worked for different image studios and then as a freelancer, majoring in producing images for books and CD covers, while filling photo stock agencies with more personal images. Vojnar later moved to Paris and subsequently to St. Remy de Provence in France, where he is now living and working. Driven by pressures within, Kamil's work explores often hidden corners of the soul, where human emotions reside. He works with images to deliver his particular vision, his reaction to the contradictory world which surrounds him. To the world filled with so much beauty and so much suffering, often happening at the very same moments, within only minutes, hours, inches or miles apart. These feelings are honestly reflected in Kamil's images in intensely personal and enigmatic ways. Angel standing all wet in the bath tub, falling man with wide-spread arms and girl lying on the grass facing the sky. Perhaps we can trace some sources from the artist's words, "we all start our lives in pure whiteness and innocence, but during the course we are being torn and crashed again and again, in small or big ways". A kind of escapism has long been embedded in Kamil Vojnar's images - and truly, beautiful as they are, the images tend to end up on the darker side of things. What drives my work is the contradictory world surrounding us. So much beauty and so much suffering meet and go hand in hand. But also it is the world of "elsewhere". The world from where inspiration and intuition, leading my hand, arrives. From that space between the earth, the sky and our minds and hearts, where things happen, we don't fully understand, but without which the world would be much grayer place. I am trying to explore corners of our souls, where emotions reside. Emotions as reactions to the world outside and conflicting emotions of our most private worlds within. Because don't we cry from immense sadness, but from happiness as well? My working methods are pretty much "flying blind", because as a photographer and painter am basically self taught. Mostly oblivious to proper techniques and processes, I mix elements the way we reconstruct our last night dreams. From bits and pieces. I let intuition and materials, I am working with, to lead me to conclusions, I never really see as fully finished and I revisit my images over and over again to place them in different logic and contexts. My pictures are mostly images, digitally layered from many different photographs and textures, printed after in small editions, as a ink-jet prints on fine art paper. Or they are layered images, printed on semitransparent Thai and Japanese papers, mounted to canvas, varnished with oil and wax, sometimes painted on further with oil paints. I don't know where I am going, but I will get there.   http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12843 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12783 Master Quang, famous Vietnamese Kung Fu master who has recently moved to Prague, organizes regular group Kung Fu class in Prague 8, The training will take place every Tuesday at 19:15 in an elementary school, Zenklova 52, Praha 8 (near metro station Palmovka).  The lessons start on Tuesday 19th January and last until 27th April 2010 (14 lessons).   Price of the course: 1680,-CZK For more information go to www.quangkungfu.com   http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12783 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12842 The exhibition is the first independent exhibition of the young talented artist after she finished her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. The exhibition presents new artwork of the artist especially created for the exhibition at The Chemistry Gallery. The artwork of Lucie Skrivankova is characteristic for the crashed perspective of the interior and city nooks. The curator of the exhibition is Ms Marcela Strakova. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12842 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12844 This is the promise made by the Indoor Sport-Systeme GmbH for their top of the line golf-simulator ‘Ultimo XL’. You can find out for yourself if this is true: at stand G.041, ‘Ultimo XL’ invites you to hit the ball on the most beautiful (and trickiest) golf courses in the world. In addition a ‘Nearest to the Pin’ competition will create a tournament atmosphere. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12844 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12814 Come and join Muddum Make your own workshops. Each workshop will concentrate on a different theme: 23/01   We'll make brooches out of felt, old toys and recycled materials. 20/02   We'll create wallets out of multicoloured milk and juice cartons. 20/03   We'll sew fabric dolls. For more informations see our website www.muddum.cz   http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12814 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=11685 Pickpocket (1959) In Paris, the lonely and anguished pickpocket Michel lives in a dirty little room and spends his time stealing wallets and purses in public spaces. His only friends are Jacques, who tries to help him to find a job, and his mother's next door neighbor Jeanne. After the death of his mother, Michel teams-up with two small time thieves despite the permanent surveillance of the local police inspector. Later he travels overseas to get rid of the observation of the police, but two years later he returns to Paris and finds Jeanne alone, with her son with Jacques after a brief love affair. Michel decides to help her and find an honest job; but in a horse race, he is tempted by his addiction with tragic consequences. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=11685 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12859 Treat your sweetheart with perfect Valentine gift. After the 60 minutes couple thai massage sit down to a romantic dinner prepared just for you in Café-Restaurant Esprit. You can also invite someone special for lunch and taste specialties from Valentine´s menu. You can also come to taste just 6-course Valentine menu as a lunch or dinner. We are looking forward to you! Valentine´s Menu Duet rilettes duck with soft rabbit pate and orange-cranberry reduction * Capuccino from fresh rucola with small Parmesan cheese hearts and roasted Italian pancetta * With love baked filet royal bream, served on black pasta with lobster mousse and vegetable Mikado * „Sous vide“ in vakuum side of the preparation of young piglets served on a spinach puree * Sliced rib roast with sauce „Bernaisse“ Foie gras and potato croquettes * Valentine’s pink surprise of pastry chef   http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12859 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12818 Come and explore the possibilities of animation in three lessons. Each lesson will concentrate on a different technique:- post-it-motion (stop-motion animation with post-its, creates the effect of living in     a videogame);- light-writing (experimenting with camera shutter-time to create a magical world);- whiteboard-animation (drawing and erasing on a whiteboard shows the basic   technique of animation). For more information see our website www.muddum.cz. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12818 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12895 14 02 CZK / person in double room including breakfast for 2 in bed / restaurant, sparkling wine amenity. Junior Suite available for additional 800 CZK / night. For Expats.cz members only special offer - 1 bottle of house wine free / couple. Just mention the promo code EXPATS when making the reservation. Book as of now till February 14, 2010 and stay with us February 5-21, 2010. Book now >> Terms and Conditions http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12895 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12908 Wednesday 3rd      Prague - Red Hot and Blues, Jakubska 12       Thursday 4th     Prague - Red Hot and Blues, Jakubska 12       Friday 5th     Prague - Esse Club and Bar , Dukelských hrdinů 696/43 Prague 7 - starts at 21:30       Sunday 7th     Prague - Fatboys, Mala Stuparska 5 - starts at 20:00       Wednesday 10th     Prague - Red Hot and Blues, Jakubska 12       Thursday 11th     Prague - Red Hot and Blues, Jakubska 12       Friday 12th     Prague - Esse Club and Bar , Dukelských hrdinů 696/43 Prague 7 - starts at 21:30       Saturday 13th     Prague - Jazz Dock - Janáčkovo nábřeží 2, Praha 5 - Smíchov - starts at 7pmwith Dani Robinson on acoustic guitar .. our return to this great venue ..booking advised - phone: +420 774 058 838 - e-mail / table reservations: info@jazzdock.cz       Sunday 14th     Prague - Fatboys, Mala Stuparska 5 - starts at 20:00       Wednesday 17th     Prague - Red Hot and Blues, Jakubska 12       Thursday 18th     Prague - Red Hot and Blues, Jakubska 12       Friday 19th     Prague - Esse Club and Bar , Dukelských hrdinů 696/43 Prague 7 - starts at 21:30       Sunday 21st     Prague - Fatboys, Mala Stuparska 5 - starts at 20:00       Wednesday 24th     Prague - Red Hot and Blues, Jakubska 12       Thursday 25th     Prague - Red Hot and Blues, Jakubska 12       Friday 26th     Prague - Esse Club and Bar , Dukelských hrdinů 696/43 Prague 7 - starts at 21:30       Sunday 28th     Prague - Fatboys, Mala Stuparska 5 - starts at 20:00 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12908 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12894 Essensia restaurant presents a brand new winter menu designed by Executive Chef, Jiri Stift. Throughout February we feature a selection of Essensia’s signature Czech and Asian soup favourites to warm your soul. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12894 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12822 dvorak sec contemporary is pleased to announce the first solo show of new media artist Michael Najjar in the Czech Republic. On display will be large-scale photographs from the internationally renowned artist's bionic angel series. bionic angel is the third exhibition in dvorak sec contemporary's New York program: a series of shows bringing the best of the New York art scene to the audience in Prague. The German-born artist is a fixture name in the New York City art scene and is represented by one of the top galleries in New York. The photographic series bionic angel investigates the process of transformation and the technological control of human evolution. Rapid developments in the field of so-called "g-r-i-n-technologies" (genetics, robotics, information and nano-technologies) are not only changing our bodies, minds, memories, and identities, but are also impacting our offspring. These new technologies all share a common aim of enhancing human performance. Prenatal genetic determination enables children to be built to plan. Clone bodies become depositories for ersatz organs whilst manipulation of atomic structure creates new bodies which far outstrip the old ones in terms of robustness, elasticity and durability. Based on genetic algorithms and neuronal networks, these developments essentially mean that biological evolution can now be controlled; they open the door to a new and superior form of existence for the human being. The exhibition will be on view from February 2 – April 9, 2010. A reception will be held for the artist at the gallery on February 2, from 7 - 10 PM. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12822 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12691   Tennis Course for adults (group 3 – 6persons) Where: Erpet (erpetgolfcentrum), Praha 5, Strakonicka 4 When : Tuesdays 8 - 9 PM Fee : 1200,- CZK/person (4 hours) Details and applications : +420 774 613 444 (Petr)   Stepanek´s Tennis School is probably the only one in Prague,  who offer  group tennis courses for adults in English language! Riviews about Stepanek´s Tennis School  you find at directory  of expats.cz This is the chance to learn tennis skills from experinced coach for reasonable price. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12691 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12955 Experience a romantic weekend with celebration of St. Valentine. Our Chef prepared for you Saint Valentines Menu Valid from 11-14.2.2010 Price for 2 persons 750 CZK Small bottle of sparkling wine as a present. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12955 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12850 Come and enjoy the St. Valentine's menu at Le Papillon! We serve this special menu from February 5th till February 21st, 2010 Slices of marinated salmon in the lemon grass, with red chard salad and lime dressing Chicken soup with vegetables and liver dumplings Main course for the ladies - Quail stuffed with herbs, with broccoli puree and artichoke and gratinated topinambur potatoes Main course for masters - Flank steak with roasted red pepper sauce, thyme zucchini and granaile potatoes Strawberry cappuccino with strawberry ice cream 4-course menu for 2 including a bottle of „house wine“ for CZK 1560   Do not forget to make your table reservation, phone: +420 234 634 111. We are looking forward to welcome you!   http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12850 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12779 MONDAY - FRIDAY Kick off the night with our Happy Hour featuring 2-4-1 on all cocktails and Staropramen draft beer from 5pm till 7pm! http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12779 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12857 EKG - Of Love and Discoveries8-9/2/2010 20:00 - An evening of new literary talents. Presented by Igor Malijevsky and Jaroslav Rudiš, with guests Hynek Trojánek, Tereza Verecká, the Dancing Mirror and others. On Monday, February 8 and Tuesday, February 9, Igor Malijevský’s and Jaroslav Rudiš’s EKG literary music show will be devoted to Love and Discoveries. The authors have invited to Prague’s Archa Theatre researcher and artist Vojtěch Kovařík as well as EKG’s literary discoveries. Monday will feature prose writer Hynek Trojánek, poet and prose writer Tereza Verecká, the mysterious Dancing Mirror and others. On Tuesday, poet and musician Ondřej Buddeus will be accompanied by guitarist Lukáš Kosek and pianist Filip Kotlář, prose writer Milan Dedera, Petr Koubek and others. Both evenings will conclude with acting, singing and dancing by the EMO girl group Audiofenky. We asked the protagonists, why discoveries? “I studied theoretical physics and it seems to me a shame not to share the results of my discoveries with the audience of EKG. Unfortunately, in Czech literature we are still neglecting dissertations dealing with the determinist chaos in the tokamak plasma. Narrative and humorous motifs are there too,” explains Malijevský. “While writing my dissertation about German newspapers and magazines in Liberec I discovered a small treasure: several issues of a charming magazine called Incineration. It was published by the friends of the Liberec crematorium----maybe I’ll read some of it,” added Rudiš ABOUT EKG EKG is a literary musical show, which in collaboration with Archa Theatre has been headed by Igor Malijevský and Jaroslav Rudiš since the start of 2007. EKG is today the largest Czech scene for live literature and aims to cross over genres and generations. The protagonists are always on the border of literary reading, musical evening and theatrical cabaret; each show is a premiere and a final performance at the same time. Improvisation, communication with the audience and authorial recitals of new texts by contemporary Czech writers all feature prominently in the performance. In Czech. Do you want your writing to be read?Igor Malijevský and Jaroslav Rudiš will be happy to read your prose samples (up to 1.5 standard pages - 2,700 characters with spaces) or 3 poems. E-mail your writing samples to ekg@archatheatre.cz and include "EKG: vyšetření" in the subject of the e-mail. Also provide brief information about yourself (name, age, telephone number, etc.) Results: The selected authors will be invited to a performance of EKG. The results of the reading are not objective and depend on personal taste, EKG's themes, and the weather.  Authors who are not contacted still have a reason to live! Links: JAROSLAV RUDIŠWeb - http://www.rudis.czMyspace - http://www.myspace.com/jaroslavrudis   IGOR MALIJEVSKÝWeb  - http://www.malijevsky.com  Profile of EKG on FACEBOOK  Tickets: CZK 150 / CZK 90 for students and seniors. Archa.klub discount 30%. Open seating.Tickets available from the Archa Theatre box office http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12857 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12868 BEER & WINGS NIGHTS at Hard Rock Cafe Prague Love BEER, Love WINGS? Eat and drink* as much as you can! Available 10pm - 12am 650 Czk/pp *Staropramen draft beer only To book a table call +420 224 229 529 or email Prague_SalesCoordinator@hardrock.com  HARD ROCK CAFE PRAGUE, DUM U ROTTA, MALE NAMESTI 3, PRAGUE 1 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12868 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12874 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 WHERE:   American Center, Tržiště 13, Prague 1 - Malá Strana  WHEN:     5:30 p.m. WHAT:     WHITE MAN'S MOCCASINS BY LEE MARMON        Opening of exhibition   Opening of exhibition of photographs  "White Man's Moccasins" by Lee Marmon, the widely acclaimed Native American photographer, who achieved global recognition for his distinguished black-and-white portraits of tribal leaders.  His works have appeared in galleries, books and magazines, including the Time, New York Times, Saturday Evening Post and others. Alexandra Hubáčková from Palacký University in Olomouc will talk about Lee Marmon’s life and work, based on her personal encounters with him both in the Czech Republic and New Mexico.   The program will be held in Czech. http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12874 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=11302 ISIC HAPPY HOURS AT HUSH CAFé - discounts for students and teachers MON - THU // 18 - 20hrs // special prices,  register your ISIC card on the bar and drink cheap! small beer for 10,-Kc, Mulled wine for 18,-Kc, Cocktails (ALL cocktails from cocktail menu) pay 1 get 1 for free   http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=11302 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12820 9/2/10TueChurch of St. Simon and St. Jude, 7:30pm Petr Nouzovský | celloMonika Knoblochová | harpsichord Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas for Bass Viol  PRICE: 200-300 CZK http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12820 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12661 THE REAL McKENZIES (celtic punk, CAN) – exclusive 2-days acoustic show!!! “Unplugged Café”/Rock Café Prague, 9. + 10.2.2010, start 19.30, tickets 250,- + charges, presales in Rock Café and on www.Ticketstream.cz, 300,- at doors. LIMITED TICKETS!!!!! The modern-day Celtic bards known as The Real McKenzies hail from Vancouver, BC and are a punk band deeply rooted in their Scottish heritage with a sound best described as the Sex Pistols meet Scottish folk legend Robbie Burns.  The Scottish term Ceilidh (pronounced kee-lee), is the main reason why The Real McKenzies formed and their chief inspiration.  Ceilidh, according to The McKenzies, is a Gaelic word meaning “A wicked party which carries on for days”.  Founded by frontman Paul McKenzie in 1994, he cites his family as another motivating factor, “As a lad, my parents and grandparents would dress me up in a kilt and make me sing and dance to traditional Scottish music.  Starting a Scottish punk band is my way of getting revenge!”  You’re probably wondering how it is that group of Canadians can rightly rollick and roam the countryside in the name of Scotland.  Paul McKenzie offers an explanation, “A great many Scots immigrated to Canada.  Ya see, the Scottish went north and the Irish went south...as they often do.”    The Real McKenzies are true gadabouts at heart. Fueled by an insatiable appetite for filthy punk shows, Scotch whiskey, and all out mayhem, these kilt-clad punks continue on their quest to bring their patented brand of music to the masses. Their latest concoction, Off the Leash, embodies the spirit of The Real McKenzies through a melding of driving punk rhythms and traditional Scottish melodies. Guitars and bagpipes play off each other as Paul McKenzie spins yarns of times long past and recounts endless drunken revelries. The unbridled energy and merriment of Off the Leash will immediately have the listener hoisting a pint glass and singing along to the 13 infectious tracks. As always, The Real McKenzies will be hitting the road hard, bringing the album to life in an inebriated whirlwind of kilts, bagpipes and punk rock.   The Real McKenzies previously released 10,000 Shots, at San Francisco’s esteemed Motor Studios with Fat Mike behind the knobs.  10,000 Shots was their first album for Fat Wreck Chords and it follows up two full lengths on Honest Don’s: Loch’d & Loaded and Oot & Aboot. Current Line-up:Paul McKenzie/voc, Mark 'The Bone' Boland/lead guitar , Matthew 'McNasty' Hawley/ bagpipes, Sean Sellers - ex -Good Riddance/drums, David McClure Gregg -ex - D.O.A./guitar, bass – tba http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12661 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12923 Bohemian Like You presents:DD/MM/YYYY (CZ) - http://www.myspace.com/ddmmyyyyySUNDAYS ON CLARENDON ROAD (CZ) - http://www.myspace.com/sundaysonclarendonroad 220 CZK on door / reservations at tickets@sperm.cz      Canadian post-punkers playing over 120 shows a year. 5 months in a van, on stage, different city and different bed every night. That says it all: this is one hell of a live band. Combining disonant punk with heavy noise barriers with twist of pop or psychedelia thrown in, the music of DD/MM/YYY leaves a heavy sonic trail on its audience. Returning to Prague after their now legendary show at Archa Theatre in November 2008, they go for the tiny Klub 007 Strahov where they feel right at home. Support: Czech indie-folk duo Sundays on Clarendon Road http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12923 http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12957 COME & DANCE WITH US! We have prepared for you the exceptional 90 min. of incredible dance: * Locking * HIP HOP * MTV * Dancing LA Style * * Džajna (CR) * Allan Lemaja (Brazil) * Nobre (Brazil) ************************************************ Price: completely FREE! ************************************************ Special offer: at 22:30 will start selling of «★UNIDANCE EVOLUTION★» For the participants of the TRIAL CLASS - 15% discount for the buying of the «★UNIDANCE EVOLUTION★» on the spot! ************************************************ BRING YOUR FRIENDS WITH YOU! http://www.expats.cz/prague/event.php?id=12957