What to do this weekend in Prague: Best events for March 13–15

At a time when Czech public media is fighting for survival against state budget capture and journalists like Václav Moravec are resigning over independence threats, DOX's new press-art exhibition feels uncomfortably prescient. Nearly 400 works from Swiss collectors Annette and Peter Nobel's archive trace how the press shaped society and visual art over the past century. Curator Christoph Doswald presents everything from Kurt Schwitters' 1930 collages to Barbara Kruger's headline manipulations, exploring how news creates a "second layer of reality" and who controls that construction.

Live rugby broadcasts, Guinness specials, bar games, and "Split the G" challenges will fill Manifesto Anděl this weekend for Ireland's biggest holiday. Wear green for automatic bar discounts; eat Guinness beef ragu pasta from Holy Pasta, mint margaritas from Alebrijes, or matcha ice cream and green veggie ramen from Taiko.

Mads Mikkelsen joins the seventh annual pop culture festival just days before it begins, flying in from Denmark specifically for a few hours after recently wrapping Martin Scorsese's What Happens at Night in Prague. Expect workshops, cosplay competitions, massive video and board game zones, Star Wars exhibits, and 23,000+ fans converging at O2 universum.

Brooklyn quartet Geese bring their art-rock to Lucerna fresh off Getting Killed, an album critics describe as "Sticky Fingers giving way to Amnesiac"—Ukrainian choir samples colliding with crunchy guitars. Frontman Cameron Winter has stirred quite the hype online in recent months; Gen Z's answer to The Strokes' Julian Casablancas.

The Instant Film Orchestra recreates the soundtracks of Czech childhood live at the Rudolfinum, exactly as they played on state television in the '70s and '80s. Conductor Varhan Orchestrovič Bauer leads the orchestra through večerníčky themes (Rákosníček, Pat a Mat), serialized dramas (Nemocnice na kraji města, Cirkus Humberto), and international hits (James Bond, Růžový panter, Fantomas) while TV legend Alexander Hemala narrates and vocal group Skety adds modern arrangements.

The world's largest human rights film festival returns to ten Prague cinemas with over 100 documentaries tackling war, authoritarianism, AI, climate collapse, and social inequality. Jafar Panahi's Cannes Palme d'Or winner It Was Just an Accident screens alongside Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab (about humanitarian work in Gaza), queer Mexican rodeo doc Jaripeo from Sundance, and Hungarian-Czech co-production 80 Angry Journalists exposing Orbán's media takeover. Most screenings include filmmaker Q&As and are English-friendly.

The Czech Academy of Sciences' annual Brain Week wraps up Sunday with "Rhythm of Life in Light and Darkness," a hands-on workshop where scientists from the Institute of Physiology guide families through the invisible rhythms controlling our bodies from birth to death, from circadian clocks to seasonal cycles and heartbeat patterns. Kids and adults explore together in two sessions (10am-1pm, 1:15-4pm) at the Academy of Sciences headquarters on Národní, no reservation required.