Culture this week: Celebrate the Chinese New Year and Czech architecture
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Plus: listen to Czech opera or British indie singer Casey Lowry, watch Titanic, or celebrate Mozart's birthday.
Prague Castle will open its previously inaccessible spaces to the public
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From March, the castle will offer a series of special tours rather than raise the current basic entry for its traditionally visited spaces.
Flannel-shirt run and large concert planned in support of Pavel this weekend
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Over 30 acts will take the stage at Prague's Lucerna in a five-hour concert on Sunday, while a 'flannel run' in Letná takes place the same day.
This weekend in Prague: Pig out at pork feasts in the lead up to Masopust celebrations
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Plus: Scandinavian films invade Prague cinemas, art rockers Palaye Royale play Výstaviště, banned films screen at Porepo, and more.
The Daily Dozen: 12 things to know about Czechia today
New metro signs coming to Prague, cyber attacks on Czech institutions, and more buzzworthy headlines for Jan. 19, 2023.
National Gallery Prague to exhibit Czech masters Mánes and Brandl in 2023
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Other NGP exhibition planned for this year will display 19th century watercolors, and significant works from 1939 to the present day.
Exhibit and special banknote to mark 30 years of Czechoslovak currency split
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The Czech National Bank is issuing a commemorative CZK 1,000 banknote to mark the 1993 division of Czechoslovakia and its crown.
The Daily Dozen: 12 things to know about Czechia today
Czech children don't exercise enough, snow on the way, and more buzzworthy headlines for Jan. 17, 2023.
Oscar-winning singer Markéta Irglová competing to represent Czechia in Eurovision
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The audience will vote which of the five Czech Television nominees will go to Liverpool in May.
Culture this week: See the Bohemian crown jewels at Prague Castle
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Plus: watch Scandinavian films, listen to jazz greats or Czech alternative rock, and enjoy a Shakespeare comedy.
Břevnov then and now: Explore the monastery that brewed the first Bohemian beer 1,030 years ago
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Visit the oldest monastery in Bohemia, est. Jan. 14, 993, which today is one of 21st-century Prague's most buzzing public spaces.
This weekend in Prague: Swing dancing and early spring blossoms at the market
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Plus: 'Swan Lake' is performed with 48 swans on stage, the Iranian film festival gets underway, and English-language theater.
Petition calls for ban on Three Kings blackface in Czechia
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By tradition, one of the Three Kings is depicted as black, and for years the parade in Prague has used a person in dark makeup.
Czech culture this week: Revisit '80s Berlin and explore vintage poster art
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Plus: Jerry Heil sings for Ukraine and a new Guy Ritchie film come to Prague cinemas.
This weekend in Prague: WiFi inventor Hedy Lamarr stars in the Czechoslovak film 'Extase'
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Plus: A family-friendly 'Hänsel und Gretel' wanders through the State Opera and the Three Kings parade ends the holiday season.
Iranian film festival returns to Prague with powerful message of 'Women, Life, Freedom'
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The 10th annual festival, returning after a two-year pandemic hiatus, will screen films in Prague and Brno.
DOX exhibitions explore identity and mental health through painting and virtual reality
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Alexander Tinei paints a mosaic of human bodies, while an interactive experience takes you out of the dark night of the soul.
