‘She’s a Whore’ is an innovative production at Cube at Project which combines original shots of Hollywood’s greats with live onstage action and tells the story of brother-sister love and murder on the prairie. Playwright John Ford’s swashbuckling 17th-century story of incestuous desire, jealousy and murder ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore’ is retold in the style of a John Ford western, with John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda recut and projected on to the stage.
She’s A Whore
February 27, 2010
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Internet Café Plus
February 24, 2010Prague’s hippest and cosiest internet café has opened in a space adjoining Bohemia Bagel, long respected as an expat beachhead into the territory of heavy, meaty Czech cuisine. Grab an onion bagel with cream cheese, an arabica coffee – the blend is supplied by local coffee empire Ebel – and log on at one of 20 high-speed PCs. All at a mere 1 Kc per minute. The leather sofas in back are best for composing long missives, while the bank of terminals out front afford views onto busy Ujezd street, good for tracking new arrivals.
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Music at the Court of the Grand Dukes
February 15, 2010For the first time in many years, a fabulous collection of antique musical instruments that has hitherto been accessible only to academics will be on display to the public. The collection of some 40 instruments, once the property of the Medicis, and are mostly of the violin family. The exhibits include the famous 1690 ‘Medici Viola’ by Stradivarius, which has been added to temporarily in occasion of this exhibition bringing the number of pieces on display to 80.
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Too Much Pity
February 14, 2010A public debate on whether Czech society coddles its weakest members is bound to produce sparks. And that’s how Respekt likes it. The republic’s leading alterna-weekly, Respekt likes to force the issues and has been reviving the pre-war tradition of Q&A forums on important social topics. This week’s considers whether the Czech state ‘liquidates its own wealth through its social assistance’. Speakers include the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, a senator, a sociologist and correspondents from Czech Radio and Respekt. In Czech with some interpretation.
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Katia Skanavi
February 8, 2010The Hayes Piano Series is an acclaimed classical music showcase and Katia Skanavi is an acclaimed young pianist who made her mark by reaching the final round of the 1997 Van Cliburn Competition with a fiery performance. Skanavi has lined up a challenging program for this Kennedy Center recital, including Schumann’s ‘Kinderszenen, Op. 15′, Rachmaninoff’s ‘Prelude in B Flat Major, Op.23, No.2′ and Listz’s ‘Tarantella’, which should give this young woman of Greek-Russian descent a chance to showcase her full range of skills.
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Maurice, Prince of Orange
February 6, 2010400 years after his victory against the Spanish at the Battle of Nieuwpoort, William the Orange’s son gets his first major exhibition. Not only was Maurice (1567-1625) a major Dutch historical figure and a brilliant military strategist, but he somehow managed to be both a standard-bearer of Calvinism and a man with a Casanova reputation. He was also a savvy collector of the arts. The displayed relics include paintings of people, battles and exotic animals, golden harnesses, maps, charts and illuminated manuscripts.
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Dolphins
February 4, 2010A visual treat awaits the spectator at the impressive IMAX – the large-screen, three-dimensional cinema. The film, shot on location in such paradises as the Bahamas and Patagonia, is an extensively researched documentary about the life and habits of dolphins. The stunning scenery and underwater camera work was directed by MacGillivray Freeman, while the soundtrack of original music was composed by Sting resulting in a joyful connection between intelligent life on this planet.
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