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Blind Eye Video CaféA new video store prepares to do business in Zizkov.
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Blind Eye Video Café Vlkova 26, >=i?kov Opening later this month. When Video Express on >=itná closed its doors at the end of the summer, store manager Noah Lucas decided it was time to do what he’d been wanting to do for some time: open his own. Several months later, with a fully renovated space in a former hostinec and the entire English-language video catalog from his former employer, >=izkov’s Blind Eye video café is just about ready for business. More than a video store, Lucas and his partner, Matthew Blood-Smyth, want to become a vital part of the neighborhood. There will be video rentals, of course, but also a coffee shop, full bar, three internet terminals and even language classes during the day. The main room will seat 36 comfortably; the back room, another 20. Lucas and Blood-Smyth have invested heavily, both in terms of time and money. They were forced to overhaul the heating, plumbing and electrical systems, and are in the process of building the bar from the ground up. The artist responsible for the upholstery work at Radost designed the original barstools with matching chairs and booths. Listening to Lucas’ plans, one expects that Blind Eye won’t become just another gathering place for >=i?kov’s growing English-speaking community. The staff is bilingual, and the partners plan to build their library of Czech films. Blind Eye is intended as something of a community center – more than just cheap Kru “We want people to explore Czech culture through film. We also plan to offer English and Czech classes.” Blind Eye will also offer a 14-seat mini-kino room where, for 300 Kč, anyone can host a private screening. “That’s stage 2,” Lucas notes, exhibiting that particular blend of eagerness and exhaustion that comes from starting one’s own business. Also scheduled for stage 2: a 200-square-meter music club in the basement. The club, which is “six to eight months away,” will play host to DJs and live bands offering up punk and ska. The video café is scheduled to open sometime at the end of the December or the beginning of January, depending on the Czech legal process. In cooperation with Video Express in Malá strana, Blind Eye videos can be returned at both Bohemia Bagel locations, and there are plans for drop boxes to be installed at locations near Náměstí Míru and I.P. Pavlova. |
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