Prague City Beat

Unwind for the weekend, with a little help from the Zoo Praha penguin webcam.

On Saturday April 30th 2005 at the Bělá – Jezová Housing Facility
MVCR’s (Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic) Administration for refugee facilities, the Prague theater Divadla Archa, and the now defunct refugee camp Červený Újezd, presents the social theater project Putovani Za Snem. Putování za snem is an exhibition filled with music, [...]

Mary, mother of God!
Michael “Lord of the Dance” Flatley is playing a stadium show in Prague on July 14th, at Strahov!
According to concert promoter Pragokoncert the show will be a world premiere of Flatley’s all-new Oirish extravaganza, Celtic Tiger, featuring 55 dancers and live music. The official Lord of the Dance website, on the other [...]

I can’t work out if the latest addition to the UK Foreign Office’s travel advice for the Czech Republic is sarcastic, aimed at thickies, or a little bit of both:
“There have been a number of recent accidents to British nationals involving trams. Please take extra care when in the vicinity of tram tracks and make [...]

Football club SK Slavia Praha will play a friendly game in Vietnam on May 1st, the Than Nien Daily website reports (via the Prague Daily Monitor).
That, in itself, is slightly peculiar – the headline ‘Hanoi Jan’ springs to mind – but the more I think about this story, the odder it seems.
The only thing that [...]

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I’m fascinated by the American obsession with ancestry and often find myself reading websites that claim one US celebrity or another for a particular ethnic group. (Did you know, for instance, that Jerry Seinfeld is Hungarian or that Jesse “The Body” Ventura is a Slovak?)
I was particularly pleased, then, to find Mila Rechcigl’s listing of [...]

View Booda’s complete sketchblog, daily life in Prague
updated every 24hrs…
http://opipopbooda.blogspot.com/

Back in June 2003, the Prague Pill and The Fleet Sheet’s Final Word formed an unlikely alliance aimed at tackling the menace posed by those Visa-sponsored airport taxis.
Nearly two years on, though, little seems to have changed – the cabs, operated by Fix s.r.o., still drive like maniacs.
On Friday night, on my way home [...]

Tip from my somewhat sporty friend:
Hamr is a great sports club (no membership required) in Prague 4 at the end of the 11 tram line. It’s got lots of squash and tennis courts, it’s very modern, has a great outdoor patio with a lake, serving great beer and grilled sausages, salmon, trout. It’s perfect [...]

The organization Poradna pro Uprchliki (Counseling Center for Refugees) is currently looking for English speaking volunteers and people with web skills for their programs at the Červený Újezd refugee camp 100 k from Prague.

The primary mission of Counseling Center for Refugees is to provide legal, social and psychological assistance to those applying for asylum [...]

Subwoofery, available from a hi-fi equipment store in Letná.

As the Episode III hype steps up a gear, StarWars.com has released 29 country-specific Revenge of the Sith logos, including the Czech translation.
The film’s out here on Thursday, May 19th.

The Czech Philharmonic announced yesterday their program for the 2005-2006 season. For those of you who enjoy the Phil, it looks to be a great season. For those of you who do not know about the Czech Philharmonic, I highly recommend a trip. Tickets for the more popular composers can be hard to come by [...]

Friday will be a national day of mourning in the Czech Republic, according to Czech Happenings. (At first, I thought it might be something to do with Prince Charles’s stag party, but it seems to be marking the Pope’s funeral.)
Black flags will be flown from public buildings and the national flag will be flown at [...]

Having just returned from living in Vietnam for eight months, there a few things I miss. My motorbike, and the food. A staple of the Vietnamese diet is the soup known in the country and occasionally abroad as Pho. A hearty, delicious broth with rice noodles and vegetables, it quickly became my twice-daily meal. A [...]

Go see Sclavi at Svandovo. Subtitled Immigrant Songs, this is the new piece (premiered last month) from Farma v Jeskyni (Farm in the Cave). Know this though: Sclavi is not your normal theatre fare. If you are one that needs strong story to lead you along, go [...]