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SUMMARY:Guided Tour: ALL THINGS DIGESTING with the artists sikau/pubalova
DESCRIPTION:🇬🇧 \nExplore the exhibition ALL THINGS DIGESTING with the artist duo sikau/pubalova. \nThe exhibition project by the artist duo sikau/pubalova approaches the gallery as an interactive space and a playground for all the senses. The exhibition works with themes of digestion\, absorption\, and transformation on the level of the body\, material\, and environment. It connects haptic experience\, sound\, scent\, and movement. The installations offer an open way of encountering contemporary art without the need for a single correct interpretation. \nAt the center of the exhibition is the rotating installation Turning Green. Its sound layer is composed of voices of people sharing personal experiences of environmental changes in the world around us\, creating a space for listening and mutual empathy \n🇨🇿 \nProjděte si výstavu ALL THINGS DIGESTING s uměleckým duem sikau/pubalova. \nVýstavní projekt uměleckého dua sikau/pubalova pojímá galerii jako interaktivní prostor a hřiště pro všechny smysly. Výstava pracuje s motivy trávení\, vstřebávání a proměny na úrovni těla\, materiálu i prostředí. Propojuje haptickou zkušenost\, zvuk\, čich i pohyb. Instalace nabízejí otevřený způsob setkání se současným uměním bez nutnosti jediné správné interpretace. \nStředobodem výstavy je rotující instalace Zezelenat. Její zvukovou vrstvu tvoří hlasy lidí sdílejících osobní zkušenosti s environmentálními proměnami světa kolem nás a vytváří tak prostor pro naslouchání a vzájemnou empatii. \nKomentovaná prohlídka proběhne v angličtině.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/guided-tour-all-things-digesting-with-the-artists-sikau-pubalova/
LOCATION:Klárov 5\, 11800 Praha 1\, Czech Republic\, Klárov 5\, 11800 Praha 1\, Czech Republic
CATEGORIES:Art,Discussion,lecture,Tour
ORGANIZER;CN="Kunsthalle Praha":MAILTO:noreply@facebookmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260426T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260426T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T114107
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SUMMARY:5 Minute University
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in a lot of things but just a little at a time? \nThen come to the 5 Minute University! \nEach talk lasts only 5 minutes followed by 1-2 questions and you’ll have the chance to talk to the speakers and other listeners before and after the event – it’s a great place to make some friends and find good conversation!  \nHere’s the current line up: \n1. Petar Dimitrov – Burnout – All the Cool Kids Are Doing it2. Tricia Melnik – The Language That Refused to Die3. Ramona Todor – It’s not what it seems: Sex beyond conditioning4. JT Ostdiek – Philosophy for Children5. Tom Thumb – Science for Hippies6. Sherif – How Culture impacts Communication7. Michael Amico – Change the Lens\, Change the Story8. Paola Pizzo – Who Ate All the Mummies?9. Leonidas Lundell ‘ What the Hell Are Proteins Anyway?10. Tim Burgi – Improv and the mind 11. Trang – Growing up between two cultures – too Vietnamese for Czechs\, too Czech for Vietnamese12. Annouchka Bousquet – Marketing & Manipulation : the cigarette Industry (XXe century) \nThis event is solo-friendly\, there will be plenty of things to talk about. So join alone or bring a friend\, everyone is welcome.  \nIt’s a free event and so be sure to support our hosts\, Dorado Coffee\, by buying drinks.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/5-minute-university/
LOCATION:Dorado Coffee (located in the Kinsky Gardens on the right side of the Musaion building)\, Dorado Coffee (located in the Kinsky Gardens on the right side of the Musaion building)
CATEGORIES:Discussion,lecture,Make Connections
ORGANIZER;CN="Roxane De Munck":MAILTO:noreply@facebookmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260428T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260428T193000
DTSTAMP:20260427T114107
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SUMMARY:Brian Goodman – The Nonconformists: American and Czech Writers across the Iron Curtain
DESCRIPTION:V úterý 28. dubna 2026 od 18 hodin vystoupí v dolním sále Ústavu pro českou literaturu AV ČR (Na Florenci 3\, Praha 1) Brian Goodman (Institute for Advanced Study\, Central European University; Arizona State University) s přednáškou nazvanou „The Nonconformists: American and Czech Writers across the Iron Curtain“. \nVstup na přednášku v angličtině je zdarma a bez registrace. \nAnotace:How did risky encounters between American and Czech writers in communist-era Prague shape the literary politics of the Cold War era? In the 1970s\, the novelist Philip Roth regularly visited “the city of Kafka\,” where he befriended Ivan Klíma\, Milan Kundera\, and Helena Klímová\, and established the influential paperback series “Writers from the Other Europe.” This is just one episode from a much wider history of literary exchange across the Iron Curtain. What can this history tell us about the translation of literature into dissent?
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/brian-goodman-the-nonconformists-american-and-czech-writers-across-the-iron-curtain/
LOCATION:Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR\, Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Discussion,lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260504T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260504T220000
DTSTAMP:20260427T114107
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SUMMARY:Ten years of Louis Armand's THE COMBINATIONS
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for the 10th publication anniversary party for Louis Armand’s THE COMBINATIONS (Equus\, 2016)\, the cult novel that refuses to sit still\, behave\, or resolve. \nExpect staged readings in English and Czech (because one language was never going to be enough)\, plus live music to keep the circuitry humming. \nFragment. Recombine. Repeat. Come for the book\, stay for the noise.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/ten-years-of-louis-armands-the-combinations/
LOCATION:L’Objet trouvé\, L'Objet trouvé
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Book Launch,lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260513T141500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260513T154500
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SUMMARY:Poetry and Independent Publishing in Scotland | Reading & Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures cordially invities everyone interested to a discussion panel and a poetry reading with three acclaimed poets based in Scotland: Annie Brechin\, Rob A. Mackenzie\, and Medha Singh. The panelists will share their experiences with writing and publishing and read from their own works. As Blue Diode Press\, founded by Rob A. Mackenzie\, has published several collections by Czech poets in English translation\, the discussion will also touch on the links and exchanges between Czech and Scottish poetry. \nFaculty of Arts\, Charles University\, Room 111\, Jan Palach Square 2\, Prague 1\, Wednesday 13 May 2026\, 14:15-15:45 \nThe event is a great opportunity for everybody interested in contemporary poetry\, be it as a reader or a writer. Free entry\, all welcome! \nPARTICIPANTS \nFollowing periods in Prague\, Paris and Dubai\, Annie Brechin now lives\, writes and performs in Edinburgh. Her first collection\, The Mouth of Eulalie\, was published by Blue Diode Press in March 2022. Her new collection\, How To Make Love\, a romantic tour of five cities\, came out in October 2025. \nRob A. Mackenzie is a Glaswegian poet\, editor and reviewer\, who lives in Leith. His four full poetry collections are The Opposite of Cabbage (2009)\, The Good News (2013)\, The Book of Revelation (2020) and Woof! Woof! Woof! (2023)\, all published by Salt. He has also had poems and articles published in many magazines and anthologies. He runs the literary publisher Blue Diode Press. \nMedha Singh is a poet from Delhi\, based in Edinburgh. She is the author of Afterbody (Blue Diode Press\, Edinburgh). She is a winner of the New Writers Award 2023 (Scottish Book Trust). Her works appear or are forthcoming in Poetry London; Irish Pages; The Dark Horse; Bad Lilies; The Bombay Literary Magazine; Indian Quarterly and The Robert Graves Review\, among numerous others. She took her MSc in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh. Her work has been translated into Hindi\, Spanish and French. She is editor-at-large at Pen and Anvil Press\, Boston.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/poetry-and-independent-publishing-in-scotland-reading-discussion/
LOCATION:Filozofická fakulta\, náměstí Jana Palacha 2\, 116 38 Prague\, Czech Republic\, Filozofická fakulta\, náměstí Jana Palacha 2\, 116 38 Prague\, Czech Republic
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Discussion,lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260518T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260518T190000
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SUMMARY:Honoring William Luers
DESCRIPTION:Friend of the Czech Republic\, Václav Havel\, and many other Czech and Slovak fighters for democracy\, William Luers\, who passed away a year ago\, would have turned 97 on May 15th. During his more than thirty-year long diplomatic career\, Bill Luers held\, among other positions\, the positions of Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and US Ambassador to Venezuela. In the years 1986-1999\, he served as the president of the world-renowned Metropolitan Museum in New York City. \nBill Luers played a particularly significant role as the ambassador during President Reagan’s administration. With the help of his wife\, Wendy Luers\, he initiated a cultural diplomacy program which enabled the greatest American writers and artists of the era to visit Czechoslovakia. He made the intimate environment of the American Embassy residence into a place that fostered meetings and discussions between his American visitors and prominent Czech and Slovak opposition intellectuals. It was thanks to these meetings that a vast cultural front of support for persecuted Czechoslovakian dissidents was created in the United States. The Luers continued to support the Czechoslovakian democratic transformation even after November 1989. \nThese events and others unforgettable stories will be recounted and remembered by the Deputy Chief of Mission of the US Embassy in Prague\, David Wisner\, Michael Žantovský\, Alexandr Vondra (online)\, Martin Palouš (online)\, Cameron Munter\, Jolyon Naegele\, and\, in-person\, Wendy Luers. \nThe event will be conducted in English without interpretation.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/honoring-william-luers/
LOCATION:Knihovna Václava Havla\, Ostrovní 13\, Praha\, Knihovna Václava Havla\, Ostrovní 13\, Praha
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Discussion,lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Knihovna V%C3%A1clava Havla":MAILTO:noreply@facebookmail.com
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