Retro rock in film The Lucerna cinema in Prague will show rock films from the 1960s almost all summer. Eighteen cult foreign, mostly American, films will be screened (Easy Rider, Midnight Cowboy, Woodstock, Zabriskie Point, The Graduate, etc.), some of which have never before been shown here. The series includes two Czech movies - Lemonade Joe or Horse Opera and Oldies Picking Hops - shot during the relaxed '60s. The series is a part of the Rock Music and Alternative Visuals of the '60s project, which will be held in Prague and other locations. The Pope Smoked Dope / Papež kouřil trávu, Lucerna until August 25, from 7 and 9 pm, tickets CZK 90-150

CULTURAL CALENDAR >
July-August 2005
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Theater
1. 7.-10. 9. - Summer Shakespeare Festival 2005, Nejvyšší purkrabství Pražského hradu, 20:30
1. 7.-18. 9. - Léto hereckých osobností 2005, Švandovo divadlo
2. 8. - Same Time Next Year, Divadlo bez zábradlí, 19:00
4. 8. - Same Time Other Years, Divadlo bez zábradlí, 19:00
11. 8. - Three Men At the Wrong Address, Divadlo bez zábradlí, 19:00
17. 8. - Big Zebra or What Is Your Name?, Divadlo bez zábradlí, 19:00
30. 8. - Fool for Dinner, Divadlo bez zábradlí, 19:00

Dance
12. 7. - Michael Flatley - Celtic Tiger, Stadion Evžena Rošického, 20:30
31. 7. - Summer Festival of Old Music - Ballet des Nations, Divadlo pod Palmovkou, 16:00 and 20:00

Classical music
1. 7.-13. 8. - Organ Summer in Obecní dům 2005, Smetanova síň
2.-31. 7. - Summer Festival of Old Music, various venues in Prague
2. 7.-28. 8. - A. Dvořák - Stabat Mater, Palácové zahrady
10. 7. - Musica Divina Praga, Klementinum - Zrcadlová síň, 20:00
13. 7.-28. 8. - Don Giovanni, Stavovské divadlo, 20:00
31. 7. - Prague Chamber Symphony Orchestra, Obecní dům - Smetanova síň, 20:30
20. 8. - Prague Chamber Symphony Orchestra, Obecní dům - Smetanova síň, 20:30
21. 8. - Musica Divina Praga, Klementinum - Zrcadlová síň, 20:00
23. 8. - La Traviata, Státní Opera Praha, 20:00
24. 8. - Rigoletto, Státní Opera Praha, 20:00
25. 8. - Lucia di Lammermoor, Státní Opera Praha, 20:00
26. 8. - Masquerade Ball, Státní Opera Praha, 20:00
27. 8. - Troubadour, Státní Opera Praha, 20:00
30. 8. - Lucia di Lammermoor, Státní Opera Praha, 20:00
31. 8. - Nabucco, Státní Opera Praha, 20:00

Modern music
6.-7. 7. - Madfinger, Agharta Jazz Centrum, 21:00
7. 7. - Thievery Corporation, Roxy, 19:00
12. 7. - Eric Burdon & Animals, Lucerna Music Bar, 20:00
12. 7. - Jazz Revue, Jazzboat - Loď Kotva, 20:30
13. 7. - Underworld, Park Kolbenova, 18:00
14. 7. - Asian Dub Foundation, Roxy, 19:00
21. 7. - Znouzectnost, Music Bar Futurum, 21:00
21. 7. - J. J. Jazzmen, Jazzboat - Loď Kotva, 20:30
22. 7. - CZN Media Music Splash Prague 2005 (Headliner Kelis), Malá Sportovní hala, 19:00
29. 7. - Mad Drum Beat Area Vol: III. - Hip Hop Festival, Ostrov Štvanice, 14:00
29. 7. - Vibe Fantasy, Agharta Jazz Centrum, 21:00
31. 7. - Cuban Summer, Agharta Jazz Centrum, 21:00
4. 8. - Soul Jazz Celebration, Agharta Jazz Centrum, 21:00
8. 8. - Cuban Summer, Agharta Jazz Centrum, 21:00
11. 8. - Jan Kořínek and Groove, Jazzboat - Loď Kotva, 20:30
19. 8. - Vibe Fantasy, Agharta Jazz Centrum, 21:00
22. 8. - Blackfire (USA), Music Bar Futurum, 21:00
30. 8. - Korn, T-Mobile Arena, 20:00

Shakespeare at the castle

The summer Shakespeare festival, which has been organized at Prague Castle since 1998, brings something new every year. This year features three premieres. The first, a multi-faced evening by translator Martin Hilský called Shakespeare's Jesters, was the gala kick-off in June. The main feature is the play Twelfth Night, directed by Viktor Polesný, while the Slovak part of the festival was opened by the newly staged Merchant of Venice, starring Bolek Polívka. The program will also feature Romeo and Juliet, which premiered last year, and Hamlet, starring Jiří Langmajer, which appears for the third year due to great interest. As always, the plays will also be performed at Špilberk in Brno and in Bratislava.

Letní shakespearovské slavnosti 2005 / Summer Shakespeare Festival 2005, Nejvyšší purkrabství Pražského hradu
until September, performances begin at 8:30 pm, tickets CZK 150-650

Eight decades of creation

Czech painter Karel Chaba will soon celebrate his 80th birthday, and an exhibition featuring a cross-section of his works will be held in commemoration. Chaba devoted a great part of his life to Prague, which inspired and charmed him. He came here shortly after the WW II and saw it with the eyes of a village boy, and it has stayed with him thus. He wandered through the alleys, made discoveries, befriended Bohumil Hrabal... and painted intensely. His first show was in 1960, and then made his mark outside of exhibition halls - creating for instance, the sets at the National Theater for Dvořák's Jacobin. Today he lives on the Lesser Bank, and his paintings are known abroad as well, appearing in exhibitions in France, Germany, Italy, Egypt, and elsewhere.

Karel Chaba - Praha, Obecní dům
July 13 - August 22, daily 10 am to 6 pm, entrance CZK 60

A cultural panorama

This unique central European four-day festival presents points of interest from music, theater, and film. During its twelve years of existence, the Boskovice Festival has earned a name among devoted audience members and critics alike. The festival's 13th edition will also offer a broad range of performances at various venues in the city. There will be concerts in the summer movie theater amphitheater, jazz in the Castle Greenhouse, other music behind the Museum, afternoon theater at the Castle, films in the Panorama theater and in the amphitheater, exhibitions, readings by authors, lectures, outings, and other surprises, of course.

Boskovice 2005
July 14-17 between 9-2 am, entrance CZK 390

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