February 28, 2012 -The Alakarte.cz online restaurant reservation website has come up with a unique way of commemorating the Lent: Vegetfest, a celebration of vegetarian food.… more
Febraury 28, 2012 -This year, Czech punk music and color celebrate 33 years of existence. The Popmuseum in Prague 6 is marking the occassion with a small exhibition on this cultural movement, which was a thorn in the eye of the communist regime.… more
February 21, 2012 -Harrachov is one of the Czech Republic's most beautiful ski resorts. Skiers of all ages can enjoy the slopes at Čertova hora. Besides downhill, Harrachov is also a veritable cross-country paradise. The town is also know for its ski jumping competitions and other word championships held here.… more
February 21, 2012 -He is one of the best known film directors in the world: Miloš Forman - who won the Best Directing Oscar for One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus - turned 80 last Saturday.… more
February 20, 2012 -The spring weather is bringing out not only the first blossoms and the song of birds in the morning - it is also the time of fresh farmers markets.… more
February 14, 2012 -From February 20 to 26, the Mene Tekel international festival against totalitarianism presents "Paths to Freedom", an exhibition on the 1948 communist takeover in Czechoslovakia and subsequent repression by and resistance to the regime.… more
February 14, 2012 -Feel like cooking up some great French gourmet food - and organic at that - in Prague? Look no further than Provence Nature, Prague's premier organic French food outlet. For your orders before February 22 you can pick up your fresh delivery of oysters, mussels and even a lobster on Friday March 2!… more
February 6, 2012 -Eating and carousing to your heart's content - thus is the origin of the Carneval, which originally lasted from the Epiphany until Ash Wednesday, when Lent (the spring fast season) began. The tradition goes back to the Middle Ages, and has traditionally drawn all of society: poor and rich, countryside and city. Czech carneval ("Masopust") is celebrated all over the country, with people dressing up in all kinds of outlandish (and often homemade) costumes. If you are turned off by the commerce of Mardi Gras a la New Orleans, come and see a truly local celebration. … more


