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Street Artist is a 91 Year Old Czech Granny

A Czech granny who is 91 years old is taking to the streets and creating unique works of art on the houses of her friends and the local church. Street art is, by definition, visual art created in public locations. It is usually unsanctioned artwork executed outside of the context of traditional art venues. The...

Art and Design, CULTURE

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March 13, 2017

Small Moments of Everyday Folk Life

Antoš Frolka (1877 – 1935), was widely known as a painter of the Czech and Slovak National Revival, a cultural movement which took part in the Czech lands during the 18th and 19th century. The sole purpose of this movement was to revive Czech language, culture and national identity and in his paintings, we see that...

CULTURE

March 12, 2017

Wallenstein Mnichovo Hradiště Château

Today we’re taking an armchair travelers trip to Mnichovo Hradiště (German: Münchengrätz), a town in the Central Bohemian Region in the Czech Republic. We’re going because at the same time I write this, my son Zachary is there with Petr, Adelka and Miley, enjoying a delicious Sunday meal and a visit to the château. Thanks to the...

Czech Republic, PLACES

March 9, 2017

Sleek, Elegant and Inspirational Skoda 935 Dynamic

In 2015, the Czech car maker, Skoda, celebrated 120 years of existence. Part of the celebration was to share the Skoda 935 prototype with the world. This beautiful vehicle is a testament of the innovative power that fuelled Skoda back then. Since its debut at the Motor Show in Prague, the Skoda 935 Dynamic prototype has...

NOSTALGIA, Retro Chic

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March 8, 2017

The Moravian Muse Who Inspired Music

Yes, love inspires music. At 63, Czech composer Leoš Janáček met his Moravian muse, Kamila Stösslová, and through years of writing to her and composing as a way to further experess his feelings, his greatest works were created. Sometimes the words we say are not as important or as telling as the words we write...

ENTERTAINMENT, Music

March 7, 2017

130 Year Journey of Czech Playing Cards

Have you ever wondered what a 130 year journey of Czech playing cards may look like? We have and that’s why we’re sharing this post with you today. It all began with Jan Ritter. Jan Ritter was Czech. He was born in 1842 in (Nové) Kdyně, a town that traces its roots back to the mid 1200s....

History, NOSTALGIA

March 5, 2017

Pestrý Týden 1940 Vintage Covers from Czech Weekly News

Today we’re looking at Pestrý týden from 1940 – Vintage Covers from Czech Weekly News. Pestrý týden (Variety or Varied Weekly news) was an especially relevant illustrated magazine during the First and Second Czechoslovak Republic during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Pestrý týden was published from November 2, 1926 to April 28, 1945. The...

NOSTALGIA, Periodicals

March 3, 2017

Day of Horses at Kladruby nad Labem

Last week we shared Kladruber: Czech Horses of Emperors and Kings and so many people wrote about wanting to see more of the beautiful horses, we found a collection of them in action. Today we’re sharing a day of horses at Kaldruby nad Labem and you can see these majestic beauties at play. Photographs: vasfotograf.com. Thank...

Czech Breeds, LIFESTYLE

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March 2, 2017

Father of American Musical Theater is Czech

Today we have another surprise for you. How many of you realized that the man considered the ‘Father of American Musical Theater’ comes from Czech parents? Yes. Jerome David Kern (1885-1945), is remembered for his almost 1,000 songs and more than 100 theater performances and films. Jerome Kern was born in New York, in Sutton Place,...

ENTERTAINMENT, Music

March 1, 2017

Czech Top Gun Flies A Spitfire 70+ Years After Flying it in WWII

At 93 years of age, retired Air Force General and Czech Top Gun Emil Boček, geared up and then sat down in a Spitfire, similar to the one he piloted on a flight 70+ years after he originally flew the airplane in World War II. Bohumil (Emil) Boček was born in Brno – Turany in...

History, NOSTALGIA

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February 28, 2017

Czech Animation Classic Fantastic Planet

It took the Czechs five years to animate Divoká planeta, which literally translates to ‘The Wild Planet‘, a film more known by its French name La Planète sauvage or, for our English speaking friends, Fantastic Planet. The French came to the Czechs for their cutout stop-motion science fiction techniques for this film, directed by René...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

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February 26, 2017

Slovak Traditional Dress (Kroj)

Last week you let us know how much you enjoyed the Slovak Highlanders Traditional Folk Attire post so today we’ve decided to bring an encore and share one more happy couple wearing Slovak traditional dress (kroj). Such traditional clothes are an expression of Slovak people’s history. Within their embroidery and materials are the stories of their land, ancient times...

Fashion, LIFESTYLE

February 25, 2017

Betsy Palmer the Czech ‘All American Girl’

Betsy Palmer has often been called the ‘All American Girl’ and yet few know that she was actually born Patricia Betsy Hrunek, daughter of Rudolph Vincent Hrunek, an industrial chemist who was an immigrant from Czechoslovakia and Marie Love, who launched the Chicago Business College. Betsy was a 1944 graduate of East Chicago Roosevelt High School and a graduate from...

PEOPLE, Women

February 24, 2017

Father of Modern Astrology and His Czech Roots

Czech Americans are known to have excelled in just about every aspect of human endeavor, including business, religion, government & politics, law, music, dramatic art, visual art, creative writing, publishing, media, education, activism & reform, the humanities, social sciences, biological sciences, physical sciences & mathematics, engineering, medicine, military, exploration, espionage, sports, and modeling (Encyclopedia of...

NOSTALGIA, Time Warp

February 23, 2017

Flashback: Vintage Ads from the CSSR

If you were in the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (CSSR) in the late 70s and most of the 80s then you’re most likely familiar with the advertising of the time period. When I think about what our (American) ads looked like in the same time period, you can definitely feel the repression, even in the ads...

NOSTALGIA, Retro Chic

February 21, 2017

Kladruber: Czech Horses of Emperors and Kings

The rare and very beautiful Czech Kladrubský kůň, known as a Kladruber to our English speaking friends, is one of the world’s oldest horse breeds and the oldest Czech breed. The main breeding centre is National Horse Breeding Farm in Kladruby nad Labem in the Czech republic where Kladrubers have been bred for more than...

Czech Breeds, LIFESTYLE