Plates, plates, plates. Do you have any? Do you?

For the decoration of our lounge, which we are currently redecorating, we are looking for old, scratched or otherwise unwanted boards that we could use to cover the walls! You can leave the boards on the bar. The good feeling and our endless gratitude will not pass you by.

The new week was kicked off today with a debate on Matilda Voss Gustavsson's book about sexual violence in high literary circles. What else is to come?

Tomorrow at 19:00 Vrat'a Brabenec together with the trio Romanovská Tichý Hrubý will christen the new CD Nejsem na to zvyklá. The evening organized by Guerilla Records will also include the premiere presentation of 2 LP The Plastic People Of The Universe What Means To Lead A Horse.
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Wednesday will again be marked by listening to jazz LPs by foreign performers*those legally available in communist Czechoslovakia. Armstrong, Ellington, Coltrane... From 19:00.
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Thursday's concert will belong to the band Kolna. The musicians promise an experiment and a simple song in one moment that becomes eternity, for better or worse. Our hall will ring at 20:00.
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We look forward to seeing you!

This week we will offer a literary debate, a party and Celtic music!

Event: https://fb.me/e/I89lIWk4

On Wednesday, 12 April at 19:00, Lógr magazine will say goodbye to its readership and other literary fans*women as part of its last Lógrnight. The performance artist Kateřina Ká and the band Ziegler will perform. Event: https://fb.me/e/PNWUMy8x

And on Saturday, April 15, at 3:30 p.m., Cain Da Breth will play an afternoon concert. Original music, which is closest to Celtic folk in sound. Children get in free! Event: https://fb.me/e/3lNUcawAU

It is probably unnecessary to remind most of you that Unijazz has been a continuation of the original Jazz Section since 1987. That is why we have decided to make efforts to protect the public space on Kačerovo, the place where the Jazz Section was located. At present, a procedure is underway to permit the development of the "Krčská zahrada Residence", but this development would encroach on a public green space of significant cultural and historical value.
Since 1976, it has housed the JS office, reading room, lecture hall and exhibition space, and has been the venue for a number of independent cultural events. Over the years, the "Little House", as we used to call the JS headquarters, became a place where visitors from all over the country headed. It functioned as an informal, and not reluctantly carried by the state authorities, centre of wider independent cultural exchange, distribution of samizdat and meeting of people from all corners of the federal republic allied to these interests. Much to the dissatisfaction of the communist establishment, in 1978 the Jazz Section became part of the International Jazz Federation of the Unesco Music Council, giving its activities an international dimension with a firm anchorage in the world cultural community. Among other things, this is why the idea of establishing a small park on the neglected hillside below Domeček was conceived to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the end of World War II and the founding of the United Nations. The UN administration even gave permission for a memorial to commemorate these anniversaries. The Jazz Section purchased trees and shrubs, which were planted by members of the Association on the anniversary days of May 1985 in vacant lots along Ke krčské slope and on the adjacent hillside. This area now includes dozens of trees and an avenue. Many of them were planted during visits to Czechoslovakia by prominent personalities who supported local independent cultural activities and thus symbolically confirmed this support. Kurt Vonnegut was the first to plant a tree in this avenue, and John Updike and the philosopher Gordon Skilling, among others, also have trees here.
The trees planted 40 years ago have grown up and the resulting park, although now somewhat neglected, represents a link between a strong local identity and cultural and historical events. We feel that to jeopardise this tangible part of local history would not only be a tangible loss to Prague 4, but would represent a gross insensitivity to cultural heritage. The petition is addressed to the Prague City Council, because the matter goes beyond the local dimension of the Prague 4 Municipal District, which is familiar with the matter and receptive to our concern.
It would be great if the park could be completely revitalized and restored to the extent of the original planting, including the avenue. We would be glad if you would support us in our efforts and add your signature to the petition. After all, the "Little House" was the forerunner of the Reading Room, where you will find the signature sheets.

Here is the complete text PETITION

Thank you for your signature.
Chescha Hunyat

Stars past and present

In February, the Reading Room was a mix of anxious writers, a sailor, five bands and climate-engaged youth. The diversity that Čítárna can bring to the Prague cultural scene was again on full display and we will continue in a similar style in March. Twice, we will be hosting the big stars of the contemporary cultural space and social networks - psychotherapist Honza Vojtko will launch his audiobook Relationships and Traps alongside Ester Geislerová, and the populariser of literature Karolína Zoe Meixnerová, together with Marek Blažíček, will perform a theatrical discussion about the great writers of the last century, namely Egon Bondy and Honza Krejcarová. Pavel Skála and Olin Nejezchleba will also take us into the history of the Czech underground in the first of a series of three evenings in which we will remember the band Marsyas in music and words. In addition, we will again discuss environmental issues, this time with Michal Hořejší, author of the book The Politics of the Forest, and at the end of the month we will be part of the legendary Žižkov Night, when Mucha or Kittchen will play.