There are several surprises waiting for you in our February programme. Let's take a look at them!
In the first half of the month you can look forward to a great Prague band Miñtenkérwhich plays Jewish, Romani and other folk music. Our stage will belong to them on Thursday, February 9th from 20:00.
The old man and the sea, this is how Rudolf Krautschneider's lecture could be described. This an eighty-year-old adventurer he has sailed all the oceans, circumnavigated Antarctica, and even unwittingly participated in the Falklands War. He also built all the ships with his own hands. "I built my first boat when I was eight. I discovered a huge oak tree trunk and my friends and I hollowed a boat out of it. Unlike the stormy land, I find peace in my ocean voyages. The sea is not salty to me, but sweet with its distances. Cruises through the ocean's ice floes are beautiful. The fates of people at sea are both cruel and wonderful, I will tell you a lot about that," invites Rudolf to his lecture, which will take place on February 13 at 19:00 under the auspices of SUDOP Real.
We'll be pretty busy around the middle of the month. Argo Publishing has prepared a debate with authors Josef Pánek, Lukáš Palán and Mark Technik for 14 February. These three writers are united by the different forms of extreme existential experience they depict in their novels.
16.2. at 20:00 you can look forward to one of the musical highlights of the month, the band Our Dora's hands. They promise chansons for the third millennium with enigmatic lyrics about the state of the world, the process of love and the dark allure of extinction. Their melodies do not hide their captivation.
If you like slam poetry, you will find your own on 17.2. from 18:00 - and you will also support a good cause. The climate movement Fridays for Future has invited Czech slam poetry stars such as Suppertime, Honza Dibitanzl, Vasek from Aš and others.
At pub quiz you can look forward to Thursday 21.2.! We are very happy to be able to renew this tradition from the old Reading Room. 51 questions divided into ten topics, teamwork and abnormal prizes. Doping allowed within the scope of the drink menu. You can compete individually or in teams (five members maximum).
And we'll finish with punk double concert! The original Bures and Cheese Tones will play on Thursday 23.2. at 20:00.
So what are you going to do?
In addition to good beer, wine and food, in addition to concerts, author readings or interesting lectures, we renew our exhibition every month. Currently, you can see the works of Magdalena Kovářová and Ladislav Dvořák, an exhibition called Up and Down. Magdaléna Kolářová is exhibiting her hanging plastic prints - high relief. Ladislav Dvořák is showing his digital prints - cut-outs of landscapes on the border between drawing, photography and graphics. TŘI A KORDY - a free punk band that works with elements of chance - played at the opening. Everything that happens while playing was meant to happen - though unexpected, so welcome the magic of the moment.
On February 15 you can come to the opening of Hana Lundiak's Stinky 😇
The Reading Room will start the year 2023 in no other way than musically and literarily. This is exactly what the evening we are organizing in cooperation with Krenovou and now also with Prague City LibraryOn 9 January you will have the opportunity to meet, among others, the writer Štěpán Kučera, who, in addition to being the author of two books that have been nominated for the Magnesia Literatu, he also writes lyrics for musician Karel Pazdera, whom you will also be able to listen to during the evening.
At the end of the month, 27.1., don't miss the band Cuttlefish from the mountainsthat will bring us a whiff of Berlin's streets. Their music is based on improvisation, experimentation and elaboration of recurring motifs. And since many of us want to lose the Christmas goodies in January, they'll be playing Computer-controlled weight loss. Listening alone will not make you lose weight, but if you add dancing or at least a slight rocking of the knees, success is guaranteed.
In addition to the literary and musical evening and the Sepia, we are of course also planning a number of other events. Worth highlighting is the concert of the quartet Fahrzavö, two nights of free jam, or the launch of a new translation Deserted lands T.S. Eliot with the participation of the superstar of Czech English studies Martin Hilsky. In mid-January, we will also open a new exhibition of plastic prints and digital prints called Up and down. The full programme can be found here.
On Tuesday 20.12. evening Kristýna Větévka and Jakub Smola will perform their favourite pieces of folk and classical music. Start at 20:00!
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The next day at 19:00 the concert hall will become a cinema for another screening of the 16mm film strip directed by Fila and Adam. Walt Disney, Jiří Brdečka, Charlie Chaplin and more!
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And the last event of 2022 will be an author's reading of the contemporary cursed poet, The Silence Poet. The evening will be a reflection on the many creative periods of the author's poetry, from the beginning to the future. Musical accompaniment will be provided by the Ether Collective. Thursday, December 22 at 8:00 pm.
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And it's so very. Not only the obvious bowl of water awaits your hafans, but also lots of cuddles from our team members currently present. For example, Chico here felt really at home with us. And he also enjoyed his five minutes of fame when he jumped up on stage behind the band.
Our bar is constantly expanding its offer and right now it has prepared several new products for you.
Warm drinks are inseparable from winter. In addition to the traditional brew, coffee or tea, you can also have a hot chocolate or chai latte. The chai latte comes with a gingerbread cookie as a bonus, the hot chocolate with a chocolate bar. Who wouldn't want that! All drinks can also be served with plant milk.
But we are not only expanding the drinks offer, but also the food. Now you can have delicious hummus with vegetables and toasted toast. And because of the high demand, we are preparing another great thing for you - soups! To be continued.
We are very happy and we wish you to like the new website!