From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Childrens’ day: traditional fair and battle of Midway

May 29, 2009 Festivals
Model of a battleship

On Sunday, May 31, there will be a traditional fair held at Zelný trh sq. Kids can see goats and other animals, their parents will be allowed to taste Czech beer and wine.

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Night of churches: meet you in a cathedral, bro

May 28, 2009 Festivals
Petrov

The event is held to make churches more atractive for people who don’t go there regulary.

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District guide: Bystrc

May 27, 2009 District guides
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Good quarter for sportpersons and those who live on a budget.

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Bodies revealed at Olympia shopping mall

May 26, 2009 News
Bodies Revealed

Spectators of the exhibition may observe polymer-preservated corpses arranged in ways considered barbarous by some people. The bodies are dissected and their organs exposed, skin of the dead people is removed to reveal muscles and other tissue.

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No CIAF air show this year, pope one of the reasons

May 25, 2009 News
CIAF

Popular “Czech International Air Fest” show which has been attracting more than 100,000 spectators each September will move from Brno to (probably) Hradec Králové this year.

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Links roundup: incidental cobblestone art at Museum night

May 22, 2009 community
Cobblestones

Hundreds of people played with cobblestones left at Husova st. and made dozens of funny ornaments and statues.

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Friday night: masquerade street party, fireworks at Denis gardens

May 21, 2009 Arts & events
Night of masks

5,000 free masks will be available at the central square on Friday evening to anyone willing to have fun.

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District guide: Kohoutovice

May 20, 2009 District guides
Kohoutovice

New series “District guides” will tell you everything you need to know about districts, quarters and communities in Brno.

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Attend Sunshine concert, get a free CD

May 19, 2009 Music
New CD by Sunshine

Internationally-acclaimed indie group Sunshine will present their new album “MGKK Telepathy” at music club Fléda on Thursday, May 21.

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“Power of now” exhib. and Radim Hanousek trio concert at Salon Daguerre

May 18, 2009 Arts & events

Sallon Daguerre, located at 1 Slovákova st., will host a vernissage of Daniela and Linda Dostálkovás’ exhibition “Power of now” today at 9 p.m.

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Links roundup: “Brno is a lovely town”

May 15, 2009 News
Holga shot from Brno

From now on I will be spicing links roundups with Flickr discoveries and Twitter monitoring.

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Sunday concerts at Denis gardens

May 14, 2009 Music
Denis Gardens

A prom at Denis Gardens
There’ll be totally 20 Sunday concerts held at Denis’ Gardens (near the St. Peter’s cathedral) until September 27.

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Free night at museums and galleries

May 13, 2009 Festivals
Brno Museum Night

16 museums and venues (30 buildings in total!) will be freely available to the public during the Brno Museum Night.

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Underground labyrinth accessible by 2010

May 12, 2009 News
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By autumn of 2010, approx. 700 m long path beneath old town hall and vegetable market will be opened to its first regular visitors.

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The complete guide to the fireworks festival

May 11, 2009 Features
Fireworks above Špilberk

Ignis Brunensis 2009 is about to start – enjoy the fireworks festival with our unique advices!

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