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The article reviews several plays in Prague, Czech Republic including the "A Delicate Balance," by Edward Albee, "Ptakovina," by Milan Kundera, and "The Jury," by Ivan Klima.

The article reviews the book "Až k hořkému konci: Pražské německé divadlo 1845–1945," by Jitka Ludvová.

The article reviews the book "Tschechien" by Hans Dieter Zimmermann, a volume in the book series Die Deutschen und ihre Nachbarn.

The article reviews the book "Rabbis and Revolution: The Jews of Moravia in the Age of Emancipation," by Michael Laurence Miller.

The article discusses several festivals in Czech Republic in 2012, including the Festival Slunce Strážnic on June 12-14, Free Culture Festival on July 14, and the 17th International Organ Festival from August 2 to September 20.

The article discusses the Fiesta 2012 Summer Festival to be held from June 23 to August 8 at the National Theater's Piazzetta in Czech Republic.

The article reviews the exhibitions "The Bartered Bride Known and Unknown" held at various museums including the Bedrich Smetana Museum in Prague, Czech Republic from September 25, 2001 to December 31, 2003 and "A Second Life for the Bartered Bride--in the Salon, the Kitchen, the Tavern, Outdoors, and in the Street," at the West Bohemian Gallery from February 19 to April 27, 2008.

The article reviews the book "Prodaná nevesta: Performance Guide With Translations and Pronunciations," by Timothy Cheek.

The article reviews the book "Mathematics Classrooms in Twelve Countries: The Insider's Perspective," edited by D. Clarke, C. Keitel and Y. Shimizu.

The article reviews the exhibition of the collection of 20th century Chinese ink paintings at the National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic.

The article reviews the exhibition "Masters of 20th Century Chinese Ink Painting from the Collections of the National Gallery in Prague" at the Waldstein Riding School in Prague, Czech Republic from April 30-September 28, 2008.

This patriotic publication from the era of Maria Theresia (and thus from the period before the beginning of the Czech National Revival) celebrates important men, saints and incidents in Czech history in unexpectedly vivid Czech. At the same time, it emphasizes the loyalty of the Czech nation to the Austrian monarchy and the Catholic church. This paper is an attempt to clarify the question of the author and purpose of this anonymous work, which has not yet been solved. Neither A. Stich.s study on the subject (1981) nor the re-edition of Země dobrá (1998) was able to give a definitive answer. However, A. Stich assigns the authorship of this work to monks of the Benedictine order and names the prelate and historian Josef Bonaventura Piter (1708-1764) as the probable author. Our analysis of the numerous Biblical quotations in Země dobrá shows that the majority of them were taken over from the Catholic Czech translation of the Vulgata, the so-called Bible svatováclavská (1677-1715). Some other passages -- especially those that were paraphrased more freely -- suggest that the publications by the Baroque Czech historian J. F. Beckovský (1658-1725) might have been used. Surprising is the presence of the holy Five brethren, Benedictine martyrs in Poland, among the national patron saints in the book's dedication, as well as our discovery that the long introductory quotation from the Bible is the passage of the Epistle that was read on their religious holiday. This is a clear, but at the same time a hidden indication of the importance of their cult and also of Benedictine environment, from which this publication emerged. J. B. Piter was an ardent admirer of those martyrs himself. The book Země dobrá also played a certain role at the imperial court in Vienna. A copy was found in the private library of the emperor Joseph II. (who partially knew Czech) with his personal signature and traces of his reading of certain passages. Piter stayed in Vienna in the 1750ies and was in contact with the imperial dynasty through the court archivist Theodor Anton Taulow von Rosenthal. He might have given the book Země dobrá to Maria Theresia during an audience, as a present for the successor to the throne archduke Joseph. As a publication, it was probably originally intended to support the self-confidence of the Czech nation and its loyalty to the Austrian monarchy in the time of war with Prussia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews Hana Cervinkova's Playing Soldiers in Bohemia: An Ethnography of NATO Membership (2006), which analyzes the Czech Republic's participation in NATO in terms of ritual or play. This is not intended to trivialize the issue, but to point out unexpected aspects of serious military alliances. [ABSTRACT FROM CONTRIBUTOR]

The article reviews the theatrical production "3Sisters 2002" performed at Rokoko Theatre in the Prague, the Czech Republic in 2005.

The article reviews the exhibition "Sculpture and Clay at the Chateau" at the Central Bohemian Museum in Roztoky, Czech Republic.

Reviews the book "The German Legacy in East Central Europe: As Recorded in Recent German-Language Literature," by Valentina Glajar.

This article reviews Jiri Hanzal's study of Roma people in Moravia in the early modern period, based on his 1979 dissertation. The review discusses the names given to Gypsies and linguistic factors exemplifying or contributing to their social marginalization. It also considers the political measures that confirmed their isolation. [ABSTRACT FROM CONTRIBUTOR]

This article reviews Polish cultural historian Piotr Kowalski’s Woda zywa: opowiesc o wodzie, zdrowiu, higienie, i dietetyce (Quick Froth: Recording about Leadership, Health, Hygiene, and Dietetics), published in 2002. The main focus of the review is mythological and magical belief systems regarding diet and health, especially Kowalski’s use of Czech sources. According to the reviewer, the modern advance of hedonism and its psychoanalytical interpretations bridge the gap between magic and philosophy. [ABSTRACT FROM CONTRIBUTOR]

This article reviews Martin Dohnal's "Historicka kulturni krajina v novoveku: vyvoj vsi a pluziny v Borovanech u Bechyne" (Historical cultural landscape in the modern age: the development of villages and soil under the plough in Borovany and Bechyne), published in 2003, chronicling and mapping agricultural development in and around two villages of southern Bohemia in the early modern era. [ABSTRACT FROM CONTRIBUTOR]