STDs 2409-3109



24th Sept
Reiner Werner Fassbinder Berlin Alexanderplatz – Epilog @ MeetFactory
 
This 15-and-a-half hour movie adaptation of Alfred Doeblin's modernist novel was originally produced for German television. Set during the last years of the Weimar Republic, it follows the misfortunes of Hans Biberkopf, released from the four-year prison sentence (he earned for murdering his mistress), as he tries to re-establish himself in society but is hammered down by circumstance until he is easy prey for the rising Nazi Party.
Performed by Guenter Lamprecht as Biberkopf, Gottfried John as the treacherous Reinhold, and Hanna Schygulla and Annemarie Dueringer as the two women in Biberkopf's life beyond praise. But be prepared for the long, surrealistic epilogue, with its nuclear explosions and strange soundtrack (pop, Handel, and more) for which Doeblin cannot be held responsible.


25th Sept
PHIL SHÖENFELT & PAVEL CINGL @ Carpe Diem
http://www.myspace.com/philshoenfeltsoutherncross
 
Phil Shoenfelt is a veteran of the London, Manchester and New York punk and post-punk scenes. In 1996 he formed Southern Cross with Czech musicians Pavel Cingl, Pavel Krtous and Jarda Kvasnicka, and gradually the music took on a harder, rockier, more psychedelic edge, while still maintaining its roots in classic song structures. Since 1996 Phil Shoenfelt & Southern Cross have played concerts and festivals in several European countries including Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Greece, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Denmark, Ukraine, Hungary, Italy and Spain.

25th Sept
The Aggrolites @ Lucerna Music Bar
http://www.myspace.com/theaggrolites


The Aggrolites are an amalgamation of two previous Los Angeles reggae and ska bands, the Vessels and the Rhythm Doctors. They formed in 2002 as a live backing band for reggae icon Derrick Morgan. They have served as the backing band for Phyllis Dillon, Scotty, Joseph Hill of Culture, Prince Buster, and Tim Armstrong.
Their third and last album, released on June 5, 2007 called Reggae Hit L.A., won an IGN award for Best Reggae Album of 2007.

From 25th Sept to Nov 6th, 2008
Umenimamrad Project by Artwall Gallery @ Palladium Shopping Mall
http://www.umenimamrad.cz


The exhibition entitled umenimamrad.cz is a presentation of a concept by Silvie Milkova and a group of students from the department of photography at the University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem. The self-critical project concerns (impossible) marketing and (il)legibility of contemporary visual art. It aims to reach audiences, that in their majority consider contemporary art as something unintelligible or elitist, by the simple language typical for advertising. This goal is also supported by means of an open (pseudo)advertising promotion taking place in the Prague shopping mall Paladium on September 25 at 6 pm. During this action the authors will offer their art as a great affordable commodity. The accompanying eccentric program will provide the opening show with a “catchy” image.  


From 25th to 28th:
Tango Events
 
25th Sept
Javier Cura @ DAMU
http://www.tangoalchemie.com

Javier Cura is an argentine american multidisciplinary artist. He has dedicated himself to the Fine Arts creating several art exhibitions of objects, sculptures and installations. He has performed, directed and created drama shows in Argentina, Colombia, USA, Italy and Indonesia. He's been teaching drama, physical theatre and Contact Impro in England, Italy, France, Germany and Argentina. He's been invited to teach and perform in the International Contact Improvisation Festivals in Orvieto(It) and Freiburg (Ger). His last piece which merges tango and contact improvisation in a physical-theatre context was presented in Prague's Dance Theatre "Farma Festival". It was also presented in Italy (Terni), at the "Travolgente Festival" (2007), and in Argentina in the city of Mar del Plata (2008).

27th Sept
Orquesta Tipica Ciudad Baigon @ Na Marjánce, Bělohorská 262, Prague 6
http://www.caminito.cz

CIUDAD BAIGÓN shows up as a classic "gran orquesta típica" : 4 bandoneons, 3 violins, viola, cello, bass, piano and voice, founded by Hernán Cabrera.
In their music work they are not satisfied with a perfect copy of the old tango masters. They are also looking for the language of Tango today - demanding grooves and powerful rhythms, that hit the dancers with the courage and expressive feelings of the soft-melodic canto and insistent voice of Alejo Raimondi.

27th and 28th Sept
Prague Tango Festival @ Berretin
http://www.tangoargentinopraga.cz

The Berretin argentine tango encounter includes argentine tango dance workshops and tango music workshops for musicians and four different milongas to choose from on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 9 modules of instruction on tango dance will be on offer to all levels dancers by argentine professional teachers. The workshop will also include professional dance tango instruction. Instruction on tango orquestration, arrangements and composition will be given by renowned “maestro” Rodolfo Mederos.

27th Sept
Depeche Mode Party @ Vertigo
http://www.depechemode.cz
 
‘Depeche Mode party’ have covered their glorious muse since the early 1990s and continue to relive their greatest hits around Prague Clubs. They will play at Vertigo to delight the Dave Gahan’s biggest fans.

27th Sept.

HopnMob @ Divadlo Archa

http://www.myspace.com/jarocossiga

http://www.archatheatre.cz/cz/menu/program/602.html

http://jimbeam.cz/hopnnob

HopnMob makes beatbox and raps some street lyrics of a guy whose life is shared between Prague and Brooklyn. Before performing at the Czech Street Festival in New York, the beatbox-rappers HopnMob will play at Divadlo Archa on September 27^th.

28th Sept

Bengas - Gipsy Night @ Popo Cafe Petl

http://bengas.proartistwebsites.com/

Bengas was formed in 2001 by a group of Czech Romany musicians who share a common love of jazz, Latino, and funk. Included in their shared musical passion is a desire to explore the roots of Romany music and add to the genre. Known for addictive rhythms and harmonies that whip up audiences into a dancing frenzy, Bengas has played hundreds of engagements and festivals both domestically and abroad. Highlights of the band success include opening for the Gipsy Kings in 2004, performing with legendary Czech singer Hana Hegerova at her debut at Prague's National Theatre, numerous charity and benefit performances broadcast live from prestigious locations on Czech television.

30th Sept
Zita Swoon @ Palac Akropolis

http://www.zitaswoon.com

Zita Swoon is a Belgian indie rock group, typical of the music scene in Antwerp.
Here is what The Prague Post said last year about an upcoming appearance of the band at the Akropolis:

"Zita Swoon will not be appearing onstage at Akropolis this week, but fear not: The Belgian ensemble will be on the floor instead. There will be no need for a PA system either, as the audience will be encouraged to gather around the band right in the middle of the hall.
If it all sounds a touch bizarre, that’s because it is. According to frontman Stef Kamil Carlens, who spoke to The Prague Post from the band’s office in Antwerp, it’s all about doing away with convention in order to create the most natural and intimate setting for the Zita Swoon sound."

Get ready for a very special musical night.

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