Sunday:

19:30 at Rudolfínum listened to Prague Autumn Classical Music Festival:

PROKOFJEV - Skytská suita
MONTSALVATGE - Cinco canciones negras
ČAJKOVSKIJ - Symfonie č. 5 e moll

Orquesta Nacional de Espana
Soprán: Nancy Fabiola Herrera - I was not expecting anything like this...Brilliant, magnificent and strong voice. It was so emotional. My 1st opera-like singing that captured my soul.
Dirigent: Josep Pons

Saturday:

MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2008 at kino Svetozor

My personal preference:

The Golden Thread
dir.: Diego Sanchidrián Rubio | 16' | Spain
Sometimes, mystifying bonds are set up between people. Bonds which overcome distance, oblivion and unawareness. And when those bonds are created, they can become what we need to survive.

Ripple
dir.: Paul Gowers | 16' | United Kingdom
One small random act of malice forces an ordinary man off the safe road and on to a dark journey he’ll never forget.

Ode Ober
dir.: Hiba Vink | 11'| Netherlands
The waiter has been supplying perfect strangers with food and drinks for as long as he can remember. His murmured maelstrom of acute observations reveals an acquired omniscience regarding his clients’ preferences and character traits. One day, something makes him ponder the concept of life beyond the doors of the restaurant.

New Boy
dir.: Stephanie Green | 11'05'' | Ireland
The only thing harder than Joseph’s first day of school in Ireland was his last day of school in Africa.

Make My Day
dir.: Pelle Moeller | 8' | Denmark
A Man arrives in the emergency hall with his son who has sprained his ankle in school. The father has always told the boy to never let anyone put you down, and what would “Clint” do in such a situation. However, when the attending doctor turns out to be one of those that bullied his father back in his school days, the kid takes matters into his own hands.

Music of the moment: T9, Vdoh-Vydoh (Breath in - Breathe out)

• Photos from the concert.

Recent photo reports:

• Shakesperovski Spavnosti - "Comedy of Mistake". It was a comedy or mistake after all. As the rain started using umbrellas and not much of the actual show could be seen; also many people left. After 30min sitting under rain it was a last drop and I have left this comedy evening. Here some photo impressions.

• Boyka (my roommate) Birthday cake eating event at home here.

• Art installation by the Andel neighborhood to promote recycling habits. Here.

• As part of the Days of Poland in Czech Republic a photo exhibition at the garden by the Czech Parliament (zahrady Strakovy akademie, entrance from the river side, Kosarkovo Nábřeží) installed and be opened on Sat and Sun 10-17:00 till end October. Worth attending as it is usually closed to public.
  For Your Freedom and Ours
  Few pics from captured a day without a car - drive your bicycle day. Nice, interesting, but now the pedestrians could be annoyed by bicycles everywhere same as bicyclists are annoyed by car traffic sometimes.

  http://www.wpppraha.cz/ - World Press Photo 2008, Praha, Karolinum 19.9. - 12.10. 2008. IN parallel in the same areal there is an Charles University Exhibit where you could see the original order of the King Charles to organize this world renown institution.

If you happen to know Russian language, then here is a comparative table of basic slang terms development over recent years:

Papa has visited me in Prague 27-31 August, 2008. In photos.