Friday, July 12, 2013

Foster the city – The forgotten garden

It is seven o clock in the forgotten garden. The light of the clear summer evening is over the whole place making it even more beautiful. The bonfire is about to start and the workcampers are preparing the last things. It will be the perfect end for two days of hard but pleasant work and everything must be ready. It is their second day in Plzeň and the first time they can get in touch with the locals. Around 50 people from the city have come,...

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

PARTNERSTVÍ TANCE A SLOVA

Co si představíte pod pojmem tanec? Nablýskané botky a bílé rukavičky z tanečních? Rozvášněné pohyby latinskoamerických tanečníků? Nebo snad ,,vystajlované´´ choreografie popových hvězd? Přijďte si 18. července 2013 rozšířit své obzory na Světovar  a poznejte, co všechno tanec může znamenat. Součástí historicky první umělecké rezidence v bývalém areálu...

Monday, July 1, 2013

Melina Mercouri Day

A ještě jednou Carlosův příspěvek, tentokrát o Dni Meliny Mercouri. Jak se mu tento netradiční den v Plzni líbil? Can I take a photo over there? – asked a young boy who has just arrived at our tent. Of course, I couldn’t understand him well but it was easy to guess from the situation. In front of our stand there was a painting of an angel with a hole in the place of the face. You could go behind it, put your face in the hole and ask someone to...

Blue. White. Green. Plzeň.

Zajímá vás, jak se v Plzni líbí stážistovi z Kanárských ostrovů? Níže je jeho příspěvek o působení v našem městě. The second week after my arrival I caught a flu. It wasn’t the best way to start my experience here but looking the snow falling through the windows was quite hypnotic. The blue of the sea had turned out into the white of the snow. Since I came, all Czechs I met have been telling me that I should wait to the spring to enjoy the city....