Night & Day Archives

January 11th, 2006

Idiot's delight
Waiting reaches a new high in low

Nusle's Hellenic touch
An ambitious newcomer brightens up an old location
Restaurant Review

The raw and the cooked
A touch of elegance for a domestic favorite

If wishes were fishes
Modest requests from a frazzled restaurant writer

January 4th, 2006

Fat like Švejk
For many reasons, duck is a seasonal favorite

It's only a dream
Švandovo takes a midwinter tour of the Bard's Midsummer

Game theory
Classical, jazz and avant-garde combine at Kaštan

Cirque du Punk fanfare from France
Ska-and-circus group set to hit the Rychta little top hard

Direct to CD
Cameron Crowe's new film will at least sell some music
Cinema Review

The center of attention
These steak-slinging cowboys kick 2006 off to a great start
Restaurant Review

High-power pivo
Prague's newest microbrewery cranks out the strong stuff

Live from Jerusalem
Virtual reality connects Prague gallery and the Wailing Wall
Gallery Review

December 21st, 2005

A bearable lightness
The National Theater's Don Pasquale soars, but with a few thuds

Rhyming in time
Music and poetry for the holiday jangles

Away in a manger
Prague Zoo offers a special type of holiday fun

A tale of two jungles
Peter Jackson handles the Lord of the Jungle superbly
Cinema Review

Moving to center stage
A young chef on the rise tries hard to renew a classic destination
Restaurant Review

Memories of childhood
Chocolate pate makes a heady holiday treat

A final opportunity
Christmas and New Year's menus are set to thrill gourmets

Totally useless gifts
Christmas shopping takes a weird aesthetic turn
Gallery Review

December 14th, 2005

As camp as Christmas
Britain's favorite gay comedy team returns to Prague

All the right moves
For Min Tanaka, dancing is an extreme sport

Sounds from down under
Pavel Fajts latest project goes into the bush

Czech movies worth checking out
Two new films show why Czech cinema is surviving
Cinema Review

A heady dining experience
This new vegetarian café boasts good food and great décor
Restaurant Review

Something old, something new
Ginger and honey spice up this Czech classic

Dancing with hellionsBy Evan Rail
This new book covers the city's best cafés

Not for the faint of heart
A Japanese view of bondage as art, metaphor and rope-tying
Gallery Review

December 7th, 2005

An elegant revival
Simplicity and understatement serve Pushkin's classic tale well

Praise the Lord
And duck when Gogol Bordello comes to town