Night & Day Archives

August 13th, 2008

More than just a pretty voice
Baroque star Philippe Jaroussky stretches his repertoire in Prague
Stage Review

Big fun under the big top
Prague's fifth annual ?new circus' offers two weeks of family entertainment
Stage Review

All's ill that ends ill
A slipshod production from a director who should know better
Stage Review

Labor and love
An Oscar-winning actor takes to the director's chair
Cinema Review

Soul food
Hearty helpings of Czech classics - and perfect chips
Restaurant Review

From the hearth
Reviving a French bread tradition
From the chef

See you in September
Closing for August - or for good - and a few summer treats

Beauty in the banal
Revealing the miraculousness of the 'unnoticed world'
Gallery Review

August 6th, 2008

Women making waves
A week of new music from the country's best young jazz artists
Stage Review

The sentimental drop kick
A working-class band from Boston finds enthusiastic audiences around the world
Stage Review

A dark yin yang
Batman is more than the Joker's foil
Cinema Review

Jukebox jive
A theater hit that should've stayed there
Cinema Review

Artifice wrecks
Layers of meaning in a Czech theatrical excursion to Poland
Cinema Review

Food as an afterthought
When Charlie's pays attention, it turns out some tasty fare
Restaurant Review

Summer refresher
Taboule makes a quick and easy picker-upper
From the chef

Wine or cheese?
The once-forgotten Pecorino makes a comeback

A dove by any other name
Pigeons and Picasso provide inspiration for a swan song

July 30th, 2008

Opera for the masses
At the Estates Theater, a worthy homage to a classic
Stage Review

Misfits of every stripe
From the ashes of Anti Fest, a wild time in Prague 6
Stage Review

Heavenly excursions
Forget the architecture - for the most dazzling views in Prague, look to the sky

At cross-purposes
Scully and Mulder are bound together again
Cinema Review

Kill the wabbits!
A publicity exercise masquerading as a moronic comedy
Cinema Review

It's a cup, it's a glass, it's ...
Trying to succeed as a wine bar, coffee shop and restaurant
Restaurant Review

Queen of pies
Achieving greatness with tomatoes, basil and mozzarella
From the chef

Down Texaco way
Confusion on the border and some new homes on the range

What's love got to do with it?
Site-specific works open new dimensions at Futura - literally
Gallery Review

July 23rd, 2008

Lost in translation
Another uneven year for the Bard at the castle
Stage Review

A summer spin on the classics
Jaroslav Svěcený gathers an eclectic group for hot nights at the Fortress

Music from another planet
The Mars Volta weaves morbid fantasies, with a beat
Stage Review

Rebooting the Hulk
Marvel succeeds in a second try
Cinema Review