2008/12/29
2008/12/24
First meeting!!!
Dear readers,
we would like to invite you to first meeting of the Library Book Club. It will be introducing meeting, where you will have the opportunity to hear more information about book club, about library, about possibility, where and how you would get books for reading on our book club.
The first topic is: Favourite book
It should be book that has changed your life, that has hurt you. Maybe you have more than one book of life, but try to choose only one. I know that is difficult.
And the date?
Christmas time is coming and it is clear, that everybody has many duties around baking , cooking and buying the presents. And also to find the piece of the Christmas peace.
So first meeting will be held on January 2009, on Wednesday 21st at 6:30 pm.
And the place?
Meeting will be held in Central Library in the club-room. The Central Library is situated on Old Town.
Here is address: Mariánské náměstí 1, Prague 1.
We are looking forward to you!!!
2008/12/23
Forum For You
The Forum is place for your discussion.Write us your topics for next book-club meeting, recommend us good book, suggest us tips of some events.
Forum
Vi talar svenska på Stadsbiblioteket!
Hej!
Kommer du från Sverige, Norge, Danmark, Finland eller Island? Talar du svenska, norska, danska? Vill du veta mer om Stadsbiblioteket Prag, om våra tjänster, tycker du vi kan göra något bättre? Kontakta mig gärna på svenska, norska, danska (eller engelska)! Du får svar på svenska! Vi kan även träffas på biblioteket om du önskar så!
Med vänlig hälsning,
Vít Boška, bibliotekarie
2008/12/19
January Film Club
Municipal Library of Prague would like to invite you to Film Club
All films are in Great Auditorium in the Central Library (Mariánské nám. 1, Prague 1) at 7 pm.
Tuesday 20. 1. - Sketches of Frank Gehry (60 CZK)
Film director Sydney Pollack, a friend of Gehry's, made the documentary Sketches of Frank Gehry with appreciative comments by Philip Johnson, Ed Ruscha, Julian Schnabel, and Dennis Hopper, and critical ones by Hal Foster supplementing dialogue between Gehry and Pollack about their work in two collaborative art forms with considerable commercial constraints and photography of some buildings Gehry designed.
Frank Gehry is the author of the e. g.
English version. Czech subtitles.
Helena Třeštíková is the author of major documentaries collected over time, i.e. pictures observing lives of selected people, and later put together in a film.
Director watched the fate of repeat criminal Rene Plasil for twenty years.
Czech version
This documentary takes an in-depth look at the influential career of iconic photographer Annie Leibovitz, from her earliest artistic efforts to her storied tenure at Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair magazines and beyond.
English version, Czech subtitles
69-year old alteration tailoress Inge has been married more than 30 years. But in this old age, completely out of the blue love rears its head again: Inge falls head over heels in love with 76-year old Karl and starts a passionate love affair with him.
German version, Czech subtitles
A nurse from the
German, Slovak, Russian version, Czech subtitles
Thursday 29.1. - Control (60 CZK)
GB, 2007, Anton Corbijn, 119 min.
Control is a black-and-white biopic film about the late Ian Curtis (1956–1980), lead singer of post-punk band Joy Division.
English version, Czech subtitles
2008/12/08
Have you got any question?
veronika.chruscova@mlp.cz
Jonáš Vohrna, Digitization Department, Municipal Library of Prague:
vohrnaj@mlp.cz
Vít Boška, Librarian, Municipal Library of Prague:
boskav@mlp.cz
December Film Club
When:
9. 12., 4pm, 6pm - Mamma Mia (65 CZK)
16. 12., 4pm, 6pm - Rolling Stones (50 CZK)
Where:
Great Auditorium in the Central Library (Mariánské nám. 1, Prague 1)
The Film Club Card is possible to get (50 CZK per year) in the box - office at these hours:
Monday - Friday: 1:30pm - 7:30pm
Saturday - Sunday: one hour before beginning
2008/12/04
Welcome to Library Book Club
Because a story is always better if you have someone to share it with.
But we don't want to keep only virtual meetings. Our library is going to prepare really meetings where we would like to invite you. We will select together topic for the meeting, author or book on this blog and then we would meet, discuss and eat cakes.
We would like to introduce you our library as a open space for every opinion, for every mood, for everybody.
Language of the meetings will be English, but book club is open not only for native-speaking English readers:-).
We hope that you find on this blog everything you need. If you have some question, use FAQ or contact me: veronika.chruscova@mlp.cz.
FAQ
*How long does the Library Book Club exist?
Since December of 2008.
*What ideas does Library Book Club have?
The idea is very simple: To read and share same book, to discuss about it and to meet new people.
*How often will Library Book Club be held?
We would like to have meetings once a month.
*Where and when will Library Book Club be held?
All Book Club meetings are held in the Club-room in Central Library. Address is: Mariánské squere 1, Prague 1. Ask the porter.
Meetings are on Wednesday's evening around 6 pm.