Whether you are writing by pencil, keyboard, or quill – you’re welcome at our writers group! Our bartender Nicolò will put his PhD in Literature into action while organizing a productive and friendly evening for all types of writers. Bring work or ideas you’d like to share, or just come to meet other like-minded creatives. […]
Eek! Yikes! It's the Gothic Horror Book Club! This month's selection is The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy. About the book: "Danielle Cain is a queer punk rock traveller, jaded from a decade on the road. Searching for clues about her best friend’s mysterious and sudden suicide, she ventures to the squatter, […]
Our musical moment of the month will take you to another world! Live ambient sounds from the bar will be picked up and mixed into electronic music. So come, have a drink, and be part of the noise! (free to attend, reservations recommended)
Blackbile Productions and The Electric Sheep Book Bar present… Femme Follies! An evening of cabaret and variety in Prague’s cosy and iconic Electric Sheep Book Bar. This Femme Follies show brings to you a true staple in the Czech burlesque scene - the incredible burlesque performer and also burlesque teacher Linde von Schwärze! And of […]
This month we will discuss Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici. About the book: Caliban and the Witch is a history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages to the witch-hunts and the rise of mechanical philosophy, Federici investigates the capitalist rationalization of […]
Come and listen to well-known and lesser-known jazz standards performed by the newly formed trio "The Jazz Poetry". Singer Barbora Langerová will sing and enrich jazz standards with her lyrics, accompanied by Argentinian guitarist and Berklee College of Music graduate Martín Levallois and singer and double bass player, student of Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory Kateřina Vacková […]
This month we will discuss Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak. About the book: This epic tale about the effects of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath on a bourgeois family was not published in the Soviet Union until 1987. One of the results of its publication in the West was Pasternak's complete rejection by Soviet […]
This month we will discuss the novel A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. About the book: "In a nightmarish ruined world slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infant rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated to the study and preservation of the relics and writings […]
Have you been searching for the perfect motivation to improve your Czech language skills? Here is a sign! Join “štamgast” Jan for a fun and friendly mini Czech lesson covering topics like drinking culture, bar chit chat, and practical phrases, All levels are welcome but this class is suited especially for beginners! (free to attend, […]
Where the screen meets the pen! Join this longtime meeting group for a friendly discussion of various screenwriting and film topics. You can also bring your work to share (to be read aloud) for some friendly feedback. Network with the best in the biz! (free to attend, no reservation necessary)
Another fun and friendly poetry workshop with this month's theme being "Pool the Fools" If the start of summer has got you a little heated, come drink & write the rage away and be "cool like a fool in a swimming pool". We'll have poem starters & prompts, like always, so feel free to keep […]
This month we will discuss The Golem by Gustav Meyrink. About the book: First published in serial form as Der Golem in the periodical Die weissen Blätter in 1913–14, The Golem is a haunting Gothic tale of stolen identity and persecution, set in a strange underworld peopled by fantastical characters. The red-headed prostitute Rosina; the […]