Join the second meeting of our new book club with Metafiction theme. What is metafiction? Metafiction occurs in fictional stories when the story examines the elements of fiction itself. For example, a story that explores how stories are made by commenting on character types, how plots are formed, or other aspects of storytelling is engaged […]
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 gorgeous international performer - the Berlin based French fantasy Meta Morphose! And of course Femme Follies and Electric Sheep resident - […]
Join us for our first meeting of the (poetic) minds! This time our topic of discussion is The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin, available to read here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48411/the-whitsun-weddings The meeting will be a close (line by line) reading and analysis/discussion of the poem. (free to attend, no reservation required)
This workshop will take you through the fundamentals of what makes a comedy sketch work. First, we’ll watch some famous sketches, then discuss: what makes them funny? Why do they work? Using our insight, we’ll write short comedy sketches of our own and share them with one another. At the end, you’ll leave with your […]
Another fun and friendly poetry workshop with this month's theme being "Summer Rummin'" - Are you looking for summer love or just looking for that perfect summer drunk? While we can't guarantee the former, an eve of drinks and another unruly poetry workshop is in your cards this Friday! We'll have poem starters & prompts, […]
You've intercepted a secret message from the state: a new SFF book club meeting is approaching! This time we will discuss the exhilarating dystopian novel that inspired George Orwell's 1984 and foreshadowed the worst excesses of Soviet Russia... We by Yevgeny Zamyatin We is a powerfully inventive vision that has influenced writers from George Orwell […]
Our friendly photography meeting group always kicks off by discussing a batch of photos curated to the monthly theme. Feel free to bring your own work to share or another piece that's been on your mind! The theme for this month is SHOES/FEET. So cast your eyes down, put your podiatric lenses on and cobble […]
Open call to anybody who’s interested in screenwriting! Join a longtime meeting group of passionate film creatives. Bring your screenplays, bring your thoughts, bring yourselves. In addition to our regular meeting, we will also show a few of our recently created shorts on the projector! (free to attend, no reservation required)
BLOODCURDLINGSCREEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAMMMMM Hello creepy crawlers guess what, we are having another COSTUME PARTY EXTRAVAGANZA and this month's theme is... HORROR What you can look forward to: Cocktails made by Casper the Friendly Ghost 3-legged tweenage werewolf Food that's vegan and definitely not made of humans John Carpenter -esque horror movies on the projector Spooky bops curated […]
Ding ding ding!!! It's quiz time! Bring your smartest friends to the bar this Sunday and compete in our first-ever Book Quiz! Teams are a maximum of 5 players and space is limited, so reserve your table soon! It costs 50kc to play (and pay our Quizmaster for their hardwork & prep) and ALL teams […]
Welcome our Ukrainian friend and film director Margarita to ESBB as they share an insightful documentary focusing on the transgender experience in Ukraine. The doc is 40 minutes long and is in Russian / Ukrainian with English subtitles. Come join us to watch it on the big screen with surround sound! showtime is 19:30 Or […]
Join us for another super cool meeting of our Queer+ Book Club! This month's book is A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. About the book: "Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, […]
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 […]