Brenna’s workshop group put together a bricolage poem today. By definition, it’s a piece of writing that brings together disparate pieces of available material to create a single construction. It is meant to be a collage, a blending. Here is a blending of our group’s…
Last night after our sunset picnic, we caught a tram down to the city’s center and hopped on some paddle boats to catch views of Prague by night. Two regular paddle boats and two swan-shaped paddle boats (one affectionately known as Swan Ronson) hit the…
From the Taste of Prague blog, written by our Prague food and culture tour guides, Jan and Zuzi: “A “paternoster” is an old-school elevator that consists of a chain of open compartments that moves slowly up and down in a loop. To get to the…
A mosaic of writing from Nate’s Workshop Group from a morning in Riegrovy Sady Park. This exercise is modeled after Joe Brainard’s unconventional memoir, I Remember: I remember becoming friends with a girl on the first day of second grade because we wore the…
Tonight we climbed Vítkov Hill for a sunset picnic. Food was great, company was better, and views were breathtaking.
A Bit Worse than Romeo: Tragedy from Caprice is an inter-genre production at the MeetFactory, a non-profit contemporary arts organization in Prague. A Bit Worse than Romeo features a reinterpretation of three texts: Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Dark Energy by Juli Zeh, and The Seducer’s Diary by Søren Kierkegaard….
Yesterday, we hit the streets of Prague with food writer and certified foodie, Jan, of the Taste of Prague blog. Jan walked us through some great restaurants, popular dishes, and about a hundred years of Czech history surrounding cooking and eating. We were excited to…
The Jewish Quarter (Josefov) dates back to the 13th century, when Jewish persons were forced to vacate their homes and settle in this one area. Sarah Cramsey took us on an evening stroll of this richly historic site. Certain parts of Josefov have been intentionally maintained so…
Friend of Putney, Sarah Cramsey, led us on a personalized walking tour of Franz Kafka’s Prague. Sarah spent five years of her life in this city, and has most recently been finishing her PhD in History at Berkley. We started the tour at the location where Kafka…
After a delicious Mediterranean/vegetarian dinner at Lehka Hlava, we strolled across the iconic Charles Bridge. Swarming with tourists during the hot daytime, the bridge was open and spacious during the evening — under the threat of rain. From the bridge, we ogled the spooky spires and…