August 2000 Events
PORCINKULE fair
Traditional fete, history
August 5 - 6
Handikraft sales, carousels, exhibitions, music, refreshment, ...
ZELENÁČI - GREENHORNS
Country music concert
August 4, Friday, 4:30 PM
Football playground
XI. INTERNATIONALS
Football match Opočno vs. Czech international players
August 5, Saturday, 5 PM
Football playground
CORPORAL
Historical Fencing
August 5, Saturday, throughout the day
Castle yard
VENETIAN NIGHT
Music, dance, fireworks, all kinds of refreshment.
August 5, Saturday, 8 PM
Lišťovina
MUSICA PER QUATTRO
Concert for flute (Leoš Nývlt), clarinet (Josef Hejna), French horn (Miloš Meier), and bassoon (Petr Macke).
Sopran (Zuzana Meierová Genrtová)
Mozart, Míča, J. Haydn, Bizet, Stamic, Smetana, Rossini.
August 11 (Friday), 7:30 PM, Castle Picture Gallery, 40 Kč
BALLOON SKY
Hot-air balloonists meeting
August 18 - 20.
Friday 6 - 8 PM starts around railway station (Historic train with steam locomotive
operating there!).
Saturday and Sunday 6 - 9 AM starts on Opočno squares and playgrounds.
On Saturday also RC airplanes and car models, parachutes, ...
On Sunday balloons compete in touching pond Broumar, so the start point may change due to wind direction.
Come and win a balloon flight! (Or buy it for 2500 Kč)
More ...
Exhibitons
GAMA - graphics
by 6 artists from East Bohemia
11 AM - 4 PM, except Monday
Till August 20
Castle villa
Jana Svobodová - Pictures
10 AM - 12 AM and 3:30 PM - 5 PM, Mo - Fri
Studio H, Kodymova street
L. Plíva - Pictures
Throughout August
Castle arcades
Miroslav Polák - pictures and graphics
11 AM - 4 PM, except Monday
From August 28, 16 PM
Castle villa
Cinema
Kodymův národní dům
Gay Film Summer 2000, all starts at 8 PM
- Příští správna věc (Next Right Thing)
USA 2000, Schlesinger, Madonna, Evert,...
August 25
- Kluci nepláčou (Boys Do Not Cry)
USA 1999, Peirce, Swang, Sarsgaard,...
August 26
- Beznaděj (Desperateness)
USA 1999, Ichaso, Daly, Coyote,...
August 27
- Oscar Wilde
UK, USA, Japan, Germany 1997, Gilbert, Fry, Law,...
August 28
- Mandragora
CR 1997, Grodecki, Caslavka, Svec,...
Meeting with the authors
August 29
- Closing evening, prize awards
With travestie ensamble Aqua Praha, ...
After that:
Utrpení svatého Šebastiána (Suffering of St. Sebastian)
Germany 1983, Weigl, Hlavacova, Clay,...
August 30
Sales Exhibition
Exotic plants - tropical and subtropical
Bonsai
Garden and pot plants
Garden Center Na Štefance, behind Hotel Praha
Open daily 10 AM - 5 PM