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A Ukrainian Artist from the Windy City Returns Home!

29.05.2008 15:18    whatson-kiev.com
Basic Elements' project, exhibition by Ivan Trava, Zeh gallery, (16 Illynska), till 7 JuneIvan Trava, a Ukrainian artist who lives and works in Chicago, brings to Zeh gallery an exhibition of work that showed in the Windy City not so
A Ukrainian Artist from the Windy City Returns Home!


A Prominent Blues-singing Quasimodo Arrives in Town

29.05.2008 15:18    whatson-kiev.com
Garou in concert, Palace Ukraine (103 Chervonoarmiyska), 3 June at 19.00Discovered singing American blues tunes in small Montreal bars, he was drafted to play the role of Quasimodo in the musical 'Notre Dame de Paris', making him a star. After
A Prominent Blues-singing Quasimodo Arrives in Town

Winter, Spring, Autumn or Summer: It's Always Vivaldi!

29.05.2008 15:18    whatson-kiev.com
Kyiv Chamber Ensemble in concert, House of Organ and Chamber Music (77 Chervonoarmiyska), 3 June at 19.00Vivaldi was a pioneer in composing concertos for violin and orchestra and his 'Four Seasons' remains one of the most recognisable compositions ever written,
Winter, Spring, Autumn or Summer: It's Always Vivaldi!

From THE EDITOR (№20)

29.05.2008 15:18    whatson-kiev.com
Kyiv has a new mayor. k.Oh, hold on a minute. It doesn't. It has the old one back. You know, I hate talking about politics every week, and usually try to avoid it, but recently it's just been too good
From THE EDITOR (№20)

International Festival of Super-Conductors in Ukraine

29.05.2008 15:18    whatson-kiev.com
International Kyiv Festival of Conductors, House of Organ and Chamber Music (77 Chervonoarmiyska), 13 June at 19.30 and 14 June at 17.00 This is an exquisite classical music event for those Kyiv residents with sophisticated music tastes (which means all

The Holodomor Remembered in Music

29.05.2008 15:18    whatson-kiev.com
Concert devoted to the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor, House of Organ and Chamber Music (77 Chervonoarmiyska ), 19 June at 19.00 During the black years 1932 1933, 17 Ukrainians died each minute, or almost 600 every hour. The Stalin

The Open-Air Music Festival Season Begins in Earnest

29.05.2008 15:18    whatson-kiev.com
10th Chaika open air youth festival, Chaika aerodrome (Petropavlivska Borshchahivka village), 7-8 June starting at 13.00 Chaika is the high profile youth open air festival that takes place every year at a big aerodrome near Kyiv. This year the party

Legendary Jazzman in Kyiv

29.05.2008 15:18    whatson-kiev.com
International Jazz Subscription, Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music (13 Horodetskoho), 6 June at 19.30 The legendary trombonist Curtis Fuller brings his quintet to Kyiv. Fuller's been at it for almost half a century, having played with Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie,

Top Russian Acting Talent and the Sovremennik Theatre

29.05.2008 15:18    whatson-kiev.com
Persian Lilac", October Palace (1 Instytutska), 4 June at 19.00The Soviet UNI0N was rich in talented actors but few of them turned out to be icons all over the huge country. Liya Akhidghakova and Mikhail Ghigalov did. Now, along with
Top Russian Acting Talent and the Sovremennik Theatre

Kosmos Back in the Saddle

29.05.2008 15:18    whatson-kiev.com
Leonid Chernovetsky has won another turn in Kyiv's mayoralty with a resounding victory in Sunday's election. The eccentric banker turned born again Christian turned politician won a full third of the vote, with Yulia Tymoshenko's main man Oleksandr Turchinov coming
Kosmos Back in the Saddle

Young Talented Germans Exhibit Their Photographs

29.05.2008 15:18    whatson-kiev.com
Good Prospects', photo exhibition by young German artists, Centre for Contemporary Art (2 Skovorody), from 20 June'Good Prospects: Young German Photography' is an annual student photo contest that's been organised since 2004, gathering student pictures from all over Germany. This
Young Talented Germans Exhibit Their Photographs

The Smoking Dilemma In Ukraine

29.05.2008 15:17    whatson-kiev.com
With cigarettes costing somewhere around 5hrv, added to the fact that you can smoke virtually anywhere, trying to cut out the deadly habit isn't easy in Ukraine. With the country suffering from serious demographic problems, which are likely only to

L'Accente Luxury Mediterranean Near Parus

29.05.2008 15:17    whatson-kiev.com
For a while there it looked like there had been a slowdown in the number of luxury restaurants opening here in Kyiv. Then L'Accente opened at 5 Lesi Ukrainky Blvd., right near the Parus office building, proving that the capital

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

29.05.2008 15:17    whatson-kiev.com
Action-Adventure, USA 2008 Directed by Steven Spielberg Starring Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, John Hurt Steven Spielberg returns to the Indiana Jones franchise to direct this movie, from a story co-written by executive producer George Lucas. Set in 1957,

What's On: Read All Over the World (№20)

29.05.2008 15:17    whatson-kiev.com
As our tip has been saying for the last few weeks, getting a good global landmark into the shot is what the competition is all about, and the last few entries have done just that. We've got another belter this

Yushchenko's Kids Accused

29.05.2008 15:17    whatson-kiev.com
Watching President Yushchenko's political meltdown over the last few years hasn't been pretty, but now it's entering a phase of sordidness, as his own children with his American born wife Katerina are getting involved. Some might say that it's his

Ukrainian Jokes in English

29.05.2008 15:17    whatson-kiev.com
Does humour translate? You decide. This week's joke in translation was sent to us by Lesya Lavrinenko. Black Humour - You'll not believe it. I've invented the first fully automatic razor. You put your head in and in a second

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