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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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