Culture news

Date: July 4-12, 2010
Location: International Children’s center “Artek”
The children’s international film festival “Artek” is going to take place in the international children’s center “Artek” from the 4th till the 12th of July.

Date: 10, July 2010
Location: Gallery-Café “Thing” (Lvov, 8, Kotlyarevskogo str.)
The birthday of Lee Morgan, the star of American Jazz of 1950-1960th will be celebrated in Gallery-Café “Thing” on July 10.

The exhibition of woks of Kharkov model creators, dedicated the World War Two and Kharkov`s liberation has opened in the Historical Museum. It’s going to function till the end of summer.

Crimean speleologists have opened a new excursion route – Emine-Bair-Coba or so-called “Three-eyed” Cave. Ordinary tourists can go down 70 meters; further 150 meters can be covered only by extremals since it’s possible to move forward only assisted by special equipment.

The capital authorities invite pupils, students of lyceums, gymnasiums, training schools to visit Kiev museums during summer vacation. Deputy Chairman of Kiev City Administration Vitaliy Zhuravskiy reminded that pupils and students were entitled to visit museums belonging to municipal property once a week. “The Kiyany” was informed about it by Press Service of the City Administration.

It will not be possible for Ukrainian citizens to get to Israel without a visa until autumn, since certain domestic procedures have to be fulfilled. Bilateral agreement between Foreign Affairs Ministries of both countries is going to be signed in the nearest future.

Ukrainian historians are confident that St. Sofia Cathedral of Kyiv was founded by prince Volodymyr the Baptist, who christened Rus in 1011, and built completely in by his son Yaaroslav the Wise in 1018.

It has been counted by the Cultural Heritage Protection Administration that 11 architectural objects might be destroyed without being reconstructed in the nearest future.

Two drama schools from Chernigov became the winners of the 8th international festival of marvelous theatres that took place in Polish city of Tchev, the head of the city public organization of disabled people “Chance” Svetlana Fedorova informed.

Date: June 25 -30
Location: Solomiya Krushelnitskaya`s Musical- Memorial Museum (Lvov, Krushelnitskaya st., 23)
The opening of the exhibition “Old Tango rhythms” took place in Musical-Memorial Museum of Solomiya Krushelnitskaya in Lvov on July 25.
 

Two beaches in Yalta and two beaches in Yevpatoria for the first time on the CIS territory have received the Blue Flag international certificates for the cleanliness of beaches and marinas.

Date: 11-13.06.2010
Place: streets and squares of Lviv
The main element of the festival is an ethno-theatrical programme that makes this feast different from other beer festivals organized ever before. The celebration is based on folk music, dances and games combined with sampling various beer brands.

Date: 14.05-06.06.2010
Place: Lviv Philarmony
Every year, the Virtuosos Lviv International Festival, which can already boast almost a thirty-year-long history, gathers a record-breaking number of world-level music stars. Every concert is a truly significant event.

Date: from the 29th of May to the 1st of June
Place: Ukraine House, Kiev city
This festival is a charity action dedicated to the Day of Protection of the children.

Date: the 20th of May
Place: Ukraina Palace (103 Krasnoarmeyskaya street)
The star of musicals “Notre-Dame de Paris” and “Dracula,” Canadian singer Bruno Pelletier is coming to give a solo concert in Kyiv.

Dedicated to the Victory day, the Floral clocks started working on the slope of Institutskaya street. The clocks are designed as Victory Order. The designers, who made the clocks, have used about 45 thousand flowers. 

The Fifth International Poetry Festival named the Kyiv Laurels will be held on May 13-16 in Kyiv.

Date: 10-22 of May
Place: cities and towns of Ukraine: Kiev, Kharkov, Brovary, Dnepropetrovsk, Chernovtsy
"Belorussian spring" festival presents contemporary culture of a neighbor of Ukraine, including flash-mob, performances, photo exhibitions, and animation shows. The salt of the festival is Belorussian bookshelf opening in a network of book shops.

100 best works of Ukrainian painters of the 20th century will be exhibited in different countries. This art-traveling is organized by the modern of fine art of Ukraine.

Beginning from the 1st of May, Kiev Zoo started working according to a summer schedule. Now visiters may walk around the Zoo, see different animals and birds from 9am to 7pm during working days and from 9am to 8pm during weekends and holidays.

A total of 74.9% of Ukrainian citizens consider Victory Day an important holiday, according to a new survey carried out by the Sociological Service of Razumkov Center on April 14-21, 2010.

The Canadian Corporation IMAX and the Ukrainian Triumf Media Grouр announced about their plans to construct three new movie theaters in Kyiv, Odesa and Lviv, according to the Kommersant Ukraine.

There will be a personal Taras Danilych's exhibition in Kiev, where he shows his pictures with folk subject.