Culture
Home Culture
Odessa Reads Odessa: A Celebration Of The City’s Literary Heritage
On July 12th and 13th, a celebration of Odessa’s rich literary history will revive the public reading tradition and give a long-overdue tribute to...
A Guide to the 8th Annual Odessa International Film Festival
The eighth Odessa International Film Festival is finally upon us and is set to run between July 14- 22. After eight days that shall...
A Conversation With Alexei Botvinov, Music Director And Pianist
Alexei Botvinov is widely considered to be one of Ukraine's premiere pianists, and one of the greatest performers of the works of Sergei Rachmaninoff...
Choreography Defying Gravity: Radu Poklitaru’s Modern Ballet
If there is a figure representing modern dance in Ukraine at its best, it has to be Radu Poklitaru. Born in Moldova, the eminent...
An Interview With Jerome Vacher, The Outgoing IMF Representative In Ukraine
The French IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine, Jerome Vacher, was appointed to his position in the spring of 2013, and is now leaving his...
Photographer in Focus: David Grigoryan
David Grigoryan was born in Tbilisi, Georgia and moved to Odessa at the age of six. His family left Georgia because of the war....
The Architectural And Cultural Treasures Of Odessan Dachas
When Spring truly arrives in Odessa, sometime in April or May, many Odessites suddenly recall that they have a “dacha.” A “dacha” is a...
SINOPTIK: Music Against War
The band SINOPTIK first formed in Donetsk in 2011. Almost three years ago, they were forced to leave their home city by the war...
#SOSFuture
Natalia Zabolotna, the General Director of the Kyiv Mystetskiy Arsenal, an art world reformist, heads up a new social media campaign to bring Ukrainian...
What Is Street Art And Why Odessa Needs It
Street art comes to Odessa as a new generation of young urban reformers think about integrating luscious murals and street honed non conformist artisanship...
