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Architect Lev Weingort, Savior Of Poltava
Many Ukrainian cities are experiencing a construction boom today. New highrise buildings, residential complexes and entire microdistricts are changing their habitual appearance. And quite...
#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...
OIFF Update: “The Lure” (2015)
Polish films have been pretty popular in the history of the Odessa International Film Festival. At the first festival, the film “Lullaby” won best...
“Chervonyi” And History
“Chervonyi” tells the story of the former Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) commander Danylo Chervonyi leadership of a mutiny in a Soviet Gulag.
The film by...
The 89th Academy Awards Winners
It's been just about 24 hours since the 89th Academy Awards wrapped up its red carpets. Often, the winners are quite a surprise for numerous...
Meir Dizengoff: The Odessan Who Built Tel Aviv
The legendary first mayor of Tel Aviv got his start in business in Odessa and France before becoming a major figure in the Zionist...
How They Laugh In Odessa
My first attempt at being published took place in my mid-twenties. With some trepidation, I brought a lyrical sketch to the editorial offices of...
An American Innocent Abroad Meets A New York Dandy In Odessa
Along with its hard-nosed skepticism, Odessa is renowned for an acerbic sense of humor, expressed most characteristically in iconic set-piece anecdotes. While most of...
OIFF Day One Update: Feast of Flattery and a Runaway from Loneliness
The “Rodina” Cinema theater and the Theater of Operetta both have been packed during movie presentations for the first day of OIFF. On this very...
I Am A Jew!
Viktor Yerofeyev is one of the best known Russian writers working today, the author of modern classics such as “Life with an Idiot” (which...
