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The Modern Music Scene In Odessa
The Odessa Rock music scene is as healthy and diverse as it has ever been, but the problems facing it are formidable as well.
Despite...
The 46th Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival: A Recap
This year’s Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival has presented a lavish program once again: about 250 movies from 80 countries. Most of them have...
Lobanovskiy Forever: New Documentary About Legendary Soccer Player And Coach
"Lobanovskiy Forever" is a documentary about the legendary FC Dynamo Kyiv coach Valeriy Lobanovskiy, who was the first in the history of Soviet sport...
“Thank you, Yura, the jazz is ours!”: Odessa Jazz Fest 2016 recap
The international jazz festival in Odessa is a well-established tradition which is eagerly expected every year by all Odessites and jazz lovers. On September...
TeatRoK! A New Independent Theater Opens In Odessa November 18
Odessa is getting a new independent theater — TeatRoK! is opening its doors November 18th 2016. This is an ambitious project of infamous Ukrainian...
Making Modernism: French-Ukrainian Artist Sonia Delaunay Returns To Odessa. Or Does She?
Sonia Delaunay (November 14, 1885 – December 5, 1979) was a French painter and textile designer born in Ukraine, who spent most of her...
In Memory Of Orest Subtelny (1941-2016) — His Legacy For The New Generation Of...
Orest Subtelny, who passed away at the end of July, was perhaps his generations most prominent historian of Ukraine. His work reinvigorated the discipline...
#IAmNotAfraidToSpeak (#янебоюсясказати): The Campaign Against Sexual Abuse In Ukraine
Over the last several months, the Ukrainian taboo against speaking out against sexual violence has been broken. An American writer attends a landmark Kyiv...
(De)-Occupying A Street In The Heart Of Odessa
In the middle of September, Odessites were able to witness a unique experiment. “Occupy Zhukova,” an initiative organized by urbanists in the center of...
Deborah: From the Book of Uman Recollections by Mykola Bazhan
This poem appears in English for the first time, translated by Myroslav Shkandrij from the Ukrainian original. Mykola Bazhan, “Debora: Z knyhy umanskykh spohadiv,” Vitchyzna...
