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Jennifer Clement Speaks About The PEN International Congress Held In Lviv

Jennifer Clement is President of PEN International and the first woman to be elected to the office. She is an American-Mexican writer and the...

“Babyn Yar: History And Memory”: A Book About More Than The Past

The book “Babyn Yar: History and Memory” appeared just before the 75th anniversary of the tragedy that took place in Babyn Yar during the...

46th Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist Officially Opened

The official opening ceremony of the 46th Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist took place at the Ivan Franko Theater this past Saturday, attended by...

A Conversation With Artist Alexander Florensky: Creator Of The “Odessa Alphabet”

At the end of 2016, there were multiple mentions in the Ukrainian media that an artist originally from St. Petersburg and living in Georgia,...

How Can We Return the Richters to Ukraine?

The year 2015 marked the 100th anniversary of Sviatoslav Richter’s birth. Richter’s native city did not let the moment pass by. All over Odessa,...

Remembering The Bloodiest Days of Ukraine’s Revolution

Four years ago today, Ukrainian special forces fired on protesters gathered on Kyiv’s Maidan nezalezhnosti (Independence Square), wounding, maiming, and killing demonstrators against President...

On Vlad Troitsky: Ukraine’s Great Cultural Impresario

A profile of the an artist, director, promoter, set designer who who is arguably the most interesting man now working in Ukrainian theater as...

The 5th Odessa Biennale of Contemporary Art

The 5th Odessa Biennale of Contemporary Art will take place in Odessa between  August 26 - September 30, 2017 giving Odessans and city visitors...

Humor in Odessa: Traditions and Modern Times

Throughout the former Soviet Union, Odessa is considered the capital of humor. It’s unclear exactly how this came to be, but most people who...

Furturist Ukrainian Architecture of the Soviet Era

The Hotel “Salute” — is the most original example of Soviet futuristic architecture to be found in Kyiv. It was built in 1982-84 and designed...