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Film, Music, And Freedom – The Work Of Alla Zagaykevych
The composer Alla Zagaykevych is a real character. Her work in film is not the main arena in which Ukrainian composer Alla Zagaykevych flexes her creative muscle. She is more known for her orchestral...
KVN and Odessa: Between Humor and Politics
KVN (Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful) is both a game and a TV show, created for Soviet TV in the middle of the last century. KVN is a combination of student's comic theater,...
The “Wolf Man” of Odessa: Sigmund Freud’s Famous Patient
The brief dream of a young Odessa boy left a lasting mark on the entire field of psychology – and may have given us a glimpse into the inner workings of the human soul.
If...
Daria Shapovalova: Technology Will Save Fashion
Daria Shapovalova is set on expanding the boundaries of the Ukrainian fashion scene. First, she put Ukraine on the fashion world’s map as a journalist by discovering Ukrainian designers for world-famous retailers and press....
Odessans bring summer as close as possible
Odessa is a summer city, so it comes as no surprise that Odessites tend to struggle through the winter months. Winter 2015-16 was particularly severe, with extreme snow conditions and an absence of snow-clearing...
Interview with French Philosopher Michel Onfray
Michel Onfray is widely acknowledged to be one of France’s most prominent thinkers. A self described ‘Anarchist Hedonist’ he is an original and important philosopher who has worked within multiple domains of Continental and...
Memories Of Yevgeny Yevtushenko
A Russian-American student with family roots in Ukraine, who studied with the great poet at the City University of New York recalls his magnetic personality.
The first person to have ever stood in front of...
Jamala: The Voice Of Ukraine
Raised on jazz, soul and the traditional songs of her Crimean Tatar people. She experienced the temptations of easy fame and betrayal. She lost her family home to annexation and conflict. Persevering, she won...
My Odessa: Evgeniy Weissberg
When I look at someone’s face, I can’t highlight the nose, eyes or lips separately. I like or dislike it all together. That’s also the way I feel about Odessa.
As an architect, I know...
Coda Story
‘Stay on the Story’ is an apt motto for Coda, a new journalism startup based in Tbilisi and New York City that hopes to reshape the way the media reports the news. Coda, which...
