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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...
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,...
Odessa Designer Julie Paskal
Founded by the vivacious 26-year-old designer Julie Paskal, the eponymous brand has become one of the brightest names in the Ukrainian fashion world. Paskal's brand has also gone way beyond the local market, and...
My Odessa: Nikolay Karabinovych
The Fine Arts Museum is a very important place for me, as it must be for any artist. If I have a free hour then I’ll go to Sofievskaya Street. It is an old...
Is Ze’ev Volkov The Antidote To Modern Tourism?
The expert guide to Jewish Ukraine says it's not the sites that are important, but how we reflect on them.
If you want to learn about the Jewish history of Ukraine, there are few better...
Andrea Chalupa Answers Four Questions About Orwell
1.Let us begin with Orwell. There is a resurgence now of interest in the work of Orwell with all of the issues surrounding fake news, propaganda, and social media eating our elections. Why do...
The Simplicity Man
Twenty years ago, Sergey Makhno was a graffiti artist. Now, he’s one of Ukraine’s top architects, a man working to move the country beyond Sovietesque design to something simple, functional and beautiful.
It’s 2017, and Kyiv is experiencing...
My Odessa: Nika Lozovskaya
The Paris educated founder of Odessa's chic new restaurant Dizyngoff speaks about her childhood home on the corner of Pushkinska street.
My favorite place in Odessa is at the intersection of Pushkinskaya and Lanzheronovskaya streets....
My Odessa: Anastasia Sleptsova
Anastasia Sleptsova is one of the leading personalities in the Odessa and Ukrainian tech worlds, and is involved with numerous technology forums and organizations.
I have several favorite places in Odessa and all of them...
Aleksey Gogokhia: Alternative Music Man Extraordinaire
Longtime promoter, radio personality, curator, program director of Odessa's most original radio station — FM1 Radio and Art director of the M1 Club-Hotel. An intimate interview with Odessa's many faceted musical Renaissance man.
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