What's On Kyiv Issue 34 2011

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What’s Up

Can the Left Hand Please Introduce Itself to the Right Hand?

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ooty and Sweep (google it if you’re not British), Laurel and Hardy, Abbot and Costello, Cheech and Chong, French and Saunders, and Morecambe and Wise are all well known comedy acts who often relied heavily on miscommunication between them to make us laugh. And so we should laugh heartily at the actions this weekend of the World of Comedy’s latest laugh-a-minute double act – Yanukovych and Azarov.

Let’s start down in Yalta where Azarov was attending the 8th Yalta European Strategy Forum along with a number of EU representatives including the Polish foreign minister and former British PM, Tony Blair.

During this forum, where Azarov had the chance to present his views on all manner of subjects clearly and succinctly, he instead decided to comment on the Tymoshenko trial stating: “Connecting serious global questions about free trade agreements and the (EU) association to a specific legal process is not only wrong, it’s immoral.”

That in itself is the best one-liner we’ve heard in a long time. It’s just so Soviet! If you’re being accused of doing something wrong, immediately and wholeheartedly accuse your accusers of the exact same thing. The EU says he’s wrong for bringing criminal charges against her, and he immediately turns round and says, no-no-no, you’re wrong (after which you half expect him to stick his tongue out before turning and trouncing off down the street like a petulant school boy). It highlights just how much this ageing politician is still rooted in the old mentality. How on earth he thinks he can run a modern capitalist democracy we’ve no idea.

So side-splittingly funny was this line from him we thought he’d do very well as a solo stand up act. But then the other half of this comedy duo piped up, and it was clear, as with all double acts, the sum is greater than the individual parts.

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While Azarov was in Yalta throwing insults at the people he’s hoping to woo, our big beloved Yanukovych was in the very same place saying something completely different. In fact, he was back peddling so furiously it looked as though the chain on his bike was about to break under the strain.

He started by calling the trial “very painful” while sporting a furrowed brow and an expression of sincere empathy. Everyone waited with bated breath. On whom could he possibly place the blame for this fiasco that he allegedly started? Was he going to hang one of his underlings out to dry? Was he going to thrust a scapegoat into the arena that everyone could stab at? Well, yes and no. The scapegoat he set forth before the world was not of human form, nor animal for that matter (the dog hadn’t eaten his homework apparently). The criminal in this oh-so-criminal of cases was, according to our lord and master, the criminal justice system itself! Ta da!

He explained that the criminal code dates back to 1962 when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. “That,” he said, “is undoubtedly nonsense.” He went on to say that the criminal code would be modified this year, and the implication clearly is that such an overhaul would decriminalise the charges under which Tymoshenko is being charged. Genius!

We were all wondering how he was going to dig himself out of the whole he’d put himself in, and that, apparently, is how he’s going to do it. It’s a wonderful thing when a country’s criminal code becomes the criminal.

And throughout his speech, he apparently knew nothing of the one Azarov was giving blaming the EU for everything.

So there we have it. Watch out for the world’s hottest comedy double act, Vik and Mick, appearing at a theatre near you,

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This Week Theatre & Classical Music

23-29 September 2011

WHILE MOTHER’S OUT Comedy in 1 act Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre 278-7392 THE LIBERTINE Philosophical comedy Time: 19.00 Pechersk Theatre 253-6550

26 Monday AN EVENING OF ORGAN MUSIC Featuring Hrebenyuk (soprano), Nazarenko (soprano), Svyrydenko (harpsichord), Sydorenko (orga) Works by Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Mozart Time: 19.30 National House of Organ and Chamber Music 528-3186 KYIV MUSIC FEST INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL Time: 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine 278-1697

ClassiContemporary New Era Orchestra in concert, Master Klass Cultural Centre (Lavrska 16)

24 September at 19.00 The New Era Orchestra is an academic professional group of musicians who have found success without financial support from the government. The reason? Their innovative spirit and affinity for all music. Performing from a wide repertoire that ranges from Bach to jazz, their concerts are always well-attended. This evening will be no exception as Ukraine’s very own modern composer Zoltan Almashi will be taking the lead. A new season of classical music is at your fingertips, and this evening promises to be full of surprises; regardless of the fact that ‘classical’ and ‘surprises’ don’t often go together.

Tickets are 50hrv. For more information call 594-1062

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AN EVENING OF ORGAN MUSIC Featuring Kyiv Chamber Ensemble Works by Reger, Skoryk, Silvestrov Time: 19.30 National House of Organ and Chamber Music 528-3186

AN EVENING OF CLASSICAL MUSIC Featuring Lysenko Quartet, Lipinska (mezzo-soprano), Bazhenova (piano), Koshuba (organ) Time: 19.30 Works by Haydn, Mozart, Bellini National House of Organ and Chamber Music 528-3186

Friday

GOLDBERG VARIATIONS

BY BACH Featuring Borysov (violin), Butriy (viola), Kucher (cello) Time: 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine 278-1697

Saturday

KYIV MUSIC FEST INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL Time: 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine 278-1697

LA TRAVIATA Opera in Italian in 4 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine 279-1169

SCHEHERAZADE & BOLERO 2 ballets in 1 act each Time: 19.00 National Opera of Ukraine 279-1169

GUESTS COME AT MIDNIGHT Play in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro 517-1955

ROMEO & JULIET Play in 2 acts Time: 19.00 I Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre 279-5921

BALL AT THE SAVOY Operetta in 3 acts Time: 19.00 Kyiv Operetta 287-6257

ON THE END OF PARNASSUS An evening of poetry Time: 19.00 Suzirya Theatre 212-4188

THE ANGELS ARE BACK Featuring Kolyada (piano) Time: 19.00 House of Actors 253-8247/2081

DON JUAN. A PANTOMIME FOR WISEASSES Ironic mystic drama Time: 19.00 Pechersk Theatre 253-6550

8 STEPS OF TANGO Play in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Pechersk Theatre 253-6550

LOLITA Drama in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro 517-1955

PERFECT CHARLIE Ironic melodrama for adults Time: 19.00 Suzirya Theatre 212-4188

27 Tuesday VASYA SHOULD PHONE Russian drama Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro 517-1955

ASSO & PIAF A history of love Time: 19.00 Suzirya Theatre 212-4188 THE MERRY WIDOW Operetta in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Kyiv Operetta 287-6257 NOTES OF A CRAZY MAN Featuring Mykhaylo Fits Time: 19.00 House of Actors 253-8247/2081 KAUDASHI Tragic comedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre 278-7392

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Wednesday AN EVENING OF CLASSICAL MUSIC Featuring Chikirov (lyrical baritone), Roy (flute), Kalynovska (organ) Works by Bach, Handel Time: 19.30 National House of Organ and Chamber Music 528-3186 NORMA Opera in Italian in 2 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine 279-1169 SUCH JEWISH HAPPINESS Musical in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Kyiv Operetta 287-6257 INCRUSTATION Poetry spectacle Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre 278-7392

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Thursday AN EVENING OF CLASSICAL MUSIC Featuring Lyatoshynsky Classical Music Ensemble, Dmytrenko (organ) Time: 19.30 National House of Organ and Chamber Music 528-3186 KYIV MUSIC FEST INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL Time: 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine 278-1697 THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO Ballet in 2 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine 279-1169 MOMENT OF LOVE Investigative experiment Time: 19.00 Suzirya Theatre 212-4188 THE PINK BRIDGE Play in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro 517-1955 MR. X Operetta in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Kyiv Operetta 287-6257 TORCHALOV Life after death in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre 278-7392 THE SEAGULL Modern romance in 2 acts Time: 19.00 House of Actors 253-8247/2081

QUARTET FOR TWO Comedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre 278-7392 AN EVENING OF CLASSICAL AND POPULAR MUSIC Featuring Zavadsky (accordion) Time: 19.00 House of Actors 253-8247/2081

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Sunday KYIV MUSIC FEST INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL Time: 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine 278-1697 THE NUTCRACKER Ballet in 2 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine 279-1169 ON THE END OF PARNASSUS An evening of poetry Time: 19.00 Suzirya Theatre 212-4188 DON JUAN. A PANTOMIME FOR WISEASSES Ironic mystic drama Time: 19.00 Pechersk Theatre 253-6550 26 ROOMS Play in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro 517-1955

Staging Modern Literature The Anthem of Democratic Youth (play in 2 acts), I Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre (Ivana Franka 3)

23 September at 19.00 The Franko National Theatre is experimenting with a novel by one of Ukraine’s most popular modern writers, Serhiy Zhadan. His book of the same name features six stories of the real Ukraine and its modern-day heroes. Only their gallantry lies not in winning the heart of a princess or fighting for the motherland, but in surviving the crazy, absurd and unpredictable world of Ukraine. Not to end on a sour note, the play itself does include a little lyricism, as love, hope and friendship all ring true.

Tickets are 15 – 170hrv. For more information call 279-5921. : What's On Recommended

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Live Music

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Friday QARPA BAND (POP-ROCK) Time: 20.00 Admission: 150-400hrv Crystal Hall (Dniprovskiy Spusk 1) Tel: 538-0100 ELECTRIC DIORAMA (ITALY), ANGIE NEARS (ROCK, COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: 50hrv Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) 279-4137 KUKU-CHANEL, CHILL OUT (COVER BANDS) Time: 21.00 Admission: 50hrv Bochka Khmilna (B Khmelnytskoho 3b) 390-6106 ZAKHAR MAI (POP-ROCK) Time: 21.00 Admission: 50hrv Bochka Pyvna (Moskovskiy Pr 17/1) 461-8788 LUCKY BAND (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: call and check Bochka Pyvna (Khreshchatyk 19a) 459-0551 ANTYTILA, PARTYZANSKI VYTIVKY (POP-ROCK, COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: 70hrv Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) 278-1717 RED ELVIS’S (COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: 70hrv Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) 451-8528

23-29 September 2011

Dream Book

JAZZ COMFORT (JAZZ) Time: 20.30 Admission: free Jazz Do It (Chervonoarmiyska 76a) 289-5606

Sonya Sotnik (pop-rock), Bingo Club (Pr Peremohy 112)

23 September at 20.00 Famous Ukrainian Radio Host and top rocker Sonya Sotnik is inviting all of Kyiv out to her first ever solo concert called Dream Book Number 1. Accompanied by friends Serhiy Kuzin, Papa Sony Theatre and others, Sonya is on the verge of stardom, or at the very least a great gig in the city’s famous Bingo club. It’s not often you get to see a true premiere in the capital – take it in!

Tickets are 100hrv. For more information call 424-2555.

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Saturday MJ PROJECT (COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) 279-4137 PLB (COVER BAND) Time: 20.00 Admission: call and check Bochka Khmilna (B Khmelnytskoho 3b) 390-6106

BASS PLAYER DAY (COVER BANDS) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Route 66 (Zhulyanska 87/30) 239-3865

WE 100 (ROMANTIC ROCK) Time: 21.00 Admission: 40hrv Bochka Pyvna (Moskovskiy Pr 17/1) 461-8788 FOXTROT MUSIC BAND (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: call and check Bochka Pyvna (Khreshchatyk 19a) 459-0551 RED ELVIS’S, TEX-MEX CO (COVER BANDS) Time: 22.00 Admission: 70hrv Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) 278-1717 MAD HEADS XL, PARTYZANSKI VYTIVKY (ROCKABILLY, COVER BAND) Time: 21.30 Admission: 70hrv Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) 451-8528

RIFFS (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Star Pub (Popudenka 1a) 292-2900

LUCKY BAND (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Star Pub (Popudenka 1a) 292-2900

VASYA CLUB, YUKHYM DYM (COVER BANDS) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Route 66 (Zhulyanska 87/30) 239-3865

FIRE WALL, MOJO JO JO (COVER BANDS) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Route 66 (Zhulyanska 87/30) 239-3865

VALENTYN STRYKALO (POP-ROCK) Time: 20.00 Admission: 100-120hrv Divan (Besarabska 2) 235-7366

PUSHKIN KLEZMER BAND (POP-ROCK) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Divan (Besarabska 2) 235-7366

REBUS (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: call and check Ciro’s Pomodoro (S Rustaveli 12) 221-4545

BEEFEATERS (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: call and check Ciro’s Pomodoro (S Rustaveli 12) 221-4545

27 Tuesday LIVING BLUES (JAZZ) Time: 20.30 Admission: free Jazz Do It (Chervonoarmiyska 76a) 289-5606

HI-WAY (ODESA, COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Route 66 (Zhulyanska 87/30) 239-3865

THE C-MEN, HELLFIRE SOX (PUNK ROCK, COVER BANDS) Time: 19.00 Admission: 30hrv Kyiv Club (V Vasylkivska 19) 287-6605

POETIC EVENING – HIGH FIVE (POETRY) Time: 19.00 Admission: free Divan (Besarabska 2) 235-7366

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Sunday SOYUZ 44 (JAZZ) Time: 22.00 Admission: free Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) 279-4137 SPAM, INFA (PUNK) Time: 20.00 Admission: 30hrv Bochka Pyvna (Moskovskiy Pr 17/1) 461-8788 FOXTROT MUSIC BAND (COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: free Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) 278-1717

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Monday STING TRIBUTE (JAZZ) Time: 22.00 Admission: free Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) 279-4137 GERA AND SECOND BREATH (COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: free Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) 278-1717 TEX-MEX CO (COVER BAND) Time: 21.30 Admission: call and check Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) 451-8528

BROWN SUGAR (COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: 30hrv Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) 279-4137 TRES DESEOS (COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: 20hrv Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) 278-1717 MORE KHUANA (COVER BAND) Time: 21.30 Admission: free Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) 451-8528 IHOR BOHDANOV AND THE BELLS (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Route 66 (Zhulyanska 87/30) 239-3865 RU MORES (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: call and check Ciro’s Pomodoro (S Rustaveli 12) 221-4545

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Wednesday FIGHT MUSIC ROCK PARTY (INDIE ROCK) Time: 22.00 Admission: 30hrv Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) 279-4137 ROCKING WOLVES (COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: 30hrv Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) 278-1717 THE MAGMA (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) 451-8528 COOLMANUL (POP-ROCK) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Route 66 (Zhulyanska 87/30) 239-3865 MORE KHUANA (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: call and check Ciro’s Pomodoro (S Rustaveli 12) 221-4545 OLENA NIKOLSKA (JAZZ) Time: 20.30 Admission: free Jazz Do It (Chervonoarmiyska 76a) 289-5606

GOOD, BAD, EVIL (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: 30hrv Bochka Khmilna (B Khmelnytskoho 3b) 390-6106 CARTE BLANCHE (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: call and check Bochka Pyvna (Moskovskiy Pr 17/1) 461-8788 RED ROCKS (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: call and check Bochka Pyvna (Khreshchatyk 19a) 459-0551 CHILL OUT (COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) 278-1717 STRONG TIME, MR OCH AND HIS ROOT BOYS (COVER BANDS) Time: 21.30 Admission: call and check Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) 451-8528 LUCKY BAND (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Star Pub (Popudenka 1a) 292-2900

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TEX-MEX CO (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Route 66 (Zhulyanska 87/30) 239-3865

DENYS BLOSHCHYNSKIY (COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: 20hrv Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) 279-4137

MARMALADE (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: call and check Ciro’s Pomodoro (S Rustaveli 12) 221-4545

KREMATORIY, EASTERN EXPRESS (ROCK, COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: 50hrv Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) 451-8528

Oops…She Did it Again Britney Spears (US, pop), Palace Sport (Sportyvna Pl 1)

27 September at 19.00 Britney Spears was an absolute icon for youth in 2000 when her debut album ...Baby One More Time hit music store shelves; and let’s be honest the shelves over in Petrivka couldn’t keep up either. While she had taken a break from music due to, shall we say, erratic behaviour, she’s now up to her seventh studio album (if you can believe it) called Femme Fatale. Ranked number six on Forbes Most Powerful and Influential celebrities in the world in 2010, you might want to get your butts in the seats for this one: drama seems to follow Britney wherever she goes and this concert will be no exception.

Tickets are 590 – 9990hrv. For more information call 246-7406. : What's On Recommended

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This Week Art

23-29 September 2011

THE WONDER OF BIRTH Exhibition of photographic works by Daria Pavlova and Anna Hordiychuk Kayros Gallery Art-hall (Instytutska 22/7) Until 4 October 067-406-3773

FIREWOOD Exhibition of works by Olena Blank Ya Gallery (Voloska 55/57) Until 3 October 537-3351

A HNYLYTSKY RETROSPECTIVE Exhibition of works by Oleksandr Hnylytsky National Art Museum (Hrushevskoho 6) Until 29 September 278-7454 THE MAGIC OF A SUMMER GARDEN Exhibition of paintings by Tetyana Naumovych-Seznyuk Wunjo-Art Gallery (Heroiv Stalingrada 10a) Until 30 September 228-6020

Figures and Abstraction

ILLUSTRATIONS FOR CHILDREN Exhibition of works by Kost Lavro Master Klass Cultural Centre (Lavrska 16) Until 5 October 594-1062

An exhibition of paintings and drawings

by Mykhaylo Turovsky (US), Tryptykh-Art Gallery (Desyatynna 13)

From 22 September DIALOGUE OF CULTURES Exhibition of paintings by Ivan Peske Kyiv Museum of Russian Art (Tereshchenkivska 9) Until 28 September 287-7324

POP-ART AND ITS KINGS Exhibition of works by William John Kennedy Mironova Gallery (Olgynska 6) Until 29 September 067-723-6709

In search of creative freedom, celebrated Soviet artist Mykhaylo Turovsky immigrated with his family to the United States in 1979.

Exhibiting in New York, Paris, Geneva, Jerusalem, Madrid and many other countries throughout his career, his works continue to gain acknowledgement even today. Uniting two polar opposites in the art world, figurative art and abstraction, his works are full of energy, passion and colour. Critics claim his to be a new genre born out of a synthesis of different techniques, cultures and art traditions.

For more information call 279-0949.

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Back in Time

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Guests of 15th Century Ancient Kyiv, Kyivska Rus Park (Kopachiv Village, Obukhov district – 34 km from Kyiv)

FOREST SONG Poetic-musical composition Time: 13.00 Kyiv Theatre of Opera & Ballet for Children & Youth 425-3116

24 & 25 September This will be a truly high society gathering of princes, dukes, noble knights, cardinals and charming countesses! But more than that, it is a 15th century knights tournament that will see guests from Poland, Belarus, Russia, Lithuania and all over Ukraine! Horse competitions, foot combat tournaments, day and night battles, archery competitions, fencing, as well as music and dance workshops are at your disposal. Come out and be amazed!!!

Tickets are 100hrv for adults, 50hrv for students and kids under 7 enter for free! For more information call 461-9937 or visit www.parkkyivrus.com

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PUPPET THEATRE Hrushevskoho 1A (metro Maidan Nezalezhnosti) 278-5808

CIRCUS Peremohy 2 (metro Vokzalna) 486-3927 www.circus.com.ua

MUNICIPAL PUPPET THEATRE Mytropolska 1 513-1500

ZOO Peremohy Pr. 32 241-7769 www.zoo.kiev.ua

MARIONETTE THEATRE Sahaidochnoho 29/3 (metro Poshtova Ploshcha) 417-3058 http://marionet.com.ua

DYVOSVIT 4D cinema, children’s labyrinth, attractions Marshala Malinovskoho 24/10 502-0088 www.dyvosvit.ua

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PIPPI-LONGSTOCKING Musical in 2 acts for children7+ Time: 12.00 Lypska Youth Theatre 253-6219

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Saturday KOSHCHEY THE IMMORTAL Opera for children and adults in 2 acts Time: 12.00 Kyiv Theatre of Opera & Ballet for Children & Youth 425-3116 KING GRIZZLE BEARD Musical in 2 acts for children 7+ Time: 12.00 Lypska Youth Theatre 253-6219

BUTTERFLY ULTRAMARINE Cinema, children’s playground, bowling, arcade Uritskoho 1A (metro Vokzalna) 206-0350 www.kino-butterfly.com.ua KOBZOV CIRCUS 239-2181 Prospekt Pobedy 82 www.circus-kobzov.com.ua MYSTICAL-AQUARIUM CENTRE Koshytsa 8A (metro Poznyaky) 502-1796 www.aquariumfish.com.ua

NEMO DOLPHINARIUM Akademika Glushkova 9 520-5550 www.nemokiev.com KYIV PLANETARIUM Chervonoarmiyska 57/3 287-7508 www.planet.org.ua/about.html AQUAPARK TERMINAL Aquapark, shopping and entertainment centre Kyivska 316 in the town of Brovary 200-1450 www.aquapark-terminal.com.ua

THE UGLY DUCKLING Puppet-play for children 4+ Time: 11.00 THE FROG PRINCESS Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 13.00 THE WOLF AND THE GOAT Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 15.00 LITTLE LONGNOSE Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 17.00 Kyiv Puppet Theatre 278-0566

THE SPECKLED HEN AND THE GOLDEN SUN Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 11.00 PETER PAN Puppet-play for children 5+ Time: 13.00 THE GOLDEN CHICKEN Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 15.00 THE THREE LITTLE PIGS Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 17.00 Kyiv Puppet Theatre 278-0566

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Sunday THUMBELINA Ballet in 2 acts Time: 12.00 Kyiv Theatre of Opera & Ballet for Children & Youth 425-3116 YOU ARE SPECIAL Musical fairytale in 1 act for children 3+ Time: 11.00 & 13.00 THE PRINCE & THE PRINCESS Fairytale in 2 acts for children 5+ Time: 12.00 Lypska Youth Theatre 253-6219

YASNOGORODSKYA OSTRICH FARM Podlesnaya 32, Yasnohorodska (30km outside of Kyiv) 782-3240 www.ostrich.com.ua HOPAK IN KYIV Hopak Training Centres 332-7747 or 067-933-3244 Visit http://hopak.kiev.ua/ua/ NABEG HORSEBACK RIDING CENTRE Vishgorodska 85 067-712-3384 http://www.loshadi.kiev.ua/

ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER A boys’ tale in 2 acts for children 7+ Time: 12.00 Lypska Youth Theatre 253-6219

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Thursday A FAIR MESS Burlesque in 2 acts for children 7+ Time: 12.00 Lypska Youth Theatre 253-6219

THE NUTCRACKER Ballet in 2 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine 279-1169

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Wednesday THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO Musical in 2 acts Time: 13.00 Kyiv Theatre of Opera & Ballet for Children & Youth 425-3116

KYIV HORSE RACE TRACK Akademika Glushkova 10 266-2223 STATE MUSEUM OF TOYS Klovskiy 8 253-5400 INTERESNIY KIEV Tours in and around Kyiv in English!

491-1176 or 068-121-4458 Visit www.interesniy.kiev.ua/new/ tour/english

PYROHOVO OPEN AIR MUSEUM Folk architecture and life Marshrutka #3/156 from metro Lybydska 526-5542 MAMAEVA SLOBODA Outdoor Cossack Museum Mykhayla Dontsya 2, Otradniy region 361-9848 www.mamajeva-sloboda.ua

NIVKY PARK Children’s playground, rifle ranges, walking paths, cafes Prospect Pobedy 82 KURENEVSKIY PARK Playgrounds, attractions, cafes Frunze 134 NATIONAL BOTANICAL GARDEN Open year round Timiryazevskaya 1

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Nightlife

23-29 September 2011

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DISCOTHEQUE OF THE 80S – DJ VELSKIY Time: 21.00 Admission: free Azure (Leontovycha 3) 234-7494

Friday MOSCOW HOUSE DELIVERY – DJ DAN KOPERNIK (RUSSIA), ANDREW RAI, DJ BRIGHT, RAINY DAY DRUM SHOW Time: 22.00 Admission: L-70hrv, G-170hrv Arena (Baseina 2a) 093-947-7476 ELECTRONIC ARTS – OUTSTRIP (LIVE), JOSEPH, GOSHVA, MC YUG, SPIELER, VIRT Time: 22.00 Admission: before 23.30 L-25hrv, G-30hrv after L-40hrv, G-50hrv Saxon (Trutenko 4) 257-4070 HOUSE DJS EVENT – DJ IRA CHAMPION, DJ LUTIQUE, DJ ARTEM NEBA, DJ UNDERHILL Time: 22.00 Admission: L-40hrv, G-60hrv Forsage (Harmatna 51a) 232-6780 CRAZY FRIDAYS – DJ JAY, DJ BODYA, MC MASIK, BIOCRAZY GIRLS Time: 22.00 Admission: L-50hrv, G-70hrv Bionica (Borshchahivska 128a) 232-7296 FROM DUSK ‘TIL DAWN – KRYIST, ALEX RICH, ORIGINAL MINIK Time: 20.00 Admission: 30hrv Bistrobar (Artema 20) 288-1888 ENIGMATEKA – LUNATIC PANDORA, LOS DOLMATOS, ISH TIMELESSNESS, ASPID, EGO PROGRESSUS Time: 23.00 Admission: 25hrv Lenin Club (Mykola Hrinchenko 18) 067-327-0457 WHY NOT? – DJ BRUNETTE, DJ LAYTON, MC ANTONOV, PJ SHOW Time: 23.00 Admission: before 23.00 L-free, after L-30hrv, G-60hrv Lake Club (Revutskoho 2) 098-363-6363 JELLO PARTY – DJ RADA NOIZE, DJ FABRIQUE Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check CD Bar (Pryrechnaya 11a) 229-8829 HOT NIGHT – TOPLESS DJ ESKIMO, DJ JOYINT, DJ RUSTY NAIL Time: 22.00 Admission: L-free, G-100hrv Tema Fashion Club (Artema 37-41) 486-8727 CIRCUS Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check D’Lux (Hrushevskoho 3) 200-9009 LATIN AMERICAN LIVE MUSIC Time: 22.00 Admission: L-100hrv, G-150hrv Caribbean Club (Kominternu 4) 288-1290 PARTY IN BED – DIAMOND DJS, AZURE SHOW GIRLS, Time: 20.00 Admission: L-free, G-150hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3) 234-7494 BUILDING UILDING – DJ ROMA RIO, DJ DATSKAYA, MC RAZVESELIY Time: 21.00 Admission: before 23.00 L-free, after L-50hrv, G-90hrv Shooters (Moskovska 22) 254-2024 HITS FROM THE 80S, 90S, 00S Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check Sky Hall (Malinovskoho 24/10) 502-0088

LATINO DISCO Time: 22.00 Admission: L-40hrv, G-60hrv Caribbean Club (Kominternu 4) 288-1290

Aquarius Heaven (Germany, house, minimalist), Sullivan Room (Prorizna 8)

24 September at 23.00 The former ‘dancehall, reggae and hip-hop singer’ has been traipsing around the better parts of Europe in search of a new sound for his new album. Now in Berlin, his new EP Can’t Buy Love continues to build on his house, tech and minimalist style, with colours of the Caribbean still evident in all he does. Born on 7 February 1981, the name Aquarius fits perfectly, as will his grooves beside those of DJ Pasha Aeronautica, DJ Lev Riseman and DJ Grib tonight.

Tickets are 100hrv. For more information call 066-485-5555.

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Saturday FULL HOUSE GROUP BIRTHDAY NIGHT – DJ ROMANTIC, DJ INDIGO, DJ JOINT, DJ SAMOSUD, MARK TONES, MKURGAEV Time: 22.00 Admission: L-70hrv, G-170hrv Arena (Baseina 2a) 093-947-7476 MONOTONIK SESSION: HAPPY BIRTHDAY – 2000 AND ONE (HOLLAND), DJ KON, DJ SUHAR, DJ JOSEPH Time: 22.00 Admission: before 00.00 L-50hrv, G-70hrv, after L-60hrv, G-80hrv Forsage (Harmatna 51a) 232-6780 WEEKEND PARTY – KRYIST, MARSI MORALES Time: 20.00 Admission: L-free, G-30hrv Bistrobar (Artema 20) 288-1888 ROGER SHAH (GERMANY): OPENMINDED? Time: 22.00 Admission: 150hrv Stereo Plaza (Kikvidze 17) 222-8040 DJEDJULA & THE STARS – DJ JAY, DJ BODYA, BIOCRAZY GIRLS Time: 22.00 Admission: L-60hrv, G-80hrv Bionica (Borshchahivska 128a) 232-7296

FUNK YOU! – DJ SMART BOY, DJ BEAT VOICE, DJ BARI, MC ALEX VAN COOL Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check Status Party Bar (Pobedy 3) 496-1590 GRAND OPENING DAY 2 – DJ TRAPEZNIKOV (RUSSIA), DJ EDDY GAROV, DJ VADYM ERSTIN, DJ ROMAN LULSKIY Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check Opium Dance Club (Saksaganskoho 1g) 205-4451 SEXY PYJAMA PARTY – DJ JUMPER, DJ ALEX AMEGA, MC RAZVESELIY Time: 22.00 Admission: before 23.00 L-free, after L-50hrv, G-90hrv Shooters (Moskovska 22) 254-2024

SALSATEQUA Time: 21.00 Admission: before 23.00-free, after L-20hrv, G-50hrv Caribbean Club (Kominternu 4) 288-1290 LIGHT DISCO – DJ MAROCCO Time: 20.00 Admission: free D’Lux (Hrushevskoho 3) 200-9009

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RADIO AZURE PARTY – DIAMOND DJS, AZURE GO-GO DANCE GIRLS Time: 21.00 Admission: call and check Azure (Leontovycha 3) 234-7494

CLAN MARENGO Time: 22.00 Admission: free Shooters (Moskovska 22) 254-2024

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Sunday AUTUMN HIP HOP FESTIVAL – KARANDASH & LENIN, DJ GRIM, DJ GIGA, DJ MEKHANIK, DJ LADY, DJ BLADE Time: 18.00 Admission: call and check Forsage (Harmatna 51a) 232-6780

TERRITORY OF MOTION – MAKSIM TATARINOFF (BELARUS), ZIMBER, DIMA GERMAN, BODYA NICE, NIGHTIQUE Time: 22.00 Admission: 35hrv Prime (Nauki 8) 524-2209

DISCO MARATHON: 80S AND 90S – DJ NIKOLAI NICK, DJ RUSTY NAIL, DJ JOYINT Time: 22.00 Admission: L-free, G-50hrv Tema Fashion Club (Artema 37-41) 486-8727

SKY MUSIC – DJ STAR SKY, DJ RADA NOIZE Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check CD Bar (Pryrechnaya 11a) 229-8829

DISCOMANIA PARTY – DJ VELSKIY Time: 21.00 Admission: free Azure (Leontovycha 3) 234-7494

LATIN AMERICAN LIVE MUSIC Time: 22.00 Admission: L-100hrv, G-150hrv Caribbean Club (Kominternu 4) 288-1290

ANTI TEEN – DJ DASHA, DJ SAMOSUD, DJ ZOITS, DJ JEKKER, MC BLACKY Time: 17.00 Admission: 50hrv Vodka Bar (Globus-2nd line, Maidan Nezalezhnosti) 371-1102

DJ BATTLE – DJ ESTETIXX, DJ VLAD NASTASIN Time: 22.00 Admission: L-free, G-100hrv Tema Fashion Club (Artema 37-41) 486-8727

DRINK? DRINK! DRINK...

Time: 22.00 Ladies only before 00.00 Admission: L-free, G-90hrv Shooters (Moskovska 22) 254-2024

CHEESE PEOPLE (RUSSIA), DJ MOD, DJ CANE Time: 20.00 Admission: 140hrv Sullivan Room (Prorizna 8) 066-485-5555 TECHNOLOGY CRAZY: BANANA PARTY – DJ SUHAR, DJ KIRILL MIXER, DJ SPIELER, DJ SEMENOFF, GO-GO GIRLS Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check Saxon (Trutenko 4) 257-4070

BAD BALANCE Time: 20.00 Admission: 250-350hrv Crystal Hall (Dniprovskiy Spusk 1) 288-5069

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LADIES NIGHT! Time: 22.00 Admission: L-free, G-50hrv Sorry Babushka (Dmytrivskaya 18/24) 486-0300

LADIES NIGHT – DJ MAROCCO Time: 22.00 Admission: free D’Lux (Hrushevskoho 3) 200-9009

DJEJULA & THE GIRLS Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check Vodka Bar (Globus-2nd line, Maidan Nezalezhnosti) 371-1102

Wednesday

Waterman Takes the Stage

IRA CHAMPION Time: 22.00 Admission: D’Lux (Hrushevskoho 3) 200-9009

MEN’S DAY! Time: 22.00 Admission: L-50hrv, G-free Sorry Babushka (Dmytrivskaya 18/24) 486-0300 LATINA FIESTA PARTY – DJ STALKERA, MC ADAMA, GO-GO SHOW Time: 21.00 Admission: free Azure (Leontovycha 3) 234-7494 ISLAND OF THE AMAZONS Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check Caribbean Club (Kominternu 4) 288-1290 LADIES NIGHT – DJ VOVA BLACKS, DJ DIPOLE, DJ DREAM, DJ SERG, MC CLUBNICHKA Time: 22.00 Ladies only before 00.00 Admission: before 00.00 L-free, after L-50hrv, G-90hrv Shooters (Moskovska 22) 254-2024

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LATINO DISCO Time: 22.00 Admission: L-40hrv, G-60hrv Caribbean Club (Kominternu 4) 288-1290 LADIES NIGHT Time: 23.00 Admission: L-free, G-100hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3) 234-7494 UNLIMITED THURSDAYS – DJ BUMER, DJ ZOITS Time: 22.00 Admission: L-50hrv, G-100hrv BabyFace (Shchorsa 44) 286-0777 IF ONLY THE SEA WAS BEER – MAGMA Time: 22.00 Admission: before 23.00-free, after G-90hrv Shooters (Moskovska 22) 254-2024 DJ BAD BALANCE, DJ HOOLIGAN Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check Arena (Baseina 2a) 093-947-7476

DASTISH FANTASTISH Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check Forsage (Harmatna 51a) 232-6780

Black Star Shines Bright DJ MEG (Russia, DJ set), D’Lux (Hrushevskoho 3)

24 September at 22.00

Monday

RELAX IN DELUXE STYLE – DJ MAROCCO Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check D’Lux (Hrushevskoho 3) 200-9009 SALSATEQUA Time: 21.00 Admission: before 23.00-free, after L-20hrv, G-50hrv Caribbean Club (Kominternu 4) 288-1290

This Muscovite has been leading the Russian break dance pack Ice Beat for years, and now in control of the Black Star Inc label, he’s shining bright. Creator of the acclaimed tracks Party Animal, Only You Can, Make Your Move and Wherever You Are, Moscow loves him and now he’s headed to Kyiv! In the process of recording his debut disc, get a sneak peak tonight.

For admission prices or more information call 200-9009.

GIRLS NIGHT WITH MONRO – DJ MOLOTOV, MC KUPIDON Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check Kalinka Malinka (Mayakovskoho 47) 515-0322

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Kateryna Kyselyova

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Kyiv Culture

Every Ot Ukraine is famous for its political scandals, beautiful women and great horilka. Next year, however, the country has the chance to add to that list and be famous for its art! Coming to Ukraine for the first time ever, it has just been announced that the internationally-recognised Biennale will be here in our capital. Chatting with the head curator of this next artistic exhibition, the cultured and sophisticated British art-historian David Elliott tells it like it is.

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n the past, the Biennale has appeared in major cities like Venice, Sidney and Istanbul. It has attracted millions of tourists each and every year it has been organised, and now it’s time for Kyiv to be included on that list of artistic cities. As a metropolis that lays claim to an incredible history, replete with ancient masterpieces, contemporary art is something we also do quite well. It is for these two reasons the Biennale, held at the massive Mystetsky Arsenal, will be here in our city come May next year.

An Artistic Platform The Biennale acts as a kind of marker in the development of artistic civilisation. Ukraine, among others, has been lacking in such a large-scale event. Daring to hold this international art forum in our capital next year, the country will not only show itself to the world, but those who attend will also be able to see the world in Ukraine. This alone is a huge incentive for Ukraine’s artists of today working in the contemporary genre, and requires them to step up to the accepted standards of Europe.

Before anyone even sees what’s inside, however, we already have a trump card in hand: the architectural showpiece that is Mystetsky Arsenal. Turning into a museum of world contemporary art, uniting Ukrainian authen-

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ticity and international trends, this venue will be home to a number of well-respected art-critics and curators over the coming months. A couple worth noting include the above-mentioned head curator, David Elliot; the Mystetsky Arsenal custodian in charge of special projects, Oleksandr Solovyov; and Russian art-critic and curator responsible for theory and education, Kateryna Dyogot. Supported by the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Kyiv municipal authority, Mystetsky Arsenal is promising a high-level art-event.

Leading the team, Mr Elliot is a well-known British curator and art-historian who was invited specifically to make this first Kyiv Biennale one to remember. Having nicely come from the Sidney Biennale held in 2010, turning Australia into an artistic sensation, he himself is intensely interested in contemporary art, Russian avant-garde art and the visual culture that is Eastern Europe and Asia, and is known for his knack at integrating Western and not-so-Western art. However, he also believes that Ukraine has exhausted its image of a post-Soviet country on the international scene and that it’s time for it to show off its cultural potential: “It’s important to provide an international platform for Ukrainian artists, which does not make allowances for them but allows them, from that very same platform, to see the very best works of the world.”

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Coming Soon It’s Like an Oven in Here Convextion (US, techno, electro), Xlib (Frunze 12)

7 October at 22.00

Duo of Darkness Dope DOD (NL, rap), Arena (Baseina 2a)

8 October at 22.00 The Rap trio Dope DOD has not been a trio for that long. The time they have been together, however, which is only a short couple of years, has been spent productively in the lab turning out tunes

the likes of which anyone into paranoid thrash is going to enjoy. Groningen is where Dopey Rotten, Jay Reaper, and Skits Vicious came together, and stages around the world are where they are headed. There’s one in Kyiv that’s got their names on it this October.

For tickets or more information call 093-947-7476.

Xlib has activated a monthly gathering called Addicted, and to mark the big event they have invited American Gerard Hanson to play live. This is a huge event not simply because we’ve got the talented Mr Hanson to kick off this undertaking, but because the iconic DJ is rarely seen outside of his home country. Living in Texas is what draws out his individualism, and working with only just a few labels, keeps him highly sought after.

Tickets are 80hrv. For more information call 417-3233.

Watch the Artist Paint The Painting’s Dead – workshop and exhibition, M17 (Antonovycha 102-104)

7 – 17 October The M17 Centre of Contemporary Art is launching an experimental project that involves both artist and audience. The first stage of the project is a workshop where lead-

Kiss Me I’m 9!

KISS FM’s 9th Birthday, International Exhibition Centre (Brovarsky Prospect 15)

8 October at 20.00 Not only celebrating their birthday but music in general, this evening will mark the opening of a new season of dance events and will bring together an expected 8,000 people!

In addition to the number of attendees, the line-up is one to boast about as well as seven artists across four countries will be playing until dawn.

Want names? How about Lange, Mark Eteson, Susana, W&W, Josh Gallahan, Omnia, and IRA. Regular tickets are 249hrv or 399hrv for VIP treatment. For more information call 201-1156/61.

ing Ukrainian artists who work in video-art, installation, and readymade genres will be shown to M17 and left with a blank canvas to paint. Allowed to work at the centre only, and obliged to communicate with those in attendance, artists will prove or refute the notion that “the painting’s dead”. The workshop finishes on 2 October, the exhibition of which will begin on 7 October.

For more information call 596-2030

Musical Device Comes to Life Boombox (pop), Crystal Hall (Dniprovskiy Spusk 1)

30 September at 21.00

Tango 3.0 Tour Gotan Project (France, tripped up Tango), Palace Ukraine (V Vasylkivska 103)

30 September at 19.00 These guys are not world famous, but they should be.

Taking classic world music and mixing it up with beats and breaks reminiscent of the sounds coming from top DJs around the globe, the Gotan trio have done something really special. Coming together in 1999, Philippe Cohen Solal, Eduardo Makaroff and Christoph H Müller love love love everything tango (as you can see if you look close enough at their name). Featured in Schindler’s List, The Scent of a Woman and Shall We Dance, their tracks are so intense they will send shivers up your spine. Deserving of all the acclaim they receive and more, take these guys in.

Tickets are 200 – 1900hrv. For more information call 247-2316

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Boys and Ballet Valeriy Mykhailovsky (Russia), Kyiv Operetta (V Vasylkivska 53/3)

While the lead singer of Boombox Andriy Khlyvnyuk may appear to be reserved and aloof, his face is very often seen in various publications and on numerous music channels. Focusing on what he is doing as opposed to how he looks, the band’s music and lyrics have always carried great weight. Having released their most recent compilation last year called Everything Included, this particular show includes Video Jockey Cosmo, and will hopefully bring to life that same great philosophy Boombox is known and loved for.

Admission is 220 – 650hrv. For more information call 288-5074.

18 October at 19.00 Valeriy Mykhailovsky is an eminent Russian ballet dancer who has become rather well-known due to his band of male ballerinas. Celebrating 40 years of work, Mykhailovsky comes to Kyiv this year with an evening of classical ballet compositions, masterpieces of world choreographic repertoire and original works put together by the man himself. Taking you backstage and beyond, this mini-play features all of ballet’s intricate stages, starting from the first rehearsal to the event’s premiere. Shocking is one word to describe it!

Tickets are 100 – 1000hrv. For more information call 287-2630.

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World Ballet Stars Gather in Kyiv International Festival of World Ballet Stars, National Opera Theatre of Ukraine (Volodymyrska 50)

30 September at 19.00

On the Road Keiko Matsui (Japan, new jazz) in concert, Palace Ukraine (V Vasylkivska 103)

31 October at 19.00 Keiko Matsui is a welcomed guest to Ukraine as well as any of the other countries in which she has performed. Combining beautiful, sensual and virtuous music with authentic Japanese melodies, jazz, new age and classical music, Keiko’s passion for both music and life shine through. Elusive enough for meditation, her music is thought-provoking but can also be played for the sheer pleasure of it. Bringing her new album On The Road, she will be accompanied this evening by a live orchestra. Don’t miss out on this oriental showpiece.

Tickets are 200 – 1250hrv. For more information call 247-2316.

A Family of Six La Familia Sextet (US, Latinojazz), Artist’s House (Artema 1-5)

3 October at 19.00 This autumn, New Yorker Willie Martinez is taking his wellknown Latino-jazz sextet on the road. And where is he headed?

Straight to Ukraine! Covering five cities, Kharkiv, Simferopil, Kerch, Sevastopil and Kyiv will all host these American Afrobeat instrumentalists, the final gala of which will take place right here in the capital. The fruits of Martinez’s 20 years of work are still fresh and juicy: Latino never sounded, or tasted, so good!

Tickets are 100 – 260hrv. For more information call 095-111-5577.

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This season is stuffed with sophisticated ballet events! One of which includes the international festival of World Ballet Stars! Coming back for the 18th time, and gathering the best of the best in classical ballet, this gala concert will feature such stars as Ilze Liepa, Anastasiya Volochkova and Vladimir Malakhov.

There will also be a Ukrainian portion to the programme which will present no less eminent performances by the Kyiv Modern Ballet as well as soloists of leading Ukrainian ballet troupes. For this evening specifically, everyone has prepared a solo composition, showing nothing but their best!

Tickets are 80 – 1000hrv. For more information call 279-1169.

25 Years In Orbit Vopli Vidoplyasova (pop-rock, folk), Palace Sport (Sportyvna Pl 1)

20 November at 19.00 Appearing on Ukraine’s music scene 25 years ago, when, to be honest, there was little more than pop and folk available, Vopli Vidoplyasova introduced a new genre to the country – rock. Turning out 13 CDs and DVDs, over the course

Singing Cookware Skillet (US, Christian rock, post grunge), Bingo Club (Pr Peremohy 112)

23 November at 19.00 With eight albums released and more than a million copies sold, this Christian rock band from the States will soon be in Kyiv. Playing in the capital’s own citadel of sin, Bingo is an interesting choice for this group of believers. With God’s help, however, the Grammy, WMA and BMI-nominated Skillet will turn this pagan-loving venue into one fit for saints, if only for one night.

Tickets are 290hrv. For more information call 424-2555.

Bold Beauty Exhibition of photographic works

by Bill Phelps, Brucie Collection Gallery (Artema 55a)

From 26 October

Family Sticks Together The Prodigy Family Party (UK, Belarus, Russia, progressive dance dubstep, drum’n’bass, electro, techno), Crystal Hall (Dniprovskiy Spusk 1)

of their carreers, there just isn’t enough time to pack everything into a three-hour show. To that end, VV has chosen the best of their stuff. Inviting friends Lyapis Trubetskoy, Boombox, Gorchitza and @Traktor to join them on stage, this is going to be one celebration you don’t want to miss.

Tickets are 100 – 400hrv. For more information call 246-7406.

Bill Phelps, the New York photographer famous for his spacebreaking and laconic works, is coming to Kyiv. Self-taught and sovereign, Phelps garners inspiration from vintage images, art and cinema which he then turns

into perfectly-balanced compositions and original pieces of art.

Having done a few ad campaigns in his lifetime, he puts the same amount of passion into everything he does, be it a promo image for Reebok, a magnificent sea landscape or surrealistic installations with motorcycles. The common theme here is the ingenuity and quality of all of his ideas.

For more information call 353-1234

1 October at 22.00 This next party is going to be a great event for all lovers of dance.

For the first time in Kyiv and for one night only, ex-Prodigy members Leeroy Thornhill and legendary drummer Kieron Pepper will be in da house! Electronic revolutionaries from Belarus, The Playfellow, and Muscovite/founder of The Prodigy Family DJ Gordy will also be on the lineup giving clubbers an unprecedented five-hour show. Think you can handle it?

For tickets or more information call 288-5069.

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Kateryna Kyselyova

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Ukraine Today

A Cosy Kyiv Community

Crazy work schedules, annoying traffic jams, everyday deadlines, irritating phone calls and other attributes of life lived in a metropolis tire everyone from time to time.

Giving up and leaving it all behind sounds pretty good when you’re in such a predicament. But at some point your better judgement kicks in and everything goes back to the way it was before: busy, busy, busy.

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hile that might be the scenario for most of us, there is a group of people not far from the city limits who have recently opted not to let their careers dictate their lives. Taking their wives, their children and a handful of provisions, they moved to the ‘burbs where they have become the Berkivtsi Brotherhood.

Not Bad, Different Human prejudice is often invincible. So travelling to the Berkivtsi Brotherhood, also known as Pyatykhatky (five houses in Ukrainian), on this warm autumn day, I come packed with a few preconceptions about such communities and what I am going to find. Ready for anything – a sex cult, a group of junkies, or none of the above – I give Mykhaylo Khymych a call. A wellknown artist in Kyiv and beyond, he is the one responsible for this little commune. I have not met him. But on the phone he sounded friendly

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and easy-going and invited not just me but my family out to spend an hour, day, or the rest of our lives with them. Giving no exact address, we are instructed to head toward the Berkivtsi cemetery and then turn right at the tallest poplar. Following his instructions to the letter, when we arrive, Mykhaylo is waiting for us with a child in his arms.

It is ten o’clock in the morning, and seeing we have brought our own child with us, the Kyiv artist leads us to a newly built school right on the territory of the Pyatykhatky settlement. The children are school-age this year and so are in need of a building to study. Just like the children of Kyiv, their educational year started September 1. “We are well-educated people,” says Mykhaylo. “We have Masters Degrees and PhDs in science and art and we can educate our children ourselves.”

While that may be true, education here differs ever so slightly from that which you’ll find in tra-

ditional state schools in Ukraine. But that’s not to say it’s inappropriate. For example, instead of learning their letters from text books, the kids here sculpt them out of clay. Once the letters dry, they will be buried, and after a few years, will be carefully dug up. So in addition to learning the alphabet, they will also learn archaeology.

News Travels Fast With the kids busy at school, Mykhaylo shows us the rest of the area. Situated in the dacha district of Berkivtsi, the building itself is quite remarkable. Slightly reminiscent of the traditional Ukrainian mud hut, it is a two storey structure done in a pale rosy colour with small windows chaotically placed throughout. With five semidetached houses, each with a separate kitchen, bathroom and bedroom, there is also an art-café and bathhouse for all. It is surreal.

But perhaps the most interesting thing about Pyatykhatky is that it has been built entirely from second-hand building materials. Using sawdust, wood, bricks, glass bottles and clay, Mykhaylo says they knew a couple of drivers whose job it was to remove trash from old building sites. Instead of throwing it away, they brought it here. Khymych himself gathered kilo after kilo of old glass bottles from surrounding territories which they later used as one of their most reliable building materials. “Clay fits tightly to glass. But what’s more, empty glass is a great conductor of heat, which, of course, we use to our benefit.” Built in just nine months, Pyatykhatky is a current example of cheap and ecological housing.

Fashioned in the shape of the letter G, there is a terrace on the inside. Paved in broken tiles, which inhabitants retrieved compliments of a DIY shop not far off, this is a communal space with tables, chairs and benches. It also serves as a creative space whereby any one of the five families and their children can decorate the walls of their house as they wish. Murals, statues and toys are scattered everywhere, which truly reflects the creative disorder and artistic freedom inherent in this community.

It is about 11.00 when we walk up, and many residents are still sleeping. There are some, however, who are up and helping themselves to beer, greeting us with glasses. They relay that there was a concert here last night: Ocheretyany Kit played well on into the morning and the party will continue this evening. We say no thanks to the hops and instead offer members of the community a piece of the homemade cake we have brought with us. Others surface at the mention of food, and I have to suppress a giggle at how quickly news travels in this community.

Don’t Define This makes for a great opportunity to talk and get to know the residents a little better. Fekla, for example, whose real name is Zhenya, worked in the outside world as a waitress. It’s a position

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Lana Nicole

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Take Me Out!

The Grand and Gracious

Grill Asia One of the things I considered doing for this review was writing the word Hyatt, and beside it the words exceptional, unforgettable, delicious. Somehow I think this might have been seen as slightly less interesting than writing about what everybody wore and then what everybody ate. As I’m a jeans girl myself, I’ll leave discussions of design up to those more qualified. I shall, however, try to recount the evening’s tastes, smells and experiences as best I can. My apologies to the chef in advance: the real thing is much, much better.

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t is Thursday. It is raining. It is the start of what looks as though it might be an unpleasant fall, and to be honest, I am still suffering from the effects of an inordinate amount of good vino consumed the night before.

What I’d really like to do is crawl into bed. Alas, I am needed at the Hyatt’s Grill Asia for TUUC’s monthly event and I shall not disappoint.

Fashionably Late Walking into the grand gallery that is the reception at Tarasova 5 always takes me aback. It is big, yes, and grand, but it is also gracious, and that’s T F

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Take Me Out! Listings RESTAURANTS AMERICAN ARIZONA BBQ 25 Naberezhno Khreshchatytska st.

425-2438 Open: 08.00 – 24.00 The only American run restaurant in Kyiv, open since 1995.

Free Wifi, drinks, food, parking, satellite TV, credit cards, live music

SAM’S STEAK HOUSE 37 Zhylyanskaya st.

287 20 00 Open: 08 a.m. – 12 a.m. www.karta.ua Steak House. Grill restaurant. Breakfast.

Wide choice. 8 a.m. - 12 p.m., weekdays WI-FI

KAZBEK 30a L. Ukrainky blvd.

285-4805 Open: 11.00 - 24.00 Restaurant with original interior and traditional Tone stove for baking bread.

KUVSHYN 10 Fedorova st.

592-6363 Open: 12.00 - 24.00 Caucasian cuisine. Every dish served in its own original and unique manner.

MIMINO 10a Spasskaya st. (Podol) 417 35 45 Open: 12.00 – 00.00 www.karta.ua Authentic Georgian cuisine WI-FI

ASIAN TERRACE Mezhigirska 87 B str. +380932673630 +380443511572 Оpen: 18 00 – 06 00 Asian style, comfortable room karaoke with beauties.

PUSHISTIY SUSHI-BAR 23-a Velyka Vasylkivska st.

234-3101 Open: 12.00 ‘til the last visitor leaves Original mix of styles in the interior, fuzzy fur on the walls. 30 kinds of sushi and sashimi.

SAFFRON 3 Vorovskogo st.

569 10 10 Open: Sun – Wed: 12.00 – 00.00 Thu – Sat: 12.00 – 05.00 www.karta.ua Oriental cuisine, Karaoke-lounge WI-FI NOBU 12 Shota Rustaveli st.

246-7734 Open: 12.00 - 24.00 Sushi bar in central location.

Great decor and service, wide menu of authentic sushi.

TUBITEYKA 29/50 Tarasivska st.

287-0242 Open: 8.00 – 23.00 Asian and home made cuisine, delicious breakfasts, kalian. Oriental atmosphere – and decoration.

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CAUCASIAN ANI 72 Chervonoarmiyska st. 4th floor 590-2565 Open: 11.00-23.00 An open show-case kitchen will let you watch the respected Chef cook traditional dishes on the chargrill for you.

HINKALI 4, Shota Rustaveli st.

234-0692 Open: 24 hours Real Caucasian culture reproduced in its best meals. Cuisine with an accent.

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EUROPEAN BACCHUS CLASS Chapaeva 2/16 (I.Franka)St. 234-6506 Open: 09.00 – till the last visitor leaves www.bacchusclass.com The one and the only Wine restaurant in Ukraine.

WI-FI 7FRIDAYS CITY-CAFE B Khmelnytskoho 29 278-1187 www.7fridays.kiev.ua Situated in the very heart of Kyiv, the 7Fridays cafe is bursting with city life while striving to preserve a homelike atmosphere. Offering a peaceful corner to forget about city rush, stop for delicious European cuisine for breakfast, business-lunch or dinner. Internet available.

WI-FI STORY CAFE 17/18 Naberezhno-Kreschatitskaya st.

467 78 97 Open: 11.00 – 00.00 www.karta.ua French, Italian & Japanese cuisine WI-FI RAZGULYAEVO 70 Stolichnoe highway (to Koncha-Zaspa) 259 17 00 Open: 11.00 – to the last client www.karta.ua Entertainment complex (restaurant, hotel, sauna, paintball) WI-FI

FRENCH COMME IL FAUT Velyka Zhytomyrska St. 2A 219-1919 Open: Daily from 11.00 - 24.00 French Brasserie style in the heard of Kiev.

Lovely and cosy summer terrace.

Come and try our new menu and summer business lunch...

CREP DE CHINE 25 Hoholivska st.

537-7070 Open: 08.00 – 23.00 A culinary expirience you won’t forget!

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INTERNATIONAL

OLIVERA 2A Velyka Zhytomyrska Street 219-1919 Open: 06.30 - 23.00 All day Mediterranean restaurant for Breakfast, Lunch and dinner! Try the probably best breakfast in town. Every Sunday - Family brunch from of 13.00 This coming Sunday, the 5th of June, we are having last brunch for summer, which will again come back in September.

ARENA ENTERTAINMENT 2-a Baseyna st.

492-0000 Open: 9.00 ‘til the last visitor leaves Spacious and cozy restaurant with European cuisine and micro brewery.

TEATRO RESTAURANT OPERA HOTEL 53 B. Khmelnitskogo st.

581 70 70 Open: 06.30 – 23.00 Mediterranean cuisine. Exquisite selection of the best dishes around the Mediterranean Sea Flavors & Tastes at their best!

TERRACOTTA 5-7/29 Pushkinska st.

537-4535 Open: 07.00 - 23.00 Mediterranean restaurant of superior cuisine.

Wine and cigar rooms offer the perfect touch to Terracotta’s delicious dining experience

FUSION BEEF MEAT & WINE Shota Rustaveli 11 225-0035 Open: 12.00-24.00 Meet cuisine with no ethnic equivalent. Only the best meat from top suppliers and a wide choice of wine match.

WI-FI BUDDHA-BAR KIEV 14 Kreschatik st. (near Khreshchatyk hotel) 270- 7676 Open: Mo – Wed: 13.00 – 02.00 Thu – Sat: 13.00 – 04.00 Sun: 14.00 – 02.00 www.buddhabar.com.ua Restaurant lounge-bar WI-FI MARRAKESH 24 Sagaydachnogo st. (Podol) 494 0 494 Open: Sun – Thu: 12.00 – 01.00 Fri – Sat: 12.00 – 04.00 www.karta.ua Oriental restaurant. Moroccan, French & Japanese cuisine. Hookah menu.

WI-FI MAROCANA 24 Lesi Ukrainky blvd.

254-4999 Open: 11.00 - 02.00 This popular beau monde hang-out bills itself as a fashion TV cafe.

BIER PLATZ (NEW!) Maidan Nezalezhnosti – 7 Khreshchatyk 067-407-5544 From 11.00 until the last client Delicious Czech, German and Ukrainian cuisine. 11 sorts of draft beer. 7 plasma screeens and 1 huge wall screen, offering various sports channels.

Wi-Fi B-HUSH Velyka Zhytomyrska St. 2A 11th floor, InterContinental Kyiv 219-1919 Open: Tuesday till Thursday 18.00 - 02.00 / Friday and Saturday 18.00 - 04.00 Rooftop panoramic bar - summer terrace with stunning view of Kiev. b-hush... b-cool... b-there...

GRILL ASIA RESTAURANT 5 Alla Tarasova st.

581-12-34 Open: 6:00 - 24:00 Two open kitchens, European and Asian cuisine in luxurious surroundings.

Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

INTERCONTINENTAL KYIV LOBBY LOUNGE BAR Velyka Zhytomyrska St. 2A 1 st floor, InterContinental Kyiv 219-1919 Open: 08.00 - 02.00 Enjoy the best coffee in town with home made pastries in a unique atmosphere. Great selection of whiskies, wine and comfort food at your choice - Lobby lounge the place to meet in Kiev.

MYKA RESTAURANT Khreshchatyk 46a 227 8943 Open: 12-24 Delicious international cuisine in the heart of Kyiv

HUNTER 147/5 Saksahanskoho st.

236-3735 Open: 12.00 - 24.00 There is no need to go hunting – just visit this special originally decorated grill-restaurant, try excellent grilled meat and fish!

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Dmytro Marichev chats to Kyiv Post chief editor Brian Bonner A very welcoming British Ambassador, Leigh Turner, addresses the guests

I Say Old Chap BRITISH AMBASSADOR’S RESIDENCE Bate Toms and his British Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce along with British Ambassador HE Leigh Turner, got the whole British community together on 14 September so that they could all, well, be very British together. It was a beautiful sunny evening, which the Ambassador was particularly happy about, and everyone had a very pleasant time, sipping wine and getting to know new people.

There was the ubiquitous business card lottery in which some lucky people won some wonderful prizes.

David Payne, Mike Willard and Dick Creagh enjoying the last evening’s sun

Anastasiya Krashevskaya of the British Embassy chats to Mariia Borodaieva Daniel D. Sweere, Markian Senyk, Philiip Smith, and David D. Sweere (so we’re reliably informed)

Natalia Dobrovolska with new kid on the block Gerhard Symons

Karen McPhee, Bate Toms and Gennady Gazin share a joke Jim Phillipoff and Stuart McKenzie

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Winners Svitlana Kordina and Mykhailo Fedorchenko (left) shaking hands with opponents Ihor Druzhchenko and Anastasiya Pavlishina

Yano Naoki of Honda Ukraine concentrating hard

EBA Making a Large Racket

Managing partner of Popko Brothers & Partners, Vadym Popko, focused on the ball

Oleksandr Bogutskiy of ICTV and Yuriy Bykoriz of Slavutich finishing up their match

ANTEI SPORT CLUB On 10 September, EBA gathered its members to commemorate the memory of Yuriy Petrus and find out who was the best tennis player of the year. After hours of exhausting games, winners took their places on the pedestal. First place in male group doubles was taken by Yuriy Blaschuk and Mykhailo Fedorchenko from Platinum Bank.

Representatives of JSC “OTP Bank” Svitlana Kordina and Mykhailo Fedorchenko took first place in the mixed group. Congratulations to the winners!

Why Not Bier?

EBA’s executive director Anna Derevyanko and the German Embassy’s counsel on agricultural issues Volker Sasse

Ambassador of Germany HE Hans-Jurgen Heimsoeth in good spirits

GERMAN EMBASSY On 13 September, the German Embassy invited what seemed like the whole of Kyiv out to celebrate what has become an annual get-together for them: Day of German Wine. This year, however, they decided to mix it up a little bit an included some top German beir! Testing and tasting the best brews and vintages from all over the country, the best part of the evening was the crowning of the wine queen. This year, her majesty is Ukrainian Sommelier Zhanna Kunisheva.

The First Ukrainian Queen of German Wine Olha Veselovska and the ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs Volodymyr Ogryzko

President of the Ukrainian Agricultural Confederation Leonid Kozachenko with Tetyana Stepankova of the Ukrainian-German Forum

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Kyiv Life Mark Wright (centre) with his nephew and his wife, Chris and Ngaire

Zinayida Kyubida, Alyona Baydokha, and Elena Verenchuk

Facebook and Fortunes at the Hyatt

Hyatt Marketing Communications Manager, Tatiana Hutoryanskaya, with Olga Matsegora

BRUNELLO BAR Friday evening is the time to kick back and relax with some friends, some good food, and some good wine. And where better to do it than the Hyatt hotel and its stylish basement bar? That’s what many people did on Friday 16 September if they were lucky enough to ‘like’ the Hyatt on Facebook, because only in this way can you be invited to these exclusive fun parties.

All those on that list enjoyed all of the above, plus good conversation with interesting people!

Svetlana Pisarenko and Irina Papusha Olga Vergeles, Victoria Govorova, Irina Onikienko, Natalia Pilipenko and Tatiana Miskova

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia Mrs Nining Suningsih Rochadiat and her husband Mr Yayat Rochadiat

Guests from the Religious Administration of Moslems of Ukraine Sheikh Ahmet Tamim, Sheikh Husam and Sheikh Rostam

Indonesia’s Special Day

American Ambassador HE John E Tefft and Ambassador of Korea HE Kim Eun Joon

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PRESIDENT HOTEL The Embassy of Indonesia celebrated its 66th anniversary of independence on 12 September at the esteemed President Hotel. HE Ambassador Nining Suningsih Rochadiat was at the door to greet all invited, and was later more than happy to share small anecdotes about her beautiful country. A huge birthday cake was what followed where everyone got more than their fair share.

Ambassador of South Africa HE Andries Venter, Ambassador of Turkey HE Ahmet Bulent Meric and Ambassador of Nigeria HE Ibrahim Pada Kasai

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Anastasia Khutko and Lina Matsyuk of Ernst & Young

New Club In Town B-HUSH Representatives of some of InterContinental Kyiv’s top clients gathered on their rooftop lounge bar on 12 September to celebrate the launch of a brand new club called I-Business.

Members of the elite guild enjoyed a special reception including drinks, live music and a fabulous lottery with interesting prizes throughout the evening. As the first of many meetings planned before the end of the year, everyone’s got the chance to join and enjoy the benefits.

The InterCon’s Iryna Krutykova and from New Logic, Yulia Sergataia Sberbank of Russia Elena Martynova enjoying a little vino

Feast your eyes on Lina Shymanska of Mitsui&Co

BCD Travel representatives Inessa Zaika and Ilya Rybin

Tetyana Bega of Horizon Capital and the InterCon’s Artem Prykhodko

InterContinental’s Olena Novitska and IWCK’s Olga Terekhova

BSG’s Oksana Pylypets and Tetyana Nazarova

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