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7 The rally in Kyiv does not abate as more and more people from all over the country flock to the capital to join protesters. A police riot squad forcefully disperses the rally from Maidan Nezalezhnosti at 03.30. A number of people are injured and arrested. EU representatives, and the UK and US ambassadors to Ukraine condemn the riot squad’s actions in dispersing the EuroMaidan rally. Ukrainian Government opposition leaders – co-leader of Batkivshchyna party Arseniy Yatsenyuk, far-right nationalist leader Oleh Tyahnybok, and world champion heavyweight boxer/prominent Ukrainian politician Vitaliy Klitschko – publicly address protesters at Mykhailivska Square calling them to continue.

One-hundred-and-sixty-five protesters need medical assistance, 109 are sent to hospital. Kyiv’s police chief Valeriy Koryak resigns for orchestrating the dispersal of the EuroMaidan rally.

Protesters block the entrance to the Cabinet of Ministers and the National Bank of Ukraine. Russia indicates it does not support EuroMaidan action. The Ukrainian opposition leaders (Klitschko, Yatsenyuk, Tyahnybok) suggest a vote of non-confidence in the Verkhovna Rada for betraying the Ukrainian people.

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Kyiv’s Court of Justice bans mass protest action on Maidan and European Square up to 7 January. Regardless, hundreds of thousands of people gather at Shevchenko Park: the game has changed and protests evolve from AA hopes to attempts to overthrow the government. Protesters rip down metal barricades around the city’s main Christmas tree on Maidan, break into the Kyiv City State Administration building, and assail security fences in Bankova Street near the President’s Administration. The Prime Minister’s press secretary calls the situation “under control”.

Putin: Few Cards Shy of a Deck Russian President Vladimir Putin really does live in his own little world. Sitting in his big chair in the Kremlin, in what he no doubt believes is the centre of the universe, his grip on reality seems to be slipping.

Back in 2005, when he called the collapse of the Soviet Union “the biggest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century”, we couldn’t help but chuckle. We chalked it up to wistfulness, a longing for the good old days: nostalgia (that word they love to use so much here) for a time when the commander in chief said jump and the people responded – in unison, “How high?”

Ordering this and directing that in the past few years, he seems to have lost a few more cards from his deck, and as a result his current delusions have really

3 December Ukraine’s Government survives a non-confidence vote. 186 deputies vote in favour; according to the Ukrainian Constitution, at least 226 votes are required. The opposition leads protesters from Maidan to the Presidential Administration.

As we go to print, the pro-European rally continues...

got us snickering. Commenting on the current situation here in Kyiv, Putin has said the riots in Kyiv have no direct relation to Ukraine and the EU deal. Rather, they are an attempt by the opposition to undermine the country’s legitimate government. According to him, and we quote, “...the events in Ukraine...don’t look like a revolution, but rather like ‘a pogrom’.”

For those in need of a vocab lesson, a pogrom is a violent massacre or persecution of an ethnic or religious group, particularly one aimed at Jews. Ironically, this word entered English-language consciousness via attacks on minorities, specifically Jews, in the Russian Empire in the 19th and 20th centuries. Just who is being persecuted now, here, in Kyiv, is unclear.

What is clear is Putin’s fantastical misrepresentations of reality. Arguing that the protests in Ukraine had been prepared by the opposition in advance to undermine the legitimate government of the country, he seems certain that no one is concerned with the actual details of the Ukrainian-EU agreement and that all this has been prepared for the presidential election.

You go with that Mr Putin, and then let’s count the number of cards you’re holding at the end of all this.

This Week in History 12 December 1674 The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra publishes Synoposis – the first short review of Ukraine’s history from ancient times to the mid-17th century. It is written by Innokentiy Gizel and used as a school history manual until the early 19th century.

7 December 1990 The Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR endorses the Law on “Local councils of the Ukrainian SSR people’s deputies and local self-rule”. It is marked as a professional holiday of elected officials in municipal, village, district and regional councils.

8 December 1991

Leaders of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus meet in Viskuli, the residence of the Belarusian Government in the Belovezhskaya National Park, to sign the agreement on establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The USSR ceases to exist.

11 December 1991 Ukraine announces its decision to establish diplomatic ties with the former republics of the USSR.

8 December 2004 The Verkhovna Rada introduces amendments to Ukraine’s Constitution, thus transforming Ukraine into a Parliament-Presidential republic. Four-hundred-and-fortytwo deputies attend the Rada meeting, 402 deputies vote “yes” on the resolution.

Weekly Language Tutorial Ni kroku nazad, pozadu – mutant!

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Arseniy Yatsenyuk Co-head of the Batkivshchyna party and 39-year-old former head of the National Bank.

His efforts to have his co-leader Tymoshenko released have been incessant, something that remains a top priority for him. He is demanding the resignation of the current government, including that of Interior Minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko.

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Vitaliy Klitschko Heavyweight boxing titleholder, head of UDAR party, and 42-year-old anti-corruption voice in the Ukrainian government. He could be a real contender in the next presidential elections, especially considering the significant role he is currently playing in the demonstrations.

Yuriy Lutsenko Forty-eight-year-old former Minister of Internal Affairs and pardoned convict. Charged with abuse of office and forgery, he was released this spring and is now a regular face amongst the opposition leaders, spurring on the revolution, saying, “We are changing Ukraine.”

“Hold your ground, a mutan lurks behind!”

The story of last week’s demonstration-inspired language tutorial continues with another witty motto invented by EuroMaidan activists, who have explicitly expressed their wish to steps forward and be with Europe, especially since a mutant in the form of a two-headed eagle lurks behind...

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Family

Art WOR: What’s On Recommended

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What Does Your Future Hold?

Fortune-telling and Divination of the Ancient Slavs (winter festivities) Kyivska Rus Park (Kopachiv Village, Obukhiv district – 34km from Kyiv) 7–8 December at 13.00

Our ancestors knew a thing or two about how to have fun, even during wintertime. And it wasn’t all about eating, drinking, sleighing, skiing and making snowmen. Centuries ago, winter festivities included intricate and mysterious rituals, such as fortune-telling and prediction. And, though we may be “modern and advanced” today, if we’re honest, little has changed since the days of yore – we are still eager to know what awaits us in the future. Come and learn yours this weekend in Kyivska Rus Park, it’s as easy as can be.

Tickets: 60hrv – adults, 30hrv – seniors, free – children www.parkkyivrus.com

6 Friday Headquarters of Saint Nicholas Opening ceremony Time: 11.00 Mamajeva Sloboda (Dontsa 2) www.mamajeva-sloboda.ua King Grizzle Beard Musical in 2 acts for children 7+ Time: 13.00 Lypska Youth Theatre (Lypska 15/17) www.tuz.kiev.ua Caravan of Wonders Circus performance Time: 19.00 National Circus of Ukraine (Ploscha Peremohy 2) www.circus.kiev.ua WOR Cinderella on Ice Fairytale musical on ice Time: 14.00, 18.00 Palace of Sport (Sportyvna Pl 1) www.spalace.com.ua

7 Saturday WOR Cinderella on Ice Fairytale musical on ice Time: 10.00, 14.00, 18.00 Palace of Sport (Sportyvna Pl 1) www.spalace.com.ua

WOR The Little Prince Featuring Volodymyr Zavalniuk’s Transformation Theatre Time: 12.00 Palace Ukraine (V Vasylkivska 103) www.palace-ukraina.kiev.ua Polianna Drama in 2 acts for children 10+ Time: 12.00 Lypska Youth Theatre (Lypska 15/17) www.tuz.kiev.ua Cosmic Guest Visual lecture Time: 11.00 Myths of a Starry Country Visual lecture Time: 14.00 Trip to the Universe Visual lecture Time: 16.00 Universe Black Holes Visual lecture Time: 18.00 Kyiv Planetarium (V Vasylkivska 57/3) www.planet.org.ua Caravan of Wonders Circus performance Time: 13.00, 17.00 National Circus of Ukraine (Ploscha Peremohy 2) www.circus.kiev.ua

The Night Before Christmas Opera in 2 acts Time: 12.00 Kyiv Theatre of Opera & Ballet for Children & Youth (Mezhyhirska 2) www.musictheatre.kiev.ua Scribbles: Our Emotions – Are We Happy Or Sad? New class for children 4+ Time: 12.00 Walking-Talking Class for children 10+ Registration required Time: 14.00 PinchukArtCentre (Baseina 1/3-2) www.pinchukartcentre.org Our Funny Kolobok Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 11.00 The Wolf and the Goat Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 13.00 The Golden Chicken Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 15.00 Puss-in-Boots Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 17.00 Kyiv Puppet Theatre (Hrushevskoho 1a) www.akadempuppet.kiev.ua

WOR Cinderella on Ice Fairytale musical on ice Time: 10.00, 14.00, 18.00 Palace of Sport (Sportyvna Pl 1) www.spalace.com.ua The Tale of Tsar Saltan Fairytale in 2 acts Time: 12.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine (Volodymyrska 50) www.opera.com.ua Across the Green Hills of the Ocean Fairytale in 1 act for children 5+ Time: 11.00 Three Little Pigs Musical fairytale for children 5+ Time: 12.00 Across the Green Hills of the Ocean Fairytale in 1 act for children 5+ Time: 13.00 Lypska Youth Theatre (Lypska 15/17) www.tuz.kiev.ua Astronomy for Kids Visual lecture Time: 11.00 The Starry Sky Above Us Visual lecture Time: 14.00 The Universe through the Hubble Space Telescope Visual lecture Time: 16.00 Myths and legends of the Starry Sky Visual lecture Time: 18.00 Kyiv Planetarium (V Vasylkivska 57/3) www.planet.org.ua The Gosling Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 11.00 The Frog Princess Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 13.00 Cinderella Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 15.00 The Golden Key Puppet-play for children 3+ Time: 17.00 Kyiv Puppet Theatre (Hrushevskoho 1a) www.akadempuppet.kiev.ua Peter and the Wolf & the Carnival of Animals Two ballets in 1 act each Time: 12.00 Kyiv Theatre of Opera & Ballet for Children & Youth (Mezhyhirska 2) www.musictheatre.kiev.ua Caravan of Wonders Circus performance Time: 13.00, 17.00 National Circus of Ukraine (Ploscha Peremohy 2) www.circus.kiev.ua

Japan’s Six Faces Exhibition of Japanese Kimonos (UA) Sakura Matsuri Centre of Oriental Development and Culture (Dmytryiivska 71, office 7) 7–8 December at 12.00–21.00

Japan has always been a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. On one hand, the land of the rising sun tenderly cherishes its incredible centuries-long traditions – on the other, it constantly shakes the world with its revolutionary technological breakthroughs. Yes, Japan has many faces, of which at least six will be unveiled soon. Come and join in a unique collection of kimonos, authentic tea ceremonies, a souvenir fair, the Tree of Wishes, calligraphy paintings, geisha dances and samurai martial arts.

Tickets: 50hrv www.chilli.net.ua Collection Platform 4: Emotion and Technology; Verses, SoloExhibition of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye; PinchukArtCentre 2013 Exhibition of paintings and installations by 17 Ukrainian and foreign artists; exhibition of paintings by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (UK); exhibition of the 20 shortlisted artists 2 November – 5 January PinchukArtCentre (Baseina 1/3-2) www.pinchukartcentre.org Spain, Ukraine and Montenegro Exhibition of 100 paintings by Anton Hudzikevitch (UA) 27 November – 8 December National Union of Ukraine’s Artists (Artema 1/5) www.nshu.org.ua

Red and Black: Revolution of Consciousness Exhibition of works by Viktor Deysun (UA) 27 November – 22 December Mystetska Zbirka Gallery (Tereschenkivska 13) www.artzbirka.com Magic World of Nyankhua Exhibition of Chinese folk art paintings 23 November – 24 January The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Museum of Arts (Tereshchenkivska 15-17) www.khanenkomuseum.kiev.ua Milky Clouds Exhibition of photography by Beata Korn (UA) 28 November – 14 December Shcherbenko Art Centre (Mykhailivska 22v) www.shcherbenkoartcentre.com

Family Venues Kyiv Academic Puppet Theatre Hrushevskoho 1a (Park Khreshchatyk)  278-5808 www.akadempuppet.kiev.ua Marionette Theatre Lavrska 1  223-7825 www.marionet.com.ua Dream Land Aqua Park Obolonskiy 21b  485-2111/12 www.aqua.dreamtown.ua Ostrich Farm Yasnohorodka, Podlesna 32 (30km from Kyiv)  050-353-8821 www.ostrich.com.ua

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National Circus of Ukraine Peremohy 2  436-3927 www.circus.kiev.ua Kyiv Zoo Peremohy 32  277-4769 Kyiv Planetarium V Vasylkivska 57/3  287-7508 www.planet.org.ua

Family Entertainment Centre Dyvosvit M Malinovskoho 24/10  502-0088 www.dyvosvit.ua Mamaeva Sloboda Museum M Dontsya 2  361-9848 www.mamajeva-sloboda.ua

Nemo Dolphinarium Academic Hlushkov 9  520-5555 www.nemokiev.com

Kyiv Municipal Puppet Theatre Myropilska 1  513-1500 www.puppet-theater.kiev.ua

Aqua Park in Terminal Brovary, Kyivska 316  200-2980/81 www.aquapark-terminal.com.ua

Experimentanium Museum Verkhniy Val 2a  417-4033 www.experimentanium.com.ua

Hubsky Paintings by Ihor Hubsky (UA) 29 November – 9 February Manufactura Art Gallery (Obukhiv Highway 2, Khodosyiivka village, Kyiv region) www.manufactura-art.com

Interesting Kyiv Tours  364-5111 www.interesniy.kiev.ua Pyrohovo Open Air Museum Trolleybus 11 from Lybidska Metro  526-5765 www.pirogovo.org.ua National Botanic Garden Timiryazevska 1 www.nbg.kiev.ua State Museum of Toys Klovskiy Uzviz 8  253-5400

Black and White Exhibition of selected photos

by Jeff Zaruba (US) 11 December – 26 January Brucie Collections Gallery (Artema 55b) www.bruciecollections.com

Artist-In-Residence Exhibition of works by young artists – residents of the first Kyiv A-I-R project 26 November – 14 December National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture (Voznesensky Uzviz 20) www.kyivair.org

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Gypsy Baron Musical in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Kyiv Operetta (V Vasylkivska 53/3) www.operetta.com.ua

Mademoiselle Chante Piaf Patricia Kaas (FR, chanson, cabaret) Palace Ukraine (V Vasylkivska 103) 9 December at 19.00

The voice of Patricia Kaas becomes a medium this evening through which the legendary French chanteuse Edith Piaf can come through. The programme couldn’t be more 40s and 50s French chanson, with 24 songs of The Little Sparrow’s featured, including La Vie En Rose, Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, La Foule, Padam Padam, Hymne L’Amour, and more. Adding her own je ne sais quoi, Kaas will take you on a journey through the streets of Paris – get ready for the ride.

Tickets: 290 –3,890hrv www.palace-ukraine.com

6 Friday WOR International Festival of Guitar Music Competition stage II Time: 10.00 Featuring Frank Burgarten (GE) In programme: Sor, Bach, Martin, Rodrigo, Moreno Torroba Time: 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine (Volodymyrskiy Uzviz 2) www.filarmonia.com.ua Masked Ball Opera in Italian in 3 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine (Volodymyrska 50) www.opera.com.ua What Do Women Want?

Premier performance Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro (Brovarskiy Pr 25) www.drama-comedy.kiev.ua Chasing Two Hares Operetta in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Kyiv Operetta (V Vasylkivska 53/3) www.operetta.com.ua

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A Beautiful Beast in the Heart Choreodrama in 1 act Time: 19.00 Suzirya Theatre (Yaroslaviv Val 16) www.suzirja.org.ua

7 Saturday WOR International Festival of Guitar Music Competition Stage III Featuring Academic Symphony Orchestra Time: 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine (Volodymyrskiy Uzviz 2) www.filarmonia.com.ua Johann Sebastian Bach, Christmas Oratorio Parts IV–VI Baroque Ensemble ‘Offertorium’ Time: 18.00 Book Museum (Lavrska 9)  280-7843 She Dug Herbs Early One Sunday Morning Parable in 2 acts Time: 19.00 I Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre (Ivana Franka 3) www.ft.org.ua

The Tempest Tragicomedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 The Incubating Old Lady Comedy in 1 act Time: 19.00 I Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre (Ivana Franka 3) www.ft.org.ua

White Nights of Love Play in 1 act Time: 15.00 Don Juan or Lessons of Seduction Play in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro (Brovarskiy Pr 25) www.drama-comedy.kiev.ua

A Lucrative Place Play in 2 acts Time: 19.00 The Sorrows of Young Werther Play Time: 20.00 L Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre (B Khmelnytskoho 5) www.rusdram.com.ua

Concert of Students of Kyiv’s State Choreography College Time: 12.00 Aleko & Bolero Opera & ballet in 1 act each Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine (Volodymyrska 50) www.opera.com.ua

The Kaidash Family Tragicomedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 The Incredible Story of Love Play in 1 act Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre (Prorizna 17) www.molody.kiev.ua

Uncle Vanya Drama in 2 acts Time: 19.00 The Rascals Psychological drama Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre (Prorizna 17) www.molody.kiev.ua

The Overly Happy Father Comedy in 2 acts Time: 12.00 Last Love Drama in 2 acts Time: 18.00 The Uncle’s Dream Tragicomedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 L Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre (B Khmelnytskoho 5) www.rusdram.com.ua An Evening of Classical Music Featuring Volodymyr Koshuba (UA, organ), Lysenko Quartet (UA), Maria Lipinska (UA, mezzosoprano) In programme: Shubert, Massenet, Knecht, Gershwin Time: 19.30 National House of Organ and Chamber Music (V Vasylkivska 77) www.organhall.kiev.ua

8 Sunday WOR The Marriage of Figaro Play in 2 acts featuring Ostap Stupka Time: 19.00 I Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre (Ivana Franka 3) www.ft.org.ua The Tale of Tsar Saltan Fairy-tale in 2 acts Time: 12.00 Giselle Ballet in 2 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine (Volodymyrska 50) www.opera.com.ua The Very Married Taxi-Driver Comedy in 2 acts Time: 12.00 Farewell Tango Tragicomedy in 2 acts Time: 18.00 Ph.D. Premier comedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Oleksandr Vertynskiy.

Host of the Ball Mono-spectacle Time: 20.00 L Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre (B Khmelnytskoho 5) www.rusdram.com.ua Sea...Night...Candles Play in 1 act Time: 15.00 Lying the Pure Truth Play in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro (Brovarskiy Pr 25) www.drama-comedy.kiev.ua

Athenian Nights Lyrical comedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Take, Love, Run Residential area reality show in 1 act Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre (Prorizna 17) www.molody.kiev.ua WOR International Festival of Guitar Music Award Ceremony & Gala Concert Featuring Mauro Zanatta (IT), Rafael Aquirre (SP), Frank Bungarten (DE) and Andriy Ostapenko (UA) In programme: CastelnuovoTedesco, Bauer, and Rodrigo Time: 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine (Volodymyrskiy Uzviz 2) www.filarmonia.com.ua

9 Monday The School of Scandal Comedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 L Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre (B Khmelnytskoho 5) www.rusdram.com.ua

10 Tuesday WOR The Golden Pages of Italian Music Featuring Gaetano di Bacco (IT, saxophone) In programme: Wagner, Molinelli, Rota, Morricone Time: 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine (Volodymyrskiy Uzviz 2) www.filarmonia.com.ua WOR Hamlet Featuring Volodymyr Zavalniuk’s Transformation Theatre Time: 19.00 Palace Ukraine (V Vasylkivska 103) www.palace-ukraina.kiev.ua Broken Julie Premier play in 1 act Time: 19.00 Dealer’s Rubber Condom review for 18+ Play in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro (Brovarskiy Pr 25) www.drama-comedy.kiev.ua Romeo and Juliet Ballet in 3 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine (Volodymyrska 50) www.opera.com.ua Urus the Devil Play in 2 acts Time: 19.00 I Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre (Ivana Franka 3) www.ft.org.ua

Head Over Ears Musical performance in 1 act Time: 19.00 L Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre (B Khmelnytskoho 5) www.rusdram.com.ua WOR In Barabanny Lane Vocal story in 1 act Time: 19.00 Suzirya Theatre (Yaroslaviv Val 16) www.suzirja.org.ua An Evening of Vivaldi Featuring Kyiv Chamber Ensemble (UA), Hanna Bubnova (UA, organ), Tamara Roy (UA, flute) Time: 19.30 National House of Organ and Chamber Music (V Vasylkivska 77) www.organhall.kiev.ua

11 Wednesday Aida Opera in Italian in 3 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine (Volodymyrska 50) www.opera.com.ua And So the Summer Ended An intimate tale in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro (Brovarskiy Pr 25) www.drama-comedy.kiev.ua Jewish Luck Operetta in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Kyiv Operetta (V Vasylkivska 53/3) www.operetta.com.ua The Anthem of Young Democrats Tragicomedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Play in 1 act Time: 19.00 I Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre (Ivana Franka 3) www.ft.org.ua WOR Swan Lake Modern ballet in 2 acts featuring KMB Time: 19.00 Theatre of Opera & Ballet for Children & Youth (Mezhyhirska 2) www.kmbtheatre.kiev.ua From Nowhere with Love Émigré musical Time: 19.00 Suzirya Theatre (Yaroslaviv Val 16) www.suzirja.org.ua

The Blue Automobile Tragicomedy in 1 act Time: 19.00 While Mother’s Out Comedy in 1 act Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre (Prorizna 17) www.molody.kiev.ua

12 Thursday Forest Song Ballet in 3 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine (Volodymyrska 50) www.opera.com.ua Lolita Drama in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro (Brovarskiy Pr 25) www.drama-comedy.kiev.ua My Fair Lady Musical in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Kyiv Operetta (V Vasylkivska 53/3) www.operetta.com.ua Zorba the Greek Play in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Goodbye Overture Stage version Time: 19.00 I Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre (Ivana Franka 3) www.ft.org.ua Women. Fragment.

Scandal in 1 Act Drama Time: 20.00 L Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre (B Khmelnytskoho 5) www.rusdram.com.ua People’s Love Thriller Time: 19.00 An Angelic Comedy Ironic fantasy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre (Prorizna 17) www.molody.kiev.ua WOR Swan Lake Modern ballet in 2 acts featuring KMB Time: 19.00 Theatre of Opera & Ballet for Children & Youth (Mezhyhirska 2) www.kmbtheatre.kiev.ua

An Evening of Vivaldi and Bach Featuring Ivan Kucher (UA, cello) and Volodymyr Koshuba (organ, UA) Time: 19.30 National House of Organ and Chamber Music (V Vasylkivska 77) www.organhall.kiev.ua

Romantic Music – Power and Tenderness 170th Birthday Anniversary of Sergey Rachmaninoff featuring Ravisan Trio (UA), Natalia Kravchenko (UA, piano), Vitaliy Chikirov (UA, baritone), Maksym Sydorenko (UA, organ) National House of Organ and Chamber Music (V Vasylkivska 77) 12 December at 19.30

Prominent Russian composer, pianist and conductor, Sergey Rachmaninoff showed interest in music when he was just a four-yearold boy. At the age of nine, he entered the Saint-Petersburg Music Conservatory, and by 13 had already made the acquaintance of Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Destined to witness two world wars and two Russian revolutions, he travelled much, spending most of his life abroad, writing beautiful, romantic and emotional music relevant even today.

Tickets: 20 – 80hrv www.organhall.kiev.ua

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6 Friday Moustache Night Time: 21.00 Admission: call for details Shooters (Moskovska 22) www.shooters.kiev.ua House DJ Parade: DJs Romantik, Indigo, ID Crash Time: 22.00 Admission: before 00.00 L–40hrv, G–60hrv, after L–60hrv, G–80hrv Bionica (Borshchahivska 128a) www.bionicaclub.com.ua Star Night: DJs Ira Champion, Light, Lutique Time: 23.00 Admission: call for details Franklin (Hlushkova 31a) www.franklin-club.com.ua

7 Saturday WOR Top DJs 9 Years: DJs Aphrodite (UK), Horsy, Tim Ismag Time: 23.00 Admission: call for details Forsage (Harmatna 51a) www.forsageclub.com.ua The Best Millennium Hits: Via PPS, DJ Watson Time: 23.00 Admission: before 00.00 L–40hrv, G–60hrv, after L–60hrv, G–80hrv Bionica (Borshchahivska 128a) www.bionicaclub.com.ua

Dzizio, Via PPS, DJs Kristyen, ID Crash Time: 23.00 Admission: L–100hrv, G–120hrv Saxon (Trutenko 4) www.saxonclub.com.ua

Black Tuesday with DJs Vel and Friends Time: 21.00 Admission: 50hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3) www.avalon.ua

Ladies Night Time: 22.00 Admission: call for details Coyote Ugly (Mechnykova 9a) www.coyoteugly.ru/kiev

Russian Dance Party Time: 21.00 Admission: call for details Sorry Babushka (Dmitrievskaya 18/24) www.sorrybabushka.com.ua

Play Night Time: 22.00 Admission: call for details Coyote Ugly (Mechnykova 9a) www.coyoteugly.ru/kiev

12 Thursday

90s Disco: DJs Senkevich, Kuksin Time: 22.00 Admission: L–60hrv, G–80hrv Disco Radio Hall (Moskovskiy 22) www.disco-club.kiev.ua

To the Top

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Dmitriy Monatik (UA, pop) D’Lux (Hrushevskoho 3) 12 December at 20.00

Radio Azhur Party: DJs Stalker, Branski, Ksusha Kosmos Time: 22.00 Admission: L–free, G–150hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3) www.avalon.ua

Some people are obsessed with fame, hoping to shine in the limelight where and whenever possible. Vocalist on X-Factor and dancer on Tantsyut Vsi reality television talent shows, Dmitriy Monatik has grappled his way to the top, and has finally become a star on the Ukrainian showbiz stage. Presenting his debut album SSD (Soundtracks of Today) featuring well-known hits Vozdukh (Air), Prosti (Sorry) and Dym (Smoke), come and witness the many talents of this wide-eyed kid from Lutsk.

Tickets: 100hrv 200-9009

Lux Party: DJs Bambina, YorosLove, Vaselisa Time: 22.00 Admission: L–free, G–100hrv Karusel (Golosiivskaya 87/6) www.dvorgoloseevskiy.com.ua

Crazy Weekend Party Time: 22.00 Admission: call for details Coyote Ugly (Mechnykova 9a) www.coyoteugly.ru/kiev

Saints: Holy Noise: DJs Katwon, Sho, Rhino Time: 02.00 Admission: 40hrv Cinema Club (N Hrinchenka 18)  063-782-6157

Sexy Pyjama Party Time: 23.00 Admission: call for details Shooters (Moskovska 22) www.shooters.kiev.ua

8 Sunday WOR L’One (RU) Time: 19.00 Admission: 190hrv Yunist Club (Artema 37-41)  222-0022

Kishe’s 10 Anniversary th

Andriy Kishe (UA, pop) Forsage (Harmatna 51a) 6 December at 23.00

Popular Ukrainian singer, producer and DJ Andriy Kishe is gathering a crowd, a big crowd, in celebration of 10 years in the biz. It was in 2003 when a younger Andriy stepped out on the stage of the Perlyny Sesonu festival for the first time, and from that moment on, he has been pushing himself to the limit. While he’s only released one album in that time Techiya (2006), he’s been applying himself to the mounds of singles and videos he’s produced. Come and celebrate this mad mobster musician tonight.

Tickets: 70hrv 232-6780

Back to the USSR: DJ SmartBoy & Friends Time: 23.00 Admission: L–free, G–100hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3) www.avalon.ua Relax Night Time: 22.00 Admission: call for details Coyote Ugly (Mechnykova 9a) www.coyoteugly.ru/kiev BSP Time: 23.00 Admission: call for details Shooters (Moskovska 22) www.shooters.kiev.ua Real Ladies Night: Chivas, Marrcuss Time: 22.00 Admission: L–free, G–50hrv Disco Radio Hall (Moskovskiy 22) www.disco-club.kiev.ua

Burn Baby Burn Time: 23.00 Admission: call for details Shooters (Moskovska 22) www.shooters.kiev.ua

Ladies Night: G Spot Time: 23.00 Admission: call for details Shooters (Moskovska 22) www.shooters.kiev.ua

Whiskey Party Time: 21.00 Admission: L–free, G–100hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3) www.avalon.ua

DJs Stalker and Vel Time: 21.00 Admission: L–free, G–100hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3) www.avalon.ua

Friendly Night Time: 22.00 Admission: call for details Coyote Ugly (Mechnykova 9a) www.coyoteugly.ru/kiev

Boys Night: DJs Jeff, Andrew Beats Time: 21.00 Admission: call for details Sorry Babushka (Dmitrievskaya 18/24) www.sorrybabushka.com.ua

Ladies Night: DJs Jeff, Andrew Beats Time: 21.00 Admission: call for details Sorry Babushka (Dmitrievskaya 18/24) www.sorrybabushka.com.ua

Student’s Day: DJ Axio Time: 21.00 Admission: 100hrv Sorry Babushka (Dmitrievskaya 18/24) www.sorrybabushka.com.ua

9 Monday Kozak Night Time: 23.00 Admission: call for details Shooters (Moskovska 22) www.shooters.kiev.ua Students Night Time: 22.00 Admission: call for details Coyote Ugly (Mechnykova 9a) www.coyoteugly.ru/kiev All Rock’n’Roll: DJ Velskiy & Friends Time: 23.00 Admission: L–free, G–100hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3) www.avalon.ua

10 Tuesday 80–90s Disco: DJs Jeff, Andrew Beats Time: 21.00 Admission: call for details Sorry Babushka (Dmitrievskaya 18/24) www.sorrybabushka.com.ua Discotequila Time: 23.00 Admission: call for details Shooters (Moskovska 22) www.shooters.kiev.ua

A Terrific Twosome Blockhead (US) and DJ Cam (FR, trip hop) Cinema Club (N Hrinchenka 18) 6 December at 23.00

Stars of the underground hip-hop world, Frenchman DJ Cam and American Blockhead are hooking up in Cinema Club next week.

You’ll recognise the work of DJ Cam thanks to his remixes of top songs by Michael Jackson, Air, Cypress Hill, Macy Gray, Miles Davis, JeanMichel Jarre and J-Dilla. While Blockhead brings his fifth album Interludes after Midnight released last year. Between the two, they make for an interesting mix, uniting hip-hop, house, dubstep, jazz and more throughout the evening.

Tickets: 70hrv 063-782-6157

Sports, Cinema, & Sundries Get Healthy this Winter Best Food Fest and Health Olimpiyskiy Stadium (V Vasylkivska 55) 7–8 December at 10.00–18.00

It is for the third time Best Food Fest and Health invites visitors to a weekend workshop of trends in healthy eating, understanding what eco-friendly and organic really means, cooking classes with some of the city’s best chefs, and more. The area will be divided into six zones, featuring an area just for the kids so you too can go and “play”. Take home a variety of organic produce, cosmetics and recycled materials this weekend, where access to the fest is free of charge.

Admission: free. Master classes and lectures – 200 –250hrv www.bff.kiev.ua

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Movies in English!

Featured film: Diana starring Naomi Watts, Naveen Andrews, Douglas Hodge 7 December at 13.00, 14.25 11 December at 13.00, 16.00, 18.10 Tickets: 22–50hrv Zhovten Cinema (Konstyantynivska 26) www.zhovten-kino.kiev.ua

Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine) vs Rapid Wien (Austria) 6th round of the UEFA Europa League play-offs Time: 22.05 Tickets: 10–300hrv Olimpiyskiy Stadium (V Vasylkivska 55) www.nsc-olimpiyskiy.com.ua

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Live Music WOR: What’s On Recommended

6 Friday

7 Saturday

WOR Aleksandr Malinin (RU, pop) Time: 19.00 Admission: 150–1,190hrv Palace Ukraine (V Vasylkivska 103) www.palace-ukraine.com

WOR Mashina Vremeni (RU, pop-rock) Time: 19.00 Admission: 250–2,450hrv Palace Ukraine (V Vasylkivska 103) www.palace-ukraine.com

Old School Rock Party (cover bands) Time: 21.00 Admission: 50hrv Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) www.club44.com.ua

WOR Lyapis Trubetskoi (BY, ska, punk) Time: 19.00 Admission: 190hrv Stereo Plaza (Chervonozoryaniy 119) www.stereoplaza.com.ua

Ska v Bolshom Gorode (ska, rock) Time: 20.00 Admission: 60hrv Bochka (Verkhniy Val 22) www.bochka.ua Whistling Dixie (cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: 75hrv Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) www.docker.com.ua Boozemen, Beefeaters (cover bands) Time: 22.00 Admission: 75hrv Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) www.docker.com.ua FM Band, Tres Deseos (cover bands) Time: 21.00 Admission: click for details Dakota (H Stalingrada 14g) www.dakotapub.com Dyadya Vasya, More Khuana (cover bands) Time: 22.00 Admission: click for details Petrovich (Yaroslavska 5/2) www.petrovichclub.kiev.ua Nicholas Tym (cover band) Time: 20.00 Admission: click for details Viller Pub (Heroiv Stalingradu 4a) www.viller.com.ua

Fleur (pop-rock) Time: 19.00 Admission: 120–350hrv Officers’ House (Hrushevskoho 30/1)  253-8072 Five Fingers Death Punch (US, metal) Time: 19.00 Admission: 350–450hrv Bingo Club (Pr Peremohy 112) www.bingo.ua Orest Lyutiy, Stalin und Hitler Kaput (art rock) Time: 21.00 Admission: click for details Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) www.club44.com.ua DMTs (rock) Time: 20.00 Admission: 80hrv Underground Music Hall (Moskovskiy Pr 13v) www.underground.co.ua Kirpichi (RU, hip-hop) Time: 19.00 Admission: 135hrv Bochka (Verkhniy Val 22) www.bochka.ua Boozemen, Rock Four (cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: 75hrv Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) www.docker.com.ua

Perfect Stranger (lounge) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) www.club44.com.ua Tres Deseos (cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: free Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) www.docker.com.ua

From Tokio to Kyiv Tokio (RU, pop-rock) Stereo Plaza (Chervonozoryaniy 119) 6 December at 20.00

Founded back in 2002 by lead singer Yaroslav Maliy and friends, Tokio worked their way up to the top of the charts and rather quickly, thanks to well-tuned singles Serdtse (Heart) and Kto Ya Bez Tebya (Who Am I Without You). Col­laborating with Ukrainian Druha Rika a short while later, the band tried to capitalise on their success with Ukrainian/Russian song Dogonim, Dozhenemo (Catch Up, Catch Up).

Unfortunately, it was a bit of flop, leading them back to the studio to focus on their own sound.

They found it in their fourth release, Magic, due out before the end of the year.

Tickets: 250 –400hrv www.stereoplaza.com.ua Mad Heads XL, Red Rocks (rockabilly, cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: 100hrv Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) www.docker.com.ua MJ Project (cover band) Time: 21.00 Admission: click for details Dakota (H Stalingrada 14g) www.dakotapub.com Dyadya Vasya, Green Light (cover bands) Time: 22.00 Admission: click for details Petrovich (Yaroslavska 5/2) www.petrovichclub.kiev.ua Nicholas Tym (cover band) Time: 21.00 Admission: click for details Cosmopolite Hotel (Vadyma Hetmana 6) www.cosmopolite-kiev.com

8 Sunday That’s OK Flatfoot 56 (US, Celtic punk) City Pub (Peremohy Pr 47) 8 December at 19.00

Flatfoot 56 was founded in 2000 by brothers Tobin, Justin and Kyle Bawinkel. Not long after, bagpiper Josh Robieson joined the band with the foursome releasing album The Rumble of 56 in 2002, with another to follow just a year later.

From second album Waves of War, That’s OK got some major radio play, putting Flatfoot 56 on the music map. From tours to festivals, these Chicago-natives have been unleashing their “hardcore-tinged Celtic punk” upon the world. It’s Kyiv’s turn this December.

Tickets: call for details 456 -2968

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WOR Serhiy Babkin (pop-rock) Time: 20.00 Admission: 150–250hrv Angar (Dehtyarivksa 5)  093-256-9223 Soyuz 44 (jazz) Time: 21.00 Admission: click for details Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) www.club44.com.ua

Carte Blanche, Carnival Heat (cover bands) Time: 21.00 Admission: click for details Dakota (H Stalingrada 14g) www.dakotapub.com Nicholas Tym (cover band) Time: 20.00 Admission: click for details Frau Rosa (Urytskoho 1a) www.fraurosa.com.ua

9 Monday ArtSkin (cover band) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) www.club44.com.ua

Partyzanski Vytivky (cover band) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) www.docker.com.ua New Bayan Waves (cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: click for details Petrovich (Yaroslavska 5/2) www.petrovichclub.kiev.ua

11 Wednesday UA Underground (rock) Time: 21.00 Admission: 30hrv Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) www.club44.com.ua Ruky v Bryuky (cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: free Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) www.docker.com.ua Crazy Train (cover band) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) www.docker.com.ua Chill Out (cover band) Time: 21.00 Admission: click for details Dakota (H Stalingrada 14g) www.dakotapub.com

12 Thursday To Kill Achilles, Fall in Discordia, Upon this Dawning (UK/IT, metal) Time: 19.00 Admission: call for details City Pub (Peremohy Pr 47)  456-2968 WOR TNMK (hip-hop, pop) Time: 21.30 Admission: 100hrv Caribbean Club (S Petlyury 4) www.caribbean.com.ua Lumen (RU, metal) Time: 19.00 Admission: 190hrv Bingo Club (Pr Peremohy 112) www.bingo.ua A Skylit Drive, Upon This Dawning (US, metal) Time: 19.00 Admission: call for details Metropol (Prorizna 8)  222-0022 Goodlife (pop-rock) Time: 21.00 Admission: 30hrv Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) www.club44.com.ua Animals Session (cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: 30hrv Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) www.docker.com.ua Chill Out (cover band) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) www.docker.com.ua Honey Band (cover band) Time: 21.00 Admission: click for details Dakota (H Stalingrada 14g) www.dakotapub.com

Klepka (cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: click for details Petrovich (Yaroslavska 5/2) www.petrovichclub.kiev.ua

Ice Venture (cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: free Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) www.docker.com.ua Night Block (cover band) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) www.docker.com.ua Serhiy Klubnichkin (cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: click for details Petrovich (Yaroslavska 5/2) www.petrovichclub.kiev.ua

Yukhym Dym (cover band) Time: 22.00 Admission: free Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) www.docker.com.ua

10 Tuesday

Riffs (cover band) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) www.docker.com.ua

WOR Skillet (US, metal) Time: 20.00 Admission: 400hrv Stereo Plaza (Chervonozoryaniy 119) www.stereoplaza.com.ua

Heroes Tour Timur Rodrigez (RU, modern pop) Freedom Concert Hall (Frunze 134) 7 December at 20.00

Raised at Russia’s televised Comedy Club, Timur Rodrigez is best known for his witty ditties. Since 2009, however, he’s cut the crap and is walking a more serious line with his music, presenting his debut album, Pro Tebya (About You), released on the Sony Music label.

Including duets with Ani Lorak, Dima Bilan, Sergey Lazarev and La Toya Jackson, this Heroes Tour is the live culmination of that work.

Tickets: 800 –2,200hrv 468-4068

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olga german – ukrainian journalist My trip to France was a great opportunity for me. I enjoy participating in volunteer projects and of course dreamed of going. I had also wished to learn a bit of French some day. This “day” came earlier than I expected. Just like that, hoping my knowledge of other foreign languages would assist me, I went on my adventure. I tried to learn basic greetings, introducing myself, counting, and asking directions. Though my most-used expression was “Parlez-vous anglais?”

My first conversation happened in the airport where I could easily speak English. Apart from that, I was warned the French don’t speak much English. I needed to catch a certain train, so the representatives of the volunteer organisation could meet me. I had a phone number, that’s all. I cannot say that the Paris metro system is very complicated, but fatigue quickly set in. Fortunately, people were eager to help.

One word in English, one in French and I soon found my way. One of favourite moments is when a lovely French man from the volunteer

Most Important Phrases in Ukraini an according to What’s On I want to know who the guilty party is – Ja khochu znaty, jaka partia v tsiom u vynna? Я хочу знайти, яка партія в цьому винн а?

More beer please – Shche pyva, bud ’ laska! Ще пива, будь ласка!

Where is the toilet – De znakhodytsia tualet? Де знаходиться туалет?

That’s a lovely leopard-print outfit – Fain i leopardovi lakhy! Файні леопардові лахи!

Where can I get a black leather jacke t like yours? – De mozhna prydbaty taku chornu shkirianu kurtku, jak u vas? Де можна придбати таку чорну шкіряну куртку як у Вас?

Of course, your regular pleases and thank yous are good to learn too: Please – Bud’ laska, Будь ласка Thank you – Diakuiu, Дякую Excuse me – Pereproshuiu, Перепро шую!

I’m sorry – Meni shkoda! Vybachte! Мен і шкода! Вибачте!

How much? – Skilky? Скільки?

learn even basic expressions unicate. ion” or attempt to com­

knowing a language to better e’s mentality and identity, n understanding cultural idicommand of the language. udied now. organisation met me at the train station. He said he didn’t speak English and on the car journey we took turns to use a dictionary, which made for a pretty funny conversation.

I think it is crucial to understand the mentality of people. I think there is something magical about language, so much history and tradition lies behind it. How can you explain that in a different language? Also, not all people master other languages enough to express the full spectrum of their emotions.

I do want to learn French now. French simply sounded melodic to me and it is an instrument I would like to learn to play and go to France with knowledge of the language. It seems then I would have a completely different impression. Some of my French-speaking friends would laugh at me for not pronouncing French properly. They would ask me to say “tur-lu-tu-tu” – turns out it means nothing, yet shows you are not a native speaker. W

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the expat view

If you don’t get acquainted with the language before you arrive in another country, the learning process is launched as soon as your first conversation takes place. But watch out, there are no short cuts (unless you meet a pretty Ukrainian girl), as this expat, who has asked to remain unidentified, reveals: “My first attempt to speak Russian was when I was trying to buy a telephone card for a public payphone. The woman at the kiosk refused to understand me, but I just blocked her window until a queue built up and she finally had to sell me one.”

Regardless of day-to-day requirements, if communication with locals is not a priority, the majority of foreigners will learn basic phrases to get by. Sometimes, however, it is not only about one language: “When I came to Kyiv I wanted to learn Ukrainian but everyone told me I should try to learn Russian because if I tried to speak Ukrainian people would answer in Russian and it was confusing. I started to learn Russian but my heart wasn’t in it. And so I have learnt some expressions, such as pivo, pozhaluysta (beer, please), yeshche piva pozhaluysta (another beer please), and povtorit pivo pozhaluysta (repeat beer, please).”

By not making attempts at learning the language of the country you are in, you end up, literally, putting yourself in a box. Fortunately, most expats know this themselves: “I think it is very important to learn the local language. I want to learn Ukrainian, and I hope one day I will.”

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16 Coming Soon

by Olga German

The media is tasked with reporting facts in a fair, balanced and unbiased way. Occasionally the tables are turned and the spotlight turns back on the messengers. That’s the point of Kinomedia – a non-profit short film festival about the media. What’s On looks at the portrayal of newsmen and women both here and abroad on film.

Good Night and Good Luck (2005, US) Set in 1953, during the early days of television broadcast journalism, this film tells the story of outstanding CBS anchor Edward Murrow and his stance against Senator Joseph McCarthy’s rooting out of supposed communists and communist sympathisers. “Good night and good luck” is the final line of his epic speech before leaving CBS. “This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is merely wires and lights in a box. Good night, and good luck.”

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inomedia has focused on the work of the fourth estate since 2010, inviting both amateur and professional filmmakers to address mass media in cinema. Open to Ukrainian filmmakers internationally, the festival features animated, documentary, art, and experimental films up to 20 minutes long. Presided over by a jury of journalists, filmmakers and critics, the winners in each category receive 3,000 hryvnias while the grand prix winner walks off with 6,000 hryvnias.

There is an additional People’s Choice Award voted for by cinemagoers at public screenings and the festival’s finals.

The efforts of these young filmmakers contribute to the wealth of movies produced about media. What’s On takes a closer look at mass media through the lenses of young Kinomedia filmmakers and offers a couple of internationally recognised media-based flicks in comparison.

shooting messenger the

Pershiy Krok (First Step), (2011, UA – feature film nomination)

Where Edward Murrow in Good Night & Good Luck refused to step back from his viewpoint, the protagonist in this short film Pershiy Krok does just that, literally. Someone decides that walking backwards saves more energy and in this world of mass consumption, suddenly everyone is doing it, well almost everyone. A journalist interviews a man who was opposed to the idea but convinces him to be like everybody else, that it only takes the first step.

In an additional plot line, the director traces peculiar similarities between today’s world and different periods in history. “Today a human is killed neither physically nor morally.

Everyone feels so insignificant that they actually disappear. But don’t give up...just ask more questions.”

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Are public relations campaigns in the rest of the world any better than here in Ukraine? Check out these media-related flicks filmed in various parts of the word and decide for yourself.

Spravzhni Novyny (Real News),

Jak Tse Bulo (How it Was), (2011,

(2011, UA – documentary nomination winner)

UA – cartoon nomination winner, Grand Prix)

The directors of this short film take a vox populae approach hitting the streets asking every passer-by “What’s news?” Quite often journalists are accused of not being objective enough or choosing bad topics to cover.

Spravzhni Novyny proves this wrong, bringing the truth to the screen.

Reporters constantly look to tell the truth when gathering information for future publication or broadcast. But the “truth” is what you believe and one person’s “truth” may be different to another’s. Looking at three takes of the same story, a reporter sees how varied coverage is of one situation, and asks where is the objectivity? W

Posmsta (Revenge), (2011, UA – fea-

Videocracy (2009, SE, IT, UK, DK, FI) The door to objectivity is closed when the prime minister of a country widens his scope of power to controlling television. This documentary film takes a close look at “Berlusconismo” – the phenomenon of the influence Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had over television in Italy. A song from Berlusconi’s election campaign Thank God for Silvio used as a soundtrack to the film only proves that here democracy is substituted for “videocracy”.

All the President’s Men (1976, US) While researching a story about a botched 1972 burglary of Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate apartment complex, Washington Post reporters/rivals Woodward (Robert Redford) and Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) stumble on a possible connection between the burglars and a White House staffer. Woodward and Bernstein “follow the money” all the way to the top of the Nixon administration. Based on Washington Post journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward's coverage of the Watergate scandal.

ture film nomination, People’s Choice prize)

The director takes quite a satirical approach to illustrate how much people are fed up with TV’s mass-produced content.

But how can you get revenge?

The main character comes up with a “flushing” design for his TV-set.

kinomedia festival

Short-film festival about media impact 13 December Chasopys (L’va Tolstoho 3) www.kinomedia.in.ua

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18 Coming Soon

Bodzin Talks About Love

A Night at the Opera

Stephan Bodzin (DE, techno) Forsage (Harmatna 51a) 14 December at 22.00

Christmas Gala Concert featuring People’s and Honoured Artists of Ukraine National Opera Theatre of Ukraine (Volodymyrska 50) 26 December at 19.00

German DJ Stephan Bodzin, founder of label Herzblut, producer of successful projects Marc Rombou, Thomas Schumacher, Elektrochemie, and H-Man, will debut here in Kyiv this month. Bringing his best tracks from all seven albums, the latest of which is a 2007 release called Liebe ist... (Love is), his remixes for Binary Finary, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Sinead O’Connor may be among them – if you’re lucky.

Admission: before 23.00 L –40hrv, G –50hrv, after L – 60hrv, G –70hrv www.forsageclub.com.ua

A classic never dies – year in, year out, it keeps getting better like a fine wine maturing in oak barrels. So, it is with pleasure, Ukraine’s National Opera Theatre invites one and all to their annual Christmas Gala Concert.

Fea­turing prominent guests – People’s Artists Tetyana Holyakova, Maksym Motkov, and Ivan Ponomarenko as well as Honoured Artists Kateryna Alayeva, Olha Nahorna, Serhiy Sydorsky, and musical excerpts from Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, Gounod, Tchaikovsky, and Rossini, it’s sure to be a festive evening indeed.

Tickets: 20 –300hrv www.opera.com.ua

Lumières, Caméra, Action Evenings of French Cinema 2014 Kyiv Cinema (V Vasylkivska 19) 23–29 January

The most meilleur French films of the season arrive in Kyiv at the turn of the calendar, care of Arthouse Traffic, the French Institute in Ukraine and Citroen. Get ready for the biggest and best films from 2013, shown in their original language with Ukrainian subtitles. This is the ninth time Evenings of French Cinema will be enjoyed in the Ukrainian capital – make sure you’re in town!

Tickets: TBA www.kievkino.com.ua

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All Hits from Guf Guf (RU, rap) Bingo Club (Pr Peremohy 112) 19 December at 20.00

Guf got his start back in 2000 rapping for Rolexx, then moving on to work with Russian top dogs Centr and Basta, before going solo in 2009. Returning to Kyiv this month, the Russian rapper brings his solo programme Alone And...All Hits, featuring third album Alone And... released just last year. Not unlike his contemporaries, much of his repertoire focuses on the doom and gloom that exists in the world – but with such snappy lyrics, that doesn’t seem to matter.

Tickets: 180 –400hrv www.bingo.ua

Rhythm and Blues

Simple Things from Pianoboy

Garou (CA/FR, classics, pop) Palace Ukraine (V Vasylkivska 103) 31 January at 19.00

Pianoboy (UA, pop-rock) Yunist (Artema 37-41) 19 December at 20.00

The star of Notre Dame de Paris, Pierre Ga­rand aka Garou, is bringing his eighth and most recent album Rhythm and Blues released in 2012 to Kyiv. The album is fairly critiqued as being classic RnB compilation, featuring as it does cover versions of big blues stars Joe Cocker, Tom Waits, Nina Simone and others. In addition to these, as well as a few brand new tracks, Garou promises those hits that made him famous in the musical, Belle, Gitan, Quand Tu Danses will be in the programme tonight.

Tickets: 300 –3,500hrv www.palace-ukraine.com

Pianist Dmitry Shurov is a well-known pianist in these parts, loved for his talent first and foremost as well as his eclectic and sometimes outlandish performance. Getting his start with the fabulous and famous Okean Elzy, his Pianoboy project took off a couple of years back with the release of first solo album Prostie Veshchi (Simple Things). Hits from that, as well as selections from his second album Ne Prekrashai Mechtat (Don’t Stop Dreaming) not yet released, are on the bill for tonight.

Tickets: 150hrv 067-155-2255

New Year Clublife Style Clublife New Year (house, techno) Home (Perova 2) 31 December at 22.00

It’s December already, and with the holidays fast approaching, high time to start thinking about your New Year celebrations.

Web-portal Clublife have a suggestion for you: take in their all-inclusive costume ball, where guests will be entertained with a neonshow by LightBalance, a show programme by Freak Glam Rock as well as tunes to get jiggy care of a number of local DJs Ost & Meyer, Ivan Fresh, Nickolas Grace and Tori eager to spend the night spinning records.

Tickets: 700 – 900hrv 558-2545

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20 Kyiv Culture

by Anna Azarova

’Tis the Season

Christmas is more about anticipation than the actual day itself. Across Europe, celebrations begin when the first Christkindlmarkt or Christmas markets open – weeks or even a month before the big day. This quasi-historical festive romp of a German Christmas is now a staple on Ukraine’s calendar of annual events. What’s On samples the festive fare.

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hey fill cities and towns with Christmas magic, featuring colourful wooden stalls, glimmering lights, fantastic decorations, the spicy aroma of glühwein, or mulled wine, and whet citizen’s appetites for feasting and being merry. And they get bigger and better every year in Ukraine with more and more Christmas markets opening across the country.

Let’s take a walk around some of them...

kyiv christkindlmarkt Of course, when it comes to Christmas markets, the capital of Ukraine offers plum picking. This year the Christmas market to be set up in Kyiv’s centre is ‘gonna be’ (as officials promise) nothing short of a fabulous event that will rival (well, that remains to be seen) seasonal fairs in other parts Europe.

The event will take in two parts of the centre. In the first, at least 100 vendor booths will encircle the centre. Designed in Ukrainian style, they will spread along Kyiv’s main drag, Khreshchatyk Street, from Maidan Nezalezhnosti, to Besarabska Square, up Shevchenko Boulevard (the promenade part), take in Opera House Square, as well as Sophiiv­ska, My­ khai­liv­ska and Trinity squares (Olimpiy­sky Sta­dium). The market will open from 14 December to 20 January.

Apart from numerous souvenir kiosks selling millions of Christmas must-haves, each separate market will include huts housing both the traditional Ukrainian Did Moroz (Grandfather Frost) and his more Western rival Santa Claus – just a knock at the door and you’ll be face-toface with the big guns of the festive season

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in Ukraine! Anyone interested will be able to take part in a variety of Ukrainian folk art and craft master-classes, as well as purchase handmade caramel and other marvellous sweets. More holiday specialties are promised like a skating rink, ice run and ice labyrinth to be built near the Olympic Stadium on Trinity Square. A little zoo and traditional merry-go-round will definitely add to the festive mood of children and adults.

double-act The second Kyiv Christmas market has been dubbed the Gift Arch and will unfold from 14 December to 14 January right under the People’s Friendship Arch (overlooking European

and American Santaburger. Those greedy for sweets will no doubt enjoy Spanish doughnuts, Belgian chocolates, German marzipan stollen, Italian cannolli and Viennese strudel.

To wash the food down and get you warmed up, guests are offered some Scandinavian glogg and Austrian gluhwein, two variants of mulled wine. And all this fare is quite affordable – a one-dish course costs 5 hryvnias, while a combination ticket will set you back 50 hryvnias. Some food and drink will be provided free of charge, as organisers reveal, “We are now negotiating with our suppliers on that matter.”

After feasting you can burn off those accumulated calories on a large 500 square metre skating rink accommodating 150 people at once. The rink will stay open around the clock and at night will offer spectacular fire shows and other performances. The Christmas market festivities will also include music concerts, pig races, showmen festivals, and master-classes with stilt-walkers, circus actors, and clowns entertaining attendees all day. To top it off, these

Wider Ukraine If you are away from the capital, you needn’t fear missing your festive fix.

Lviv’s Christmas Festival will open from 10 December and run to 15 January, in the central squares of the city. Traditional drinks and meals as well as New Year gifts of all kinds will be available.

On 25 December, Odesa will start its European-style Christmas market featuring 20 wooden huts erected in the very heart of the city – the legendary Deribasivska Street – selling Ukrainian souvenirs, hot spicy beer, roasted chestnuts and many other things.

Vinnitsa’s exhibition Christmas Gift 2013 will run from 11 to 14 December, offering a wide range of different products, from Christmas tree ornaments to clothes and cosmetics.

Chernivtsi will see the opening of the annual Christmas fair on Soborna Square on 15 December. The closing day is 20 January.

Square). Some 80 vendor booths will offer Christmas decorations, ornaments, souvenirs, and handmade gifts, and organisers say the whole affair will take on a very European look. For example, the Gift Arch will welcome one and all to take part in a Christmas Food Festival and try delicacies from across the continent and across the Atlantic – French brioche, English prediction-pie, Swedish gingerbread men, Danish aebleskiver,

are the headquarters of the guy organisers have tagged as the “authentic” Santa Claus, who, along with his flying reindeer, can be found – so children are promised an unforgettable meeting with the man in the red suit.

Ukraine is readying itself for celebrating Christmas and New Year holidays in style. So eat, drink and be merry compliments of the season. W

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Roman Chukhvitsky Shovkovychna Str. 42/44, office 317, 01601, Kyiv, Ukraine Tel/fax: +38 044 490 1244 e-mail: roman.chukhvitsky@bellerage.com www.bellerage.com

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Publishers Provocations

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I was not here during the Orange Revolution, so it’s with great excitement and not a small amount of trepidation that I am here to witness the current protests supporting Ukraine’s EU aspirations.

During the last two weeks I have witnessed some awe-inspiring sights, and viewed many tragic occurrences as opposing forces battle for the soul of Ukraine.

While nothing in life is black and white, it seems true that in this part of the world, everything appears more grey.

Yanukovych turning his back on the EU is indeed a tragedy, but it seems his hand was forced from unwanted and unwarranted pressure from Putin. And now I can’t help wonder what support the EU is offering the country, and what pressure it is in turn putting on Putin. If any at all.

Some argue that this does not compare to the Orange Revolution, because that was about overturning a fraudulent election result, and that now, Yanukovych, as the legitimately-elected president of Ukraine, is entitled to make decisions on the country’s behalf. But I would say that the Orange Revolution was only about overturning a stolen election, while this is about a stolen future for the whole country. Who is right? That’s anyone’s guess.

While we can laugh with ridicule at the pathetic attempts by provocateurs to rile

up the police, and then cringe in horror at the videos of said police violently beating innocent protestors and members of the press, while completely ignoring those who perpetrated the violence against them, we have to wonder if such antics are at the behest of the government or opposing factions within it.

At the same time we can cheer as several lawmakers depart the Party of Regions, but then wonder that the incredibly grey Firtash is amongst them, who is known to be the greediest of the greedy, and in turn question the apparently whiter-than-white Klitchko’s apparent links to his clan.

Simply put, we are all going to be bombarded by information and misinformation over the coming weeks, and it could all get very confusing. But we should remember at the bottom of it all is a very clear choice for the people of Ukraine – we can move the country closer to European ideals of democracy, rule of law and personal freedoms, or we can turn the opposite way and become once again entrenched with Russia and its brutal autocracy where rule of law and freedom of speech are alien concepts.

When we clear the dirt away, the choice is indeed black and white, and we ask the EU to support this country and its European aspirations in every way it possibly can.

Neil Campbell

Kyiv Top Five With revolution in the air, the best way you can show your support is by taking to the streets en masse.

Of course, as you become a revolutionary, being armed with a few rallying calls does not hurt either.

Here are our top five revolutionary chants. Shout them at the top of your lungs.

5. revolyutsiya! (Revolution!) – a bit cliché, but effective.

4. ukraina tse yevropa! (Ukraine is Europe!) – stating the obvious but as long as Yanukovych and co continue to look East...

3. gan’ba! (Shame!) – Best directed at the government,

Revolution How could it not be? Ukrainians are standing up and being counted. Furious at Ukraine’s 11th-hour decision to back away from an EU integration pact in favour of closer relations with Russia, Ukrainians are taking their country back one step (and New Year tree) at a time, and we welcome it.

What’s Not

Media Attacks Crucial to ensuring the situation in Kyiv and wider Ukraine is reported to citizens and the wider world is the media. Which is why reports of reports of journalists and photographers are disturbing. The reports vary on just how many journalists have been attacked during the protests, but apparently it is more than 30. Against this background, you can’t help but admire the professionalism of Reuters photographer Gleb Garanich who kept working despite being wounded by Ukraine riot police.

heavy-handed police and provocateurs.

2. zeka het! (Down with the prisoner!) – a reference

to Yanu­ko­vych’s convict past, but can be applied to most of the members of the Rada.

Kyiv Cartoon

1. slava ukraini (Glory to Ukraine!) – the rallying call

of the nation and always met with the reply “Heroyam Slava!”

(Glory to heroes!).

Tweets Revolution, revolution, and more revolution...the eyes of the world are on Ukraine in our tweets of the week and the whole world is with you...Well, almost.

Nin (@NinoFilmss) is in support: Today we are Ukrainians! Ukraine you are so brave to say YES to the freedom! I am with you #Ukraineprotests Vitalii Sediuk (@VitaliiSediuk) has crunched the numbers: Half a million Ukrainians gathered at the main squares in Kyiv to defend their rights and call for president resign.

We hope not, this from Buzzfeed’s Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder): “November 30 was the start of the Belarusification of Ukraine.”

Mark Adomanis (@MarkAdomanis) offers a different view: If Ukrainians want to integrate with the EU they should. But it’s worth remembering that the economy is totally doomed

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Teacher: Where are the best toys?

Children: In the Soviet Union!

Teacher: And where is the tastiest candy?

Children: In the Soviet Union!

Teacher: So where are the happiest children?

Children: In the Soviet Union!

Suddenly Vovochka starts to cry bitterly.

Teacher: Vovochka, why are you crying?

Vovochka (through tears): I want to live in the Soviet Union!

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problems if someone had tried to drink it before getting this message.

duck soup Well, actually, it’s duck salad and then soup, but I just wanted to randomly throw in the name of the Marx Brothers’ movie for a bit of fun. The next course is salad with woodroasted duck breast, and I am looking forward to it as I like duck. But when it is placed in front of me I immediately start to moan about the portion size, especially having seen a waiter pass by with a huge pile of salad.

Natasha says it’s her fault, as on the trial tasting she’d complained the portion was too large. “Nice of you to speak for all of us,” I mutter as I dig in. The dish is good. The duck is well cooked, flavoursome and tender, and the salad is light and crisp. And if you order it from the menu you’ll get a much bigger portion.

The next wine from Christina’s selection is a Ukrainian Chardonnay by Esse. It’s palatable.

Following quickly on from this is chestnut soup, and I have to admit I’m not looking forward to it. While I like nuts, I tend to munch on them as a snack, and am not really a fan of their inclusion in dishes. And chestnuts are not on my list of nuts I like to nibble.

However, I am very pleasantly surprised.

This soup served in Kanapa is excellent. It is rich and creamy, and the flavour is one I greatly enjoy. Sadly, my particular portion is not hot enough for my liking, but that’s probably due to the fact that this is a restaurant and not a banquet hall so their probably not used to serving twenty-odd portions of one dish at one time. Top marks for this soup.

I will return to Kanapa for this alone.

As several of the diners at my table are put off by the fact it’s brains, there’s much more available for me they are coated in very tasty breadcrumbs, and combined with mustard and cream sauce, they make for a very tasty dish.

The portion is not huge, and would not on its own satisfy my hunger, but as several of the diners at my table are put off by the fact it’s brains, there’s much more available for me. Actually, I only manage to finish one more portion.

The wine now being served is a Pinot Noir from Oleg Repin. Christina informs us it is the best Ukrainian Pinot Noir she’s tried. But does that means it’s any good? Well, it’s not bad...

The next course is marbled beef steak, and when it arrives it’s well presented, keeping to the cosy, rustic feel of the place. Utilising a cross section of a tree trunk as a platter, the steak sits in the middle with a light garnish around, some of which is described by the waiter as Ukrainian Earth. I’m informed of what it actually is, but as it’s a secret of the house I can’t tell you here.

The steak is well-cooked, succulent and juicy. It’s perhaps a little lacking in “marbling” but it’s very good nonetheless.

And this time round, everyone finishes their portion! The Esse Cabernet Sauvignon complements the dish well.

dessert before we desert all beef and no brains Finally, the dish arrives that will satisfy my hunger – fried veal brains! As I said before, I’ll try anything, and I’m not at all put off by what part of the animal I am eating. So as soon as the plate is put in front of me, I dig in. Brains don’t have much flavour, and the texture may not be to everyone’s liking, but in Kanapa,

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Last up is, of course, dessert, which is described as Ukrainian cheesecake with berry jelly. When it arrives in front of me it resembles a mushroom, with the cheesecake serving as a thick stalk and the jelly serving as the...well, the mushroom bit. For our American friends it should be pointed out that the jelly is indeed jelly and not jam – I believe you would call it Jello.

The cheesecake itself is of a very high quality, and the jelly has a good berry flavour. For me, without a sauce, it’s a little dry, but it serves well to finish off the meal, especially when accompanied by a glass of the Riesling from earlier, which Christian has somehow managed to get served to us again.

All in all, I am impressed with Kanapa’s homey ambience and adventurous spirit. It is these things Ukraine was built on, and from a culinary point of view, Kanapa captures the essence of the country very well. W

kanapa (Andriivskiy Uzviz 19, M Kontraktova Ploshcha) Hours: 10.00 – last guest  425-4548 www.kanapa-restaurant.kiev.ua

edible inventory Odesa Froshmak with Croutons and Farmhouse Butter Esse, Brut Sparkling

Duck Breast Salad with Roasted Turnip and Carpathian Bryndza Oleg Repin, Riesling

Kyiv Chestnut Cream Soup Esse, Chardonney

Fried Veal Brain with Mustard and Cream Sauce and Pike Caviar Oleg Repin, Pinot Noir

Marbled Beef Steak Esse, Cabernet Sauvignon

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