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Architects Address Regions at Venice Expo
Vedomosti
"People Meet in Architecture" was the manifesto of the 12th Architecture Biennale in Venice, and a Russian exhibition looked at the ways that the now-defunct industrial life of small towns could be reinvented for the revival of such towns — and in particular, Vyshny Volochyok.
Military Fest Takes Over Red Square
The International Military Music Festival will see more than 1,000 military musicians and artists from nine countries perform in front of a daily audience of more than 7,000 people. Anticipated highlights include a U.S. group and the traditional Arabian sound of Bahrain's police band.
Festival Is Host to New Plays, Free Expression
It has become tradition that Moscow’s theater season begins with a daunting dose of new drama. This year, at the Lyubimovka playwriting festival, there will be 40 plays read and performed, including new Russian works.
In the Spotlight: Rich Divorces
By Anna Malpas
Tabloids have been reporting that Russian-born model Natalia Vodianova is about to get divorced from her husband, British aristocrat Justin Portman. Vodianova has the ultimate rags-to-riches story, going from a market worker in Nizhny Novgorod to a top model.
Music, Art, Lectures and More at MIGZ Festival
The third International Festival of Modern Music and Media Art, or MIGZ, provides a bumper feast of events Friday and Saturday at the former Krasny Oktyabr chocolate factory during the day and finishes off at night at a number of Moscow’s trendy clubs.
Oleg Khaimov / Et Cetera Theater
Contemporary Writers Strong for New Season
The real season is about to begin in Moscow. Let the film, music and art pundits take potshots at me — I don’t care. Because when Moscow’s drama theaters start gearing up for a new season, that’s when serious work is about to be done.
- Culture, No Food At Chinese Festival
- Wanted: Lost Connections
- Celebrate the Summer’s End at a Writer’s Dacha
- Perestroika’s ‘Mir Caravan’ Runs at Kolomenskoye
- Long-Lost Jesus Icon Returns to Kremlin Gates
- In the Spotlight: Silly Sex Shows
- Following the Trail of an Amur Tiger’s Victim
- Wanted: Extras
- Fun&Charity Event Takes Over City Park
- Bono, Medvedev Talk Charity Over Tea
Foreign Money In, Khodorkovsky Still OutPrime Minister Vladimir Putin insisted that Russia remained open to foreign investment in strategic sectors, accused jailed former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky of having “blood on his hands” and spoke of Washington and Beijing in uncharacteristically warm terms during a meeting with Russia experts.
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Duma Sets Sights on Antitrust Law, LiquorBy Irina Filatova and Anatoly Medetsky
The State Duma opened its fall session Tuesday looking to pass economic legislation that clarifies tough anti-monopoly regulations and puts further pressure on the country's rampant alcohol consumption.
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