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Gogolfest Returns with La Fura dels Baus
This year Gogolfest will host a performance from the cutting edge Spanish theatre company
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Mammoth (in English)
Directed by Lukas Moodysson
Drama, Comedy USA 2009
Starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Michelle Williams, Marife Necesito
Leo and Ellen are a successful New York couple, totally immersed in their work. Leo is the creator of a booming website, and has stumbled into a world of money and big decisions. Ellen is a dedicated emergency surgeon who devotes her long shifts to saving lives.
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Casanova of the Cigar World
 Stumbling across a rather debonair figure in the Kyiv business community, What’s On sat down with Konstyantyn Loskutnikov – better known as Baron von Bossner. Famous the world over as an incredible cigar manufacturer, this Russian expat is now living in Germany, and coming to Kyiv for the Cigar Club’s Summer Big Smoke, that’s exactly where we found him.
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 While there are other venues Gogolfest 2010 has enlisted the Dovzhenko Studios is the event’s central location, where every inch of space from the cinema to the theatre stage to the Squat Forum House has been devoted to this week of artistic entertainment.
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 As one of Ukraine’s biggest and best festivals showcasing all that is great about the artistic world, the fourth annual Gogolfest is back with increasing depth and intensity. In remembrance to the writer, playwright and carrier of that very name, Gogol’s influence as a creative force is recognised every September. And with the event’s old venue (Mystetskiy Arsenal) overshadowed by our country’s illustrious Dovzhenko Studios, that commemoration has certainly got bigger and better this year.
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 Art, to be called modern, has to keep up with today, yesterday and tomorrow, complying with the spirit of the age, while taking in and reflecting the most important and characteristic elements of the time. Nazar Bilyk, a young artist from Kyiv, can by rights be characterised as just such a tomorrow-facing artist where his newest project entitled Enclosure is like a well of fresh water sprung up from a stagnant pond.
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 Kyiv is one of the most beautiful European cities there is: its people are welcoming, its greenery lush, and its sightseeing is breathtaking. As far as tourism goes, the one thing Kyiv seemed to be legging behind other world cities like London, Sydney or Washington, was the absence – quite literally – of a vehicle for people to get around and see the city in. That problem doesn’t seem to be much of a problem anymore, however, as the Open Kyiv company has very recently turned out a couple of new open-topped double-deckers. And with English-speaking guides to take you around to many of the city’s most incredible destinations, Kyiv is now yours to rediscover every day of the week.
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 Wandering around one of Kyiv’s biggest and most popular squares, Maidan Nezalezhnosti, one day, I came across a group of people waving flags and making a big old racket. They were offering ‘Free Tours’, which for Kyiv I thought was pretty cool indeed, and dipping out of work early the very next day (boss sanctioned, of course) I became a tourist myself. Wanna know what I learned? Read on.
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 As one of the country’s most expensive photographers, and a favourite of Playboy, there isn’t much Oleksandr Morderer hasn’t seen. As such, it seemed quite natural for us to want to find out more about him. Unfortunately, a few years ago he suffered at the hands of a journalist who published some rather inaccurate information about the man. So while this sought after photographer was slightly reluctant to talk with us, we managed to win him over, and get the goods on his first earnings, who’s after the nudies and why he prefers to be behind the camera, rather than in front of it.
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 Heading off to the cinema to catch the latest Hollywood flick seems like an old fashioned thing to do these days; which is perhaps the premise behind Kyiv’s recent movie theatre/entertainment complex blends. Some of these latest hybrids boast activities such as bowling, laser-tag, even go-carting. And so with many more reasons to get yourself to the movies these days, What’s On has taken a trip to the best of the best to take a better look at what you can do in between stuffing your face with popcorn.
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 Having made a household name for himself as far back as the early 90s with New Wave, he has since been one of only a handful of Ukrainian artists who often sees his exhibitions on the other side of the border. One of his latest international displays included the 2009 Venice Biennale, where he presented his Steppes of Dreamers. And returning from India recently after keeping a rather low profile, his newest exhibition, Der’mo I Zoloto, has come out with a bang. Love him or hate him, he’s one of the most wanted contemporary artists Ukraine has ever produced, and having hooked up in his workshop downtown, What’s On is getting a little arty with Ilya Chichkan.
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 Everything! Without them, we would all just walk around saying ‘hey you’ all the time which wouldn’t be very effective at all. And so coming up with a rather ingenious way of identifying each other, our parents and our parent’ parents and so on are to thank for providing us with this very important bequest. You will come across various names over the course of your lifetime that peak you attention. And uncovering a few that have done just that with us, we thought we might share a few of these rather interesting identities with you.
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 Kyiv’s nightlife is something everyone has an opinion on. If you’re not one of the many partaking in the pleasures it offers, then you certainly can’t deny it’s influence on just about everyone in this city. The way people dress, the way they behave, the way they spend their money and their time: it’s of huge importance. Why or how the clubs of Kyiv manage to hold their captors under their sturdy spell, however, isn’t the question. The question is, is it any good?
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| Kyiv Culture |
Get Out and Go Gogoling
As one of Ukraine’s biggest and best festivals showcasing all that is great about the artistic world, the fourth annual Gogolfest is back with increasing depth and intensity. In remembrance to the writer, playwright and carrier of that very name, Gogol’s influence as a creative force is recognised every September. And with the event’s old venue (Mystetskiy Arsenal) overshadowed by our country’s illustrious Dovzhenko Studios, that commemoration has certainly got bigger and better this year.
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Book ‘Em Danylo
With more and more internationals making paths across Ukraine’s border, Kyiv’s police force has been getting out and cleaning up the city’s streets. And while this would typically be a welcome respite to the complete lack of attention residents often receive from City Administration, our boys in blue seem to be focusing in on all the wrong people. To find out just what’s been going on, the What’s On team have put on our night vision goggles and dusted off our super hearing enhancement devices and gone on a mission…
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