“The Executioner” is a poem by the American poet Maurice Ogden, often quoted along with the famous text of Martin Nigeller “When they came ...” . The poem was written in 1951, published in 1954, nothing is known about its author. In 1964, an animated film adaptation was released (the authors of the Goldman and Paul Julian), who received the prize at the festival in Locarno at the same time. 1. Once an executioner came to our city. Grand blood and gold his cloak.

The St. Petersburg group of Auroraw , in the achievements of which performances on Kazantip 2012 and warming up at Friendly Fires , is preparing to release the debut album "New Romance". For the group, this is not just a name, but a creative motto and at the same time stylish tag, radically different from that which was distributed in the 80s of the last century. The musicians describe their direction as follows: “Romantic and thoughtful pop music in the good sense of the word.

"Manifesto-10": for and against Until August 16, Manifesta -10 is the European Biennale of Contemporary Art, which should take place in the summer of 2014 in St. Petersburg at the Hermitage site, was the subject of discussion only among curators, artists and some journalists. Over the past two weeks, the fate of the future exhibition has turned into an almost the most discussed topic on the network, which, however, far beyond the boundaries of the problems of modern art.

Lyapisi recorded the first album in the Belarusian © "Lapis Trubetskoy" The Belarusian group "Lapis Trubetskoy" in the fall will release the first record in its history, consisting exclusively of songs in Belarusian. On the album called “Gray” there will be 12 Belarusian -language songs composed and recorded over the past ten years, including two completely new tracks, according to the group’s website .

- Do you like the name of the almanac - “rebooting the future”? “I don’t know anything about him.” I know that they called the winners of the past years and set the condition to make a film no longer than one and a half minutes. - And how did you formulate, what to shoot about? - And no one formulated anything to me. They said that it was necessary to devote this to the cinema of the future. - Your short story is called " Inperpetuum infinituum . " Why? - Just like that.

Evgenia Volunkova: "The privileges of those who remained in Russia" The editor -in -chief of “such cases” on how to beat sour cream into oil, write about people, regardless of their mistakes, fight for the “deep” reader and work where it is very difficult, but necessary 12 July 2023 9251 Meeting on the sling (first three hours) The five -hour conversation of Elena Kovalskaya, Nadia Plungan, Yuri Saprykin and Alexander Ivanov about why today it is necessary to be in Russia.

The Moscow prosecutor's office became interested in Goebbels Roman © Bundesarchiv “Today, a statement of claim was sent to the Basmanny District Court of Moscow on the recognition of the book of Paul Joseph Goebbels“ Michael. German fate in diary sheets “extremist material,” the prosecutor’s website said , RIA Novosti reports. The general director of the Algorithm publishing house, which issued the book, introduced an idea of ​​eliminating violations of the law.

The Offspring will pass through nine cities of Russia © Pop Farm This fall, the American punk racers of The Offspring will perform in nine Russian cities-Moscow, Krasnodar, Voronezh, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk. The discography of the group, founded in the mid-1980s in California, has 9 studio albums, 4 EP and 3 DVD, the total circulation of which exceeds 55 million copies. On the account of The Offspring 21 music videos and soundtracks for 9 films.

- You left Leningrad in 1985: first in Latvia, then to Israel. Could you talk about your relationship with the Leningrad context of the 1970s and 80s: how important was this tradition for you? And if it is not at all important, then what turned out to be more important? What else was a source of inspiration for a young author in the 1980s? © Dmitry Vilkin -I had the most strange idea of ​​the Leningrad context of the 1970s and 80s, as well as about Moscow.

The Russian singer won at the Operalia competition © Aidagarifullina.com Aida Garifullina in the opera "Figaro Wedding" at the Mariinsky Theater The first prize at the international competition of young opera performers Operalia, founded by Placido Domingo, received Soprano Aida Garifullin from Russia. Also, the first place was awarded to the Chinese bass bariton AO Lee, reports The Los Angeles Times . Winners will receive $ 30 thousand.

Moscow museums will remain free for students © RPK "Best Solution" University students will be able to attend city museums for free, despite the federal law that cancel this benefit from September 1. The corresponding decision was adopted today, August 27, the Moscow government. Moscow museums up to 180 thousand students visit Moscow annually. “Although tickets to the metropolitan museums cost from 60 to 300 rubles, this is a fairly impressive amount for Moscow student. -told ITAR-TASS I.O.

Russian modern music will sound in Holland © Gaudeamus muziekweek A large group of Russian composers and the Moscow ensemble of modern music will take part in the prestigious international festival Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Dutch morning. At the concerts of the festival, works of both composers from Russia and Russian composers living in Holland will sound.