• Let's start with the Star (No. 9, 2013), offering the reader of the essay Vasil Makhno about Joseph Brodsky “Venice Leo” : “You can agree with the thought of Irene Grudzinskaya-Gross, who believes that Brodsky was born and raised in one empire (USSR), lived in another (America) and found eternal peace in the third (Roman).

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova announced a hunger strike © Channel One The Pussy Riot participant who was serving a sentence Nadezhda Tolokonnikova announced a hunger strike in the colony, saying that the administration threatens her with a murder. “On Monday, September 23, I announce a hunger strike. This is the extreme method, but I'm absolutely sure that this is the only possible way out of this situation.

Sergey Matvienko will give a million euros for the restoration of frescoes in Italy © Michel Guilly Russian businessman Sergei Matvienko, son of the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko intends to allocate about a million euros to restore frescoes in the Italian city of Assisi.

The project "Playing with nature" 5th.moscowbiennale.ru Katya Novichkova. Approximation I From October 23 to October 27, 2013, the Swiss artist Domenico Billari will take part in the special project "Playing with nature", which will be created as part of the 5 Moscow Biennale of Modern Art and will be held at the Moscow-Sokol Center. “Playing with nature” combines the works of young artists from Germany, Great Britain, Russia, Holland, Switzerland, Ireland, Estonia and Zimbabwe.

"All Great" won "Emmy" © AMC On Sunday, September 22, in Los Angeles, the Emmy Award Awards of the American Television Academy took place. The best dramatic series is recognized as “Breaking Bad). The prize in this category was also claimed by “ Downton Abbey”, “Game of Thrones”, “Alien among their own” ( Homeland ), “ House of Cards ” and “Mad men” ( Mad Men ). David Fincher (“House of Cards”) was awarded for the best directing.

This is how it is on Russian stage: the new season starts gradually, gradually, like reluctantly-the troupe is leisurely returning from vacations, roll their everyday repertoire, wait for the autumn exacerbation of festival and gastrointestinal fever in order to go out of the first case to the first frosts.

The deputy head of the "Izvestia" quit © Young Guard of United Russia Dmitry Yuryev, deputy editor -in -chief of the Izvestia newspaper, who worked in this position for only a month, leaves the publication. “The decision was made by agreement of the parties,” Yuryev said on his Facebook page. According to him, the reason for the departure was the discrepancy in the views of journalism with the chairman of the board of directors of the editorial office of the Izvestia newspaper, Aram Gabrelyanov.

The "nose" announced the long list © Mikhail Prokhorova Foundation Today, September 23, the Long list of the Literary Prize "Nose" ("New Literature") was published in 2013. It included 25 works. The list is published on the website of the organizers of the award, the cultural initiatives of Mikhail Prokhorov.

On September 19, the main project of the V Moscow Biennale was officially opened in the Manege . The exhibition "More Light", which is the curator of which is Catherine de Zeger, will last until October 20. The main project of the Moscow Biennale caused serious disagreements. On the night after opening on social networks, artists, critics, curators and other people related to the art world shared the first impressions. As usual, the opinions were dotted and at the same time extremely emotional.

Completed "Film" © "Kazakhfilm" Frame from the movie "Shal" ("Old Man") The Golden Love is the main prize of the XXII open festival of the CIS countries, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, Kinoshok, which took place in Anapa from September 15 to 22, received the film “Shal” (“Old Man”) Ermeca Tursunov (Kazakhstan).

The other day, the Forum of the Valdai Club ended, during which Putin, contrary to usual, met with those who were customary to be attributed to the non -systemic opposition. COLTA . RU talked with two participants in the meeting - Gennady Gudkov and Ksenia Sobchak - and found out why they needed participation in the forum. Ksenia Sobchak: "Putin relaxed" © Dmitry Azarov / Kommersant - Ksenia, why did you go to Valdai?

Permm Museum is looking for directors © SKYSCRAPERCITY.COM The Ministry of Culture of the Perm Territory announced the All -Russian competition to replace the vacant position of the director of the Perm Museum of Modern Art Permm, which was previously occupied by Marat Gelman. The competition will be held in two stages, reports ITAR-TASS .

Producers of low -budget cinema made a declaration © Renewtheaters.org Today, September 23, a declaration of producers of low -budget cinema has been published. Vsevolod Lisovsky, Andrei Silvestrov and Elena Stepanishcheva call for a constructive dialogue of colleagues, spectators and all interested parties. The document is posted on the website of the magazine "Session" .

It was hardly any other film that was discussed this year so fiercely as the “admixture” of Shane Carrut, who received a special prize of the jury at Sandensa. To start with the fact that the film tells about what ( here is an example of an amateur explanation of the plot of “upstream color”, and here is an explanation of the director himself, why everything is in the film and not otherwise).

In the center of Meyerhold will be a discussion about society, the state and theater © Center named after Armed Forces. Meyerhold On Tuesday, September 24, in the theater-cultural center named after the Armed Forces. Meyerhold after the play “Alice and the state” will be a discussion with Alexander Auzan, Dmitry Golubovsky, Yuri Saprykin, Elena Gremin and Mikhail Ugarov.