The format of art residence has been known for a long time. With their help, not only the issue of temporary housing for representatives of creative professions is solved, but also many other tasks: the formation of the city’s brand, overcoming cultural isolation, improving the image of not the most prosperous areas, the development of small cities, the spread of local culture, etc.

The plot is initially simple and sad: the ordinary Russian mother Lisa, having given birth to a boy Petya, gradually finds out that the boy has autism. And then everything heals him, heals, heals, until he finally finds an effective tool - in the form of Glenna Doman's techniques. If there was such a section “Mother's Feat”, then the book of Elizabeth Zavarzina-Mammy would suit her as well as possible.

A portrait of Tsoi is painted in St. Petersburg © Hoodgraff The authorities of St. Petersburg intend to paint over the huge portrait of Viktor Tsoi, which appeared on the eve of his death on one of the houses in the city center. Black and white graffiti on the transformer substation between the houses on the street of the uprising street, 8, and 5 Lightovsky Street, was created by artists from the Belarusian art group Hoodgraff .

Lauren Bacoll died © Warner Bros. Lauren Bacoll and Humphrey Bogart in the film "Ki-Largo" On Tuesday, August 12, in New York at the age of 89, the American film actress Lauren Bacoll died. It is reported by Reuters . Lauren Bacon was born in 1924 in New York, gained fame as a fashion model, at the age of 19 she was invited to star in the film “To have and not have” ( to have and have not , 1944) with Humphrey Bogart.

Electronic books will appear in Moscow public transport On September 1, the joint project of the Moscow City Library Center (MGBC) and Litres was appointed-signs with QR codes will appear in ground public transport, with which it will be possible to download books or read them online. According to M24.ru , citing the press service of the MGBC, the codes will be placed in almost 700 buses, trolleybuses and trams running in five districts, including in the center.

Sakhalin Film Festival announced the program The competitive program of the IV Sakhalin International Film Festival “End of the World”, which will be held in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk from August 22 to 29, included 11 paintings created by filmmakers from 10 countries of the world. Competition program of the IV Sakhalin Film Festival: “Another year” (Russia), dir. Oksana Bychkova; "Star" (Russia), dir. Anna Melikyan; “There will be no winter” (Russia), dir. Ilya Demichev; "Test" (Russia), dir.

The program of the Kansky festival was announced The XIII International Causage Video, which will be held from August 23 to 30 in the city of Kansk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, announced films of the competitive program. This year, 35 directors from 24 countries of the world are presented in it.

Melnikov’s house will be opened for visitors © State Research Museum of Architecture named after A.V. Shchuseva Today, August 13, employees of the State Museum of Konstantin and Viktor Melnikov began work to recreate the memorial atmosphere of Melnikov’s house in Moscow. It will open until visit until the end of 2014. According to the State Research Museum of Architecture named after A.V.

The tenth album of the Irish singer Shineid O'Connor just came out “I'M not bossy, i'm the boss”, which was to be called “ The Vishnu Room”. The cover of the album, where O'Connor, who once received a priestly dignity, appears in the form of a fatal woman in a latex dress, can be considered another public manifesto of Shineid. This time-about the exploitation of female sexuality in show business.

The Russian-British festival of public art will be held in Yekaterinburg © British Council Zoe Ajonio From August 16 to 30 in Yekaterinburg there will be a public art festival “Decisive actions”-four Russian and four British artists will show their works on the Embankment of the Iset River. With the help of art projects, the curators of the exhibition, Sven Mender and Ilya Shipilovsky, want to make the space of the embankment not just visible, but perceived in a special way.

Marina and I are sitting between the floors in the entrance of the Stalinsky house in the center of Donetsk. Glass shakes, you can hear the "hail" falls. This means that the war is somewhere very close, a few kilometers from us. I note with surprise that I am somehow too calm about this fact. There is something inevitable in these rolling sounds. “We are sitting in the right place,” Marina notes phlegmatically, lighting the next cigarette. - There are thick walls.

From the author Our gender and the biological sex do not always coincide, the discrepancy between them can lead to serious mental discomfort. The life of transsexuals from childhood is a struggle for the right to live in harmony with oneself. They constantly encounter a dialogue between two personalities: the internal “I”, which strives for gender identity, and the “I” corresponding to the biological sex.