Brodsky's poetic competition was announced by Long List © from the archive of M.I. Milchik In St. Petersburg, a long list of applicants for victory in the first poetic competition "Criteria of Freedom" named after Joseph Brodsky was announced. In total, 1169 authors sent their works to the competition, 115 people entered the semifinals, according to the competition website .

Named Laureates of the Prize "Yasnaya Polyana" On the year, October 21, the winners of the annual literary prize "Yasnaya Polyana" were declared in Moscow. According to Gazeta.ru , the award ceremony took place in the Beethoven Hall of the Bolshoi Theater. In the nomination "Modern Classics" Boris Ekimov became a laureate. He received a cash prize of 900 thousand rubles for the work "Pinochet".

Theater named after Natalia Satz will show the musical by Oliver Twista October 25 at the Moscow State Academic Children's Musical Theater. N.I. Satz will be held by the world premiere of the musical Alesandra Tchaikovsky on the libretto of Leo Yakovlev “Life and the extraordinary adventures of Oliver Twist” in the production of George Isahakyan.

Frank Gory built a Museum of Modern Art in Paris On Monday, October 20, French President Francois Hollande opened in Paris a new cultural center - the Museum of Modern Art of the Loui Vuitton Foundation, built according to the project of architect Frank Heri. On Monday, October 20, French President Francois Hollande opened in Paris a new cultural center - the Museum of Modern Art of the Loui Vuitton Foundation, built under the project of Frank Geri.

The Opera and Ballet Theater in the middle of the vast steppes of nomads was opened in 1952. The connection of the Stalin Empire with the local color in the form of a yurt was in terms of reference. “The theater has been built, now it is necessary to complete the city to it,” the inhabitants of Ulan-Ude said in those days. Until now, this palace, which, moreover, has recently been richly restored, remains the main city -forming fairy tale.

Gorillaz will release a new album in 2016 © On Record Magazine The British rock musician Damon Albarn announced that the next album of his virtual group Gorillaz will be released in 2016. Albarn made this statement in Australia, where he is now on tour in support of his solo album "EVERYUDAY ROBOTS" , Spin.com reports. Talking about the closest plans to the Sydney Morning Held newspaper, the musician said that his next record will be released under the name Gorillaz in 2016.

Dear friends! Adults and children! All-all-all! This year, a large festival of cartoons again gives us a traditionally generous gift - a program of the best animation of this year, specially drawn up for readers of Colta.ru by the program director of the BFM Maria Tereshchenko. All the main films of the festival are in one show! What will be there?

The Ministry of Justice is ready to withdraw a lawsuit against the "memorial" The Ministry of Justice can withdraw its lawsuit from the Supreme Court with a petition for the liquidation of the Memorial human rights company. “In the event that all violations are eliminated by the company, the Ministry of Justice of Russia has the right to abandon the claim,” Interfax quotes the press service of the ministry.

Last week, the Russian tour of the famous American DET-metal group Cannibal Corpse, which has repeatedly performed in Russia, was torn-for various reasons, concerts in Ufa, Nizhny Novgorod, St. Petersburg and Moscow did not take place. A similar fate can comprehend the tour of their British colleagues Cradle of Filth - Speeds in Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk were canceled. How do concert cancellations occur and can they counteract? COLTA .

In St. Petersburg on Mokhova, 42, the Luda Gallery again works - the curatorial project of the artist Peter Bely. It first opened in 2008. Then, in nine months , Luda managed to earn a reputation as a cult place for St. Petersburg bohemia. Setting up in an ordinary courtyard, she was an organic continuation of the daily life of the local intellectual and took a position somewhere between the sterile White Cube and the artistic squat.