Died Edgar Lawrence Doctorou © Gasper Tringale / EldoCtorow.com On Tuesday, July 21, in New York, at the age of 84, American writer Edgar Lawrence Doctorou died. According to The New York Times with reference to the writer's son, the cause of death was complications from lung cancer. Edgar Lawrence Doctorou was born in 1931 in New York in a family of Jewish immigrants from Belarus, graduated from Kenion College in Ohio and a magistracy in philology at the Columbia University.

Makanturov Foundation closes the Moscow branch © MacArthur Foundation The charity fund Makarturov announced the decision to close his branch in Moscow. The reason for this decision was the inclusion of the Fund in the Patriotic Stop List of undesirable foreign organizations.

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 9255 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.

Ai Weiway returned the passport © 3 News The authorities of the PRC returned to the dissident artist Ai Wevewa a passport selected four years ago. This means that he again had the opportunity to travel outside of China. Today, July 22, Ai Weiwei called from the sixth department of the Ministry of Public Security of the PRC and said that he could pick up his passport, reports Reuters . The artist explained that now he will be able to leave the country.

Vladimir Kulistikov leaves with NTV © Channel One NTV General Director Vladimir Kulistikov leaves his post and leaves the Gazprom-Media holding. He will not extend the contract, the term of which expires on January 1, 2016. According to Kommersant with reference to sources on the media market, Culusticians made this decision for health reasons. Also about Kulistikov’s departure, referring to his sources, write “Vedomosti” . The Gazprom-Media and NTV refused to comment on this information.

This summer, the director, artist and theorist of the theater Boris Yuryevich Ponizovsky would have turned 85 years old; 20 years ago, on June 3, 1995, he died in St. Petersburg. Two anniversaries are an occasion to recall this exceptional person and think about the phenomenon of his fate.

Vladimir Miliyevich, who removes Boogie under the pseudonym, is a well-known New York photographer with Serbian roots, who became famous for filming dangerous streets in Belgrade, New York, Istanbul, San Paulo and Mexico City. You could see him in the sensational documentary "Evebybody Street" , where he appears with some other famous street photographers of New York. Not so long ago, Boogie visited Moscow - Colta.ru was the first to publish a photo service that he made on this trip.

Martin Müller / "Urban History of the City" On July 22, in the Gallery "Due" in Nizhny Novgorod, Professor of the University of Zurich Martin Müller will take part in the round table "Urbanistic History of the city: what will change 2018?" In the Nizhny Novgorod Gallery of Modern Art , “Peretno” will be a discussion about how large public events affect urban space. If earlier the most significant events in Nizhny Novgorod were fairs, now preparations are being prepared for the World Cup.

The open- class open class cycle is completed by the master class of the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Dmitry Muratov. His topic: "Journalism: observes or interferes?" The master class will be held tomorrow, July 23, at 19:30 in the premises of the Memorial Society (Karetny Ryad, 5/10, the entrance from the carriage).

At the exhibition in Moscow they will show the "Light in Move" Hulio Le Park © Lexus Hybrid Art Julio Le Park, 1966 The classic of the OP-Art Hulio Le Park will present its work “Light in Movement” at the sixth annual hybrid art exhibition Lexus Hybrid Art, which will be held from July 22 to August 2 in Moscow at the Russia theater (former cinema “Pushkinsky”).

Crazy Day festival comes to Russia © Etovidel.net In the fall, in the Sverdlovsk State Academic Philharmonic in Yekaterinburg, for the first time in Russia, the International Musical Festival La Folle Journée will be held. The festival was conceived by the French producer Rene Marten and first took place in 1995 in Nantes. For 20 years, the festival has become international - today its geography covers France, Spain, Japan, Poland. Now Russia joined these countries.