In Moscow, the exhibition "Osip Mandelstam. The end of the journey " © "Radio Liberty" Monument to Osipa Mandelstam in Moscow On Monday, December 28, in the International Memorial (Karetnaya Ryad, 5/10), the exhibition “Osip Mandelstam, will open for visitors. The end of the journey.

. . . Over the year, the space probes flew to Pluto and to the asteroid cerer, genetic engineers edited DNA at the human embryos , NASA opened the “second Earth” - Colt wrote about all this. It seems that it is these events that should be called the main ones - both in terms of the volume of efforts, and in media attention.

The Association of Theater Critics has been created in Russia © Frol Podlesny / "Red Torch" Seyen from the play "Three Sisters" Today, December 23, at the Constituent Association of Theater Critics (ATK), the charter of the organization was adopted. It included more than 100 critics from all over the country who summed up the results of the season in the nominations “The Prime of the Year” and “Man of the Year”.

"National Media Group" and Discovery will buy Russian CNN © CNN For several weeks, the Media Alliance company, created by the Russian National Media Group (NMG) and the American company Discovery, will close the purchase of Russian assets of the Turner media conclaim, including CNN. This information was confirmed by Olga Paskin, Director General of the Media Alliance.

The Strategy of State Cultural Policy was sent for revision © 2015, Alexander Krajushkin / Google Cards Russian Research Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage named after D.S. Likhachev The project “Strategy of State Cultural Policy”, prepared by the Research Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage named after D.S. Likhacheva, will be redesigned by the working group with the participation of cultural figures, representatives of the presidential administration and the Ministry of Culture.

Greece parliament adopted a law on the legalization of same -sex unions Today, December 23, the Greek parliament approved the bill of civil marriages for same -sex couples. Greece was one of the last countries of Europe, where they were deprived of rights, the recognition of which at the state level for many years was resisted by the Elladsky Orthodox Church.

Roman Arbitman writer, critic The main (sad) literary event of 2015 is the death of a wonderful science fiction writer Terry Pratchett. Two years earlier, the creator of the Flat Peace announced his Alzheimer, said that he would work while there was enough strength, and then leave. So it happened. And our media did not even manage to honestly write about the circumstances of his departure - out of fear that they, damn it, will be accused of promoting suicide!

"Garage" launched a new site The Garage Museum of Modern Art announced the launch of a new version of its site - Garagemca.org.

The trend of the year In fact, the same as in the past: the expansion of non-fiction in the cinema continues. The “Cinema of the Fact” is increasingly replacing the cinema of forms and formulas, while the documentary sometimes turns out to be the only advantage, or rather, even a feature of the film - as in the case of a mass of studio American paintings “shot according to real events” (there are more and more of them).

The Beatles songs will first appear on streaming services © Ella Johnston Art / Ella's Place On Thursday, December 24, in the Christmas Christmas Eve, the Gregorian calendar, the full catalog of The Beatles will be first available for listening on the Internet on the sites of musical streaming services.

The scene measures the time with seasons, so to summarize any results at the end of the calendar year-the idea for the theater observer is not quite correct and not very grateful: to add anything significant to the anamnesis of the past season In the midst of the current season, the task is not easy, the agenda with its meanings and trends is just beginning to feel and formulated, so that with the diagnosis and epicrisis (as well as with far-reaching conclusions) it is worth it to wait until the

In principle, writing some results of the year in the field of art now, in the middle of winter, is somewhat incorrect, because for the artistic process the season of work and rest, as well as the moment of counting income and losses, financial or symbolic, do not coincide with today's generally accepted understanding of the year.

A very subjective attempt to recall the whole most that happened to Russian music in the year, in 13 nominations. Here, only ours - about what the new albums of Adele and Kendrika Lamara are remarkable, will tell you dozens of other publications . 1. Our hit of the year 2. Folk hit of the year 3. Classics of the year 4. The singer of the year 5. reprinting the year 6. Rapper of the year 7. Scandal of the year 8. Trend of the year 9. Cumbek of the year 10. Tin-IDODA 11.

In two words in the heading, the main events and trends of the outgoing year are not exhausted, but it is precisely these names that he will be remembered. The first name is with a fat sign minus. The second is with a plus sign. Tangaer The word "tanneser" now knows even a simple taxi driver. Whose and what the opera is about, he does not remember, but there is a stable association with an “insult of feelings”.

Putin's ceremonial In 2015, another interview was added to the usual formats of the appearance of the Russian president-a direct line, a press conference, protocol broadcasts-in 2015: a ceremonial staged interview. Artistically exposed light, smooth movements of cameras, dramatic close -ups, solemn nods of the interlocutor (usually Vladimir Solovyov) - all this gives the spectacle an epic scope.