In three cities of Russia, a retrospective Vim Venders will be held © "Noveokino" frame from the film "Over time" From December 14 to December 18, the company "Noveokino" will present in St. Petersburg, Moscow and Novosibirsk a retrospective of one of the leaders of the new German cinema Vim Wenders. There are five films in the retrospective program.

Palmyra was again captured by jihadists © AP On December 11, ISIS militants (terrorist organization prohibited in the Russian Federation) established full control over the ancient city of Palmyra, from which they were knocked out nine months ago. According to Syrian government radio, the units of the Syrian army left their positions in the city, Reuters reports. Palmyra, on the territory of which there are many UNESCO World Heritage Monuments, ISIS was captured in May 2015.

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The company "Melody" published preludes and fugues of Zaderatsky At the company "Melody" for the first time, "24 Preludes and Fugues" were published by the composer Vsevolod Zaderatsky in 1937-1939 in the Kolyma camp. “The representative of the school of Sergei Taneyev, Zaderatsky, was perhaps the only composers who dared to continue the polyphonic tradition of his teacher.

The artist Irina Nakhova introduces her new video project “Gazy” into the constant exposition of the Plane named after A.S. Pushkin. The first woman representing Russia at the Venetian Biennale , laureate of the Kandinsky Prize - 2013 , the creator of the first total installations told Ekaterina Frolova, why the audience does not know how to see why to run away from reality and why she considers drawing a funny process.

Last Saturday, the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, with great excitement, was American Laura Pergoolizi , who is known in the United States as the author of the hits of Rihanna, Kristina Agyilers and Backstreet Boys, and in Europe as a bright singer of strong charisma. In the dynamic performances of the charming Laura Permholizi, who chose the Lp pseudonym, as in the mirror, you can see the reflection of the great rock fihur-Boba Dylan, Roy Orbison and Jenis Joplin.

The fellow traveler, about whom I now, went to me seriously: they flew from Irkutsk to Moscow, and this is still quite a long time. I was sitting by the window, and he was in the middle chair, to the right, and really missed it, directly soared. It was evident to read, he had absolutely nothing, so he did not find and what his eyes to stick into.

The theme of the new performance of the Perm Opera Theater is formally not at all spiritual. His hero is the American poet Ezra Pound, an important figure that is important for modernism of the twentieth century, dubious-due to profaneous sympathies, and tragic-because of a half-craft.

EUSPB intends to restore the license Today, December 12, the European University in St. Petersburg (EUSPB) has published an official comment in connection with the suspension of the educational license. The leadership of the university intends to seek its restoration. The decision to suspend the license was made on December 7 by Rosobrnadzor.