The “festive” week between the New Year and the Orthodox Merry Christmas for the Moscow ambulance service turned out to be troublesome - as always, when the holidays are one after another. If about 8,000 thousand calls are fixed on a normal day, then on the eve of the New Year, and especially on January 1, this figure increases by 30-35%.

Szigeti Yozhef is a cordial violinist of the first half of the twentieth century, was never considered a “specialist” in Mozart and Beethoven. He was born in Budapest in a family of musicians, his father led the chapel of Hungarian gypsies. As for the violin, Sigeti was a master of “all hands”: he experimented with the techniques of Belgian, Austrian and Russian schools, developed his own classes, played works of all eras and vigorously promoted modern music.

“The main threats in the international sphere are due to the following factors: the desire of individual states and interstate associations to belittle the role of existing mechanisms for ensuring international security, primarily the UN and OSCE; The strengthening of military-political blocs and unions, first of all, the expansion of NATO east ...

A large and juicy piece of meat on a plate means that life was a success! We all or almost all love meat. In Soviet times, it was impossible to buy it, except perhaps according to Big B lay. In the free sale were bones and soup sets, and only the chosen ones managed to shed to the basement to a familiar butcher and get a coveted piece of bored meat.

Years ago, the English writer and philosopher Chesterton thought about the amazing cruelty inherent in children's literature. He suggested that mercy is characteristic only of adults, who, being and not without sin, are inclined for this reason to sympathize with the villains and call for mercy to the fallen.

Russian cuisine is about to be left without caviar and a ball. The recently introduced ban on sturgeon clever will not correct anything Red fish and black caviar have always been appreciated exclusively high. At the same time, the “red” (that is, “beautiful”, “valuable”) in Russia, from time immemorial, was not called Sedega and its salmon relatives at all, as now, but, on the contrary, what is now called “white fish”: sturgeon, staring, Beluga, sterlet ...

Sergey Artsibashev was appointed chief director of the Mayakovsky Theater. The one that leads the theater on Pokrovka and puts in other Moscow theaters invariably professional, but very pale performances.

The French are generally satisfied with the transition to the euro, although they notice that prices are rising I take the francs, but I prefer the euro ” - a sign with such an inscription stands at the feet of Kloshar, sitting at the entrance to one of the Parisian banks. He is slightly drunk, talkative and abides in an excellent mood. The reason is obvious to the poor these days served more than usual, freeing the pockets from the francs, which will fall unnecessary.

George Balanchin's setting For more than ten years, the Mariinsky Theater has been mastering the heritage of George Balanchin, the famous American choreographer, a classic of the 20th century. During this time, the artists, brought up in the Russian tradition of the “dancing actor”, as well as spectators, who were waiting from the ballet of acute experiences, managed to accept the elements of sounds.

“Russia will seek the preservation and compliance of the 1972 agreement on limiting the missile defense systems - the cornerstone of strategic stability. The implementation of the United States plans to create a missile defense of the country's territory will inevitably force the Russian Federation to take adequate measures to maintain its national security at the proper level.

To put those who do not love him to the TV, you need to play not according to the rules Not all people sleep at night. Some watch TV. Large and powerful television channels are interested in “taking” the entire audience. For which night broadcasting is organized. It can be decorated in the form of a night channel, which has a rigid structure, its own special design, where different genres coexist (conversations with the guest, clips, short films).

The Moscow Jewish Community Center of the Oskovsky Jewish Jewish Choir Hamsid Capella, led by Alexander Tsalyuk, issued two new compact disks at once. One of them is called so you want to believe, you want no “Chassidushki International”. In 33 compositions that are recorded on laser sound media of the highest quality, the choir addresses the listeners in eight (!) Languages.

Director Steve Bek (USA) Romek of the same name by William Castle, shot by the classic of the American “Horror” back in 1960. The heirs of the eccentric doctor Zorb are owned by his house and the collection of ominous objects stored in it. Among the exhibits are 13 invisible ghosts, they are constrained by spells written on the glass walls of the building. New inhabitants need to get used to the strange dwelling as soon as possible, until the same ghosts did this.

The painter-conceptualist Bogdal is fed to all known motives and images. From manipulations with museum masterpieces, he moved to the fetishes of the mass poult, continuing the mocking citation. “The Koshmaras of the Lukomorye” a picturesque game of puzzles, the material for which are “dissected” portraits of the heroes of Soviet cartoons. Well, the project “All the Stars” is an attempt by an artist to turn anyone who wants to a superstar.

Last Saturday, on the TV-6 channel, the program of Viktor Shenderovich “total” was the air for the last time. This event, frankly, evokes mixed feelings: on the one hand, a pity for your favorite transmission, on the other, this is the case for the last time, when the reason for the closure of the project was not someone’s intrigues and intrigues, but the will of the author’s team.