Maxim Semelak Concert Hall "Olympic" Moscow (Photo: AP ) Cooper, who has been active since 1969, despite his dubious reputation as a heavy metalist, with which the readers of “Coeval” were constantly frightened, is nevertheless considered one of the brightest figures in the history of rock.

(Photo: AP ) Unusually intense heat has set in in recent days in Tokyo, with the thermometer rising to 35 degrees. The photo shows how a crow quenches its thirst, which is completely natural under these conditions: it drinks from the beak of a pelican. But this should not be considered a manifestation of bird solidarity. The fact is that the pelican is a statue decorating a fountain in one of the parks of the Japanese capital. August 7, 2000 Archive "Telegraph"

Yuri Gladilshchikov For the first time in post-Soviet times, an analytical book about the stars of modern filmmaking has been published. And in Vinnitsa Andrey Plakhov. Total 33. Stars of world filmmaking. Vinnitsa: Publishing house "Akvilon" And Kiev film and television studio "1 + 1", 2000 There are, of course, fewer books about cinema than about business or computers, but still enough. They are easy to organize.

Lyubov Polishchuk, Sergei Tsigal A bull on a spit is not a dish, but a feast action (Photo: from the archive of S. Tsigal ) Some dream of a luxury car, others of their own villa somewhere on the Cote d'Azur, and still others (like our daughter Masha) of just a C in chemistry. But everyone has some kind of cherished dream. Our old friend Stasik has always, as long as I remember him, wanted to roast a whole bull.

Sergey Ivanov Can we say that the button is an invention of the expiring millennium? Apparently not. In the Indus Valley, the city of Mohenjo-Daro was excavated, dating back to the third millennium BC - and so, a button was found there too. Chin-chinarem, with two holes for sewing. Occasionally, buttons are also found in ancient excavations, sometimes very beautiful: made of terracotta, gilded, etc.

Fedor Romer Art group "Summer". Moscow (Photo: Natalia Struchkova ) In fact, it is neither a “group” nor an “exhibition” - traditional artistic designations are used here for the sake of respectability. A one-time group brought together young artists, graduates of the courses “New Artistic Strategies” and the “Institute for the Study of Contemporary Art”. Not an exhibition, but a festival-action "Five" - ​​something like a thesis, brazenly addressed to the widest public.

Galina Kovalskaya The traditional village way of life in the Onega region did not stand the test of capitalism (Photo: Alexander Sorin ) “And this is the house of the Uryvaev merchants, built at the beginning of the last century,” - director of the Kargopol Museum-Reserve Lidia Ivanovna Sevostyanova shows the city to the capital’s journalists. Kargopol - one of the oldest cities in the Russian North - is remarkably beautiful.

Leonid Samotsvetov Theater of modern dance. Saint Petersburg (Photo: Vladimir Lupovskoy ) The summer festival "Open Look 2000", which brings together dancers and teachers of experimental plastic movements in St. Petersburg, has finally received a permanent venue - the Theater of Contemporary Dance, which opened a month ago. It is located a stone's throw from the Mariinsky Theater, in the gloomy gray "House of Culture named after the First Five-Year Plan".