Fundraising for DVD release of “Konstantin and Mouse”

Andrei Zagdansky (AZFilms) is raising money to release on DVD his “no-budget” feature documentary “Konstantin and Mouse” about Konstantin Kuzminsky and his wife Emma (aka Mouse).  Some of you may remember that Ycrop.com hosted a screening of the film right after it was completed to raise money for Konstantin and Emma, whose house in Pennsylvania was destroyed by flood. This time around the film itself needs our help to make way to our bookshelves. Please click here to learn more about the film and consider making a contribution.

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Вышел альманах “НОВАЯ КОЖА” #3

Вышел в свет третий бумажный номер литературно–художественного альманаха “НОВАЯ КОЖА”. Номер посвящен творчеству трёх художников – Вагрича Бахчаняна, Генриха Худякова и Бориса Лурье. Каждый из них также известен как яркий литератор.

252 стр, 48 цветных иллюстраций.

С содержанием номера можно ознакомиться на сайте издательства Кожа-Пресс.

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Сатира и юмор русской эмиграции, 30e годы

LJ-user valaamov_osel опубликовал у себя книжку карикатур известного в своё время одесского художника и интерпренёра Михаила Линского “Сатира и юмор русской эмиграции”. Основные темы: сталинский террор, фашизм, и разговоры пикейных жилетов эмиграции о международном положении.

Посмотреть книгу |  О художнике

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“Far from Moscow” website

Although this map looks like Target store locations across Russia, this is about music made in the Former USSR, not discounted goods made in China.

A message from David MacFadyen of FarFromMoscow.com: “I’m writing to let you know about a new, updated website: “Far from Moscow”. Based at the University of California, Los Angeles, this is the only English-language resource for new music all the way from Poland to the Pacific Coast.

Covering not only releases on CD, but also the large number of netlabels from Russia and beyond, “Far from Moscow” offers profiles of 1,200+ artists, together with a unique video aggregator, gathering concert footage and promo-clips from hundreds of ensembles. It has already been called the “best site on Russian music” by one Moscow publication. If you’re interested in new bands, DJs, and electronic acts from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and the Baltic, we’d love to keep you up to speed; please feel free to sign up for our RSS feed. If, on the other hand, that doesn’t sound appealing, please let us know, and we’ll remove your name from our lists!”

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Rezo Gabriadze Theatre at Lincoln Center Festival

Tickets for all performances of “The Battle of Stalingrad” are sold out… Пока я собирался добавить объявление в раздел Events, оказалось, что спешить уже некуда.

“Gabriadze, whose signature work The Battle of Stalingrad, returns to Lincoln Center Festival after stellar reviews in 2002, vividly conveys a kaleidoscope of personal and political issues through the eyes of his characters, elegantly rendering their lives through his delicate synthesis of sculpture, poetry, music, drama, and puppetry.”

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У Анны Чепмен ус отклеился

11 бойцов невидимого фронта арестованы. В том числе пресловутая Анна Чeпмeн (в девичестве Зорге). В связи с этим, приём в шпионы временно прекращается. Переходим в режим особой секретности. Руководителям ячеек немедленно явиться для получения порционного яда и новых паролей. Пышные барбикью на July 4th не закатывать, держаться в тени, ждать дальнейших указаний. Граждан России эти события не коснулись, пускай они дерзают.

Вот тут весёлый разбор шпионов от Юлии Латыниной.

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David Bezmozgis and Gary Shteyngart are on “20 Under 40” list

The New Yorker has chosen its “20 Under 40” list of fiction writers worth watching with that includes 2 writers born in Former USSR. The last list like that was published in 1999. Read full article in NY TImes

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Young Americans studying ballet in Russia

Article in today’s NY Times about young Americans, who moved to Russia to study at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. Pretty emotional one, too.

Also today, NY Times Blog mentions death of Andrei Voznesensky.

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Сноб: они уже среди нас

М. Идов со страниц “New York Magazine” элегантно пропиарил клуб с придурковатым названием “Сноб”, и его владельца, лично товарища М. Прохорова. Смысл статьи, вкратце, таков: Гигантские Боевые Роботы – это вчерашний день, ими уже никого не напугаешь. У России теперь есть куда более совершенное оружие: Глобальные Русские! Они благополучны, знают два языка, современно одеваются. Имя им – легион, сотрудники журнала “Сноб” в Нью-Йорке – только вершина айсберга.

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Russian Heritage Festival, June 2010

Russian American Foundation Марины Ковалёвой проводит очередной сарафанный фестиваль. В программе фестиваля в широком ассортименте представлены сибирские пельмени шаманские и фольклорные коллективы. Отдельно хочется отметить неожиданно искренние картины Зураба Церителли, которые покажут в National Arts Club.

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The New Yorker mentions Dima Gavrysh

There’s an article in The New Yorker about curated photography exhibits Slideluck Potshow at Tobacco Warehouse in Dumbo, Brooklyn. Article talks about 15th event of this kind. The idea is simple: people bring and share food, and featured photographers put together slide show presentations and choose a proper soundtrack for it. Event included works of Dima Gavrysh, who spent August and September of 2009 with the U.S. Army in the provinces of Wardak and Paktika, Afghanistan.

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Russian Chat-roulette

Article in The New Yorker about Andrey Ternovskiy, Moscow teenager who created “next big thing”: Chatroulette.com. This Cinderella story talks about odd pleasure of chatting with strangers, and what is it like, to be a computer geek in Russia. Read the article

Andrey has now moved to San Francisco via New York. Here’s a short NYTimes interview with him. Photo by Nick Bilton

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Cirkus Animation ABC – How IT works

Have you always wanted to know how they make those amazing 3D commercials on tv? Check out the video and find out the in’s and out’s of the whole animation process!

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In Soviet Russia YouTube watches you

Tim Kirby, an American living in Moscow, explains Russians in their native tongue why Yakov Smirnoff’s “In Soviet Russia…” joke is funny

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St. Petersburg Times article on Seagull Films 10th anniversary

Article about Alla Verlotsky, founder of Seagull Films, a leading distributor of quality Russian films in North America. Article says, that “since its inception, Seagull has premiered hundreds of titles through collaborations with some of the most prestigious film institutions in North America. Partner institutions and organizations include the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York, Cinematheque Ontario in Toronto, the National Gallery of Arts in Washington, Pacific Film Archive in San Francisco, the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago and the Harvard Film Archive in Boston, among others.”

Ycrop has also been around for 10 years, listing Russian events in NY, but I never heard of this company before… anyway, here’s the full article

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