Editor’s Note: Ukraine remains under adaptive quarantine, and the number of COVID-19 cases has been growing. However, after the country lifted some of the restrictions, the entertainment industry has been getting back to operations under new measures that include social distancing and a limited number of attendees. To let us know about the upcoming shows, exhibitions, concerts, movie screenings, festivals, and parties, please send an e-mail to [email protected].
Classics In the Garden
While indoor music shows are banned during quarantine until Oct. 31, one way to enjoy the world’s most universal language is at a classical music concert at the Gryshko botanical garden. The show, performed by the award-winning Kyiv Virtuosi Orchestra, will feature pieces by Richard Strauss, Wolfgang Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns, Pyotr Tchaikovskyand other classical music composers. The show starts at 6 p.m. and will go until 10 p.m., which means the audience will see the sunset to the sounds of legendary music.
Classics In a Garden. Gryshko National Botanical Garden (1 Tymiriazievska St.) Sept. 10 7-9 p.m. Hr 300-450
‘Last and First Men’
The only film by the late Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, “Last and First Men,” is an essay on human mortality, extinction and legacy. There are no traditional characters in this film, except for humanity itself personified through the voice of Scottish actress Tilda Swinton which sounds unemotional and futuristic, and tells its story from two billion years into the future. It does so through giant sci-fi monuments which are the subject of the film, but in real life are brutalist Soviet monuments shot by Jóhannsson in Yugoslavia. The film is a loose adaptation of British author Olaf Stapledon’s 1930 novel. Critics call the film “engrossing” and “mesmerizing,” and praise Jóhannsson’s images for being just as haunting as his musical composition.
Last and First Men. Zhovten (326 Kostiantynivska St.) Sept. 4 12:05 p.m., 9:50 p.m. Sept. 5-6 2:15 p.m., 8 p.m. Hr 75-105. Kino42 (11 Kostiantynivska St.) Sept. 4-5 7:30 p.m. Hr 120
Saturday Art Fair
Dovzhenko Center, Ukraine’s hippest cluster for cinematic arts, is having its first outdoor art fair with an art market, food and entertainment. There will be printed art, t-shirts and cards for sale by young Ukrainian artists selected by the 39.9 Gallery. Food and drinks will come from the center’s ETER cafe. For entertainment, there will be music, dancing, ping pong and badminton. The fair will take place just outside the center.
Saturday Art Fair. Dovzhenko Center (1 Vasylkivska St.) Sept. 5 1-9 p.m. Free entrance
Cheese Market and ‘Not-A-Party’
A year after it sold around 2,000 kilograms of cheese in two days, the cheese market by Vsi Svoi, a company that sells Ukraine-made products from different brands, is back bigger than ever. Ukrainian cheesemakers will sell the best of the stock during this event, but there will also be everything that goes best with cheese –various sauces, jams, wine and other craft alcoholic beverages. The first day of the market will be followed by a music party on the Vsi Svoi D12 building terrace, which is the only way to hold an entrainment event under the latest quarantine restrictions. To emphasize how unusual it is, the organizers call it “Nevechirka” or “Not-A-Party.”
Cheese Market and “Not-A-Party.” Vsi Svoi D12 (12 Desiatynna St.) Sept. 12-13 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Free entrance
