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Going pagan for a midsummer night

This expressive, ancient holiday has endured the centuries up to modern-day Ukraine. Many rites of this holiday unite fire, mysticism and eroticism. …
Daryna Shevchenko
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Olga Rudenko

New ‘Coyotes’ coming to a Kyiv saloon

It is the country’s first Coyote Ugly Saloon, the unglamorous watering hole known for waitresses, called “Coyote Girls,” who dance and sing on a …
Daria Nynko

Tajikistan: pleasant for foreigners, rough for locals

The curious flight attendant, a woman in her late 20’s, raised her voice: “What are you hiding over there?”  I stalled for a moment, thinking she was …
Vlad Lavrov

Entertainment Guide July 5-12

The Best City.UA FestivalOne of Ukraine’s most prominent mainstream music festivals, The Best City.UA, will boast rock-n-roll …
Yuliya Hudoshnyk
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Galyna Chernikova

Ukrainian nomad who travels to avoid mundane office jobs

On a June evening, globe trotter and blogger Orest Zub, a Lviv native, spoke at Freud House in Kyiv about his new life on the road and how others can …
Yuliya Hudoshnyk

US Independence Day celebrations in Kyiv

Typical celebrations include barbecue parties, parades and picnics. Kyiv’s restaurants will do their best to emulate these, serving traditional …
Yuliya Hudoshnyk

Motorhead cancels Ukraine concert, tickets to be refunded

In an interview with Yahoo Music, Motorhead drummer Mickkey Dee told them that he fell on his hip and suffered a terrible injury.  For more …
Alice E.M. Underwood

Book Review: The basics of public speaking in 60 seconds

The lessons that Lewis provides inside his short treatise are easy to understand and quick to read. For new public speakers, this is something that …
Jesse Fleck

Cousteau grandson pays tribute by trying to beat undersea record

If he succeeds he will beat the 30-day underwater living record set 50 years ago in the Red Sea by his scuba-pioneering grandfather, Jacques-Yves …
Reuters

Science and technology center boosts research and development outsourcing

Vic Korsun, deputy executive director (US) of the Science & Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU) spoke at the meeting about the 19-year-old …
James Hydzik

Soviet inspired string-bag coming back en vogue

Avoskas, string bags first made popular decades ago because of their light weight, compact size and ability to carry loads of up to 70 kilograms, were …

Lviv, a treasure chest for every traveler

We were very short on money, so we stayed in a cold dormitory, split one portion of a meal between the two of us at the famous Kryivka Café, and made …
Anastasia Vlasova

Oleh Skrypka, the man behind the music of VV

As the front man of the enduring alternative-rock band Vopli Vidopliassova – whose name draws inspiration from a Fyodor Dostoevsky character – …
Daryna Shevchenko

Entertainment Guide June 27-July 5

Kronos Quartet Kronos Quartet will perform in concert for the first time in Ukraine on July 5. The globally-known chamber collective, winner of a …
Anastasia Forina
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Daria Nynko

Oprah tops Forbes most powerful celebrity list

It was the fifth time the former talk show host who runs her own TV network has headed the annual ranking of 100 celebrities. Singer Lady Gaga came in …
Reuters

Billie Jean King film replays tennis battle for women’s equality

“The Battle of the Sexes” recounts King’s journey from an amateur player to a feminist sports idol whose 1973 defeat of self-confessed “chauvinist …
Reuters

Prize-winning pianist caught between anger and ecstasy

He won Belgium’s Queen Elisabeth Competition in spite of a memory lapse that froze him as he performed Mozart in the semi-finals. His mother and …
Reuters

Man of Steel hits screens in Kyiv

In superhero movies it’s always hard to find balance between wild action scenes and the dramatic evolution of the main characters. In “Man of Steel” …
Elena Pashkovskaya
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