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Book Review: 14th century Italy, setting of expat’s second book

The Canada-born, Cambridge-educated author weaves together a tale of history and fiction in Of Fathers and Sons to provide readers with a riveting …
Jesse Fleck

Street style in Kyiv: Sneakers, shorts and skirts

Alexandra, 26 Clothes come from: everywhere. “I get inspired by fashion blogs.”Yana Golub, 22 Clothes come …
BriAnne Wills

Art helps Roma children dream again in Hungary

When the class ends in the town of Berettyoujfalu, some 270 km east of the Hungarian capital, pupils go home to their real-life village, Told, where …
Reuters

National Taras Shevchenko Museum goes digital

The material is available free on the museum’s website: http://www.museumshevchenko.org.ua. Akhmetov’s foundation supported the endeavor through its …
Daryna Shevchenko

Daredevil free-climber risks his life for ‘fun’ (VIDEO)

Sitting inside a fast-food cafe near Lukianivska metro station, Grygoriy – who, with criminal liability at stake,  wouldn’t give his surname – dressed …
Olga Rudenko
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Christopher Miller

Antiquarian with a dream

“This is called zhen, it was used by our grand ancestors for extracting honey from hives placed high in the trees,” he explains. The rope is made of …
Daryna Shevchenko

Alegria by Cirque du Soleil

Trapeze artists, fire-knife dancers, a flying man and contortionists are all a part of the program. The show is set in an imaginary kingdom, where …
Kyiv Post

Ukraine Jazz Summer

The festival will be held for two days and will gather some of the most prominent modern jazz performers. Among the famous names are Eve Cornelius …
Kyiv Post

Stairs to the Sky gala

The festival has been held in Ukraine since 1997. Featured at this year’s event will be the most outstanding Ukrainian ballet artists and musicians. …
Kyiv Post

Exhibition of fashion history

The collection, which includes around 1,000 items, belongs to Kyivan Mariya Ivanova. Some of the garments date back to the early 19th century. The …
Kyiv Post

Depeche Mode in concert

 The band is set to perform at Olimpiyskiy Stadium as part of its Delta Machine Tour. This is the second time the epic band will perform in Ukraine, …
Kyiv Post

Archive Mirror by Burkhard von Harder

The photos were made from damaged negatives found by von Harder in the abandoned office building of a former Vinnytsya communist newspaper. The artist …
Kyiv Post

Yanukovych orders ministers to improve situation with book publishing in Ukraine

The order “On certain measures regarding state support for book publishing and the promotion of reading in Ukraine” of June 19 has been posted on the …
Interns

Angelina Jolie stunt double sues News Corp over hacking

The lawsuit filed on June 13 by professional stunt double, Eunice Huthart, said reporters from News Corp’s tabloids The Sun and the defunct News of …
Reuters

Euro 2012 photo exhibition opens at Kyiv History Museum

Large, lively photographs of the Euro 2012 events are on display now at the Kyiv History Museum near Teatralna metro station and will stay there till …
Daryna Shevchenko

The Guardian: Google plans balloon network to extend internet reach

Mike Cassidy, head of the project dubbed Project Loon, said in a blogpost: “We believe that it might actually be possible to build a ring of balloons, …
Guardian

Zhovkva, a town of ghosts and legends in western Ukraine

So during a recent trip I decided to venture out of the city to visit Zhovkva, a small town of around 13,000 located 25 kilometers north of …
Anastasia Vlasova

Street style in Kyiv: Summer shades and black dresses

Anfisa Hleb, 22 Clothes come from: second hand shops, handmade, mass market shops. “My style is always about experimenting. I like …
BriAnne Wills
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