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| ¹32 (2010) |
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Gogolfest Returns with La Fura dels Baus
This year Gogolfest will host a performance from the cutting edge Spanish theatre company
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| Kyiv Kino |
Mammoth (in English)
Directed by Lukas Moodysson
Drama, Comedy USA 2009
Starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Michelle Williams, Marife Necesito
Leo and Ellen are a successful New York couple, totally immersed in their work. Leo is the creator of a booming website, and has stumbled into a world of money and big decisions. Ellen is a dedicated emergency surgeon who devotes her long shifts to saving lives.
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| On the sofa with... |
Casanova of the Cigar World
 Stumbling across a rather debonair figure in the Kyiv business community, What’s On sat down with Konstyantyn Loskutnikov – better known as Baron von Bossner. Famous the world over as an incredible cigar manufacturer, this Russian expat is now living in Germany, and coming to Kyiv for the Cigar Club’s Summer Big Smoke, that’s exactly where we found him.
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 Men have to eat, even when there are not women there to cook for them (awaiting letters from FEMEN and trying to encourage one of their oh-so-feminist nude protests outside our offices), so last weekend, with both our ladies out of the country, my good friend Colin and I had to fend for ourselves. Which, of course, means eating out. I’d heard of a new place called Barsuk that apparently served up manly food, so we decided to give it a go.
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 There are many different kinds of restaurants: some attract visitors with their exquisite cuisine, some exert a pull because of their clientele, and there are some that boast such beautiful views you can’t help but be pulled in by the venue’s surroundings. In the summer, when life is slow and easy and everyone seems prone to sitting back and enjoying life, the venue that comes most easily to mind for me is the same place our beautiful Mother of Slavs is best seen.
Belvedere is among the top destinations for those with a few coins in their pockets, and as its name implies – Italian for ‘beautiful view’ – you won’t find much better while nibbling on some delicacies.
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 French cuisine is respected throughout the world, and rightly so. With their focus on flavour and presentation, and their use of some unique ingredients, most famously snails and frogs legs, the French really know how to cook, and how to eat. There are a number of French restaurants in Kyiv these days, but whether they offer authentic French cuisine is often a matter of opinion. Having recently celebrated its first birthday, Café de Paris on Andriivskiy Uzviz certainly sounded to us like a place where me might find the real thing, so last Sunday Zhenya and I set off to find out.
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 When one thinks of the opera, large ladies and gents with voices that could shatter glass often come to mind. It is a past time that some love, others appreciate, but many more wouldn’t dish out two shekels to put themselves through. I’m here, however, to tell you that this is not that kind of opera. This is the kind of opera everyone likes.
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 Sitting right in the centre of the city is a restaurant that wins the prize for Best Spring Name – April. Featuring exquisite antique design and refined cuisine, this place is always filled with gourmets. And it’s easy to see why as the fish and meat, that is their specialty, is prepared in such a way as to keep people who know anything about food coming back for more.
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 In a city of a few million at least, it is often difficult to find places where there are no cars, no people, no noise. And despite the fact that it is the noise, the people and the cars we are often in search of, sometimes you need to get away from it all. I’m here to tell you that when you’re ready to do that, I‘ve found just the place to do it.
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 If there is one thing you can be assured of here in the capital, it’s that the faces of our eateries have very good doctors: they are continually getting nips and tucks, with most opting for the whole uplift shebang. From cafes with names like Vasilyok and U Teti Soni, to high-profile restaurants with huge chandeliers hovering overhead guests, to our big sushi bar era where every single Italian venue now features raw fish, what these last few years has shown is that karaoke is hot on the list of ways to spend time with food as well. So in coming to grips with the fashion of the day, What’s On recently paid a visit to Pavlin.
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 Fondue, as a fashionable way to feast, has yet to really catch on here in Ukraine. But with the knowledge I am about to dispense, it is this journalist’s opinion that is quickly going to change. Especially once you learn that this Fondue Bar is located in the middle of the centre and is offering up some delicious dips at some equally delicious prices.
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 It is, in fact, on Saksaganskoho right here in Kyiv. Which is a fact the Russian’s might not like much. Even more strange, the place dishes up not Russian cuisine, as the name might suggest, but Mediterranean. And very good Mediterranean too.
It’s Saturday evening, and what better night of the week is there to go for a romantic dinner with your lady?
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 It’s no secret that spring 2010 was almost nonexistent. But now with temperatures swinging high and everyone in high spirits to go right along with the weather, the whole population is wondering where to go. Well look no further because we’ve found a number of perfect spots to find solace. And with each one of these venues boasting an outstanding summer cocktail menu, the only problem you’re going to have, is which drink should you choose?
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| Kyiv Culture |
Get Out and Go Gogoling
As one of Ukraine’s biggest and best festivals showcasing all that is great about the artistic world, the fourth annual Gogolfest is back with increasing depth and intensity. In remembrance to the writer, playwright and carrier of that very name, Gogol’s influence as a creative force is recognised every September. And with the event’s old venue (Mystetskiy Arsenal) overshadowed by our country’s illustrious Dovzhenko Studios, that commemoration has certainly got bigger and better this year.
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Book ‘Em Danylo
With more and more internationals making paths across Ukraine’s border, Kyiv’s police force has been getting out and cleaning up the city’s streets. And while this would typically be a welcome respite to the complete lack of attention residents often receive from City Administration, our boys in blue seem to be focusing in on all the wrong people. To find out just what’s been going on, the What’s On team have put on our night vision goggles and dusted off our super hearing enhancement devices and gone on a mission…
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