Moscow artist Valery Yurlov (born 1932) worked in the ‘60s and ‘70s when Soviet nonconformist artists were forming movements and grouping into collectives. Yurlov worked alone, beyond the confines of politics and ideologies, his work standing out as one of the earliest examples of geometric analytical abstraction within Soviet nonconformist art. This exhibition continues a series of one-man shows devoted to early nonconformist artists. HOURS: Tuesday-Friday: 10am – 4:30pm. Weekends: 12 noon – 5pm. Open until 9pm on the first Wednesday of each month. Closed every Monday. Closed in August. Closed on major holidays (July 4, Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday, December 25, and January 1).
When: December 03, 2011 - June 03, 2012
Where: Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
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Examining themes of industrial work in Soviet painting of the 1950s-80s, this exhibition demonstrates the profound and lasting transformations that took place in society after Joseph Stalin’s death in 1953. The decades following WWII saw a gradual relaxation of the tight ideological restrictions previously imposed by the Communist Party on the minds of Soviet citizens. The recognizably Stalinist painting aesthetic— highly idealized and formulaic—gave way to a more diverse thematic environment. In Soviet museums and galleries, politically loaded depictions of idealized socialist heroes were exhibited side-by-side with candid portraits of laborers taken from ordinary life. The approximately fifty-five works on the Main and Mezzanine levels—drawn from the collection of Raymond and Susan Johns ... 
This display of human-form sculptures in the Museum’s Fireside Gallery features approximately fourteen works by Naum Mogilevsky. The sculptures were recently added to the Museum’s growing permanent collection through a generous gift from the artist’s nephew, Boris Mogilevsky. Sculptor Naum Mogilevsky (1895-1975) was a prominent member of the celebrated 1920s avant-garde artist group in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) known as the Krug Khudozhnikov (Circle of Artists). A close friend of the famous avant-gardist Vladimir Tatlin and a pupil of the outstanding sculptor Alexander Matveev, Mogilevsky created works of lasting beauty that did not conform to the parameters of state-endorsed Socialist Realism. Mogilevsky’s preferred medium was wood, and later in his career, stone. The objects included in ... 
We would like to invite everyone to our annual Slavic Easter Celebration service, which will take place on April 8th, 5 PM at First Baptist Church located on 536 Union St. Manchester, NH. During this celebration you will hear young adult choir from three local Slavic (Russian-speaking) churches performing a selection of traditional Russian and American Easter hymns, instrumental performances and a brief message on the meaning and the power of Easter events.
Following the concert we will have a free tea/coffee reception with traditional Russian and Ukrainian treats.
Come and share the joy of Easter with us!
Translations of the hymns will be provided in print. Message will be simultaneously translated into English.
When: April 8, 2012
Time: 5 PM
Where: 536 Union St. Manchester, NH
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Described by The Times as ‘without doubt, one of the world’s greatest living musicians’, Yuri Bashmet is the pre-eminent viola player of the modern age. With his virtuosity, strength of personality and high intelligence, he has given the viola a new prominence and has motivated composers like Shostakovich, Schnittke and Gubaidulina to expand the viola repertoire and to dedicate works to him. Bashmet is the Artistic Director of the December Nights Festival (Moscow), Principal Conductor of the ‘Novaya Rossiya’ State Symphony Orchestra, and is a founder and director of the Grammy Award-winning Russian orchestra Moscow Soloists, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2012. World class cellist Mischa Maisky also appears on the program.
When: May 05, 2012
Where: ... 
A workshop on how to make your own Russian Doll is presented by Elena Philips and will welcome all its participants at the Russian Cultural Center “Our Texas”. Enjoy this 3-hour class to learn how to create fantastic dolls for your family and yourself. They are a perfect gift and a decoration for a house, Russian dolls have long played a dominant role in the cultural life of Slavik culture.
Come and join this exciting event!
When: August 27, 2012, 11am – 2pm
Where: Russian Cultural Center “Our Texas”,
2337 Bissonnet Street,
Houston, TX 77005
Miss Russian California is an annual beauty pageant intended to help prominent young women of Slavic descent exemplify community leadership, educational achievements, and professional accomplishments. The winners get to attend official galas, chamber meetings, and community events as the Slavic Community Youth Ambassadors throughout the year following the pageant. The action is intended to promote cultural awareness, community involvement, and youth engagement.
Through the event’s Facebook page you can participate in the interactive voting, sponsored by DIRECTV, and help one of the contestants!
Simply click ‘Like’ on the photo of the contestant you think is best fitted to represent the local Slavic Community. You may ‘like’ more than one contestants at a time. The lady r ... 
The Nutcracker ballet returns to NCM Fathom Events this holiday season and for the first time ever will be shown in RealD 3D in select locations. In collaboration with More2Screen and EuroArts Music, Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker will be broadcast to movie theaters nationwide on Monday, December 3 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (local time). And check the theater tab below for details as to which locations will be showing the 3D broadcast.The Russian Imperial Mariinsky Theatre was the original home to Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcrackerin 1892, when it made its worldwide debut. Movie theater audiences will experience the marvelous talents of two of the Mariinsky Theatre’s rising stars – Alina Somova as Clara (Masha in the original Russian ballet) and Vladimir Shklyarov as the Nutcracker. Cond ... 
48TH ANNIVERSARY PETROUSHKA BALL
To benefit the Russian Children’s Welfare Society
Friday, February 8, 2013
The Plaza’s Grand Ballroom & Terrace Room
Fifth Avenue at Central Park South
New York City
Cocktail Reception, Dinner, Dancing
Special Guest Star
ANNA NETREBKO, soprano
Appears by kind permission of the Metropolitan Opera
Music by
The Lester Lanin Orchestra
Barynya Balalaika Orchestra
Strictly White or Black Tie/ Long Ball Gowns
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