Moscow`s landmark Gorky Park is set to host the 5th Design Act festival. The park, fresh from a recent make-over which put it back at the center of the capital`s cultural life, is ready to welcome cutting-edge design works from around the globe.
Stars from the Hamburg Ballet are heading to Moscow for a Kremlin Gala show. Soloists with the renowned German troupe will perform productions staged by legendary American choreographer John Neumeier.
The program at Winzavod`s Cinema Club is breathing life back into a now-defunct Soviet life. Starting from September 1, it will be screening Soviet ads reminding us how "unclouded" life was back in the days of the USSR.
Russia celebrates the Day of National Cinema this Saturday. Sadly, as it turns out, there is not much to celebrate.
One of the bloodiest war battles in history - The Battle of Stalingrad - which took the lives of up to 2 million people, has given Russian filmmakers an idea for a blockbuster.
Spicy, sexy and sensual. Two dancing duos from Russia have made it to the semi-finals of the Tango Festival and Dance World Cup in Buenos Aires.
Beauty is only skin-deep, they say. It carries a lot more weight at a beauty pageant, however, where good looks can turn the girl-next-door one minute into a beauty queen next.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has declared the intention to renovate all city theaters in two to three years` time. Some 7 billion rubles (approximately $242 million) is to be invested in the project.
The Russian capital is preparing to display its genuine involvement in international hip-hop culture, presenting the first Moscow International Rap Festival.
It was quite a journey, but finally the 1,819 tubes for the huge instrument made it to Moscow: an eight-ton organ from Belgium is now housed at the reconstructed Bolshoi Theater.
Russian director Rodion Nahapetov has been commissioned to write and produce a film adaptation of Ray Bradbury`s Dandelion Wine, which is destined for the big screen.
One of the few Russian actors to enjoy a career in Europe, the charismatic femme fatale Ekaterina Golubeva has died tragically in France at the age of 44.
At the age of six he wanted to be a cook. At seven his role model was Napoleon. Hungry for surreal success, he became an artist.
"Toronto International Film Festival is a very important event, first and foremost for American film industry as it traditionally goes with a large film market. Now, the festival’s Contemporary World Cinema strand features the most important films made outside the US and Canada. Taking part in this prestigious program will enormously help distribute Elena in North America," the film`s producer Aleksandr Rodnyansky was quoted as saying.
Charismatic, energetic and powerful - his reputation precedes him. Denis Matsuev, the virtuoso Russian pianist often described as the new Horowitz, is to make a recording of several concerts and symphonies for the Sony Music label.
A towering 600-ton statue of Christopher Columbus that has been rejected by New York, Miami, Baltimore and other cities may finally find a home on an uninhabited Puerto Rican island.
She was born in September but owes her name to April. The author of the hit single "What the Hell," Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne is set to rock audiences in Moscow during her only live gig in the Russian capital.
It is a favorite birthday party activity and an Olympic sport as well. The latter might well be the reason for trampolining`s jump in popularity in Russia.
Mumiy Troll, an unconventional Russian "rockopop" band has unveiled ambitious plans to make it into the Guinness Book of Records. The band hopes to achieve its aim by playing gigs at opposite ends of Russia on the same day.
Get ready to see St. Petersburg in many more colors than usual. A forum uniting international street artists has opened in the city and is ready to cover its walls in spray paint.
Her outstanding talent has once again been acknowledged by the classical music community: Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova has made it to the shortlist of 45 finalists of the British Gramophone Classical Music Awards.
The Moscow Museum of Modern Art has opened a display dedicated to glass art. This project presents works of 12 Moscow-based artists from the The New Glass association, who chose to experiment with this material, exploring new approaches and forms.
A puppet theater in the Russian city of Perm is set to open a museum within its premises. One would naturally assume it is going to display puppets, however that would be the wrong idea.
Moscow`s Tsaritsino Museum has opened an exhibition of primitive art. However, behind the folkloric characters and mythological plots one can catch a glimpse of present-day life from a different perspective.
The cream of the crop of cutting-edge artists from around the world will show off their creations at the biennial of modern art, carried out in St Petersburg.