Alexander Blok Library. "My Homeland". Paintings by Vadim Boronin. Aug 16-31.
Manege Central Exhibition Hall. "Dialogues." Paintings, graphic art, concert program, conferences. Aug 7-30. "The Zoo-Works." Sep 4-14.
Summer Garden Coffee-House. Pastels by A Basyrov. Aug 5-31.
Repin Academy of the Arts -- Museum: Exhibition of graduation portfolios of the Class of 1995. Paintings, graphic art, sculpture, architecture. Months of August and September. -- Library: "The Masters of Color." Set of sketch-books from the early 20th century. Month of August. "The Petrograd Side in the 18th and 19th Centuries." Engravings, photographs, lithographs. Month of September. Graphic art by O Vereysky; lithographs by Vasily Tim. Beginning of September.
St Petersburg Historical Museum, Peter and Paul Fortress. "The City in Stone." The use of constructional and decorative stone in the building of Petersburg. Month of August. "Petersburg Motifs," "Photographs and Paintings by I and D Yegorovsky." Month of September.
St Petersburg Historical Museum, Rumyantsev Mansion. "Great Britain--St Petersburg": Architecture, Parks, Engineering Works, Ideas and Craftsmen." Month of September.
Russian Museum. Graphic art by Vladimir Konoshevich. Month of August.
Hermitage. 18th Century Porcelain of the Highest European Manufacture for the Russian Court. Month of August. The Goethe-Institute Presents "The Graphic Art of Max Ernst." Through Sep 10. "Unknown Chefs-d'oeuvre." Through Sep 29. Japanese Painting and Engraving. From Sep 6. Standing exhibits include: "The Wealth of the Imperial Palace," "Winter Palaces of Peter the Great," and "The Mint."
Pushkin Apartment Museum. Paintings and sculpture by Lev Smargon. Through Sep 10. Avit Center of Petersburg Art Presents Glass-Bead Design from the 18th to 20th Centuries. Through the end of August.
Anna Akhmatova Museum. Paintings by Yelena Belova. Through Sep 17. "The Five Seasons" by Mikhail Chernakov. Through Sep 17.
Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkammer). "Chefs-d'oeuvre of the Arctic." Through November. Standing exhibits include: "The Shaman and the Universe," "Anatomical Rarities of the Kunstkammer," "The Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography During the War and Blockade."
Maly Opera and Ballet Company (Musorgsky Theater) Tchaikovsky, "The Nutcracker" Aug 29 (7:30) Rimsky-Korsakov, "The Fairy-Tale of the Tsar Saltan" Aug 30 Adam, "Giselle" Aug 31 Verdi, "La Traviata" Sep 1 Stravinsky, "The Wedding" and "Petrushka" (premiere) Sep 2 Lebedev, "The Wizard of the Emerald City" Sep 3 (12:00) Puni, "Esmeralda" Sep 3 Puccini, "La Boheme" Sep 4 Musorgsky, "Boris Godunov" Sep 6 Performances begin 7:00 unless otherwise noted.
Officers' Assembly (Dom Ofitserov), Ballet Theater Tchaikovsky, "Swan Lake" Sep 1 Adam, "Giselle" Sep 2,3 Performances begin 7:30
Pushkin Drama Theater (Alexandrinsky) A Ostrovsky, "Folks, We'll Work it Out" Aug 30 (7:00) C Goldoni, "The Hostess of the Inn" Sep 2 (6:00) F Molnar, "The Devil" Sep 3 (6:00)
Tovstonogov Great Academic Drama Theater (Nab. Reki Fontanki 65) F Schiller, "Treachery and Love" Sep 1 "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" free adaptaption by B Ratser and V Konstantinov on motifs of Jean-Baptiste Moliere, Sep 2, 6 S Lobozerov, "Family Portrait with a Stranger" Sep 3 E O'Neill, "Under the Elms" Sep 5 C Dickens "The Pickwick Club" Sep 7
Comedian's Asylum Theater (Malaya Morskaya 16) L Razumovskaya, "St Vladimir's Square" Sep 1 Yelena Schwartz, "The Tale of the Fox" Sep 2 "Confessions of a Russian Grumbler," on motifs of Dostoyevsky, Sep 4 I Spritz, "Don't Believe, Don't Fear, Don't Ask" Sep 5
Buff Theater Main Stage (performances begin 7:00) "The Millionairess" Aug 30, Sep 2 "The Blues" Aug 31 "Don Juan" Sep 1 "Generals in Skirts" Sep 3 Mirrored Hall(performances begin 7:00) "As Written" Aug 30, Sep 1 "Seventies Hit-Parade" Aug 31, Sep 3 "Not All as it Ought" Sep 2 Buff-Plus Salon (performances begin 7:30).