Repin Academy of the Arts -- Museum: Exhibition of graduation portfolios of the Class of 1995. Paintings, graphic art, sculpture, architecture. Month of September. -- Library: "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. "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.
Hermitage. The Goethe-Institute Presents "The Graphic Art of Max Ernst." Through Sep 10. "Unknown Chefs-d'oeuvre." Through Sep 29. Japanese Painting and Engraving of the Utagawa School. 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. The Avit Center of Petersburg Art presents an exhibit of the paintings of Neratova. Month of September.
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. Exhibition of children's drawings. Through January. Standing exhibits include: "The Shaman and the Universe," "Anatomical Rarities of the Kunstkammer," "The Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography During the War and Blockade."
Museum of the History of Religion. Standing exhibits include: Russian Church Art, The History of Russian Orthodoxy, The History of Western Christianity, Catholicism and Protestantism, and Religion of the East.
Museum of Russian Political History. Standing exhibits include: Those Who Won the War, Democracy or Dictatorship?, Business Russia, The State Duma Yesterday -- and Today?, The Past Century and the Present, and An Epoch Passes, Hope Remains.
Museum of Military History. Exhibition dedicated to the 250th Jubilee of M I Kutuzov. Month of September.
Wax Museum. Intrigue and Power. Standing exhibit.
Manege Central Exhibition Hall. "The Zoo-Works." Sep 4-14.
Maly Opera and Ballet Company (Musorgsky Theater) Musorgsky, "Boris Godunov" Sep 6. Ballet Evening to music of Tchaikovsky, Sep 7. Tchaikovsky, "The Queen of Spades" Sep 8. Adam/Puni/Delibes/Drigo, "The Corsair" Sep 9. Shchedrin, "The Hunchbacked Hobby-Horse" Sep 10 (12:00). Tchaikovsky, "Eugene Onegin" Sep 10. Rimsky-Korsakov, "The Tsar's Bride" Sep 11. Petrov, "Peter I" Sep 13. (Performances begin 7:00 unless otherwise noted).
Officers' Assembly (Dom Ofitserov), Ballet Theater Adam, "Giselle" Sep 7,8. (Performances begin 7:30).
Pushkin Drama Theater (Alexandrinsky) Tchaikovsky, "Swan Lake" Sep 11. Tchaikovsky, "Sleeping Beauty" Sep 5. L Pindarello, "Cap and Bells" Sep 7. Concert-spectacle "Let's Bow to those Great Years" Sep 8. D Fonvizin, "The Ignoramus" Sep 9. "Platonov (Fatherless)" Sep 10. Shakespeare, "Hamlet" Sep 13.
Tovstonogov Great Academic Drama Theater (Nab. Reki Fontanki 65) E O'Neill, "Under the Elms" Sep 5. "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" free adaptation by B Ratser and V Konstantinov on motifs of Jean-Baptiste Moliere, Sep 6. C Dickens "The Pickwick Club" Sep 7. Shakespeare, "Macbeth" Sep 8, 12. A Ostrovsky, "You'll Find What You're After" Sep 9. S Lobozerov, "Family Portrait with a Stranger" Sep 10 (morning). F Schiller, "Love and Betrayal" Sep 10. I Turgenev, "A Nest of the Nobility" Sep 13.
Akimova Comedy Theater O Danilov, "Planet of Love" Sep 8 M Bulgakov, "Zoe's Apartment" Sep 9. "May I Not Hope?" Theatrical fantasy on works of Chekhov, Sep 10. S Maugham, "The Faithful Wife" Sep 11. B Ratser & V Konstantinov, "The Hero of the Occasion" Sep 12. Shakespeare, "The Taming of the Shrew" Sep 13.
Academic Open Theater C Goldoni, "The Petty Tyrants" Sep 10. T Stoppard, "You and You Alone" Sep 11. I Gubach, "His Majesty's Adjutantess" Sep 12. J Letreuse, "A Crumb" Sep 13.
Academic Maly Drama Theater "Claustrophobia" Sep 6, 7. Dostoyevsky, "The Devils" Sep 10.
Bolshoy Puppet Theater The Goethe-Institute presents "A Lousy Story" Sep 12, 13.
Demmeni Marionette Theater R Kipling, "The Cat Who Walked Alone" Sep 12-14.
Childrens' Drama Theater "On the Neva" C Perrault, "Puss in Boots" Sep 9. V Katayev, "Seven-Colored Floweret" Sep 10.
Buff Theater Main Stage (performances begin 7:00 unless noted otherwise) "Dearest Selimar" Sep 6. "The Blues" Sep 7. "Generals in Skirts" Sep 8. "Don Juan" Sep 9. "Two Maples" Sep 10 (2:00). "The Millionairess" Sep 10. "Mandragora" Sep 13.
Mirrored Hall (Performances begin 7:00). "As Written" Sep 6, 13. "Seventies Hit-Parade" Sep 7. "Not All as it Ought" Sep 8. "The Godspeed Hotel" Sep 9, 10.
Buff-Plus Salon (Performances begin 7:30). "Seventies Hit-Parade" Sep 8 "Smirnov-Show" Sep 9, 10.