- CULTURE & LIFESTYLE GUIDE
- Harmonious pieces of a radical mind's epic legacy
Revolutionary (in more than one sense) and egotistical, Richard Wagner sparked controversy during his lifetime which has hardly abated a century-and-a-half after his death. Instrumental highlights from Wagner's operas are featured in two concerts at the Grand Hall of the Philharmonic...
- Jazz venue puts on the Ritz for tribute to Duke Ellington
St Petersburg's Jazz Philharmonic has opened a new hall where customers can both dine and enjoy their music in a relaxed, smoky atmosphere. The opening of the Ellington Hall is seen as a radical move for the club on Zagorodny Prospect, famed for its strict, almost puritanical regime...
- Red hot snow race hits town
St Petersburg revheads can thrill to the sight of magnificent young drivers and their speeding snowmobiles at the inaugural Russian Open Cup Snowmobile Championship this weekend...
- Young and full of dreams
Igor Kashinsky started painting when he was just five years old. At the tender of age of 13, he is already well on his way to becoming one of Russia's great artists...
- Old Soviet calendars provide a timely reminder of past changes
Soviet calendars which featured a five- and six-day week
are among the curios on display at a new exhibition of Russian calendars at the
Print Museum...
Get away from it all to winter paradises on your doorstep
It's reached that point when you can't stand the sight of
brown mush any longer -- you dream of an escape to the tropics for a week or
two, but there's no vacation in sight for six months... You have to make your
peace with the winter.
- WHAT'S ON GUIDE
- Petersburg Gig Guide
- Rock & Jazz Venues
- Classical Program
- Dramatic Program
- RESTAURANT REVIEW: Mixing business with pleasure
Eating at the Grand Hotel Europe, you assume the food is going to be good, which was why I and a colleague scheduled two important business meetings in its Brasserie eatery last week...
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