Lecture on the Russian language and an exhibition of works by Max Vityk: how to spend a weekend in New York (June 4-6)

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What: Exhibition on immigration "This land is your land"

When: Friday-Sunday, June 4-6

Where: Madison Square Park, 11 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10010

More: Three water towers that make up the New York skyline merge with the park's street landscape in Ivan Navarro's exhibition This Land Is Your Land. The title of the exhibition is taken from Woody Guthrie's favorite 1940 folk song, the American anthem and vocal act about the freedom this country offers to immigrants.

The towers are raised to a height above the heads of visitors, allowing them to walk underneath and peer into each sculpture to see the contents inside. The Navarro Water Towers, each about seven feet in diameter and supported by pedestals about eight feet high, function as vessels for the vocabulary of the political and personal experience of immigration. Inside one tower there are the words "I" and "we", in the other - "bed", and in the third - the image of the stairs. Each is decorated with neon light.

Cost: Free options

What: Exhibition of installations of a Ukrainian woman

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When: Friday-Sunday, June 4-6

Where: Online

More: The special installation “Market” was created with the Armory Show 2020 by the winner of PULSE PRIZE 2018 and the representative of Ukraine at the 58th Venice Biennale Zhanna Kadyrova. This is her debut at the Ukrainian Institute in New York.

True to its mission, the Ukrainian Institute of America introduces the diaspora and the general public to post-Soviet and current Ukrainian national-cultural, social and educational events. Living in Kiev, artist Zhanna Kadyrova specializes in thematic projects for the creation of objects, installations, mosaics and sculptures. Her art is primarily aimed at changing the appearance of the metropolis and its inherent urban character.

Cost: $ 0-8

What: Exhibition of works by Max Vityk

When: Friday-Sunday, June 4-6

Where: Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 and 79th St, New York, NY 10075

More: Painting is the third solo exhibition and the first exclusive online exhibition of the artist. It features monumental narrative paintings by Max Vityk. It is difficult to find a geologist-turned-artist who identifies himself primarily as an artist. His deep knowledge of the Earth's instability intensifies the chaos of the author's mythical and turbulent stories: nature and humanity are inseparable.

Cost: $ 0-8

What: Brooklyn Film Festival

When: Friday-Sunday, June 4-6

Where: The full schedule of film screenings and the place of their demonstration can be seen at Online.

More: This year's Brooklyn Film Festival runs from June 4th to 13th. The audience will be presented with feature films and documentaries, short films and cartoons. The festival will bring together the works of directors from all over the world, including films by the Russian talented young director Anton Nenashev.

Cost: $15

What: Lecture on the Russian language

When: Friday, June 4, from 14:00 pm

Where: Online

More: Evgeny Vodolazkin will talk about the changes taking place in the modern Russian language. What do they testify to and how to relate to them?

Evgeny Vodolazkin is a writer and literary critic. In 1986, he graduated from the philological faculty of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, and in 1990 - graduated from the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg). In 2000 he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic "World History in the Literature of Ancient Rus (Based on Chronographic and Chronicle Materials of the XNUMXth - XNUMXth Centuries)".

Since 1990, Vodolazkin has been working in the department of Old Russian literature at the Pushkin House, and since 2012 he has been the editor-in-chief of the almanac Text and Tradition.

In the rating of the best Russian writers Russia Beyond the Headlines, Evgeny Vodolazkin took 25th place (the highest among living authors).

Cost: Free options

What: Screening of the Hungarian comedy "Gypsy in Space"

When: Friday, June 4, from 14:00 pm

Where: Online

More: In early 1957, the Soviet Union decides to grant Hungary the honor of sending the first cosmonaut into orbit into space. The most suitable candidate turns out to be Lajos Serban, known to all as Laiko, whose life as a pilot reflects his lifelong attraction to the stars and space.

This film is shown on the occasion of June 3 - the day when Bertalan Farkas, the first Hungarian astronaut in history, returned safely from space. Together with the Soviet cosmonaut Valery Kubasov, he was launched into space from the Baikonur cosmodrome on May 26, 1980 at 18:20. They returned to Earth in 7 days 20 hours 45 minutes after completing 124 orbits.

Cost: Free options

What: Charity concert for Ukrainian soldiers

When: Friday, June 4, from 18:00 pm

Where: Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church 288 Vanderbilt Ave. Staten Island, NY 10304

More: The organization “Revived Soldiers of Ukraine” presents a charity concert with singer Oksana Mukha and violinist Oleksandr Bozhik to support financially wounded Ukrainian soldiers in order to purchase medical supplies for them.

Cost: $ 0-40

What: Lecture on advertising "Snickers" in Russia

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When: Friday, June 4, from 19:00 pm

Where: Online

More: Professor of New York University Eliot Borenstein will talk about the joys and sorrows of Russian and Soviet television advertising. These informal lectures are intended for students, academics and anyone interested in such a topic. This lecture will focus on Snickers, the invader from Mars.

Cost: Free options

Dear readers! Please note that due to the epidemic of coronavirus infection, some activities may be canceled or rescheduled for other dates. Therefore, before visiting, we recommend checking the information on the sites of the organizers.

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In addition, look for interesting events for every day of the week in our calendar... Come in, find out, share with your friends. Before visiting, check the organizer's websites for details and locations of events, as they may change.

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