PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
PREVIOUS PERFORMING ARTS EVENTS
| RACC, Rustem Galich Production Center and Davidzon Radio Salon-Theatre present: Moscow bohemian star and Prize Winning Singer Pavel Pushkin "Russian Farinelli"  various locations Friday, February 12, 2010 - 7:00 PM - NYC Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 7:30 PM - Brooklyn Friday, February 19, 2010 - 8:00 PM - Brooklyn Saturday, February 20, 2010 - 7:00 PM - NJ Sunday, February 21, 2010 - 7:00 PM - LI Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 7:00 PM - FL CLICK HERE | Leading by stage legend Rustem Galitch and popular Talk Show host Renata Rubinova "Holiday Season Celebration – Traditional Communal Gathering" Guest-actors from Kazan, Tatarstan: Gulnara Ismaeva –raising singer star and Alexey Aleksandrov - saxophone, Valery Zhmut - violin virtuoso, Ludmila Fisenko – Ukrainian songs, Sergey Pobedinsky – Gypsy songs and guitar, Victoria Ulanovskaya - piano, Boris Glikshtein, Natasha Ojean Karavan Friday, December 25, 2009 - 7:00 PM |
| Concert - Salon: Prize-winning duo Tamara Volskaya and Anatoliy Trofimov - Domra and Bayan (Russian folk percussion instruments) "Одной любви музыка уступает" Duo DI-LE-MA by Elena and Dmitriy Koltunov Bard's songs Long Island Bard's Club ZUS Sunday, December 19, 2009 - 5:00 PM | Rustem Galitch and Sergei Pobedinsky Golden Age Freehold Day Care Friday, December 18, 2009 - 4:00 PM |
| The world-premiere in English verse of four short verse plays by Russia's most beloved writer: "Alexandr Pushkin's Little Tragedies"  Baryshnikov Arts Center www.littletragedies.org Tuesday, November 03, 2009 through Saturday, November 14, 2009 CLICK HERE | Yamaha Artist Services, Inc., American Liszt Society New York Chapter, Boston University’s School of Music and RACC present: Arseny Aristov and Nansong Huang "Yamaha Piano Salon"  Yamaha Artist Services, Inc. Thursday, September 24, 2009, 7 PM CLICK HERE |
| Related Event:: Fall Concert Series: "A Tribute to Tchaikovsky" Featuring students and alumni of The Juilliard School, an evening of music devoted to the renowned Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Ana Tzarev Gallery Thursday, September 24, 2009, 7:00 PM | RACC, Rustem Galich Production Center and Davidzon Radio Salon-Theatre present: Moscow bohemian star and Prize Winning Singer Pavel Pushkin "Russian Farinelli"  Davidzon Radio “Salon-Theater” Thursday, August 13, 7 PM CLICK HERE |
| American Ballet Theatre presents: All-Prokofiev Celebration: On the Dnieper "World Premiere by Alexei Ratmansky"  Program also includes George Balanchine's Prodigal Son and James Kudelka's Désir Metropolitan Opera House One week only! June 1 through 6, 2009 CLICK HERE | Featuring Nina Beilina and members of Bachanalia with guest narrator Robert Sherman "BACHANALIA Players Pay Tribute to Russian Chamber Music" Bach Two Part Inventions (arranged for violin and cello) Borodin String Quartet No. 1 in A major Glazunov Novelettes for string quartet, op. 15 Tchaikovsky Album for the Young, op. 39 (arr. Dubinsky) Gregory Singer Fine Violins www.bachanalia.com Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 8:00 PM |
"Community celebration: Hanukkah at Millennium " Irit Mindlin, the Israeli opera star and soloist of Yddishland ensemble; Michael Evtukhov, soloist of the Moscow Shalom Theater; Klezmer Band, Little Music Theater Chorus under Vika Ulanovskaya, Sergey Pobedinsky, Lyudmila Fisenko, Tamriko Davitashvili and other celebrated musicians of New York Millennium Theatre Russian NY Thursday, December 25, 2:00 PM CLICK HERE | "Gala concert: Jewish Shlyager" Mikhail Evtukhov, the soloist of Moscow Shalom Theatre, singing rabbi Pinches Bobrovsky, Klezmer Band & dancing on the scene and in the theatre hall Millennium Theatre Thursday, December 25, 8:00 PM |
| Pinkhas Bobrovsky "Song performance" Ruslan Agabaev, piano Kings Bay Y Theater Sunday, December 21, 3:30 PM | "Demon by M. Lermontov" Tribeca Performing Art Center Great Falls Performing Art Center December 13 & 20, 7:30 PM |
| Poetry & Music Performance by Rustem Galitch and Victoria Ulanovskaya "Glamorous St. Petersburg" Based on a poetry book by Nikolai Ognivtsev Great Falls Performing Art Center Saturday, November 8, 7:30 PM | Russian 18th century opera by Fomin "Orpheus" St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, Festival MIFA October 25-26, 7:00 PM |
| Georgii Garanyan (saxophone), Valerii Ponomaryov (tuba)
and Special Guest: Borislav Strulev (cello) "Legends of Russian Jazz"  VIP cocktail reception to follow Millennium Theater Friday, September 19, 8:00 PM CLICK HERE | Encouraging Message: RACC Summer Happening: Dasha Fursey "Balloon & Bag of Wishes Performance"  South Sound Saturday, August 2, 6:30 PM CLICK HERE |
| 1st International Festival and Contest of Children's Songs "Yurii Entin and his Heroes"  Opening night of the 1st International Festival and Contest of Children's Songs. Experience Yurii Entin's clip-show from the most popular cult hit cartoons "Musicians from Bremen", "Hottabych", "Shivorot-navyvorot", "Bagdatskii vor", "Blue Puppy", and others! Also featuring Little Music Theater under Victoria Ulanovskaya. Kings Bay Y Theater Sunday, April 6, 3:00-5:00 PM CLICK HERE | Gesher Theater of Israel "Cocktail Reception and Introduction" Hosted by Tzili Charney http://www.gesher-theatre.co.il Tuesday, March 18 |
| Nina Ananiashvili and The State Ballet Of Georgia Featuring principal of the Bolshoi Ballet Sergei Filin BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music http://www.bam.org Wednesday, Feb 27 through Sunday, Mar 2 | The Metropolitan Opera "War and Peace: Epic Drama on an Epic Scale"  www.metopera.org Saturday, December 22 (matinee), 26, 28 and January 3 CLICK HERE |
| Odd Appetite "Experimental music festivals in Russia"  www.oddappetite.org Long Arms Festival, - Friday, September 28, Moscow Apositsia Festival III - Sunday, September 30, St. Petersburg CLICK HERE | RACC Performance Series "Musical Poetry Performance by Alexander Kuprin" Elena Stroganova, Elena Liberman (violin), Natalia Medvedovskaya (piano), Felix Yablonovskiy (director) in Russian Kings Bay YM-YMHA Sunday, September 23, 2:30 PM |
| RACC Performance Series M. Lermontov "Demon" The 2nd Anniversary of Poetry and Music Theatre Performing Arts Center Kingsborough College Thursday, August 9, 7:30 PM CLICK HERE | RACC Performance Series Marina Shron "Eden" Open Rehearsal Chashama Storefront Space Tuesday, April 10, 7:00 PM CLICK HERE |
| Moscow Art Theatre's Performance "Your Image, Sweet and Remote" Based on letters between Anton Chechov and Olga Knipper Written and performed by Vassiliy Nemirovich-Danchenko and Angelica Nemirovich-Danchenko A rare opportunity to see a grandson of the legendary founder of MkhAT, Vassiliy Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko (performed in Russian) Davidzon Radio Theatre Saturday, November 4, 7:30 | The Russian American Cultural Center and The Dancing Crane Georgian Dance Theatre presents: Songs and Instrumental Music from the Republic of Georgia June 4, 5:00 PM |
| St. John the Divine "Baroque Concert" April 30, 6:00 PM | New Voices in Russian Theatre "Vera and Olga -Two Sisters by the Sea" The Sixth Midtown International Theatre Festival July 29th at 2:00 PM CLICK HERE |
| Albert Einstein Obituaries "Tribute to the World Year of Physics 2005 - Scientific Research in the Spirit of Albert Einstein" Davidzon Radio Theatre Thursday, July 7, 7 PM CLICK HERE | "Generation R" Featuring: Bud Mishkin, Boris Fishman & Ksenia Vidyaykina |
| In collaboration with the Russian Nights Festival, Literature and Poetry: Andrei Bitov, Dmitry Prigov. With live jazz (Vladimir Volkov, double bass; Vladimir Tarasov, drums) | Macbeth.com Sargent Theatre October 17th at 3pm CLICK HERE |
| New Voices in Russian Theatre A staged reading of: "Time and the Beast" by Marina Shron, Directed by Daniela Varon | "Rothchild's Fiddle" Yale Repertory Theatre CLICK HERE |
| Natalia Gutman An Evening of Music, Art and Architecture The Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts Tuesday, May 21, 7 - 10 PM CLICK HERE | Rustem Galitch (recital) Natalia Medvedovskaya (piano): My Pushkin Musical & Poetry Show April 27, 12:00 PM |
| An Evening of Art, Music and Poetry The House of the Redeemer, formerly the Fabbri/Vanderbilt Mansion Saturday, April 20, 7 - 11 PM CLICK HERE | NY Noise: a new series of performance and conversation The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Monday, April 1, 8 PM CLICK HERE |
PREVIOUS LITERARY EVENTS
| RACC LITERARY SERIES: Meet the Writer: Jonathan Brent "Stalin's Last Crime: The Plot Against the Jewish Doctors, 1948-1953"  Russian Bookstore No.21 Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - 6:30 PM CLICK HERE | RACC LITERARY SERIES: Meet the Writer: Philip Pomper  Reading by distinguished historian Philip Pomper from his new fascinating book Lenin's Brother, which W.W. Norton is releasing in January 2010. Russian Bookstore No.21 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 6:30 PM CLICK HERE |
| RACC LITERARY SERIES: Meet the Writer: Vladimir Druk "Reading from a new book Disposable Birds (in Russian)"  В сборник Одноразовые Птицы (Москва, НЛО - 2008) вошли избранные стихотворения и поэмы (конец 1970-х – 2008). Книга получила диплом - «Московский Счет 2009» . Russian Bookstore No.21 Tuesday, January 26, 2010 – 6:30 PM CLICK HERE | RACC LITERARY SERIES: Meet Robert Chandler, translator of Everything Flows by Vasily Grossman Please join NYRB Classics and translator Robert Chandler for a READING and RECEPTION in celebration of the publication of Everything Flows by Vasily Grossman. RSVP is suggested, but not mandatory. Idlewild Books Idlewild Books Thursday, January 21, 2010 – 7:00 PM |
| An interactive discussion series "Memory and History": Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez "Foxbats over Dimona: The Soviets' Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War"  Russian Bookstore No.21 Thursday, October 29, 2009, 6:30 PM CLICK HERE | RACC LITERARY SERIES: Meet the Writer: Alexander Militarev Poetry reading from his collection Homo Tardus Russian Bookstore No.21 Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 6:30 PM CLICK HERE |
| RACC LITERARY SERIES: Dr. Gene and Ms. Gloria Donen Sosin "Homage to the Memory of Aleksandr Galich at 90" Russian Bookstore No.21 Thursday, October 15, 2009, 6:30 PM CLICK HERE | RACC LITERARY SERIES: Meet the Writer: Pavel Lembersky The bilingual reading from a newly released book A Unique Occurrence Russian Bookstore No.21 Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 6:30 PM CLICK HERE |
| RACC and St. Petersburg Review present: Dmitry Golynko "Poetry reading"  Russian Bookstore No.21 Monday, May 18, 2009, 6:30 PM CLICK HERE | Aleksandr Matlin: Satirist, poet and writer "Reading of poems and short stories"  Russian Bookstore No.21 Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 6:30 PM CLICK HERE |
| "Meet the Writer: Jonathan Brent" Please join us for the presentation Jonathan Brent's newly released book Inside the Stalin Archives: Discovering the New Russia. Jonathan Brent is the editorial director of Yale University Press and founder of its distinguished Annals of Communism series; he is also the author of Stalin's Last Crime: The Plot Against the Jewish Doctors, 1948-1953 The Harriman Institute Columbia University Monday, March 30, 6:15 PM | Meet the Writer: Nobert Evdayev "David Burliuk in America"  Book and art documentary presentation Russian Bookstore No.21 http://www.russianbookstore21.com Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 6:30 PM CLICK HERE |
| 2008 Liberty Prize: Honoring Poet Vlandimir Gandelsman Russian Samovar (upstairs) Saturday, December 6, 7:00 pm CLICK HERE | Meet the Writer: Bakhyt Kenjeev  Russian Samovar (upstairs) Sunday, November 30, 7:00 pm CLICK HERE |
| Meet the Writer: Emil Draitser "Shush! Growing Up Jewish Under Stalin"  Russian Bookstore No.21 UC Press Thursday, September 25, 6:30 PM CLICK HERE | Rebecca Bella Wangh and Brice Hobbs "Presentation of an International video/literature/translation project"  Russian Bookstore No.21 http://www.russianbookstore21.com Tuesday, May 27, 6:30-8:30 PM CLICK HERE |
| 5TH ANNUAL IMMIGRANT HISTORY WEEK: Marina Temkina "Reading from the recent book CANTO IMMINGRANTO" Russian Bookstore No.21 http://www.russianbookstore21.com Wednesday, April 16, 6:30-8:30 PM | Laura L. Williams "The Storks' Nest: Life and Love in the Russian Countryside"  Laura L. Williams, author of the newly released book The Storks' Nest: Life and Love in the Russian Countryside (Гнездо аистов: жизнь и любовь в русской таиге), published Fulcrum Books, speaks from 14 years of Russian conservation experience about her life in Russia's wildest and most remote places. Russian Bookstore No.21 http://www.russianbookstore21.com Tuesday, April 8, 6:00–8:00 PM CLICK HERE |
| Gary Shteyngart "reading from a new book" The Harriman Institute, Columbia University | Genrikh Golin "Einstein and Russia" Russian Bookstore No.21 http://www.russianbookstore21.com Monday, March 3, 6:30–8:30 PM |
| Alexander Genis "Meet the Author" Literary critic and essayist, Genis writes on the lives, food and social customs of the world. His early books introduced the strange customs of United States to Russian émigrés. The Russian Literary Series is supported in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), a state agency. Central Library Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org Sunday, January 20, 1:30 PM | Matvei Yankelevich and Eugene Ostashevsky "reading of works by DANIIL KHARMS and the OBERIU" This free event will be followed by a reception and two books -- TODAY I WROTE NOTHING: The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms and OBERIU: An Anthology of Russian Absurdism -- will be available for sale and the authors happy to sign them.This event is sponsored by Russian American Cultural Center, Overlook Press, and A Public Space. A Public Space http://www.apublicspace.org Wednesday, January 16, 7:00 PM |
| Olga Isaeva "Poetry and Story Reading" Writer, journalist, laureate of the Russian America contest, and participant of the Moscow Poetry Biennale 2007, will read new poetry and short stories. She is the author of the books: "Разлука будет без печали" and "Мой папа Штирлиц" (in Russian). Russian Bookstore No.21 http://www.russianbookstore21.com Thursday, December 27, 6:30pm | "Meet the Author:Alexander Motyl" Alexander J. Motyl's Who Killed Andrei Warhol imagines a Soviet Ukrainian journalist's encounter with pop artist Andy Warhol in 1968. Motyl is professor of political science at Rutgers University-Newark and a painter (represented by The Tori Collection). His first novel was Whiskey Priest. Wednesday, October 10, 7:30 PM CLICK HERE |
| RACC Literature Series "Meet the Writer: Alexander Kushner" in Russian Kings Bay YM-YMHA Sunday, September 30, 1:00 PM | A Living Memorial to the Holocaust: A Joint Event Series with Museum of Jewish Heritage Daring to Resist: Jewish Defiance in the Holocaust. Tour the new exhibition by Igor Kotler, Senior Historian at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living memorial to the Holocaust Presentation of the newly-released book Foxbats over Dimona: The Soviets' Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War by Yale University Press, 2007 and a discussion with the authors: Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez June 8, 2007, 2:00 PM CLICK HERE |
Alexei Bayer and Valery Bazarov Literature and Genealogical Investigation Russian Bookstore No.21 http://www.russianbookstore21.com Monday, April 16, 6:30 PM CLICK HERE | TIDES + DJ SPINOZA'S DOZEN RELEASE READING TWO RUSSIAN-AMERICAN OCTOPI Genya Turovskaya and Eugene Ostashevsky Russian Bookstore No.21 http://www.russianbookstore21.com Monday, March 19, 6:30 PM CLICK HERE |
| Vladimir Solovyov Reading from new controversial book: "POST MORTEM: The Banned Book on Joseph Brodsky" (in Russian) Russian Bookstore Club October 17, 6:30 PM | Gary Shteyngard Author of: "The Russian Debutante's Handbook" and others The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Russian American Writers June 8, 8:00 PM |
| Celebrate Immigrant History Week in NYC Sponsored by the Mayor's Office Of Immigrant Affairs: BESA ME MUCHO by Mariam Yuzefovskaya at the Russian Book Club April 22, 5:00 PM | Michael Skakun "AT THE MIND'S LIMITS: EXILE, MEMORY AND IDENTITY" Bowery Poetry Club Tuesday, February 14, 6 PM CLICK HERE |
| Anthony Newfield "After the Orchard: A Russian Journal" The Bowery Poetry Club Tuesday, November 15th, 6:30 PM CLICK HERE | Keith Gessen Genya Turovskaya Ilya Bernstein "The Balaklava Eastern European Poets Reading Series" The Bowery Poetry Club Sunday, October 30, 6 PM CLICK HERE |
| Eugene Ostashevsky "An Evening of Russian-American Literature" The Bowery Poetry Club Tuesday, July 26th, 6 - 7:30 pm CLICK HERE | Ruth Zernova "Remembering Ruth Zernova" The Bowery Poetry Club Sunday, April 24, 2005, 12:00-2:00pm CLICK HERE |
| New York in Verse at the Bowery Poetry Club: | New Wave of Russian Writers & Artists in New York The Bowery Poetry Club Sunday, June 27, 8 PM CLICK HERE |
| David Bezmozgis "Natasha and Other Stories" Russian-American Civic Association Sunday June 20, 2004, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm CLICK HERE | David Shrayer-Petrov and Maxim D. Shrayer "Jewish Stories of Russia and America" |
PREVIOUS FILM EVENTS
| Theatrical Release of Documentary Film: by David Hoffman "Sputnik Mania" IFC Film Center http://www.ifccenter.com Opening Reception: Friday, March 14 | Dr. Semyon Pinkhasov "Art Under Dictatorship: I’m not Jordano Bruno, Judge Not, Music Made on Thursday" Russian Bookstore No.21 http://www.russianbookstore21.com Wednesday, March 12, 6:30–8:30 PM, Monday, March 31, 6:30–8:30 PM, Monday, April 28, 6:30–8:30 PM |
| Art during Dictatorship: Art Documentaries Series: by Semyon Pinkhasov "Judge Not" The Harriman Institute Opening Reception: Wednesday, November 7, 6:30pm | Film screening and Q/A session with Boris Frumin, the director of the movie: "Undercover" (2006) The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan May 30, 8:00 PM |
| Lieutenant Kizhe The Jewish Community Center |
PREVIOUS GALA EVENTS
| Performed by Alexander Babenko, laureate of the Golden Mask and Best Russian Operetta Actor 2007, Rustem Galitch, Ira Fugelson, Ella Zaslavsky, Renata Rubinova and Ludmila Fisenko "Gala Concert: Akh Odessa!" Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust Sunday, April 27, 3:00-5:00 PM | The 2007 Annual RACC Gala "Benefit Art Auction at Sotheby's"  June 4, 2007 CLICK HERE to see the photos |
| "Slava's Snowshow" Union Square Theatre Wednesday, October 27, 8:00 PM CLICK HERE | Neva's White Night on the East River "The Peking" Tuesday, July 29, 2003, 7 - 11:00 pm CLICK HERE |
| Annual Gala of the Russian-American Cultural Center The Consulate of the Russian Federation Friday, October 25, 2002, 6:30 - 10 PM CLICK HERE | Boris Eifman "Russian Hamlet" City Center Thursday, March 30, 2000, 8 PM CLICK HERE |
SPECIAL GUESTS
| NewYorkRu.com "RACC: a White Bridge on a Red Field" an article by Vitaliy Orlov Read the Article January 28, 2009 | Elena Bonner The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Tuesday, December 14, 8 PM CLICK HERE |
LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE EVENTS
Introducing RACC to the Russian American community in Miami RACC founding director Regina Khidekel and RACC Board member Lana Ratner Miami, Florida Tuesday, December 8, 2009 CLICK HERE | David Yassky Brooklyn Council Member The Brooklyn Art Club Tuesday June 29, 2004, 6:30 - 8 PM CLICK HERE |
| Cocktails and Conversation with: Michael R. Bloomberg Candidate for Mayor of New York City The Art Space August 21, 2001, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Cocktails and Conversation with: Alan G. Hevesi New York City Comptroller and Candidate for Mayor of New York City The Art Studio January 29, 2001, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM |
| Cocktails and Conversation with: Senator Eric Schneiderman about Hillary Rodham Clinton At the home of Sally Minard July 19, 2000, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM |
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