LEISURE BULLETIN

Curtain at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Theater

National Opera of Ukraine
(vul. Volodymyrska 50, tel. 279-1169)

6 – Season opening. Prince Yaroslav the Wise, opera by Maiboroda
7 – The Nutcracker, ballet
by Tchaikovsky
8 – Natalka Poltavka, opera
by Lysenko
10 – Swan Lake, ballet by Tchaikovsky

Ivan Franko National Drama Theater
(pl. Franka 3, tel. 279-5921)

4 – Small stage. Morituri Te Salutant (based on Vasyl Stefanyk’s stories)
4 – Zorba the Greek by Kazantzakis
6 – Small stage. The Old Lady Sits Waiting by Rozewicz
6 – The Taming of the Shrew
by Shakespeare
7 – The Marriage of Figaro
by Beaumarchais
8 – Premiere. Thistle Flower
by Vorozhbyt
10 – Small stage. Maria (When Two Drift Apart) by Chrzanowski and
Kadyrova
10 – The Paradise Case by Malkovych

Drama and Comedy Academic Theater on the Left Bank
(Brovarsky prosp. 25, tel. 517-8980)

7 – Season opening. Love in Crosshairs (Traders’ Rubber) by Levin
8 (at 3 p.m.) – Small stage. A Call from the Past by Krym
8 – Premiere. An Ideal Couple
by Camoletti
10 – Line by Mardan

Dolphinariums

Nemo Dolphinarium
(Ice rink, vul. Hlushkova 9)

4-30 – Spectacular Daily Show.
Beginning at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Tues.- Fri.; at noon, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Sat., Sun. Romantic Night Show. Beginning at 9:30 p.m. on Sat.

Museums

Kyiv Pechersk National Historical and Cultural Preserve
(vul. Ivana Mazepy 21)

Open 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

Kyiv Sophia National Museum
(vul. Volodymyrska 24)

Sep. 3-Oct. 20 – In commemoration of the 1,025th anniversary of the baptism of Kyivan Rus’. Raphael Zaborowsky, Metropolitan of Kyiv, Galicia [Halychyna], and all Ruthenia (1731-47) (documents, letters, scrolls); Ukrainian Icon, 16th-18th cc. (Baroque icon painting)
Sep. 3-Dec. 31 – Liudmyla Meshkova (ceramic panels)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wed.

National Museum of Ukrainian History
(vul. Volodymyrska 2)

Sep. 3-Nov. 11 – 1,000-year-old Ukrainian Seal (international museum project)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Wed.

National Art Museum
(vul. Hrushevskoho 6)

3-8 – Art of the 1960s to early 2000s: Race Against Time (paintings, prints, sculpture, and photos)
3-22 – Genius Loci. Maximilian Voloshin (documents and prints)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; noon-8 p.m. on Fri.; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sat.
Closed Mon., Tues.

National Museum of Ukrainian Literature
(vul. Khmelnytskoho 11)

3-19 – I Pray for My Ukraine
(literature pertaining to Ukrainian
national independence)
Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sat. Closed Sun.

Taras Shevchenko National Museum
(blvd. Shevchenko 12)

Sep. 3-Oct.4 – The Past Saved for the Future: Revived National Historical and Cultural Relics (paintings and prints)
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Mon.

Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Art Museum
(vul. Tereshchenkivska 15-17)

3-22 – For the first time in Kyiv! Daniel Chodowiecki (etchings from the collection of the Kharkiv Art
Museum)
Sep. 3-Oct. 20 – Rockwell Kent (paintings from the museum
collection)
Open 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Closed Mon., Tues.

Memorial Museums

Mikhail Bulgakov Literary and Memorial Museum
(Andriivsky uzviz 13)

Sep. 3-Nov. 21 – Bulgakov Family Dacha in Bucha (photos, posters,
letters, documents)
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Wed.

Ivan Honchar Museum
(vul. Ivana Mazepy 29)

3-23 – Serhii Radko (ceramics)
3-29 – We Are in Love, My Darling! (love themes in Ukrainian folk art)
Open 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Closed Mon.

Galleries

Bottega
(vul. Mykhailivska 22b)

5-21 – Vasyl Bazhai’s project
Open 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

Mystetsky Arsenal
(vul. Lavrska 12)

3-22 –  In commemoration of the 1,025th anniversary of the
baptism of Kyivan Rus’. Great and Grand (1,000 exemplary works from the collection of 35 major museums in Ukraine)
Open 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

Triptych
(Andriivsky uzviz 34)

3-4 – Iryna Kaliuzhna (paintings)
Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sun., Mon.

Wunjo-Art
(vul. Voloska, 36/38)

3-10 – Natalia Netronina
(paintings on velvet)
Open 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sat.; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sun.

Culture Centers

The House of Nature
(vul. Rohnidynskа 3)

3-21 – Mother Nature Comes Alive in Verse (in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko’s birth)
Open noon-6 p.m. Closed Sun., Mon.

Kyiv Planetarium
3-19 – Fashion Museum (ancient ladies’ clothes and accessories from Maryna Ivanova’s collection)
Open 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

Singing Field
(Pechersk Landscape Park)
3-15 – The World of the Child’s Dream flower exhibit for children
Open 9 a.m.-9 p.m.