'Love’s Labour’s Lost'
Kyiv Cinema will show William Shakespeare's "Love’s Labour's Lost" staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company as part of its British Theater in Cinema program.
"Love’s Labour’s Lost" by Royal Shakespeare Company (screening). Kyiv Cinema (19 Velyka Vasylkivska St.). May 5, 7 p.m. Hr 120
Selfie Festival
In 2013, Oxford Dictionaries designated “selfie” as the word of the year. During the coming weekend, Kyiv will be celebrating the art of self-photography. The festival will offer 20 crazy photo zones, photo and video equipment rentals, and photography classes.
Selfie Festival. Modern Art Center M17 (102 Antonovych St.). May 16-17, 12 a.m. – 7 p.m. Hr 60, Hr 100 for two tickets
Francis Giacobetti Photo Exhibition
Francis Giacobetti was featured in “Techniques of the World’s Great Photographers” (1981, Phaidon Press Limited), a cult book listing 40 photographers. His style is instantly recognizable. Giacobetti’s photo exhibition is part of the French Spring Festival and will be open through July 12.
Francis Giacobetti Photo Exhibition. Brucie Collections Gallery (55B Artema St.). April 16 – July 12, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. on Monday-Friday. 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Saturday. 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. on Sunday. Free
May Art Picnic
For those staying in Kyiv for the May holidays, this series of daily picnics in one of the city’s most beautiful parks is a good option. The organizers promise a vast choice of fun activities, including arts-and-crafts classes, a theater day with plays for children in the morning and adults in the evening, and musical performances by the bands Kishe and Tartak.
May Art Picnic. Spivoche Pole Park near World War II History Museum (33 Ivana Mazepy St.). May 1-9, 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. Hr 35-65
‘Lisova Pisnya’
Italian artist Marko Tsitron spent time in Donetsk in the summer of 2011 with seven other photographers from different countries, all making photographs of the city. Now Tsitron is exhibiting his photos to show what Donetsk was like before the war changed it.
“Lisova Pisnya” (“The Forest Song”). Izolyatsia Art Center (8 Naberezhno-Luhova St.). April 18 – May 17, 12 a.m. – 7 p.m. Free
