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Beth Hart
U.S. blues singer Beth Hart is returning to Ukraine to amaze the audience with her dynamic vocals once again. Hart started her music career back in the ‘90s and became famous in 1999 after releasing her single “LA Song.” Since then, she has won four Blues Blast Awards for the Best Female Blues Artist, released nine studio albums, led several tours in the U.S. and around the world and was nominated for a Grammy in 2018. In her songs, Hart combines blues, jazz, rock and soul. In Kyiv, Hart will perform some of her old hits and surprise the audience with new songs.
Beth Hart. Ukraine Palace (103 Velyka Vasylkivska St.) Nov. 8. 7 p.m. Hr 746–3,496
(Courtesy of Kurazh Bazar)
Christmas Kurazh Bazar
Shopping for Christmas presents in advance is always a good idea. And when it also contributes to a good cause, that’s even better. You can do that at Kyiv’s Kurazh Bazar charity market, which is holding a Christmas edition of its regular event during the first weekend of December. The market will bring together Ukrainian producers and private sellers who will offer all kinds of presents. The market will also provide holiday entertainment, tasty food and drinks. The organizers plan to raise Hr 330,000 ($13,700) from ticket sales for the Tabletochki Fund, which will use the money to finance a support group for teenagers with cancer and to open two film screening rooms in Okhmatdyt, Ukraine’s biggest hospital for children based in Kyiv.
Christmas Kurazh Bazar. VDNH (1 Akademika Hlushkova Ave.) Dec. 7-8. 12 p.m. – 10 p.m. Hr 150. Free for children under 12, people with disabilities, retirees, veterans and pregnant women
(Jamala/ Facebook)
Jamala
It has been 10 years since the Crimean Tatar singer Jamala first performed on the stage of the music contest New Wave, held annually in the Latvian city Jurmala. Since then, Jamala has become one of the most successful Ukrainian singers: She has released five studio albums, received a number of awards and won the Eurovision Song Contest for Ukraine in 2016. But its not only Jamala’s powerful and touching voice that has brought her success. In her songs, the singer usually raises important social issues. She won the Eurovision Song Contest with a song called “1944” – a song about the Soviet deportation of Crimean Tatars from Crimea to Central Asia. This time, Jamala will perform her biggest hits at Kyiv’s Zhovtnevyi Palace, marking her 10th anniversary as a performer.
Jamala. Zhovtnevyi Palace (1 Heroiv Nebesnoi Sotni Alley). Nov. 30. 9 p.m. Hr 590-2,590
‘A Tree Grows In’
The heart of U.S. culture in Ukraine, America House, is introducing the works of another modern U.S. artist, Sinziana Velicescu. A Los Angeles-based photographer and filmmaker, Velicescu explores how humankind interferes in the natural order of life. America House will showcase her project called “A Tree Grows In,” a selection of photographs that depict plants growing in urban areas, as if showing their indifference to the creations of man. For the project, Velicescu was short-listed for the Bird in Flight Prize, established by the eponymous online magazine to celebrate non-conventional photographers of our time.
“A Tree Grows In.” America House (6 Mykoly Pymonenka St.) Dec. 3-28. Tue-Fri. 12 p.m. – 9 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Free. Bring ID
