Please join us for an opening reception for the exhibit "Urban Poetry: St. Petersburg – New York." with photography by Mark Serman. Exhibit on display October 19, 2016 - December 16, 2016, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. This show features an abridged collection of the photography of Mark Serman, with works spanning from his birthplace of Leningrad, U.S.S.R. to New York City, where…
Please join us for a talk with Dragan Kujundžić (University of Florida) about Sergei Shnurov's rock group Leningrad. In 2016, Sergei Shnurov and his group Leningrad released two now-famous video clips, "Exponat" and "V Pitere pit’", which were viewed almost 200 million times in 2016. This occasioned an opportunity for Professor Kujundžić to meet with Sergei Shnurov in St. Petersburg in December…
Please join the Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University for a screening of the little-known Ukrainian film classic The Lost Petition (1972), directed by Borys Ivchenko. The film is in Ukrainian with English subtitles. Professor Yuri Shevchuk will introduce the film and moderate the discussion. Inspired by a Mykola Hohol (a.k.a. Nikolai Gogol) short story, this heroic comedy takes place in 18th…