This year at the Molodist Film Festival, American movie producer and director Lana Parshina presented the European premiere of her film Svetlana About Svetlana. The movie, which consists of an interview with Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilueva, was part of the

Let's see. What does President Yushchenko do these days? Beekeeping, we're sure, and ironing his vyshyvanka, and petty one-upmanship with Yulia Tymoshenko - and, apparently, spending hundreds of millions of hryvnia on monuments. It seems that, in tandem with the

Usually the state of relations between Ukraine and Russia is easy to gauge. During the Kuchma era, they were, with some exceptions (like Tuzla Island), good. In the Orange era, they were bad. As that era fades away, though, it's

An Evening of Bach, House of Organ and Chamber Music (77 Chervonoarmiyska), 31 October at 19.30 You could certainly argue that Bach is the most important composer ever to have lived, the man who broke the ground for the entire

Iryna Bilyk in concert, Palace Ukraine (103 Chervonoarmiyska), 7 November at 19.00 For 20 years Iryna Bilyk has been making her fans happy with her catchy, intelligent variety of pop. On this evening she'll give a concert commemorating her two

Cafe Sax, a play, Molody Theatre (17 Prorizna), 15 November at 19.00 The innovative Elblag Theatre troupe from Poland always travels with a bag of tricks: they're constantly experimenting and fiddling with staging techniques. Last time they were here, for

Apparently Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov has some fairly serious writing chops. In 2005, while heading the State Security Service, he converted his novel The Illusion of Fear into a screenplay by the same name. The events of the script

A night of black humor with Ch P - Minsk, Freedom Concert Hall (134 Frunze), 31 October at 21.00 The experimental black humour troupe Ch P - Minsk (perennial heavyweights in the KVN comedy competitions on TV) have a new

Ukraine Palace (103 Chervonoarmiyska), 10, 11, 12 November at 19.00 The great Sukhishvili ensemble, Georgia's national dance troupe, is a perennial crowd favourite and one of the world's best dance outfits, known for mixing traditional Georgian folk influences with ballet.

Ilian Gyrnets in concert, National Philharmonic (2 Volodymyrsky Uzviz), 8 November at 19.00 Ilian Gyrnets from Moldova is a unique musician - he's only 25 but his mastery has already been awarded at the most respected performance festivals around the

Moloko Music Festival, Mystetsky Arsenal (28/30 Ivana Mazepy), 2 November at 17.00 This year the Moloko Music Festival, a joint project of the magazine Moloko and the record label Esthetic Music, will debut in Kyiv. For the opening show, the

Nochnie Snaipery, Culture Centre of National Aviation University (1 Kosmovnata Komarova), 1 November at 19.00 Russian band Nochnie Snaipery (Night Snipers) started as an acoustic duet in 1993. For five years Diana Arbenina and Svetlana Surganova performed in nightclubs before

Timati in concert, Palace Sport (1 Sportyvna), 19 November at 19.00 Timati is one of those stars who have a finger in everything—he's a rapper, actor, businessmen and club owner. He first came to the public's attention through the show

Splean in concert, Bingo club (112 Peremohy Pr.), 2 November at 19.00 This Russian rock band's name derives from the title of a Sasha Chorny poem, which in turn borrows from the English word 'spleen', which, apart from being an

Exhibition of paintings by Oleksandr Gnylytskiy, Collection gallery (8 Pankivska), from 14 November Among Ukrainian artists, Oleksandr Gnylytskiy has a reputation for unpredictability. Apart from paintings, he's done video installations, kinetic sculpture and VJ performances. Lately, Gnylytskiy has been painting

Aria in concert, Palace Sport (1 Sportyvna), 20 November at 19.30 Aria is a legendary, and by now ancient, Russian heavy metal band. They go back to the Gorbachev era and they've seen and done it all. By now the

Photography by Vitas Luckus, Soviart Centre for Contemporary Art (22a Andriyivsky Uzviz), till 11 November As part of the continuing international festival of photography KievFotoCom, the gallery Soviart is presenting an exhibition of Lithuanian photographer Vitas Luckus. Luckus works a

Tommie Sunshine, DJ Move, Xlib club (12 Frunze), 8 November at 23.00 Get ready for another banging Moverec night at Xlib club with DJ Move and his special invited guest Tommie Sunshine. Influenced equally by New Wave, rock 'n' roll

Inna Zhelannaya in concert, Officers' House (30/1 Hrushevskoho), 16 November at 19.00 In 1994, Inna Zhelannaya, a lover of her native Russia's folk music, gathered together the remnants of the popular 1980s rock band Alyans, getting them back together under

Jay-Jay Johanson in concert, Lavra Gallery (17 Ivana Mazepy), 31 October at 19.00 Jay-Jay Johanson is a Swedish musician and singer-songwriter known for his melancholic vocals and his androgynous looks. His music used to integrate elements of trip-hop until he