Carmen Lundy is a unique singer - unique not only for her deep and enchanting voice, but also for the musical creativity revealed in her own compositions. This is Carmen's first time in Ukraine, so Kyiv is as new to

No matter how bad life gets, Ukrainians will always laugh and squeeze everything they can out of it. A good example of that is provided by Sergey Prytula and Alexander Pedan, stars of the Comedy Club Kyiv-Style comedy troupe, whom

The year 2008 is officially the year of Vasyl Stus in Ukraine. Had the KGB's labour camps not destroyed the Ukrainian poet, translator and literary critic, he would be 70 this year. In commemoration, the state has released a jubilee

Is there anybody who hasn't heard of Yuriy Makarov, one of Ukraine's most eminent residents? This journalist, TV critic and host, writer and editor-in-chief of Ukrainian Week took time from his packed schedule to meet What's On's Ksenia Karpenko in

Exhibition of paintings by Mykola Bilous, Zeh gallery (16 Illynska), till 9 December Kyiv's top gallery Zeh presents an exhibition of work by Mykola Bilous, one of Ukraine's best artists. His works have been exhibited many times both in Ukraine

Change! Hope! That's what US President-Elect Obama's constituency expects from him. Ukrainians, at least as far as we can tell anecdotally, preferred Obama to his opponent John McCain, but they're probably too realistic to believe that an Obama administration will

Tyubeteyka is a new venue from the Kozyrna Karta restaurant family, and since it opened a couple of weeks ago in Pechersk it seems to have been gaining popularity day by day. The new establishment's location is really good: it's

Ward #6, Kyiv Modern Ballet, Franko Theatre (3 Ivana Franka Pl.), 24-25 November at 19.00 The Kyiv Modern Ballet and its talented director Radu Poklitaru have a reputation for bringing innovative trends to the local ballet stage. Their latest production

Vyacheslav Butusov and U-Piter in concert, Officers' House (30/1 Hrushevskoho), 23 November at 19.00 Vyacheslav Butusov is a Russian rock star from the 1980s, and he's still going strong. In the early days, he worked with the band Nautilus Pompilius,

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

Pavlo Nersesyan in concert, National Philharmonic (2 Volodymyrsky Uzviz), 22 November at 19.00 Pavlo Nersesyan is among the most interesting of the piano players on Russia's classical music scene. At the age of eight, he went on tour within the

Computer Animation Festival, Zhovten cinema (26 Kostyantynivska), 15 and 22 November at 23.30 This month, Kyiv hosts for the first time a festival dedicated to computer animation. The festival will show the best films from the Prix Ars Electronica 2008

Here we go again, with another installment in our What's On Read All Over the World Contest, in which our readers send us photos of Kyiv's best magazine being, well, read all over the world. The prize? Two return tickets

Burdon in concert, Avenue Cafe (24 Vorovskoho), 16 November at 20.00 The Ukrainian folk outfit Burdon plays this week at Avenue Cafe in support of their latest, and third, album, Taistra Chuhaistra. The band mixes central-Ukrainian folk melodies with Hutsul

The big luxury SUV has become one of the symbols of contemporary Kyiv - the sort of automobile that, like the black Mercedes sedan at the turn of the century, you simply can't be without if you plan on being