Exhibition of Paintings, Bottega Gallery (22 B Mykhailivska), 30 May 'til 2 July This is the second part of an art-project that has gathered some quite well-known Ukrainian artists like Petr Bevza, Oleksiy Lytvynenko, Ilona Silvashin, Anna Hidora and Matvei

Pippi Longstocking, Kyiv Theatre for Youth on Lypska (Lypska 15/17), 20 June at 12.00 Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Efraim's Daughter Longstocking: that's what's she claims her full name to be! She has been entertaining audiences young and old alike since

SOLO (Dance Company Lelio), Kyiv Planetarium (Vasilkivska 57/6), 19 June at 19.30 An evening of choreographic miniatures is prancing quickly forward with Lilia Klymchuk's small entourage of talented performers, Lelio. The invitation is open for all to experience together, dancers

End of Season Performance by the National Philharmonic of Ukraine (Vladymysky Uzviz 2), 25 June at 19.00 Putting together concerts since the middle of the 19th century, the National Philharmonic of Ukraine is one of Kyiv's pillars of strength and

UkrainSka (Folk, Ska, Rock) in Concert, Docker ABC (15/4 Khreschatyk-Zankovetskoi), 20 June at 21.00 Well known to almost any Ukrainian music fan, band Madheads XL has launched a new project that's holding nuances of a little something more. The compositions

Dan Rothery (Rock) in Concert, Art Club 44 (44 Khreshchatyk), 25 June at 22.00 Dan Rothery is not what you would expect from a rock star. His professional career began way back in 1990 after spending some time in Japan

Recently I attended a small ambassadorial function, and during the course of the conversation the subject of EU membership for Ukraine came up. The EU ambassadors present, in typical diplomatic style, hedged their bets and talked about the complexities of

Imagine, you buy a house, live in it with your family for over fours years, spend a lot of money renovating and extending it, invest your time making it a home, and then someone comes along with a gang of

Kupalo was a Slavic celebration with ancient Pagan origins. It underwent numerous attempts at suppression by the induction of Christianity into Kyivska Rus to no avail and so, as the old saying goes, 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'.

Housemania, Tsar Project (1v Hrushevskoho), 20 June at 23.00 The Housemania project usually features three DJs: Sarovsky, Ilya Shtatsky and Yoshi. But in this latest subscription, DJ Shtatsky is the one on top and is gaining some immense popularity working

Hip-Hop Battle, Patipa (10 Museyny), 21 June at 23.00 Agency ShowTime is known throughout Kyiv for its rockin' R'n'B parties in Patipa and elsewhere where there are always some hotties dancing on stage with some fabulous performers. Dym along with

Fantastic Kids, Exhibit of Photographs by Fafastudio, Hudgraf Gallery, (Tarasovskaya 3), 3 July 'til 9 July In honour of International Child Protection Day, the folks over at one of Kyiv's best photo studios, got together to do something a little

DJ Tiesto, International Exhibition Centre (15 Brovarsky Prospect), 28 June at 21.00 Does anything in fact need to be said about DJ Tiesto..? He's the first DJ in the world to sell out a solo stadium event for 25,000 people

Father's get the brunt of the crap, don't they? They work hard, their job, in lots of ways, is thankless and while Mothers are recognised the world over for their reverent influence, dads often don't even get the once over.

Lacrimosa in Concert (Gothic Metal), National Aviation University (1 Kosmonavta Komareva), 30 August at 19.00 German composer and singer Tilo Wolff once hooked eyes with a songster from Finland, Anne Nurmi, and from first sight, as the saying goes, that

L'Elisir D'Amore (Opera in Italian in 2 Acts), National Opera Theatre (Vladymyrska 50), 26 & 28 June at 19.00 Everyone knows about mixtures to make you happier, skinnier, younger, and certainly these days more masculine. There is however, one concoction

Kably in Concert, Heaven (7 Hrinchenko), 27 June at 23.00 When these two creatures showed up on the Ukrainian club scene, everyone was saying that they must from outer space: they look strange, they dress strange, they act STRANGE! There

Keltic Express, Irish Dance Studio SHAMROCK, House of Officers (Grushevskoho 32/1), 1 July at 19.00. When anyone starts talking about the Irish, there are many things that come to mind: the colour green, the wonderfully jovial nature of the people

The Teacher and Her Students, National House of Organ and Chamber Music (Velika Vacilkiivska 77), 30 June at 19.30 Professor Svetlana Shabaltyna and her students have been hard at work not only in the classroom but also at numerous competitions

Marauding Vikings in their longships sent a chill down the spine of almost everyone in Europe in days gone by, but it seems that they weren't all bad, because it appears they used to keep up to date with the