Trademark Defile, leading Ukrainian clothing brands on display, Alta Expo (11a Moskovsky Pros.), from 29 FebruaryIn March 2006, Ukrainian Fashion Week launched its Trademark Defile project to promote the best Ukrainian fashion brands. In winter 2007, due to an unexpected

Maksim in concert, Palace Sport (1 Sportyvna Pl.), 26 March at 19.00 If there were a musical genre that was the equivalent to the soap operas on TV, Maksim would be the most popular act in it. The band's songs

If it's deepest winter here in the former USSR it must be time for another gas crisis, and leaders in Ukraine and Russia seem to be doing their best to create one. As this magazine goes to print, Ukrainians -

Kyiv's concerned citizens are breathing a little easier, as the notori ous Holoseevsky Pervert (as he was never actually called to our knowledge) has been arrested by the brave tribunes of Ukraine's justice system. Apparently the 31 year old creep,

I saw a wonderful thing the other ' day. For you to fully understand how wonderful this was to me, I need to go back a little, so bear with me. I tend to walk everywhere in Kyiv, and I

Good news for those hoping that Ukraine rallies and manages to get ready for the Euro 2012 football championships, which it's scheduled to host with Poland: that shopping mall right next to Republican Sta dium will partially be ripped down,

Charlie Wilson's War', the Hollywood film about a Texas Con gressman, played by Tom Hanks, who succeeds in arming Afghan resistance fighters against the Soviet invasion, has run into trouble in Russia. The film will no longer be available for

A Zaporozhets Beyond the Danube', National Opera House (50 Volodymyrska), 22 February at 19.00 This very Ukrainian 1873 comic opera by Semen Hulak Artemovskiy brings the days of the Sich and its colourful Cossacks to life, evoking the time when

Boombox in concert, Cultural Centre of the Aviation University (1 Kosmonavta Komarova), 26 February at 19.00 Shooting onto the scene in Cherkassy in 1999, the band Boombox soon became one of this country's most prominent. Charming frontman Andrey Khlyvnyuk sings

Nokia Trend Lab, International Exhibition Centre (15 Brovarskoy Pros.), 29 February at 21.00Nokia Trend Lab is more than just a music event: it also includes a lot of other art stuff, and some competitive events. This big music and art

Bat', Operetta Theatre (53/3 Chervonoarmiyska), February 27 at 19.00A performance featuring elements of ballet and operetta and peppered with lovely music by Strauss. Charming waltz melodies, champagne, lots of laughs - it's all about creating a joyous carnival atmosphere. 'Bat'

Quest Pistols in concert, Palace Sport (1 Sportyvna Ploscha), 19 March at 19.00 It was quite a surprise last year when the Quest Pistols took home the prize from the 'Chance' television talent competition. No one expected it from these

Musketeers, Musketeers'. Ivan Franko Drama Theatre (3 Franka Pl.) 22 February at 19.00 A musical based on a story by the eminent contemporary Russian poet Yevhen Yevtushenko, who riffed on the classic Alexander Duma novel to create a unique new

Sappho', English-language Ukrainian erotic melodrama, at cinemas across the city, opening 5 March'Sappho' is a provocative erotic melodrama set on the Greek island of Lesbos in the 1920s and tells the story of a love triangle between newly wed Americans

This is What I Did Instead of the Army', joint exhibition for Red Army Day, Zeh gallery (16 Illinska), from 23 February The art gallery Zeh keeps up its string of interesting and innovative shows, this time presenting a joint

War', works by Otto Dix, National Art Museum (6 Hrushevskoho), from 29 FebruaryWeimar artist Otto Dix is one of the great legends of German art, a painter and printmaker who turned a savage, at times even shocking, eye on the

The Inspiration of Opera', concert, National Philharmonic (2 Volodymyrsky Uzviz), 29 Friday at 19.00 At the beginning of this season the National Philharmonic launched its 'Majesty of Opera' series of five concerts and now it's time for the second in

Taisia Povaliy in concert, Palace Ukraine (103 Chervonoarmiyska), 4 March at 19.00 Taisia Povaliy is back! In case you didn't know, she's the radiant blonde of a certain age who's been dubbed the 'Golden Voice of Ukraine' and who belts

Tamara Volska in concert, National Philharmonic (2 Volodymyrsky Uzviz), 25 February at 19.00 Top Russian artist Tamara Voloska, now a U.S. resident, shows up in Kyiv to play the domra, that traditional Russian instrument. Critics call her the 'Paganini of

Rigoletto', by Verdi, National Opera House (50 Volodymyrska), 22 February at 19.00 National Philharmonic conductor Mykola Dyadura takes a trip across town to direct this version of Verdi's 'Rigoletto', the classic work of the operatic repertoire about a tragic, womanising