The Cutting Edge of the Pen: Martin Amis & Olga Slavnikova 6/2/12 2PM - 4PM

  Come witness a meeting of literary luminaries from starkly different worlds – West and East, the English-speaking world and the...

Writers at the Flashpoint: New Russian Writing & The Riddle of the Caucasus 5/31/12 8PM

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Part of the Festival of Russian Arts 2012 Caught between West (Russia) and East (Iran), between Christianity (Armenia and Georgia) and...

Shattered Icons: The Demise of the Hero in America and Russia 5/29/12 5:30PM

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Can heroes survive in our world of dubious celebrities, in a cynical, everyday world with at least two sides to every flawed argument and...

The Natasha Plays by Yoroslava Pulinovich: a Staged Reading and Talkback 5/26/12 4PM

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  Reserve seats here!   The Natasha Plays – two one-act, one-woman plays: I Won! and Natasha’s Dream, which catapulted their young...

The New Russian Poetry 5/25/12 7PM

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Part of the Festival of Russian Arts 2012. Four acclaimed young poets of our Debut Prize demonstrate the variety and richness of...

The New Russian Realism: Return to the Great Russian Novel 5/24/12 7PM

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The New Realism is a key phrase in Russia’s contemporary literary scene. It signifies the sudden shift away from the edgy, conceptual and...