To acknowledge that Ukraine is a European country after all, Europe Day will be held here for the fourth time now, taking place in Kyiv on May 20 as well as two regional cities – Zaporizhzhya and Kharkiv. As usual, apart from simply reminding Ukrainians that they are a European nation, Europe Day will (more…)
Kyiv
When I heard that a new Ukrainian music magazine “Mixer†was coming out, I was pretty excited – finally Ukraine would have a local publication that would cover the music scene professionally by knowledgeable writers. Of course I didn’t expect it to be anything really high-grade, (more…)
Okay, let’s get this out of the way now: Nobu is overpriced. It just is. A single piece of yellowtail will run you almost $5 and a six-piece California roll with only a fake crabstick and vegetables inside will cost you about $13. What’s more, the only sake (Japanese rice wine) they sell is Hr 140 for 150 grams. (more…)
Last summer I met a girl with lovely eyes and I got her phone number. Our first meeting was in a park, and I thought that was rather nice and that maybe next time she’d like to go to a bar or a restaurant. (more…)
All of us on the Post editorial team used to love this place (everyone knew what was meant by “at Chinese.â€) First of all, it was conveniently situated downstairs next to our office; secondly, it served decent ethnic food for very modest prices – a combination rarely found within the Kyiv restaurant scene. (more…)
After holding the first Ukrainian ethnic music festival, Krayina Mriy (Dream Country), for two years in a row, Oleh Skrypka – the leader of the band Vopli Vidoplyasova – in conjunction with the whole Ukrainian rock movement finally came up with a full-scale rock event: (more…)
FILMS
SATURDAY 6 – SUNDAY 7
Movie in English: Mission Impossible III
Raving scientologist and ultimate heartthrob Tom Cruise stars in the third installment of the “Mission Impossible†series. (more…)
Hunting for the best movie theater in the Ukrainian capital turned out to be a harder task than it seemed. In fact, movies are something the whole Best Of team can’t live without and therefore all of us have visited most of the city movie theaters – at least those worth visiting. (more…)
Despite the occasional rain or even snow shower, the weather keeps getting warmer, and as usual, the first days of spring send a thrill through all the Kyivans who have endured the seemingly endless winter and are craving fresh air and warm sun. Glimpsing the sunlit street from our window incites us to get outside and enjoy the season. (more…)
