MOSCOW, April 20, Zhanna Staritsyna. The annual Library Night event will take place throughout the country on April 20. Read about where to meet actor Konstantin Kryukov and publicist Alexander Tsypkin, improve your creative abilities, establish healthy sleep through meditation and take part in a master class on Chinese painting.
«The Boy's Word» and fairy tales in Moscow
The Russian State Librarywill hold the main program of the event for the first time in the Pashkov House. In the courtyard, guests will enjoy performances and a DJ set from VK Music, and in the ballroom there will be literary meetings and public talks. Writer Robert Garayev and actor Lev Zulkarnaev will discuss the topic “The Boy’s Word — Books and Cinema in the Education of Youth.”
Author of works about Leo Tolstoy , winner of the Big Book award Pavel Basinsky and actor Konstantin Kryukov will hold a battle “Are the classics eternal?” Publicist Alexander Tsypkin and presenter Leonid Kanevsky will organize “Unprincipled readings. Version in the library.” The evening will end with a concert by the group «My Michelle».
“Library Twilight” is organized for children. The RSL welcomes children from three years of age to puppet shows, theatrical activities, master classes, and screenings of cartoons and filmstrips. Among the invited theater and film actors are Andrei Gaidulyan, his wife Alexandra Veleskevich and Polina Tsyganova with her mother Irina Leonova.
In the library named after F. M. Dostoevskyarchitect Nikolai Shabunin will give a lecture-essay about his brilliant classical colleague Vladimir Shukhov. The organizers promise that it will be interesting for both adults and young listeners. And then, to the piano improvisations of pianist and composer Ivan Kalin, the voice actors will read everyone’s favorite stories — the project is called “Bedtime Stories: the magic of voice and live sound.”
“The theme of “Library Night” this year is “Reading with the whole family.” We thought: what could be better for family reading than fairy tales? They immerse adults and children in the world of unconditional love, carelessness, faith in the best. We combined their reading with live music,” said Alina Dmitrotsa, project coordinator of the F. M. Dostoevsky Library.
The “Gee!” festival starts at the N. A. Nekrasov Libraryat 15:00. , which will last until two o'clock in the morning.
“The entire library space will turn into a large area of master classes and group practices. For eleven hours, visitors will be able to try themselves in writing, acting, vocal art, illustration, linocut and other collective joys. Several performative events will also take place at once: a series of storytelling performances “In short,” a dance performance, an interactive master class from graduates of the Moscow Art Theater School (workshop of Viktor Ryzhakov). And at the end of the evening, after a rich program of dances, songs and entertainment, the reading rooms will turn into a space for meditation right among the bookshelves.” — explained Ekaterina Fadeikina, curator of the festival, head of the department for promoting reading and promotion of Nekrasovka funds.
Healthy sleep and meditation in St. Petersburg
In the V.V. Mayakovsky LibraryGuests are invited to “Instructions for falling asleep.” It includes a lecture on sleep medicine, a workshop based on book stories and a theatrical reading. The organizers advise taking a blanket with you and promise that after “Library Night” on Okhta, participants are guaranteed a healthy and sound sleep. At the library branch on Moskovsky Prospekt you can make your own dream catcher amulet, and on Nevsky Prospekt you can see an exhibition about fairy tales and dreams. Pre-registration is required for most events.
The theme of peace and spiritual harmony is supported by the Interdistrict Centralized Library System named after M. Yu. Lermontov. The Semenovskaya Librarywill host a poetic meditation that will encourage relaxation and contemplation. During the session, you will be able to listen to poems by Soviet and Russian poets, voiced by library readers with their own vision and mood. The library «Old Kolomna»will present the program «With Pushkin — on a White Night»: participants will enjoy a master class on the poet's unfinished story «Egyptian Nights», arias from operas and romances by Russian composers, as well as a literary and psychological game » Raut with Pushkin.»
Supernannies in the Krasnoyarsk Territory and Korean pop in Yekaterinburg
There are many bright events in the regional program this year, said Vadim Duda, General Director of the Russian State Library, curator of the all-Russian Library Night event.
«The SuperNanny agency is being organized in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. We know what there is, how at least two ideal literary nannies — Mary Poppins and Freken Bock, they will re-educate naughty children. The Orenburg region will present a large concert program “It All Starts with Love” in one of the model libraries called “It will be interesting,” he noted. .
In the Central Library named after A. S. Pushkin in Chelyabinskguests will learn how to work with sealing wax at the “Sealing wax seal” master class, and will also learn how to build harmonious relationships in the family at the psychological training “Life Scenarios”.
A. I. Herzen Library in Yekaterinburg invites you to the cultural program “A fun evening in Herzenka”. A musical and poetic program «Echoes of the Silver Age», a lecture by Korean historian Irina Musinova «K-Pop and the reflection of traditional culture in it» and a master class on Chinese painting «Flowers — a symbol of spring and beauty» were prepared for the participants.
Full list Library Night events are posted on the official website of the event. 