The message of peace, love, and happiness will be spread through the medium of Ukrainian folk at Kyiv Mohyla Academy as part of International Day of Peace. Part of the evening will take the form as a fun and informative quiz, with those in attendance tested on their knowledge of Ukrainian customs, traditions, and history.

In this age of child beauty contests and photo-shop the candied photo of youngsters encrusted in mud or with chocolate smeared across their face is under threat, at least in Ukraine’s public sphere. Artists Vlad and Victoria Murashko are doing their bit to preserve the innocence of childhood however, displaying an array of photos from family albums featuring youngsters sporting faces that only a mother could love. For more information call 238-6531.

Machos with a model appearance, the pretty boys of Plachmacho began life as a St. Petersburg poetry circle before becoming the type of punks that you wouldn’t mind taking home to meet your mother.

One of the best live acts in the country, Mad Heads never fail to deliver a lively set suitable for both large festivals and more intimate things such as the always lively Dockers ABC. Specialising mainly in good old fashioned rock and roll and rockabilly, the bands set is the perfect soundtrack to a night of beer fuelled revelry.

Colourfully clad Romany folk from Spain, France, Poland, the Czech Republic and Cuba will make Spivoche Pole their own 9 September at the VII International Festival of Gypsy Art.

Internationally acclaimed Georgian dance ensemble ‘Mamuli’ are masters at presenting the sights and sounds of the warm South, receiving standing ovations all over Europe.

One of the highlights of Japanese Month promises to be the ‘Scenes of Childhood: Sixty Years of Postwar Japan’. The exhibition chronicles the childhood of Japanese post World War youth, from the period of recovery and reconstruction to contemporary teenagers obsessed with manga, pop idols and the West.

Before heading down to Crimea to play at the annual Koktebel festival, the talented young members of the German jazz ensemble BuJazzO will play at the National Music Conservatory, allowing city slickers unable to make the trip south to enjoy the sound of one of Europe’s finest proponents of the smooth jazz sound.

Survivors of the Holodomor will gather at Kyiv’s out-of-town open air museum to remember those who were killed during the genocide. The exact number of citizens murdered during Stalin’s forced collectivisation programme of 1932-33 is still a matter of debate, with eight million believed to be a conservative estimate.

Ukraine’s basketball players will take on Bulgaria on home turf in their next Group A match. This autumn will see the country’s finest also face regional rivals Poland and a bustling Sweden, with Ukraine tipped by many to finally fulfil their potential and actually start to achieve things in a sport which is rapidly gaining popularity.

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