PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED The second show of the season will feature celebrated Russian actress Darya Yurskaya (Moscow Chekhov Art Theatre) who will recite the poetry and prose of Brodsky, Bykov, Tolstoy and Yurskiy.

A roundtable discussion will focus on successes and best practices in dealing with medical and ecological impacts and a deep psychological trauma developed as a result of such dramatic events as Chernobyl nuclear accident, nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk test site, 9/11 terrorist attack and other

Maestro James Higdon, Director of the Division of Organ and Church Music at University of Kansas, will perform a concert of organ music featuring masterpieces.

This year’s festival will feature the U.S. premier of social drama, Clay Pit, by the late world-renowned director and actress Vera Glagoleva and All For One: Media Enabled Musketeers, a documentary feature by Jon Alpert, an American investigative journalist/documentary film maker.

The Annual Community Festival, Health and Sports Fair

This roundtable will feature female voices of Russian-American fiction discussing their work, sharing their immigrant experiences and addressing the immigration narrative of today.

A vital cultural U.S. – Russia dialogue by artists, thinkers and activists from both countries.