RCS Haven E-Bulletin - March 2016

Greetings, and welcome to our bulletin full of information on exciting Russian events.

RCS Haven is welcoming anyone who is interested in studying Russian language, literature and culture. We have English and Russian language lessons. There are a library, Art studio for children and Web-design Studio.
Also, the Centre provides consultations in law, finance and other aspects of work and business in Russia and Britain.

NEWS
 
Language Show Live Scotland is set to be the largest language trade show in Scotland and will bring together 5,000 language teachers, professionals and learners along with 100 exhibitors in an incredible celebration of languages.
The event combines successful elements from Language Show Live London (celebrating its 28th anniversary in 2016) with the new ‘1 + 2 approach’ policy and a focus on the Scottish and Gaelic culture and heritage.
The show is a great platform to showcase different brands in front of a highly targeted audience passionate about languages.
Language Show Live Scotland will take place on 11 - 12 March at the SECC in Glasgow.
You can meet the teachers from school at the Russian Centre in Scotland from 10am until 2pm. at Stand 524
 
On 25th of February in Police Training and Recruitment Centre in East Kilbride there was a meeting between members of Police Scotland diversity recruiting team and a representative of Russian Centre in Scotland  Haven. Police Scotland is currently recruiting both police officers and special constables into the organization.  Police Scotland is particularly keen to encourage applications from under-represented members from our communities. In their current recruitment campaign, they are looking to engage with potential applicants from all ethnic minorities and a variety of different backgrounds in an effort to be more representative of the diverse communities that they police.  
Police delegates expressed their interest in relations between Police Scotland and the Russian-speaking community. Particularly, police representatives indicated their willingness to take part in events of the Russian-speaking community in order to build trustworthy relationship. Importantly, police representatives stressed that they are willing to encourage recruitment of Russian speakers.
Moreover, police delegates stressed their commitment to arrange information sessions regarding various aspects of law and order for the Russian-speaking community. Police officers underlined that their doors are open and they are ready for co-operation.
The next candidate briefing session for the recruitment will be on Tuesday 22nd March More..
CONTENTS
  • Vacancies
  • March events calendar
  • Regular events in Scotland
  • Events in Glasgow
  • Events in Edinburgh and the rest of Scotland
  • Events in the rest of the UK
  • Contact us
VACANCIES
RCS Haven is looking for Mathematics and Russian teachers for the Saturday school.
Also, we are looking for volunteers.
The job search facility on the RCS Haven website collects vacancies from British and Russian employers. It can be accessed by clicking here, 
MARCH EVENTS CALENDAR
Regular events in Scotland
Orthodox Church Services:
The following Scottish churches hold regular/semi-regular Orthodox services (all welcome):
Glasgow: The Parish of St. Kentigern (Russian Orthodox). Services held in Govan Old Church, 866 Govan Road, Glasgow, G51 3UU.
Edinburgh: Orthodox Community of St. Andrew (a mixture of Orthodox faiths. Services held in the Chapel of St. Andrew, 2 Meadow Lane, Edinburgh, EH8 9NR.
Art studio for Children
Art lessons for children are undergoing in RCS Haven.
Under supervision of experienced teachers, a professional artist and a specialist in early development, children study the basics of drawing and painting, language development and drama. All children are welcome on Fridays from 5:30pm till 7:30pm. 
RCS Haven, 11 Duke Street, Glasgow, G4 0UL, Т. 0141 5522144
Russian and English language courses for adults 
Classes for those who want to study Russian and English language.
Russian lessons on Mondays at 5:30pm and Saturdays at 1.00pm (Adelphi Centre). English lessons on Thursdays at 6.30pm.
Russian Centre in Scotland Haven, 11 Duke Street, Glasgow, G4 0UL,  [email protected] 
Events in Glasgow
 
27 February – 5 March, 19.15 pm
Stravinsky’s one-act opera of 1922 and Walton’s one-act ‘extravaganza’ of 1967 are based on two incisive and affectionate satirical comedies from the pens of Pushkin and Chekhov respectively. Stravinsky’s rarely heard score is a wonderful amalgam of folk, jazz and traditional Russian styles, while Walton’s score is full of colour, wit and pastiche.
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G2 3DB
  
Wednesday - Sunday, 10am - 3pm
Sharmanka are a unique and award-winning theatre group. Their beautifully carved figures perform an incredible dance to haunting music and synchronised light, telling the funny and tragic stories of the human life and spirit. 
103 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD
T.: +44 (0)141 5527080
 
7 March, 14.00 pm
The lecture about the current confrontation between Russian and Western worlds. Vladimir Pozner is one of the most prominent and recognizable personalities on Russian television and was even named the ‘face’ of Russia. Since 1991, Vladimir Pozner has hosted TV shows in the US and Russia, written several books, and is widely regarded as Russia’s No. 1 interviewer – “Russia’s Larry King”.
University of Glasgow G12 8QQ Glasgow
 
11 March, 19.30
SCO performs Brahms and Schumann 10-12 March, 7.30pm Edinburgh, Glasgow & Aberdeen Join the SCO as we draw towards the end of our Brahms Series, performing Brahms' highly romantic Symphony No 4. Alongside this is Mendelssohn's well-loved 'Hebrides' Overture and outstanding Russian-born violinist Alina Ibragimova, who performed to critical acclaim at the 2015 BBC Proms, will also perform Schumann's majestic Violin Concerto. Tickets are available from www.sco.org.uk . Campaigns Scottish Chamber Orchestra 4 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5AB T: 0131 478 8340
 
13 March, 19.00 pm
A concert to mark the centenary of Georgy Sviridov. Russkaya Cappella is Scotland’s Russian choir—indeed one of a very few choirs in the whole of Britain that specialise in Russian choral music.
University of Glasgow Concert Hall, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ
Events in Edinburgh and the rest of Scotland
 
2 March, 18.00
Evening with TV journalist Yelena Khanga.
Possibly the most recognisable face of black Russia, Yelena Khanga has epitomised the liberal wave that swept Russian television in the 1990s. As a host of a popular chat show about sex—Pro Eto (About That)—she has opened a new chapter in both Russian journalism and the country’s tumultuous history of race relations. Yelena Khanga is coming to Edinburgh for a conversation about her life and career as a black journalist in the Soviet Union, the United States and modern Russia.
Lecture Theatre B David Hume Lecture Theatres The University of Edinburgh EH8 9JX
 
3 March, 11.00 am
Sparkling Russian/English conversation over tea and cakes.
Summerhall Cafe, Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1PL
Tel. 0131 560 1486 
 
4 March, 18.40
Curated by Mark Nash, "Things Fall Apart" gathers the responses of contemporary artists to different aspects of Soviet and related nations’ interests in Africa, particularly focused on ambitions to influence the development of political structures through film and art.
Project Room (1.06) 50 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9JU
 
16 March, 19.30
Director Alexander Dovzhenko’s 1930 classic Earth – with a specially commissioned new live accompaniment by Hazel Morrison and Jane Gardner - will be the opening film of the 2016 Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema. Earth is widely regarded as a masterpiece of the silent era, and one of the most important films of Soviet cinema.
Hippodrome 10 Hope Street Bo'ness EH51 0AA
 
10,12 March, 19.30
SCO performs Brahms and Schumann 10-12 March, 7.30pm Edinburgh, Glasgow & Aberdeen Join the SCO as we draw towards the end of our Brahms Series, performing Brahms' highly romantic Symphony No 4. Alongside this is Mendelssohn's well-loved 'Hebrides' Overture and outstanding Russian-born violinist Alina Ibragimova, who performed to critical acclaim at the 2015 BBC Proms, will also perform Schumann's majestic Violin Concerto. Tickets are available from www.sco.org.uk . Campaigns Scottish Chamber Orchestra 4 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5AB T: 0131 478 8340
10 March, 19.30 Edinburgh
12 March, 19.30 Aberdeen
 
17 March, 17.10
Public Lecture
Dr Andrea Gullotta (University of Glasgow)
The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place, EH8 9LN
 
18 March, TBA
‘Writing from Camp and Prison’  
The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place, EH8 9LN
 
24 March, 17.10
Public Lecture
Prof Sergei Zenkin (RGGU, Moscow)
The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place, EH8 9LN
Events in the rest of the UK
 
3 March, 17.00
Dmitry Vodennikov is a poet, an essayist and a radio presenter. He graduated from the department of philology of Moscow State Pedagogical University. Dmitry is an author of seven books of poetry. He writes essays and columns for several Russian newspapers and journals. For a number of years he has been hosting radio shows about contemporary Russian literature including “Notes from a Neophyte,” “From One’s Own Angle” (Своя колокольня), and “Poetic Minimum.” In 2002, he was named one of the ten best living Russian poets.
Modern Languages Faculty, 47 Wellington sq. Basement Lecture Room, Oxford University
 
3 March, 19.00
We invite you to an exhibition of folk art! Best works of Zhostovo, Bogorodskaya toys and small sculptures, Fedoskino, Mstera and Kholui jewelry boxes as well as classic Russian Matryoshka will be presented at the exhibition.
Rossotrudnichestvo in United Kingdom 37 Kensington High Street, Fl 1s London
 
4 March, 19.00
Ave Maya – a ballet Gala in memory of the legendary Russian ballerina Maya Plisetskaya who would have celebrated her 90th birthday in November 2015. The evening will be the biggest celebration of Plisetskaya’s life outside Russia.
Artistic Director: Andris Liepa
London Coliseum, St Martin’s Lane, London, WC2N 4ES
 
7 March, 19.15
Join us for an evening with Russian music and cultural critic, Artemy Troitsky, in support of his forthcoming book dedicated to youth movements and subcultures in Russia. Troitsky will be in conversation with Manchester based music journalist, critic and musician John Robb to discuss the role that underground music and art movements played in shaping Russian society and culture in the last years of the USSR, the shifts in that cultural landscape post-1991, and into today.
HOMEmcr  2 Tony Wilson Place, First Street Manchester M15 4FN
 
7-11 March,
The King's Russia Institute and the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy present a series of events dedicated to the study of contemporary Russia, in all its depth and complexity. Events are free and open to all.
 
8 March, 19.00
In Russia, International Women's Day has moved on from honouring the hardy heroines of Communist Labour to a popular spring holiday celebrating women. For a one-off event marking 8 March, singer Daria Kulesh (Russia) and pianist Marina Osman (Belarus) present an evening of nostalgic, well-loved songs from classic Soviet films.
5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA
T.: 020 7269 9770
 
10 March, 19.00
The Postman's White Nights (Andrei Konchalovsky, 2014, 111 mins) won that years' Silver Lion at the Venice film festival.  It was shot in the beautiful, distant, independently-minded Russian north-west.  All the actors are local to the area and non-professional: they play the people who live in the tiny isolated settlements of Lake Kenozero - only accessible from the mainland by boat.
5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA
T.: 020 7269 9770
 
11 March, 19.00
This evening session is intended for adults (parents with older children are also welcome). In English and Russian.
5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA
T.: 020 7269 9770
 
12 March, 10.00
Rossotrudnichestvo in United Kingdom 37 Kensington High Street, Fl 1s London
 
13 March, 11.00
‘Russian Carousel’ Family Fair organised by AZBUKA Foundation for wider community. All welcome, regardless of nationality!  To include: A book fair. There will be on sale: books for children and adults in various languages, puzzles, jigsaw and games, arts and crafts; Puppet theatre for children in Russian and English; Performance by the Children’s String Ensemble; Art Exhibition; Traditional Russian dancing – performed by Svetlana Malinina; Dancing for everyone! Lessons in traditional Russian dance; Activities for children; Coffee, tea, refreshments and other pleasant surprises!
Azbuka Foundation Vernon Road, London
 
13 March, 15.00
Grigorovich’s Spartacus was created at the Bolshoi in 1968, and has since remained the Russian company’s signature ballet. This most spectacular production is an epic tour de force, giving full expression to the strength for which the Bolshoi’s male dancers are renowned. Principal dancer Mikhail Lobukhin is stunning in the role of the legendary gladiator, alongside Svetlana Zakharova as Aegina.
Hackney Picturehouse 270 Mare Street London
 
17 March, 19.30
The show is a new stage adaptation of Chekhov’s short stories exploring love and relationships between people. Performed by Irina Kara, Oleg Hill, Maria Blatstein,Oleg Sidorchik, Vadim Bogdanov, Igor Selivanov, Vlada Lemeshevska. Directed by Dmitry Turchaninov
THE COCKPIT Gateforth Street London NW8 8EH
 
29-31 March, 2016
This three-day workshop, sponsored by Durham University'sFaculty of Arts & Humanities and the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies, will explore Russian dress culture of the Imperial period from a range of disciplinary and comparative perspectives. The workshop will bring together researchers in art history, cultural, literary, historical, museum, fashion and textile studies, in order to examine dress culture from the reign of Peter the Great to the October Revolution.
The Palatine Centre Durham University Stockton Road Durham DH1 3LE
 
30 March, 19.00
Actor, singer, teacher of literature, one of the founders of Stand-up genre in Russia, resident of the Comedy Club Pavel Volya will be  at the Troxy’s stage on March 30! You will enjoy an amazing concert in a conversational genre, improvisation with original feed, humor.
Troxy Theatre 490 Commercial Rd, London E1 0HX
 
31 Маrch, 18.00
This talk is about the construction of icebreakers for Russia on the Tyne, the work they did in Russia, and what happened to them in the Russian Revolution and Civil War.
THE LIT & PHIL 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 1SE
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