Valentine’s Day
Once a year we have such a wonderful holiday as a Valentine's Day. People celebrate it on 14th of February all over the world, but this holiday especially popular in Europe. The history of that day started in ancient Rome, during the celebration of Lupercalia - the festival of eroticism.
But during the time, this madness was canceled - because of the explicit context of the holiday. But Lupercalia was replaced by Saint Valentine, who was secretly crowning lovers at the era of marriage prohibition. And February 14th is the day when the good-hearted priest was executed. Gradually this day became cluttered with many legends, stories and legends, but its essence is one - love each other!
In the second half of the 19th century in Britain began to use very popular valentines - wonderful declaration of love, which people use for express their feelings.
In Russia, Valentine's Day has become increasingly popular because it's nice to please beloved with the attention and care! People choose gifts, cook romantic dinner and spend time with their halves. In an era of endless stress, fatigue and anxiety is important not to forget about sincerity, feelings and love. Therefore, February 14 is very popular in Russia and in other countries.
What’s new in Moscow’s Art-life?
Vitalyi Goryaev: Life Line. Retrospective exhibition of drawing and painting at the CHA.
Dates: 17 January 2012 - 30 January 2012, Moscow. 
At the Exhibition “Vitaliy Goryaev: Life Line” there will be about 1 500 works divided by decades: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. A separate unit will include about 60 works - cartoons for the magazine "Crocodile"". Rare original books with his illustrations will be presented in the display cases. He went into the history of art, primarily as a book illustrator and schedule.
Few who are familiar with his paintings.
What viewers can see now, an exhibition, devoted to the 100th anniversary and birthday and the 30th anniversary of the death of Vitalyi Goryaev, perhaps for the first time presents so completely the creative heritage of the master - beautiful graphics and original painter.
How to get in: Entrance - 200 rub., preferential - 100 rub.
From 17 till 30 of January, daily from 11.00 till 20.00, day off – monday.
Where to go: metro st. Park Kultury; Krimsky Val street, h.10, CHA, holes 22-27."
"William Blake and the British visionaries" in Pushkin’s Museum.
Dates: 29 November 2011 - 19 February 2012, Moscow." 
The exhibition, presented in the XXXI Music Festival ""December Evenings of Svyatoslav Richter"" will familiarize the Russian public for the first time to the artistic legacy of the famous English poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827), as well as with the work of British artists XIX-XX centuries, as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Samuel Palmer, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, Johann Heinrich Fyusli, Francis Bacon and Cecil Collins. These artists, in one way or another, embraced Blake's spiritual experience and embody it in their works. The main exposition will include etchings, watercolors and tempera William Blake, among them: ""The Judgement of Paris"", ""Newton"", ""The Apostle Paul and the snake,"" ""Brothers, bent in a bow in front of Joseph,"" ""Damned Soul"", ""Last Judgement"" ""Pity"", to illustrate the ""Divine Comedy"" by Dante to the works of William Shakespeare, John Milton, Herbert Spencer. Gathered in one exhibition space, these sites will allow viewers to not only come closer to understanding the complex designs of the master, but also to assess its contribution to the history of art.
Caravaggio in Pushkin’s Museum.
Dates: 26 November 2011 - 19 February 2012, Moscow." 
"In Moscow, in the Year of Italy in Russia and Russia in Italy, there’ll be an exhibition of works by Italian artist Michelangelo da Caravaggio (1571-1610). It will complete a series of exhibitions ""Museum Masterpieces of Italy. From Raphael to Caravaggio."
The exhibition will be presented by 11 works by the master, which is a unique event, since galleries provided one or two paintings, and no country in the world have never met a full exhibition of Caravaggio. Among the paintings, which the audience will see - "Boy with a basket of fruit," "Supper at Emmaus," "The Conversion of Saul," painting "Entombment," which almost never left the walls of the Vatican Palace. The exhibition will be one of the last events of the year Russia-Italy-2011."
Photo and neo-realism in Italy, 1945-1965.
Dates: 18 January 2012 - 26 February 2012, Moscow.
"A new exhibition at the ""Center of Photography of Lumiere brothers, ""is devoted to the origins of neo-realism in Italy, appeared as a reaction to fascism and the defeat in the war that determined the direction for the development of not only Italian, but the whole of European art in the second half of XX century. The exhibition features 127 works of famous and not so photographers as: Luigi Krochentsi, Italo Dzanera, Tony Del Tina, Nino Milliori, Luciano Ferri and others.
The main idea behind the direction of the founder of neo-realism - Luigi Krochentsi lies in the fact that the photo should be the language, mode of transmission of the story, the same as cinema, literature and music. Rows of images in a darkened hole are like a continuous film, each frame of which creates its own history. There are no accents in these stories, full of movement: the viewer sees the silhouettes, those elements of architecture, landscape - all close, without any extra space.
The Price: 250 rubles; for students and scholars - 150 рублей; for pensioners - 190 rubles; WORS at weekdays!
Adress: Moscow, Bolotnaya embankment, h. 3, build. 1."
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Christmas time
Christmas… This is the most magical time of the year! A lot of Christmas fairs, holiday events and joyful smiles. But how much do you know about this day?
On the night of December 24 to 25 Western Christians (Catholics) celebrate Christmas. The essence of this holiday is the birth by Mary Immaculate Son of God Jesus Christ. This event opened up the possibility of salvation of the soul and eternal life to every believer. Christmas - the most solemn holiday in Catholicism with three church services, committed to midnight, at dawn and afternoon.
This day is a combination of beautiful customs and traditions prevailing among people of different nationalities. And one thing unites them - these are days of universal love and kindness. For example, a very popular custom of caroling - children and young people are knocking on people's doors, singing carols and collecting gifts. The ritual is accompanied with jokes and dancing, fun costumes and masks.
On Christmas Eve, every house is purely cleaned, Christmas trees are decorated, and at night the whole family sits down at the table - Christmas is strictly a family holiday. Each country has its own specialties and traditions, but one thing unites all - the atmosphere of magic and miracle expectation. People are friendlier and kinder, in shops revival is reigning- people running around looking for gifts, holiday music and live singing is heard everywhere, the city is transformed in the light of thousands of Christmas lights and decorations. Yes, Christmas –it’s real fairy tale!
What to see in Moscow at Christmas:
Christmas fair “Seasons”
At the traditional fair of “Seasons” magazine you can find Christmas toys, porcelain dolls, handmade candles, children's books, candy, Christmas movies and other trappings that would make perfect presents for Christmas. In addition, the "Hermitage" garden offers a little travelling puppet theatre (with performances of "The Nutcracker" and "Christmas Nativity Scene" running every hour) and an ice rink.
24-25th December, 12.00-20.00
Garden "Hermitage"
Entrance - 350 rubles
Christmas fair at the Central House of Artists
At the Christmas market at the CHA, as a rule, you won’t find any gingerbread men and houses, but there are a lot of different paintings, wooden horses, ceramic bells and glass balls sold by their makers. There you can buy a rag doll, a hat with a veil, silver jewelry and various home furnishings like mirrors, glass windows and lamps.
9-25th December, 11.00-19.00
CHA, Krimsky Val, 10
Entrance - 200 rubles
“Tishinka” market
Plenty of treasure can be found at this flea market: old sets, dresses from the 50’s, handmade hats with wide brims, samovars, copies of old French newspapers and other vintage bits and pieces. Though it doesn’t always come cheap, the ice cream for sale is only 40 kopecks and there’s always the chance to drink champagne with the lace umbrella collectors.
22th and 23th December 12.00-21.00,
24th and 25th December, 11.00-20.00
"Tishinka" Tishinskaja Sq. 1
Paid entrance
Christmas fair in “Experimentanium”
One of the best children’s museums in Moscow also has a fair selling nothing special but promising creative workshops, academic competitions and cartoons. In "Experimentanium" children can build robots from foam plastic, solve logical problems, carry out chemical experiments, glue, sculpt, paint and jump around in sacks. Along the way they will tell you how snow and ice is formed and reveal the tricks behind the science.
26, 28, 30 December and 3, 5, 7 January 15.00-19.00
Museum of Science entertaining "Experimentanium" Butyrskaya, 46 / 2
You pay only for the entrance to the museum
How can you begin your day…)
The beginning of a day is almost the most important part of it! Because, you set the rhythm and mood, that you enter the new series of events with.
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