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Strichka Festival
Over 40 DJs from the U.S. and Europe, as well as from Ukraine, will rock the dancefloor at a former factory that is now known as Kyiv’s hottest electronic music club, Closer. With its very name the two-day Strichka (Ukrainian word for “ribbon”) festival pays homage to the industrial venue’s past as a ribbon weaving factory. With each year the rooms of the factory lose some of the equipment freeing space for more clubbers who just keep coming. For its sixth year Strichka will have a record seven stages for different kinds of electronic dance music.
Strichka Festival. Closer (31 Nyzhnoiurkivska St.) May 18-19. Starts at 8 p.m. Hr 1,200
‘Avengers: Endgame’
Whether you have seen the trailer for “Avengers: Endgame” or not – you will be surprised by this blockbuster. “Exciting, entertaining, and emotionally impactful,” read critics’ reviews of Marvel Studio’s 22nd film based on Marvel comics. It is the finale to the epic Infinity Saga, and sequel to two “Avengers” movies that starred Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, and many others. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, the three-hour long film chronicles what happened after the supervillain Thanos used the Infinity Stones to exterminate half of all living creatures in the universe. Released on April 26, the movie has already become the highest-grossing film of 2019 with over $2 billion in box office sales throughout two weeks. Two weeks after it was released, the movie will be screened in English in Kyiv.
‘Avengers: Endgame’ (in English). See all screenings of “Avengers: Endgame,” on pages 11-12 of the Entertainment Guide
‘Put Your Life Into a Suitcase’
What is it like to start life from scratch, being forced to leave home with only one suitcase to pack? The new interactive installation offers a chance to experience it. “Put Your Life Into a Suitcase” combines virtual reality and elements of a quest game in order to spotlight the struggle of over 1.5 million Ukrainians who were displaced as a result of Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its occupation of parts of the Donbas since 2014. The exhibition aims to shatter stereotypes about internally displaced people from Crimea and the Donbas by putting visitors into their shoes: attendees will be able to experience a sudden relocation, going through a security checkpoint, finding a new home and finally starting a new life. “Put Your Life Into a Suitcase” will later move to Odesa and Lviv.
“Put Your Life Into a Suitcase.” Kyiv History Museum (7 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho St.) May 10-27. Tue-Sun. 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Free
