Events Calendar

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FROM PETER THE GREAT TO NAPOLEON THE LESSER
FROM PETER THE GREAT TO NAPOLEON THE LESSER

Lecture: From Peter the Great to Napoleon the Lesser: Dostoevsky and the Great Men of History

A Hundred Rare Ornaments from the Soviet Era
A Hundred Rare Ornaments from the Soviet Era

A selection of spun cotton figurines used for tree decoration in the USSR in the 1930s through 1950s.

Storytime in Russian / Время сказок
Storytime in Russian / Время сказок

Free Storytelling in Russian

JOSEPH BRODSKY: EPITAPH FOR A CENTAUR, SIX YEARS LATER
JOSEPH BRODSKY: EPITAPH FOR A CENTAUR, SIX YEARS LATER

A screening and panel discussion of a short film examining the life of Joseph Brodsky, the celebrated Russian-Jewish American writer and Nobel Laureate

Ring in the New Year at Russian Samovar!
Ring in the New Year at Russian Samovar!

An unforgettable New Year’s Eve celebration at the iconic Russian Samovar in Times Square!

Free Russian Language Guided Tours
February 11, 2022
Free Russian Language Guided Tours

Russian-speaking guides conduct tours of the museum's highlights every Monday at 11 am.

Songs of Faith, Love and Delight! June 8
April 15, 2024
Songs of Faith, Love and Delight! June 8

San Francisco's Slavyanka Chorus invites you to a concert featuring a colorful tapestry of folk songs and sacred hymns by renowned women composers.

Songs of Faith, Love and Delight! June 7
April 15, 2024
Songs of Faith, Love and Delight! June 7

San Francisco's Slavyanka Chorus invites you to a concert featuring a colorful tapestry of folk songs and sacred hymns by renowned women composers.

Songs of Faith, Love and Delight! June 9
Songs of Faith, Love and Delight! June 9

San Francisco's Slavyanka Chorus invites you to a concert featuring a colorful tapestry of folk songs and sacred hymns by renowned women composers.

Visions of Transcendence: Creating Space in East and West
Visions of Transcendence: Creating Space in East and West

This exhibit highlights the resilience and creative power of people deprived of their freedom or their own place to live.

Eduard Gorokhovsky:  From Siberia to Moscow
Eduard Gorokhovsky: From Siberia to Moscow

Eduard Gorokhovsky: From Siberia to Moscow, Selected Works on Paper from the Kolodzei Art Foundation, features selected drawings from the 1960s and early 1970s by prominent Russian artist Eduard Gorokhovsky (1929-2004) while he was living and working in Novosibirsk and artist's prints and drawings from his Moscow period.

Tags: art
Gallery Tour: The Mother of God in Russian Icons
Gallery Tour: The Mother of God in Russian Icons

Docent Jim Flynn offers a closer look at the Museum's collection of icons of the Virgin Mary, and their presentation and significance in Russian culture and religion, from the coming of Christianity in the 10th century to post-Soviet Russia in the 21st.

Tags: icons
Iconography: A Living Tradition
Iconography: A Living Tradition

Using recently completed icons inspired by ancient prototypes, Iconographer Maureen McCormick will explore the constraints of tradition, the limits of self-expression, and the role of free will in the creative process of a 21st century iconographer.

Tags: icons
Confronting Amnesia: Frozen Memories of the Russian Gulag
Confronting Amnesia: Frozen Memories of the Russian Gulag

This gripping documentary draws a straight line from the Great Terror unleashed by Joseph Stalin from 1929 until his death in 1953 to the current desire to cover over and forget this monumental abuse of human rights.

Tags: film, gulag
Tea Room Talk: Samovars in Russian Culture
Tea Room Talk: Samovars in Russian Culture

The samovar is an essential part of Russian life. Let us sit by the samovar, enjoying tea and Russian sweets while we explore the samovar's history in Russia, as well as the culture of taking tea in Russia. We will also learn the meaning the Russian proverb "Don't go to Tula City with your own samovar."

 

Tags: tea, samovar
Russkie Posidelki (American Style)
Russkie Posidelki (American Style)

Engaging conversation and exchange of ideas related to Russian traditions and culture. Tea and treats are provided. April's topic is part two of March's Posidelki, "The Mighty Handful," five composers who created a distinct "Russian" style of classical music.

Tags: music
12 Fairy Tale Plates
12 Fairy Tale Plates

A mini-exhibit that showcases a series of twelve decorative plates designed and crafted by accomplished artists from Palekh, and Kholui, to Fedoskino.

ALIK
March 15, 2018
ALIK

Before he became the assassin of the 20th century, Lee Harvey Oswald defected to the Soviet Union, where he was called Alik and married Marina, a young Russian woman searching for love. A new play brings to life this period in history.

Tags: cia, kgb, soviet, oswald
Russian Fantasy
Russian Fantasy

Russian Fantasy featuring Chad Hoopes, Violin, Nikolay Khozyainov, Piano, with The Symphonia, Boca Raton and conductor, Constantine Kitsopoulos

Yefim Bronfman in Recital
Yefim Bronfman in Recital

Pianist Yefim Bronfman, a "marvel of digital dexterity, warmly romantic sentiment, and jaw-dropping bravura" (Chicago Tribune) performs a recital, which includes masterpieces by Prokofiev, Schumann and Debussy.

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