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“What’s On is having an invite-only party darling... You can get us tickets, can’t you?” Issue №3 November - December 2017 Contents | Issue 3 November – December 2017 “What’s On is having an invite-only party darling... What’s On Kyiv You can get us tickets, can’t you?” Invite-only Soiree! Will you be one of the lucky ones? On the Cover WO parties are back. Will you get an invite? Photo on the cover: Depositphotos.com Depositphotos.com What’s On is having a party, dancing to the music, played by the DJ, on the radio… You want to be a part of it? Keep tuned to the official WO site, as well as our FB and Insta pages to WIN! More info on the back cover. 4 WO Words from the Editor A moral in the making Jared’s pick this month: 6 What’s New “Three up-and-coming News, news, news Ukrainians carving out a 8 What’s On Means Business A new rubric that looks at the complexities of doing name for themselves from business in Ukraine a starting point of just 12 10 What’s On this Month 000 UAH – it’s pretty All you need to know, broken down by category, about what impressive.” you need to see and do in Kyiv this month 18 What’s Ahead A quick look further ahead to fabulous gigs and shows Paul’s pick this month: coming to Ukraine’s capital “A fabulous story about 20 What’s On the Rise Two up-and-comers making it in a land of confusion and someone’s dream coming opportunity true. What’s not to love?” 22 What’s All the Fuss A collection of bits and bobs for those on the run 26 What’s for Dinner? Two restos for your dining pleasure: Casa Nori and Steakhouse 30 What’s in Focus Photo coverage of events from around Kyiv in the last month The Team: Contact details: Registration information: © All materials published in What’s On Kyiv Originally founded in 1999, What’s On Kyiv business community, both expatriate and Lana Nicole Niland Serzh Velichansky For general enquiries, submissions, What’s On Kyiv magazine is registered with are the unconditional intellectual property is an English language monthly magazine local, and provides brief news articles on Paul Niland Sam Kearley complaints, or comments write to the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine as a print of Outpost Publishing and as such are with a goal to inform residents and visitors events of relevance to Kyiv and Ukraine and Jared Morgan Tyoma Myronenko [email protected] media magazine, License Number 22834 protected by Ukrainian and international to Kyiv of events in the entertainment and the wider region. Lee Reaney Ksenia Karpenko To advertise in What’s On Kyiv, contact – 12734P dated 7 August 2107. This mag- copyright laws. No materials from this cultural life of the city. As well as providing Alina Smolina Anna Kondratyuk [email protected] azine is published by Outpost Publishing, a magazine, or the associated website, advice, guidance, and listings of live mu- Anna Azarova Igor Hodokov company duly incorporated in Ukraine. may be reproduced without the express sic, theatre, nightlife, sporting events and Kateryna Kiselyova Artem Nikitin permission of Outpost Publishing. more, What’s On also interacts with the Nina Bohush 3 From the Editor Editor-in-Chief Lana Nicole Niland I have been out of Kyiv for a good chunk this year, and upon my return from this last foray into the Great White North it re-occurred to me that we live in a city of great contrasts. His- torically, the country has been bounced back and forth between the east and west, not unlike a child from a broken home whose parents refuse to grow up themselves. (Though, to be fair per- haps, this applies slightly more to the one ex-spouse than the other). Because of this, rather than in spite of it, the country has ties to both parents, and rightly so. Maintaining some sort of relation- ship with both is inevitable, and means all manner of dynamics are affected – culture, language, ability, profitability, perspec - tive, mentality, the list goes on. Recent history suggests that drive has also been affected: where once apathy was the preferred state, a great enthusiasm has tak- en hold. Like never before, at least not in my lifetime, has Ukraine told her parents to piss off. Tired of being told what to do and how to think, she’s taking steps to be as much in control of her own future as possible. It’s something we’re seeing in stories like Grass – a collective that started off with a meagre sum follow- “What sets them apart is the ing a rather grim period and has since grown into an emerging design label producing goods on par with many international belief in their project, the belief competitors. It’s in firms like Everlegal, a law firm comprised of individuals from a younger generation and similar mindset who understand the realities of being a successful – and legal – busi - in their dream, and their ability ness in modern-day Ukraine. It’s in Urban Space, a ridiculously cool project that lends responsibility – something completely to bring others on board with lacking in many Ukrainian organisations of a certain era – to all 500 of its shareholders, with a goal to create and share the that dream” wealth. These groups didn’t come from nowhere, they were shaped by their experience and continue to create something they believe in. Projects like these and so many more will come to find them- selves on our pages more and more in the months upcoming – they are the heroes of today, shaping the country’s tomorrow. And they will succeed. Why? It’s not necessarily their ideas are unparalleled by projects underway elsewhere. There are fashion labels and law firms everywhere that start up and close down just as quickly. What sets them apart is the belief in their project, the belief in their dream, and their ability to bring oth- ers on board with that dream. You can have the best product in the world, but if no one is listening, you’re not selling. This ability is something new for Ukraine, and it’s only in its infancy. Should it prove contagious, there’s no stopping this kid whose parents just couldn’t get it together. And that’s what you want in the long-run – a well-adjusted individual, unafraid to take chances, who believes in their own future. 4 What’s On Issue 3 November - December 2017 What’s New Kunis Calls The Language The Revolution Visit to Ukraine of Diplomacy “Humbling” According to Reuters news agency, on that Wasn’t hearing rumours that Ukraine is to de- Mila Kunis and Ashton Kucher were in bate cutting all diplomatic ties with Rus- Much has been written about the gather- Ukraine this summer. Apparently, the two sia, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov ings outside Parliament over the last few made a day-trip to Chernivtsi during a told reporters on a phone conference that weeks, and as this is happening in Kyiv it break in filming for Kunis’ new film The this move would “further deepen a crisis deserves a few words from us. Suffice to Spy Who Dumped Me on location in Bu- between the two countries”, and, “hurt say that although it was touted as such, dapest. As reports go, it was Kutcher who the interests of both Ukrainians and Rus- this is no “3rd Maidan”. There are still suggested they check out his wife’s country sians”. - tents on the road and there’s a field kitch of birth, which Kunis said she would do Mr. Peskov is less known for his irony en feeding the few hundred people who only if her parents accompanied. “It was than he is dishonesty, but, our comment are still camped out there, but, there’s lit- trippy,” she relayed. “There’s a part of you is this. The crisis between the two coun- tle reason to think this demonstration is that wants to feel something” toward the tries boils down to the fact that one of the suddenly going to gather any momentum. place. “I had nothing.” countries, the one Dimmy Peskov speaks In fact, momentum is something it has What made matters worse was the wom- for, has invaded the other country. Those lacked since day one. That’s all. an now living in the house where she grew actions have certainly hurt the interests of Ukrainian people, nearly two million Check out the up would not let them in. “I knocked on crowds here: the door... And [the owner] was like, ‘No!’ of whom are internally displaced. It is She did not care. I said, ‘I used to live here unlikely the wound could become much when I was little, my parents are here.’ She bigger. Then again… wouldn’t even open the door.” It’s plausible locals are still reeling from an in- terview she did in 2012 in which she recalled experiencing anti-Semitism while growing up. Or, perhaps she just caught the babushka living there now on a bad day. Either way, the Hollywood star, who emigrated with her par- ents and brother in 1991, called the whole Notes from the East experience “humbling”, and it’s unlikely she’ll be back any time soon. Nick Zelin, WO Eastern Ukraine correspondent lieve their stress, and (if possible) think about the future.