Thursday, February 20
Romantic skating session
- 8:30-9:30 pm daily
- New Holland Island
- 400 rubles (200 rubles for students; w/o rental) – purchase tickets and see the price list here
Ice skating is almost always an option, especially with a variety of themed sessions to choose from. On Thursdays, we skate French-kiss style – to the most romantic French songs ever written, including those by Brigitte Bardot and Françoise Hardy.
Friday, February 21
The Wild One
- 9:25 pm
- Out Cinema
- 500-560 rubles – tickets here
A Hollywood classic is back on screen at Out Cinema. This Friday, the theater is showing The Wild One – the cult 1953 biker flick about the motorcycle culture of the 1950s, starring Marlon Brando.
Saturday, February 22
Benny Goodman vs. Glenn Miller
- 8 pm
- St. Petersburg Philharmonia
- 500-1,100 rubles – tickets here
Music lovers! This Saturday, join us for a night of classical music at the St. Petersburg Philharmonia. The show features a varied lineup of influential jazz songs, with Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller at its heart.
Sunday, February 23
Market on the Neva
- February 22-23, 12-9 pm
- Sevkabel Port
- Free
If you, too, love yourself some markets this weekend, lady luck has something in store for you. This weekend, Sevkabel Port is hosting a vintage-themed market with unique homeware, clothing, food, and more from – and inspired by – the USSR. Handy workshops and even some guitar sessions are promised, too.
Monday, February 24
Alexander Deineka: Praiser of a New Life
- Until April 14, 10 am - 6 pm daily except for Tue
- Benois Wing (State Russian Museum)
- 500-700 rubles (350-500 rubles for students) – tickets here
The exhibition charts the revered artist's entire career, from his early works in the 1920s to the most iconic pieces of the late 1950s and 1960s, and includes a collection of art in all the media the artist worked in. These are 29 paintings, around 50 drawings and watercolors, 10 posters, one porcelain sculpture, and three mosaics. Among Deineka’s preferred subjects were youth and sport, rural and industrial landscapes, travel, and more.
Tuesday, February 25
Unbuilt Architecture Projects by Leningrad Architects
- Until March 25, 11 am - 6 pm (Mon, Thu-Sun) 11 am - 5 pm (Tue)
- Peter and Paul Fortress
- 200 rubles (150 rubles for students)
From sky-high palaces to futuristic-looking buildings, the exhibition spotlights a collection of Soviet architectural projects that were never actually built. On view are over 70 works of art, including graphics and photographs that illustrate the evolution of Soviet architecture and elaborate on the image of the unbuilt Leningrad (now St. Petersburg).
Wednesday, February 26
Daguerre vs. Talbot
- Starting from February 26, 11 am - 9 pm daily
- ROSPHOTO
- 400 rubles (250 rubles for students) – tickets here
ROSPHOTO’s new exhibition attempts to compare and analyze the first-ever photography techniques invented by the scientists and photography pioneers Louis Daguerre and Henry Fox Talbot – through a display of over 100 rarely-shown images taken since the 1840s. The expo is a follow-up to the gallery's series on the history of photography.
