Wounded Heart of Paris
Held in the Cathedral Square of the Peter and Paul Fortress, Wounded Heart of Paris is an art exhibition that intends to serve as a reminder of the indeed heartbreaking fragility of centuries-old historical landmarks. Part of the collection of the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg, the display features a variety of etchings and lithographs of the sublime Notre Dame cathedral over the ages by the masterful French graveurs and artists Adam Pérelle, Claude-Nicolas Malapeau, Charles Rivière and Charles-Claude Bachelier, as well as modern photographs of this architectural masterpiece.
The exhibition is held from April 24 to May 5, 2019. Admission is free.
Jazz Evening with Jamie Davis
From memento mori to memento vivere: should you happen to be missing the now-regular jazz shindigs at Hotel Ambassador, rejoice in knowing that they’re hosting another one this Saturday, April 27, and with no less than the modern-day jazz legend Jamie Davis himself. Touted to belong to the same rank as Otis Redding, Ray Charles and Lou Rawls, the singer will perform all the jazz compositions you kind of know but kind of don’t: we’re talking When I Fall in Love, The Very Thought of You, Night and Day, and even Besame Mucho. Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra with the indispensable Kirill Bubyakin will be, as always, thrumming in the background.
Tickets start at 1,500 rubles, the event starts at 7pm, come early to get a shot at free food and drinks.
Vintage Festival
We don’t get that many opportunities to feel like Indiana Jones in our daily lives. But we still get some. Case in point is Vintage Festival, a veritable call to arms to all antiques treasure hunters. Does the thought of piles and piles of old jewelry, retro-bling attire, vinyl records and olde-worlde furniture make your heart beat faster? Agendas at the ready, then: Sevkabel Port creative space, April 27-28, from 11am to 10pm. Entry tickets cost 100 rubles, but what’s that for “Fortune and glory, kid. Fortune and glory”? Exactly.
Botanical Garden
Flowers! Flowers all round! is a motto of two springalicious festivals at the St. Petersburg Botanical Garden. The first goes by the name of Secrets of the Spring Kingdom and is dedicated to the brave early bloomers that are crocuses, snowdrops, bluebells and others. The second is a millennial heaven featuring over 2,500 cacti, succulents and the suchlike, combined with a retrospective on the history of cacti-breeding in St. Petersburg, which, fun fact, dates back to as early as the 1720s according to the first historical records.
Tickets start at 300 rubles, and if you’d like to learn about the Botanical Garden and/or prepare for your visit, we’ve got just the article for you.
Joe Lynn Turner
Every night, you have the same old dream… of seeing the iconic Joe Lynn Turner, sometime member of the hit bands Rainbow and Deep Purple, live? The fortune is clearly on your side, because the singer’s coming to St. Pete to give an exclusive concert at The Right Place bar. Don’t dilly-dally with snatching yourself a ticket (from 2,500 rubles) if you want to attend, and get your vocal cords ready, for the event promises to be a good ‘un. The take-off is at 9pm.
St. Petersburg. The Landscape
Antiquity gods, mythical creatures, cats and grieving angels straight out of a Doctor Who nightmare: the architectural terrain of St. Petersburg abounds with small intricacies that we the residents often fail to notice in the haste of our daily commutes. Luckily, St. Petersburg. The Landscape is just the exhibition to make you stop and smell the roses, or, err, look a statue in the eye. Held at the New Exhibition Hall of the State Museum of Urban Sculpture, it features the local photographers’ takes on the quirky interactions between the urban sculpture and landscape of the Northern Venice.
Tickets cost 50 rubles for students and 200 rubles for everyone else. The museum is open from midday to 7pm every day except for Thursdays and Fridays.
Have a great weekend!
