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The V.A. Tropinin Museum and the Museum of Moscow Artists of His Time invites you to the master class "I am an artist, this is how I see it," dedicated to Vasily Tropinin's birthday.

Participants, along with art educator Elena Dolgovesova, will explore the exhibition, learn about the portrait artist's biography and work, and then create a sketch of their favorite work.

The painting can be completed in the workshop using gouache, watercolors, pencils, markers, and decorative elements.

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The Northern Lights Center will host an interactive event for children based on Sergei Prokofiev's ballet "Cinderella." Young participants will learn about music through movement, games, and immersion in a fairytale story.

The children will learn how the composer portrayed the characters, why the five fairies appear in the libretto, and what melody represents the chimes of a clock. The meeting is based on active engagement with melodies, rather than a traditional lecture.

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The I.S. Turgenev Library and Reading Room will host a concert and discussion dedicated to violin music. International competition laureates Valeria Bogdanova (violin) and Olga Sherstennikova (piano) will perform works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Camille Saint-Saëns, Henryk Wieniawski, and other composers.

Host Alexander Kazantsev will discuss the violin's unique sound throughout different eras, the history of pieces, and the biographies of composers. The program includes sonatas, virtuoso pieces, and fantasies.

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Library No. 222 will host an educational and game program dedicated to International Bird Day.

Participants will learn about the diversity of birds, their habitats, diet, and anatomy. Special attention will be paid to species listed in the Red Book and the rules for caring for birds living in the city.

Visitors will learn why it's not a good idea to feed ducks and swans, and how to properly make and place bird feeders. The event is aimed at children of primary and secondary school age.

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The animation studio "Skya" has opened at the Peresvetov Pereulok Gallery. Its classes combine long-term and short-term animation projects, allowing participants to master the filmmaking process—from concept to release.

During the six-month projects, participants follow a sequential path through the production cycle, including stages of review and refinement. Short exercises, designed for a single lesson, provide the opportunity to experiment with animation techniques and quickly test creative ideas. Final screenings of the students' work are held twice a year in the studio on a large screen.

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The I.S. Turgenev Library and Reading Room will host a lecture on the Decembrist Dmitry Zavalishin. It will be given by a descendant of the family, Nadezhda Zavyalova (Zavalishina), a PhD candidate in architecture.

Attendees will learn about Dmitry Irinarkhovich's participation in the round-the-world voyage on the frigate "Kreyser," his work at the Russian-American Company, and his colonial reform projects. Special attention will be paid to Zavalishin's fate after the uprising of December 14, 1825: his arrest, exile to Siberia, life after the amnesty, and his journalistic work. The lecture will also touch on the contents of his "Notes of a Decembrist."

The event was organized as part of a meeting of the Decembrist Commission of the Union of Local Historians of Russia.

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As part of the Film Wednesday project, Gogol House will host a lecture dedicated to the musical comedy "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." The film adaptation of Anita Loos's novel and the Broadway production of the same name, directed by Howard Hawks, was released in 1953. The leading roles were played by Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe.

Visitors will learn about the casting process and the actors' salaries: Betty Grable was originally cast as Lorelei Lee, but after the success of Niagara, Marilyn Monroe was hired, earning $11,000 for her role, while Jane Russell earned $200,000. Attendees will also learn that the iconic number "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" was choreographed by Jack Cole.

The lecture will be given by Svetlana Panchenko, Head of the Special Projects Department.

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