OPEN HOUSE 2006: Russian Canadian Cultural Aid Society (RCCAS)

Русское Культурно-Просветительное Общество
Приглашает на День Открытых Дверей
Credit: RCCAS

Dear Friends,

The Russian Canadian Cultural Aid Society
Invites to the Open House

When: Sunday, October 1, 2006
Time: 4:00PM
Where: The Russian Canadian Cultural Aid Society
Address: 91 Kersdale Ave., Toronto, Ontario M6M 1E4
Google map: 91 Kersdale Ave., Toronto, Ontario M6M 1E4

In the program:
5:00 PM
Presentation of a documentary film "Russian Choice"
Director Nikita Mikhalkov

Come and join us for entertainment, refreshments, tea, coffee
Zakuski will be available for purchase

Everyone is welcome
Admission is FREE

For information call:
Maria Nikolaevna Blagoveshchenskaya: 416-489-3077
Elena Klinaeva: 416-736-4940
е-mail: russinanclub@rccas.ca
Web: www.rccas.ca

The Russian Canadian Cultural Aid Society events
Photos: Oksana Shlakhter

Дорогие Друзья,

Русское Культурно-Просветительное Общество
Приглашает на День Открытых Дверей

Когда: Воскресенье, 1 октября 2006
Время: с 4 часов вечера
Где: Русское Культурно-Просветительное Общество
Адрес: 91 Kersdale Ave., Toronto, ON M6M 1E4, Old Weston Rd. & Rogers Rd.
Google map: 91 Kersdale Ave., Toronto, Ontario M6M 1E4

В программе:
Просмотр документального фильма
"Русский Выбор"
Режиссер Никита Михалков

Угощение, Чай, Кофе
Работает буфет, бар

Добро пожаловать
Вход бесплатный

Телефон для справок:
Мария Николаевна Благовещенская: 416-489-3077
Елена Клинаева: 416-736-4940
е-mail: russinanclub@rccas.ca
Web: www.rccas.ca

About Russian Canadian Cultural Aid Society (RCCAS):

* founded - in 1950 as a non profit organization
* run - entirely by volunteers.
* mission - to promote and maintain rich Russian cultural traditions and help new immigrants integrate into the Canadian way of life
* activities - сoncerts, lectures, folkdancing, drama club, chess club ...
* participation - in cultural festivals in Toronto and the GTA, and to provide social and cultural support to Canadians of Russian origin
* pavilion - Novgorod as a part of Toronto International Caravan Festival for 24 years
* welcomes - all Canadians to participate in events, enjoy concerts, and various artistic performances and to experience the culture and traditions.

links:

Никита Михалков. Русский выбор (телеканал "Россия", 2003 год)
Пресса
Фотоальбом
Информация
Отзывы
Source: Никита Михалков

«Никита Михалков. Русский выбор» (2003)
«Студия ТРИТЭ Никиты Михалкова», Телеканал «Россия»
Фильмография:
Документальная многосерийная лента о судьбе русской эмиграции.
У каждого человека есть свой выбор: сказать или промолчать, погибнуть или выжить, двигаться или остановиться. И в конечном итоге рано или поздно каждому человеку приходиться делать свой выбор. Русские изгнанники выбрали сохранение национальных идей и ценностей, с утратой которых, наша страна может потерять жизненную энергию и государственный потенциал. Фильм о подвиге людей, сумевших сохранить Россию без России.
Source: Телеканал "РОССИЯ"

Телеканал Россия: Поиск «Никита Михалков. Русский выбор»

The Delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Returns From Escorting the Remains of General Denikin and Ivan Ilyin
In 2002 the Russian Cultural Fund began filming "Russians without Russia," the first part of which, "Russian Choice," was devoted to the Civil War, the retreat of the White soldiers and their fates abroad. This movie, which first told the historical truth about the White Movement, its heroes and participants to the Russian people, was broadcast in December 2003, as the first phase in the return to Russia of her warrior-defender and her philosopher.
NEW YORK: October 7, 2005
Source: Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

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Vladimir Shatsev: Generation Gap and More

Рисунок И.С. Тургенева "Базаров" из романа "Отцы и дети". "Игра в портреты".
Ivan Turgenev's portrait of Bazarov from the novel "Fathers and Sons“.
"Великий человек - ни больше, ни меньше! Печальный, нелюдимый, глубокий, могучий, одинокий. Он мог бы стать народным вождем, не будь он слишком большим философом. Может быть неотразимо красноречивым-иногда вспыльчив до ярости, обычно молчалив и исполнен горечи. Большое сердце и в самой глубине души много скрытой нежности."
Source: www.Turgenev.org.ru

Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev: Generation Gap and More
Essay
by Vladimir Shatsev

Fathers and Sons is a Russian novel. Russian novel... It means that leading characters are passionate, often full of radical ideas, and a bit crazy.

In the middle of WWII when North America paid special attention to Russian culture, Sinclair Lewis wrote a foreword to the new edition of Fathers and Sons and thereby reintroduced this novel to a new generation of readers. I would like to do something similar now.

The novel Fathers and Sons, published in 1862, shocked Russian society. Both conservatives or liberals as well as radicals read this book enthusiastically, but they did not want to recognize themselves there.

This aroused readers' interest is comparable with people's reaction nowadays to bestsellers like The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. It is an example how a great number of people who disagree with the author’s concept, however continue to read and discuss it.

My comparison is a result of reflection. Among the many themes of The DaVinci Code is the hidden sexuality of Christian civilization. Among the many themes of Angels and Demons is Science. These two: the dedication of himself to Science and his barely controlled passions are the features of the leading character Evgeny Bazarov, a graduate student with plans to be a doctor. He believes only in what he himself has scientifically experienced. "A chemist who knows his business is twenty times as useful as any poet."

Bazarov is a nihilist. This nihilism sets out to denounce and deny all social and ethical values. "But allow me," began Nikolai Petrovich, "You deny everything, or to put it more precisely, you destroy everything... But one must construct, too, you know.""That is not our business... we must first clear the ground."

Vladimir Nabokov, in his "Lectures on Russian Literature" wrote: "He might have become, beyond the horizon of the novel, a great social thinker, a prominent physician, or an active revolutionary". I would like to add something to that, i.e. an active revolutionary might be the same person as a terrorist.

The love story in the novel is the most thrilling story. The beginning of this story is: "Anyhow, she’s delightful," said Arkady. "What a magnificent body," went on Bazarov. "How I would like to see it on the dissecting table." The ending of this story is: "Well, what I am to say to you? That I loved you? There was no sense in that even before, and less than even now. Love is a form, and my own form is already decaying. I do better to say how fine you are. Even now you are standing there, so beautiful."

It is worth reading and rereading, because true human passions are never old fashioned and always new.

It is about every reader, because the love triangle (or "love square") depicted here is familiar to everybody.

It is about every reader, who has ever discussed something, forgetting the goal of discussion, and having only the subconscious goal of impressing his or her companion.

It is about us because even if we have not participated in duels, we have dreamt of something like that.

Fathers and Sons is about everything, Life and Death in the final analysis, about Turgenev’s special philosophy of "eternal reconciliation and life without end".

It is first and foremost about the generation gap. It is for everybody who has ever argued with their parents or everybody who has been irritated or abused by the younger generation.

It is about yesterday, today, and the future. It is not a book, but a magic mirror now in your hand.

Sinclair Lewis wrote that Bazarov deserves the same degree of fame as Don Quixote or Sherlock Holmes. Oh, yes, and therefore, Ivan Turgenev with his best book, deserves the same fame as Miguelle De Cervantes and Arthur Conan Doyle. The book as well...

Questions
1. Have you ever read any Russian novels of the XIX century?
2. "A chemist who knows his business is twenty times as useful as any poet". Are you in agreement with this statement?
3. Do you think that the generation gap is an eternal phenomenon?
4. What is the difference between nihilism in the Turgenev’s novel and in the modern world?
5. Have you ever read a book where the main character had been absolutely transformed by love?

Here is the list of the books that it would be better to read after Fathers and Sons.
Also by Ivan Turgenev:

• Rudin
• On the Eve

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment (1866)
Anton Chekhov, The Duel (1891)

Copyright © 2006 Vladimir N. Shatsev

About Author:
Vladimir N. Shatsev, from St. Petersburg, is a prominent teacher of Literature with original ideas and attitudes. He has been invited for “Readings from Russia” at Chapters, to give Canadians an additional impulse to enter the enchanting and eccentric world of Tolstoy, Chekhov, Bulgakov, and others.

This is an essay from the series “Readings from Russia”.
Vladimir Shatsev: Magic in Your Soul
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov: The Magnificent Book about Magic in Your Soul
Essay by Vladimir Shatsev


links:

Toronto: Russian Literary Soiree with Vladimir Shatsev

Credit: The Russian House Community Centre

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Toronto Word Festival: Celebrating of Publishing World

The Word On The Street (WOTS) Toronto: National Annual Outdoor Book and Magazine Festival
Credit: www.thewordonthestreet.ca

I would like to invite everybody to THE WORD ON THE STREET TORONTO Festival.

Celebrating of Publishing World in Toronto

250 book & magazine vendors
120 featured authors

When: Sunday, September 24, 2006
Time: 11 am - 6 pm
Location: Queen's Park, Toronto
Getting there: Queen's Park Subway Station
Admission: Free
Please visit www.thewordonthestreet.ca for details

Festival Program (80 pages)
Festival at a Glance (6 pages)
Festival Map
Festival Exhibitor List

What is on our list:

Wordshop Marquee
Time: 12:30 PM
Blogging Toronto
Moderated by Matt Blackett
Discussion Panel
Moderator Matthew Blackett of Spacing Magazine spreads Blogging Toronto: a discussion panel which focus on the world of websites that are dedicated to covering the side variety of topics that affect Toronto, its neighbourhoods, and its people. The panelists will include Rannie Turingan of photojunkie.ca and torontoist.com; Time Shore, BlogTO mastermind; Antonia Zerbisias, Toronto Star blog journalist and Marc Weisblott, publisher of Paved.ca. They will discuss the positive and negative social implications of blogging, as well as the community and culture that these virtual gathering spaces help cultivate. A Q&A with audience members will follow.

Wordshop Marquee
Time: 1:25 PM
Self-Publishing Secrets Revealed!
Manisha Solomon
Seminar
So you have a message to share? Do you want to establish yourself as an expert in your field or industry? Do you have a book inside you that is bursting to get out? Join the rank who started out by self-publishing their own books. Manisha Solomon of Solotext Editorial will reveal ten secrets about the self-publishing process. These will include: Where to get an ISBN (for FREE!). The truth about Copyright, Why "Everyone" is not your target market, How to get the writing process started, and Alternatives to the print book {eBooks}.
Manisha Solomon is considered to be one of Canada's leading self-publishing experts. She is the author of The Indie Approach to Publishing in Canada: The Self-Publisher's Rites of Passage. She is also the owner of Solotext Editorial.

You can take a look on Liudmila Cherniak's notes and photos from one of the Manisha's self-publishing seminars.
Some thoughts from last year festival: Back to Analog World: Words, Papers, Magazines, Books, Presentations, Readings, Performances, Dialogs, Monologs and a Lot of Doubts ‘to Buy or not to Buy’.

You and your family, friends and neighbours are invited to celebrate the joy of reading at The Word On The Street Book & Magazine Fair. From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the last Sunday in September, Vancouver, Calgary, Kitchener, Toronto and Halifax will unite Canada in a national celebration of literacy and the printed word.

If You Do Not Read Books, You Will Forget the Alphabet Soon!
Если книг читать не будешь, скоро грамоту забудешь!
Unknown Author, 1925

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TIFF06: Borat SOLD OUT

What movie are you dying to see at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival?
Source: Sympatico / MSN TIFF : Home : Hub

That is why Borat is sold out. People are dying to see this mockumentary.

32% - Borat (Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan)
25% - Last Kiss
22% - Babel
15% - Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy (Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights-Hollywood to the Heartland)
6% - Away From Her

But not only Borat is sold out. The Italian, The Pervert's Guide to Cinema, and dozens of other movies are sold out too.

Don’t be upset. We still have same day tickets and rush tickets available. If we are lucky.
For now we have tickets:

To Get to Heaven First You Have to Die (Bihisht Faqat Baroi Murdagon) Чтобы Попасть В Рай, Ты Должен Умереть

Building a Broken Mousetrap

Nouvelle Chance

The Island (Остров)

Outsourced

Paris, Je T'aime

See you at "the festival of festivals".

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Pre-Fest Talk 2006: Discuss newly announced screenings at TIFF 2006, ... It isn’t that surprising that The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema is sold out on the ...
www.tiffreviews.com/2006/blog/?p=48

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