French movie festival and one French restaurant (to try)

I found out today speaking with the French chef (already a good sign) that recently a new elegant, high quality french restaurant has opened. The name is not very French or not even European but I would definetely recomend it. Here more details on it:

Yasnaya Polyana Restaurant
Address: Borisa Bogatkova, 163/8
Contacts: 260-21-23

also listed as 'friendly place on http://novosibirskguide.com/english-friendly-places/yasnaya_polyana

Let me know what you think about it once you have tried. 

FRENCH Movie Festival - to open soon

For all French expats and not only, the French film Festival will be starting on March, 26th and will continue till April, 1st.  10 French movies will be shown at the Cinema POBEDA in the orginal language with Russian subtitles.

Please see below some movies' titles that will be shown and information on how to find tickets:

• March, 26 - French Festival Opening showing the movie 'FRANCE' from 7pm 
  
• March, 27 at 7pm documentary about director Frederique Oburten followed by his movie 'a bridge between two coasts' at 9pm
• March, 28 at 6pm the movie '7 years' will be showed
• March, 29 at 6pm  the movie 'all is simple'
•  March, 31 at 7pm the movie 'on the ring'
• April, 1 at 7pm the final movie of the festival ' 13square metre'

For tickets you can call: 362 02 11 or look at POBEDA website http://www.pobeda-cinema.ru/ 

'German' springs in Novosibirsk began

All, please have a look at this link below (in Russian and German).  A new Goethe institute has been founded in Novosibirsk and for the inauguration they have organised events (check their link http://www.goethe.de/ins/ru/lp/prj/sib/prm/ruindex.htm) throughout the whole month of March. A couple of highlights selected by me for you here below:

Concert 15.03.2009, 21 Uhr

popSTANCIJA LaBrassBanda  ul. Tereschkowoi 12 Nowosibirsk Tel. +7 383 2910450

Art-Klub "NII KuDA"

Contemporary 

ballet 19.03.2009, 18:30

tanzСТАНЦИЯ E-Motion  Новосибирск, 630099 ул. Ленина, 19 тел.: 8 383 210 06 71

Театр "Красный факел" Новосибирск

Electric Night  "STEREOЛЮДИ" 26.03.2009, 22:00  elektroСТАНЦИЯ  Новосибирск,  ул. Ядринцевская, 14 тел.: 8 383 299 64 64 Vogue кафе "DOЖDЬ" Новосибирск

Concert 21.03.2009, 19:00

cdСТАНЦИЯ  Jeans Team  Новосибирск Красный проспект, 37 тел.: 8 383 227 01 08

Клуб "Rock City"  Новосибирск

Welcoming Russian Spring!

HI everybody, I am sorry I have neglected this site for a while but I have been travelling recently. Anyway I was back in time, March 1st to say goodbye to winter with the traditional burning Zima (winter) gone..not sure why in Siberia winter finishes before than eevrywhere else and it is still -15....and welcoming Vesno (Spring).

A lot is on - here below only some highlights and a more programme will follow:

• Rock Group Dolphin LIVE at Rock City March, 14th (if interested, tel. num (383) 20 20 454)
• Exhibition of Art and typical objects from African villages on from March, 4th till march, 6th
• Fancy a comedy? Then you could go to the 'Figaro Here' play on at the Comedy Thatre of Novosibirsk on March, 12th
• Forever ballets? Don't miss Vaiaderka on at the Opera Thatre on March, 6th, 7th and 15th or the Premiere that mixes classic and modern ballets' styles on march 11th or for something even extremely modern and experimental you should try to go to the Theatre Fakel for the new show 'Sibstanzia_09'

Have a good time! and don't forget there is more to come for March and our Siberian spring.

New Place to try - Ristorante Il Faro

We all know where River Park Hotel is and we have also walked around it along the river Ob but we have never tried to go and tried the restaurant on the first floor. It is an Italian Restaraunt, pretty elengant and pretty authentic. I still have to find out if the chef is italian but quality and flavours definetely are. So I must try!