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Figa Wreaks Anarchy in the Northern Capital
By Sergey Chernov
Figa, whose well-known band Nordfolks split up early last year, recently resumed his erratic punk career.

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A Rebel and His Accordion
Figa knew the godfather of Russian punk well enough to try to knock his teeth out. These days, he gets his kicks playing the squeeze box.
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Local Beat
By Alexei Pevchev
Moscow will become the world capital of puppet theater during the Obraztsov Festival of Puppet Theaters.

mundo grosso
By Edmund Brown
I like Autumn, he's a real gent and as far as I'm concerned, can stay as long as he likes.

Stage Makes Room for Playwright's Tragic Figure
By John Freedman
Viktor Korkiya is one of Russia's most inventive playwrights whose works have ingeniously plundered and renewed myths developed by Shakespeare, Euripides, Moliere and others.

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the trough - Greek Quarter
By Kevin O'Flynn
Choosing between Georgian and Greek we went for the one with the naked men on the walls - Greek Quarter.

marquee
By John Freedman
The Chekhov Art Theater this week opened what could be its most important season in decades.

club kid
By Arina Birstein
Since it opened last fall, Most was sold twice and has changed its door policy from that of an exclusive hangout for the hyper-elite to that of a stylish happening club.

Plate Watchers

Arseny VlasovХs ТThe ButcherУ (Myasnik, 1960) is just one of many paintings and drawings dedicated to the timeless theme of food and eating now on display at ТPalatal Memory.У The exhibit also contains works by Dmitry Mitrokhin, Ivan Puni, Natalya Nesterova and several others.

New Theater Season Promises New Faces, Old Favorites
By John Freedman
If beginnings have anything to say about what follows, the fledgling 2001-2002 theater season promises to be quite a patchwork quilt of the familiar and the unknown.

the trough - Na Brestskoi
By Jennifer Chater
The style wave around Belorusskaya has spread to the back streets with the reopening of Na Brestskoi.

Conductor Vedernikov Picks Up Director's Baton at the Bolshoi
By Raymond Stults
The opening of the Bolshoi's new season will find Alexander Vedernikov at the institution's musical helm. Subscribers Only