Results tagged “easterneuropean”

Films: Paprika, 12:08 East of Bucharest

Okay, so you might be wondering at this point why we keep writing about the World Cup. We are well aware that the Philadelphia sports landscape rarely extends beyond the Eagles, Flyers, Phillies and 76ers unless something really weird happens (like St. Joe's going undefeated in basketball in a regular season).

The Kimmel Center, that bastion of good taste and excessive use of glass on the Avenue of the Arts, opens its doors to all this November. Their Free in the Plaza! festival brings classical, jazz, world music, and dance to the people without the heart attack-inducing prices. On Sunday, November 13, Svitanya, an Eastern European Women's Vocal Ensemble, will “evoke the spirit of traditional village music” with a cappella songs sung in their original languages. More importantly, they'll be wearing those awesome old-fashioned costumes.

If you ever visit the Ukraine, you can only hope you’ll have a tour guide like the Alex, the hipster American-culture junkie and the “very premium” narrator of Everything is Illuminated, adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer's award-winning novel by the first-time director Liev Schreiber (who already has a substantial resume as an actor). Eugene Hutz, front man of the Brooklyn gypsy-punk outfit Gogol Bordello, plays Alex with an easy hangdog charm, beleaguered by his domineering father but savvy as the translator for his family’s tour company, catering to American Jews looking for their heritage.