A three-day festival celebrating the films, cuisine, fashion, popular and classical music artists, and graphic art of Russia, the Ukraine and the Baltics will kick off Friday, Dec. 9, at UCLA. "Far From Moscow,” a multi-venue series of more than 20 free and ticketed events was curated by David MacFadyen, UCLA professor of musicology, Slavic languages and comparative literature, in collaboration with Los Angeles transplant Ilya Lagutenko, leader of the popular Russian rock band Mumiy Troll.
The festival is named after MacFadyen’s website, a popular resource that highlights more than 4,000 cutting-edge music artists from Russia, Ukraine, as well as Belarus Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Read more about the festival here.
Go here for the festival information and tickets.