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The Fourteenth Moscow Easter Festival will take place from April 12th until May 9th 2015. This years’ Festival will commemorate two crucial dates in the history of the world and musical culture: the 70th anniversary of the Allied victory in World War II and the 175th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian composer, Pyotr Tchaikovsky.

An exhibition of WWII artifacts at ARTSTORY gallery with free entrance, open until May 10^th.

Please be informed that the Baumanskaya metro station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line is closed starting from February 8, 2015, for renovation which is to be completed within 11 months.

On the coldest weeks of the year, the Apothecary Garden invites you to submerge yourself into the atmosphere of the tropics. Three small Southern countries will be open in the Botanical Garden hothouses — a tropical forest with unique orchids, an equatorial swamp with pitcher plants, and a small desert, which brings together some remarkable flora from faraway arid lands. The festival is open until March 31, 2015.

Right across the street from the HSE buildings on Myasnitskaya Ulitsa there is an eye-catching bright-blue mansionwith a cour d'honneur and a portal decorated with white atlantes. This building has been closed for decades, but today it’s open and showing a unique exhibition of hats by Philip Treacy. This might be a good way to spend that spare hour between classes or meetings on Myasnitskaya.

As more and more Moscow streets turn pedestrian, the idea of walking around the city is becoming more and more attractive. Even more so this winter, since the Moscow government has organized a festival ‘Magical Journey to Christmas’, which is taking place around the city in various pedestrian zones until January 11.

Anticipating the coming Thanksgiving Day we made a list of American diners in Moscow that will offer traditional dinner with waldorf salad, roasted turkey and pumpkin pie on November 27. Some of these restaurants offer take away options for those who prefer to celebrate the day at home.

In a city like Moscow, one can hardly ever see stars in the night sky. But everyone has the opportunity to explore the infinity of the universe at Moscow Planetarium, which has just turned 85.

Moscow residents are already familiar with such cultural events as Museum Night and Library Night. This weekend they’ll have an opportunity to enjoy a wealth of live music in Moscow at an event called Music Night, a festival which is being held in the city for the second time.