Russian Culture Week
Spring 2024
2023
March 8, 2023
Write a postcard for Ukrainian women, play women's day trivia, win candy, and get a pin.March 10, 2023
Join us at the Brandeis Russian-speaking community reception and stay for Hillel's Shabbat dinner afterward.March 13, 2023
Enjoy performances by Brandeis students and Russian delicatessen in honor of International Women's Day - it will be a night to remember!March 15, 2023
Join the Russian Club to make and eat authentic Russian/Ukrainian dumplings (varenyky)!March 16, 2023
Join us to practice speaking Russian while making your very own felted Cheburashka.2017
March 6-10, 2017
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the author reading and discussion with Olga Grjasnowa (originally scheduled for March 6) has been cancelled.
Monday, March 6, 20177-8:30 p.m.
Mandel Reading Room, 303
Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach is a finalist in the 2015 Narrative 30 Below Contest, the author of The Bear Who Ate the Stars, and winner of the 2014 Uppercut Chapbook Award. She holds an MFA from the University of Oregon and is working toward a PhD in the University of Pennsylvania’s Comparative Literature & Literary Theory program, where her research focuses on contemporary American poetry related to the Holocaust. As a Jewish refugee from Ukraine, she is exploring the lyric rendering of trauma by Russian emigrants in contemporary American poetry.
Sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies. Refreshments and Russian desserts will be served.
Tuesday, March 7, 20177-9 p.m.
Lurias, Hassenfeld Conference Center
Indulge in Russian arts and crafts activities, including dollmaking, traditional Russian Khokhloma painting, and fortune telling. Russian desserts will be served.
Wednesday, March 8, 20177-9 p.m. (doors at 6:30 p.m.)
Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library
Brandeis students (Russian or not!) show off their many talents in honor of the International Women’s Day! Russian food will be served.
Thursday, March 9, 20177-9 p.m.
Airplane Lounge, East Quad
Spend the evening with the Brandeis Russian Club watching the Russian film Sirota kazanskaya (Sympathy Seeker), a comedy about a young woman in search of her father. Presented in Russian with English subtitles. Russian food will be served.
Friday, March 10, 20179 p.m.-12 a.m.
Levine-Ross, Hassenfeld Conference Center
**Location change!**
The Brandeis Russian Club invites everyone to an authentic Russian dance party featuring contemporary Russian music! Come dance the night away in the fun, unique, and sophisticated setting of a Russian party! Russian desserts will be served.