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December 14, 2011
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Russian Winter Festival

It’s been a busy holiday season (so far) but I’m never too busy to squeeze in another Russian festival! This weekend, муж and I attended the Russian Winter Festival at the Hillwood Museum.

I am not ashamed to admit, the part of the festival I was most excited for was the “special art activity where visitors of all ages can create their own kokoshnik, a lady’s headdress”. What do you think of my special art? 

And do you recognize the musical group from the bottom picture? (Hint here.)

In the middle are my two favorite artifacts from ‘the Estate’.

The festival was fun, but I’m not sure I’d pay the $18 admission to go back next year. Most of the festivals I went to this year were just as jolly of a good time and were also free. 

What Russian events have you been to this holiday season?

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October 31, 2011
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My shot of the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church that would not fit in with the last post…A vary pretty - very modern Russian Orthodox Church (especially with those sunbeams streaming in!). (I still need help formatting my pictures. Feel free to contact me if you are a Tumblr expert!)

My shot of the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church that would not fit in with the last post…A vary pretty - very modern Russian Orthodox Church (especially with those sunbeams streaming in!).

(I still need help formatting my pictures. Feel free to contact me if you are a Tumblr expert!)

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October 21, 2011
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My first YouTube video! Got 20 seconds? Check out a member of the Samovar Folk Music Ensemble teaching 2 future Samovars how to dance…

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October 19, 2011
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Another great Russian Festival! St. Nicholas Cathedral’s Annual Fall Bazaar 

This festival also has a great selection of food and entertainment. As you can see from the picture there is a lot of space and room to spread out, which is very nice. You can even get an Orthodox priest to cook you some shashlik! ; )

Something unique about this festival is that they combine it with their annual rummage festival. And this year, I made an awesome find! I am so excited that I have to save it for a separate post, so stay tuned!

What did you do this weekend while I was gettin festive?

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October 18, 2011
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Here’s Муж ordering some tasty treats at Russian(/Ukrainian) Festival # 2 of the season: my favorite, “Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John The Baptist’s Russian Bazaar”. This year we attended 1 Ukrainian Festival and 3 Russian Festivals, so I’m becoming a bit of an expert. All of the festivals are a great time and have their strengths and weaknesses, but for me, this one has the best mix of food, and people with a good variety of entertainment acts.  On the weekend this took place, it was cold and rainy. I was hoping that would mean that the festival would be a little less busy, but no such luck - I couldn’t believe the amount of people that came out for this. Have you been to any Russian, or other cultural festivals this season?

Here’s Муж ordering some tasty treats at Russian(/Ukrainian) Festival # 2 of the season: my favorite, “Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John The Baptist’s Russian Bazaar”.

This year we attended 1 Ukrainian Festival and 3 Russian Festivals, so I’m becoming a bit of an expert. All of the festivals are a great time and have their strengths and weaknesses, but for me, this one has the best mix of food, and people with a good variety of entertainment acts. 

On the weekend this took place, it was cold and rainy. I was hoping that would mean that the festival would be a little less busy, but no such luck - I couldn’t believe the amount of people that came out for this.

Have you been to any Russian, or other cultural festivals this season?

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September 30, 2011
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Here’s a quick look at the great time I had at the 35th Annual Baltimore Ukrainian Festival 2 weeks ago… definitely looking forward to going again next year: September 8th and 9th 2012. (These people are organized!)

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