CULTURE

THE TANGLED WEB

The classical story of the labyrinth begins when Minos asks Poseidon for a sign that he should ascend the Cretan throne. Poseidon agrees, and sends a flawless snow-white bull to Minos, on the condition that the king sacrifice it back to him. So beautiful ...

BIG IN JAPAN

A film made in St. Petersburg about Emperor Hirohito is a hit in Japan.

Alexander Sokurov’s 2005 film “The Sun,” which tells the story of Japanese emperor ...

CHERNOV’S CHOICE

As August heat seizes the city, the local music scene has also been hit by the “dead season,” as it is known among promoters. None will dare to set up a big gig at this time of the year because they are scared, not unreasonably, that nobody will turn ...

STRANGE INVESTIGATIONS

A new series on NTV has been dubbed Russia’s answer to the cult U.S. show “The X-Files.”

There are plenty of shows on Russian television that pit heroic ...

CITY BAR IS BACK!

A popular bar for expats and independent travelers has ambitious plans.

City Bar, the ultimate expats’ hangout that called it quits six months ago, has magically returned and will have what its hostess Aileen Exeter calls “quiet summer opening” on Friday.

“When ...

THE NORTHERN LIGHT

The St. Petersburg Times was not the first English-language newspaper in St. Petersburg. Before the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, when the city was a flourishing ...