Starting Summer Early festival
Culture
On 31 May 2025, the JINR Universal Public Library will host the Starting Summer Early! festival, held with the support of the JINR Women’s Committee and AYSS JINR.
Adult programme:
- 3:00 PM – performance of the Applied Acoustics band (Ivan Shlyapin, Marina Stupnikova, Anait Kazarosyan) in the courtyard of the adult part of the library;
- 4:00 PM – 20-minute mini-lectures in the big hall:
- “Slavic gods. Myths and reality” by a local historian, archaeologist, certified tour guide, member of the Heritage foundation Larisa Panteleeva.
- “Travelling while doing good: volunteer opportunities in Russia” by a participant of several volunteer projects Anna Stukalova.
- “Summer is a small life. How do we spend it in a meaningful way?” by a certified practicing psychologist, a senior lecturer at Dubna State University, host of scientific and practical seminars and training programmes, participant of forums and conferences Victoria Novikova.
- 6:00 PM – Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom (18+) by the JINR Cinema Club in English with Russian subtitles.
- Start of the summer reading marathon for adults.
Children’s programme:
- 12:00 PM – Pink Giraffe publishing house: outdoor presentation of modern children’s literature, consultations on choosing books, sales.
- 12:00 PM – outdoor games.
- 12:00 PM – outdoor quest.
- 2:00 PM – indoor master classes:
- making national Uzbek tilla-kosh head adornment (for children over 5);
- “Portraits of literary characters: Emerald City heroes” (drawing, for children over 7-8, by appointment);
- “A bottle of happiness” (for children aged 6-12, by appointment).
- 3:00 PM – indoor Lets READers for children over 6, no appointment required.
- Start of the summer reading marathon for children.
