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01/03/2013. Biblionight
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On the 20th of April 2012 the Biblionight was held in Russia. The event was conducted the first time as a great social and cultural event across Russia from Kaliningrad to Sakhalin. More than 750 libraries and cultural centres in 90 cities opened their doors at an inopportune time. The action was designed to support the literary process, promote reading, develop libraries, museums and publishing, and to organize a new form of leisure. This evening readers saw the library in a different light, not as a repository of books but also as a place for interesting leisure. In Petrozavodsk a couple of stages with different kinds of programs attracted a lot of visitors of different ages. In Karelia the event was initiated by the National Library of the Republic of Karelia. |
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The library is being reconstructed, that's why some events were held in other places, including The Center of National Cultures, The Library for Young and Children of the Republic of Karelia and the club restaurant Begemot. It wasn't a big problem, because all stages were located in an immediate vicinity of each other. Everybody knows that every cloud has a silver lining. The more venues the more interesting the event is. |
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The events were linked with each other, because in the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Karelia, which financed the program, the working group was established. Many writers, artists, designers, actors, musicians and journalists and the youth organization “Nuori Karjala” (The Young Karelia) took an active part in this event. Organizers of the event are thankful to the creative community of our city for it's support and projects. And everywhere “in the beginning was the Word”.
There is a video and photo report about the Biblionight.
The participants of the Biblionight had the opportunity to see rare and unique books and engravings from the collection of the National Library. The trade fair for books in Karelian, Vepsian and Finnish, posters and collection dolls was organized.
The publishing house “Periodika” and the youth organization “Nuori Karjala” organized an exciting program “You can heat baths once a week, but you should speak native language every day” with a large number of workshops, presentations, quizzes and demonstration of ancient customs of the Karelians. Both adults and the youngest guests saw a fantastic tale in Karelian “Koirien Kalevala”/ “Dogs' Kalevala”.
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The holiday program was continued by the video review Faces of the Epoch and a musical program Quiet songs of an Angel with participation of Tatyana Talitskaya and a soloist of the State Philarmonic of the Republic of Karelia Valentina Kamenskaya and a harper Olga Polyakova. Guests visited an exhibition “The Silver Age of the Russian Culture”, where books, albums, discs, hats and dresses were displayed. Everyone could try these dresses and hats and take a photo for keepsake and experience the unique atmosphere of the Silver Age.
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BiblioShow Mad Tea Party was devoted to the 150th anniversary of “Alice in Wonderland” has collected a full house in a club reaturant Begemot.
The main literary and musical performance was played in a form of an improvised chess competition. Karelian writers, poets and journalists Dmitry Svintsov, Jaana Zhemoitelite, Andrei Panteleev, Egor Sregeev, Aleksandr Bushkovsky, Roman Ivanov, Denis Pogrebnoi and Sergei Filenko took part in this competition as black and white figures.
The Library for the Blind of the Republic of Karelia invited it's guests to participate in workshops Books outside the Format on creating books of special formats. These workshops gave an opportunity to show creative abilities in making tactile books and to act as a professional speaker taking part in recording of an audio book.
