The International Apple and Book Festival will be held in Kolomna on September 15, 2018. Antonov apples" The main theme of the event is “ Eternal stories”, which are written about in books, read in letters, passed on in music and recipes, told to grandchildren, shown in theatrical productions. On Saturday, farmers, actors, readers and writers will tell their stories, and the city will briefly become a literary capital.
In 2018, the book festival will take place a little later than usual. Therefore, new books will be even more desirable, the aroma and taste of Antonov apples will be even more delightful, and farm treats with warm tea will be even tastier.
Traditionally, the book market will open its work. Almost 30 publishing houses planned their master classes and events for the festival. Moreover, all visitors can expect new artistic and literary projects, an English pavilion, creative talks, a heritage salon and other interesting events.
At the City Lunch, guests will be offered delicious treats, and in the evening everyone will enjoy a concert.
Program of the Antonov apples festival September 15, 2018
The day program of the apple and book festival will begin at 11:00 and end at 18:00. It will be replaced by an evening program.
IN daytime The festival will take place in several places: the Artkommunalka Museum, Kolomensky Posad, Gagarin Square, Zaitsev Square. The Book Boat will be launched along the Moscow River, and the English Pavilion will open in Moskvoretsky Lane.
The literary program “Heritage Salon” is held as part of the festival every year. Every year it is new and includes communication, creative conversations with new authors and those already known to the public.
This time, such people as Michael Kerins (director and writer from Scotland), Dmitry Danilov (domestic playwright and writer), Andrei Filimonov (poet, journalist and author of novels), Yulia Kuznetsova (children's writer, translator, philologist).
At the festival you will be able to take part in a city lunch at fresh air. Everyone can prepare their favorite dishes at home and bring them with them. The goal is to remember good tradition neighbors' feasts.
Fans of everything English will gather at the Church of the Intercession in the English pavilion. Visitors will be able to read aloud, try sandwiches with the most delicate English marmalade, listen to a concert and talk with Scottish writer Michael Kerins.
Guests of the festival will also be welcome theater program, which will present a fairy tale for children and adults, as well as several performances for adult audiences in Zaitsev Square.
As part of the festival, a farmers' market will open, where the best local products will be presented: rabbit meat, game, eco-chips, pumpkin jam, natural cheeses, pumpkin tea. Everything is environmentally friendly, natural, without preservatives and delicious.
Artist Elizaveta Morozova will present her new performance. There will also be an excursion program, during which you can learn in more detail all the historical details about merchant houses, towers and walls of the Kremlin, about life in Kolomna.
At 13:00, a craft parade starts in Gagarin Square - a costumed procession of museum representatives accompanied by drummers.
The festival will end with an evening concert in Zaitsev Square from 18:00 to 19:30.
The special train will depart from Kazansky station at 8.45. Everyone will be invited to the apple store literary journey to an ancient city near Moscow.
From the train you can immediately go up to the deck. The Book Boat will sail along the Moscow River as part of the festival. On board there is a “floating” library and a creative workshop for children based on the books of Gianni Rodari. Participants will compose a fairy tale and develop their imagination using the methods of the famous Italian writer. Departure times: 11.00, 13.00, 15.00.
The festival, which will be held for the seventh time, is multi-genre and traditionally includes several programs at once. For the first time in the history of the festival, a Craft Parade will take place, which starts in Gagarin Square at 13.00. This is a costume procession that will unite citizens and representatives of the restored historical museum productions of Kolomna, including famous museum marshmallows.
At the literary Salon of Heritage, Andrei Filimonov - writer, journalist and poet, author of the novel "Recipes for the Creation of the World", Dmitry Danilov - will meet with guests Russian writer and award-winning playwright Golden mask", Michael Kerins is a Scottish writer and director, winner of a literary Oscar as a master of storytelling.
The theater program includes performances for both adults and children. On the stage in Zaitsev Square there will be a poetry performance “Poems by Boris Pasternak from the novel “Doctor Zhivago” performed by RAMT artist Denis Balandin and a performance from the “Manor Theater” program of the A.N. Tolstoy Literary Museum “The Smart Janitor” based on the stories of Chekhov.
The play "Smart Dog Sonya" based on the book by the famous children's writer Andrei Usachev will be presented by the Vdrug Theater together with creative center"Wednesday", and Ryazansky regional theater drama will show a fairy tale for children and adults “Kuzma’s Magic Dreams”. Liza Morozova, an artist and participant in the Venice, Prague and Moscow Biennales, will hold her new performance. This time, Lisa’s artistic performance is dedicated to the relationship between personal and historical time in the context of one life - her own. The material for creating the performance was the artist’s diaries and news over the past 32 years.
By the way, not just books. Guests will also be treated to a farmer's market where they will be treated to farmer's cheeses - suluguni and even burrata and mozzarella and others, as well as Kolomna rolls, pretzels, bagels prepared according to historically accurate recipes.
The theme of the feast will be continued by the City Lunch, at which the director of the library named after F.M. Dostoevsky Andrei Lisitsky will talk about the gastronomic preferences of Fyodor Mikhailovich and the recipe for an ancient wonderful dish - Meshcherskaya drachena - which disappeared from culinary use “solely because of the cacophony of its name.”
The festival will end with a concert on stage in the park named after. Zaitseva. The concert program includes “The Seasons” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, arranged for accordion.
On September 3, 2016, the fifth annual apple and book festival “Antonov Apples” was held in Kolomna. The name of the festival is not accidental - Kolomna is the “apple” capital, historian N.M. wrote about this 200 years ago. Karamzin, and a century later confirmed by the writer N.P. Gilyarov-Platonov. Residents have long planted large apple orchards, and there are still many of them in Kolomna today.
The “Society of Lovers of Free Walks” offered walking and cycling along the following routes: “Apple-Cloud”, Bobrenev Meadow, “Kolomna Torgovaya”, Denga Kolomska.
Children's book bus "Bumper" - book studio, store and club. Here, to inspire children to read, they talked about books.
The publishing line, which included 16 publishing houses, generously donated their treasures to buyers.
The festival featured not only latest number Seasons magazine, but also together with culturologist Svetlana Sidorova, over apple pies and aromatic tea, over a delicious lunch at the Literary Kitchen of the Seasons School, they talked about the taste and image of apples in culture, and took imaginary walks in literary apple orchards.
On the playground, uncontrollable crayons went on strike on a piece of whatman paper, which was described by Drew Daywalt in the book “The Crayons Go on Strike.”
The literary pavilion also had an extensive program, including a discussion about travel and travelers’ notes, about traditional and new formats of guidebooks and how you can come up with an interesting route yourself, what can become an interesting attraction and how you can talk about it in an entertaining way.
The discussion was attended by the author of eight books of prose and two books of poetry, Dmitry Danilov, candidate of philological sciences Alexey Mikheev; Director of the Tonchu Publishing House Elena Tonchu, literary critic, essayist, prose writer Sergei Kostyrko. Writers and literary residents of the Artkommunalka Museum Dmitry Danilov and Alexey Mikheev spoke about “Kolomna Travelogue” - an experimental project at the intersection of art and literature, dedicated to city travel on Kolomna trams, including with the participation of city residents.
The host of the literary pavilion is journalist, radio and television presenter Fyokla Tolstaya.
The traditional venue for the festival was the Posad auction. Our beloved grandmothers from Kolomna Posad took part in it with their delicacies prepared according to the canons of centuries-old recipes.
Next to the grandmothers are little girls representing the “Children's Market.” Girls who not only craft, sew, sculpt, but also sell their products.
The sensory kindergarten invites kids to walk barefoot and experience new, hitherto unknown sensations.
State literary museum presented at the Antonov Apples festival the project “Happy Memory, or My Family and Other Pictures.” The project is the winner of the “Changing Museum in a Changing World” competition Charitable Foundation V. Potanin.
The idea of the project is to collect the traditions of various families: recipes delicious dishes, unusual ways give gifts or Interesting games to pass the time in traffic jams. The author was inspired to create the project by the deputy director of the State Literary Museum, Ksenia Belkevich. unusual tradition her family. For almost 60 years, the artist of the magazine “ Funny pictures“Tatiana Leonidovna Vyshenskaya sketched stories from the life of the large family of her close friends, that is, Ksenia’s family. This created an archive of more than 1000 drawings.
Deputy Director of the State Literary Museum Ksenia Belkevich, representing this project, told various funny stories from the life of her family from the pictures.
The project is trying to repeat amazing tradition artist Vyshenskaya. First, stories are collected about the traditions of various families. Then illustrators read them, select those they liked best and draw illustrations for them. All stories and works of artists collected as part of the project will be shown at an exhibition at the State Literary Museum in October 2016, and then on the project website. After the exhibition, the drawings will be donated to the families whose stories were chosen by the artists.
Here, on Zhitnaya Square in Zaitsev Square, the Slow Food Kolomna Farmers Market opened. Slow Food Kolomna - local history with tastefully recreated delicacies and dishes; literary cuisine in the company of “geniuses of the place”; farm products.
Since 2016, Kolomna has been part of the global gastronomic movement SlowFood (from the English slow “slow” and food “food”). This is a fascinating journey into the world of forgotten traditions and proven tastes. It is based on the education of gastronomic feelings, the development of everyday culture and the preservation of ancient techniques.
Fans of photography could capture themselves in eternity along with vegetable and fruit bouquets.
In the farm row there is a pavilion of the estate museum " Yasnaya Polyana" Can
It was possible to taste jam according to recipes from S.A. Tolstoy’s cookbook and taste historical varieties of apples and, at the same time, listen to detailed story about each variety.
Right historical photographs showed stories from the life of the rich apple orchards of the Yasnaya Polyana estate
This Saturday, September 15, the Antonov Apples festival will take place in ancient Kolomna. The main theme of the festival will be " Eternal values"It was not in vain that Kolomna was chosen for such a wonderful festival. It is here that traditions are carefully preserved and each of us has long known Kolomna pastila and kalachi.
We adore pastila and really love visiting Kolomna, and it’s definitely worth a look at the “CRAFT PARADE” in which townspeople, reenactors and representatives of the museums “Fragrant Joys”, “Kolomenskaya Pastila”, “Kalachnaya” will take part!
A real holiday will unfold in charming Kolomna, where everyone can feel like a resident of a beautiful Russian city with a rich and ancient history, but that's not all!
There will be so many delicious and unusual things at the fair that we obviously won’t be able to leave empty-handed. Game products from "Delicates-Game", organic rabbit meat from the Peasant Farm "Shikunov A.M.", natural cheeses without additives and preservatives from the Artem Ilinykh cheese factory, pumpkin jam, eco-chips and pumpkin tea from the family project "Kuma Pumpkin". Everything is natural, environmentally friendly and very tasty! Well, and of course, pastila!
There will also be theatrical performances, competitions and concerts. The festival program is extremely rich!
A specialized “Apple Express” will help us get to Kolomna, which will set off from the Kazansky railway station. Along the way, the guide will tell us about the history of Kolomna and the unknown Interesting Facts about pastila.
We are already in anticipation. Wait for our report!
AdvertisingIn a few days, the annual book festival with such a cute autumn “name Antonov Apples” will begin in the town of Kolomna near Moscow. Lovers will gather here again fiction, those who not only love to create, but also discuss and review other creations. At the festival, you can not only be interested in the latest fiction, but also have fun, watch master classes, and take part in competitions not only for adults, but also for children.
The city where the Antonov Apples festival will take place is famous for its gardens
Kolomna is the pearl of Russian gardening, whose roots go back to the 14th century! Residents of Kolomna have long cultivated extensive apple and cherry orchards, and the city was literally buried in their greenery. The sweetest, fragrant, golden and plump Kolomna apples were grown here, which were not disdained even at the royal court. IN XVIII-XIX centuries apples were the second (after meat) product that was exported throughout Russia and even abroad. There are still many apple orchards in Kolomna.
Karamzin wrote about it this way: “...Kolomna is famous for apples, cherries and other fruits. We eat them in Moscow...”
Residents of Kolomna continue the traditions of their ancestors, and every September Kolomna is fragrant with the aromas of apples - the literary and gastronomic festival “Antonov Apples” is held here, of which we invite you to become participants.
Beauty Kolomna is a wonderful pearl of Russian cities! Our acquaintance with the magnificent Kolomna will begin with a visit to the beautiful Kolomna Kremlin. Kolomna Fortress is the twin brother of the Moscow Kremlin. Here Dmitry Donskoy gathered troops, the Polish beauty Marina Mniszech languished in dungeons, Ivan the Terrible prayed for the salvation of his soul. This true masterpiece of Russian fortification has never been captured by an enemy for centuries and is included in the top ten “Wonders of Russia” as one of the most striking monuments of architecture and culture of our Motherland.
Guests will get acquainted with the architectural ensemble of the Kremlin's Cathedral Square, which is decorated with the majestic Assumption Cathedral, founded by Dmitry Donskoy in 1379. You will admire the beautiful Tikhvin Church with the adjacent unique hipped bell tower of the 17th century, the ancient Church of the Exaltation of the Cross and the stunning, pale blue Church of the Intercession of the Novo-Golutvin Monastery, restored by Matvey Kazakov himself.
VII Book Festival “Antonov Apples” supports the title of the Year of Cultural Heritage
On September 15, 2018, the VII International Apple and Book Festival “Antonov Apples” will take place in Kolomna near Moscow. On this Saturday, the city will turn into the literary capital of the Moscow region. main topic festival – Eternal Stories. Eternal stories are those that adults tell their children and grandchildren, those that we read in letters, postcards, diaries and books. They are heard in music and staged in the theater, passed down in recipes and written in books. In addition, in Europe 2018 has been declared the Year of Cultural heritage and Kolomna will also make its contribution when, on September 15, writers, readers, actors, and farmers share their stories. Due to the fact that this year the festival will be held a little later than usual, the aroma of Antonov apples that fills the city in the fall will be even more tart, new books promising long evenings in a cozy chair will be more desirable, and seasonal farm food with hot tea - more delicious.
The festival will not be limited only to events in Kolomna itself, but will also invite you on an “apple and literary journey” through the streets of the city and beyond. Cultural program International Festival“Antonov Apples” will not leave neither adults nor children unattended. This year, the Book Fair will host master classes, competitions, and games for children and adults. It will not be boring! Here are some of the participants of the Book Fair: The Rare Bird Publishing House (Neolit Publishing House) publishes children's fiction and educational literature, an example of which will be the book by Christina Anders presented at the festival “ Good night"translated by Katerina Gaidai. Katerina will conduct a master class “Draw Your Rare Bird” and tell readers about her books, for example, the book “Rails, Rails, Sleepers, Sleepers.” The MIF publishing house is very versatile, it publishes children's books, as well as books on self-development, creativity, business and marketing, healthy lifestyle and those that broaden one's horizons.
At the festival, MIF will present the books “My Herbarium. Leaves of trees", "The main thing in the history of art" "The Diary of Anne Frank". In addition, MIF will bring entertaining, beautiful educational games for the whole family and organize a holiday of tabletop fun. You can buy any game you like directly at the game library. One of the leading children's publishing houses in Russia is the CLEVER publishing house. In his arsenal are books for early development children, aids for the development of speech, attention, memory, fine motor skills, books for drawing, books for first independent reading, scientific, educational and artistic publications for different ages.
The publishing house will bring it to the festival new collection « main book baby" and Board games for ages 0+ and ad infinitum, unusual formats, quick games from 10 to 30 minutes and much more. The Antonov Apples festival offers an expanded theme “Bridges and Walls.” This year, very different writers will come to visit Kolomna: the winner of the “ Big Book» Lyudmila Ulitskaya and laureate literary prize“Yasnaya Polyana” Narine Abgaryan. Their creative meetings will definitely be full houses. Also, as part of the literary program, there will be a discussion “About literary creativity as “bridge construction,” in which the writer Yuri Nechiporenko, author of the book “#youmother. Motherhood with and without rules" Nadya Papudoglo and translator of Roald Dahl, editor of the Samokat publishing house Evgeniy Karpov. The meeting will be moderated by Fekla Tolstaya.
The theme of “Antonov Apples” was bridges and walls. During " Literary Odyssey“The organizers propose to build a bridge between two objects: a sofa and a suitcase. What connects them? Of course, walls. The walls of our home, where incredible journeys are dreamed up on our favorite sofa. And then a suitcase is pulled out from under the sofa, with which we set off. “Literary Odyssey: Sofa and Suitcase” covers a century and a half of Russian and Soviet literature, many countries and cities. Traveling with the authors famous works from our suitcases, the participants will create a map of the “Literary Odyssey” for themselves - a list of pleasant and useful sofa reading.
