Program of the II International Poetry Festival Meridian Poltava,
7-9 June 2019
Entrance to all the events is free of charge
Friday, June 7
11:00 UKR/SWD/ENG
Event: Informal conversation with the participants and organizers of the festival over coffee
Location: Hotel “Aristocrat”, 9а, Nebesnoi Sotni St.
11:30-12:30
Event: Transfer: Poltava – Reshetylivka
Departure: Hotel “Aristocrat”, Poltava, 9а, Nebesnoi Sotni St.
Participants: Everyone interested with pre-registration
12:45-13:30 UKR/SWD
Event: Poetry reading: Ukraine and Sweden
Location: Barrow, Reshetylivka
Participants: Kateryna Kalytko (Ukraine), Marie Tonkin (Sweden), Lars Palm (Sweden), moderator – Lilia Shutiak (Ukraine)
15:00-16:30 UKR/SWD/RUS
Event: Poetry reading: Ukraine and Sweden
Location: Reshetylivsky Regional House of Culture, Reshetylivka, 9, Pokrovska St.
Participants: Igor Pomerantsev (Great Britain – Ukraine), Yuri Izdryk (Ukraine), Angela Garcia (Sweden), Gunnar Harding (Sweden), moderator – Lilia Shutiak (Ukraine)
16:45-17:45
Event: Transfer: Reshetylivka – Poltava
Departure: Reshetylivsky Regional House of Culture, Reshetylivka, 9, Pokrovska St.
Participants: Everyone interested with pre-registration
18:30-19:15 UKR/SWD/ENG
Event: Formal opening of the festival
Location: Poltava City House of Culture, Independence Square, 5
Participants: Svyatoslav Pomerantsev, Oleksandr Bilenkyi, Valentyna Vozhdaenko, Oleksandr Tkachenko, Kateryna Kalytko (Ukraine); Ann Lingebrandt (Sweden), Swedish Embassy in Ukraine, moderator – Evgenia Lopata (Ukraine)
19:30-21:00 UKR
Event: Creative evening with Ada Rogovtseva
Location: Poltava City House of Culture, Independence Square, 5
Participants: Ada Rogovtseva, Kateryna Stepankova, Volodymyr Maliarenko (Ukraine)
21:30-22:30 UKR
Event: Literature-musical event with wine based on the novel by Olena Andreichykova “Shadows in profile”
Location: Restaurant “Chateau galerie”, 7, Evropeiska St.
Participants: Olena Andreichykova (Ukraine), supporting music by Svitlana Dudiak (Ukraine)
Saturday, June 8
11:30-12:00
Event: Transfer Poltava – The Field of the Great Poltava Battle
Departure: Hotel “Aristocrat”, 9а, Nebesnoi Sotni St.
Participants: Everyone interested with pre-registration
12:15-12:45 UKR/ENG
Event: Excursion in the museum “The Field of the Great Poltava Battle”
Location: Museum “The Field of the Great Poltava Battle”, 32, Shvedska Mohyla St.
Participants: Everyone interested
13:00-13:45 UKR/SWD
Event: Poetry reading at the museum “The Field of the Great Poltava Battle”
Location: Museum “The Field of the Great Poltava Battle”, 32, Shvedska Mohyla St.
Participants: Kateryna Kalytko (Ukraine), Gunnar Harding (Sweden), Lasse Söderberg (Sweden), moderator – Evgenia Lopata (Ukraine)
14:15-14:45
Event: Transfer The Field of the Great Poltava Battle – Poltava
Departure: Museum “The Field of the Great Poltava Battle”, 32, Shvedska Mohyla St.
Participants: Everyone interested with pre-registration
15:15-16:00 UKR
Event: Presentation of the book “The Country beyond Zbruch” by Oleksandr Boychenko
Location: Poltava Regional Library named after Ivan Kotliarevsky, 17, Nebesnoi Sotni St.
Participants: Oleksandr Boychenko (Ukraine), moderator – Lilia Shutiak (Ukraine)
16:15-17:00 UKR/SWD
Event: Poetry reading: Ukraine and Sweden
Location: Poltava Regional Library named after Ivan Kotliarevsky, 17, Nebesnoi Sotni St.
Participants: Serhiy Osoka (Ukraine), Lars Palm (Sweden), moderator – Evgenia Lopata (Ukraine)
17:30-18:15 UKR/RUS
Event: Presentation of the book “Can you hear me?” by Igor Pomerantsev
Location: The Poltava Museum of Local Lore named after Vasyl Krichevsky, 2, Konstytutsii St.
Participants: Igor Pomerantsev (Great Britain – Ukraine), moderator – Oleksandr Boychenko (Ukraine)
18:45-19:30 UKR
Event: Creative evening with Ivan Malkovych
Location: Theatre named after Mykola Gogol, 23 Sobornosti St.
Participants: Ivan Malkovych (Ukraine)
19:45-20:30 UKR
Event: Creative evening with Yuri Izdryk
Location: Theatre named after Mykola Gogol, 23 Sobornosti St.
Participants: Yuri Izdryk (Ukraine)
21:00 UKR/RUS
Event: Victoria Poleva chamber dedication concert “Gotland. Message to the island”
Location: Theatre Square, open stage (in case of rain – Theatre named after Mykola Gogol)
Participants: Victoria Poleva (grand piano), Nazgul Shukaeva (vocal), Andriy Pavlov (violin), Artem Poludennyi (violoncello), Yuri Nemyrovsky (clarinet), Igor Yermak (flute), Oleg Pahomov (marimba)
23:00 UKR
Event: Concert-presentation of the collection “Not Me, But Him” by Oleg Kadanov
Location: Tse-bar, 14, Kotliarevskoho St.
Participants: Oleg Kadanov (Ukraine)
Sunday, June 9
10:30-12:00 UKR/ENG
Event: Walking tour around Poltava
Guides: Artur Aroyan, Olesia Achkasova
Location: Theatre named after Mykola Gogol, 23, Sobornosti St.
Participants: Everyone interested
12:15-13:00 UKR/SWD
Event: Poetry reading: Sweden
Location: Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, 2, Ostogradski St.
Participants: Lasse Söderberg, Angela Garcia (Sweden), moderator – Evgenia Lopata (Ukraine)
13:15-14:00 UKR
Event: Presentation of the new collection of short stories “District “D” by Artem Cheh
Location: Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, 2, Ostogradski St.
Participants: Artem Cheh (Ukraine), moderator – Oleksandr Boychenko (Ukraine)
14:30-15:15 UKR/RUS/SWD
Event: Poetry reading: Ukraine and Sweden
Location: Poltava Art Museum named after Mykola Yaroshenko, 5, Evropeiska St.
Participants: Igor Pomerantsev (Great Britain – Ukraine), Marie Tonkin (Sweden), moderator – Lilia Shutiak (Ukraine)
15:30-16:15 UKR
Event: Presentation of the poetry collection “No one here knows us, and we don’t know anyone” by Kateryna Kalytko
Location: Poltava Art Museum named after Mykola Yaroshenko, 5, Evropeiska St.
Participants: Kateryna Kalytko (Ukraine), moderator – Oleksandr Boychenko (Ukraine)
16:45-17:30 UKR/RUS
Event: Presentation of children’s art-book “Manual of a (Not-so-young) Father” by Peter Zalmayev
Location: Poltava Regional Library for children named after Panas Myrnyi, 17, Nebesnoi Sotni St.
Participants: Peter Zalmayev (Україна), moderator – Serhiy Zhadan (Ukraine)
18:00-18:45 UKR
Event: Presentation of the novel “Mondegreen. Songs about death and love” by Volodymyr Rafeenko
Location: The Poltava Museum of Local Lore named after Vasyl Krichevsky, 2, Konstytutsii St.
Participants: Volodymyr Rafeenko (Ukraine), moderator – Oleksandr Boychenko (Ukraine)
19:15-20:15 UKR/SWD
Event: Poetry reading: Ukraine and Sweden
Location: White Rotunda (in case of rain – Holy Assumption Cathedral, 1, Soborna Square
Participants: Serhiy Zhadan (Ukraine), Gunnar Harding (Sweden), moderator – Evgenia Lopata (Ukraine)
21:00 UKR
Event: Concert of the band “Mannerheim Line”, official closure of the festival
Location: Theatre Square, open stage (in the case of rain – Theatre named after Mykola Gogol)
Participants: Serhiy Zhadan, Oleg Kadanov, Yevhen Turchynov (Ukraine)