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ФЕСТИВАЛЬ “SHAKESPEARE 400 CHICAGO”. КРАТКИЙ ПУТЕВОДИТЕЛЬ

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INTERVIEW WITH SYLVESTER STALLONE

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MEET TESLA MODEL X

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HOW BALLROOM DANCE HELPS YOU STAY FIT, MIND & BODY

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VALENTINE’S DAY GLAMOUR

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DR. IRV'S HEALTH TIPS: VAGINAL REJUVENATION

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BEST DATE NIGHT STYLES FOR WOMEN AND MEN

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ЛИЗА КАЙМИН: “МОЙ ПРИОРИТЕТ – НОВОСТИ”

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BREITLING JET TEAM AMERICAN TOUR WATCHES

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MAKING THE WORLD A PRETTIER PLACE A Q&A WITH LEON OKS, FOUNDER OF ICANVAS

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“КРАСАВИЦА И ЧУДОВИЩЕ” НОВАЯ ПОСТАНОВКА СТАРОЙ СКАЗКИ

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EDUARD KALIKA TRANSCENDING THE NORMS OF COACHING

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CREATIVE GIFTS FOR YOUR S.O.

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NEW YEAR, NEW SKILLS: LOS CABOS HOTELS PROVIDE TRAVELERS WITH A LEARNING EXPERIENCE

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SHOREDITCH, LONDON

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ИСПАНИЯ: ТРИ РЕСТОРАНА ДЛЯ ГУРМАНОВ

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WHAT IS PACZKI DAY?

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WHERE TO WINE & DINE ON VALENTINE’S DAY

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ere in Chicago, we never know what will grab our attention faster in February – the cold weather, or the excitement of Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day is probably one of nicest holidays of the season.

Besides the fact that you are able to give a present and tell your dear one how much you enjoy your time together, there are so many other possibilities and ways to keep yourself entertained this time of year. After all, the cold weather has given us the opportunity to step out of our comfort zone and not be afraid of it. We can enjoy limitless possibilities where to eat, drink and even take pleasure in that cup of hot chocolate in a nice warm place when it is freezing outside.

In this issue, we advise on the best places to travel so you can enjoy all the different parts of the globe. This time, Michael Oz happily transports you to beautiful Spain to enjoy exquisite Spanish-inspired delicatessens and worldclass wines native to this incredible country. Also joining us this issue is young Russian-speaking interpreter, Leon Oks, mastermind of iCanvas (Art) in Morton Grove. Lastly, our new contributor, Serge Rakhlin, chairman of the foreignlanguage film committee of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, talks one-on-one with Golden Globe winner, Sylvester Stallone about his revived role as Rocky Balboa.

Liza Kaymin, New York’s prominent Russian TV news anchor, graces our cover this month. Liza is a popular and well-respected Journalist, TV Host and Actress.

Read more about her in our exclusive interview by Alexander Rozbam on pg 30.

So this month, don’t let the cold weather stop you from trying new things. We have many great spots where and how you can enjoy your Valentine’s Day, and the rest of the month. And don’t forget to put on your dance shoes! Features Editor, Monica Dolecka, shares important health and social benefits of ballroom dance, and why ballroom dance is a great routine to better health.

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Contributors

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Alice Smelyansky

Александр Розбам

Becky Yeker

Diala Joseph

is a senior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she is currently studying journalism. When she’s not coming up with corny headlines and editing stories, Alice enjoys practicing hot yoga, going to concerts, reading, and pretending to watch critically-acclaimed TV shows.

Програмный директор ReklamaRadio. Известный в русскоязычной Америке радиожурналист, в течении последних 20 лет работал на радиостанциях Нью Йорка и Чикаго, автор и ведущий широкого спектра программ на ReklamaRadio

is a student at DePaul University double majoring in Media & Cinema Studies and Public Relations/Advertising with a minor in Creative Writing. She is the Managing Editor of Hooligan Magazine, a webzine that celebrates art. She spends her time freelancing, prose editing for literary magazines, working as a barista, and interning at an entertainment advertising agency on Michigan Avenue.

is a North Shore wife and mother of two. Her eclectic interests range from, exploring foreign languages, traveling, politics, history, and health & wellness. However, Diala’s true passion is fashion, through, which she believes, we are able to reinvent and discover ourselves and connect with the world around us.

Serge Rakhlin

Сергей Элькин

is a member of the board of directors at HFPA (Hollywood Foreign Press Association) and serves as chairman of the foreign-language film committee for the organization, which nominates the best of the film industry for the prestigious Golden Globe award. Serge is also currently the organization’s Executive Secretary. This January marked the 6th year he has served as Executive Producer of the Golden Globes ceremony on NBC. Additional merits include being a screenwriter of several motion picture movies and documentary films.

Журналист. Родился в Минске. С 2001 года живет и работает в Чикаго. Автор более двух с половиной тысяч публикаций, среди которых статьи, интервью, рецензии на темы кино, театра, оперы, балета и академической музыки. Регулярно печатается в газете “Reklama”. Автор и бессменный ведущий музыкальной радиопрограммы “Свободный стиль”. Корреспондент журнала "Opera News" в США. Публиковался во многих газетах и журналах России, Беларуси, Великобритании, США.

Михаил Осиповский (Michael Oz) – журналист и путешественник. Цель – посмотреть 100 стран и понять, как устроен мир. Пока побывал в 72 странах. Учился в МГУ им. М.В.Ломоносова в Москве, Гаванском Университете на Кубе, Northwestern University в Чикаго. Член Союза журналистов России и г. Москвы. Автор и ведущий еженедельной радиопрограммы “Vacation Magazine”, которая выходит каждую субботу с 12 и до часу дня на волне Chicago1430 AM.

Ruby Nichols is an ex-ad executive who decided to pursue her penchant for travel, fashion and design by creating Almanac of Style -– a guide for the well-traveled and wellput-together. The Texas native now resides in sunny LA with her husband, Jason and son, Dashiell. Together, they’re on a mission to see all edges of the world -– in style, of course!

DEAR FRIENDS:

Each year around this time, I remind myself how lucky I am to have a healthy family, a comfortable home, a job that I love, and people around me who make each day’s challenges a bit easier to face.

I am deeply thankful and don’t take anything for granted.

I also recognize there are far too many people in this country and around the world whose lives are a daily struggle for survival. My challenges cannot possibly be compared to theirs.

Let us take this season to not only give thanks for what we have, but to find in ourselves a heightened level of compassion for those less fortunate, and to act on it.

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5–14 февраля. белорусский свободный театр (беларусь): “Король Лир” (“king lear”) У.Шекспира. Перед Летними Олим-

пийсками играми 2012 года лондонский театр “Глобус” провел свою Олимпиаду – Театральную. По условиям организаторов фестиваля тридцать семь пьес Ш експира прозвучали на тридцати семи языках силами тридцати семи национальных театров. Беларуси в лице Свободного театра досталась одна из главных шекспировских Жемчужин – бессмертный “Король Лир”. Спектакль прошел два раза – 17 и 18 мая 2012 года – с феноменальным успехом. Руководитель “Глобуса” Доминик Дромгул назвал белорусскую версию “Короля Лира” “самым точным прочтением классической пьесы, которое он видел в жизни”. Спектакль идет на белорусском языке с английскими субтитрами. Перевод – Юрка Гаврук. Сценическая адаптация – арт-директор театра Николай Халезин.

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Я давно подозревал, что Шекспир (15641616) родился, жил и творил в Чикаго! в городе процветает Шекспировский театр, почти постоянно идут пьесы великого барда, оперы, балеты, симфонические сочинения, написанные на основе его творений. летом в парках Чикаго проходят бесплатные спектакли по пьесам все того же Шекспира (в то время, как все остальные спектакли – не в парках и не бесплатно). режиссеры то и дело “замахиваются на вильяма”, и делают это довольно успешно. билеты раскупаются, залы полны, народ ликует. Шекспира чтит город и все его обитатели. “наш вильям, наш Шекспир”. еще одно подтверждение моей версии – грандиозный фестиваль “Shakespeare 400 chicago”, приуроченный к четырехсотлетию со дня смерти

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Шекспира. на пресс-конференции мэр Чикаго рам Эмануэль гордо заявлял: “Чикаго станет центром шекспировских торжеств. более тысячи артистов со всего мира съедутся в наш город. Чикаго превратится в центр мирового туризма...”. в общем, англия такого не видела, а мир и не увидит. (по крайней мере, до 2064 года – пятисотлетия со дня рождения Шекспира.) в течение 2016 года в Чикаго пройдут более восьмисот пятидесяти мероприятий! среди них – спектакли и концерты, литературные вечера и выставки, презентации и дегустации в театрах и концертных залах, школах и библиотеках, музеях и ресторанах... театр, музыка, живопись, танец, еда – все освящено именем барда, все подчинено ему! Центральным событием торжеств станет Международный фестиваль, объединяющий все жанры и направления театра и музыки. вот некоторые из наиболее важных событий февральской программы.

13 февраля, 11.00 и 12.45 pm. Чикагский симфонический оркестр и Чикагский шекспировский театр: “сон в летнюю ночь” (“A midsummer night's Dream”) Ф.Мендельсона. На фоне музыки не-

мецкого композитора актеры Шекспировского театра разыгрывают сцены из комедии Шекспира “Сон в летнюю ночь”. Представления предназначены для детей в возрасте от пяти лет.

13 и 20 февраля, 8.00 pm; 14 и 21 февраля, 4.00 pm. “chicago a cappella” и Чикагский шекспировский театр: “Shakespeare a capella”. Совместные концерты ак-

теров Шекспировского театра и музыкального коллектива “Chicago a cappella”. Сонеты Шекспира, фрагменты из его драматических произведений звучат на фоне музыки композиторов разных эпох.

17–21 февраля. oxford playhouse (великобритания): “санчо: акт памяти” (“Sancho: an Act of Remembrance”). В центре спекта-

кля – жизнь английского композитора, актера, писателя Игнатиуса Санчо (1729-1780). Он родился на работорговом судне, но никогда не был рабом. Его рисовал Томас Гейнсборо – в Национальной галерее Канады висит его портрет. Среди его друзей был актер и хозяин театра Дэвид Гаррик, игравший всех главных шекспировских героев. Герцог Джон Монтегю любил поговорить с ним о философии и давал ему книги из личной библиотеки. В 1774

году Санчо стал первым человеком африканского происхождения, голосовавшим на выборах в Великобритании. После себя он оставил книгу “Письма позднего Игнатия Санчо, африканца”, в которой, многократно цитируя Шекспира, описал все мерзости рабства. В общем, личность была незаурядная, и спектакль о нем заслуживает особого внимания. Автор инсценировки и исполнитель – известный английский актер, член труппы Royal Shakespeare Company Джозеф Паттерсон.

17 февраля – 10 апреля. Чикагский шекспировский театр: “Отелло” У.Шекспира. После гостей фе-

стиваля “в бой” вступают хозяева – Чикагский шекспировский театр. Новую инсценировку “Отелло” готовит для нас английский режиссер Джонатан МанДжозеф Паттерсон в спектакле “Санчо: акт памяти”. Фото – Роберт Дей

Сцена из балета “Отелло”. Фото – Courtesy Gamburg Ballet

источник вдохновения для многих великих композиторов. Не устоял перед соблазном и французский гений Шарль Гуно. Получилась безумно красивая опера, более ста пятидесяти лет не сходящая со сцен ведущих оперных театров мира. В главных партиях: Джульетта – Сюзанна Филлипс, Ромео – Джозеф Каллея и Эрик Катлер. Дирижер – французский маэстро Эмануэль Виллауме.

23–24 февраля, 7.30 pm. Гамбургский балет (Германия): “Отелло”.

Еще одна интерпретация шекспировской драмы о ревности – на этот раз балетная. Второй раз в Чикаго приезжает легендарный Гамбургский балет Джона Ноймайера. “Отелло” поставлен на музыку Арво Пярта, Альфреда Шнитке и бразильского джазового музыканта Нана Васкончелос. Музыкальное сопровождение – Чикагский филармонический оркестр.

26-27 февраля, 7.00 pm. Forced Entertainment (Великобритания): “(IN) Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare”. Экспериментальная ан-

би. Он несколько раз ставил спектакли в США. В Шекспировском театре дебютировал в сезоне 2013-14 годов со спектаклем “Юлий Цезарь”. “Отелло” – вторая работа режиссера в Чикаго. Действие спектакля будет происходить на военной базе США. Манби говорит, что тем самым он хочет “усилить чувство напряженности, зависимости и страха аутсайдера перед мнением большинства”. Роль Отелло исполнит член труппы Steppenwolf Theatre Джеймс Винсент Мередит.

глийская труппа из города Шеффилд (графство Саут-Йоркшир) показывает спектакли, которые я бы перевел как “Настольный Шекспир”. Чтобы их играть, актерам нужен стол размером в один квадратный метр, бытовые предметы и посуда: горшок с солью и перцем, линейка, ложки, кастрюли... Все предметы помещаются на столе, все страсти разыгрываются там же. Всего у труппы – тридцать шесть спектаклей. В Чикаго за два вечера мы увидим восемь... Подобного рода эксперимент актеры уже один раз проделали с книгой “Тысяча и одна ночь”. После успеха представлений актеры взялись за тома шекспировского наследия.

27 февраля, 7.30 pm. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel: “Музыка во времена Шекспира”. Концерт хора

Decani – профессионального музыкального коллектива при Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. В программе: “Ламентации” английского композитора Томаса Таллиса (1505-1585), другие произведения композиторов елизаветинской эпохи, а также сочинения Шуламита Рана на тексты Шекспира.

Сцена из спектакля “Король Лир”. Фото – Николай Халезин

22 февраля – 19 марта. Лирикопера Чикаго: “Ромео и Джульетта” Ш.Гуно. Творчество Шекспира –

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inteRview with SYlVeSTeR STalloNe RECENTLY WINNING THE 2016 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD FOR “BEST PERFORMANCE

BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE” FOR HIS ROLE AS “ROCKY BALBOA” IN THE FILM CREED, SYLVESTER STALLONE HAS ALSO BEEN NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR. DID You aT aNY PoINT IN THe laST 15 oR 20 YeaRS THINk You WoulD INHaBIT THIS CHaRaCTeR aGaIN? HoW DID THIS WHole THING CoMe ToGeTHeR?

Well, after Rocky Five, I was kind of sad how that turned out and I made it my life’s quest to do just one more. And it’s not easy for a sixty year old boxer to get financing (Stallone is 69 years old now – S.R.), who is following a fifteen year old film that wasn’t as successful, meaning Rocky Five. So when that was done and complete, I thought that was it. We had a mission accomplished and I was happy about it and I put it to rest and thought this is the highlight of my career. Rocky is done and done well. And then this fellow came in from Oakland who had ambition who wasn’t even born until after Rocky Four [Laughs]. And he knew the movies better than me and I thought I can’t do this because what he was asking was to go into

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a very dark place, at least for Rocky, and it was something I wasn’t familiar with. So I said, I don’t think I can do justice to your screenplay. Then he does Fruitvale Station and wins award to award and this is what he wants to do and is being offered all sorts of wonderful jobs by the studios. Then he wants to do Creed. So I realized that his heart was really into this as much as mine when I was 29 years old doing the first [movie]. So my wife goes, don’t be such a coward and I went. Well maybe someone else can get sick and I will help them, [Laughs] and I said, I just don’t want to know if people want to see Rocky like that.

And that’s when it dawned on me. I said it’s not about Rocky, it’s about “Creed”, the new character, and I am there supporting him. And once I made that adjustment I went, oh right, it’s not Rocky, it’s about this young man’s journey. And my journey is pretty much over. And then I was really very grateful to him.

So THIS TIMe You aRe oN THe oTHeR SIDe oF THe RoPeS. HoW MuCH DID You eNJoY THaT aND WeRe You aT aNY TIMe WISHING You CoulD PuT oN THe GloVeS?

Yes. It’s true. It’s tough to take the gloves off mentally, but your body goes: don’t do that anyway, [laughs] don’t do that anymore.

So yes, I was very excited when I saw that what Michael B. Jordan doing was extraordinary and I think he trained harder than I had ever trained and he performed really well. Quite often, those fights, especially the couple ones in the gym, got out of hand and they were real. I realized that he had accepted the fighter’s mentality.

But being behind the ropes…I don’t enjoy it anymore. I just am grateful and try to be as real as I can in this role. [I thought] You are his father now, you are his protector, and then it became wonderful.

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aT a TIMe, oNe PuNCH aT a TIMe, oNe RouND aT a TIMe. BuT WHaT IS SYlVeSTeR STalloNe’S MaNTRa IN lIFe?

[Laughs] Oh my God! Well, let’s say it’s more like ten steps at a time and then nine of them are wrong, so it’s hard to say what my mantra is, but try not to be afraid of anything. Just try to do things now in acting or writing, or directing that you are afraid of, that are different. Cause I was very afraid of this, very afraid and I postponed it for two years and then I said, you know, why am I afraid and then something happened. So my thing is: “without fear.”

but that can turn into warfare, [laughs].

It’s just too much. But I think, especially in my film career, that I started out a certain way and something presented itself that I was on fence about. But it was the birth of a different kind of action film and it was almost an accident. I realized First Blood was something that I had never seen before; the character spoke visually for the whole movie and was just a different kind of character. And next thing I know, I am kind of intrigued by this. I didn’t do

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I was somewhat dyslexic as a kid, so school work and reading was very difficult. And back then, they didn’t know the word dyslexic; they just thought you were a little dumb [laughs]. And so I started painting and painting led into writing because I said if I could paint the image when I think about a story, then I can’t write it until I can see it. So I would paint Rocky first and then write the screenplay because then I knew what he looked like, instead of just writing: the man is fighting. I don’t know what to say – does he have blonde hair and blue eyes, this or that? So it all sort of came as a child, but I never thought I would end up doing it for a living at all. [In Life], don’t just be an actor. Just try everything until you have exhausted all your artistic abilities and just keep going without fear. Just don’t be afraid to fail. lookING BaCk oN YouR lIFe FRoM THIS PoINT, WHaT WoulD You HaVe DoNe DIFFeReNTlY, BoTH IN YouR CaReeR aND IN YouR lIFe?

If we could all rewrite our life, my God! You know, unfortunately, we are not born with wisdom and wisdom usually comes with mistakes and you go okay, now I know [laughs].That sort of thing. So, I would have approached my private relationships totally different and looked for less competitive circumstances. Sometimes you get married and you are with someone where you go: oh that’s a very exciting dynamic,

IT’S NOT ROCKY, IT’S ABOUT THIS YOUNG MAN’S JOURNEY. AND MY JOURNEY IS PRETTY MUCH OVER. AND THEN I WAS REALLY VERY GRATEFUL TO HIM enough dramatic stuff, so I kind of started to go with this, and it’s almost finished now.

It’s a kind of a twenty year period of these interesting action films that represented the 80s and 90s that went away. It’s not being done anymore. And I just became kind of

captivated. If I have just one kind of regret, I wish that I had been maybe a little bit more versatile and challenged myself in different areas.

You MeNTIoNeD THaT aDoNIS BeCoMeS lIke RoCkY’S CHIlD. So CaN You PleaSe Talk aBouT loVe IN GeNeRal aND THe loVe You HaVe FoR YouR CHIlDReN?

Well, yeah it is. Love has the ability to take you to heaven and unfortunately take you to hell at the same time.

Yet it’s the one thing I think is a necessary component to make life worthwhile and worth living.

It might not even be a person, but love of whatever you are doing and something that just consumes you. And children… it’s very complicated, at least with the way I have had children, it’s been quite a journey. And I have learned that you are so educated in some ways and so foolish in others because you try to be the best parent you can and I find myself really paying attention to my children now and just letting them grow on their own and not be so dominating. It’s wonderful because I learned, especially when you have three daughters, you never win, ever [laughs]. So I surrender and I raised this flag like I surrender and my life has been so joyous. They go, I love you daddy… and I go, I love you too. [laughter]. And it’s perfect.

So to answer you, children can drive you crazy but they can also drive you to ecstasy with pride and they can make you smile.

They do everything, but there is a point where you have to let go and hope you have done the right job raising them and just sit back and watch the show begin, meaning their life. It’s very much like what we tried to accomplish with Creed. At the beginning, Adonis literally has been reborn and that’s why I hope there is another film, because I want to see where Ryan (director Coogler) wants to take him. Not where I want to take him, but where Ryan wants to take him.

BoXeRS FIGHT To WIN. WHaT DoeS WINNING MeaN To You?

There are different levels of winning. Going back to Rocky One, he realizes that no matter how much he prepares, he can’t win.

He just can’t win. The other fellow is that much superior. So winning, to me, is setting goals that you think you can accomplish.

That is a win, and not being so ambitious CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 

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because he was very physical. But I don’t know if I really ever got to know him because he was more like an older brother and he didn’t act like a father per se. So the male image that really affected me was in cinema. I looked at the films they were making in the 50s where you have Sinbad, Hercules or Achilles, or The Vikings with Kirk Douglas, and Spartacus. I don’t know why but they were a tremendous influence on me. It just touched a nerve. And maybe that’s why I was drawn towards physical roles, because I was so influenced by them when I was ten and eleven, and twelve, and thirteen. Magnificent Seven … my God, after I saw that film, I came home and was jumping from couch to chair, and couch to chair. Literally, it was revolutionary to me.

that you set yourself up for failure. For example, when I want to do something, I want to be the greatest Shakespearian actor. I can’t [laughs]. It’s just not going to happen, so why am I attempting to do this?

Winning to me is being able to accomplish a goal that is within your abilities, and to strive for that. Don’t be envious of another man’s abilities because he is superior. You may be superior in another way, but not in his way. So winning to me is adjusting your goals to your ability.

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Well first of all, she is independent and has created her own life. So what she brings is an independent thought and a sense of honesty where I can’t lie to this person because she knows the truth. For example, when she talked to me about doing this film, she said, either be a man or do it the way it’s written and don’t vacillate and don’t try and change it. Let someone play the sick part and you play someone else.

So there’s kind of a nurturing quality that I think women have. It’s just in them and they tend to see the big picture, especially when relating to their husbands or male figures. They tend to know instinctively how to instruct their men and how to protect and guide them. Sometimes you just can’t fight it and there’s a female intuition that tends to know more, whereas a man can get excited about something, but he doesn’t think of

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SO THE MALE IMAGE THAT REALLY AFFECTED ME WAS IN CINEMA. . . AND MAYBE THAT’S WHY I WAS DRAWN TOWARDS PHYSICAL ROLES, BECAUSE I WAS SO INFLUENCED BY THEM. . . the big picture. And I think that women do, and that’s what she [my wife] brings to our marriage; a kind of nurturing truth. aND WHaT Do You lIke To Do ToGeTHeR?

Oh well, it’s embarrassing [laughs]. We play with our little dogs in the backyard. Oh God, I said it! I can’t believe it! You thought I was going to say I like to climb mountains or something [laughs].

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Well my father was kind of like Rambo. He was a very tough immigrant so he was a very hard working, rough guy. And I would borrow certain things when I was thinking about Rambo, the certain movements,

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Well, it gets me very emotional when I get to the steps because I went there when I was 12 and 13 years old, and there wasn’t much built around there then, just this incredible museum and who would know that I would be coming back to these things fifty years later. That spot is my favorite spot in the world because everything happened there and I feel this magnificent building behind me and look out at that beautiful parkway with these flags and there is an incredible city hall. It just feels so expansive.

It’s just a magical place and you go – am I really in Philadelphia or am I in something like city of Oz? It’s a magical place for me. So I have become very, very touched because I feel like up there, you can see all your successes and you can relive your mistakes and all of the joyous moments you had. The sad ones too, and it’s just a very contemplative area for me. Sometimes I go back alone to where Rocky’s house is and that nearly desolate street. It just changed my life and it was at the beginning that I was born that night. So I love that area.

Those two spots really, really get me.

WaS IT IMPoRTaNT To HaVe THaT MoMeNT oF You GoING BaCk uP THe STaIRS?

At the very end? Yes. Choosing how to play that was important. Do you go up those steps triumphant – or do you go up there as a man who needs this other man to support him? We had seen Rocky run up these steps and now he can’t do it alone. So it was very emotional. Really emotional, and I loved it.

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More than ever, people are joining the dance movement to become healthier, both mentally and physically, and to advance their social circle and lead a happier and more fulfilling life.

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It seems nowadays that the notion of getting enough exercise is becoming more of a way of life than a fly-by-night fad. With the surplus of healthy living tips available to us on the internet, it seems that if we want better health, all we have to do is turn on our phone or laptop and health is just a click away. Hundreds, and possibly thousands, of health and green living articles sweep us off our feet every day. New info on how to be healthier is constantly thrown at us. However, much of this info is based on changing our diet (which is important, of course) but we need to also add movement into the equation. Creative movement.

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The thought of dancing could be intimidating at first. You may find yourself thinking, Wait, but I’m not a dancer. I’ve never danced in my life! Well, it’s about that time to change that restrictive mentality.

How does dance do the trick?

Firstly, engaging in dance strengthens cognitive activity in the brain by reinforcing (synaptic) connections, those responsible for improving mental acuity like memory sharpness, and fine motor skills in activities like driving, cooking, writing and exercising. A 2014 vivafifty.com article justified, “When learning a new dance, students have to remember certain moves, which correlate with the beat of the music. Our brain connects these new movements to the music, which helps us remember them. Kind of like when kids learn their ABCs by singing them.”

When we move, our brain releases endorphins, often called the “feel-good” chemicals, which are released by the pituitary gland and have an almost instant positive effect on our mood. Increased endorphins make us happier (like the high we feel when we first fall in love).

Ballroom dance also increases blood circulation throughout the

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So not only is ballroom dancing fun and mentally engaging, you’re also getting your recommended dose of exercise. It’s simple: when you move, your body is healthy and eventually tells your brain, Hey, be happy too!

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Ballroom dance allows us to “be in the moment. We often hear about people wanting to be more connected to the present moment, and to enjoy it. Well, that is possible – if you really want it.

Ballroom dance encourages us to stay engaged with others through actual physical contact, but also influences us to stay mentally connected to others –a connection that continually builds, and grows stronger over time. Dancing, especially ballroom, makes us more socially aware of our environment and our body, at the same time, and forces us to get away from the cyber world. It’s pretty difficult to tweet an update while fox-trotting!!

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Лиза, если бы меня спросили, кто является лицом телеканала RTVi, я бы, не задумываясь, назвал тебя. Поэтому позволь мне задать тебе несколько вопросов. Вечерние новости, которые ты читаешь, часто бывают шокирующими. Как тебе удается себя сдерживать при этом?

Просто стараюсь отключать свои чувства перед тем, как сесть перед камерой. В профессии тележурналиста нет места эмоциям, нужно научиться отключаться, особенно в новостной журналистике. Информация должна быть максимально объективной. За многие годы работы на телевидении случалось ли тебе хоть на секунду проявить свои эмоции в прямом эфире?

Один раз я зевнула в прямом эфире. Это считается? Почему-то именно турецкие интернет-страницы размножили это видео. Но это казус, а не эмоции. Иногда прорывался смех в прямом эфире при смешных оговорках, сюжетах. Как-то раз прослезилась на одном из сюжетов. Но все же могу сказать, что умею контролировать свои эмоции. Думаю, тебе подошла бы вечерняя развлекательная программа. Ведь ты – очень позитивный человек.

У меня есть такие планы, но не на самое близкое будущее. Пока ничего рассказать не могу, кроме того, что мне это было бы очень интересно. Но мой приоритет – новости. Я умею их подавать и получаю от этого несказанное удовольствие. но ты также делаешь репортажи с различных светских мероприятий, освещаешь события, связанные с модой, искусством.

Cвобода дает человеку возможность проявить индивидуальность

Как раз этой ниши мне хватает для проявления своих эмоций. Одно из самых любимых мероприятий, вызывающее наплыв эмоций и слезы на глазах – Неделя моды в НьюЙорке, в особенности показы Ральфа Лорена, замечательного американского дизайнера. то, какое впечатление производит на тебя Ральф Лорен обусловлено тем, что вы оба прониклись одной атмосферой. Ральф Лорен вырос в Бруклине, ты тоже достаточно давно живешь в нью-Йорке...

Да, мы видим город с одного ракурса. Испытываешь потрясающую свободу, а вокруг тебя разнообразие, то, как люди одеваются, например. И эта свобода дает человеку возможность проявить индивидуальность. ты сказала, что Ральф Лорен заинтересовал тебя в рамках нью-йоркской недели моды. а в глобальном масштабе кому ты отдаешь предпочтение?

В последнее время увлекаюсь японскими дизайнерами. Как и любая женщина, люблю Шанель. Что касается обуви – Casadei и Джузеппе Занотти. на твоей странице в фейсбуке ты – в обнимку с Жаном Полем Готье.

На этой фотографии я даже в платье от Готье. В Нью-Йорке принято приходить на показы дизайнеров в их вещах. а Готье узнал на тебе свою вещь?

Он не подал виду. Общение было очень приятным, открытым, не пафосным. Мы встретились на его выставке в Бруклине. Он вообще очень интересный дизайнер, делал много ПРОДОЛЖЕНИЕ НА СТР. 32 

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костюмов для сцены. Это не совсем готовое платье. Он специализируется на эпатажных вещах. Например, на лица манекенов проецировались видеозаписи лиц известных людей. Манекены производили впечатление живых людей. ты так же была замечена в обществе Вячеслава Зайцева, легенды для всех выходцев из советского союза.

Он тоже очень приятен в общении, эпатажен. К нам в студию он пришел в юбке, гольфах и камзоле, расшитом в русском стиле. Люди творческих профессий дольше остаются молодыми. на балах, светских мероприятиях тебе приходится общаться с различными людьми. Были ли неформальные поползновения со стороны звезд в отношении тебя?

Назовем это – знакомство. Самое благоприятное впечатление из звезд произвел Уильям Болдуин. Очень приятен в общении, галантен. Забавное интервью было с Шарлем Азнавуром. Я опоздала к началу, но он ничем не показал неудовольствия, осыпал меня комплиментами. Сара Джессика Паркер – кумир всех женщин моего поколения. не мечтала ли ты о карьере в кино? Ведь ты чем-то схожа с сарой Джессикой.

Хотя по образованию я драматическая актриса, никогда не хотела, чтобы эта профессия стала основной. Недавно прочитала, что пришлось пережить Леонардо ДиКаприо на съемках “Выжившей”, мне такого не надо. Я писала для издания “Сноб”, но скоро забросила это, так как читалось оно только в России, и люди не верили, что все, о чем я писала, происходило в реальности. Разница взглядов, менталитета. Меня всегда шокировало отношение в России к женщинам возраста пятьдесят плюс.

Согласна. Но это навязано обществу СМИ, то, что после сорока жизнь заканчивается. В этом огромная разница между российским и американским менталитетами. Когда я уезжала из России, после двадцати пяти женщина “выходила в тираж”. В Америке мужчины за тридцать, готовые к серьезным отношениям, уж точно не хотят иметь их с молоденькой девочкой. твои отношения с мужчинами?

У меня были длительные отношения. Мой первый муж – на одиннадцать лет старше меня, а второй – на девять лет младше. Трудно сказать, кто из них был больше мужчиной в каких-то жизненных ситуациях. Идеальных людей не бывает, у каждого есть достоинства и недостатки. Вопрос в том, на какие недостатки ты готов закрыть глаза ради достоинств. Мужчина и в пятьдесят лет – в расцвете сил. Нужно определить, что вы хотите от отношений, и в соответствии с понятиями рассматривать кандидатов. Как ты обычно отдыхаешь?

Главное для меня – общение с друзьями. Иногда люблю побыть одна. а есть ли сокровенная мечта?

Своей жизнью я очень довольна. А что касается мечты, я бы хотела путешествовать столько, сколько хочется. Кстати, никогда не была в Чикаго и надеюсь скоро туда поехать. беседОвал ал. рОзбаМ

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mAking the woRlD A pRettieR plAce A Q&A WITH LEON OKS, FOUNDER OF ICANVAS

by MoNICa DoleCka From a young age, leon oks knew how to inspire others. motivating people came naturally to him and today, he continues to put his talents to good use. As a young boy, leon would shovel driveways and sidewalks for extra money. he earned this money not for himself, but for his parents, who did everything so that he and his sister could have a bright future. leon’s talent to draw people into what he did eventually piloted him to launch a successful online business. As president of icanvas, one of the biggest e-commerce canvas art vendors and manufacturers, leon’s journey to his “dream job” has been fun, challenging and rewarding. And while motivated to keep his business at the top, leon never forgets to give back to the community. he is constantly engaged in various philanthropic projects, one of which includes helping build soccer programs for teens at local flagships high schools.

Rmag: Where from Russia are you from and was the impetus behind you moving to the uS?

oks: I’m from Minsk, Belarus.

I’ve been here since ’91 but I still consider myself Russian because I left when Minsk was still part of USSR. So I still haven’t completely transformed telling others I’m Belorussian. Also, if I tell people I’m from Minsk, it’s a longer explanation than if I just say I’m Russian [Laughs].

Being a Jewish family in Russia, while the country was going through transition, wasn’t a comfortable position to be in.

There were fewer possibilities for a bright future. My parents didn’t know what moving to a democratic Russia from a communist Russia would be like, so they decided that moving here was the best thing for us.

Their idea was to find a better life in Chicago so that we could have more opportunities.

Rmag: What’s one of your earliest memories in america?

oks: I remember when we

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were flying to America and they were giving away free pop on the plane. At that time, I only saw empty cans of Coke or Pepsi and don’t remember actually tasting them. I went to the stewardess and tapped her on the shoulder, because I didn’t know English, and made a gesture that I wanted more!!

[Laughs]. It was exciting but it was a difficult transition.

Rmag: Was there an entrepreneur in you from the start?

oks: When I was 11, I earned my first money for my family.

We were living with my aunt at the time and I jumped at the opportunity to shovel snow. I gave my cousin a percentage from what I made for her setting up the initial conversations. I never wanted to be a burden to my family because I knew how much they were struggling.

Early on in my childhood I saw that I was creative and able to get people to believe in me. I was the captain of the soccer team, even though I was not the best player. I’ve always

i’ve always enjoyed the responsibility of having the weight on my shoulders as a leader, as well as the respect that comes with it... enjoyed the responsibility of having the weight on my shoulders as a leader, as well as the respect that comes with it. When I was a kid I probably didn’t know what this meant, but it obviously evolved into something I became good at… and that’s leadership. Today I achieve success by encouraging my team to do their best through positivity and stern, but fair, constructive criticism.

Rmag: Take me back to starting iCanvas. How did you first get into selling art?

oks: After graduating college I started my professional career in the IT world. For ten years I was the Director of IT for the Northwestern University Settlement Association, a nonprofit company that opens up charter schools for kids in low income communities. During that time I also became somewhat of a serial entrepreneur and started selling dietary nutrition products on eBay. I was into the Atkins diet then and realized I could sell the health products that I liked for a better price than what was offered online. I began doing that until a friend of mine joined the eBay venture and we began selling car modification parts. Later, that evolved into selling t-shirts with artwork and movie images on them. It was successful because we were good at identifying pop-culture trends. We created a store on eBay and quickly optimized it to improve sales.

Suddenly, we saw an opportunity to jump into the business of selling artwork because of the new technology that allowed you to print on large format printers. The artwork had more e-commerce

potential than the shirts and car parts, and we already had a lot of images to work with. So we rolled with that idea and eventually it became what it is today.

Rmag: What sacrifices have you made along the way in your entrepreneurship?

oks: At one point, I had four jobs! Also, for a year and half, I gave up my house in order to put iCanvas into full gear. In 2007 my partner and I worked out of our homes, and it wasn’t until 2011 that we hired people to help us. In 2012, we moved into our first facility, which was over 7500 sq feet, but within a year we quickly outgrew that and shortly afterwards moved to our current location in Morton Grove where we have over 62,000 sq feet!!

Rmag: Paint a picture of the future of iCanvas.

Where do you expect it to be in 5 years?

oks: Since the beginning, we’ve grown exponentially.

From 2011-2012 we grew 400%– and we are still growing.

Annually, we ship close to a quarter of a million art pieces.

Right now we have roughly 30,000 images available in 36 different sizes and 7 different styles. We’re constantly signing new artists, and working diligently on improving our collections with currently signed artists. But my real goal can’t be measured in numbers. What I really want is to help make the world a beautiful place, one artwork at a time.

The fact that my business helps the world be a happier place through art and community support is my biggest inspiration.

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егенда о Красавице и Чудовище была известна давно. Вспомним рассказ Сергея Аксакова “Аленький цветочек” о богатом купце, его дочке Настеньке и Чудовище, оказавшемся прекрасным принцем. Принц был заколдован: злая волшебница прокляла отца и украла его еще маленьким. Колдовство длилось тридцать лет, и только Настенька смогла расколдовать принца. Поженились Принц с Настенькой и жили долго и счастливо. Французская версия сказки принадлежит перу писательницы XVIII века мадам Лепренс де Бомон. В 1946 году режиссер Жан Кокто превратил ее в романтическую кинопоэму и поэтический манифест модернизма. В своем фильме Кокто продемонстрировал поэтические чудеса, возможные только на экране: оживающие статуи и живые люди, превращающиеся в каменные изваяния; человеческие конечности, украшающие стены старинных замков, указующие путникам дорогу в столовую и освещающие путь в спальню; зеркала, проявляющие истинную суть негодяев и оповещающие героев о грозящих им опасностях; медленно, бестелесно возносящиеся в небеса под финальные музыкальные аккорды победившие препятствия возлюбленные... Фильм “Красавица и Чудовище” имел огромный успех у со-

временников именно потому, что это была не просто волшебная, а поэтическая сказка. Одних очаровывали живые руки, растущие вместе с подсвечниками из стен замка Чудовища, или его потрясающе сложный грим (говорят, что перед каждой съемкой Жан Маре подвергался пятичасовой пытке превращения из молодого красавца в нечто ужасное, напоминающее и медведя, и циклопа, и собаку); других увлекало сказочноромантическое действо, позволяющее на полтора часа уйти от всепобеждающего в те годы реализма (“бегство от действительности”) в таинственный мир грез. Прибегая к минимальному количеству трюков и умело пользуясь атрибутами классических сказок (замок, лес, оживающие светильники, волшебный конь, любовь, побеждающая колдовство), Жан Кокто создал на экране поистине феерический мир, где немалую роль сыграли реминисценции живописи: от Вермеера Дельфтского до Гюстава Доре. Мир, где торжествует добро и любовь, красота и волшебство. В 1995 году композитор-минималист Филипп Гласс переложил диалоги из фильма Жана Кокто на музыку и создал оперу. История бродвейской постановки мюзикла “Красавица и Чудовище” началась в 1991 году, с выходом на экраны одноименного полнометражного анимационного фильма. Картина получила множество самых престижных наград, в том числе премию “Оскар” за лучшую песню (композиция “Beauty and the Beast” в исполнении Селин Дион). Одновременно с выходом ПРОДОЛЖЕНИЕ НА СТР. 40 

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на экраны анимационного фильма в знаменитых парках развлечений – Disney Land и Disney World – состоялись премьеры одноименного музыкального шоу. Невероятно красивое, волшебное зрелище c красочным фейерверком в финале стало визитной карточкой самых популярных парков мира и завоевало невероятную популярность у посетителей всех возрастов. Премьера мюзикла на Бродвее состоялась 18 апреля 1994 года. Режиссер постановки – Роберт Джесс Рот, хореограф – Мэтт Вест, композитор – Алан Менкен, сценарий – Линда Вулвертон. Спектакль был номинирован на премию “Тони” в девяти категориях, а также был удостоен десяти номинаций премии американских театральных критиков Drama Desk Award. Сыграть в спектакле считали за честь звезды первой величины. Например, в австралийской версии мюзикла роль Гастона сыграл популярный актер Хью Джекман. Премьера мюзикла в Лондоне состоялась 29 апреля 1997 года. Британская постановка мюзикла стала обладательницей престижной театральной премии Лоуренса Оливье в номинации “Лучший мюзикл 1998 года”. В 2005 году компании “Stage Entertainment” и “Disney” представили новую версию мюзикла. Обновленный спектакль был показан в Чикаго в 2010, 2011 и 2013 годах. Весной 2015 года нас ждет новая встреча с “Красавицей и Чудовищем”! несколько слов о создателях мюзикла. Композитор мюзикла Алан Менкен вырос в Нью-Рошеле (штат Нью-Йорк). В раннем возрасте стал интересоваться музыкой, в школе учился играть на фортепиано и скрипке. Закончил гуманитарный факультет Нью-Йоркского университета. Сочинял рекламные мелодии, работал аккомпаниатором в балетной школе, музыкальным руководителем постановок. Автор музыки ко многим анимационным фильмам студии “Disney”. Среди них – “Покахонтас”, “Алладин”, “Русалочка”. Обладатель восьми премий “Оскар” и шести премий “Грэмми” в категориях “Лучшая песня” и “Лучшая музыка к фильму”.

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Автор текстов песен поэт Ховард Эшман родился в Балтиморе. Закончил Индианский университет. Написал тексты песен к фильмам “Красавица и Чудовище”, “Русалочка”, “Алладин”. Умер 14 марта 1991 года в возрасте сорока лет. Автор текстов песен сэр Тим Райс известен своим сотрудничеством с композитором Эндрю Ллойд Уэббером. В период с 1965 по 1978 годы они сочинили мюзиклы “Такие, как мы”, “Иосиф и его чудесный разноцветный плащ”, “Иисус Христос – суперзвезда”, “Эвита”. В восьмидесятых годах Райс и Уэббер прекратили работать вместе. Позднее начинается сотрудничество Райса со студией “Disney”. Райс написал тексты к песням для анимационных фильмов “Алладин”, “Король Лев”, а также песни к мюзиклу “Аида”. Возобновление спектакля сделано звездной командой создателей бродвейской постановки во главе с режиссером Робертом Джессом Ротом и хореографом Мэттом Вестом. Дизайн костюмов – лауреат премии “Тони” Энн Холд-Ворд. Световые эффекты – четырехкратный лауреат премии “Тони” Наташа Кац. Продюсер – NETworks Presentations.

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Well-versed in several forms of martial arts, eduard kalika has transformed self-defense to a whole new level of personal. Focusing on coaching martial arts as a way to grow healthier and more confident, he designs practice based on the individual's preferences and capabilities. Many different people all over the Northwest suburbs are reclaiming their control through kalika's kodkokan School of MMa, relearning what it means to be fit, focused, and happy.

Where are you from originally?

The Soviet Union.

When did you come here?

January 1993.

Then you came to the u.S?

What forms of martial arts do you practice?

Yes, I coached judo from 1993-94 at the YMCA, and then at Palace of Sports in Buffalo Grove. While I was coaching I was, and am still, competing in national competitions placing as a World Champion in Sambo Among Masters twice, a Champion in Global Hapkido twice, World Champion Among Masters in Judo twice, a Pan-American Champion in Sambo, the U.S Judo Champion five times and U.S Sambo Champion three times. So as you can tell, I am always trying to stay active.

Sambo, Combat Hapkido, Judo, Combat Sambo and Mixed Martial Arts.

How were you introduced to martial arts?

When I was a kid, I ended up in a fight with multiple kids and I was wrestling them without kicking or punching. Someone was watching me and grew impressed; he eventually became my mentor. Then, by age 18, I had to go to the army.

2015 sambo WorlD CHamPIoNsHIP amoNG masters IN asHDoD, Israel.

What did you do while in the army?

I was wrestling for the army club. I was eventually transferred to be a part of the Spetsnaz unit and was introduced to one of the most unique forms of martial arts, Spetsnaz hand-to-handcontact, which was based on Sambo, Jiu Jitsu, and Karate.

Can you expand on what those forms of martial arts entail?

Sambo is primarily Soviet (Russian) style of Hand-ToHand Combat and sport; it is practiced in more than 100 countries and on 5 continents.

Judo is completely Japanese; it is based on Jiu Jitsu and Karate, but without the punching or kicking.

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You’ve coached Judo in China and ukraine. How did you manage to do that?

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the opportunity to work in China. I signed the contract in ’91 and coached the women’s Olympic team there for a year.

I was on the Ukrainian National Team and then had

How does your coaching differ from other martial arts coaches?

It’s a mixture of everything I know and focuses around my students’ bodies and abilities. My goal is to improve their health, self-esteem, strength, and knowledge on self-defense. Because I am well-versed in many types of martial arts, my concentration is on the student rather than the style. I want to teach them what fits them best. Also, as far as children go, I believe that they should learn how to fall and control their bodies first before they learn how to kick or punch.

What are you currently doing?

Now I’m a doctor, but I still coach Sambo, Combat Hapkido, Judo, Combat Sambo and Mixed Martial Arts, at my club, the Kodkokan school of MMA in Buffalo Grove. It’s open for men, women, and children of all ages, shapes, and sizes.

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Если Америка – это стальной плавильный котёл народов, в котором родились американцы, то Испания – это медная сковорода кулинарных традиций, где красочно перемешались гастрономические вкусы римлян, арабов, евреев, португальцев и испанцев. Еда на Пиренейском полуострове разнообразная, а ресторанов по всей стране целых 25 тысяч. И только 145 имеют звёздный ранг “Michelin”. И только 7 из них достигли высшего 3-х звёздного рейтинга. В ресторанном бизнесе – это как “Оскар” в кино, а имена знаменитых испанских шеф-поваров Ферра Адриа, Хуан Мари Арзак, Хосе Андрес, Хоан Рока знают все гурманы, селебрити и глиттерати мира. Да что там говорить, в прошлом году в Испанию приехало 57 миллионов туристов, из них 10% отправились в гастрономические путешествия. Мы расскажем вам о трех ресторанах, в которых мы были, ели и пили. Вернее, вкушали и наслаждались, но не делали из еды культа.

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“Ботин” – самый старый ресторан в мире Говорят, что открыть ресторан легко, а вот не дать ему закрыться – уже искусство. В сертификате World Record из книги рекордов Гиннесса написано:”Earliest Restaurant.

Casa Botin. Opened 1725.

Calle de Cuchilleros, 17, Madrid, Spain.” В сноске добавлено: ”The oldest restaurant in the world is Restaurante Botin has been operating ever since; it even retains the original 18th century firewood oven”. Ровно 290 лет назад зажглись дрова в печи ресторана, и с тех пор “Ботин” не закрывает двери круглый год, работая каждый день в ланч-тайм с 1 до 4, а потом с 8 вечера и до 12 ночи. Кирпичная кладка старинных подвалов, кувшины с вином, чесночный суп, жареная рыба, хамон иберико, запеченный ягненок, seafood в изобилии. А в печке на слабом медленном огне томится фирменное блюдо ресторана – знаменитый молочный поросёнок. Находится ресторан в самом сердце королевского Мадрида рядом с Плаза Майор, напротив городского базара Сан Мигель. Знаменитая харчевня была обычным постоялым двором XVIII века, а стала самым старым рестораном в мире. Говорят, что Лопе де Вега писал здесь роман “Собака на сене”, а Фран-

сиско де Гойя подрабатывал здесь в молодости посудомойщиком. Этого мы не утверждаем, лишь пересказываем. Но то, что здесь был уроженец Чикаго Эрнест Хемингуэй, знаем доподлинно. В романе “И восходит солнце” он пишет: “Мы пообедали в ресторане “Ботэн”, на втором этаже. Это один из лучших ресторанов в мире. Мы ели жареного поросенка и пили “риоха альта”. Во время своих поездок по Испании Хемингуэй часто бывал здесь и даже дружил с Эмилио Гонсалесом – дедом нынешних владельцев. “Сегодня туристы из Америки считают своим долгом совершить паломничество в ресторан, – говорит директор ресторана Jose Gonzales Gozalbo, из 4-го поколения династии. – Летом, в сезон, к нам приходят до 500 человек ежедневно, для них мы готовим от 70 до 100 поросят каждый вечер”. “А сколько бутылок красного вина выпивается за вечер?” – спрашиваю я. “Да столько же, сколько и гостей, – говорит дон Хосе и ведет меня в винный погребок. – Дед рассказывал, что Хемингуэй мог съесть целого поросёнка и выпить 2-3 бутылки”. На прощанье сеньор Гонсалес дарит нам меню ресторана с ценами: House Menu (spring – summer) – 44,45 евро. Сюда входят Аndalusian cold soup (Gazpacho), roast suckling pig, ice cream, bread, wine (½), beer or mineral water. Вкус жареного поросёнка описанию не поддается.

три в ОднОМ, или слЁзы вина По оценке журнала “Restaurant” в Испании, в городке Жирона, в Каталонии находится самый лучший в мире ресторан 2014 года под названием “El Celler de Can Roca” с шеф-поваром по имени Хоан Рока. Его брат Жорди открыл ресторан в “Эль Корт Инглес” – сети универмагов в Испании, как “Macy’s” в Америке. В центральном универмаге Мадрида есть большой продуктовый отдел, а внутри его – ресторан. Называется он “Gourmet Experience – El Corte Ingles”. Этот уникальный ресторан – их сразу 3 в одном

месте – предлагает изысканную испанскую кухню. Первый ресторан называется “Salon Cascabel”, шеф Roberto Ruiz, рейтинг 1 Michelin Star, второй – “Street XO-, шеф David Munoz, рейтинг 3 Michelin Stars и “Rocambolesc” – Gelateria”, шеф Jordi Roca и 3 Michelin Stars. “Когда вино очень хорошее, в Испании говорят: “Vaya Vinazo!, а когда оно немного стекает по этикетке – это называется “Лагримас дель вино – Слёзы вина”, – сказала красивая девушка Эухения.

ЧТО ТАКОЕ РЕСТОРАННЫЙ РЕЙТИНГ МИШЛЕН “Michelin – Le Guide Rouge” – “Красный гид Мишлен” – самый влиятельный ресторанный рейтинг в мире. Впервые был выпущен в 1900 году Андре Мишленом, одним из основателей компании “Мишлен”. Изначально был задуман как путеводитель для путешественников и предоставлял информацию о том, в каком отеле переночевать и где находятся бензоколонки. В 1920 году к списку добавился и рейтинг ресторанов по ценам, а уже через 6 лет политика рейтинга кардинально поменялась, и с тех пор звёздочка рядом с именем ресторана стала означать отменную кухню.

В начале 30-х добавились ещё две звездочки. С тех пор рейтинг не меняется и расшифровывается следующим образом: – очень хороший ресторан в своей категории.

– отличная кухня. Ради ресторана имеет смысл сделать изменение маршрута и отобедать там.

– исключительная работа шефповара. Имеет смысл специально приехать в ресторан и насладиться произведениями кулинарного искусства. Все познается в сравнении. И если взгля-

нуть на список 3-звёздочных ресторанов мира за 2014 год, то окажется, что, например, в Америке их десять: 7 в Нью-Йорке, 2 в Калифорнии и один в Чикаго под названием “Alinea”. В Париже таких ресторанов – 11, в Риме – 2, в Англии – четыре, и из них 2 в Лондоне. В Японии целых 20: тринадцать в Токио и 7 в Киото. И, наконец, в Монте-Карло всего один 3-х звездочный ресторан. Естественно, с увеличением количества звездочек и цена поднимается до звезд, а чтобы попасть туда – резервировать столики надо порой за год вперед. ПРОДОЛЖЕНИЕ НА СТР. 52 

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естреМадУра. гУба не дУра Чтобы попробовать необычную кухню, придется забраться в городок Касерес. Находится он на юге Испании, в провинции Эстремадура, чуть выше Андалусии, а слева по карте Португалия. “Естремадура. Губа не дура. Это место, где нужно есть и пить”, – говорит по-русски наш гид Антонио. Почти через три часа мы приехали в Касерес, которому 2 тысячи лет, и остановились в замке маркиза Palace of Torreoraz. На ланч мы пошли в ресторан Atrio: ресторан с двумя звездами Michelin и член престижного клуба Member Relais & Châteaux с 2005 года. Эта обитель изысканных явств выражает личность его хозяев: шеф-повара Toño Perez и владельца винотеки José Polo. Собрание коллекционных вин насчитыва-

ет 3 с половиной тысяч бутылок 3-х тысяч наименований. И это один из лучших в мире винных погребов по версии “Wine Spectator”. На почетном месте лежала бутылка вина “Chateau d’Yquem 1806 года” за 310 тысяч долларов. Триста десять тысяч долларов, дамас и кабальерос! Ланч из 13 блюд продолжался по-испански долго – целых 3 часа и стоил 129 евро с налогами, но без чаевых. Вино за отдельную плату: “Chateau Mouton Rotchild 1970” стоило 469 долларов, а шампанское “Perrier-Jouet Belle Epoque 1995” всего-то 315 долларов 98 центов. Так что, когда в следующий раз будете в Испании, обязательно загляните к ним в гости и спросите: What is the best wine to drink when admiring works by the Maestro?

КАК ДОЛЕТЕТЬ Прямой перелет из Чикаго до Мадрида на самолетах компании Iberia Airlines занимает 7 часов 45 минут. Оттуда до Касереса 2 с половиной часа на машине или автобусе. www.iberia.com

ГДЕ ЖИТЬ МАДРИД. ОТЕЛЬ “DEAR HOTEL” находится в центре города на улице Gran Via, 80. Напротив “Площадь Испании”, где стоит памятник Мигелю де Сервантесу, Дон Кихоту и Санчо Пансе. www.dearhotelmadrid. com КАСЕРЕС. ОТЕЛЬ “PARADOR DE CACERES” находится в центре города, на улице Calle Ancha, 6, www.paradores-spain.com

АДРЕСА РЕСТОРАНОВ “BOTIN”, Calle de Cuchilleros, 17. Madrid. www.botin.es “GOURMET EXPERIENCE – EL CORTE INGLES”, Plaza de Callao, 2. Madrid. www. elcorteingles.es “ATRIO”, 2 Michelin stars, Plaza de San Mateo, 1. Cáceres. Extremadura. www. restauranteatrio.com

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What is

Paczki Day?

By N ath ania l R adichi , D N A i n f o Ch icago

bar, Small's, serves up vodka-filled mini paczki (dubbed " paczki bombs").

PACZKI POINTERS

The singular form of “paczki” is “paczek.”

Debate roils over the “proper” pronunciation of the word, but popular pronunciations sound a lot like “PUNCH-key,” “POONCHkey” or “POANCH-key.” (Continue that unwinnable argument amongst yourselves in the comments section.)

Paczki Day is popularly celebrated on the same day as Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras.

Traditional paczek fillings include rosehip, cherry and prune, though most bakeries include more modern fillings like custard, chocolate, raspberry and lemon curd.

Don’t be fooled by imitations. While paczki may look like jelly donuts, bismarks and the like, they are different: Paczki are eggier and denser. As Dobra Bielinski of Delightful Pastries explained to WBEZ in Chicago, “People really eat jelly-filled doughnuts for the filling, not the doughnut itself...With paczki, what happens is that people eat it for the dough and not the filling. Relatively, there is less filling and more dough. Once this cools off, when you bite it, it springs back, and it doesn’t collapse like pancake.”

Gourmet assortment of Paczki:

On the morning of Fat Tuesday, Dinkel's Bakery is a Mardi Gras madhouse.

A few patrons grab for coffee and king cakes in the 92-year-old North Side bakery, but what everyone is really there for are the paczki.

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n cities around the country, and particularly in Midwestern cities like Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland, "Paczki Day" is a beloved tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages.

Making the fried, cream-filled paczki was a way observant Catholics could empty their stock of lard, sugar, eggs and fruit — foods typically avoided during the Lenten fast — before Ash Wednesday.

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Brandy Old Fashioned Sweet Old Fashioned – this is not! Filled with a silky brandy infused cream, dipped in melted white chocolate ganache, a swirl of red tinted chocolate, and finished with a cherry… Oh – Memories!

Raspberry Vodka Shooter This one’s hand split, smeared with a puree of red raspberry and a sweet coating of our raspberry vodka infused cream. The top is smother in melted white chocolate ganache and a bright drizzle… no need for a shot glass here!

Spiced Bananas Foster George says, “Banana any other way just ain’t banana!” We start with our silky cream and blend it with spiced rum and banana puree, top it off with caramel cream, a sprinkle of caramelized sugar bark and the finishing touch, a dried banana slice – for the curious ones!

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At Dinkel's in Chicago, the fryers have been working overtime since Paczki Day officially started last Thursday. One employee estimated that as of Tuesday's morning rush, the bakery had made roughly 18,000 paczki and would continue frying throughout the day.

In Hamtramck, the heavily Polish enclave of metro Detroit, groups like the Polish League of American Veterans have hosted paczek-eating contests and a neighborhood

Drunken Paczki • Vodka & Vanilla Bean Custard • Jameson Whiskey w/ Chocolate Custard • Moonshine & Lemon Some other Tasty versions we recommend • Custard Paczki Topped w/ Chocolate Fudge • Fresh Strawberry & Whipped Cream Paczki • Fresh Strawberry Paczki • Apricot Jelly Paczki • Plum Butter Paczki • Raspberry Jelly Paczki • Rose Petal Jelly Paczki

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Bailey’s Cherry Bombshell Luck o’ the Irish…Maybe! We’ve filled this bad boy with Bailey’s cherry infused soft cream and chopped Door County Cherries, hand dipped it in chocolate fudge and a bit of drizzle… For sure this one’s the bomb!

Kahlua’n Mudslide This messy concoction had me at ‘Kahlua!’ Rum, espresso, and caramel infused cream fill this hand split creation. The top is smeared with chocolate fudge and more Kahlua’n cream, oh… so decadent.

Rumchata Crunch OMG! This Rumchata infused cream will definitely take you to a warm, sunny place.

Dipped in white chocolate ganache, then smothered in cinnamon toast cereal for an awesome crunch!

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Photos courtesy of DNA info Chicago

WHeRe to Wine & Dine on ValeNTINe’S DaY by alICe SMelYaNSkY

NoMI 800 North Michigan ave., Chicago Il 60611

Located in Park Hyatt Chicago, NoMI delights diners with one-of-a-kind scenery and a gourmet menu. Rustic American cuisine pairs with spectacular views of Michigan Avenue at this sleek restaurant and bar. If you’re in the mood for sushi, order the NoMI platter from the sushi menu to satisfy your craving with an abundant collection of sushi, shellfish and raw fish.

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Mindy’s Hot Chocolate 1747 N. Damen ave., Chicago Il 60647

Don’t be fooled by the name – Chef Mindy Segal serves up more than just a muchneeded cup of hot chocolate. The criticallyacclaimed pastry chef brings rich, indulgent flavors to dessert enthusiasts and though the menu changes seasonally, you can always count on a delicious assortment of sweets, milkshakes, and of course, hot chocolate.

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Where to Wine & Dine on Valentine’s Day

RM Champagne Salon 116 N Green St., Chicago IL 60607

The intimate setting inside this French bistro provides a haven for those who desire an ambiance of modern romance. There are French staples on the menu, along with a cheese and dessert selection perfect for a Valentine’s Day date. And if you come back again in the summertime, you’ll want to dine on RM’s patio for a magical night. photo credits: Anthony Tahlier

RPM Steak 66 W Kinzie St., Chicago IL 60654

Bill and Giuliana Rancic’s restaurant is a well known establishment in Chicago, and it certainly makes for a great upscale date. The steakhouse also houses Food Network’s number one steak in Chicago – The Duke, and a raw bar and prime dry-aged steaks. If it’s a delicious meal you’re after, you’ll be sure to enjoy one at RPM Steak. photo credits: Jeffrey Marin

The Trencherman 2039 W North Ave., Chicago IL 60647

For the date who desires a little bit of history served alongside his or her dinner, this 1920’s bathhouse-turned-restaurant won’t disappoint. Though it may no longer serve as a banya, the remnants of white tile and community atmosphere are in no shortage. And the menu, which boasts of hearty modern American dishes and craft cocktails, completes the vintage vibe this Wicker Park restaurant provides. photo credits: The Trencherman

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