Museum of Russian Icons Winter 2018 Newsletter MoRI_Winter_2018_web | Page 5

25 RUSSKIE POSIDELKI Thursday, 6:00-8:00pm, Free CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN LITERATURE BOOK GROUP (See description for January 4) Sunday, 1:00-3:00pm Free. There Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children, Until They Moved Back In by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya Three masterful novellas about family life. 3-4 DROP-IN CRAFT: WOODEN EGGS Saturday-Sunday, 12:00-4:00pm Free with admission, self-guided Have fun decorating wooden eggs to add to your Easter basket or give as gifts. Adults and kids welcome. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. 9-10 MARCH WORKSHOPS: PYSANKY UKRAINIAN EGG DECORATING 01 17 FILM: NATALIA GORBANEVSKAYA: I AM NOT A HERO Saturday, 2:00pm Members $10, Nonmembers $15 (See description page 5) 27-31 FILMS:  PYSANKA: THE UKRAINIAN EASTER EGG THE CZAR’S FABERGE EGGS Tuesday through Saturday Free with admission. Check website calendar for specific times each day. Friday and Saturday (See description below) FIRST THURSDAY: Thursday, Free admission 4-8pm Pysanky Ukrainian Egg Decorating Workshops Friday, March 9 and Saturday, March 10 Members $45, Nonmembers $50, includes Museum admission. Advance registration required at 978.598.5000 x121 by March 3. Registration fees are non-refundable. Traditional pysanky eggs are decorated using beeswax and dyes that are applied in layers. Each participant will create a unique and beautiful egg in this hands- on workshop. ETCHED PYSANKY The delicate art of pysanky is an ancient Slavic tradition, and Easter-time classes with skilled pysanky artists and gifted teachers Karen Brouillette and Susan Dow have become a Museum tradition. BEGINNER-LEVEL PYSANKY Friday, March 9, 9:30am–1:00pm OR Saturday, March 10, 9:30am–1:00pm Open to adults and children ages 12 and up; ages 12 to 15 must be accompanied by an adult. Friday, March 9, 2:00–5:30pm Members $45, Nonmembers $50, includes Museum admission . Open to adu