Saint Xenia | 2010

FIRST THURSDAY FILM : MOROZKO ( GRANDFATHER FROST ) Thursday , January 5 , 6:00 – 7:30PM Free with Admission

A comedic fairy tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical stepmother , who must overcome magical trials in order to be together . Adults will laugh along with the kids at the nutty characters , ridiculous situations , and magical interventions that have made this a classic of Russian family film .

HOLY FOOLS TO WONDERWORKERS EXHIBIT TALK & TOUR Saturday , January 21 11:00AM and 1:00PM Free with admission

Laura Garrity-Arquitt , Museum Registrar and organizer of Holy Fools to Wonderworkers , leads a tour of the exhibit , explaining the distinctions between martyrs , stylites , prophets , ascetics and other types of Orthodox saints , and how they are depicted in iconography .

CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN LITERATURE BOOK GROUP : PUSHKIN HILLS BY SERGEI DOVLATOV Sunday , January 22 , 1:00 – 3:00PM Free . Call 978.598.5000 x115 for more information .

Pushkin Hills is the story of an unsuccessful writer and inveterate alcoholic who takes a summer job at the Pushkin Hills Preserve in hopes of regaining some balance in his life , only to experience a further unraveling . The New York Review of Books called Pushkin Hills “ one of Dovlatov ’ s greatest contributions to Russian literature .”

FILM : THE ISLAND January 28 , 2:00PM $ 8 Members , $ 12 Nonmembers 112 Minutes . ( Russian with English subtitles )

This award-winning film depicts a modern-day “ holy fool ” in a powerful story of faith and salvation . There will be an audience discussion following the film .

THURSDAY : MUSEUM SAGE

Thursday , February 2 , 5:30 – 7:30PM , Free with Admission

Museum Sage is an activity that invites people to ask a question that has personal meaning for them and receive insight from a work of art , with the assistance of a trained Museum Sage Guide . The process connects you more deeply with yourself , and allows you to experience the art ( in our case , icons ) and the Museum in a new way . So come have some fun , and explore your inner sage !

Sessions will begin at 5:30 and 6:30 . The Museum Sage process is appropriate for adults and mature teens .

DEFINING HOLY FOOLS , A TALK BY CURATOR KENT RUSSELL Saturday , February 4 , 1:00PM Free with admission

Museum Curator and CEO Kent Russell traces the origins of the Holy Fool from the early Byzantine era to the present .

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