19 MAY, FRIDAY
Yerevan Technical Forum
Yerevan will host a two-day technical forum, a large annual event where experts and representatives from corporations and the state discuss the ways of technological development. This year, more than thirty speakers will speak on topics such as the future of finance, cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, UX/UI and many more.
Schedule: 19.05-20.05, 11:00-17:00
Address: st. Grigor Lusavorich, 6
More about the event: Facebook
Price: free of charge, by registration and invitation
Socio-psychological game "Guess who it is?"
Sayatnova_coworking coworking will host a game “Guess who it is?”, in the process, participants will be able to practice seeing and hearing other people, communicate peacefully and communicate without prejudice. The event will be hosted by social psychologist and conflictologist Tatyana Akimova.
Time: 19:00
Address: st. Avag Petrosyan, 4
More about the event: Facebook
Price: registration
Screening of "In the Mood for Love" by Wong Kar-wai
On the sick screen of the Yerevan Cinema House, the most famous “In the Mood for Love” will be shown - the most famous film by Wong Kar-wai about two housemates who find out that their partners are cheating on them with each other and succumb to this feeling themselves. Starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chu Wai. The screening will be followed by a discussion of the film with film critic Alisa Tayozhnaya.
Time: 19:00
Address: st. Vardanats, 18
More about the event: Facebook
Price: 2 500 – 3 500 AMD
Lecture about Mamleev
Yuri Mamleev is a block of Russian literature, the founder of “metaphysical realism, one of the most important countercultural writers in Russia, and also a patriotic thinker, from whose circle such characters as Dugin and Prokhanov emerged. Contrary to this, the author of the book “Father of Shatunov. The life of Yuri Mamleev before the grave and after ”Eduard Lukoyanov will try to discern an anti-war writer in the classics.
Time: 20:00
Address: st. Brothers Orbeli, 63/1
More about the event: Facebook
Price: is free
MAY 20, SATURDAY
Museum Day in Armenia
On May 18, during working hours, and on Saturday, May 20, from 11 to midnight, museum days will be held in Armenia - admission to them will be free. An ideal opportunity to visit places where you have been going for a long time. For example, the NPAK Center for Innovative Experimental Art, the Parajanov Museum or the Web Art Gallery in Gyumri, where all the works are made from this material. By the way, here we have compiled a program of absolutely all the events that will be held in Yerevan museums on May 20.
Time:
18.05 — working hours
20.05 — 11:00-23:59
More about the event: Top 20 museums and galleries in Armenia
Price: is free
Family Readings
The recently opened bookstore/bar Common Ground Books & Spirit will host a reading of Julie Donaldson's famous children's book, The Gruffalo, about a mouse that outsmarts everyone who wants to eat it. After the readings, the children will be helped to make their own Gruffalo. Adults can join.
Time: 13:00
Address: Marshal Baghramyan Ave., 6
More about the event: Facebook
Price: 3 000 AMD
Charity chess tournament
The Chess Academy of Armenia is organizing a big charity tournament for four hundred participants. 9 rounds will be played according to the Swiss system. The proceeds are promised to be sent to a fund to help Armenian and Ukrainian refugees.
Time: 13:30
Address: st. Shevchenko, 34
More about the event: Facebook
Price: donation
Speeches about mindfulness
At Impact Hub Yerevan, three speakers from different countries will present their TED-style lectures on the topic of mindfulness. The performances will be held in English, and the organizers offer the participants, among other things, to practice their language and communication skills.
Time: 14:00
Address: st. Tigran Mets, 80
More about the event: Facebook
Price: 10 000 AMD
Run in the botanical garden
The Yerevan Botanical Garden will host another 5-kilometer run for adults and one-kilometer run for children. They offer free drinks and snacks to keep you energized.
Time: 14:00
Address: Botanical Garden
More about the event: Facebook
Price: registration and 500 AMD for the entrance to the Botanical Garden
Screening of the film "Dear Comrades" by Andrei Konchalovsky
The Russian Metanoia channel, as part of its Anti-Totalitarian Cinema project, arranges a screening of Andrey Konchalovsky's film Dear Comrades at the TUF club, about the shooting of a demonstration of workers in Novocherkassk in 1962. The film will be presented and discussed with the audience by film critic Ivan Turcan.
Time: 15:00
Address: st. Arama, 42
More about the event: Telegram
Price: donation
Vivaldi Organ Concert
The House of Chamber Music will play works by Vivaldi, arranged for organ: "Winter" from "The Four Seasons", the concerto in A minor, Gloria and other iconic pieces.
Time: 19:00
Address: st. Isahakyan, 1
More about the event: Facebook
Price: 1 000 – 3 000 AMD
Symphonic Hollywood
At the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall, one can listen to music from Hollywood classics performed by the State Symphony Orchestra of Armenia. Musical themes from Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter, The Godfather and a bunch of other films will play.
Time: 19:30
Address: Mesrop Mashtots Ave., 46
More about the event: Facebook
Price: 7 000 – 12 000 AMD
Lecture on gender and gender in Letters and Numbers
Historian and social anthropologist Anna Grebennikova will tell you how sex differs from gender, why there are such fierce disputes around these entities, and how humanity has tried to get out of the binary system throughout its existence.
Time: 19:30
Address: st. Tumanyan, 35G
More about the event: Instagram
Price: AMD 3,000 per person, AMD 4,000 per couple
Concert of the group "End of May 96th"
A very young group "End of May 96th" consists of a brother and sister and plays post-punk and dream-pop in Russian. In the bar "Mir" they present their second album.
Time: 20:00
Address: st. Charents, 41
More about the event: Instagram
Price: 3 000 AMD
21 MAY, SUNDAY
Hiking in Maiden Fortress
Sunday hiking to Akhchka Berd, the so-called Maiden's Fortress, a military structure in the Tavush region and a dozen kilometers from the city of Ijevan. The length of the route itself is 8 kilometers, the difficulty is medium.
Time: 8:30
More about the event: Facebook
Price: 15 000 AMD
Art Fair at Art Kvartal
The Art Kvartal Art Gallery is hosting a fair to coincide with the official closing of its immersive exhibition Homecoming, featuring works by artists from Armenia, Georgia, Italy, Belarus, America, Turkey, Ukraine, Finland and Russia. The fair promises painting, graphics, ceramics and much more.
Time: 12:00
Address: st. Pushkin, 4
More about the event: Facebook
Price: is free
Creative master class at PES
The Moscow creative workshop “Makhlovka”, which opened a branch in Yerevan last year, is organizing a master class in the technique of collage and stencil at PES. Ceramic artist and graphic designer Lilia will help participants create a self-portrait in the form of a landscape.
Time: 13:00
Address: st. Sarmena, 72
More about the event: Telegram
Price: 8 200 AMD
Shmot auction
The Swap&Style community and the newly opened TUT.PLANTSTORE home plant store are holding an auction. Representatives of vintage and clothing brands or ordinary people are invited to bring things that are going to be sold in an auction format with rates.
Time: 18:00
Address: st. Pushkin, 52/8
More about the event: Instagram
Price: registration
Screening of David Lynch's Inland Empire at The Bathhouse
The Ban Club will host a screening of Inland Empire, David Lynch's last film for the big screen nearly twenty years ago. Perhaps the most radical picture of the author, telling about an actress (Laura Dern), who falls either into the space of her own film, or even deeper.
Time: 20:00
Address: Marshal Baghramyan Ave., 3
More about the event: Instagram
Price: is free
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