Apple book festival Antonov apples. Apple and book festival "Antonov apples" will be held in Kolomna

On September 3, 2016, the fifth annual Apple and Book Festival " Antonov apples". The name of the festival is not accidental - Kolomna is the "apple" capital, the historian N.M. wrote about this 200 years ago. Karamzin, and a century later confirmed the writer N.P. Gilyarov-Platonov. Residents have long planted large apple orchards, there are many of them in Kolomna even now.

"Society of lovers of free walks" offered walking and cycling along the routes: "Apple-Cloud", Bobrenev Meadow, "Kolomna Torgovaya", Denga Kolomska.

Children's book bus "Bumper" - a book studio, shop and club. Here, to inspire children to read, they talked about books.

The publishing line, which includes 16 publishing houses, generously presented its treasures to customers.

At the festival, not only the latest issue of Seasons magazine was presented, but also, together with culturologist Svetlana Sidorova, over apple pies and fragrant tea, over a delicious lunch at the Literary Kitchen of the Seasons School, they talked about the taste and image of apples in culture, made imaginary walks in the apple literary gardens .

On the playground, unruly crayons went on strike on a piece of paper, as described by Drew Daywalt in The Crayons Strike.

The Literature Pavilion also had an extensive program, including a discussion about travels and travelers' notes, about traditional and new formats of guidebooks, and about how you can come up with an interesting route yourself, what can become an interesting attraction and how you can talk about it entertainingly.

The discussion was attended by the author of eight books of prose and two books of poetry Dmitry Danilov, candidate of philological sciences Alexei Mikheev; Director of the publishing house Toncu Elena Toncu, literary critic, essayist, prose writer Sergei Kostyrko. Dmitry Danilov and Aleksey Mikheev, writers and residents of the Artkommunalka Museum, spoke about the Kolomensky Travelogue, an experimental project at the intersection of art and literature, dedicated to city travel on Kolomna trams, including with the participation of city residents.

The leader of the literary pavilion is a journalist, radio and TV presenter Fyokla Tolstaya.

Township bargaining has become a traditional venue for the festival. Our beloved grandmothers from Kolomna Posad took part in it with their delicacies prepared according to the canons of centuries-old recipes.

Next to the grandmothers are little girls representing the "Children's Market" Girls who not only make, sew, sculpt, but also sell their products.

The sensory garden invites kids to walk barefoot, to experience new, hitherto unknown sensations.

The State Literary Museum presented the project Happy Memory, or My Family and Other Pictures at the Antonov Apples festival. The project is the winner of the "Changing Museum in a Changing World" contest of the Vladimir Potanin Charitable Foundation.

The idea of ​​the project is to collect the traditions of various families: recipes delicious meals, unusual ways give gifts or Interesting games to pass the time in traffic jams. Ksenia Belkevich was inspired by the deputy director of the Goslitmuseum to create the project of its author unusual tradition her family. For almost 60 years, the artist of the magazine " Funny pictures» Tatyana Leonidovna Vyshenskaya sketched life stories big family their close friends, that is, Xenia's family. Thus, an archive of more than 1000 drawings was formed.

The deputy director of the Goslitmuseum, Ksenia Belkevich, who represents this project, told different funny stories from the life of his family.

The project tries to repeat the amazing tradition of the artist Vyshenskaya. First, stories about the traditions of various families are collected. Then illustrators read them, select those that they liked the most and draw illustrations for them. All the stories and works of artists collected within the framework of the project will be shown at the exhibition at the State Literary Museum in October 2016, and then on the project website. After the exhibition, the drawings will be donated to families whose stories have been chosen by the artists.

Here, on Zhitnaya Square in Zaitsev Square, the Slow Food Kolomna Farmer's Market unfolded. Slow Food Kolomna - local history with the taste of recreated delicacies and dishes; literary cuisine in company with the "geniuses of the place"; farm products.

Since 2016, Kolomna has been part of the global gastronomic movement SlowFood (from the English slow "slow" and food "food"). This is a fascinating journey into the world of forgotten traditions and proven tastes. It is based on the cultivation of gastronomic feelings, the development of everyday culture and the preservation of ancient methods.

Fans of taking pictures could capture themselves in eternity along with vegetable and fruit bouquets.

In the farmer's row, the pavilion of the museum-estate " Yasnaya Polyana" Can
It was to taste the jam according to the recipes from S.A. Tolstoy's cookbook and taste the historical varieties of apples and, at the same time, listen detailed story about each variety.

Right historical photos showed stories from the life of the rich apple orchards of the Yasnaya Polyana estate

The special train will depart from Kazansky railway station at 8.45. Everyone will be invited to an apple literary journey to an ancient city near Moscow.

From the train, you can immediately go up to the deck. The Book Boat will sail along the Moscow River as part of the festival. On board - a "floating" library and a creative workshop for children based on the books of Gianni Rodari. Participants will compose a fairy tale and develop fantasy according to the method of the famous Italian writer. Departure time: 11.00, 13.00, 15.00.

The festival, which will be held for the seventh time, is multi-genre and traditionally includes several programs at once. For the first time in history the festival will take place Craft parade, which starts in Gagarin Square at 13.00. This is a costume procession that will bring together citizens and representatives of the restored historical museum productions of Kolomna, including famous museum marshmallows.

Andrey Filimonov, a writer, journalist and poet, author of the novel "Recipes for the Creation of the World", Dmitry Danilov, will meet with guests at the Literary Heritage Salon - Russian writer and playwright, award-winning " golden mask", Michael Kerins - Scottish writer and director, winner of the literary "Oscar" as a master of storytelling.

The theater program includes performances for both adults and children. On the stage in Zaitsev Square, a poetic performance "Poems by Boris Pasternak from the novel Doctor Zhivago" performed by RAMT artist Denis Balandin and a performance from the program "Estate Theater" will take place literary museum A.N. Tolstoy "Smart janitor" based on the stories of Chekhov.

The play "Smart Dog Sonya" based on the book of the famous children's writer Andrei Usachyov will be presented by the Vdrug theater together with the Sreda creative center, and the Ryazan regional theater drama will show a fairy tale for children and adults "Kuzma's Magical Dreams". Liza Morozova, artist, participant of the Venice, Prague and Moscow biennales, will conduct her new performance. This time, Liza's art action is dedicated to the relationship between personal and historical time in the context of one life - her own. The material for creating the performance was the artist's diaries and news for the last 32 years.

By the way, not just books. Guests will also be treated to a farmer's market, where they will be treated to farmer's cheeses - suluguni and even burrata and mozzarella and others, as well as Kolomna rolls, pretzels, bagels prepared according to historically reliable recipes.

The theme of the feast will be continued by the City Lunch, at which the director of the library named after F.M. Dostoevsky Andrey Lissitzky will tell about the gastronomic tastes of Fyodor Mikhailovich and the recipe for an old wonderful dish - Meshcherskaya dracheny - which disappeared from culinary use "solely because of the dissonance of its name."

The festival will end with a concert on the stage in the park named after. Zaitsev. The program of the concert includes "The Four Seasons" by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, arranged for accordion.

This Saturday, September 15, the Antonov Apples festival will take place in ancient Kolomna. main theme the festival will become " Eternal values". Kolomna was chosen for such a wonderful festival not in vain. It is here that traditions are carefully kept and each of us has long known Kolomna marshmallows and rolls.

We love marshmallows and love to visit Kolomna, and it’s worth to look at the CRAFT PARADE, which will be attended by citizens, reenactors and representatives of the Fragrant Joys, Kolomna Pastila, Kalachnaya museums!

In the charming Kolomna unfold real holiday, where everyone can feel like a resident of a beautiful Russian city with a rich and ancient history, but that's not all!

There will be so many delicious and unusual things at the fair that we obviously won’t be able to leave empty-handed. Game products from Delicacy-Dich, organic rabbit meat from the Shikunov A.M. peasant farm, natural cheeses without additives and preservatives from the Artem Ilinykh cheese factory, pumpkin jam, eco-chips and pumpkin tea from the family project "Kuma Pumpkin". All natural, organic and delicious! Well, pasta, of course!

There will also be theatrical performances, competitions and concerts. The festival program is extremely rich!
The specialized "Apple Express" will help us get to Kolomna, which will set off from the Kazansky railway station. On the way, the guide will tell us about the history of Kolomna and unknown Interesting Facts about pastille.

We are already looking forward to it. Wait for our report!