Moscow on the Weekend: Food, Blues, and Peter Pan

By The Moscow Times

Oct. 8, 2015

For a bit of escapism without or without your kids, go see Pan, the filmic back-story of Peter Pan, at the Pioner Theater, in English with Russian subtitles. Laurie Sparham / Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. / IMDB

This weekend you can put away your pots and pans and enjoy no less than three food festivals. At the Moscow Gastronomic Festival, over 80 restaurants have developed special set menus at 1,500 rubles ($24) so everyone can enjoy fine dining at a relatively low price. Details and reservations at gastronomic.ru.

The more bookish might prefer the Literary Tastings festival in which 35 restaurants have prepared dishes from great Russian works of literature. Details at festival.russiancuisine.ru.

And finally, locavores should head out to Crocus City Expo for the Golden Autumn festival (goldenautumn.moscow), where you can see all that goes into producing food and then enjoy the real stuff at stands and the food court.

For a bit of escapism without or without your kids, go see Pan, the filmic back-story of Peter Pan, at the Pioner Theater, in English with Russian subtitles. 21 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Metro Kutuzovskaya. 499-240-5240. Fri. at 1:45 and 7:10 p.m.; Sat. at 11:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.; Sun. at 9:15 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.

To be uplifted, on Friday go see The Four Seasons, a music and dance composition performed by the Moskva Ballet and Opus Posth Ensemble at the ZiL Cultural Center.? 4 Vostochnaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 1. Metro Avtozavoskaya. 495-675-7872, zilcc.ru. At 7 p.m.

And then leave the kids with a babysitter and cap Saturday night at the Duma Club, listening to Thomas Stwalley sing old-school blues in English. 11 Mokhovaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 3B. Metro Okhotny Ryad. 495-692-1119. At 9 p.m.

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