Out and About

Mashina Vremini Jams with Chamber Orchestra Kremlin

Lisa Vershbow with Andrei Makarevich

Brad Wexler of Tchibo

Makarevich arriving at the concert aboard a Harley Davidson

The sixth annual charity ball in support of Misha Rachlevsky’s Chamber Orchestra Kremlin hosted 400 guests at a black tie event on Saturday, October 9. Andrei Makarevich’s Mashina Vremeni jammed with the orchestra.

 

 

 

 

US Ambassador to Kazakhstan John Ordway, event organizer Kim Balaschak and US Ambassador Alexander Vershbow

The standing room only audience enjoys the show

Kidsave Stands by Neglected Kids

Cliff Gauntlett of the ROL Band plays guitar while American Ambassador Alexander Vershbow backs him up on the drums Kidsave International put on a charity dinner called “Stand by Me” at the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel on Friday, October 2. Proceeds from the event support Kidsave programs designed to give Russian children access to parents and other caring adults.

Basil Rajendram of the American Clinic and Jim Balaschak of Deloitte & Touche

Eric Batsie of Kidsave, Cliff Gauntlett of ROL and Randi Thomspon of Kidsave

Randi Thompson with three friends

The ROL Band joins Kidsave staff and volunteers for a group photo

Creative Factory Turns Three

Sergey Shnurov of “Leningrad” Media agency The Creative Factory celebrated its third birthday at the Phlegmatic Dog internet pub on Friday, Oct. 8. Some 700 revelers partied to the sounds of headliner Sergei Shnurov of “Leningrad” and other bands until the wee hours of the morning.

Olga Gracheva of The Creative Factory with Ivan Garmonov of The Phlegmatic Dog The Creative Factory general director Alex Shifrin

Diana and John Warren Tim Johnson and Sam Rothman