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Book Club Performance Of Christmas Stories

On December 25, 2011 a group of Book Club members gave a spirited costumed performance of Christmas stories. The presented vignettes were based on a variety of literary works among which was a well-known all-time classic "A Christmas Tale" by Charles Dickens.

On  December 20, 2011 Joanne Munisteri, Senior English Language Fellow for Siberia, spoke about Pow Wows in the United States and the renewal of native American culture. In her presentation Ms. Munisteri  highlighted the beauty and uniqueness of  American Indian culture and its ties with nature. She ended her talk with a brilliant singing of a genuine Lakota song .

On December 16, 2011 Karen Heimsoth from the U. S.  Embassy in Moscow spoke about  film industry at the American Corner. Ms. Heimsoth  gave an overview of how the industry developed starting from the invention of the first machine for viewing motion pictures. The audience learnt about  the film industry's golden age and its current decline.