The Season of Vytsotsky
Arriving with a smell of vodka, a haze of cigarette smoke, and the haunting voice of a man, piercing the air with raw, unbridled passion.
Art & Culture
Under Siege
An all-American girl finds herself negotiating high-context relationships in Italy... all while wearing borrowed pajamas.
The Nostalgia Effect of Stranger Things
With allusions to classic 80’s movies like E.T. and Stand by Me, Stranger Things came swooping in during a time when the world’s weariness of modernity was at its peak and stole our hearts with the nostalgia effect.
Style Du Monde: The Black Dress
Black, while frequently disregarded as a mere shade, boasts a symbolism as intricate as that of any color, rivaling only the multifaceted blue.
Viktor Tsoi
Revisiting Soviet Counterculture through the Visionary Eyes of Viktor Tsoi
Summer Getaway in Bulgaria
Fichoza - Where the Sunrise and the Sea Embrace
Stanislav Ushev: “The First Concert in the Open was Historic”
Works by Bach, Handel, Verdi, Donizetti, Elgar, and Vladigerov filled the sky of Shumen - the city of the first Bulgarian orchestra.
Guest at the Pub
Ivan Donev
A Modern Philosopher in the World of High Fashion
Maria Mutafchieva – Mary
"In Summer, You’re a Soul; In the Autumn, You Return to Your Human Body"
Maksim Eshkenazi
"I find happiness wherever my suitcases are"
Federico Borlandelli
"Rossini Bequested Music in my Blood”
Nikolay Gunderov
"Neither Literature, Nor Theatre Could Exist Without Imagination"
Roza Boyanova
"One Cannot Love the Unknown"
Kalina Vasileva
A Bulgarian Conductor Shattering Gender Stereotypes
Life and Literature
Under Siege
An all-American girl finds herself negotiating high-context relationships in Italy... all while wearing borrowed pajamas.
On Solitude
A Marukami-style slipstream riff on the nature of solitude.
Long Live the King
Perhaps the most significant—and often overlooked—reason for Stephen King’s success is the heartwood of his stories. At their core, King’s novels are not about the monsters; they’re about the people.
Erich Maria Remarque and the Art of Living
A rumination on Remarque’s lasting legacy on the power of finding happiness in the midst of hardship and an ever-changing landscape.
Dark
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The Late Train
Poetry in translation
Instructions Upon Opening
Original poetry
Travel & Adventure
Clam Diving in Karadere
This rhythmic pounding was in fact the first sign of trouble—the water was not calm, but rather choppy, dark, and taciturn...
Under Siege
An all-American girl finds herself negotiating high-context relationships in Italy... all while wearing borrowed pajamas.
Full Immersion in History and Culture
Historical Park ulgaria offers immersion, entertainment, and education all wrapped into one experience.
To Catch a Thief in Casablanca
Arriving to Casablanca, I could not have known that it would be precisely here, in this place of cinematic myth, that I would participate in a film of my own, but of an altogether different sort and quite unlike the masterpiece of Michael Kurtis. And yet, for me at least, it was equally memorable.
Coastal Getaways: Shark Dive in Jupiter
There, about twenty feet away, was a large, bulky bull shark swimming directly toward me. It swam up from the depths, a calm specter who seemed purposeful… eager… hungry.
Coastal Getaways: Blue Heron Bridge
A kaleidoscope of wonders await just below the surface of the water.
Noteworthy
Un café, s’il vous plaît
A premium brand crafted specifically for non-nonces people.
Botnik: An Artistic AI
Challenging the Way We Think of Creativity, Originality, and Intelligence
Rumen Hristov
From Shumen's Logarithms to Forbes' 30 Under 30
Behind the Curtain
Declaration of Dependance
My Journey into the Art of Ballet
Brigitte Bardot and the Emancipation of Female Individuality
It was, so to speak, the end of an era
Wonka Wilder
The Lives and Parallels of Gene Wilder and Willy Wonka
Poetry
The Late Train
Poetry in translation
Unapologetic
I am here. Unashamed of my crystalline skin - So thin that one can hear the howl of blood through my veins
Arachne of 21 Century
Woven. Yet keep on weaving...
Style du Monde
Style Du Monde: The Red Dress
Red is a primal color that speaks to our collective consciousness and seizes our attention like no other.
Style Du Monde: The Blue Dress
Colors bear their own code of associations, triggering an emotional reaction.
Bulgarian literature in translation
Guest in the Pub - Bulgaria
Petar Chukhov
"We Change Things When We Cross Borders"
Short Stories
Dark
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