WEST HOLLYWOOD RUSSIAN-SPEAKING COMMUNITY CULTURAL HERITAGE MONTH

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Dear Residents, participants and guests,

You are invited to our annual WeHo Mishka Festival 2025!

The 2025 WeHo Mishka Festival is going to take place on

Sunday, May 18, 2025

From 11AM to 7PM

at Plummer Park of the City of West Hollywood

7377 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90046

If you would like to get involved, please let us know at WeHoRusEvents@weho.org

If you would like to become a vendor, please register here.

For performers, please register here.

WeHo Mishka Flyer - 2025 (18 × 24 in)

City of West Hollywood Celebrates

West Hollywood Russian-Speaking Community Cultural Heritage Month

WeHo Mishka Festival on May 18 will Feature Special

Performances by various renowned artists.

The City of West Hollywood annually celebrates the rich traditions brought to the United States by Russian-speaking immigrants from the former Soviet Union. Each year, the City recognizes Russian-Speaking Community Cultural Heritage Month to embrace the diverse identities and cultural history of Russian-speaking community members whose origins span wide-ranging territories with varied religious and social traditions.

^{Some Highlights from the
Russian-speaking Community Cultural Heritage Month 2024
Colibri Dance Show on Saturday, May 11, 2025, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Plummer Park’s Fiesta Hall, located at 7377 Santa Monica Boulevard. The event, hosted by the City and Unity In Diversity Arts Foundation, will offer a unique opportunity for dance lovers as children and youth showcase their talent in various dancing genres. The event includes general dancing for the audience.}

Additional contact information:

(310) 990-0160

beverlyhillsballroom@gmail.com

The 24th Annual WeHo Mishka Festival on Sunday, May 18, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Plummer Park, located at 7377 Santa Monica Boulevard. The City and its Russian-Speaking Advisory Board will embrace the opportunity to explore and share the deep historical elements of the culture brought to this country by immigrants from the former Soviet Union.

The day will also feature the closing reception for the

Harmony Within Art exhibition

currently showing in Plummer Park’s Long Hall.

Additional details about

WeHo Mishka Festival are available here!

The City of West Hollywood is home to a large community of people from regions of the former Soviet Union. Approximately 11% of City residents identify a former region of the Soviet Union as their primary ancestry. The former Soviet Union encompassed 15 republics — Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. Russian culture has withstood centuries and the Russian language unites people and serves to connect and deepen a common culture.

Many Russian-speaking community members established roots in West Hollywood after fleeing from discrimination and antisemitism. In the early 1970s, the then-USSR experienced a wave of emigration due to the politics of the government. Many people chose to come to Los Angeles to embrace the future opportunities of a free world for themselves and their children. They came here by way of support provided by local programs and nonprofits to assist Jewish immigrants in what would become incorporated as the City of West Hollywood. The City remains a thriving hub for the Russian-speaking community in the region.

Since 2001, the City has recognized the Russian-Speaking Community Cultural Heritage Month to bring to life the cultural and creative traditions of Russian-speaking community members with programming highlighting rich visual arts, performing arts, language, and history.

For more information, please contact Tatyana Rodzinek, City of West Hollywood Russian-Speaking Community Programs Coordinator, at (323) 848-6826 or at trodzinek@weho.org. For people who are Deaf or hard of hearing, please call TTY (323) 848-6496.

Highlights of the events that took place during the West Hollywood Russian-speaking Community Cultural Heritage Month in May of 2023! We welcome your comments, ideas, suggestions that will benefit our future events and would like to hear from you at WeHoRusEvents@weho.org

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Highlights of the events that took place during the West Hollywood Russian-speaking Community Cultural Heritage Month in May of 2024!

18th Annual Russian-speaking Community Awards Presentation!

This year the Awards were given in one ategory: Outstanding Service to the Community.

Two members of the Russian-speaking Community received the awards.

This award recognizes an individual or organization that has devoted a significant amount of time, energy and/or resources to making a positive impact on the members of the community at large. Lena Geller and Maria Shtabskaya have devoted an extraordinary amount of time and energy to making a difference in the lives of community members and their families.

This year, Maysky Classical Night brought together renowned musicians and Community Leaders to celebrate the contributions of the members of the Russian-speaking Community of the City of West Hollywood and greater Los Angeles Area.

Victory in Europe Day 2024!

HELIX COLLECTIVE PRESENTED A CONCERT DEDICATED TO THE VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY!

Highlights from the previous celebrations!

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Call 323-848-6501 or e-mail WeHoRusEvents@weho.org

Our goal is to promote dialogue, understanding and appreciation between the global citizens of West Hollywood, greater Los Angeles and abroad, as well as to showcase the contribution of the Russian speaking community into the life of the City and the United States of America.

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