War and Life

Parties at 6:30 PM, Small Stages and Sold-Out Shows by Ukrainian Artists: How the War Has Changed Kyiv’s Concert Scene

Today, a ticket to a concert in Kyiv can be purchased a month and a half before the event — or during the final week. A party that once started at night now begins at 6:30 PM because of the curfew. A small club can afford to experiment with a new artist, but even there, a mistake comes at a…More

“War Doesn’t Affect It, Feelings Do”: How Couples Build Relationships During a Full-Scale War

“That is why the same process can produce opposite results: the experience a couple goes through may bring one couple much closer, while leading another to break up more quickly. War may be less an ‘accelerator of love’ than an accelerator of shared experiences that reveal a great deal about each other”. At the very beginning of their relationship, Nastya…More

While the Waiting Continues: How Kyiv Speaks About Prisoners of War and the Missing

At the “Bells of Hope for Those in Silence” rally on Kyiv's Independence Square, children and elderly people, mothers and fathers, wives and husbands gathered to honor those they are still waiting to welcome home. In their hands they held small bells decorated with blue-and-black ribbons. Their sound was meant to remind the world of people from whom families have…More