For a holiday of the book in Kostanay Community chose November. Four Sundays gathered together to talk about the writers, actors, whose anniversaries were celebrated in leaving year. It is not necessary to represent Faina Ranevskaya: the great actress is known to the people of all generations. This year is 110 years of her birthday, that was an occasion to recollect her roles at theatres and cinema, to thumb through little known pages of her life, in particular, meeting with the sister - Parisian, to see this not ordinary woman by eyes of her friends, to reflect and to laugh together with them, getting acquainted with sharp and neat expressions the actress glorified by extraordinary wit.

Mark Bernes. He also does not need to be represented - it is necessary to listen to him and tolook films with participation of this remarkable actor and singer. Hardly somebody will manage so pathetically to perform "Cranes", as did it Bernes. And we listened to songs in his performance, joined him in song, and sang under accompaniment of the chief of musical club Anastasia Palant, which has acquainted us with the biography of the actor and his creation.

The third evening in November was devoted to one more jubilee person-tale-teller Eugenie Schwartz. Eugenia Parkhomenko told about life of the writer, and fairy tales familiar to all from childhood films "Cinderella, "Ordinary miracle ". There was a presentation of diaries of Schwartz "I live restlessly".

Pavel Antokolsky, Semen Kirsanov - with their poetry adjoined the people of average and senior generation. The youth reads now less, many known names are not familiar to them. There is a necessity to recollect these jubilee people, they were unordinary persons, talented poets of left epoch - last century. Interesting, fascinating became the story about them by Alla Gafurova - our librarian, in the past teacher of the literature, man in love with a poetic word. The verses of Pavel Antokolsky and Semen Kirsanov sounded in performance of people gathered on this holiday of poetry.

The active participant of a festival of the Jewish book was Women's club of Hesed. In frameworks of CFJB carried out competitions - dishes of the Jewish kitchen, hand-made articles. Our skilled craftswomen distinguished: Eugenia Karagodina and her daughter Natasha (mother's "stuffed fish ", art daughter's embroidery). Anastasia Palant unsurpassed good hand in beading, Nina Rakhman, glorified inexhaustible imagination in preparation of dishes (her kugl this time was with real small light in the middle). Among products presented by our women, - were knitting of a sweater and coat, wicker-work - macramé, embroidery in satin-stitch and cross.

And the first premium unanimously was awarded to the man - Vladimir Kovriga for his unique creation, art photos, among which the landscape of our edge prevails.

All participants were awarded with prizes and testimonial letters.

Lydia Kazakevitch