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Travel, Entertainment, Business and Expat Life in Lviv, Lwow, Lvov, Lemberg, Ukraine.

Golden Treasures of Lost Civilizations is a year-long exhibit at Potocki Palace. The exhibit, which runs until December 30, 2012, features relics from the Bronze Age to the Kievan Rus' period. The collection includes everyday household items, jewelry, tools and weapons of gold, silver, nonferrous metals, bone and glass from the Northern Black Sea and Mediterranean regions.

From May 18th to August 26th Lviv's National Museum will host "Normandy in Painting." The exhibition features 19th and 20th works by French Impressionists including Renoir, Monet, Gericault, Courbet and Corot. The paintings depict episodes from the artists lives in Normandy with an emphasis on nature, the seaside and rural life.

"The Trypillian Code" will have a long run at the Potocki Palace from June 2nd till December 31st 2012. The exhibit includes over 400 artifacts that date from from 4500-3000 B.C. from the Trypillian culture, one of the largest Neolithic settlements, which stretched from the Carpathians to the Dnieper and Dnister River regions and encompassed parts of modern-day Romania, Moldova and Ukraine.

From June 8th, 2012 till February 11th, 2013, the Center of Urban History of East Central Europe will host "Sport and the City: People. Society. Ideology." The exhibit traces the history of sports in Lviv over the past 150 years, from the beginnings of sports in Europe and particularly in Lviv, including the relationship between sports and nationalism, sports and government, sports and commerce, and sports on a global level. Admission is free.

For the month of July, Café Shtuka will be showing "Ethno-Art" by Olena Fridman. The exhibit features a selection of decorative motifs, which represents patterns of architectural objects, furniture, household items, woven jewelry and ancient manuscripts. All works were created using cold batik dying methods. Admission is free.

From July 3rd till July 22nd, the Art Gallery Primus will be showing "Costa Rica/Football/Passion." This exhibit attempts to portray the essence of inter-civilization football dialogue through visual art. The project includes artistic visions of football by various artists from several countries in Latin America and Europe. Admission is free.

Every Saturday and Sunday evening beginning July 7th till August 19th grab a partner, head to Park Kultury, and experience Lviv's Dance Summer Weekends. The Ukrainian Dance Federation and 25 leading dance schools in Lviv and Western Ukraine is offering free master classes, concerts and an open-air dance party.

The 2012 LvivKlezFest will take place in mid-July; concerts will start on Tuesday, July 17th and end on Sunday evening, July 22nd. The event was established to revive the musical traditions of Lviv's Jewish community. All events are free and will take place on Rynok Square, Starojevreis'ka Street and Arsenal'na Square.

On Thursday, July 19th, catch a performance of Gioachino Rossini’s opera Barber of Seville sung in the original at Lviv’s Opera House. For tickets, visit the Opera House box office or call ahead to reserve :+38 (032) 235 6586, +38 (032) 260 1360.

Early Thursday evening, July19th, head over to Coffee Manufacture to catch some Klezmer music by Swedish band Zimmes at 7 p.m. The concert is part of the 2012 LvivKlezFest Jewish Music Festival. Tickets cost 50 UAH (about 5 EURO), or 40 UAH with a Lokal card.