Bilingua (club)

Literary cafe-club "Bilingva" was opened in Moscow at the address Krivokolenny lane, 10, p. 5 in 2003 .

The regulars of Bilingva were the most diverse audience, which was united by a commitment to a democratic style of communication and hostility or aversion to a “glamorous” pastime ^[2] . On the ground floor of the club there was a bookstore and a coffee shop, on the second floor there was a banquet hall and a concert venue ^[2] . The interior was executed with seemingly deliberate negligence, but very soundly: antique-made wooden tables and chairs, a bar counter made of brick ^[2] .

Concerts, literary evenings, film screenings, exhibitions and scientific conferences were held at the club venue ^[3] . After the closure of other Moscow clubs, which were initially united in one network (PiROGI on Nikolskaya, OGI Project), Bilingua remained one of the main literary venues in Moscow.

In June 2005, a fire broke out in the club, after which the institution was able to continue working.

The club closed on Sunday, July 14, 2013 ^{[2] [1]} . A message was posted on the Bilingua website:

10 years for us. We changed without changing ourselves and remaining ourselves, we were faithful to ourselves and you, we learned from our mistakes, we grew generation within our walls, we fell and got up, we burned and started all over again, we became part of history. Thanks to everyone who was with us ^[2] .

The club also had a bookstore, KnigI, whose owners are the curatorial group Cultural Initiative, who was in charge of the Bilingua literary program, who said that by the fall of 2013 the store would open in a new place.