In Lutsk, for 12 years, the celebration of City Day was combined with the celebration of Independence Day. According to the first deputy mayor of Lutsk, Sviatoslav Kravchuk, budget funds were saved in this way, since celebrations of such a scale are an expensive matter. However, this year, on the 920th anniversary of the city's founding, Lutsk residents will have the opportunity to celebrate City Day separately. And although most events are planned for the coming weekend (October 1-2), diverse cultural and artistic events will be organized starting from September 25. On that day, the grand opening of the International Plein Air of Young Artists "Lutsk – 2005" will take place. It will be held under a kind of motto – "Lutsk in Time and Space." The festive week will be opened by the festival of amateur and professional cinema "My City – My Life": on September 26-28 at 18:00 in the "Promin" cinema (with live broadcast on local television channels), a public screening of the participants' films will take place. During the screening of the films, a survey will determine the film to be awarded the audience choice prize. As reported by the deputy head of the culture department of the Lutsk city executive committee, Tetiana Hnativ, 35 films passed the selection stage of the competition: 17 amateur and 18 professional. On September 29 at 18:00, the grand closing of the festival will take place, where the winners will be announced. On Friday, September 30, in the historical and cultural reserve "Old Town," the opening of the photo exhibition "Lutsk and Lutsk Residents" and the exhibition of works by artists of Lutsk "Lutsk Vernissage" will take place; in Lutsk Castle, a personal exhibition of works by Viktor Semeniuk "The Forge of Hephaestus or Plastic Metamorphoses of Metal" will be presented, and in the Art Gallery – an exhibition of artistic works "Our City." Lutsk residents and guests of the city can count on the most interesting and largest-scale events on October 1-2. However, while on October 1 the program will be oriented toward middle-aged people, on October 2 it will contain events more interesting to young people. As Sviatoslav Kravchuk noted, perhaps the only inconvenience will be the closure of Prospekt Voli for the weekend until 22:00. Interestingly, the festive fireworks will delight the eye on both Saturday and Sunday. Moreover, on Saturday there will be more than one traditional fireworks display in the city center: also at 22:00 it can be seen in the area of the Palace of Ceremonial Events and on Veresnevyi. By the way, the city budget will not be spent on fireworks; they will be provided by sponsors. The festive concerts, entertainment programs, and the super-final of the beauty contest that will take place on October 1-2 could be spoiled only by the weather.