PREVIEW OF EVENTS (02/04/96)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Wednesday, February 7

ALBANY, N.Y.: The Veryovka Ukrainian National Dance Company will make a stop at the Empire Center at The Egg for a rousing performance featuring Ukrainian folk dance, song and scenic compositions. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for this performance are $25 for adults, $22 for senior citizens and $15 for children 12 and under. For further information and reservations, contact the center, (518) 473- 1845.

Thursday, February 8

WASHINGTON: The International Foundation for Electoral Systems presents "Ukraine Roundtable: Constitutional Reform in Ukraine." Speakers include Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, Dr. Yuri Shcherbak; and IFES legal experts and outside counsel to the Committee on Legal Policy, Law and Judicial Reform of the Supreme Council of Ukraine, U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Bohdan A. Futey and Steven B. Nix. The roundtable begins at 10 a.m. at IFES, 1101 15th St. NW, third floor. RSVP to (202) 82X-8S07; fax (202) 452-0804.

Wednesday, February 14 and Sunday, February 18

WASHINGTON: The American Film Institute is presenting a premier of two recent Ukrainian feature films: Castelli's "Onward, in Search of the Hetman's Treasure," and M. Ilienko's "Fuchzhou." The screenings, sponsored by the Cultural Fund of The Washington Group, are at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. on February 14 and 1 and 3 p.m. on February 18. Both screenings are at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. For further information, (202) 219-9733 (daytime) or (202) 338-7636 (evenings).

Thursday, February 15

NEW YORK: The New York Grand Opera/Discovery will present a concert at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Ave., at 8 p.m., featuring Olena Heymur, Oleh Chmyr and other artists. For further information call Ala Nowicky, (212) 836-8862.

Friday, February 16

NEWARK, N.J.: The Rukh Educational Foundation of New Jersey will host a public forum with guest speaker Prof. Vitalij Keis of Rutgers University, who will speak on the topic "Donbas: The Neglected Battlefield for Ukrainian National Identity." Prof. Keis will share his observations on teaching Ukrainian literature at the State Pedagogical Institute in Slovianske, where he was a visiting professor in fall 1995. The event will take place at St. John Ukrainian Catholic Church Auditorium, beginning at 7 p.m. For further information contact Dr. Roman Andrushkiw, (201) 762-0211.

Saturday, February 17

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla.: The Ukrainian Dancers of Miami will be featured in their fourth "Ukrainian Montage" at the Jim Davidson Theater of the Performing Arts, Walter C. Young Resource Center, 901 N.W. 129th Ave. (just east of 1-75 off Pines Boulevard). The concert program will also include bandurist Yarko Antonevych and soloist Bohdan Kryvko. Tickets for the event are available by calling (305) 4344635. Advance sale prices are $10 for adults, $5 for children age 16 and under; door prices are $12 for adults, $6 for children age 16 and under.