PREVIEW OF EVENTS (02/23/97)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Friday, February 28

NEW YORK: The Literary and Art Club will screen a video film titled "Tobi Ukraino Pisnia Moya," with introductory remarks by Teodor Teren-Yuskiw. The screening will be held at 136 Second Ave., at 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 1

NEWARK, N.J.: The New Jersey Chapter of the Ukrainian Engineers' Society of America is holding a presentation by Gregory S. Kuzma, president, who will speak on the topic "The Real Reasons for and the Consequences of the Chornobyl Disaster." The presentation will be held in St. John the Baptist Church Hall, Sanford Avenue, at 3 p.m.

Saturday, March 8

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of America, as part of its Music at the Institute Series, presents Vagram Saradjian, cello, and Volodymyr Vynnytsky, piano, in a program of works by Beethoven (Seven Variations in E Flat Major on a theme by Mozart from "The Magic Flute") and Hindemith (Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 11, No. 3), and Rachmaninoff (Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19). The concert will be held at the institute, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m.

Sunday, March 9

JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The annual Ukrainian Easter Expo, sponsored by the Ukrainian Heritage Studies Center of Manor Junior College, will be held on campus, 700 Fox Chase Road, at noon - 5 p.m. Featured will be exhibits of Ukrainian pysanky, master craftsmen demonstrations, exhibits of Ukrainian Easter traditions, spring folk dance demonstrations, Easter breads as well as unique gift items. Admission: $2, adults; children, 50 cents.

Monday, March 10

DALLAS, Texas: The Leontovych String Quartet - Yuri Mazurkevich, first violin; Yuri Kharenko, second violin; Borys Deviatov, viola; and Vlodymyr Panteleyev, cello - will appear in concert at Southern Methodist University, Caruth Concert Hall, in a program of works by Schubert, Shostakovich and Brahms. For performance time call the concert hall.

Wednesday, March 12

EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies is holding a lecture as part of its seminar series by Taras Kuzio, research fellow at the Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham, England, who will speak on the topic "Kravchuk and Kuchma: A Comparative Analysis of Their Policies and Methods." The presentation will be held in 352 Athabasca Hall at 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 13

EDMONTON: The 33rd Annual Shevchenko Lecture, sponsored by the Ukrainian Professional and Business Club and the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta present Taras Kuzio, research fellow at the Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham, England, who will give a lecture titled "In Search of a National Idea: The Next Stage of Nation-State Building in Ukraine." The lecture will be held in the Tory Breezeway Room, Tory Building, University of Alberta, at 7:30 p.m.

ADVANCE NOTICE

NEW PALTZ, N.Y.: The Language Immersion Institute at the State University of New York at New Paltz is holding summer foreign language instruction on campus in two sessions: July 7-18 and July 21-August 1. Intensive two-week courses in 20 different languages, including Ukrainian, emphasize the development of conversational skills. Three undergraduate college credits are available for each session. The institute also offers customized foreign language instruction to meet the needs of multi-national business. Instructional fee per two-week course: $625. For more information and for additional programs that include weekend programs in New York City, Westchester and New Paltz, as well as resort weekends and overseas learning vacations call the institute at (914) 257-3500 or visit the LII website at: http://www.eelab.newpaltz.edu/lii