PREVIEW OF EVENTS (11/22/98)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Monday, November 30

NEW HAVEN, Conn.: The Yale Ukrainian Initiative and the Judaic Studies Program at Yale University are holding a lecture by Visiting Professor Dr. Zenon Kohut, director, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies in Edmonton. The lecture, titled "The Khmelnytsky Uprising, the Image of Jews and the Shaping of Ukrainian Historical Memory," will be held in Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave., at 4 p.m. For more information call (203) 432-1300.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Seminar in Ukrainian Studies is holding a presentation titled "Student Perspectives on Life and Research in Ukraine." The roundtable discussion by graduate students in Ukrainian studies will be held in the HURI seminar room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. For more information call (617) 495-4053.

Tuesday, December 1

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y.: The Hofstra University Cultural Center presents, as part of the Joseph G. Astman International Concert Series, concert pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky in an all-Chopin program. The concert will be held at the Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus, at 8 p.m. Tickets: $10. For more information call the John Cranford Adams Playhouse Box Office, (516) 463-6644, or the center, (516) 463-5669.

Sunday, December 6

CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art presents cellists Natalia Khoma, Suren Bagratuni, and Marta Bagratuni, and pianist Mykola Suk in a program of works by Couperin, Franck, Beethoven and Fauré. The concert will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 W. Chicago Ave., at 2 p.m.
LOS ANGELES: The Kobzar Ukrainian National Choir, the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, the Ukrainian Cultural Center of Los Angeles and the California Association to Aid Ukraine (CAAU) will present a Christmas program for the benefit of orphanages in Ukraine. The event will be held at the Ukrainian Culture Center, 4315 Melrose Ave., at 1:30 p.m. Apart from concert ticket sales, special contributions for this worthwhile cause may be made in the following categories: Friend of Orphans, $25; Supporter of Orphans, $50; and Sponsor of Orphans; $100. Contributors' names will be included in the program. Special contribution checks should be made payable to the CAAU and mailed no later than November 23 to: Bohdan Mykytyn, CAAU Treasurer, 5325 Teesdale Ave,; North Hollywood, CA 91607. Please note on the check, "Orphanage Benefit Concert." CAAU is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. Through the efforts of the CAAU, Direct Relief International of Santa Barbara, Calif., has donated medical supplies, personal hygiene items and medications at a wholesale value of about $80,000. These supplies will take care of over 500 orphans for an entire year. The shipment left for Ukraine at the end of October. The CCAU's portion of the shipment is only $10,000, of which $4,500 is already on deposit. The CCAU hopes the balance of $5,500 will be reached or exceeded. For addition information call Bohdan Z. Malaniak, (818) 249-6741, or Luba Slobodian, (213) 662-5146.

Monday, December 7

EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies is holding a lecture by Dr. John-Paul Himka, professor, department of history and classics, University of Alberta, titled "On the Left-Hand Side of God: Condemned Peoples in Ukrainian Icons of the Last Judgement." The lecture will be held in the CIUS Library, 352 Athabasca Hall, at 3:30 p.m. For further information call the institute, (403) 492-2972.

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