PREVIEW OF EVENTS (05/30/99)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Wednesday, June 2

TORONTO: A book launch for Marusia Bociurkiw's first book of poetry, titled "Halfway to the East," (Lazara Press, Vancouver, B.C), will be held at Bar Italia (upstairs), 584 College St., at 7 p.m. Ms. Bociurkiw is the author of "The Woman Who Loved Airports."

Sundays, June 6 and 13, and Thursdays, June 24 and July 7

NEW YORK: Yara Arts Group announces "Nova Nomada: Lessons on 'Transcultural Terrorism and Contemporary Myth-Making'" - new Ukrainian "edutainment" and storytelling. Night No. 1 will feature "Bicycling in Transylvania," an ethno-electronic music piece by Staroviry (Kytasty-Hutz-Kytasty); "Dirtboy 13," storytelling performance by Eugene Hutz; and Ukrainian-Hamerican poetry by Virlana Tkacz. The opening event will take place at Big Bar, 75 E. Seventh St. (between First and Second avenues) at 4 p.m. Night No. 2 will take place on Sunday, June 13, and will feature surprise guests. Night No. 3 will be a Kupalo Freakout on Thursday, June 24. Night No. 4 will be a Kupalo Freakout (Julian Calendar) on Thursday, July 7. Artists interested in helping to create these events should contact Virlana Tkacz, (212) 475-6474. Yara Arts Group creates original theatre pieces, art, music and poetry events that celebrate the cultures of the East. Admission: $5. For information call Walter Lycholat at the Big Bar, (212) 777-6969, or Eugene Hutz, (212) 982-8166.

Saturday, June 12

NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society is holding a lecture by Dr. Volodymyr Morenets, director of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and literary scholar, who will speak on the topic "Literary Discussions in Ukraine at the Turn of the Century." The lecture will be held at the society's building, 63 Fourth Ave., at 5 p.m. For more information, visit the society's website: http://www.shevchenko.org/
NEW YORK: Ukrainian National Women's League of America Branch 64 and the Ukrainian Free University Foundation invite the public to a presentation of two books: "In Thy Name," by Anna Karwanska-Bajlak and "Emigration or Deportation" by Dr. Evhen Misylo from Poland. The presentation will be held at the Shevchenko Scientific Society, 63 Fourth Ave., at 5 p.m.
OTTAWA: The Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Businesspersons' Association of Ottawa is holding a fund-raising golf tournament at the Amberwood Golf and County Club in Stittsville, Ontario. Eighteen holes of golf and dinner: $65, UCPBA members; $70, non-members. Dinner only, or nine holes and dinner package are available. To register call Irene, (613) 237-5094, or Oksana, (613) 820-4105.

Sunday, June 13

HARTFORD, Conn.: The Zolotyj Promin Ukrainian Dance Group presents an afternoon luncheon and dance performance at the Ukrainian National Home, 961 Wethersfield Ave., starting at noon. Admission: $15, adults; $6, children age 5-10. Advance ticket sales only; for tickets call (860) 296-5702.

ONGOING

CHICAGO: An exhibit of color drawings and watercolors by the self-taught Lemko naive painter Nykyfor of Krynytsia is on view at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 W. Chicago Ave., on the occasion of the 25th convention of the Ukrainian National's Women's League of America. The exhibit will be on view through June 20. Gallery hours: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, noon- 4 p.m. For information call the institute, (773) 227-5522.

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