PREVIEW OF EVENTS (10/17/99)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Thursday, October 21

NEW YORK: Virlana Tkacz and Eugene Hutz will read their own "Hamerican" Ukrainian poetry and short stories, while Sayan Zhambalov will perform shaman chants and epic songs at the Ex-Expatriate Café at the Bohemian National Hall, 321 E. 73rd St. (between First and Second avenues), at 9 p.m. Donation: $5. For information call the Yara Arts Group, (212) 475-6474.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute presents the lecture, "The Shadow and the Truth: The Textual Tradition of Metropolitan Hilarion's Sermon on Law and Grace," with Giorgio Ziffer, associate professor of Slavic philology, University of Udine, Italy. The lecture will be held in the HURI Seminar Room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. For additional information call (617) 495-4053; fax, (617) 495-8097; e-mail, huri@fas.harvard.edu.

Friday, October 22

WINNIPEG: The sixth J.B. Rudnyckyj Distinguished Lecture, sponsored by the department of German and Slavic studies, and the Archives and Special Collections, Dafoe Library, University of Manitoba, presents George G. Grabowicz of Harvard University, who will speak on the topic "Problems with the Horizon of Expectations: the Russian Perception of Early 19th Century Ukrainian Literature" (in English). The lecture will be held in the Cross Common Room, 108 St. John's College, at 2:30 p.m. Reception to follow. Dr. Grabowicz, a leading authority on Ukrainian literature, is the author of "The Poet as Mythmaker: A Study of Symbolic Meaning in Taras Shevchenko" and "Toward a History of Ukrainian Literature." He is also a founder and the editor of the literary-political journal Krytyka, which is published in Kyiv. For further information contact Cheryle Martineau, (204) 474-9986; e-mail, Cheryle_Martineau@umanitoba.ca.
NEWARK, N.J.: The Rukh Educational Foundation of Northern New Jersey presents a lecture by the director of the Ukrainian Studies Institute at Taras Shevchenko State University in Kyiv, Dr. Petro Kononenko, on "Current National and Cultural Problems in Ukraine." The lecture will be held at St. John's Ukrainian Catholic Church, Sanford Avenue, starting at 7 p.m.

Friday-Saturday, October 22-24

PHILADELPHIA: Jacques Hnizdovsky's woodcuts, linocuts and paintings will be on exhibition and for sale at William Greenbaum Fine Prints, Booth 9, at the USArtists Show (featuring 60 exhibitors), at the 33rd Street Armory, north of Market Street. Hours: Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Admission: $12; seniors, $6. Works by Louis Lozowick also will be shown. For more information call (978) 283-0112.

Saturday, October 23

NEW YORK: "Music at the Institute" (MATI) opens its 11th season with a concert by world-renowned violinist Oleh Krysa, partnered by his wife, the distinguished pianist Tatiana Tchekina, and joined by his son, violinist Peter Krysa, and his daughter-in-law, cellist Rachel Lewis Krysa. Titled "Oleh Krysa and Family," the concert will feature works by Baley, Partita No. 3 for Violin and Piano (world premiere); Schnittke, Fuga for Solo Violin (world premiere); Gershwin-Frolov, Fantasy on Themes from the Opera "Porgy and Bess," (New York premiere); Poulenc, Sonata for Violin and Piano; and Fauré, Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 15, No. 1. The concert is being held in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the first concert in the MATI series and Maestro Krysa's tenure as first artistic director of MATI in 1989-1996. The concert, which is sponsored by Dr. W. Hoydysh, will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m. Donation: $20; UIA members, $15; senior citizens and students, $10.
NEW YORK: The Yara Arts Group's new series, Nova Nomada, presents Night No. 8 - "Music From the Opposite Ends of the Steppe: a Ukrainian-Buryat Mongolian Musical Dialogue." Master bandurist Julian Kytasty will perform traditional "dumy" and then play with Buryat and Mongolian traditional artists Battuvshin (throat singer and horse-head fiddle), Sayan Zhamablov (throat singer and swan-head instrument) and Namgar Lkhasaranova (vocalist). Other participants include Eugene Hutz, Tristra Newyear, Ilya Temkin and Meredith Wright. The program will take place at the Bohemian National Hall, 321 E. 73rd St. (between First and Second avenues), at 9 p.m. Donation: $15. For information call Yara Arts Group, (212) 475-6474.
WINNIPEG: Prof. George Grabowicz of Harvard University will discuss his experience as editor of the literary-political journal Krytyka, which is published in Kyiv. The presentation will be held at the Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Center, 184 Alexander Ave. E., at 3 p.m. A discussion period to follow (in English and Ukrainian). For further information, contact Prof. Myroslav Shkhandrij, (204) 474-6605; e-mail, shkandr@cc.umanitoba.ca.

Sunday, October 24

CLEVELAND: World Music at INSIDE presents the concert "Female Voices of Eastern Europe," featuring the Ukrainian folk trio "Divchata v Kukhni - The Girls in the Kitchen" singing to the accompaniment of Ukrainian folk instruments and the Csajok Hungarian Ensemble performing women's songs and dances from Hungary. INSIDE is a new gallery and performance space, located at 2393 Professor Ave. in Cleveland's historic Tremont neighborhood, that presents a continuing series of musical theater events. Performance time: 7 p.m. Tickets, at $10, may be reserved by calling (216) 621-1220 or e-mailing nmt@po.cwru.edu or mahovlich@stratos.net.
HAMPTON ROADS, Va.: The Tidewater Ukrainian Cultural Association (TUCA) will hold its quarterly meeting in the Denbigh area of Newport News at 5 p.m. An invitation is extended to everyone of Ukrainian ancestry in the Virginia Tidewater area (Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, York County, Williamsburg and surrounding area) to come and join in. Ukrainian American servicemen and women assigned to armed forces installations in this area (Norfolk, Little Creek, Oceana, Dam Neck, Fort Monroe, Fort Eustis, Fort Story, Langley AFB, Yorktown NWS, Yorktown USCG RTC, etc.) are especially welcome. For directions and further information contact Andy Grynewytsch, (757) 874-3155.

Monday, October 25

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute presents a panel discussion on the topic "Ukrainians and Jews in Revolution and Civil War: A Critical Assessment of Henry Abramson's 'A Prayer for the Government.'" Participants include Taras Hunczak (Rutgers University); Richard Pipes and Eric Lohr (Harvard University); and Antony Polonsky (Brandeis University), with a response by Henry Abramson. The panel discussion will be held at the lecture hall of the Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland St., at 4-6 p.m. For additional information call (617) 495-4053.

Friday, October 29; Sunday, October 31

NEW YORK: Continuing its lecture series "Recent Archaeological Discoveries: Treasures of Ukraine's Ancient Past" the Ukrainian Museum will present Dr. Olenka Pevny, art historian, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, on Friday, October 29, at 6:30 p.m. (in English) and on Sunday, October 31, at 2 p.m. (in Ukrainian). The lecture will be held at The Ukrainian Museum, 203 Second Ave. Admission: donations. Following the lecture, refreshments will be served. For information call (212) 228-0110; fax, (212) 228-1947; e-mail, UkrMus@aol.com; website:, http://www.brama.com/ukrainian_museum.

Saturday, October 30

EAST HANOVER, N.J.: Branch 75 of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America is holding a dance at the Ramada Hotel at 9 p.m., featuring a show titled "Arabian Nights." Music will be provided by Tempo. The cost, which includes refreshments, is $25 per person, or $30 at the door. For reservations call Slavka Hordynsky, (973) 376-7956. Sheiks, sultans and harem girls are most welcome.

Sunday, October 31

TORONTO: The Committee for Justice at the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Toronto Branch, is holding a fund-raiser banquet at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 83 Christie St., at 2:30 p.m. Guest speakers are Donald Bayne Esq. of Ottawa and Eugene Harasymiv Esq. of Edmonton. Proceeds from the event will go toward ensuring the continuity of the committee's work to protect the Ukrainian community's good name and to stop the denaturalization and deportation proceedings that the government of Canada continues to pursue. Cost: $50 per person. Checks to be made payable to: UCC Toronto Branch - Committee for Justice, 295 College St. (Third floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5T lS2. RSVP by calling (416) 323-4772; faxing (416) 323-6772; or e-mailing ucctor@interlog.com.

Thursday, November 4

EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies is holding a lecture by Dr. Natalia Pylypiuk, department of modern language and cultural studies, University of Alberta, on the topic "Vasyl Stus and the Great Narcissus." The lecture will be held in the CIUS Library, 352 Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta, at 3:30 p.m. For additional information call (780) 492-2972; e-mail, cius@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca.

Friday, November 5; Sunday, November 7

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Museum will present the final lecture in the series "Recent Archaeological Discoveries: Treasures of Ukraine's Ancient Past," featuring archaeologist Dr. Lada Onyshkevych, on Friday, November 5, at 6:30 p.m. (in English) and on Sunday, November 7, at 2 p.m. (in Ukrainian). The lecture/slide presentation on the topic "Scythian Gold from Ukraine," will be given in conjunction with the opening of the exhibition "Gold of the Nomads: Scythian Treasures from Ancient Ukraine" in San Antonio, Texas, on November 7. The lecture will be held at The Ukrainian Museum, 203 Second Ave. Admission: donations. Following the lecture refreshments will be served. For information call (212) 228-0110; fax, (212) 228-1947; e-mail, UkrMus@aol.com; website, http://www.brama.com/ukrainian_museum.

Friday-Sunday, November 5-7

PARMA, Ohio: Ukrainian National Women's League of America Branch 12 invites the public to its second annual art show. Eight multimedia artists will exhibit their recent works: Ihor Derevyanyj, Lexington, Ky. (ceramics, graphics, jewelry); Slava Gerulak, New York City (ceramic icons and sculptures); Natalie Kormeluk, Washington (pottery); Nina Lapchyk, Louisville, Ky. (painted silk scarves);, Kateryna Nemyra, Parma Heights, Ohio (ceramics, ceramic fountains); Aka Pereyma, Troy, Ohio, (ceramics); Olya Velitchenko, Winnipeg (miniature paintings, jewelry); and Nellie Vynarsky, Parma, Ohio (oils and watercolors). A preview reception with several of the artists present will be held on Friday, November 5, at 7 p.m. Exhibit hours: Saturday, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. The art show will be held in the UNWLA Social Room, St. Josaphat's Astrodome, 5720 State Road. For additional information call Daria Horodysky, (330) 659-4753.

Sunday, November 7

SILVER SPRING, Md.: Dr. Serhiy Plokhy, director of the church studies program and assistant director of the Peter Jacyk Center for Ukrainian Historical Research at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta, will speak on the topic "From Kyiv to Constantinople: Ukrainian Orthodoxy at the Threshold of the New Millennium." The presentation will be held at St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, 15100 New Hampshire Ave., at 1:30 p.m. For additional information call Lydia Chopivsky Benson, (202) 686-6975.

ONGOING

LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y.: The Barvinok dance ensemble, under the direction of Roma Pryma Bohachevsky, has begun classes in Astoria on Monday evenings in the church hall of the Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church, 31-12 30th St. Come and join us. For further information call (718) 932-4060.
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y.: The New York School of Bandura announces a new instructional group in Astoria, Queens, to be held on Monday evenings at 6 p.m. in the church hall of the Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church at 31-12 30th St. Group lessons will be offered for beginners and intermediate students of all ages, and there will also be an adult beginners' group. For more information contact the instructor, Julian Kytasty, at (212) 995-2640. The activities of NYSB are made possible in part by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts.

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