PREVIEW OF EVENTS (01/02/00)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Friday, January 7

PARMA, Ohio: St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral will sponsor its 13th annual Christmas radio program for sick and elderly shut-in parishioners. The entire Christmas divine liturgy will be broadcast live at 10 a.m. to noon over radio station WERE, 1300 AM. The liturgy will be celebrated by the Rev. John Nakonachny, pastor, assisted by the Rev. Volodymyr Steliac and the Rev. Deacon Ihor Mahlay. Responses will be sung by the Ukrainian and English choirs of the cathedral, directed by Markian Komichak. In addition, Great Complines and Matins will be celebrated St. Vladimir's at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 6.

Saturday, January 8

NEW YORK: The New York City Branch of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization invites all children to come join us for some "kutia" and Christmas caroling at the annual "Svichechka" at 10:30 a.m. in the Plast building, 144 Second Ave. (corner of Ninth Street). Plast members should attend in full uniform.

Friday, January 14

NEW YORK: "Bread with Honey: A Performance of Dance and Music" will be presented at The Bridge for Dance, featuring choreography by Katja Pylyshenko Kolcio and music by Julian Kytasty and Alex Kytasty. The concert - with additional performances on Saturday, January 22 and Friday, January 28 - will take place at 8:30 p.m. at The Bridge for Dance, 2726 Broadway, third floor, between 104th and 105th streets (take No. 1, 9 train to 103rd Street or No. 2, 3 to 96th Street). Tickets: $10. For reservations call (212) 924-0077. For more information call Ms. Kolcio, (212) 873-2494.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.: The Yale-Ukraine Initiative and the department of Slavic languages and literatures present "A Concert of Traditional Ukrainian Christmas Music," featuring a vocal and instrumental folk ensemble from Kyiv composed of violinist Oksana Stebelska, bandurists Nadiya Boyanivska and Myroslav Tsupryk, and musician Roman Kuka. Ensemble members have been affiliated with the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, the Kyiv Conservatory of Music and the Tchaikovsky Music Academy in Kyiv. Program includes ancient carols, Church chants and psalms, pagan ritual and contemporary folk songs. The works will be performed a cappella or with instrumental accompaniment (classical and modern bandura, tsymbaly, zozulia, folk flute [sopilka], pan flute, bells, etc.). The concert will take place in Yale University's Sudler Hall in William L. Harkness Hall, 100 Wall St., at 8 p.m. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public. The ensemble is on a U.S. tour of with performances in New York, Chicago and Washington, sponsored by the Chopivsky Family Foundation. For further information call (203) 432-1300.

Sunday, January 16

CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA) presents "Shitter, Get Off the Pot! Dislocation in Contemporary Art." The exhibition, curated by New York-based artist Marye Carter, examines dislocation and misinterpretation using the commonplace materials of everyday experience and tweaking their meaning. This celebration of displacement in the context of popular culture will feature work by New York artists Doug Anson, Adam Cvijanovic, Yram Retrac, Kristine Robinson, Bill Scanga, Sally Van Gorder and Tamara Zahaykevich. The exhibit runs through February 27. The opening reception will be held at the institute, 2320 W. Chicago Ave., on January 16. Gallery hours: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, noon-4 p.m.

Saturday, January 22

DENVER: "Mellenium Melanka!" Come join Ukrainian National Women's League of America Branch 38 for a Malanka celebration in beautiful Denver. Bring in the new century with dinner and dancing to the music of Ostap Stahiv and singers of Cleveland, and lots of other fun. Advance purchase tickets: $35 for dinner and dance; $15 for dance only; $10 for students. Tickets at the door: $20, adults; $15, students. The Malanka will be held at the Sheraton West Hotel, Sixth Avenue and Union Street, in Lakewood, Colo. For tickets or information call Marta Arnold, (303) 734-0360, Inya Saldyt, (303) 433-4039, or Anna Taylor, (303) 432-8045.

ONGOING

NEW YORK: "The Idiot," a play based on Dostoyevsky's work as directed by Anatole Fourmantchouk, is playing at the Theater of the New City, 155 First Ave. (at 10th Street). Tickets, at $45, or $25 for students and seniors, may be purchased one hour before the performance through Ticketmaster, (212) 307-4100; on line at www.ticketmaster.com. Performances, which began December 28 and run through January 23, are on Tuesdays-Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and Sundays at 3 p.m. The played is produced by the New York Art Theater and the Theater for The New City. For more information call (212) 684-8298.

ADVANCE NOTICE

Wednesday, February 2

NEW YORK: New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies is offering the course "Ukrainian I" in the spring semester. For more information call (212) 998-7030 or check the school's website at http://www.scps.nyu.edu/.

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