PREVIEW OF EVENTS (03/05/00)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Monday, March 6

EDMONTON: The 34th annual Shevchenko Lecture, sponsored by the Ukrainian Professional and Business Club of Edmonton; the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta; and the Ukrainian Resource and Development Center, Grant MacEwan Community College; will focus on the topic "Ukrainians in the Western Media: A Maligned Minority?" Speakers are Chrystia Freeland, deputy editor, The Globe and Mail; and Roma Hadzewycz, editor-in-chief, The Ukrainian Weekly. The lecture is at 7 p.m. at the Grant MacEwan's City Center Campus, Building 5, Conference Theater (Room 142), corner of 104th Avenue and 105th Street. For information call Olia Briggs or Eleanor Witiuk at (703) 492-2973.

Wednesday, March 8

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of America presents an exhibit of the recent paintings and works on paper by Lviv artists Serhij Haj and Ivan Tverdun. An opening reception will be held Tuesday, March 7, at the institute, 2 E. 79th St., at 6-9 p.m. Gallery hours: noon-6 p.m. daily (closed Monday). For additional information call (212) 288-8660.
SAVANNAH, Ga.: Pianist Vitaliy Samoshko, laureate of the 1999 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium, will appear with the Savannah Symphony Orchestra, Chelsea Tipton II conducting, where he will play Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto. Also featured in the concert program will be guitarist Denis Azabagic. The inaugural concert, part of the Jepson Associates Concert Series, which showcases young international artists who have won the world's most prestigious competitions, will be held at the newly restored Lucas Theater for the Arts. The concert begins at 8 p.m., with a gala reception to follow at the Hyatt Regency Savannah Harborview Center. For tickets call 1-800-351-7469, or (912) 651-6556; via Internet, http://www.savannahonstage.org

Friday, March 10

TORONTO: As part of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Seminar in Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto, Yuri Shevchuk, New School for Social Research, New York, will speak on the topic "Language and the Creation of New Identities in Ukraine Since Independence." The talk will be held at University College, Room 152, at 4 p.m.
WOONSOCKET, R.I.: The Lenten Kitchen, sponsored annually by the Ladies Sodality of St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church, with Anna Chaharyn and Stephanie Samborsky, co-chairpersons, begins Friday, March 10. The kitchen, held in the parish hall at 74 Harris Ave., will be open every Friday at 3-6 p.m. through April 21. Meatless dishes and desserts will be available. The parish hall will be set up for customers who would like to eat in. Take-out service is also available.

Saturday, March 11

NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society, the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Harriman Institute at Columbia University and the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute invite the public to the 20th annual Shevchenko Scholarly Conference. Papers will be read by Assya Humesky, "Color Schemes in Shevchenko's Poetry"; Marta Tarnawsky, "English Language Shevchenko Studies, 1980-1999"; and Andriy Danylenko "Some Aspects of the Dialect Basis of Shevchenko's Language." The conference will be held at the Shevchenko Scientific Society, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 4 p.m. For additional information call (212) 254-5130.

Sunday, March 12

NEW YORK: The New York City branch of the Plast Ukrainian Youth Organization invites the public to its 48th annual "novatska kostiumivka" featuring "The Circus!" The children's costume play will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the gymnasium of St. George's Ukrainian Catholic School, located at the corner of Taras Shevchenko Place and sixth Street in Manhattan.
WHIPPANY, N.J.: The Ukrainian American community in Morris County, under the initiative of local UPA veterans and sponsored by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Morris County Branch, will honor the 50th anniversary of the death of Roman Shukhevych - Taras Chuprynka, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). The event will begin with a panakhyda after the 11 a.m. liturgy celebrated at the St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, Route 10, by the Rev. Urij Markewych. Representatives of the UPA veterans of Newark, as well as local UPA veterans, veterans of the 1st Division, and the youth organizations SUM and Plast will take part. After the church service the program will continue in the church hall. The main speech will be presented in Ukrainian (with a summary in English) by Rutgers University Prof. Wolodymyr Stojko. The artistic portion of the program will feature baritone Oleh Chmyr, accompanied by pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky; as well as singer/bandurist Oksana Telepko and children from SUM and Plast. There will also be a preview from the upcoming film directed by Oles Yanchuk, titled "Commander of the Army of Eternals."

Monday, March 13

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute seminar series presents "Making Ukrainians Speak Ukrainian: Sociolinguistic and Political Trends," with Dominique Arel, assistant professor of research and acting director, Program on Politics, Culture and Identity, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University. The lecture will be held in the HURI Seminar Room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. and will be followed by an open discussion. For further information contact Lubomyr Hajda, (617) 495-4053.

Friday, March 17

EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta is holding a lecture by Ivan Svarnyk, Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine, Lviv, who will speak on "The Development of Heraldry in Ukraine" (in Ukrainian). The lecture will be held in the Heritage Lounge, Athabasca Hall, at 7:30 p.m.

ADVANCE NOTICE

Friday-Sunday, April 7-9

SLOATSBURG, N.Y.: The annual Lenten retreat for Catholics in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and surrounding areas, sponsored by the League of Ukrainian Catholics (LUC), will be held at St. Mary's Villa Retreat Center of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate. The weekend of prayer, reflection and fellowship will be a time to explore, ponder and celebrate the "year of jubilee" in personal and communal ways. The retreat master for the weekend will be the Rev. Jim Carroll, a member of the Byzantine Franciscan Community in Sybertsville, Pa. A fee of $95 will cover the cost of room from Friday through Sunday, and meals on Saturday and Sunday. For early arrivals, a light meal will be available Friday evening for an additional $5 per person. For additional information and/or reservations contact: Marion C. Hrubec, 400 Dewey Ave., Saddle Brook, NJ 07663-5902; telephone, (201) 843-3960.

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