PREVIEW OF EVENTS (03/12/00)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

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.

Monday, March 13

TORONTO: St. Vladimir Institute presents the first of a three-part spring culinary series with Hanya Cirka on traditional Ukrainian cookery starting with the elegant Napoleon and almond/sherry tortes. Subsequent classes will include specialized meat dishes (patychky and roulady) and Easter breads (babka, paska, Bukovynian cheese paska). Classes will be held Mondays, April 13 and 27, as well as April 10, at 6:30 p.m. at the institute, 620 Spadina Ave. Fees: $25 session/ $70 series of three classes. To register call (416) 923-3318.

Friday, March 17 and Sunday, March 19

NEWARK, N.J.: Bass Stefan Szkafarowsky will perform with the New Jersey State Opera in the role of Ramfis in Verdi's "Aida." Performance dates are March 17 and 19 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. For further information and tickets, call the box office, (973) 623-5775, or fax, (973) 623-5761.

Saturday, March 18

NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society is sponsoring a talk by Dr. Nataly Chechel, theater scholar from Kyiv, who will speak on the topic "Working on the Film About Josyp Hirniak." The presentation will be held at the society's building, 63 Fourth Ave., at 5 p.m.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.: A Ukrainian Easter egg-"pysanka" demonstration and workshop, sponsored by the Ukrainian Heritage Center of St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church, will be held in the church hall, 563 George St., at 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Participants will learn about the history, traditions and symbols of the pysanka, as well as make a cherished pysanka in the traditional wax-resist technique utilizing the kistka, beeswax and dyes. The demonstration will be conducted by Gloria P. Horbaty of Wallington, Conn., lecturer and instructor of the art of pysanka-decorating. The event is open to participants of all ages; families are invited (children must be chaperoned by an adult). Donation: $5 per participant. Needed supplies will be available for purchase at the workshop for a nominal fee. In addition, each participant is required to bring the following: two or three white, whole, raw eggs, unblemished and at room temperature in an egg carton; two short candles (six inches maximum; no votive types) and a low candleholder; a soft-leaded pencil and a small towel on which to rest the egg. For additional information or to register, call Gloria Horbaty, (203) 269-5909.

Sunday, March 19

LAKE SAN MARCOS, Calif.: Concert pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky will perform in a solo recital in the Lake San Marcos Chamber Music Society concert series, Gregory Bemko, president and artistic director. The concert program will include works by Bortniansky, Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin. The concert will be held at the Lake San Marcos Recreation Lodge, 1105 La Bonita Drive, at 2:30 p.m. For tickets and additional information call (760) 744-7516.

Monday, March 20

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute seminar series presents "The Basis of Civil Society in Early 20th Century Ukrainian Social Thought," with Wsevolod Isajiw, professor of sociology, and Robert F. Harney Professor of Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies, Emeritus, University of Toronto. 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 24

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Museum, 203 Second Ave., will be the site of a gallery talk (in English) for young professionals and students titled "An Evening to Celebrate Vasyl H. Krychevsky," with guest speaker Myroslava Mudrak, Ph.D., associate professor in the department of history of art at Ohio State University, in conjunction with the museum's current exhibition, "The Cultural Legacy of Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky." The presentation begins at 6:30 p.m. A wine and cheese reception will follow. For additional information call (212) 228-0110; fax, (212) 228-1947; or e-mail: UkrMus@aol.com
MORRISTOWN, N.J.: The Moscow Soloists, led by Lviv-born viola virtuoso Yuri Bashmet, will appear at the Community Theatre in Morristown at 8 p.m., in a program of Tchaikovsky's "Andante Cantabile" and "Serenade in C major for Strings" and Shostakovich's "Sinfonia for Viola and Strings." Tickets, at $38, $33 and $28, are available by calling the Ticket Hotline, (973) 539-8008, through Ticketmaster, at the box office and online at www.communitytheatrenj.com. The Community Theatre is located at 100 South St.
TORONTO: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) Seminar in Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto presents Myrna Kostash, who will speak on "Ethnicity and Ethnic Consciousness in the Next Canada," a presentation based on the author's forthcoming book, "The Next Canada: In Search of the Future Nation." The presentation will be held at University College, Room 152, at 4 p.m.

Saturday, March 25

NEW YORK: "Music at the Institute" presents "Anthologies - Johannes Brahms: Sonatas for Violin and Piano," featuring Yuri Mazurkevich, violin, and Volodymyr Vynnytsky, piano. The concert will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m. The concert is sponsored by Dr. Ihor and Marta Fedoriw in memory of Wolodymyr Trytyak. For additional information call the institute, (212) 288-8660.

Sunday, March 26

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Museum, 203 Second Ave., will present a lecture (in Ukrainian) illustrated with slides, titled "Krychevsky and the Ukrainian Modern Style," with Myroslava Mudrak, Ph.D., associate professor in the department of history of art at Ohio State University. The lecture is given in conjunction with the museum's current exhibition "The Cultural Legacy of Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky." The presentation begins at 2 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Admission fee: $10; discount for museum members. For information call (212) 228-0110; fax, (212) 228-1947; or e-mail UkrMus@aol.com
CHICAGO: the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art presents a concert featuring pianist Serhiy Babayan in a program of works by Vine, Rachmaninoff and Bach. The concert will be held at the institute, 2320 W. Chicago Ave., at 2 p.m.
TORONTO: St. Vladimir Institute is offering a five-week workshop series on how to make traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs (pysanky). Classes will be held at the institute, 620 Spadina Ave., on Mondays, March 27-April 24, at 7-9 p.m. Fees: $15 per session; $60 full series (including materials). For further information and registration call (416) 923-3318.

ADVANCE NOTICE

Saturday and Sunday, April 8-9

NEW HAVEN, Conn.: The Yale-Ukraine Initiative invites the public to Yale University's International Conference "Ukrainian Politics in the 20th Century." Panels titles include: "The Historical Legacy: Politics in Ukraine 1890-1917"; "The 1999 Presidential Elections, Economic Transformations: Macro and Micro Perspectives"; "Language and National Identity, and Cultural Politics from the 1920s to the Present." The keynote address will be delivered by Prof. Roman Szporluk of Harvard University. Invited speakers from Ukraine include Valerii Khmelko, chair of the sociology department at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, and Serhiy Hrabovsky of the Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The conference will take place in Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Ave.; the conference banquet will be held at The Quinnipiack Club, 221 Church St., on Saturday evening. For registration information call (203) 432-3107; fax (203) 432-5963; e-mail yale-ukraine.initiative@yale.edu, or see webpage at http://www.yale.edu/rees/yui.html.

Sunday, April 9

BUFFALO, N.Y.: The Regional Council of Upstate New York of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America (UNWLA) - Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse chapters, will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the the UNWLA and the 45th anniversary of UNWLA's Regional Council of Upstate New York, with a dinner and commemorative program, to be held at St. John the Baptist Church, Hall, 3275 Elmwood Ave., Kenmore, N.Y., starting at 1:15 p.m. Guest of honor and keynote speaker will be Iryna Kurowyckyj, UNWLA president. Tickets: adults, $15; children under 12, $6. Deadline for reservations: Sunday, April 2. For further information and table reservations in Buffalo, call Ulana Loza, (716) 836-6798, or Lida Stasiuk, (716) 675-8460; in Rochester, call Ulana Babiuk, (716) 872-4263. Also tickets will be available every Sunday at The Mosaic gift shop on the lower level of St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Rochester, N.Y.

Monday-Friday, May 22-26

LVIV: The Fifth Conference on Ukrainian Economics, sponsored by the International Ukrainian Economic Association and the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, will be held on May 22-26 in Lviv. Those interested in Ukrainian economics are invited to attend. Papers on any aspect of Ukrainian economics, transition economics, economics of Eastern Europe and related topics are welcome. Conference papers will be subsequently published in a volume of proceedings. For further information, contact: Prof. I.S. Koropeckyj, Department of Economics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, telephone, (215) 517-7389; fax, (215) 204-8173; e-mail, iskor@nimbus.temple.edu

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