PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Friday, February 16
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and Literary Club presents "Celebration
of the Hearts," an evening of poetry and song, with an introduction
by Olha Kuzmowycz. Literary works by Shevchenko, Oles, as well as contemporary
writers such as Luba Dmytryshyn-Chasto and others will be read by Nadia
Sawchuk and Lavrentia Turkewicz. The musical performance will feature Yaroslava
Hirniak and Larysa Hulovych, soloists with the Ukrainska Rodyna ensemble.
Donation: $7. The evening and the opening of the "Celebration of the
Hearts" art exhibit (on view February 16-25) will be held at the Mayana
Gallery, 136 Second Ave., fourth floor, at 7 p.m. For more information
call (212) 260-4490 or (212) 777-8144. Visit the website: http://www.brama.com/mayana;
or e-mail: ukrartlitolub@aol.com.
- STAMFORD, Conn.: The Les Kurbas Theater of Lviv presents a concert
of "Ancient Spiritual Ukrainian Song (Irmos)," with Natalia Polovynka,
Oleh Stefan and Andriy Vodychev, to be held at the Ukrainian Museum of
the Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Stamford, St. Basil College, 195 Glenbrook
Road, at 7 p.m.
Saturday, February 17
- NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society will present two talks
by members of the society's Mathematics-Physics-Technology Section: Dr.
Roman Kuc, professor of electrical engineering, Yale University, will speak
on "Seeing with Sound: How Bats and Dolphins Perceive their Environment
with Sound Waves"; Dr. Wolodymyr Madych, professor of mathematics,
University of Connecticut, will speak on "Wavelets: A New Signal Analysis
Tool." The presentations will be held at the society's building, 63
Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets), at 3 p.m. For more information,
visit the society's website at www.shevchenko.org,
or call (212) 254-5l30.
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Museum invites the public to an event commemorating
the 90th anniversary of the birth of sculptor Mykhailo Chereshnovsky (1911-1994)
to be held at the museum, 203 Second Ave., at 6 p.m. Featured in the program
will be actors from the Les Kurbas Theater of Lviv as well as excerpts
from the Anatol Volvych film about Chereshnovsky. For additional information
call the museum, (212) 228-0110; e-mail UkrMus@aol.com;
or visit the website www.ukrainianmuseum.org.
- NEW YORK: "Music at the Institute" presents a gala fund-raising
concert for the Children and Music Fund in Memory of Volodymyr Czyzyk,
with cellist Natalia Khoma, who will officially introduce the fund established
last year to create financial support to gifted children of music in Ukraine.
Performing will be Ms. Khoma, Suren Bagratuni, Catherine Cho, Peter and
Rachel Lewis Krysa, Daniel Panner, Todd Phillips and Volodymyr Vynnytsky
in a program of works by Handel, Franck and Schubert. The concert will
be held at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m.
Sunday, February 18
- NEW YORK: The Les Kurbas Theater of Lviv, Volodymyr Kuchynsky, artistic
director, presents "Marko Prokliaty, or The Legend from the East,"
a performance of music and movement to the poetry of Vasyl Stus. The performance
will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St., at 2
p.m.
Thursday, February 22
- NEW YORK: The Harriman Institute at Columbia University presents Oleh
Kupchynsky, ambassador, Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations,
who will speak on the topic "On the Eve of the Ukrainian Chairmanship
of the United Nations Security Council." The presentation will be
held at the International Affairs Building, Room 1512, at 4-5:45 p.m. The
event is chaired by Dr. Antonina Berezovenko.
Saturday, February 24
- CHICAGO: The Les Kurbas Theater of Lviv presents a concert variant
of Lina Kostenko's "Snow in Florence," to be followed by a cabaret-like
auction of theater memorabilia to benefit the creation of the Lesia Ukrainka
Center. The performance will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern
Art, 2320 W. Chicago Ave., at 2 p.m. For additional information call (773)
227-5522; visit the website http//www.enteract.com/griffin/uima.html.
- SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J.: The Ukrainian Cultural Center and the Committee
for Aid to Ukraine, Central New Jersey Branch, invite the public to a carnival
ball dinner/dance to be held at the center starting at 6:30 p.m. with music
by Tempo. Profits from ticket sales will benefit charities in Ukraine.
Tickets in advance for the dinner/dance: $40 per person; $30 for students
with identification. Tickets after February 15 and at the door: $50 per
person; $40 for students. Tickets may be ordered from: Michael Shulha,
(908) 534-6683; the Rev. Ivan Lyshyk, (212) 873-8550; and George Mischenko,
(732) 671-1914; e-mail, UKRNS@aol.com.
Sunday, February 25
- CHICAGO: The Les Kurbas Theater of Lviv, Volodymyr Kuchynsky, artistic
director, presents "Marko Prokliaty, or The Legend from the East,"
a performance of music and movement to the poetry of Vasyl Stus. The performance
will be held at the Ss. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Parish Hall, 739 N.
Oakley Blvd., at 1:30 p.m.
- CHICAGO: The Kyiv Committee of the Chicago Sister Cities International
Program will host a buffet reception at the Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson,
at 2-5 p.m. Guests will enjoy fine Ukrainian cuisine, delight in the performance
of spectacular Ukrainian dance, and have occasion to meet key members of
the mayors' administrations in both Chicago and Kyiv. Proceeds will benefit
the Sister Schools Abroad Program between Chicago and Kyiv. Tickets: $50.
For additional information contact Patricia Mackiw, (773) 975-5917, or
the Chicago Sister Cities International Program, (312) 742-5320.
Tuesday, February 27
- EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University
of Alberta continues its winter 2001 seminar series with a lecture by Dr.
Heather Jean Coleman, department of history, University of Calgary, who
will speak on "The Stundists of Kyiv Province: Popular Religion, National
Identity and Political Reliability in Late Imperial Russia." The lecture
will be held in the Heritage Lounge, Athabasca Hall, at 3:30 p.m. For further
information call (780) 492-2972, or e-mail cius@ualberta.ca.
ADVANCE NOTICE
Wednesday, March 7 - Wednesday, March 28
- CHICAGO: The International Visitors' Center of Chicago (IVCC) will
implement a professional development training program in Chicago for 10
journalists from Crimea on March 7-28. Under the U.S. Department of State-sponsored
"Community Connections Program," qualifying Ukrainian mixed-media
professionals will participate in an educational exchange program focusing
on freedom of the press and first amendment rights issues. The IVCC is
also seeking homestay hosts for this program. For additional information,
contact Dan Stephenson, (312) 915-6383, or e-mail dstephenson@ivcc.org.
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, February
11, 2001, No. 6, Vol. LXIX
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