PREVIEW OF EVENTS (03/11/01)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Friday, March 16

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and Literary Club presents "Reclaiming Our Bylyny," a musical evening featuring unique recordings of Ukrainian medieval epos of the Kyivan Rus' period from the collection of Levko Maystrenko. The music, set to text restored to Ukrainian, was composed and performed by renowned bandurist Zynoviy Shtokalko (1920-1968), whose lifetime ambition was to reconstruct the ancient Ukrainian musical genre. As precursors of the epic kozak "dumy," the bylyny (tales of old) told of the feats of semi-fantastic beings and of Kyivan heroes (bohatyrs). Donation: $7. The evening 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. Website: http://www.brama.com/mayana; e-mail: ukrartlitclub@aol.com.
CHICAGO: The Global Medical Foundation and the Ukrainian Medical Association of North America will host a sponsor reception supporting their upcoming medical mission to Lviv, Ukraine, at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 2247 W. Chicago Ave. The reception will be held at 7-10 p.m. The members traveling to the Lviv Regional Clinical Hospital to provide medical and surgical care and education will present a mission overview. Wine, hors d'ouvres and sweets will be served, and the guests will be entertained by the sounds of bandura music. There will also be a raffle, with all proceeds to be used exclusively for the purchase of medical and surgical supplies for the mission. Tickets: $100 per person. For additional information call (630) 654-3341.
MONTREAL: To mark the 140th anniversary of Ukraine's national bard, the poet Taras Shevchenko, The Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Association of Montreal, the Shevchenko Scientific Society, Prosvita Lachine, and the Ukrainian Canadian Congress are sponsoring a talk by Prof. Jaroslav Rozumnyj, Germanic and Slavic Department, University of Manitoba, who will speak on the topic "Moskal in Shevchenko's Poetry." The presentation will be held at the Ukrainian Youth Center, 3260 Beaubien E., at 7 p.m. For further information call (514) 481-5871.

Saturday, March 17

NEW YORK: "Music at the Institute" presents the Amati String Quartet of Switzerland - Willi Zimmermann, violin; Katarzyna Nawrotek, violin; Nicholas Corti, viola; and Claudius Herrmann, cello - in a program of works by Beethoven, Debussy and Smetana. The concert will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m. For additional information call the institute, (212) 288-8660.
NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society is sponsoring a lecture by Dr. Pavlo Hrytsenko, chair, department of dialectology, Ukrainian Language Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, who will address the topic "The Language Situation in Ukraine Today and Discussions about Ukrainian Orthography." The presentation 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.
JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center and the Shevchenko Scientific Society are sponsoring a commemorative concert in honor of Ukrainian poet laureate and national hero Taras Shevchenko to be held at the center, 700 Cedar Rd., at 4 p.m. The program will feature the Prometheus Male Chorus and Ivan Bernatsky, merited national actor of stage and screen from Lviv, who will enact the roles of Shevchenko. Admission: $10, adults; $8, seniors; $5, students; free admission, youths in Plast or SUM uniforms or traditional Ukrainian dress. For further information, call the UECC, (215) 663-1166.

Monday, March 19

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute will present a lecture by Victor Hugo Lane, Polytechnic University, New York, who will speak on the topic "How Autonomous was Galicia?" The lecture will be held in the Institute seminar room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. For further information contact the institute, (617) 495-4053.

Saturday, March 24

NEW BRITAIN, Conn.: The seventh annual Ukrainian Easter Festival will be held at St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Church Hall, 54 Winter St. (behind Newbrite Plaza) at 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Featured will be paska, babka, nut and poppyseed rolls, varenyky, borsch, and homemade cakes and desserts. Pysanky and egg-decorating supplies will also be sold. Lunch and takeout are available. Admission and parking (behind the church) are free. For more information call the parish, (860) 229-3833.

Thursday, March 22

EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta is holding a lecture by Dr. Yuriy Shapoval, lnstitute of Political and Ethnonational Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, on the topic "Current Historiography on Totalitarianism in Ukraine: Achievements and Problems." (The lecture will be given in Ukrainian.) It will be held in the Heritage Lounge, Athahasca Hall, at 3:30 p.m. For further information call (780) 492-2972, or e-mail cius@ualberta.ca.

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