PREVIEW OF EVENTS (04/08/01)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Monday, April 9

WASHINGTON: The Washington Group presents a panel discussion on "Freedom of the Press in Ukraine," with panelists Roman Kupchinsky, Olena Prytula and Olga Andriewska, to be held at the Kennan Institute (fifth floor conference room), Woodrow Wilson Center, 1 Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, at 6-8 p.m.

Tuesday, April 10

NEW YORK: Due to the overwhelming response at the March 11 film premiere in New York City, The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) has arranged for another screening of "The Undefeated." The film will be shown at 7:30 p.m. at New York University Cantor Film Center located at 36 E. Eighth St. (between Broadway and University Place). Tickets, at $10, will be on sale at the UCCA National Office or at the door prior to the showing. For further information or to reserve tickets, contact the UCCA (212) 228-6840.

Monday, April 16

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute will present a lecture by Alexei Lidov of the Institute for Eastern Orthodox Culture, Moscow, titled "The Iconostasis: Development and Symbolic Interpretation." The lecture will be held in Room 318 of the Sackler Museum, located at 485 Broadway, at 4-6 p.m. For more information contact the institute, (617) 495-4053.

Saturday, April 21

LIVONIA, Mich.: The Livonia Symphony Orchestra, Volodymyr Shesiuk, conductor and music director, presents the concert "An Evening with Dvorák," with guest artist cellist Natalia Khoma. The concert will be held at Carli Auditorium, Churchill High School, at 7:30 p.m.

Monday, April 23

ARLINGTON, Va.: The Washington Group Cultural Fund, in cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine, presents New York City Opera Diva Oksana Krovytska, soprano, and Volodymyr Vynnytsky, pianist, at the Rosslyn Spectrum Theater in the last benefit concert of a series to raise funds for Lviv Conservatory musical instruments. The program includes works by Barvinsky, Puccini and Verdi. Suggested donation: $15. The theater is located at 1611 N. Kent St. (two blocks from Rosslyn Metro Station). Free garage parking is available in the rear of the building off Arlington Ridge Road. Performance begins at 7 p.m. For more information, contact Chrystia Sonevytsky, (707) 241-1817.

ADVANCE NOTICE

Thursday, April 26

OTTAWA: On the 15th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster, an ecumenical commemoration service, "Remember Chornobyl," will be held at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Shrine, 952 Green Valley Crescent (off Prince of Wales Dr. and Baseline Rd.) at 7 p.m. For additional information call the parish, (613) 723-1673. Also, on view at the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography is an exhibit titled "The Chernobyl Evacuation Zone," featuring David McMillan's photographs of Chornobyl's haunting urban landscape, and the traces of human presence that remain years after the nuclear disaster. The museum is located at 1 Rideau Canal; telephone: (613) 990-8257; website: http://cmcp.gallery.ca/.

CORRECTION

In the Sunday, April 22, Preview listing (which appeared in the April 1 issue of The Weekly) for Hillside, N.J., announcing the opportunity for children to learn basic hahilky as well as take part in an Easter egg hunt at the parish of Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church, a mistake occured in the listing of the telephone number for contact person Joe Shatynski. The correct number is (973) 599-9381. Interested individuals should call Mr. Shatynski, or Mike Szpyhulsky, (908) 289-0127, by April 11.