PREVIEW OF EVENTS (10/07/01)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday, October 13

NEW YORK: Dr. Susan Heumann, associate professor of history at Manhattanville College and author of "Kistiakovsky: The Struggle for National and Constitutional Rights in the Last Years of Tsarism" (Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies, 1998), will discuss the rule of Bohdan Kistiakovsky in the struggle for human rights. The presentation will be held at the Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh) building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For additional information call the sponsoring institution, NTSh, (212) 254-5130.
WATERVLIET, N.Y.: The local branch of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America will celebrate its 50th anniversary at the Ukrainian Club. The celebration will start with a cocktail hour at 5 p.m., followed by an anniversary program at 6 p.m., featuring the Zorepad dance ensemble, under the direction of Roma Pryma Bohachevsky, and the Charivnyi Homin vocal ensemble, under the direction of Yaroslav Kushnir. Donation: $10 per person. Representatives of local and neighboring communities have been invited to attend. For more information contact Stanley Mochulsky, branch president, (518) 274-7038, or Taras Myshchuk, head of the anniversary committee, (518) 274-7958.

Tuesday, October 16

TORONTO: St. Vladimir Institute and the Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Ontario branch, invite the public to a lecture by Volodymyr Mezentsev, Ph.D., visiting professor, Slavic department, University of Toronto, who will speak on the topic "Baturyn, Capital of the Kozak Hetman State: New Historical and Archaeological Discoveries." The lecture, accompanied by a slide presentation and delivered in English, will be held at the institute, 620 Spadina Ave., at 6:30-8 p.m. For additional information call (416) 923-3318.

Thursday, October 18

NEW YORK: The Harrimann Institute of Columbia University presents a lecture in the "Roundtable Series: Language Situation and Language Policy in Ukraine" by Lada Bilaniuk, assistant professor, department of anthropology at the University of Washington, and Shklar Fellow, Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard, titled "The Social Life of Surzhyk: Conflicts Over Mixed Ukrainian-Russian Language in Ukraine." The lecture will be held at Harriman Institute, 420 W. 188th St., Room 1219 1AB, at 12:15-1:45 p.m. For further information contact (212) 854-4623.

Friday-Sunday, October 19-21

WASHINGTON: The Washington Group will hold its annual Leadership Conference at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, Va. The conference theme is "Ukraine: Focus on the Future." Borys Tarasyuk, Ukraine's previous minister of foreign affairs, will address the conference on October 20; the Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak, rector of the Lviv Theological Academy, will make a presentation on October 21, titled, "Heartening a Nation: How Pope John Paul II Honored Ukraine's Past and Encouraged its Future." Conference panels will discuss U.S.-Ukraine relations as analyzed by representatives from the State, Defense, and Commerce departments and the FBI; Ukraine's integration into NATO and the EU, as seen by ambassadors to the United States from Bulgaria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Ukraine; and the role of Ukraine's women and non-governmental organizations in building a civil society. For more information see the TGW conference ad in this issue or call Ihor Kotlarchuk, (703) 548-8534.

Sunday, October 21

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of America invites everyone to their Halloween Costume Party for children, with emcee Marta Sawycky, director of Music & Me. The party will be held at UIA, 2 E. 79th St., at 2 p.m. There will be a costume parade, professional face painting, and a magic show, as well as refreshments for the children. Donation: $20 per family. RSVP by October 15 by calling the UIA, (212) 288-8660.

Wednesday, October 24

OTTAWA: The Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Ottawa presents the second in its "Ambassador's Lecture" series, featuring Ambassador Danièle Smadja, head of delegation of the European Commission in Canada, who will deliver a public lecture addressing the topic "The European Union and Ukraine." The presentation will be held on campus in the Senate Room (No. 083) Tabaret Hall, 75 Laurier St. E., at 7:30 p.m. For additional information contact Chair Coordinator Irena Bell, (613) 562-5800 ext. 3692; e-mail ukrain@uottawa.ca; or see the website http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/grad-etudesup/ukr.

ADVANCE NOTICE

Saturday, November 10

NEW YORK: The New York City and New Jersey chapters of the Ukrainian Engineers' Society of America (UESA), the Ukrainian Medical Association of North America (UMANA) and the Ukrainian Institute of America invite their members and the genral public to the first annual "Fall Zabava in New York City," with music by Luna. The event will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2. E. 79th St., starting at 8 p.m. Admission: members, $35 in advance, $40 at the door; non-members, $45 in advance, $50 at the door. For additional information call (212) 288-8660; e-mail nj@uesa.org or nyc@uesa.org, or view the website at www.uesa.org.
WARREN, Mich.: The Ukrainian National Women's League of America, Detroit Regional Council, is staging an all-day fund-raiser at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 26601 Ryan Road., to benefit needy school children in Ukraine via the "Milk, Buns and Books" program. The theme is "Giving Angels." There will be a pre-Christmas bazaar, silent and live auctions, cocktails and buffet dinner; entertainment will include music, singers, dancers and surprises. The featured performer is comedienne Luba Goy, star of radio and TV's "Royal Canadian Air Farce." General admission: $45; seniors, $35; bazaar only, $1. Tickets and detailed information are available locally from Svitlana Korduba, (248) 615-7675.

Sunday, October 28

WARREN, Mich.: The Ukrainian Arts Society presents a concert featuring baritone Oleh Chmyr and concert pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky in a program of works by Schumann, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Lysenko and Liudkevych. The concert will be held at 4:30 p.m. in St. Josaphat Hall, Ryan Road. (just south of I-696). For more information call (248) 879-8167 or (248) 541-3886.
CHICAGO: Ukrainian National Women's League of America Branch 29 invites the community to a charity luncheon to establish a Foster Parents' Fund in Ukraine. The luncheon will be held at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 2247 W. Chicago Ave., at 1:30 p.m. Donation: $25. For reservation call Lina Kosyk, (847) 965-5396, no later than October 20. We are asking for your support.
CHICAGO: Ukrainian National Women's League of America Branch 85 invites all to its annual fund-raiser for its Ukrainian Pre-School (Svitlychka) in a program titled "A Children's Masquerade." The masquerade will take place in the church hall of St. Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church, 5000 N. Cumberland, at 2-4 p.m. There will be music and a parade, as well as refreshments for children. Admission: $5 per person.

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