PREVIEW OF EVENTS (02/10/02)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Tuesday, February 12

NEW YORK: The Harriman Institute at Columbia University presents the first of two roundtables in the "Series on Language Politics and Language Planning in Ukraine," featuring Carolyn McEwin, CBS, and Adrian Karatnycky, Freedom House, who will give a talk on "Ukraine"s March Elections: A Case Study in Freedom of Speech." The roundtable discussion will be held at the International Affairs Building, Room 1512, 420 W. 118th St., at 6-8 p.m. For more information contact the institute, (212) 854-4623.

Saturday, February 16

NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society is holding a lecture by Dr. Alexandra Hnatiuk, Warsaw University and currently Shklar Fellow at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, on "Nativists vs. Westernizers: Problems and Cultural Identity in Ukrainian Literature of the 1990s." The presentation will be held at the Shevchenko Scientific Society, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For additional information call (212) 254-5130.

Saturday, February 23

EAST HANOVER, N.J.: The New Jersey branch of the Ukrainian Engineers' Society of America (UESA) invites its members and the public to a branch meeting and presentation to be held at the Ramada Hotel, Route 10 (westbound). The branch members' meeting will begin at 1 p.m., followed at 3 p.m. by talks on "Assisting the Lviv Minor Academy" by Oksana Maziar and "Kyiv and Beyond" (a review of Kyivan architecture) by Dorian Yurchuk. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Andrij Wowk, (908) 725-9733, by e-mail at nj@uesa.org, or visit the UESA website: www.uesa.org.
NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and Literary Club and Mayana Gallery invite the public to "White Over Red," an exhibit of abstract paintings by Serhiy Synitsyn from Lviv. The exhibit, which will run through March 3, opens with a one-act "commedia," titled "Carnavale: Opera, or The Undoing of Women," a dance and dramatic improvisation, to be performed by The Cercassi Players. Donation: $10. The evening begins at 7 p.m. at the Mayana Gallery, 136 Second Ave., fourth floor. For more information call (212) 260-4490 or (212) 777-8144; visit the website www.brama.com/mayana; or e-mail ukrartlitclub@aol.com.

Sunday, February 24

SILVER SPRING, Md.: The Shevchenko Scientific Society, Washington Branch and the Ukrainian Free Academy of Arts and Sciences group present Sergiy Korsunsky, science attaché, Embassy of Ukraine, in a lecture on "The State of Science in Ukraine and Opportunities for Cooperation" (in Ukrainian). The presentation will be held at the Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Andrew, 15100 New Hampsire Ave., at 1 p.m. Admission free; contributions accepted. For further information call Andrew Sorokowski, (301) 933-8401.

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