PREVIEW OF EVENTS (03/06/05)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Sunday, March 6

Washington: The Washington Group Cultural Fund, in cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine, presents pianist Juliana Osinchuk in a concert program featuring works by Bortniansky, Hummel, Schumann, Moss, Munger and Liszt. The audience will be able to meet the artist and to honor the Cultural Fund's founder and former director, Laryssa Courtney, at the reception following the performance. The concert will take place at 3 p.m. at the Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St., Old Town Alexandria, Va. The premises are handicapped-accessible. Donation: $20; students, free. For more information contact Svitlana Fedko Shiells, (703) 506-4745.

Thursday, March 10

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University will present a program titled "The New Generation of Ukrainian Filmmakers: Taras Tomenko, Valentyn Vasyanovych and Olena Fetisova." The event will feature four, short-length award-winning feature and documentary films: Mr. Tomenko's "Shooting Gallery" (2001) and "Parched Land" (2004), Mr. Vasyanovych's "Against the Sun" (2004) and Ms. Fetisova's "If I Were a Saxophone" (2004) - offering viewers an indication of the new generation of filmmakers' creative promise. The films will be shown in their original Ukrainian versions, with English subtitles. Introductory remarks will be given by Dr. Yuri Shevchuk, lecturer of Ukrainian language and culture, Columbia University. For more information visit the Film Club's new website, http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ufc, or contact Diana Howansky, (212) 854-4697 or ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu. The films will be shown starting at 7:30 p.m., in Room 717, Hamilton Hall, Columbia University, 1130 Amsterdam Ave.

Saturday, March 12

NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society invites the public to a program titled "An Evening With Our Octogenarians: Dr. Oksana Asher, Mykola Haliv, Olha Kuzmowycz, Dr. Natalia Pazuniak and Ulana Starosolska." The featured speakers will share with the audience their reminiscences about such key Ukrainian figures of the 20th century as Mykhailo Drai-Khmara, the Shulhyn Family, Yevhen Konovalets and Andriy Melnyk, the Shukhevych Family and the Ukrainian writers of the 1960s generation. The program will take place at the society's building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For additional information call (212) 254-5130.

Sunday, March 13

PHILADELPHIA: Ukrainian actress and singer Mariana Sadovska, referred to in a recent review as "oddly perfect" by The New York Times, will be joined by master bandurist Julian Kytasty of New York at the Tritone, 1508 South St. The pair will perform individual sets as well as together. Doors open at 5 p.m.; the concert begins promptly at 7 p.m. TIckets: $15; $12, in advance at the venue or at www.virtuous.com. For additional information call Victor Fiorillo, (215) 656-3539.
Milwaukee, Wisc.: St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Church will host a program commemorating the birth of Taras Shevchenko and an art exhibit at the church hall at 1231 W. Scott St. at noon-6 p.m. Nastasiya Zhmendak, an artist specializing in weaving and embroidery, will be one of the featured artists. Ms. Shmendak is a member of National Association of Folk Artists of Ukraine and has exhibited at the Ukrainian National Museum in Chicago and in Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine. Her work will also be featured at the Studio Art Crawl, April 12, 5-9 p.m.; April 16, 10-5p.m; and April 17, 11-4 p.m. at 133 W. Pittsburgh. In addition, the fine handiwork of Ivan Terena, a woodcarver from Ukraine, will be featured at the March 13 exhibit. Admission is free. For additional information call (414) 421-5965.

Monday, March 14

CAMBRIDGE, Mass: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) will host a lecture by John LeDonne, senior research fellow, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, on the topic "Logistics, Polish-Ukrainian Grain and Russian Ambitions in the Black Sea Basin." The lecture will be held in the HURI Seminar Room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. For further information contact HURI, (617) 495-4053, or visit the HURI website, http://www.huri.harvard.edu.

Saturday, March 19

NEW YORK: "Music at the Institute" presents the "Music at the Grazhda" Chamber Music Society - Volodymyr Vynnytsky, artistic director, with performers Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin, Yuri Kharenko, violin, Randolph Kelly, viola, Natalia Khoma, cello, and Mr. Vynnytsky, piano - in a program of works by Haydn, Beethoven, Schumann, Shostakovich and Vynnytsky (his "Lost Tango"). The concert will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m. Donation: $25; UIA members, $20, senior citizens and students, $20. For more information or to make a reservation call (212) 288-8660 or visit www.ukrainianinstitute.org.

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