PREVIEW OF EVENTS
ONGOING
- PHILADELPHIA: The School of the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble began
its academic year on Monday, September 12. Registration of children age
4 and above is taking on Monday, September 12, through Monday, September
26, at 6 p.m. at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, 700 Cedar
Road, Jenkintown, Pa. Classes are held weekly on Monday evenings at the
Cultural Center. For additional information contact Nina Prybolsky, school
director, (610) 591-2492 or (215) 572-1552.
Wednesday, September 21
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University presents
Borys Tarasyuk, who has served as minister for foreign affairs of Ukraine
under the Yushchenko administration, as guest speaker on the topic of Ukraine's
foreign policy with specific reference to the U.S., Europe and Russia,
followed by a question-and-answer period. Time: 11:30 a.m.; venue: International
Affairs Building, Room 1501. For additional information call Diana Howansky,
staff associate, (212) 854-4697.
Thursday, September 22
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University opens its
fall 2005 season with the screening of Ihor Strembitsky's "Wayfarers,"
winner of the Palme d'or in the short film category, Cannes International
Film Festival (2005), as well as the critically acclaimed documentary "Consonance"
by director Viktoria Melnykova. Dr. Yuri Shevchuk, director of the club
and lecturer of Ukrainian language and culture at Columbia, will offer
as part of the pre-screening introduction, an update on the many developments
in Ukrainian film-making over the summer period. Time: 7:30 p.m.; Venue:
Hamilton Hall, Room 717. For additional information call Diana Howansky,
staff associate, (212) 854-4697.
Friday, September 23
- KALAMAZOO, Mich.: "Catch-86," a one-man stage documentary
about the effects of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster written and performed
by Taras Berezowsky, will be performed at the Nelda K. Balch Playhouse
on the campus of Kalamazoo College at 8 p.m. Mr. Berezowsky is a theater
arts major and recent graduate of Kalamazoo College. He conducted interviews
in the U.S. and in Ukraine with people affected by the disaster while working
as a volunteer for the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund. The interviews,
as well as his daily journals, form the text of the play. Free tickets
may be reserved by calling (269) 337-7310.
Saturday, September 24
- NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society invites the public to a
literary evening featuring the poet, prose writer and playwright Oleksander
Irvanets of Kyiv, member of the Bu-Ba-Bu group, author of five plays and
several collections of poetry, as well as the novel "Rivne/Rovno (Stina)."
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.
- NEW YORK: Yara Arts Group, a resident company at La MaMa Experimental
Theater, celebrates "15 Years" with two film premieres, plus
poetry and music and a party. The anniversary program begins at 7 p.m.
with "The Whisperer," a 30-minute documentary by Andrea Odezynska
that explores the film-maker's unexpected encounter with a village healer,
that changes the course of her life; followed at 8 p.m. by a program titled
"In Verse," with actors performing poetry interweaving Ukrainian
originals with English translation and music; and concludes at 9 p.m. with
the film "A Light from the East" by Amy Grappell about her participation
in the first Ukrainian American theater collaboration, as the Soviet Union
collapses and Ukraine declares independence. Venue: La MaMa, 74 E. Fourth
St. (between the Bowery and Second Avenue). For additional information
call Yara, (212) 475-6474, or visit www.brama.com/yara
for updates.
Sunday, September 25
- LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y.: Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church of Astoria
will hold its annual Ukrainian Heritage Day Festival on the grounds of
Holy Cross Church, located on 31st Avenue and 30th Street, beginning at
10 a.m. Festivities include music, games, prizes and home-made Ukrainian
food. The festival concert will feature the Barvinok dance group. Free
admission; donations accepted. Come, join us!
- HARTFORD, Conn.: The Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms
for Ukraine (ODFFU), the Women's Association for the DFFU and Ukrainian
American Youth Association (SUM) invite the Ukrainian community to the
Obzhynky 2005 traditional Ukrainian Fall Harvest Festival to be held at
the Ukrainian National Home, 961 Wethersfield Ave., at noon-5 p.m. The
program includes musical performances by Olya Chodoba Fryz (Ukrainian children's
songs) and Ivan and Iryna Batisko (Ukrainian folk songs). A la carte lunch
(varenyky, kovbasa and kapusta as well as coffee, soda and desserts) will
be available from the Ukrainian kitchen. Donation: $6, adults; $3, children.
Tickets may be obtained at the Cooperative SUMA Ukrainian Gift Shop; telephone:
(860) 296-6955. Come enjoy an afternoon with your family and friends.
Monday, September 26
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University presents
Volodymyr Kulyk, senior research fellow, National Academy of Sciences of
Ukraine, Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, and current visiting
scholar at Stanford University, who will give a lunchtime talk on "Language
Ideologies and the Media in Post-Soviet Ukraine." Dr. Kulyk, whose
research fields include media discourse, contemporary Ukrainian nationalism,
and the politics of language and ethnicity, will speak about language ideologies
(beliefs about the nature, structure and use of language), as expressed
and embodied in contemporary Ukrainian media. Time: noon; venue: International
Affairs Building, Room 1219. For additional information call Diana Howansky,
staff associate, (212) 854-4697.
Tuesday, September 27
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University presents
a panel discussion about Ukraine's political situation in the aftermath
of President Viktor Yushchenko's decision to dismiss his Cabinet. Speakers
will include: Volodymyr Kulyk (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;
Stanford University) Alexander Motyl (Rutgers University), and Steve Sestanovich
(Columbia University); with Yuri Shevchuk (Columbia University), moderator.
Venue: International Affairs Building, Room 1512; time: 3:30-6 p.m. For
additional information call Diana Howansky, staff associate, (212) 854-4697.
Wednesday, September 28
- NEW YORK: The first lecture of the course offered as part of the Ukrainian
Studies Program at Columbia University, titled "Ukraine and the United
Nations Through the Eyes of a Ukrainian Ambassador: Diplomacy and Politics,"
will be taught by Ambassador Valery Kuchinsky, permanent representative
of Ukraine to the United Nations. The course provides a comprehensive and
contemporary examination of the United Nations and its role in three core
issues of international relations: international peace and security; human
rights and humanitarian affairs; and building peace through sustainable
development. Note: The course is open to the public. Time: 6:10-8 p.m.;
venue: International Affairs Building, Room 1219. For additional information
call Diana Howansky, staff associate, (212) 854-4697.
Friday, September 30
- CHICAGO: The Alla Horska Branch of the Women's Association for the
Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine cordially invites the Ukrainian community
to attend a fund-raising benefit titled "One Heart to Another,"
to be held at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 2247 W. Chicago Ave., at 7
p.m. The evening's program includes entertainment, a raffle of gift baskets
and a silent auction. All proceeds will help fund life-saving heart operations
for children in Ukraine under the "Gift of Life Program." Donation
of $35 includes cocktails, appetizers, coffee and dessert. For more information
or to RSVP, call Mariyka, (847) 516-0678, or Lilia, (773) 854-7458.
ADVANCE NOTICE
Friday, October 14
- TORONTO: The Peter Jacyk Center for Ukrainian Historical Research and
the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press will host the presentation
of the newly published English edition of Volume 9, Book 1 of Mykhailo
Hrushevsky's "History of Ukraine-Rus.'" This volume, titled "The
Cossack Age, 1650-1653," continues Hrushevsky's discussion of the
Khmelnytsky uprising and its aftermath. Editors Frank Sysyn and Serhii
Plokhy will present the volume, with commentary by Profs. Victor Ostapchuk
and Olga Andriewsky. A reception will follow. Time: 7 p.m.; venue: University
of Toronto, University College, 15 King's College Circle, Croft Chapter
House.
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, September
18, 2005, No. 38, Vol. LXXIII
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