PREVIEW OF EVENTS (09/18/05)

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.

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