PREVIEW OF EVENTS (11/06/05)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Sunday, November 13

CHICAGO: Meet Father Borys Gudziak, Ph.D., rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University. A luncheon in his honor will be held at 1 p.m. at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 2247 W. Chicago Ave. Call your local parish or the Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation, (773) 235-8462, for ticket information.
CHICAGO: The Northwest Chicago Symphony invites the public to attend a concert in celebration of its 25th anniversary to be held at St. Patrick Performing Arts Center, 5900 Belmont Ave., at 3 p.m. For the occasion, Music Director Michael Holian has invited the symphony's first soloist - concert pianist Dr. Juliana Osinchuk - to once again share the stage with the orchestra. Comprising the concert program are Overture Festivo by Shostakovich, Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" by Beethoven and Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, performed by Dr. Osinchuk, piano. Tickets: $10, general admission; $5, seniors. For further information call (773) 481-8863 or visit the symphny's website at www.nwcso.org.

Thursday, November 17

EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) will host a lecture by Dr. Sergiy Komisarenko, titled "Ukraine Between the Elections of 2004 and 2006: Opportunities and Pitfalls Ahead." Dr. Komisarenko was Ukraine's first ambassador to Great Britain (1992-1998); today he is the director of the Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The lecture will be held at the University of Alberta, 227 Athabasca Hall, Heritage Lounge, at 3:30 p.m. For more information, contact CIUS, (780) 492-2972, or e-mail cius@ualberta.ca.
NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University will present the works of promising Ukrainian directors who have persevered in their work despite various forms of adversity, in a program titled "Talent Defying Adversity: New Films From Ukraine." The program will feature animated cartoons and short feature films made over the last three years, including: "Streetcar No. 9" (Stepan Koval, director); "Kompromiks" and "The Snow Will Cover the Roads" (Yevhen Syvokin, director); "Next" (Anatoliy Lavrenyshyn, director); "Bad Omen" (Oksana Chernenko, director); "When I'm Afraid" (Liusia Pavlenko, director); "Hunka" (Olena Tereshkova, director); "Oligarch" (Oleksiy Rosych, director); and "My Gogol" (Vera Yakovenko, director). The films will be shown in their original Ukrainian or Russian versions, with English subtitles. Venue: Room 717, Hamilton Hall, Columbia University, 420 W. 118th St. Time: 7:30 p.m. Dr. Yuri Shevchuk, director of the Ukrainian Film Club, will give an update on Ukrainian cinema news in his opening remarks. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Diana Howansky, (212) 854-4697, or e-mail ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu.

Saturday, November 19

DETROIT: Ukrainian Children's Aid and Relief Effort Inc. (UCARE) invites the public to a fund-raising event showcasing artwork created by orphans in Ukraine. "From a Child's Hand: Hearts for Art" Gallery Show and Auction will be held at the Detroit Zoo Wildlife Interpretive Gallery at 7-10 p.m. The proceeds from the sale of the children's art pieces and related items will support the specific needs identified by the orphanages, and UCARE's medical and scholarship programs. Tickets are priced at $65 per person and include hors d'oeuvres and wine; black tie optional. To order tickets call (248) 526-0899 by November 12 (advance ticket sales only). For more information go to www.ucareinc.org.

Sunday, November 20

DETROIT: Meet Father Borys Gudziak, Ph.D., rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University. A luncheon in his honor will be held at 2 p.m. at the St. Josaphat Banquet Center, 26440 Ryan Road, Warren, Mich. Call your local parish or the Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation, (773) 235-8462, for ticket information.
HARTFORD, Conn.: A silent auction and sale of fine art and crafts, as well as a program showcasing young talent will be held at the Ukrainian National Home, 961 Wethersfield Ave., at 1:30-5:30 p.m., with the program taking place at 3-4 p.m. Donation: $5, adults; children, free. Artists represented in the auction include, among others, Bahautdin, Czorniak, Hnizdovsky, Holubec, Hutsaliuk, Kozak, Krychevsky, Kulchytska, Olenska-Petryshyn, Osadsa and Rosandich. The event is being held as a benefit for the Children of Chornobyl Relief and Development Fund, presented by the Greater Hartford Chapter. Proceeds will go to purchase equipment for the neonatal unit of Ivano-Frankivsk Hospital, Ukraine. For further information contact Nadia Haftkowycz, (860) 529-1336.

Sunday, November 23

ALEXANDRIA, Va.: The Washington Group Cultural Fund invites the public to a concert featuring the U.S. debut of Vienna-based violinist Maxim Brylinsky, laureate of the 2002 Paganini Competition and his duo partner, harpsichordist Kotono Sakakura, who will present a program of Mozart, Bach, Paganini and Skoryk. The concert will be held at 3 p.m. at The Lyceum Theater at 201 S. Washington St., Old Town Alexandria, Va. Unreserved seating. Suggested donation: $20; students, free. For additional information contact Marta Zielyk, (202) 244-8836 or check "Events" at www.TheWashingtonGroup.org. To become a sponsor of the 2005-2006 series, please send a check made out to TWGCF ($100 for individuals; $160 for couples) to R. Norair, 7414 Honesty Way, Bethesda, MD 20817.

Tuesday, November 29

TORONTO: The Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine at the University of Toronto in cooperation with the Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University will host a series of lectures on the current state of Ukrainian cinema titled "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Ukrainian Cinema Since Independence." The lectures focus on the challenges faced by Ukrainian cinema as it tries to shake off the crippling legacy of the Soviet past and to adapt to the fast-moving reality of a post-Soviet Ukraine. The first lecture in the series, titled "Oxygen Starvation: The Defeated Expectation of Freedom," will be held at 7-10 p.m. at the Innis Townhall, Innis College, University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Ave. The lecture will be followed by a discussion and a presentation of Ukrainian short films that have received international recognition, among them: Ihor Strembitsky's "Wayfarers," (Palme d'Or, Best Short, Cannes International Film Festival, France, 2005); Valentyn Vasyanovych's "Counterclockwise," (Special Jury Prize, 17th International Short Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2005); and Taras Tomenko's "Shooting Gallery," (Grand Prix, Best Short, Berlin International Film Festival, 2001). The films are in Ukrainian with English subtitles. Free admission. For additional information call (416) 946-8113 or check the program's website: http://www.utoronto.ca/jacyk/ukrcinema/index.html.

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