PREVIEW OF EVENTS (04/23/06)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Wednesday, April 26

WASHINGTON: The Washington Group, in cooperation with The Embassy of Ukraine and area Ukrainian churches, invites you to a 20th Anniversary Chornobyl Commemora-tion Candlelight Vigil and Requiem beginning at 7 p.m. Venue: Taras Shevchenko Monument, 22nd and P streets NW, near Dupont Metro Station. Please bring candles. For more information contact Andrew Sorokowski, 202-514-1822, or Adrian Pidlusky, 240-381-0993, or visit www.TheWashingtonGroup.org.
HARTFORD, Conn.: "Remember Chornobyl - Commemorating 20 Years of Chornobyl" is the theme of an event organized by the Council of Ukrainian American Organizations of Greater Hartford. A candlelight vigil and commemorative program begin at 6:30 p.m. on the grounds of the State Capitol. Preceding the vigil, a moleben service will be offered at 5 p.m. at St. Michaels Ukrainian Catholic Church, 125 Wethersfield Ave. For additional information call 860-537-4051 or e-mail irudko@rudko.com.

Saturday, April 29

NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society will commemorate the 1986 Chornobyl disaster with a lecture at 4 p.m. on "The Chornobyl Disaster as Reflected in Ukrainian Literature" (with special emphasis on Vasyl Barka's "The Wormwood Star") by Dr. Larissa M. L. Zaleska Onyshkevych, president of the society. The society's library will also hold an exhibit of selected publications dealing with technical aspects of the Chornobyl disaster, as well as works of Ukrainian literature reflecting the disaster. The exhibit will be held on April 24 - May 7. The lecture and the exhibit will take place at the Shevchenko Scientific Society, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets), New York City. For information call 212-254-5130.
CHICAGO: The Chornobyl Conference Committee invites the Chicago community to the "Chornobyl: The Next Generation" conference marking the 20th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear power plant disaster. The conference will examine the ongoing health and social effects of the disaster on Ukraine and Belarus, the international relief efforts to contain the damage and new findings on nuclear safety. The distinguished panel of experts includes: Dr. David Marples, professor of history, University of Alberta; Dr. Ihor Masnyk, director of the Chornobyl Research Project, U.S. National Cancer Institute; Dr. A. E. Okeanov, vice-rector, International Sakharov Environmental University, Belarus; Dr. Pavlo Zamostyan, project manager, U.N. Chornobyl Recovery and Development Program, Kyiv; Dr. Andrew Sowder, U.S. Department of State; Gordon Fowler, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Alex Kuzma, Children of Chornobyl Relief and Development Fund; and Karim and Daria Khan, Shelter Implementation Plan. The conference will be held at 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois in Chicago. It will be preceded by an evening reception on Friday, April 28, at the Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago, which will be showing a special Chornobyl exhibit. Pre-registration by April 26 is required. The registration fee is $35, general public, $15, students; $10 for box lunches. To register and pay by credit card call 312-996-6904 or log on to http://128.248.232.70/glakes/ce/register.asp?gid=369. For additional information call 773-883-9737.

Saturday, May 6

PARSIPPANY, N.J.: The Ukrainian American Professionals and Businesspersons Association of New York and New Jersey invites the public to hear Prof. Yaroslav Hrytsak speak on the topic "How Ivan Franko Became a Genius" at 7:30 p.m. in the atrium of the Ukrainian National Association Corporate Headquarters, 2200 Route 10. Prof. Hrytsak teaches history at Lviv University and has also taught at Columbia University and the Central European University. He is the author of over 400 publications on history and current affairs; his new biography of Franko is scheduled to appear in September. For information on the event call Oksana Trytjak, 973-292-9800, ext. 3071.

Friday, June 16

ROCK HALL, Md.: The Ukrainian American Nautical Association Inc. (UANAI) will hold its annual three-day Chesapeake Sail on June 16-18. If you have your own boat, we'd love to have you join us. We have chartered two sailboats. A few crew spots are still available (cost is $300 person). For further details call Petro at (610) 225-0211 or e-mail usail2006@comcast.net.

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