PREVIEW OF EVENTS (01/12/97)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Thursday-Sunday, January 16-26

NEW YORK: La Mama Experimental Theater presents the Yara Arts Group in "Virtual Souls," inspired by Oleh Lysheha's poem "Swan" and featuring the music and myth of the Buryat people who live in Siberia near Lake Baikal. Also included is Japanese, Ukrainian and American poetry. "Virtual Souls" will be presented at La Mama's Annex Theater, 74A E. Fourth St., Thursdays through Sundays at 7:30 p.m.; matinees on Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are available at La Mama Annex. The box office number is (212) 475-7710.

Saturday-Monday, January 18-20

LEHIGHTON, Pa.: The Zaporozhian Brotherhood of Upper Lehigh will sponsor its first Pocono Holiday Ski Weekend at the Ukrainian Homestead. The package, at $65 per person, includes lift tickets to Blue Mountain or Montage Ski areas, motel accommodations (double occupancy), and full breakfast and dinner. For additional information and reservations call Eugene A. Luciw, (610) 262-0807.

Sunday, January 19

WHIPPANY, N.J.: The local branch of the Ukrainian American Youth Association - SUM-A invites the public to its annual "yalynka" at St. John Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, Route 10 and Jefferson Road, at 3 p.m. The evening includes a traditional Christmas Eve dinner and a performance by the young members of SUM-A. For more information call Michael Koziupa, (201) 984-9132.

Saturday, January 25

ASHLAND, Ore.: The Leontovych String Quartet - Yuri Mazurkevich, first violin; Yuri Kharenko, second violin; Boris Deviatov, viola; Volodymyr Panteleyev, cello - will appear in concert at the Southern Oregon State College Musical Building Recital Hall in a program of works by Schubert, Svoboda and Shostakovich. Performance time: 8 p.m. Ticket prices: $19 and $21.
YARDVILLE, N.J.: St. George Ukrainian Orthodox Church invites the public to its traditional New Year's Eve "malanka," to be held in the church hall, 839 Yardville-Allentown Road, starting at 9 p.m. Music will be by Fata Morgana. Admission, which includes buffet: $20, adults; $10, students. For more information call Natalka Posewa, (609) 259-2763.

Sunday, January 26

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian American Professionals and Business Persons Association of New York and New Jersey in association with the Ukrainian Student Association in the United States of America (USA/USA) present an address by Yuri Gleba, director, International Institute of Cell Biology, Kyiv, and plant manager, bio-technology research group at American Cyanamid, Princeton, N.J., who will speak on the topic "What is the Future of Science and Scientific Research in Ukraine?" Mr. Gleba, the youngest member of the presidium of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, has actively promoted both international peer review of all Ukrainian research teams, as well as reform of the Academy of Sciences, which runs Ukraine's 160 research institutes. The presentation will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St., at 3 p.m. There will be an open discussion and a wine reception will follow. Admission: members, $8; non-members, $10; students, free. For additional information call Walt Chudowsky, (212) 580-2804.

Monday, January 27

EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta is holding a lecture, as part of its spring seminar series, by Dr. Andrij Hornjatkevyc, University of Alberta, who will speak on the topic "'Pobut' of the 'Kobzari' and 'Lirnyky' as Reflected in their Secret Language." The lecture will be held in the CIUS Library, 352 Athabasca Hall, at 3:30 p.m.