PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Friday, February 7
- PASSAIC, N.J.: A Ukrainian Mardi Gras, with special drinks and food,
will be held at the Ukrainian Center, 240 Hope Ave., beginning at 10 p.m.
There will be live music by the UBS Band. Free admission. For more information
and directions, call (201) 323-1703.
Saturday, February 8
- NEW YORK: The Philadelphia-based United Ukrainian American Relief Committee
is sponsoring an informative meeting with Dr. Andrii M. Serdiuk, minister
of health of Ukraine. The meeting will be held at the Ukrainian Consulate,
240 E. 49th St. Representatives of American Ukrainian medical aid organizations
are especially invited to attend.
Monday, February 10
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
is holding an informative presentation by Patricia Kennedy Grimsted, Harvard
Ukrainian Research Institute and Lada Repulo, Historico-Archival Institute,
Russian State University for the Humanities, who will speak on the topic
"Increasing Reference Access to Ukrainian and Russian Archives with
ArcheoBiblioBase." The talk will be held in the HURI seminar room,
1581-83 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m.
Friday, February 14
- NEW YORK: The committee to re-establish the Federation of Ukrainian
Student Organizations of America (SUSTA) is hosting its first social at
the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America headquarters, 203 Second Ave.,
at 8 p.m. Interested college students and high school seniors are invited
to attend. Admission: $5. For more information contact Stan at [email protected]
or Renya Fedun, (908) 249-3834.
Saturday, February 15
- NEW YORK: The Music at the Institute Series at the Ukrainian Institute
of America presents a "Mostly Krysa" concert, with Oleh Krysa,
violin; Tatiana Tchekina, piano; Peter Krysa, violin; Taras Krysa, violin;
and Rachel Lewis Krysa, cello. The concert program includes works by: Bach,
"Chaconne"; Charvet, "Brandenburg" for Violin and Computer;
Prokofiev, Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 56; Huba, Piano Trio No. 2,"DSCH"
in memory of Dmitri Shostakovich (U.S. premiere); and Dvorak, Piano Quartet
in E-flat Major, Op. 87. The concert will be held at the institute, 2 E.
79th St., at 8 p.m.
Tuesday, February 18
- NEW YORK: The Montserrat Gallery, 584 Broadway, is holding an exhibit
of works by Valentina Hotz. A native of Rivne, Ukraine, Ms. Hotz graduated
from Lviv University in 1989, and has had solo exhibits in Ukraine, Canada,
Israel and South Africa. The exhibit opens with a champagne reception on
February 20 at 6-8 p.m. and will run through March 8. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday,
noon-6 p.m. For additional information call the gallery at (212) 941-8899.
ONGOING
- OTTAWA: A traveling exhibit titled "The Barbed Wire Solution:
Ukrainians and Canada's First Internment Operation, 1914-1920" opened
at Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa City Hall, on January 29 and will run through
March 9. The exhibit, based on primary historical documentation and archival
photographs, explores the circumstances leading to Canada's first use of
the War Measures Act during World War I, which interned over 8,000 persons,
the majority of whom were Ukrainians. The exhibit uses a variety of media,
including the award-winning 1994 documentary video - "Freedom Had
a Price," a production of La Maison de Montage Luhovy Inc. and the
National Film Board of Canada. The exhibit was launched in Toronto in September
1995 and is slated to be presented in 14 cities.
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, February
2, 1997, No. 5, Vol. LXV
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