PREVIEW OF EVENTS (03/02/97)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Thursday, March 6

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute is holding a lecture by Yaroslav Bilinsky, University of Delaware, who will speak on the topic "Ukrainization in Today's Ukraine: Is It Compatible with a Civil Society?" The lecture will be held at the institute, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m.

Friday, March 7

NEW YORK: The Literary and Art Club is presenting a program titled "Taras Shevchenko: His Life and Work." There will be a slide presentation on the poet as artist by Slava Gerulak; a reading by Nadia Savchuk from Halyna Lashchenko's "Shevchenko's First Journey to Ukraine"; and excerpts form "Nazar Stodolia" by Larysa Kukrytska and Volodymyr Lyssniak. Concurrently, an exhibit of graphic work based on Shevchenko's works done by Kyiv artists and V. Lytvyn will be on display in the Mayana Gallery. The club and gallery are located at 136 Second Ave. The program begins at 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 8

NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh), the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S (UVAN) and Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute will hold their 17th Annual Shevchenko Conference. The following speakers will present papers: Dr. Tetiana Bednarzowa, Charles University, Prague, "Shevchenko on the Psychology of Creativity"; Prof. Albert Kipa, Muhlenberg College, "On the History of Pavlo Zaitsev's 'Life of Taras Shevchenko' "; and Prof. Ivan Fizer, Rutgers University, "Shevchenko's Aesthetics," with opening remarks by Dr. Marko Antonovych, UVAN president, and closing remarks by Prof. Leonid Rudnytzky, NTSH,president. The conference will be held at the Shevchenko Scientific Society, 63 Fourth Ave., at 4 p.m.
JENKINTOWN, Pa.: A program titled "Remembrance of Heroic Women," with keynote speaker Prof. Marta Bohachevsky Chomiak, will be held in the gallery of the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road, at 3:30 p.m. Taking part in the program are Roman Tsymbal, tenor, Lviv Opera, with Maria Tsymbal, accompaniment, and Vira Klish, poetry recitation. The program is jointly sponsored by the Philadelphia Regional Council of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, the United Ukrainian Orthodox Sisterhoods of the U.S.A., The Women's Association for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine and the Ukrainian Gold Cross. The program will be opened by Maria Rakowsky, UNWLA Regional Council.

Friday, March 14

BUNNELL, Fla.: The Leontovych String quartet - Yuri Mazurkevich, first violin; Yuri Kharenko, second violin; Borys Deviatov, viola; Volodymyr Panteleyev, cello - will appear in concert in Flagler Auditorium in a concert of works by Shostakovich, Borodin and Brahms. For performance time call (904) 437-7547.

Saturday, March 15

LIVONIA, Mich.: The Livonia Symphony Orchestra Society invites the public to a spring concert featuring the Livonia Symphony Orchestra, Volodymyr Schesiuk, conducting, and Karl Shymanovitz, guest pianist, in a program of works by Wagner, Khatchaturian, Von Suppe and Dvorak. The concert will be held at Churchill High School, Ann Arbor and Joy roads, at 7:30 p.m. Admission: $10. Following the concert there will be a reception at Di Palma's Ristorante, Plymouth Road, tickets: $10.

Saturday, March 22

NEW BRITAIN, Conn.: St. Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 54 Winter St., will hold a Ukrainian Easter festival, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Pysanka workshops will be held at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; fee: $15, reservation required. There will be pysanky, Easter egg kits, Easter breads and baked goods as well as eat-in and take-out food. Snow date: March 29. For workshop reservations call (860) 828-5087.

Sunday, March 23

LOS ANGELES: The Ukrainian Art Center, 4315 Melrose Ave., is holding a psyanka festival and Easter open house, at 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Special guest is Orysia Tracz, a specialist on Ukrainian folklore, who will give presentations at noon and 1:30 p.m. Featured will be an exhibit of traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs as well as Ukrainian Easter baskets prepared by local churches, schools and youth organizations. Concurrently, the exhibit "Tapestry from Ukraine," featuring work by Nina Lapchyk of Kyiv, will be on display. Pysanka workshops will be held at the center on March 2, 8 16 and 22, at 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Fee: $25 (includes materials). For additional information call (213) 668-0172 or (714) 544-8665.