PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Saturday, January 30
- NEW BRITAIN, Conn.: The Postava Ukrainian Youth Group is sponsoring
its traditional Malanka to be held at St. George's Church Hall, 301 W.
Main St. Music will be by Zolota Bulava of Montreal. Admission: $20, adults;
$15, youths under 18. For directions and to reserve tables call Chris Iwanik,
(860) 665-9317, or Bohdan Platosz, (860) 225-9700.
Saturday, February 6
- NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society is holding a lecture by
Dr. Vladyslav Verstiuk, Institute of East European Studies, National Academy
of Sciences, Kyiv, who will speak on the topic "Post-Soviet Tendencies
in Historical Studies in Ukraine." The lecture will be held at the
society's building, 63 Fourth Ave., at 5 p.m.
Monday, February 8
- WASHINGTON: The Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies is holding
a noon discussion titled "Women in Contemporary Ukraine: The Political
Potential of Community Organizations," with Martha Bohachevsky Chomiak,
senior program officer, division of preservation and access, National Endowment
for the Humanities, and professorial lecturer, department of history, George
Washington University. The discussion will be held at the institute auditorium
(sixth floor) of the Woodrow Wilson Center, 1 Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300
Pennsylvania Ave. For more information call (202) 691-4100, or visit the
Kennan Institute home page: http://wwics.si.edu/PROGRAMS/REGION/KENNAN/KENMAIN.HTM
Saturday, February 13
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of America presents Daniel Phillips,
violin; Vagram Saradjian, cello; and Volodymyr Vynnytsky, piano; in a program
of works by Schumann, Stankovych, Skoryk, de Falla and Rachmaninoff. The
concert will be held at the institute, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m. It is sponsored
by Self Reliance (N.Y.) Federal Credit Union. Mr. Phillips is a founding
member of the Orion String Quartet, which in addition to international
touring, is the quartet-in-residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
Center. Since his triumphs in 1975 at the International Cello Competition
in Geneva and the International Tchaikovsky Competition, Mr. Saradjian
has performed throughout the world and has played with leading orchestras
and conductors such as Gergiev, Khachaturian, Rostropovich, Shostakovich
and Temirkanov. A laureate of the Margueritte Long-Jacques Thibaud International
Piano Competition in Paris (1983), Mr. Vynnytsky has established himself
as a distinctive and captivating musical personality, appearing as soloist
in Europe and the U.S. In 1994, Messrs. Saradjian and Vynnytsky, performing
as a duo, won the Distinguished Artists Award in New York and then went
on to make a critically acclaimed debut at Carnegie Hall.
- WASHINGTON: The Washington Group (TWG) will hold a Valentine's Day
Party starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Old Europe restaurant in Upper Georgetown,
2434 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Dinner buffet and cash bar. Admission: $20. Street
parking available. For more information call Tanya Stasiuk, (703) 875-8036;
e-mail [email protected]; or view TWG
website: http://www.TheWashingtonGroup.org/
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, January
31, 1999, No. 5, Vol. LXVII
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