PREVIEW OF EVENTS (10/10/99)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Sunday, October 17

WASHINGTON: A recital featuring winners of the Third International Competition for Young Pianists in memory of Vladimir Horowitz will be held at Temple Micah, 2829 Wisconsin Ave. NW, at 4:30 p.m. Refreshments will follow the performance. The event is free of charge; donations welcome. The recital is sponsored by the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, in cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine, The Washington Group Cultural Fund and the B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum. Reservations requested; please call (202) 898-2500.

Monday, October 18

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute is holding a lecture on "Russia, the Ottoman Empire and the Ukrainian Hetmanate, 1667-1689," with Paul Bushkovitch, professor of history, Yale University. The lecture will be held in the HURI Seminar Room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m.

Friday, October 22

EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies is holding a lecture by Dr. Yuri Mytsyk, department of history and political science, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, who will speak on the topic "The Khmelnytsky Revolt Revisited: An Insider's View on Current Polemics in Ukraine" (in Ukrainian). The lecture will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Heritage Lounge, Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta. For further information call (780) 492-2972; or e-mail [email protected].

Saturday, October 23

WASHINGTON: The Washington Group is organizing a tour of Virginia Wineries. Participants will meet at the Tarara Vineyard and Winery in Leesburg, Va., will then tour three to four wineries in the area and conclude the tour with dinner at the venerable, award-winning country inn in the heart of historic Middleburg. Reservations are required for dinner. For further details and reservations call Natalie Sluzar, (703) 573-6118, by October 13.

Sunday, October 24

MONTCLAIR, N.J.: The Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Philadelphia brings its spellbinding blend of vibrant acrobatic dance and stylized romantic movement to Montclair State University's Memorial Auditorium in a performance scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $25; $15 for seniors, students, MSU faculty, staff, alumni and children. For information and to order tickets call the MSU box office, (973) 655-5112.
CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art presents a concert featuring Robert Chen, violin; Randolph Kelly, viola; Natalia Khoma, cello; and Suren Bagratuni, cello; Mr. Chen, newly appointed concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Mr. Kelly, principal violist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, will join Ms. Khoma and Mr. Bagratuni in works by Beethoven and Martinu. The concert will be held at the institute, 2320 W. Chicago Ave., at 2 p.m.

Monday, October 25

TORONTO: St. Vladimir Institute presents the first of a six-part culinary series with Hanya Cirka on traditional Ukrainian cookery starting with the essential "soups for the soul": borsch, kapusniak and rosil. Subsequent classes will include varenyky, Christmas baking, tortes, specialized meat dishes and Easter baking. Classes will be held Mondays at 6:30 p.m. at the institute at 620 Spadina Ave. Fee: $25 per session; $70, series of three classes; $130, entire series. To register call (416) 923-3318.

Wednesday, October 27

TORONTO: St. Vladimir Institute presents a lecture titled: "Why It's Worth Fighting Back" by Olya Odynsky-Grod on the reason she put her own life on held to fight the Canadian government's bid to deport her father, Wasyl Odynsky. Clips from the Myroslawa Oleksiuk-Baker documentary will help illustrate the challenges the family faces. The lecture will be held at the institute, 620 Spadina Ave., at 7:30-9 p.m. Fee: $10. For further information call (416) 923-3318.

Saturday, October 30

EAST HANOVER, N.J.: Ukrainian National Women's League of America Branch 75 is holding a dance at the Ramada Hotel at 9 p.m. featuring a show titled "Arabian Nights." Music will be provided by Tempo. The cost, which includes refreshments, is $25 per person, or $30 at the door. For reservations call Slavka Hordynsky, (973) 376-7956. Sheiks, sultans and harem girls are most welcome!

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