PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Monday, October 1
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institue will present
a lecture by Dr. Harvey Goldblatt, Yale University, titled "New Perspectives
on the Hagiographic Treatment of Prince Volodymyr's Conversion." The
lecture will be held in the insitute's seminar room, 1538 Massachussetts
Ave., at 4-6 p.m. For more information call the institute, (617) 495-4053.
Wednesday, October 4
- TORONTO: Under the aegis and sponsorship of the Ukrainian Catholic
Eparchy of Toronto, the Shevchenko Scientific Society (Canada) and the
Lviv Theological Academy, the Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak, the new rector of
the Lviv Theological Academy, will deliver a talk and slide presentation
on the future Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. The presentation will
take place at the Canadian Ukrainian Arts Foundation, 2118A Bloor St. W.,
at 7 p.m. The Rev. Cornelius Pasichny OSBM, bishop of Toronto, will open
the event. Following the presentation, there will be a wine and cheese
reception. Admission is free and all voluntary proceeds will benefit the
numerous needs of the Lviv Theological Academy. For further information
contact Dr. Yurij Kurys, (416) 235-2610, or the Rev. Mykhailo Loza, (905)
432-5486.
Friday-Sunday, October 6-8
- WASHINGTON: The Washington Group will hold its annual Leadership Conference
at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, Va. The theme of the conference
is "Ukraine: Integrating into the Global Community." The conference
will feature panel discussions, a Friday evening reception at the Embassy
of Ukraine, a silent auction, a dinner-dance to the music of Fata Morgana,
and a Sunday brunch with a performance by the Experimental Bandura Trio.
For further information call George Masiuk, conference chairman, (202)
863-7317 (day), or Andy Szul, public relations director, (703) 8224-0041
(evenings) or by e-mail: [email protected]
Online registration is available at www.TheWashingtonGroup.org
For hotel reservations call (800) 228-9290 or (703) 524-6400 and ask for
The Washington Group's block of rooms.
- CHICAGO: The Ukrainian National Museum is holding a retrospective exhibit
of paintings by Bohdan Borzemsky. The exhibit opening will take place at
the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 2247 Chicago Ave., at 7 p.m. Exhibit hours:
Friday, 7-9:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
For additional information contact Oresta Jarymowych, (773) 384-6400.
Sunday, October 8
- CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art and the Ukrainian National
Women's League of America, Chicago Branch 84, present "Castles and
Fortresses of Western Ukraine" by Andrew Demus to be held at the institute,
2320 W. Chicago Ave., at 1 p.m. Since 1995 Mr. Demus has traveled extensively
throughout Ukraine, photographing and documenting ancient castles and fortresses
dating back to the earliest period of recorded Ukrainian history. His slide
presentation gives a visually exciting cross-section of some of these historically
interesting as well as architecturally significant sites.
Wednesday, October 11
- TORONTO: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies and the Ukrainian
Canadian Congress, Toronto Branch, invite the public to a seminar being
held as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Ukrainian settlement
in Toronto. Featured speaker is Jars Balan, CIUS Ukrainian Canadian Program,
who will speak on "Front Stage Center: Scenes from the History of
Ukrainian Theater in Toronto." The talk will be held at St. Vladimir
Institute, 620 Spadina Ave., at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 13
- BROOKLYN, N.Y.: "Gold of the Nomads: Scythian Treasures from Ancient
Ukraine," the first major exhibition of Scythian art in the United
States in more than a quarter century, opens at the Brooklyn Museum of
Art. The exhibit, which includes more than 170 exquisitely crafted pieces,
many of them excavated in the last decade, runs through January 21, 2001.
Visitors to the exhibit must purchase dated tickets. To purchase group-tour
tickets, call (718) 638-5000, ext. 234; individual tickets may be purchased
by calling (877) NOMADS-5. Self-guided ticket prices: adults, $8; seniors
and students, $6; youths, age 13-17, $4. The museum is located at 200 Eastern
Parkway.
- TORONTO: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies and the Danylo
Struk Memorial Program in Ukrainian Literature invite the public to a lecture
by Prof. Michael Naydan, department of Slavic and East European languages,
Pennsylvania State University, on "Yurii Andrukhovych's 'Perverzion':
Text as Performance." Dr. Naydan's translations of Andrukhovych's
poetry and prose have appeared in the literary journals Agni and Salt Hill.
The lecture will be held at the University of Toronto, University College,
15 King's College Circle, Room 256, at 4 p.m.
Saturday, October 14
- NEW YORK: "Music at the Institute" presents 13-year-old Iryna
Arbatska and 16-year-old Oleksander Havrylyuk, first prize winners of the
Third International Piano Competition in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz (Kyiv,
1999), in their New York debut. The concert program will feature works
by Kosenko, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Revutsky and Brahms. The documentary film
"Horowitz in Kyiv" by Oleksander Frolov will also be screened.
The concert, made possible by a special grant from the Ukrainian Institute
of America, will be held at the institute, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m. Donation:
$20; UIA members, $15; senior citizens and students, $10. For additional
information call the institute, (212) 288-8660 or (973) 763-5730.
- TORONTO: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, the Toronto Branch
of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, and the Danylo Struk Memorial Program
in Ukrainian Literature invite the public to an evening of literary readings
by prominent Ukrainian writers Yurii Andrukhovych of Ivano-Frankivsk and
Yurii Vynnychuk of Lviv. As part of the evening the writers will read from
their works in Ukrainian and actor Michael Bernosky will perform scenes
from Mr. Andrukhovych's imaginative post-modern philosphical novel "Perverzion"
(1996; new editons 1997, 1999), as well as read selections from the works
of Messrs. Andrukhovych and Vynnychuk in English. Both writers are part
of the literary culture of the 1980s. A founder of the popular literary
performance group "Bu-Ba-Bu" (Burlesque-Bluster-Buffoonery),
Mr. Andrukhovych's poems began to appear in 1982; his novels, starting
with "Recreations" (1992) and "Moscoviada: A Horror Novel"
(1993), are written in a satirical and grottesque vein, and have had a
great impact on readers in Ukraine and abroad. A prose writer and former
member of the cabaret group Ne Zhurys! (Don't Worry!), Mr. Vynnychuk is
known for his satirical poetry and has gained notoriety for his short stories
dealing with societal and sexual taboos. Currrently both writers are at
Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pa., where Mr. Andrukhovych
is a Fulbright scholar and writer-in-residence, and Mr. Vynnychuk is writer-in-residence
(for the month of October). The readings will take place at the Ukrainian
Canadian Social Services, 2445 Bloor St. W., at 4 p.m. Admission: $10.
Sunday, October 15
- NEW YORK: Dr. Pavlo Stetsenko, organist, and Beverly Owens, soprano,
will present a retrospective program of Max Reger's organ and vocal works.
The concert, which begins at 4 p.m., is part of St. Andrew Music Society's
Fall 2000 Keyboard Concert Series, held annually at Madison Avenue Presbyterian
Church, Madison Avenue at 73rd Street. For additional information, visit
the concert's website at http://members.aol.com/Regerabend/Regerabend.htm,
or e-mail Dr. Stetsenko at [email protected]
Monday, October 16
- TORONTO: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies and the Danylo
Struk Memorial Program in Ukrainian Literature invite the public to a lecture,
given as part of the CIUS seminar series, by prominent Ukrainian writer
Yurii Andrukhovych, who will address the topic "Ukrainian Literature
Today: An Insider's Perspective" (in Ukrainian). The lecture will
be held at the University of Toronto, University College, 15 King's College
Circle, Room 256, at 4 p.m.
Wednesday, October 18
- TORONTO: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies and the Ukrainian
Canadian Congress, Toronto Branch, invite the public to a talk, held as
part of the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Ukrainian settlement
in Toronto, by Andrij Makuch, CIUS Ukrainian Canadian Program, who will
speak on the topic "The Toronto 'Hromada': A Century of Development."
The talk will be held at St. Vladimir Institute, 620 Spadina Ave., at 7:30
p.m.
Saturday, October 21
- BOSTON: Join the Boston Chapter of the Children of Chornobyl Relief
Fund for a concert by the Longwood Symphony Orchestra to benefit the CCRF.
The concert will be held at Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory,
290 Huntingdon Ave., at 8 p.m. Guest conductor will be Ronald Feldman,
with Jacques Zoon of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, guest soloist. Tickets:
$20. To order tickets, e-mail [email protected]
or call (617) 983-8116.
ADVANCE NOTICE
Friday-Saturday, October 27-28
- OTTAWA: The Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Ottawa
is holding a conference titled "Towards a New Ukraine III: Geopolitical
Imperatives of Ukraine: Regional Contexts." Opening remarks and greetings
will be delivered on Friday, October 27, by Theofil I. Kis, executive director,
Chair of Ukrainian Studies; Ramon J. Hnatyshyn, chair patron; and Yuri
Shcherbak, ambassador of Ukraine to Canada; followed by a keynote address
on "Nation-Building and Ukrainian Foreign Policy" by Stephen
Shulman of Southern Illinois University and a reception. The following
sessions will be held October 2: "Ukraine-Russia Relations: Present
and Future"; "Ukraine-Poland Relations: Present and Future";
"Ukraine's Strategic Objective 'Rejoining Europe' and Europe's Policy
Towards Ukraine"; and "Ukraine's Foreign and Security Policy
Challenge". This session will be followed by a concluding paper, "The
West and Ukraine: Strategic Partnership or Strategic Problem?" and
conference summation. Registration fee for sessions: $65; free for students.
For further information consult the chair's website at http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/grad-etudesup/ukr/
or contact Chair Coordinator Irena Bell at: Chair of Ukrainian Studies,
University of Ottawa, 559 King Edward Ave., P.O. Box 450 Station A, Ottawa,
Ontario, K1N 6N5; e-mail, [email protected];
telephone, (613) 562-5800, ext. 3692; or fax, (613) 562-5351.
Sunday, October 29
- SKOKIE, Ill.: The Hromovytsia Ukrainian Dance Ensemble will appear
in performance in a concert of Ukrainian folk, ballet and modern dance
at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts at 3 p.m. Enjoy colorful
costumes, dazzling acrobatics and cultural authenticity as the ensemble
performs a fascinating array of dances from various regions of Ukraine.
Appearing with the ensemble as guest artist will be acclaimed violinist
Vasyl Popadiuk. Tickets, at $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and children,
are available by calling the North Shore Center for Performing Arts Box
Office, (847) 673-6300. The center is located at 9501 Skokie Blvd.
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1, 2000, No. 40, Vol. LXVIII
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