PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Friday, February 28
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and Literary Club and the New York Bandura
Ensemble present the second concert in the 2003 season of the Bandura Downtown
series, "The Bandurist's Tunebook," featuring re-creations and
reinterpretations of traditional bandura classics by Mike Andrec and Julian
Kytasty (bandura), Paul Brantley (cello), Matt Hannafin (percussion). Donation:
$10; reception with the artists to follow. The concert will take place
at 7:30 p.m. at the Mayana Gallery, 136 Second Ave., fourth floor. On view
in the gallery: the exhibit "Transformations." For more information
call (212) 995-2640, visit the website http://www.brama.com/mayana,
or e-mail [email protected]. Bandura
performances are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts.
- DETROIT: The Ukrainian Graduates of Detroit and Windsor are delighted
to announce that the campaign for the restoration of the Ukrainian Heritage
Room at Wayne State University is nearing completion. Individuals who have
contributed $1,000 or more will be listed on a bronze plaque in the Ukrainian
Heritage Room. The deadline for donations to the fund is Friday, February
28. For additional information with regard to donations contact Stephen
Wichar at 39182 Aynesley Drive, Clinton Township, MI 48038; telephone,
(586) 286-6490; or Olga Solovey, (313) 274-6319. The formal dedication
of the newly restored room will be held May 4 in Manoogian Hall, Room 297,
at 1 p.m., followed by a reception in the General Lectures Building, Italian
Heritage Room, (until 4 p.m.).
Saturday, March 1
- NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society is sponsoring a joint presentation
by Dr. Viacheslav Briukhovetsky, rector of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla
Academy, and Larysa Briukhovetsky, editor-in-chief of the journal Kino-Teatr,
who will talk on the role of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
in the socio-cultural revival of Ukraine. The presentations will be held
at the society building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets),
at 5 p.m. For more information call (212) 254-5130.
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Medical Association of North America, New York
Metropolitan Chapter, in cooperation with the Self Reliance Association
of American Ukrainians, New York Branch, will hold a community based medical
lecture featuring Dr. Lionel Ivashkiv who will speak on the topic "Arthritis
and Rheumatism." The event will take place at 98 Second Ave., at 2
p.m. Admission, free; refreshments will be served. For further information
call Dr. Ihor Magun, (516) 766-5147.
Monday, March 3
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) will
host a lecture by Serhii Plokhy, associate director of the Peter Jacyk
Center for Ukrainian Historical Research, Edmonton, and visiting professor
of history, Harvard University, who will speak on the topic "Class
Versus Nation: Historical Narratives in Soviet Ukraine, 1924-1934."
The lecture will take place at 4-6 p.m. in the institute's Seminar Room,
1583 Massachusetts Ave. Directions can be found on the HURI website, www.huri.harvard.edu, or by calling
the institute, (617) 495-4053 for more information.
Fridays, March 7, 14, 21 and 28
- WOONSOCKET, R.I.: The Lenten Kitchen, sponsored annually by the Ladies'
Sodality of St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 77 Harris Ave., will
begin Friday, March 7. The kitchen will continue every Friday during the
month of March at 3-6 p.m. The mostly meatless menu includes varenyky,
fried pyrohy, holubtsi, borscht and cabbage soup; desserts are also available.
The parish hall will be set up for customers who would like to eat in.
Take out service and call-in orders are also available.
Saturday, March 8
- COLUMBUS, Ohio: The Ukrainian Cultural Association of Ohio presents
"Symbolic Systems in the Art of Taras Shevchenko," a lecture
by Myroslava Mudrak, associate professor of the history of art at the Ohio
State University. Prof. Mudrak will address the poet's "other"
creative life as an accomplished painter in the tsarist academy of St.
Petersburg. The public lecture will be held at the Upper Arlington Public
Library, 2800 Tremont Road, at 3 p.m. Free admission. For more information
call Arcadia Melnyk, (614) 246-4600.
Sunday, March 9
- OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA, Va.: The Leontovych String Quartet, with pianist
Tatiana Tchekina will appear in concert in a program of works by Beethoven,
Skoryk, Prokofiev and Ginastera, at 3 p.m. at The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington
St. A reception for the artists will follow the program. Suggested donation:
$15. The concert is presented by The Washington Group Cultural Fund under
the patronage of the Embassy of Ukraine, as part of their 2002-2003 Music
Series. For more information, contact Laryssa Courtney, (202) 363-3964.
- CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art presents the third concert
of its 2002-2003 classical music series (12th season), featuring duo-pianists
Valentyna Lysytsa and Alexei Kuznetsoff. The program will include works
by Debussy, Poulenc, Ravel and Milhaud. The concert will take place at
the institute, 2320 W. Chicago Ave., at 2 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, March 15 and 16
- SAN FRANCISCO: The Chamber Chorus of the University of California under
the direction of Marika Kuzma will perform a concert of sacred music including
works by Heinrich Schütz, Benjamin Britten, and Arvo Pärt, as
well as chant and choral music from the Byzantine tradition by Bortniansky,
Rakhmaninov, and Stravinsky on Saturday March 15 in Hertz Hall on the Berkeley
campus, starting at 8 p.m. For additional information call (510) 642-4864.
The concert will also be held on Sunday, March 16 at Grace Cathedral in
San Francisco, at 3 p.m. For additional information call (415) 749-6355.
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23, 2003, No. 8, Vol. LXXI
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