PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Thursday - Sunday, June 12-29
- NEW YORK: LaMaMa Experimental Theater and Yara Arts Group present "Swan,"
a new theater piece based on Oleh Lysheha's eponymous Ukrainian poem, performed
in English in a translation by Ms. Tkacz and Wanda Phipps. The theater
piece, which opens on June 12 and will run through June 29, is created
by director Virlana Tack, designer Watoku Ueno, musician Paul Brantley,
vocalist Meredith Wright, video director Andrea Odezynska and actors Andrew
Colteaux and Soomi Kim. Performances: Thursday-Sunday, 8 p.m.; matinee,
Sundays, 3 p.m. Tickets, $15. La MaMa is located at 74 E. Fourth St.; telephone,
(212) 475-7710; website, www.brama.com/yara.
Friday - Sunday, June 13-15
- YONKERS, N.Y.: The 18th annual Ukrainian Heritage Festival, which celebrates
Ukrainian art, culture, music and dance, drawing over 10,000 people from
the area and neighboring states, will be held on the grounds of St. Michael
Ukrainian Catholic Church, Broadway and Shonnard Place. Festival schedule:
June 13, 6-10 p.m.; June 14, 1-10 p.m.; June 15, 1-7 p.m. The three-day
event will feature free outdoor entertainment, demonstrations of Ukrainian
arts and crafts, Ukrainian food, carnival rides, amusements and exhibits.
(On Saturday, June 14, at 1-4 p.m., there will be "Pay One Price"
bracelets at $10 for all the carnival rides.) For more information visit
the website www.brama.com/yonkers-ukrainianfest
or call (914) 375-4418.
Saturday, June 14
- NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society is holding a lecture by
Dr. Pavlo Hrytsenko, chair, dialectology department, Institute of Ukrainian
Language, National Academy of Sciences, on the topic "The European
Charter of Regional, or Minority Languages: Is There a Threat to the Ukrainian
Language Today?" The lecture will be held at the Shevchenko Scientific
Society, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For
additional information call (212) 254-5130.
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8, 2003, No. 23, Vol. LXXI
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