PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Thursday, October 2
- WHIPPANY, N.J.: The Iskra Ukrainian Dance Group, under the direction
of Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky, will be holding registration for new students
at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, 7 Jefferson Road
and Route 10 East. Beginners's registration: 4:45 p.m.; intermediate students;
6 p.m.; and advanced students; 7:15 p.m. Please bring your dance wear and
shoes. For more information call Karen Chelak, (973) 543-3202, or e-mail
[email protected].
Sunday, October 5
- OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA, Va.: Winners of the Fifth International Piano
Competition in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz - Tsimur Shcharbakou (Belarus),
Rachel Cheung Wai Ching (China), Oleksandr Chugay (Ukraine) and Rexton
Park (U.S.A.), will perform piano solos at The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington
St., at 3 p.m. Suggested donation: $15; students, free. The recitals are
presented by The Washington Group Cultural Fund under the patronage of
the Embassy of Ukraine, as part of their 2003-2004 music series. A free
"Dash" shuttle bus is available every 15 minutes from King Street
Metro Station in Alexandria (on Blue and Yellow lines) to Washington and
King streets, 1 bock from the Lyceum. Seating is unreserved. For more information
contact Laryssa Courtney, (202) 363-3964. To become a sponsor of this music
series, send a check made out to TWGCF for $100, individual, or $160, couple,
to: Rosalie Norair, 7514 Honesty Way, Bethesda, MD 20817. All sponsors
will be listed in programs.
Monday, October 6
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute is holding
a lecture by Nadia Diuk, director for Europe and Eurasia at the National
Endowment for Democracy. Dr. Diuk's lecture, titled "The First Free
Generation: Youth, Politics and Identity in Russia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan,"
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 you may phone the institute, (617) 493-4053, or e-mail [email protected].
Saturday, October 11
- BUFFALO, N.Y.: The Lvivyany music ensemble - Volodymyr Tsimura, solo
vocalist; Roman Samotis, accordion, sopilka, and vocals; and Yuriy Melnyk,
keyboard and vocals - will perform at the Dnipro Ukrainian Home, 562 Genesee
St., at 6 p.m., in celebration of the ensemble' s recently completed grand
tour of Ukraine and Europe. A zabava/dance will follow, starting at 9 p.m.
The ensemble performs Ukrainian folk as well as popular romantic songs,
often to works of Ukrainian poets: Founded in 1989, Lvivyany have 10 records
to their credit; among their previous U.S. performances were stints in
Las Vegas and the Olympics in Atlanta. Concert tickets, at $10, and zabava
tickets, at $15; students, half price; and children under 16, free; may
be obtained by calling Emil Bandriwsky, (716) 847-1281.
Tuesday, October 14
- TORONTO: The Center for Russian and East European Studies at the University
of Toronto presents the Wolodymyr George Danyliw Lecture, which will be
delivered by Anders Aslund, director, Russian and Eurasian Program, Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace, titled "Ukraine: Transition to
What?' The lecture will be held at the Vivian and David Campbell Conference
Facility, Munk Center for International Studies, 1 Devonshire Place, University
of Toronto, at 6-8 p.m. For additional information call the institute,
(416) 946-8133.
Saturday, October 18
- NEW YORK CITY: The Ukrainian Engineers' Society of America, the Ukrainian
Institute of America and the Ukrainian Medical Association of North America
invite the public to the "Fall Zabava in New York City," which
will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St., starting
at 9 p.m. Music to be provided by Tempo. Admission: $30, students; $40,
members; $50, non-members; cash bar; black-tie optional. Please make checks
payable to Ukrainian Engineers' Society of America. For more information
visit www.uesa.org, e-mail [email protected] or call Marco Shmerykowsky, (212)
719-9700.
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28, 2003, No. 39, Vol. LXXI
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