PREVIEW OF EVENTS (03/14/04)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Thursday, March 18

SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J.: The Committee for Aid to Ukraine, Central New Jersey branch, invites the public to a meeting with Prof. Oleksandr Pronkevych, dean of Petro Mohyla Mykolaiv State University of Humanities, who will address the topic "Spiritual Apathy in Ukraine." The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the small Parish Hall, adjacent to St. Andrew's Memorial Church, off Main Street. For information call (908) 534-6683 or (908) 755- 8156.

Saturday, March 20

NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society invites the public to a roundtable on "Ukrainian-Spanish Relations in Liter-ature." Prof. Oleksander Pronkevych of the Petro Mohyla Mykolaiv State University of Humanities and a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Michigan, will be the featured speaker on the subject "Spanish Literature and the Formation of the Ukrainian Nation." He will be joined by Dr. Yuriy Tarnawsky and Prof. Vasyl Makhno as the discussants. The roundtable will take place at the society's building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For additional information call (212) 254-5130.
CHICAGO: The Shevchenko Scientific Society (Ukrainian acronym, NTSh), Chicago Branch, invites the public to a conference on the occasion of 130th anniversary of the scholarly organization. The conference will take place at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 2247 W. Chicago Ave., beginning at 10 a.m. The program will include opening remarks by Dr. Larrysa Z. Onyshkevych, president, NTSh-America; and presentations by Drs. Daria Markus, Myron Kuropas, Bohdan Rubchak, Dmytro Shtohryn, Oleksiy Konoval, George Hrycelak and Pavlo Pundy. An exhibit of NTSh publications will be on display. Admission: $10, (fee includes lunch). To attend, call 1-773-777-0905 by March 13.
CHICAGO: The Chicago Business and Professional Group is sponsoring a presentation by Anne Applebaum titled "The Gulag: What We Know Now and Why It Matters." A columnist and member of the editorial board of The Washington Post, Ms. Applebaum is author of "Gulag: A History," the first up-to-date scholarly study of the central terror institution of the Soviet regime. Ms. Applebaum will discuss the experience of individuals and national groups in the forced labor camps and examine the disturbing question of why the Gulag has remained relatively obscure in the West. The presentation will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 W. Chicago Ave., at 7 p.m. Books will be available for purchase at the event. Refreshments and socializing will follow. Admission: $10, members; $15, non-members and guests. For information call (847) 359-3676.

Monday, March 22

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute will host a lecture by Liliana Hentosh, research associate and deputy director, Institute for Historical Research, Ivan Franko National University, Lviv, and Fulbright Visiting Scholar, HURI, titled"The Vatican and Nation-Building in Eastern Europe, 1914-1922." The lecture will be held in the institute's Seminar Room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. For information contact HURI at (617) 495-4053 or [email protected].

Friday, March 26

CHICAGO: The Ukrainian National Museum in Chicago presents the Northwest String Quartet, in an inaugural performance under the direction of Michael Holian. The concert program will feature works by Kos-Anatolskyj, Lysenko, Barvinsky and Mendelssohn as performed by Daria Horodyskyj and Vera Chytra Mucha, violin; Michael Holian, viola; and Jurij Yatsynych, cello. The concert will be held at the museum, 2249 W. Superior St., at 7:15 p.m. For information call (312) 421-8020.

Friday-Saturday, March 26-27

NEW YORK: Columbia University invites the public to attend the "International Conference on Polish-Ukrainian Relations: Past, Present, Future." The conference will feature scholars and politicians from Poland, Ukraine and North America. Presentations will begin at 2 p.m. on Friday and 12:30 p.m. on Saturday in Room 1501 of the International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118th St. For the schedule see the online calendar www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/REGIONAL/H, e-mail [email protected] or call (212) 854-4697.

Friday-Sunday, March 26-28

SLOATSBURG, N.Y.: The League of Ukrainian Catholics is sponsoring its 26th annual Lenten Retreat at St. Mary's Villa Retreat Center. The retreat theme is "The Eucharist: Our Lives Being Transformed." The retreat director is the Rev. Dr. Mark Morozowich, Catholic University of America, Washington. The Rev. Morozowich recently completed his doctorate at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome under the direction of the Rev. Robert Taft, S.J. The nominal fee of $110 covers accommodations from Friday night through Sunday, and meals on Saturday and Sunday. For additional information and/or reservations contact Marion C. Hrubec, 400 Dewey Ave., Saddle Brook, NJ 07663-5902 or call (202) 843-3960. Checks should be made payable to the League of Ukrainian Catholics.

Sunday, March 28

Hollywood, Calif.: The Ukrainian Arts Studio presents the "Ukrainian Spring Festival" to be held at noon- 5 p.m., at 4315 Melrose Ave. Featured will be pysanky demonstrations, exhibits and sale; a display of Ukrainian regional crafts; and a Ukrainian church architecture photography exhibit. Performing at the festival will be the Chervona Kalyna folk dance ensemble, under the direction of Andrij Bachynsky. There will be live folk instrumental music; traditional Ukrainian fare will be served for lunch. Suggested donations: $5, adults; $3, seniors and children. The Ukrainian Arts Studio is a non-profit organization, operating under the auspices of the Los Angeles-based Ukrainian Culture Center Inc., that provides folk arts programs for interested youth. For information contact Linda Mudlo at (310) 505-0286 or [email protected].

Saturday, March 27

EAST HANOVER, N.J.: The Ukrainian Engineers' Society of America (UESA), New Jersey Chapter, and the Ukrainian American Professionals and Businesspersons Association of New York and New Jersey invite the public to a presentation by Dr. Karl Zaininger titled "Lecturing in Kyiv on Global Technology Management." The presentation will be held at the Ramada Inn, 130 Route 10 (westbound) starting at 7:30 p.m.; telephone, (973) 386-5622. Dr. Zaininger is president and CEO of Global Technology Management Partnerships, and has extensive experience in management strategies and technology innovation for global enterprises. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Andrij Wowk at (908) 240-4192 or by e-mail at [email protected], or visit the UESA website at www.uesa.org.

ONGOING

Thursdays-Sundays, March 5-21

New York: La MaMa Experimental Theatre and Yara Arts Group present "The Warrior's Sister" - a new theater piece based a Buryat epic song about the sister of a legendary warrior who puts on his armor when he is killed. This piece is created by director Virlana Tkacz with Sayan and Erzhena Zhambalov; designer is Watoku Ueno; music is by Emilio China, performed by Eunice Wong, Andrew Colteaux Bayarto Endonov, Hettienne Park, Meredith Wright and Victor Zhalsanov. The piece is performed in English in a translation by Ms. Tkacz, Mr. Zhambalov and Wanda Phipps. Tickets; $15. Performances are Thursday-Sunday at 8 p.m., with matinees on Sunday at 3 p.m. La MaMa is located at 74 E. Fourth St.; telephone, (212) 475-7710; website, http://www.brama.com/yara.k.

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