PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Monday, May 10
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) will
host a lecture by Prof. Frank Sysyn, director, Peter Jacyk Center for Ukrainian
Historical Research, University of Alberta, Edmonton, and visiting professor
in Ukrainian history, Columbia University, New York. Prof. Sysyn's lecture,
"Transferring the Fatherland: The Adaptation of the Political Culture
of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Ukrainian Hetmanate,"
will be held at 4-6 p.m. in the Seminar Room of the institute. The institute
is located at 1583 Massachusetts Ave. Contact HURI at (617) 495-4053, or
visit http://www.huri.harvard.edu/
for more information.
Saturday, May 15
- NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society invites the public to a
lecture by Dr. Michael Moser, University of Vienna, Austria, titled "The
Role of Halychyna (Galicia) in the Formation of the Ukrainian Literary
Language." The lecture 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.
Friday, May 21
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and Literary Club, the New York Bandura
Ensemble and Mayana Gallery present the final concert in the 2004 season
of Bandura Downtown: "The Telniuk Sisters," featuring Lesia and
Halia Telniuk in a performance of contemporary Ukrainian poetry and song.
Donation: $10; includes reception with the artists. The concert will take
place at 7:30 p.m. at the Mayana Gallery, 136 Second Ave., fourth floor.
The gallery presents the "Rusaliyi" exhibit. For more information,
call (212) 260-4490 or (212) 995-2640, log on to http://www.geocities.com/ukrartlitclub/,
or e-mail: [email protected]. NYBE
performances are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts.
Saturday, May 22
- NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society invites the public to a
lecture by George Gajecky on the subject "Hetman Ivan Mazepa and the
Ukrainian Baroque," which will be presented at the society's building,
63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. Mr. Gajecky is
author of, among others, "Cossack Administration of the Hetmanate,"
(Cambridge, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 1978, 2 vols.) and "Istoriia
Ukrainy 1945-1998: Pidruchnyk Dlia Molodi" (Contemporary History of
Ukraine, 1945-1998: Handbook for Students), as well as a frequent contributor
on historic themes to journals in Ukraine.
Sunday, May 23
- OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA, Va.: Oleksandr Abayev, violin, and Maryna Rohozhyna,
piano, perform works by Brahms, Franck, Gershwin and Skoryk at The Lyceum,
201 S. Washington St., in a concert presented at 3 p.m. by The Washington
Group Cultural Fund under the patronage of The Embassy of Ukraine, as part
of the 2003-2004 Music Series. Suggested donation: $15; students, free.
(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 Street, 1 block from the Lyceum.) Seating is unreserved, handicapped
accessible. For more information, contact Laryssa Courtney, (202) 363-3964.
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9, 2004, No. 19, Vol. LXXII
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