PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Saturday, October 16
- NEW YORK: The "Music at the Institute" chamber concert series
will open its 16th season with a program of works by Astor Piazzola, Yuriy
Ishchenko (international premiere of his Piano Quartet No. 2) and Antonin
Dvoràk performed by Nadia Shpachenko, piano; Yuri Kharenko, violin;
Ah Ling Neu, viola; and Wanda Glowacka, cello. Performance time: 8 p.m.
at the Ukrainian Institute of America (UIA), 2 E. 79th St. Tickets: $25;
$20, UIA members, senior citizens, and students. For tickets and additional
information call the UIA, (212) 288-8660.
Monday, October 18
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) will
host a lecture by Larry Wolff, professor of history, Boston College, on
the topic "Inventing Galicia: Habsburg Imperial Ideology in the Age
of Joseph II." The lecture will be held in the HURI Seminar Room,
583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. For additional information contact
the institute, (617) 495-4053 or [email protected].
Thursday, October 21
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University will
launch a Ukrainian Film Club with a screening of the film "Mamay"
(directed by Oles Sanin, 2003), which is loosely based on the 16th century
Ukrainian folk legend, "Flight of Three Brothers from the City of
Azov" (Utecha Triokh Brativ z Azova). The film, which was submitted
for the 2003 Academy Awards, will be shown in the original Ukrainian and
Tatar, with English subtitles, at 6:30 p.m. in Room 1219 of the International
Affairs Building, 420 W. 118th St. A commentary by Dr. Yuri Shevchuk, lecturer
of Ukrainian language and culture at Columbia, will precede the screening.
RSVP to Diana Howansky at (212) 854-4697 or [email protected].
Monday, October 25
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University will
host a panel discussion on Ukraine's upcoming presidential elections, featuring
the following speakers: Eugene Fishel (U.S. State Department), Prof. Yaroslav
Hrytsak (Lviv State University and currently Petro Jacyk Visiting Professor
at the Harriman Institute and a visiting professor of history, Columbia
University), Adrian Karatnycky (Freedom House), Prof. Taras Kuzio (George
Washington University), with Prof. Alexander Motyl (Rutgers University)
serving as moderator. The discussion will take place at 3-5 p.m. at the
International Affairs Building, Room 1501, 420 W. 118th St. at 3-5 p.m.
RSVP to Diana Howansky, Ukrainian Studies Program, (212) 854-4697 or [email protected].
ADVANCE NOTICE
Saturday, November 6
- SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J.: A Ukrainian Fall Festival will be held at
the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 135 Davidson Ave., at 11 a.m.- 7 p.m. The
festival will feature music and performances by Alla Kutsevych and Inna
Sydorak, as well as the Obrii Folk Dance Ensemlbe and the Barvinok Dance
Group. There will be children's activities, a food court and a raffle,
as well as tours of the center's museum. The marketplace will feature amber
as well as beaded jewelry, embroidery, crafts, ceramics, pysanky, glass
art, scarves, CDs, DVDs, videos, t-shirts and athletic gear. The marketplace
offers a great opportunity to acquire unique gifts and do one's Christmas
shopping early. Festival admission: $5, adults; children, free. For more
information contact Raisa Chejlyk, (908) 647-6211 or [email protected].
- NEW YORK: Bishop Basil Losten of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of
Stamford will host a dinner for the Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak, rector of the
Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in Lviv. The UCU Rector's Dinner, which
is to benefit the university, will be held at 6:30 p.m. at St. George School
Auditorium, 215 E. Sixth St. Admission: $100; additional donations are
encouraged. Tax-deductible checks should be made out to the Ukrainian Catholic
Education Foundation (UCEF). Ticket requests should be made by October
30 and sent to St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church, 30 E. Seventh St.,
New York, NY, 10003.
Sunday, November 14
- CHICAGO: Bishop Richard Seminack of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy
of Chicago invites the public to a Rector's Luncheon for the Rev. Dr. Borys
Gudziak, rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. The luncheon,
which is to benefit the university, will be held at the Ukrainian Cultural
Center, 2247 W. Chicago Ave., at 1 p.m. Tickets: $25 per person; additional
donations are encouraged. Tickets may be ordered by contacting the Ukrainian
Catholic Education Foundation, (773) 235-8462.
PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES
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10, 2004, No. 41, Vol. LXXII
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