PREVIEW OF EVENTS (03/13/05)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Wednesday, March 16

NEW YORK: La MaMa and Yara Arts Group present "Kolia of Kryvorivnia," in concert with friends. The concert will focus on traditional Hustul koliady - pre-Christian epic songs sung to every living person in the village, as well as the dead, to guarantee the future harvest. Singers Ivan Zelenchuk and Dmytro Tafiychuk, who are from Kryvorivnia, a village high in the Carpathian Mountains, will also be joined in performance by local musicians. Virlana Tkacz, founding director of the Yara Arts Group, will speak about the tradition and read her English translations with Wanda Phipps. The event will take place at La MaMa Galleria, 6 E. First St., (between Second Avenue, and Bowery) at 7 p.m. The event is free.

Friday, March 18

EAST HANOVER, N.J.: The Lisovi Mavky Plast Sorority, New York/New Jersey Chapters, invite the public to a fund-raising dinner, titled "Vovk," to benefit the Vovcha Tropa Plast Camp in East Chatham, N.Y., which has planned major construction projects to improve the camp's facilities. Bring friends and family for a night-out at the Ramada Hotel starting 7:30 p.m. at Let's continue the Plast camping tradition by supporting the fund-raiser so as to ensure that our children have the same opportunity to experience Plast summer camp, cultivate lifelong friendships and cherish lasting memories. Cost of dinner: $100 (includes appetizer, salad, main course, dessert, wine and beer). For more information e-mail [email protected] or call (973) 771-1156.

Saturday, March 19

NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society and the New York Metropolitan Chapter of the Ukrainian Medical Association of North America (UMANA) invite the public to a roundtable on the topic "Dioxin and Its Pernicious Effect on Human Health," which will be chaired by Dr. Marta Kushnir, medical director, Allmerica Financial Health Clinic. The program will include opening remarks by Dr. Lesia Kushnir, president, UMANA New York Chapter, followed by lectures by Dr. Ronald Liteplo, dermatologist, Westchester County, and Dr. Ihor Magun, specialist in internal medicine. 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.
NEW BRITAIN, Conn.: The 11th annual Ukrainian Easter Festival will be held at St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Church Hall, 54 Winter St. (behind Newbrite Plaza) at 9:30 a.m.- 3 p.m. Snow date: Saturday, March 26. Available for purchase at the festival will be traditional Easter baked goods such as paska, as well as traditional Ukrainian food, including varenyky and borsch, and homemade cakes and desserts. Lunch and takeout will be available. Pysanky and Easter-egg decorating supplies will also be sold. Free admission; parking available behind church. For additional information call (860) 828-5087.

Monday, March 21

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) will host a lecture given by Rostyslav Melnykov, assistant professor, Skovoroda State Pedagogical University, Kharkiv, on "The Writer Maik Yohansen (1895-1937): Context and Legends." The lecture will be held in the HURI Seminar Room, 583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. For further information contact HURI, (617) 495-4053, or visit the HURI website, http://www.huri.harvard.edu/.

Tuesday, March 22

NEW YORK: Yara Arts Group presents a folk singing workshop with Ukrainian-born singer Mariana Sadovska, who for the last 12 summers has traveled through villages in Ukraine collecting songs and documenting rituals. Discover the folk voice in you. Learn ancient Ukrainian folk and ritual songs. You do not have to be able to read Ukrainian or music to participate, but you must pre-register. Call (212) 475-6474 or e-mail [email protected]. The workshops will be held at La MaMa Experimental Theater Company, 74 E. Fourth St., (between Second Avenue and Bowery); time: 6-10 p.m.; fee: $30. For additional information visit www.brama.com/yara/.

Friday, April 1

NEW YORK: The Brooklyn Ukrainian Group in partnership with the United Ukrainian American Organizations of Greater New York announce that the popular Ukrainian singer Maria Burmaka, a leading female artist of Ukraine's Orange Revolution, will arrive in North America for a three-city concert tour that begins April 1 in New York City, with subsequent performances in Philadelphia on April 2 and in Toronto on Saturday, April 9. Ms. Burmaka will share her songs and stories from the Orange Revolution. Space is limited! Tickets are available at the following: New York - Surma 11 E. Seventh St.; Philadelphia - Dnipro, 1801 Cottman Ave.; Toronto - West Arka, 2282 Bloor St.W. For further concert and ticket information contact Yuri Pylyp, (203) 561-5969.

Sunday, April 3

NEW YORK: "Music at the Institute" presents as part of its new Sunday afternoon concert series, "Anthology of Ukrainian and American Chamber Music," a concert of works by Barber, Silvestrov (his Piano Quintet dedicated to Borys Liatoshynsky), and Liatoshynsky performed by pianist Angelina Gadeliya and the Rothko String Quartet. The concert will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St., at 3 p.m. Donation: $25; $20, UIA members, senior citizens, and students. For more information or to make reservations call (212) 288-8660 or visit www.ukrainianinstitute.org.
HILLSIDE, N.J.: Under the direction of Odarka Polanskyj-Stockert, children will have an opportunity to learn basic "hahilky" (Ukrainian ritual songs and dances performed traditionally at Easter) as part of a program held at the Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church (intersection of Liberty Avenue and Bloy Street). All are invited; no prior experience is required. The hahilky will be held following the 10:45 a.m. Sunday divine liturgy. As part of the program, there will also be an egg hunt, and a light lunch will be served. In the event of inclement weather, activities will be held in the parish hall. For directions to the parish access www.byzantines.net/immaculateconception For additional information contact Mike Szpyhulsky, (908) 289-0127, or Joe Shatynski, (973) 599-9381.

ONGOING

Through March 20

NEW YORK: La MaMa E.T.C and Yara Arts Group present "Koliada: Twelve Dishes," an original theater piece based on ancient winter rituals from the Carpathians and the very contemporary poetry of Serhiy Zhadan, in which forces of nature, animal spirits and the dead come to dinner. The piece, which opened March 4, is created by the Yara Arts Group, directed by Virlana Tkacz, designed by Watoku Ueno, musical arrangements by Mariana Sadovska, with Yara artists: Andrew Colteaux, Olenka Denysenko, George Drance, Siho Ellsmore, Allison Hiroto, Olga Shuhan, Vira Slywotzky, Meredith Wright and Hutsul koliadnyky Ivan Zelenchuk and Dmytro Tafiychuk. Performances are ongoing through March 20, at La MaMa Experimental Theater, 74 E. Fourth St, (between Second Avenue and Bowery); Thursday-Sunday at 8 p.m., with matinees on Sundays, March 13 and 20, at 3 p.m. Tickets, at $15, are available by calling the La MaMa Box Office, (212) 475-7710, or acessing www.lamama.org.

ADVANCE NOTICE

Sunday, April 10

STAMFORD, Conn.: The Eparchy of Stamford invites women of all ages to a day of sharing and discovery titled "Ukrainian Catholic Women: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow." The event will be held at St. Basil College, 195 Glenbrook Road, at 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Program includes: participatory workshops, a special session for young women, divine liturgy, luncheon and social hour, keynote speaker Iryna Galadza, concluding panel, and open forum with audience question-and-answer period. Topics include: child-rearing issues faced by young mothers, understanding Eastern traditions, seeking spiritual insights, creating caring parish communities, and more. Cost: $15, (includes lunch). Pre-register with your pastor or the eparchy. For additional information contact the Rev. Jonathan Morse or Maryana German, (203) 325-2116; e-mail Maryana at [email protected]; or visit the Stamford Eparchy website, www.stamforddio.org.

CORRECTION

Sunday, March 13

WASHINGTON: The concert sponsored by The Washington Group Cultural Fund in cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine that will present pianist Juliana Osinchuk in a concert program featuring works of Bortniansky, Hummel, Schumann, Moss, Munger and Liszt was incorrectly listed in the March 6 issue of The Weekly as taking place on March 6. The concert will take place on Sunday, March 13. As part of the evening program, the audience will be able to meet the artist and to honor the Cultural Fund's founder and former director Laryssa Courtney at the reception following the performance. The concert will take at the Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St., Old Town Alexandria, Va., at 3 p.m. The premises are handicapped accessible. Donation: $20; students, free. For more information contact Svitlana Fedko Shiells, (703) 506-4745.

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