PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Wednesday, February 1
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of America (UIA) jointly with The
Orange Circle, are sponsoring a presentation on the "Ukrainian-Russian
Gas Crisis: Lessons and Tasks for the International Community," to
be held at the UIA, 2 E. 79th St., at 12:30-3 p.m. Featured speakers are
Anders Aslund, senior fellow, Institute for International Economics; and
Marianna Kozintseva, vice-president, global emerging markets equity strategy,
Bear Stearns; with Adrian Karatnycky, president of The Orange Circle, serving
as moderator. For additional information call the UIA, (212) 288-8660.
Thursday, February 2
- TORONTO: The Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine at the University
of Toronto, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University,
will host the second of its three-part film screening and lecture series
titled "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Ukrainian Cinema Since Independence"
and "The Little Engine That Could: Ukrainian Documentary Cinema."
Venue: Innis Townhall, Innis College, University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Ave.;
time: 7-10 p.m. The featured documentary films include Hanna Yarovenko's
"Kinomania" (2004), and Roman Shyrman's "A Dangerously Free
Person" (2004), a film about Sergey Paradzhanov, the most prominent
representative of Ukrainian poetic cinema of the 1960s. The films are in
Ukrainian with English subtitles. Free admission. For more information
call (416) 946 8113 or check the website http://www.utoronto.ca/jacyk/ukrcinema/index.html.
Sunday, February 5
- CHICAGO: The Classical Music Series of the Ukrainian Institute of Modern
Art (UIMA), presents Volodymyr Vynnytsky, pianist, in a program of works
by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Skoryk and Chopin. The concert will be held at
the UIMA, 2320 W. Chicago Ave., at 2 p.m. For additional information call
(773) 227-5522.
Saturday, February 11
- TROY, Mich.: The Detroit Chapter of the Ukrainian Engineers' Society
of America (UESA) invites the public to its 43rd annual Winter Ball and
Presentation of Debutantes. The black-tie event will be held in the Grand
Ballroom of the Troy Marriott Hotel, 200 W. Big Beaver Road. Cocktails:
6:30 p.m., presentation of debutantes and dinner: 7:30 p.m., ball: 9:30
p.m. Music for the ball will be provided by the Vorony. Admission: dinner
and ball, $90 per person; students under age 21, dinner and ball, $75 per
person. Tickets for ball only: $30 per person (21 and over), $20 (under
21). For ticket and table reservations contact Greg and Oksana Woloszczuk
at [email protected]
or call (248) 646-6933 before 9 p.m. Dinner tickets should have been purchased
by January 28. For hotel reservations call (248) 680-9797. For general
information contact Dianna Korduba Sawicky at [email protected].
Sunday, February 12
- WASHINGTON: The Washington Group Cultural Fund presents Volodymyr Vynnytsky,
piano, in a program of works by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Skoryk and Chopin.
The concert will be held at The Lyceum Theater, 201 S. Washington St.,
Alexandria, Va., at 3 p.m. Suggested donation: $20 per person. For additional
information call Marta Zielyk, (202) 244-8836, or Laryssa Courtney, (202)
363-3964. The Lyceum Theater may be reached at (703) 838-4994.
Saturday, February 18
- CHICAGO: St. Nicholas Cathedral School invites the public to take part
in the celebration of the school's 70th anniversary. Come mingle with friends,
faculty and alumni, and dance to the music of Andriy Chuyko. The event
begins at 7 p.m.; the school is located at 2200 W. Rice St. (corner of
Leavitt and Rice). Admission: $25, in advance; $30, at the door; (included
in admission fee, hors-d'oeuvres and one drink). For additional information
contact Maria Finiak, (773) 384-7243.
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29, 2006, No. 5, Vol. LXXIV
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