PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Monday, February 27
- EDMONTON: Volodymyr Kulyk, visiting professor, Stanford University,
and senior research fellow, Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies,
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, will give a talk at 7 p.m. on
"Ukrainian Language Policy: from Kuchma to Yushchenko." Location:
227 Athabasca Hall (Heritage Lounge), University of Alberta. For more information,
contact the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 450 Athabasca Hall,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E8, Canada; phone, 780-492-2972;
e-mail, [email protected].
Friday, March 3
- SARASOTA, Fla.: "The Whisperer," Andrea Odezynska's short
documentary film will be shown at the Through Women's Eyes International
Film Festival at 2:30 p.m., Hollywood 20, Regal Cinema, 1993 Main St.,
Sarasota. For more information log on to www.throughwomenseyes.com
or call 941-284-1027. In its seventh year, Through Women's Eyes is a United
Nations-affiliated film festival. Ticket sales raise money for UNIFEM,
the Women's Fund at the United Nations, which supports women's and girls'
educational programs in over 100 countries.
- NEW YORK: A fund-raising event for the documentary "Orange Chronicles"
will take place at the Ukrainian Institute of America. The event will feature
a screening of the work in progress, which documents a personal journey
during Ukraine's Orange Revolution. Admission $20; a wine reception will
follow the screening. The Ukrainian Institute is located at 2 E. 79th St.
For more information contact [email protected].
Saturday, March 4
- NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh) invites the public
to a lecture by Kurt Lewin, a native of the Halychyna region of Ukraine,
who survived the Holocaust by hiding in a Studite Monastery. Mr. Lewin's
memoirs are titled "A Journey Through Illusions" (Santa Barbara,
Calif.: Fithian Press, 1994). His talk at NTSh will be on "Metropolitan
Andrey Sheptytsky and Archimandrite Klymentii Sheptytsky: Two Religious
and Spiritual Leaders of the Moral and Ethical Values of the Ukrainian
People." Dr. Taras Hunczak, professor emeritus of Rutgers University,
will deliver an introduction. The program will take place at the society's
building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For
information call 212-254-5130.
Friday, March 10
- EDMONTON: David Marples, professor, department of history, University
of Alberta, and director, Stasiuk Program for the Study of Contemporary
Ukraine, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, will give the 40th annual
Shevchenko Lecture at 7 p.m. on the topic "Chornobyl in Perspective:
The 20th Anniversary of a Nuclear Disaster." Dr. Marples is the author
of many articles and two books on the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. Location:
2-115, Education North Building, University of Alberta. For more information
contact: CIUS, 450 Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2E8, Canada; phone, 780-492-2972; e-mail, [email protected].
Saturday, March 11
- NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh), jointly with the
Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S. (UVAN) and the Harriman
Institute of Columbia University (HICU), will host the 26th annual Taras
Shevchenko Scholarly Conference. Featured presenters are: Dr. Bohdan Rubchak
(UVAN), "Poetry as Conversation"; Dr. Nina Polishchuk (NTSh),
"The Poetry of Shevchenko in Modern Philosophical Context"; and
Dr. Mykola Ryabchuk (HICU), "Ukrainian-Russian Relations: the Post-Colonial
Aspect." Opening remarks will be by Dr. Albert Kipa, president of
UVAN; closing remarks by Dr. Larissa Onyshkevych, president of NTSh. The
conference will take place at the NTSh building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between
Ninth and 10th streets) at 4 p.m. For additional information call (212)
254-5130.
- VENICE, Fla.: The Ukrainian Club of Southwest Florida presents "Art
Ukraine 2006" - an exhibit of Ukrainian icons and other art forms,
at the Venice Art Center, 390 Nokomis Ave. S., in Venice. Comprising the
exhibit, in addition to icons, will be the following Ukrainian folk art
forms: bead work ("gerdany"), ceramics, Easter eggs ("pysanky"),
embroidery and wood carvings. Lectures on the exhibited art forms will
be presented during the exhibition; there will also be live performances
of Ukrainian music. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday,
10 a.m.-2 p.m. The exhibition is on view through March 7. For additional
information contact Club President Daria Tomashosky, 941-426-2542, or "Art
Ukraine 2006" Committee Co-chairs Christyna Bodnar Sheldon, 941-460-9890,
or Klara Szpiczka, 941-423-6590.
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26, 2006, No. 9, Vol. LXXIV
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