1. Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University on Thursday, March 23,
2006
2. The Professional Group: Pikadirska Tertsia will be performing in
NEW YORK City on March 24
3. RPB School of Ukrainian Folk Dancing will be having a spring
concert on Sunday March 26
4. Ukrainian Parliamentary Elections on Sunday March 26
5. Ukrainian Studies at Columbia University will be giving a lecture
on :"CULTURAL WARS & RIVAL IDENTITIES: UKRAINE AS A POST-SOVIET
IDEOLOGICAL BATTLEGROUND" on Monday, March 27
6. UKRAINIAN FILM NIGHT AT NYU- SHOWING MAMAY! Thursday March 30th at
9-11 PM AT KIMMEL 910
7. UKRAINIAN ROCK GROUP OKEAN ELZY WILL BE PERFORMING IN NEW YORK CITY
ON APRIL 7
1. This Thursday at Columbia University, the Ukrainian Film Club will
be showing three movies: "Nevseremos. People from Maidan" "Zlydni"
and "Borderland, Ukraine and the Rebirth of Democracy" All films are
either with English subtitles or in English.
This event is co-sponsored by the Ukrainian Students’ Society of
Columbia University.
WHEN: Thursday, March 23, 2006, at 7:30 PM
WHERE: 614 Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University
2. This Friday, the group "Pikadirska Tertsia" will be performing in New York City. They are a professional Acapella Group. I've heard them before, they are amazing. If you listen to Ukrainian Music, you have probably heard the song "Starenki Tramvaj" - These are the guys who sing it!
When: Friday 7 PM March 24, 2006
Where: Hall of Ukrainian National Home 140 Second Avenue, New York NY
10003 (216) - 240 - 4997
3. The Roma Pryma Bohachevsky School of Ukrainian Folk Dancing will be having a Spring Concert for anyone who is interested in seeing Ukrainian Dancing! It will take place on March 26, 2006 at St. Georges Ukrainian Catholic Church on 7th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenue
4. Don't Forget! If you are a Ukrainian Citizen, Don't forget to vote in the Ukrainian Parliamentary Elections on March 26!
5. On March 27th, 2006 The Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University will host a lecture
by Mykola Ryabchuk, titled:"CULTURAL WARS & RIVAL IDENTITIES: UKRAINE AS A POST-SOVIET IDEOLOGICAL BATTLEGROUND"WHEN: Monday, March 27 at 12:00 noonWHERE: Room 1219, International Affairs Building, Columbia University, 420 W. 118th St.
6. The NYUkrainian Club will be presenting the film "Mamay" a full-length feature film (2003), directored by Oles Sanin. It was Ukraines official entry for 2003 Academy Awards consideration in the category of the best foreign language movie. There will be subtitles. Also, we also will be serving Ukrainian Food and snacks. It will be held on: When: Thursday March 30th 2006, from 9PM to 11:00PM (Late night movie for anyone who works, you too can see the movie!) If you come late, grab some snacks! Where: Kimmel Center Room 910
7. On April 9th- The Ukrainian Rock Group "OKEAN ELZY" Will be performing in NEW YORK CITY! They will be performing live at the Roxy Club! at 8 PMWho: OKEAN ELZY Where: New York City, ROXY CLUB 515 WEST 18TH STREET WHEN 9 APRIL, 8 PM
GET TICKETS EARLY FOR IT WILL BE A SOLD OUT SHOW! The # to call is:
201- 455- 2044
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More information on the Columbia University Ukrainian Programs:
MARCH 23:
The Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University continues its new
thematic series: “Ukraine. A Cinematographic View from the West”. The
Club's March event will present two perspectives on the Orange
Revolution, the November 2004 peaceful mass mobilization of Ukrainians
in defense of their right to vote. A Ukrainian and an American
filmmaker
will give their individual accounts of what happened on and around the
Maidan (the Independence Square) in Kyiv, Ukraine. The program is
titled:
"THE ORANGE REVOLUTION. A STORY FULL OF SOUND AND FURY, SIGNIFYING?"
The March event will include three films:
“Nevseremos. People from Maidan”, 2005 director Serhiy
Masloboyshchykov,
Ukraine, American premier. The film documents two opposing political
perspectives – the orange, pro-Yushchenko and the blue pro-Yanukovych -
during the heady events and nine months after.
“Zlydni” (Poverty), 2005, director Stepan Koval, Ukraine, American
Premier. This short plasticene animation is a tongue-in-cheek metaphor
for the “blessing” that Russia has been for Ukraine as a neighbor.
“Borderland, Ukraine and the Rebirth of Democracy,” 2005, director
Paul
Tremblay, USA. A historical background of the Orange Revolution is
combined with a detailed analysis of the events by their participants
and observers, who come from varied linguistic, cultural, and
political
backgrounds.
Introduction and post screening discussion led by Yuri Shevchuk,
director of the Film Club.
All films are either with English subtitles or in English.
This event is co-sponsored by the Ukrainian Students’ Society of
Columbia University.
WHEN: Thursday, March 23, 2006, at 7:30 PM
WHERE: 614 Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University
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MARCH 27:
The Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University will host a
lecture
by Mykola Ryabchuk, titled:
"CULTURAL WARS & RIVAL IDENTITIES: UKRAINE AS A POST-SOVIET
IDEOLOGICAL
BATTLEGROUND"
Mykola Ryabchuk, who is a Jacyk Visiting Scholar at Columbia's
Ukrainian
Studies Program this spring 2006 semester, teaching a course on
Language, Culture, and Identity Issues in Contemporary Ukraine,
writes:
"Ukraine, as a nation located on the border between two different
civilizations, Eurasian and European, and exposed to various cultural
and political influences throughout its history, provides students of
the region with a great many paradoxes that often look like
ambivalence,
if not ambiguity. Language, culture, and identity issues contribute
greatly to Ukraine’s paradoxes and controversies but, also, to the
nation’s uniqueness and potential dynamic."
Mykola Ryabchuk has been, since 1997, a research associate at the
Center
for European Studies at the University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” and a
co-founder and co-editor of the “Krytyka” monthly. He penned seven
books
in Ukrainian, including: "Zone of Alienation: Ukrainian Oligarchy
between East and West" (Kyiv, 2004) and "Two Ukraines: Real Borders
and
Virtual Wars" (Kyiv, 2003). He holds a number of awards for the best
articles of the year from different periodicals, two national “Book of
the Year” awards (2000 and 2004), a prestigious Antonovych Prize
(2003)
and a Polish-Ukrainian Capitula Award (2002, on par with late Jacek
Kuron) for the significant contribution to Polish-Ukrainian
reconciliation.
WHEN: Monday, March 27 at 12:00 noon
WHERE: Room 1219, International Affairs Building, Columbia University,
420 W. 118th St.
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Diana Howansky
Staff Associate
Ukrainian Studies Program
Columbia University
Room 1208, MC3345
420 W. 118th Street
New York, NY 10027
(212) 854-4697
ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu
http://www.harrimaninstitute.org/courses/ukrainian_studies_program.html