April 6, 2013: One man play "Holodomor – Murder by Starvation"
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April 14, 2013: The 1025th Anniversary of Baptism of Kyivan Rus’ (Ukraine) celebration in Vancouver
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In Ukraine, from the 11th to the 16th century manuscript books were ornamented with headpieces, initials, tailpieces, and illuminations. Many of these features appeared as well in the first printed books. In the late 16th century Lviv became the first center of printing and graphic art and one of the first influential engravers was Lavrentii Fylypovych-Pukhalsky.
Just in time for Easter and the traditional pysanka writing that so many people of different cultures and heritage are fascinated with, Marcia has created a Ukrainian contribution to the contemporary Canadian fad of wearing “antenna” headbands at seasonal events.
In March/April 2013 Aventura E books London will publish a translation of Vasyl Shkliar’s bestselling Ukrainian language novel “Raven” produced by Steve Komarnyckyj and Susie Speight who run a translation and literary agency Kalyna Language Press. “Raven” (or Chornyj Voron in Ukrainian) was published in 2009 and sold over a 100 thousand copies before several pirate versions were released.
It is the beginning of January and many Ukrainians in Canada talk about their plans for Malanka, where they will go to party and celebrate the Old New Year. Why Malanka? Why so illogical word combinations – The Old New Year?
St. Nicholas, as tradition has it, was a great believer in the youth and secretly did much gift giving to children, especially the poor ones. In Ukraine for over a thousand years as well as in the Ukrainian Canadian community this still occurs as gifts are often left for children on this day.
Toronto-based Guerrilla Releasing announces the Canadian television broadcast premiere of “Directions Home”, a documentary on the resettlement of Ukrainian refugees after the Second World War and the brave Canadian soldiers who made it possible (on OMNI 1 on Remembrance Day, November 11, 2012 at 9 pm)
In the film: After their plans to adopt a baby were thwarted, Cathy and Martin Ward travelled to the remote village of Gorodnya in rural Ukraine to begin the process of adopting five biological brothers and sisters.
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No Comments »In September, 2012, Lower Mainland residents will have a unique opportunity to hear the internationally acclaimed Kiev Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in major venues from Chilliwack to Vancouver.
Professor Kravchenko was appointed CIUS director after an international search. The new director intends to promote modernization of Ukrainian studies in the world, as well as to teach history and historiography of Eastern Europe at the University of Alberta.
The Festival Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that music legend Oleh Skrypka of Ukraine will perform 4 shows over the three day Festival..
In 2012/2013 Dr. MARKO R. STECH will teach the following Ukrainian-studies courses at York University:
We are in spring again and Easter is just behind the corner. Many of us will take an Ester basket to the church to be blessed. And what should we put there?
But more importantly, he is a national poet in his own right. He gave his own people and the world a brilliant, immutable proof that the Ukrainian soul is capable of the highest flights of original cultural creativity. It is for that that he is so loved by some, and so feared by others.
Prepared by Vitaliy Kubatskyy
We had a pleasure to meet Joan Brander at Surrey cultural Fusion Festival 2011, where Ukrainian team won honorary 2nd place. Her pysanky workshop was the constant object of audience attraction, and now Ukrainian Vancouver presents the full interview with our local pysanky expert..
Chornomorets’ (Vancouver, Canada)
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