The Ukrainian Film Club proudly announces the premiere showing of "Maty Machukha" and "Nash Lviv" in Toronto

MATY MATCHUKHA
МАТИ МАЧУХА

(In Ukrainian - no English subtitles)

(a documentary film by Yulia Tymoshenko)

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Visit the exhibition In Full Bloom: The Pysanky of Folk Artist Iryna Bilianska... Using as her prototype the traditional pysanky of her native Sokal region in western Ukraine, characterized by multi-colored floral motifs, Bilianska developed an original style that included certain elements of Sokal embroidery. Her pysanky have predominantly floral motifs that cover the entire surface of the egg, freestyle. In some cases, bands of geometric motifs are intertwined with the florals. She often includes citations from Scripture about Easter and the Resurrection, and adds the Ukrainian national emblem -- the Trident.

The Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore and International House at the University of Alberta sponsored their second workshop for students from around the world on Wednesday, March 18. The workshop was arranged by Ukrainian Folklore Program graduate student and International House resident Huseyin Oylupinar.

Ukraine is often said to be a country torn between east and west. Gabriel Gatehouse explores the political rifts still keenly felt today

Streetmarket in Lviv

I was browsing through a street market in the western city of Lviv recently and, on a bric-a-brac stall, among the usual busts of Stalin and the hammer and sickle lapel badges, I caught sight of a German Iron Cross.

It had a swastika emblazoned in the middle of it, and as I picked it up - it was black and surprisingly heavy - a shiver literally ran down my spine.

By Peggy Walsh-Sarnecki, Freee Press Education Writer
ANDRE J. JACKSON, Detroit Free Press

At Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic School in Warren, eighth-grader Liliya Kulyk, 14, and others read over a presentation in language class March 10. The feeling of community and focus on academics and faith draw families from across metro Detroit.

Many of the parents of students at Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic School in Warren are generations removed from Ukraine, but they want their children to know the language, customs and history of their ancestors.

Ukrainian music is beautiful. We have all grown up with it; listening to and performing songs, operas, instrumental music, enjoying the acrobatics and gracefulness of the dance, and by passing on the traditions of our parents and grandparents to our children.

Many Ukrainian music groups from Ukraine and the West have for many years successfully attracted our youth with their modernised versions of folk songs, and with their own interesting compositions.

By Charmaine Smith-Miles

Anderson artist Kelly Milko holds her first ostrich egg Pysanky. Milko has
made hundreds of the geometrical art pieces on egg shells, mostly chicken eggs.

ANDERSON -- The place where the magic of her creativity happens isn't big.

There's a bench, a lamp and a chair located at the end of hallway that also serves as her washroom.

By Michelle Sathe
Signal Senior Staff Writer

Olga Kaczmar displays two of her finished Russian pysanky eggs at an egg decorating class she taught at the Senior Center on Thursday.

Every Easter, Olga Kaczmar puts all her eggs in one basket.

These are no ordinary eggs, however. They are works of art decorated in a traditional Ukrainian technique known as pysanky, where intricate patterns are etched in layers of dyes and wax and given to friends and family on Easter.

April 15,2009 What is the message conveyed by the film? There are to main components of the message: [ 1] Russia is capable of producing a spectable given sufficient time and expense resources plus a star performer -- in the person of a Ukrainian Bohdan Stupka -- appearing in the main role [ 2] As a former colonial power, Russia still cannot resist the urge of leading a pack of Slavs stupid enough to believe in the defunct and discredited idea of Panslavism.

The National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy celebrated the opening of its new baccalaureate library on May 24. The renovated historic XIX century building was named in honor of its principal benefactors Tetiana and Omelian Antonovych from the United States, who donated one million dollars to this important project. The opening of the new library was made possible by the contributions of their major donation plus another million dollars from donors in Ukraine, the United States and Canada.

Chicago, IL. On April 21, 2007 the third annual fundraising auction was held at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art in Chicago. The event, originally conceived by Olenka Pryma, UIMA's Vice President, had a very successful turn out with nearly 100 attendees.

Washington, DC, March 30, 2007 - Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Ruslana Lyzhychko, gave a presentation on "Leading Ukraine into a New Era of Global and European Citizenship" at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.   

The event was co-sponsored by the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Children of Chornobyl Relief and Development Fund.