They rallied at Queen’s Park today in Toronto to commemorate the 17th year of Independence for Ukraine. Some great speeches were head by Borys Wrzesnewskyj and Peggy Nash as well as a few others. Check out some pictures of the event:
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Ancient Ukraine: Trypilian Culture this Fall at ROM
The exhibit runs from November 29, 2008 to March 22, 2009. artdaily has a great write-up on it:
ONTARIO.- This Fall, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents Mysteries of Ancient Ukraine: the Remarkable Trypilian Culture (5400 – 2700 BC), the world’s first large scale exhibition uncovering the secrets of this ancient society which existed in present day Ukraine 7,000 – 5,000 years ago. The mystery of this compelling and sophisticated culture, known for creating the largest settlements anywhere in the world at the time, only to inexplicably disappear, is illuminated through some 300 artifacts, many never before seen in North America. The exhibition is on display in the Museum’s 3rd floor Centre Block from Saturday, November 29, 2008 to Sunday, March 22, 2009.
With Ukraine’s First Lady, Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko serving as honorary patron, Mysteries of Ancient Ukraine: the Remarkable Tryplian Culture (5400 – 2700 BC) is organized by the ROM in collaboration with the National Museum of the History of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine), the Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Archaeological Museum of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Odessa Archaeological Museum, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Vinnytsia Regional Museum (Ukraine). The exhibition is based on artifacts first discovered by Ukrainian archaeologist Vikenty Khvoika in 1896, including tools, items of adornment, ceramic figures, earthenware portraits, and pottery. Trypilian pottery, with its sophisticated decorative schemes, attractive forms and fine execution, is generally recognized as second to none in the Neolithic world.
Ukrainian pavilion at Globalfest in Calgary for the next 2 weeks
Globafest 2008 starts tomorrow, running from August 11 – 23 in Calgary, AB:
“Vitiayemo!” Welcome! The Tradition of Tryzub is the tradition of Excellence. Let our music and dazzling entertainment keep your feet tapping and your heart racing. Returning from recent performances in Mexico, New York and Las Vegas, Calgary’s world famous Tryzub Ukrainian Dance Ensemble will again provide breath-taking, gravity defying acrobatic dance ntertainment. Take advantage of a rare opportunity! Tryzub’s performing Ensemble will be available in full costume for photo opportunities with visitors of the Tryzub Ukrainian Pavilion where you’ll find displays and information on Calgary’s Premier Ukrainian Dance Organization.
Here is the menu for the pavilion:
- Perogies w/ butter onions
- Sausage on a bun
Tickets are $15 per day and $50 for the entire festival.
Ukrainian pavilion at Winnipeg’s Folklorama
From the Winnipeg Sun:
Non-stop Ukrainian food and entertainment is available at the Ukraine-Kyiv pavilion at Maples Collegiate all week.
The pavilion has been around since the beginning of Folklorama but keeps every year fresh as the show features new dancers and live bands each night.
The entertainment from the show extends to a display room which features “a Ukrainian musical journey,” said Labay.
Popular Ukrainian instruments like the trembita are gathered in the room with volunteers who are keen on the music’s history.
On the main stage, performances led up to a finale from one of the many young and talented Ukrainian dance groups.
Folklorama goes from August 3 – 18. You can also watch video from the event. Click ‘continue reading’ for showtimes and directions.
Continue reading Ukrainian pavilion at Winnipeg’s Folklorama
Donate to Ukrainian flood victims
From Ukrainian Canadian Social Services in Canada:
FLOOD DISASTER APPEAL:
Western Ukraine has been hit by storms and non-stop rain from July 23 – 25, 2008 causing the banks of rivers and tributaries to overflow and to flood villages throughout the regions of Vynnycka, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zakarpatia, Lviw, Ternopil and Chernivsti. 22 lives have been lost already. Buildings are roofless; roads, overpasses and bridges have been washed out; crops are destroyed. Local medical resources are stretched. Residents moving to higher ground watch as their homes and livelihood lay in ruin. And still the rain comes…
The volunteers and donors to Pomich Ukraini at Ukrainian Canadian Social Services are aware of the great need for humanitarian relief in western Ukraine as a result of this disaster. Please help us to bring this appeal to the attention of those of good will in our Churches, organizations and governments.
1. Your monetary donation can be conveniently made on-line: Click Donate Now throughCanadaHelps.org (also a French link)
2. Or, please feel free to send your cheque to Pomich Ukraini – Flood Relief. Send your cheque directly to the local branch of Ukrainian Canadian Social Services (addresses located on the home page for each UCSS branch) or to national headquarters at:
Ukrainian Canadian Social Services
2445 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M6S 1P7
204 942 4627Thank you for your generosity at this time of great need!
From United Ukrainian American Relief Committee in the US:
Help your Brothers and Sisters in Western Ukraine, who are suffering from a natural disaster that befell them: heavy rains, landslides and floods.Tens of thousands Ukrainians are without a roof over their heads and have no means of subsistence.22 people have perished and the number of victims is increasing daily.
Emergency relief requested
Bedding: sheets, blankets, pillows, pillowcases, sleeping bags
Items of personal hygiene
Rubber footwearFinancial aid is needed for purchase of food and other needed items in Ukraine, and to defray the cost of shipment of the above-mentioned articles.
Location of collection site:
UUARC Home Office
UNITED UKRAINIAN AMERICAN RELIEF COMMITTEE, INC.
1206 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111
215-728-1630HELP OUR UKRAINIAN BRETHREN IN NEED!
All donations are tax-deductible
For more information see: www.uuarc.org