TORONTO

Wednesdays 7:30pm. Hopaksercise – ballet barre warm-up, traditional Ukrainian Dance steps, aerobics, and yoga cool-down and relaxation. UNF Toronto Community Centre – Dance Studio, 145 Evans Ave. All ages and experience levels welcomed. For info, call 416-253-6002ext2, email infor@unftoronto.com. For program schedule/sessions and fees, visit www.unftoronto.com

Saturdays “Dorist” Educational & Cultural Program for kids ages 3-8: 10am–12 noon. Runs until June. Offered by UNF Kalyna Performing Arts Company. UNF Toronto Community Centre, 145 Evans Ave. For information, call 416-939-9200, email infor@unftoronto.com or visit www.unftoronto.com

February 10 2 pm. Memorial Tribute in Commemoration of Olha Basarab. Presented by Ukrainian Women’s Organization of Canada, National Executive. UNF Community Centre,

145 Evans Ave.

February 14, 15 Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Ukrainian Cinema Since Independence: Mykhailo Illienko’s The Firecrosser in Russian, Ukrainian, some English with subtitles (Ukraine’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar entry), Febuary 14, 6-9pm. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., UofT. Register at http://munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/13427/register/ ; Soviet Film and Stalin’s War on Independent Peasants, 1920-1930. Feb. 15, 6-8pm. Room 108, North Building, Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Place, UofT. Register at http://munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/13419/register/ . Co-sponsored by Petro Jacyk Program UofT, CERES, CFUS. Lectures by Yuri Shevchuk, director of Ukrainian Film Club, Columbia University. Free admission, open to the public.

17 лютого Український драматичний театр “Заграва” запрошує на прем’єру трагікомедії Анатолія Крима “Євангеліє від Івана”. Режисер-постановник – Йосип Терлецький. Початок – о 5 год. вечора. Пластова Домівка ім. Гуцуляків,

516 The Kingsway. Квитки при дверях: для дорослих – $20, для студентів – $15.

February 20 2-4pm. “Poles, Ukrainians, and Film: Shared History, Manipulation and the Truth” – lecture by Lukasz Jasina, Petro Jacyk Visiting Scholar. Room 108, North Building, Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Place, University of Toronto. Sponsored by CERES and Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine, UofT. Register at http://www.utoronto.ca/jacyk/events_2012-2013.htm

24 лютого Комітет Українок Канади запрошує на Свято Героїнь “Повстанське танго”. Початок – о 3 год. попол. Український Культурний Центр,

83 Christie St. Квитки – $20.

February 26 – May 7 7-8:30 pm. Conversational Ukrainian Classes on Tuesday evenings. 11 sessions for only $100. designed for adults (16 years and over) with basic Ukrainian language skills. UNF Toronto Branch, 145 Evans Ave. Register by e-mail info@unf@unftoronto.com

MISSISSAUGA

February 15 7 pm. Olexandra Pyasta & Friends – dinner, show and dance. Special guests Bogdan Pyasta, Raj Kumar, Bollywood dancers, contemporary and Gypsy music. Door prizes and draws. Presented by Sunvoice Music Productions. Dinner and dance $25. Dance and cocktails after 9pm. $15. Tickets at the door. Crystal Grand Banquet Hall, 2110 Dundas St. E.,

905-277-2800. For details, call

647-996-9458.

February 16 6:30 pm. St. Valentine’s Dinner and Dance with Veselka Band from Montreal. St. Mary Dormition Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, 3625 Cawthra Rd. Dinner & Dance $50. Dance only at 9 pm. $30/Students $20. Cash Bar. Light snack at 11 pm. Tickets: Anna Samoil 905-281-0851; Myron Parzei 905-275-8360; Hanya Martyniw 905-629-2338; St. Mary’s Office

905-279-9387.

OTTAWA

Sundays 9:30 am. Ukrainian Profile TV. Rogers Ch.22.

Sundays 5–6 pm. Ukrainian Radio Program on CHIN 97.9 FM. Previous programs can be heard for 6 weeks at http://chinradioottawa.com/ukrainian.html

Until February 22, 28. HeArts On Fire - art exhibit by handicapped orphans from Tsuryupinsk, Ukraine. At Council for the Arts in Ottawa (CAO), 2 Daly Ave., 10am-5pm until Feb. 22 and portion at Avant-Garde Bar, 135 Besserer St. after 5:30pm. until Feb. 28. Art sale proceeds to artists. Free admission. For complete info: visit www.ukankidsrelief.com/eng or contact Nina Iouguina at Avant-Garde Bar at 613-854-3295, e-mail nina@avantgardebar.com

February 10 Wine & cheese potluck lunch, after 11:30am Liturgy to celebrate Cheesefare Sunday according to Gregorian calendar. Please bring cheese and crackers, sandwiches, vegetables, fruit, or dessert (nothing requiring utensils). Wine and drinks provided - more is welcomed! Forgiveness Vespers, first service of Great Lent, at 6 pm. St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Shrine, 952 Green Valley Cresc.

February 10 2-6:15 pm. Open House at Ottawa School of Ukrainian Dance. Classes for children (age 3 and up), teens and adults open for public viewing. Studios at 200 Crichton St. For more information - Kateryna 613-692-5243 or Maria 613-832-1678.
February 17 12:30 pm. Lecture ‘100 Years of Ukrainian Churches in Canada’ by Slavco Demchinsky of Ottawa, with colourful photographs on the history and architectural styles of Ukrainian churches in Canada from late 19C. to late 20C. Sponsored by Heritage Subcommittee of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. Open to public; no charge for

admission. Assumption BV Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral Hall,

1000 Byron Ave.

February 20 7:30 pm. Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh) Ottawa Branch presents a talk by Ivan Harasym, laureate «Ars Translationis» im. Mykoly Lukasha, “Pro deiaki aktual’ni problemy suchasnoho ukrains’koho perekladu” (Actual problems of modern Ukrainian translation). St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Shrine Hall,

952 Green Valley Cresc. Refreshments to follow. Voluntary donations appreciated. Info: 613-733-7000, 613-225-5768.

February 24 12 Noon. Programme Dedicated to Lesya Ukrainka after Liturgy at Assumption BV Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, 1000 Byron Ave.

MONTREAL

February 17 3 pm. Sviato Sobornosty - 94th anniversary of the Act of Unification, marking the union of Eastern and Western Ukrainian National Republics. Presented by Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Montreal Branch. Programme includes guest speaker Rev. Dr. Ihor Kutash. St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral Hall, 6250-12th Ave., Rosemount. Admission $10. For further information, contact Bohdanna

514-259-7162 or Zorianna 514-481-5871.

February 24 12:30pm Plast-Montreal with UCC Montreal Branch invites you to the Montreal premiere of the documentary film “100 Rokiv plastovoji ideji”, produced by Yurij Luhovy, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of “Plast”. The Ukrainian-language film, incorporates rare archival photogaphs, outlines the essential elements of Plast scouting and the main events in its history (1911/12-2011/12). Held at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church Hall, 6175-10th Ave. Admission by donation. All proceeds to Plast Montreal. Contact Taras Konanec, Stanychnyj, 450-676-6885.