Saturday, May 29, 2010

Viacheslav Chornovil, never published images



this image coming from 1980's - time when Soviet Union still exist but people like
Chornovil just came out of Gulag & start thinking - what is a next step.
This image taken in Viacheslav apartment in Lviv, we just arrived from Moscow - old
and new revolutionaries:-)
Viacheslav Chornovil - one of the founding father of Modern Independent Ukraine!

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here you can see a view from Viacheslav apartment: on the left side -
crucifix and a church just across his window

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Sunday, May 23, 2010

CHERES (Cabaret Evening with Andriy Milavsky, Victor Chobotar & Ihor Shablovsky @UIA)

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Ukrainian music in United States:


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Victor Chobotar ,accordion, with a friend.

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La Cosa - Italiano! - by Olexandra Grabova


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Deanna Kirk, jazz singer:




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Marianna Vynnytsky, Ukrainian Pop:



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Saturday, May 22, 2010

Ukrainian Literary Evening @Cornelia Street Cafe

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23 Cornelia Street Cafe in New York City
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Alex Motyl reading his new prose and poetry:


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Vasyl Makhno reading a poems from his new book "Thread":


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Literary Critics'-) and piano music by Viktor Markiw:


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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Oksana Prokopenko, mosaic artist, at UIA

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Madonna & child;

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Oksana Prokopenko with daughter Lily

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NTV America!

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Two saints by Oksana Prokopenko


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Oksana with her dad - engineer Urii Prokopenko

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Saturday, May 15, 2010

St.George 34-th Annual Ukrainian Festival

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dancing with a flowers...
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Natalya Krytovsk'ka singing " Odna Kalina":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd-jnMV8DJ0

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Ukrainski diti spivaut' - Ukrainian kids singing...
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Andreya Popovych singing "Ukrainka":  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UDODFkz9dc

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children of Ukraine...
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Anna Smith, - "Dva dubka" - "Two oaks": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0xNePZACVI

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some people like to talk,
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

May 11, in front of Ukraine Mission to United Nations.


Chervona Kalina in New York: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FgIdzFXHWM

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Back to USSR?
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Save democracy!
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

"Yalta: The Price for Peace" - discussion with Serhii Plokhii @UI


Serhii Plokhii discussing his new book "Ylta: the price for peace" at UIA

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Adrian Karatnycky and Serhii Plokhii discussing  a "Ylta..":

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the Big Three
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small tech with a global reach
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www.radiobanduristan.com

...couple of images and video clips from Radio Banduristan(http://www.radiobanduristan.com/) event at Ukrainian Institute.The Debutante Hour - country, blues & vaudeville! - Maria Sonevytsky, Susan Hwang
and Mia Pixley...just click on this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxHCxAoiVQo
Song of Murder and Mayhem in the Steppe.




Slau, singer,song writer & producer.

Host of the event - Alex Motyl and Michael Alpert
Julian Kytasty & Michael Alpert singing together:

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Yanukovich - Medvedev Pact protest, New York City, May2k10

...in front of Ukraine Mission to United Nations.
old banner and new flags...
...speaking to the world - urbi et orbi! - Voice of America

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Tribute to Lydia Krushelnytsky @UIA, May2k10

...happy 95-th birth day, Lydia!
back in time...
just flowers for Lydia...
Melanie, Ukrainka;-)


Teacher...looking at students
Ukrainian feast;-{0

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Yevgen Kovtonyuk Photography @UIA

Yevgen Kovtonyuk(far right),photographer and first president of Ukrainian Esperanto Association.
Click on this link for a video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADer50qNRwI
Bohdan Movchan, Consulate General of Ukraine Consul, writing in a guest book.
Hanna Kapustyan with son(far left) & friends at Yevgen Kovtonyuk reseption night.