NEWS
October 27, at 10 AM PDT
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Join us for an online conversation on Sunday morning,
October 27, at 10 AM PDT. Our special guests will include Lyuba Yakimchuck, the award-winning Ukrainian poet, playwright, and screenwriter, renowned for her poem collections such as Apricots of Donbas in conversation with Amelia Glaser, a distinguished scholar, translator, and author.
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This event is free.
Get your tickets here:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ukrainian-voices-a-talk-with-lyuba-yakimchuk-tickets-1048217144697
Ukrainian Voices writers series will continue in the fall. Please stay tuned on our Instagram @UkrainianDays and our website.
Event History
PAST EVENTS:​
Second Event
Ukrainian Voices Writers series
October 5, 10 AM PDT 2024
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Online conversation on Saturday, October 5 at 10 AM with Eugenia Kuznetsova, Ukrainian author of the novel The Ladder and Ask Miechka which was shortlisted for BBC News Ukraine Book of The Year in 2021 and Jessica M. Zychowicz a scholar, editor, curator and author.
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Ukrainian Voices Writers series
May 23, 6 PM PDT 2024
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Thursday, May 23 at 6 PM first event of the Ukrainian Voices Series — an evening conversation with Maria Reva, author of the novel, Good Citizens Need Not Fear, nominated for the Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize in 2020. Reva will be in conversation with Alina Senchenko, an artist and curator.
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Her Presence (Womanhood in Ukraine)
Photography exhibition
April 3 - May 1, 2024
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Artist: Katya Lesiv, Katia Motyleva, Anya Tsaruk
This group exhibition offers a nuanced and critical exploration of the experience of Ukrainian women. Specifically, it focuses on the relationships between mothers, daughters, and sisters and the significant ways in which these have been affected during the invasion of Ukraine. The exhibition highlights the work of female photographers from Ukraine who explore different aspects of intimate familial relationships between women.
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Witnessing Change: Ukrainian Cinema in a Time of Turmoil
Film series
February 1 - 22, 2024
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Spanning nearly a century of cinema, the films in this series touch on issues that continue to shape Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora: technology, demographic generations, political revolution, and war. Through these works, viewers can glimpse the complex history of the Ukrainian peoples’ ongoing struggle for self-determination. ​“Witnessing Change” aims to shine a cinematic light on a region that continues to strive for recognition, autonomy, and the preservation of its cultural heritage.
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