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News Release:

Ukrainian Museum of Canada

910 Spadina Crescent East, Saskatoon SK

5 November 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CHRISTMAS BELLS ARE RINGING . . .

We are pleased to announce that a Yarmarok (Christmas Bazaar) will be held in the Main Galleries of the Ukrainian Museum of Canada Friday, November 24 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Saturday, November 25 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. FREE ADMISSION

In Ukraine, the Yarmarok was the cultural hub of the community. People would travel from far and wide to peddler their wares, to visit with others and to share in the joy of the centuries old tradition of the artisan and farmers market. Join us for a Ukrainian Canadian market atmosphere with 25 different artisans and vendors, musicians, two book launches and Christmas carols.

Join us for a wine and cheese reception Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. when author Marsha Forchuk Skyrpuch will launch a new anthology of Ukrainian Canadian literature Kobzar’s Children. Several of the books contributors will also be present as will local musician Matthew Gruza. On Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. local author and choir director Stanislaw Hawryliw along with the Dibrova Seniors Choir and Mandolin ensemble will launch his new book Christmas Carols and Shchedrivky. At 2:30 p.m. the Children’s Choir from the Ukrainian bilingual program at Bishop Filevich School will perform and Danny Evanishen will story tell from his anthology of folk tales.

As an added feature, Marsha Forchuk Skyrpuch will give a one-hour writer’s workshop on Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. The public is invited to pre-register for this workshop.

The new exhibition From Dust to Dust: the Life and Work of Peter Rupchan, a prairie potter’s story will be showing in the first gallery, and Ukrainian Pioneer Women by William Kurelek will show in the Special Collections Gallery.

We look forward to sharing this special season with you.

For further information, please call:

Janet Prebushewsky Danyliuk, Director

1-306-244-3800

directorumc@sasktel.net

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Another lovely review

Linda came across this lovely (in fact, glowing!) review of Kobzar's Children. Here are some excerpts...

[The extermination of the kobzars] in the Stalinist purges was part of a systematic attempt to destroy Ukrainian history, and to some extent the Ukrainian people.

But stories are hard to silence, and history doesn’t always die with its keepers. New generations of historians have recovered the lost stories of their people and collected their efforts in Kobzar’s Children. ...

The one stylistic consistent is a brevity of language ... This economy of style and simplicity of language gives the collection an emotional force that would be lost in a more consciously picturesque narrative.

The memoirs avoid overt politicizing ... The stories insist only on being heard, without attempting to tell anyone how to feel; and so gain a great deal of power.

It would be easy for a collection full of stories about genocide, exploitation, and bigotry to be pessimistic, but Kobzar’s Children maintains an optimistic tone. ...

The book ends, fittingly, in the optimism of the Orange Revolution, when the people of Ukraine reclaimed their political future. Kobzar’s Children is the mirror of that effort, reclamation of the past, done with heart and hope and a surprising sense of humor.

Full review here.