GUIDE to Ukrainian life in London June - July 2015 WHAT’S ON

EXPLORE Ukrainian art, literature, theatre, music and sport

DISCUSS current events in with scholars and practitioners

ENGAGE with community, charity initiatives and fundraising campaigns

www.ukrainianlondon.co.uk

  Ukrainian Events in London   UkrainianLondon COMMUNITY EVENTS

UKRAINIAN BOOK CLUB IN LONDON – “IVASYK-TELESYK AND FLYING PIGS” BY WRITINGS OF OLEH LYSHEHA UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL SAT 13 JUNE 2015, 11:00 SUN 21 JUNE 2015, 16:00 Ukrainian Institute, 79 Holland Park, W11 3SW. Chislehurst Methodist Church Hall, Join to discuss writings Prince Imperial Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5XL. of Ukrainian poet, Ukrainske Kolo presents new theatre playwright, translator and production involving 18 children, aged 5 to 12. intellectual Oleh Lysheha, www.ukrainianschool.co.uk who so prematurely passed FREE away last December.

Readings and discussions are held in Ukrainian.

FREE

HUTSUL NIGHT AT UKRAINIAN CLUB SAT 13 JUNE 2015, 19:30 67TH NATIONAL CYM RALLY IN TARASIVKA 154 Holland Park Avenue, W11 4UH SAT 4 JULY 2015, 12:00 Join to experience In the program this year: dance and music Hutsul traditions, from ‘ChornaRozha’. music and food. For accommodation and general enquiries £35 please email [email protected] For prices and further information visit www. cym.org/uk GUIDED TOURS IN UKRAINIAN SUN 14 JUNE 2015, LEEDS CASTLE & ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS SAT-SUN 20-21 JUNE 2015, SOUTH WEST DORSET SAT-SUN 11-12 JULY 2015, CORNWALL AND ABOUT Enjoy the Ukrainian tours visiting exciting places all over the UK. Departure from the Ukrainian Institute, 79 Holland Park, W11 3SW. For more info or to make a booking please call Iryna Kulych 07825 334928.

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UKRAINIAN START UPS PRESENTATIONS ANNUAL LOBANOVSKY FOOTBALL SESSION AT BLOOMBERG TOURNAMENT THU 23 JULY 2015, 17:00-20:00 TBC SUN 14 JUNE 2015 Bloomberg and Ukrainian Startup Hub, would Norwegian Playing Fields, Jenkins Lane, like to invite investors and entrepreneurs Greater London, IG11 0AD to an evening showcasing the very best of Charity tournament with all proceeds for the Ukrainian start ups and young companies. victims of war in Ukraine. More information at Event for investor and business community www.lobanovskiycup.com where you can learn about some of the To register your team contact alexsaliy@ hottest and most innovative projects coming hotmail.com or 077 22515 474 from Ukraine. The session will include 10 presentations, Q&A session followed by a networking reception.

For more details and registration please visit: uastartup.co.uk

UKRAINIAN MIGRANTS: INVESTING AND DOING BUSINESS IN THE UK, EXPERT SEMINAR THU 25 JUNE 2015, 19:00 TBC Ukrainian Institute, 79 Holland Park, W11 3SW.

The seminar will cover corporate immigration and relevant visa issues with focus on: Investor, Entrepreneur,

Tier 2 and overseas business representatives visas. Immigration and corporate law experts will highlight the most crucial questions from FOOTBALL ON SUNDAYS: the audience. Discussion will be followed by a ALL WELCOME TO JOIN networking reception. EVERY SUNDAY, FREE. To register visit: ukrainianlondon.co.uk 09.30 – 11.30

Play-grounds at Mint Street Park (near

Borough tube station) TRAVELLING AROUND UKRAINE, TALK BY PROFESSOR ALEX HASLAM Miss playing football? Join our Ukrainian team in London! Players of all ages and skills TUE 16 JULY 2015, 19:00 are very welcome to join regular 4-5-6-aside Ukrainian Institute, 79 Holland Park, W11 3SW. outdoor football games on Sunday mornings. Professor Alex Haslam FREE is a Royal Geographic Society member, currently based in Hong Kong. He will speak about his travelling around Ukraine in 2014, his experiences of revolutionary , drawing parallels with Hong Kong’s own recent civil unrests. FREE. To register visit ukrainianlondon.co.uk 3 MUSIC

UKRAINIAN MEZZO-SOPRANO MAGIC MOZART PIANO NIGHT WITH ANNA STARUSHKEVYCH VIOLINIST PAVLO BEZNOSIUK THU 18 JUNE 2015, 19:00 TUE 7 JULY 2015, 19:30 Bob Boas’ Music Salon, Milton Court Concert Hall, Silk Street, 22 Mansfield Street, W1G 9NR EC2Y 9BH Special programme of Eastern Ukrainian-Irish musician Pavlo European music, influenced Beznosiuk is an outstanding by Jewish, Gypsy, Spanish, performer and one of Chinese and . Europe’s most respected The songs will be sung in baroque violinists. Being an Czech, Russian and Ukrainian. associate of the Academy of There will be English Ancient Music, Pavlo is best translation prepared for the audience to help known as a Musical Director follow some gorgeous poetry. of the Avison Ensemble, a £15. Book by email: [email protected] key member of the ground- or phone 020 7436 0344. breaking medieval ensemble The New London Consort.

£10–£30, check ukrainianlondon.co.uk for booking details RAPPER YOUR OLD DROOG MON 8 JUNE 2015, 19:00 The Jazz Cafe, 5 Parkway, ART Camden, NW1 7PG. Your Old Droog, a Ukrainian- born American rapper (Coney OLGA BROWN AT CHELSEA OPEN ART Island, New York). As a young SOCIETY’S ANNUAL OPEN ART EXHIBITION rap enthusiast growing up in THUR-MON 18-22 JUNE 2015, CHECK Brooklyn, Droog first UKRAINIANLONDON.CO.UK FOR OPENING developed his craft in TIMES lunchroom battles in school. Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road, SW3 £12.50. Book via website or Ukrainian-born artist Olga will present her call 0844 847 2514 cityscapes of London and . FREE

UKRAINIAN ELECTRO POP DUO BLOOM TWINS IN CAMDEN TUE 9 JUNE 2015, 19:30 The Stillery, 18 Kentish Town Road, NW1 9NX. Bloom Twins are a pop music group consisting of Anna and Sonia Kuprienko, remarkably giften twin sisters from Kyiv, Ukraine. They refer to the style of their music as “dark pop”. FREE 4 CHARITY & FUNDRAISING

CHARITY EVENING WITH TARAS CHUBAY A NEW GENERATION FOR A NEW UKRAINE THU 18 JUNE 2015, 19:00 – BLACK-TIE FUNDRAISING DINNER (DOORS OPEN 18:30) FRI 19 JUNE 2015, 20:00-22:30 154 Holland Park Avenue, W11 4UH Member’s Dining Room, Organized by Ukraine Charity in partnership Palace of Westminster, House of Commons with Ukrainian Catholic University. Taras As Ukraine is at war, having been invaded by Chubay is a legendary Ukrainian rock singer Russian forces, now, more than ever, does the and composer, leader of the rock band Plach country need to invest in education, investing Yeremii (Jeremiah’s Cry). The proceeds in a new generation for a new Ukraine. from this event will go to purchase a new Fundraising events for Ukrainian Catholic specialised bus for the Centre for Disabled University have been taking place across the Children “Dzherelo” in Lviv, Ukraine. globe, most recently in New York, Chicago, £30 via JustGiving page with the note “Taras Toronto and Cleveland. Chubay” or by SMS to 07873 979680 £200 – Fundraising Dinner and Silent Auction, £300 – VIP Cocktail Reception, Fundraising Dinner and Silent Auction £1000 – “Patron” Exclusive Tour of Parliament, Fundraising Dinner and Silent Auction RSVP to [email protected]

ART FOR CHANGE: FUNDRAISING FOR UKRAINIAN CHILDREN FRI-SAT 19-20 JUNE 2015, CHECK WEBSITE FOR OPENING TIMES Cass Art, 103 Clarence Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1NW A Fundraising Art & Photography Exhibition by Rudolf Harris and the children of Renewal Care Centre, Ukraine. In aid of the orphaned and vulnerable children of Ukraine displaced and affected by the war. 100% of all art and photography sales will go towards the children! £10, book via eventbrite 5 TALKS & DISCUSSIONS

PANEL DISCUSSION ON UKRAINIAN CRISIS: ASSESSING THE CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS TUE 16 JUNE 2015, 18:30 Bar&co Temple Pier, Victoria Embankment, WC2R 2PN Cross-panel debate will comprise a range of voices in what will be a balanced panel to discuss the origins, course of the conflict to date as well as the steps needed to bring peace and stability. The panel so far includes: Peter Hitchens of the Daily Mail, Ed Lucas of the Economist, Professor Richard Sakwa. £7.50. Booking information at ukrainianevents.co.uk CRISIS IN UKRAINE: WHAT DOES UKRAINE WANT AND NEED FROM THE EU

MON 22 JUNE 2015, 18:30 GENDER, NATIONALISM AND CITIZENSHIP IN ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN PROTESTS IN NAB.2.04, 2nd Floor, Room 04, BELARUS, RUSSIA AND UKRAINE New Academic Building, London School of Economics, WC2A 2AE SAT 20 JUNE 2015, 09:00 With the annexation of Crimea and the Robinson College, Cambridge University, conflict in the Donbas, the EU needs more 1 Grange Road, Cambridge, CB3 9AN than ever to understand what This one-day workshop themselves think about their future. Too will bring together much of the debate and the diplomacy in the scholars and experts current crisis has been conducted without working on Belarus, Russia Ukraine. What role should the EU assume in and Ukraine to discuss the Ukraine crisis and with what means? the recent and ongoing Speakers include: protest movements in these three countries with a particular focus Ulrike Hauer, on gender, nationalism and citizenship. Team Leader for Political Process, European FREE, register via eventbrite. Commission Support Group for Ukraine;

Serhiy Leshchenko, ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: THE ROLE OF Ukrainian journalist and MP; WOMEN DURING & AFTER EUROMAIDAN MON 22 JUNE 2015, 19:00 Andrew Wilson, Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR. Ukrainian Institute in London,

79 Holland Park, W11 3SW Chaired by Dr Tomila Lankina, This roundtable is part of a lecture series Associate Professor, London School of organised by Cambridge Ukrainian Economics. Studies and the Ukrainian Institute. The FREE but booking is required. Find booking presentations will be delivered in Ukrainian, details at ukrainianlondon.co.uk but the Q&A will be in both English and Ukrainian. FREE 6 TALKS & DISCUSSIONS

PAST AS PRELUDE: POLISH-UKRAINIAN RELATIONS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY TUE-WED 30 JUNE - 1 JULY 2015, 09:00-18:00 William Mong Hall, Sidney Sussex College, Sidney Street, Cambridge, CB2 3HU This conference will consider how negotiation between past and future of Ukraine and Poland is developing in circumstances of increasing regional instability after Russia’s A JOURNEY THROUGH THE HISTORY OF invasion of Ukraine. In this broad context of UKRAINE, WITH ANNA REID external threat, it is proposed to re-examine WED 8 JULY 2015, 18:30 the foundation of strong Polish-Ukrainian relations, which have become crucially 12-14 Long Acre, WC2E 9LP Covent Garden important for Europe’s future. Join Anna Reid as she discusses her FREE. Find registration details at acclaimed book, Borderland, which combines ukrainianlondon.co.uk history-writing, analysis and reportage from the confl ict in Donbass to peel away the layers of myth and propaganda. Anna Reid is a historian and journalist specialising in Russia and Ukraine and former Kiev correspondent for The Economist and the Daily Telegraph. £3

ANTI-CORRUPTION REFORM AND BUSINESS SECURITY IN UKRAINE FRI 17 JULY 2015, 13:45 Royal United Services Institute, Whitehall, SW1A 2ET The event aims to take stock of the challenges Ukraine currently faces from the prevalence of corruption as part of an assessment of Ukraine’s recent government anti-corruption reform efforts. It will consist of a closed round table, two interactive public panel discussions and a drinks reception. RUSI will produce a briefi ng paper upon completion of the event. FREE but booking is required. Booking details at ukrainianlondon.co.uk

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