Twelve Dishes/Sviat vechir December 17, 2010

On Friday December 17 at 8:00 PM, Yara Arts Group will present the Koliadnyky singing traditional winter songs from the villages of Kryvorivnia and Verkhovyna in "Twelve Dishes/Sviat vechir," a special event at the Ukrainian Institute of America in New York, 2 East 79th Street. The evening will include brilliant troista instrumental music from the Charpathian Mountains by Mykola Ilyuk, Vasyl Tymchuk and Ostap Kostyuk. Singer Cecilia Arana, violinist Valerie Zhmud and bandurist Julian Kytasty will join the Koliadnyky for several Christmas for the event in the beautiful Fifth Avenue Mansion. There will also be performances of poetry by Bob Holman, Vasyl Makhno and Olena Jennings. An important component of the winter ritual is a ritual dinner of twelve dishes. Food artist Olesia Lew will present new interpretations of these ritual dishes for the audience to taste. Tickets are $25 and available at the door. For information call The Ukrainian Institute at (212) 288-8660.