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Russian Club Chronicles of Past Events 1999 |
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1999 Calendar of Events
- January 9 — Saturday, 11 AM-4 PM — Rozhestvo — Russian Christmas Party, Student Union, pot luck and bar-b-q, free for members who bring a Russian dish, else $3/member or $5/non-member. See photos
- February 2 — Tue., 8 PM — Russian Concert "Loiko" hosted by Nadezhda
- February 5 — Friday — 7:30 PM at ASU — The Medieval Architectural Monuments of Ohrid.
- February 6 — Saturday — Regular meeting — Omsk by Larisa, and Voronezh by Svetlana. Tea and snacks afterward. See photos.
- February 18 — Thu., 8 PM — Russian Concert "Doctor Watson" hosted by Nadezhda
- February 26, Friday, 4-8 PM — 12+ attended the Thunderbird Russian Club Russian-style BBQ (shashlik) Conrad Meub, President Tel: 487-7802.
- February 26-28, March 4-6 — Chekhov's Play: Uncle Vania at GCC. Tickets $5-$7.
- March 6 — Sat., 9:30 am to 12 noon, then lunch — Germans from Russia Club special free showing of new video documentary: "The Germans from Russia: Children of the Steppe, Children of the Prairie" at the Civic Center Library, Scottsdale, Arizona.
- March 6 — Saturday, 7-10 PM — 8 attended the Germans from Russian video at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library. Luch afterward at Europa Pastry Cafe. 7 later attended the Classical Russian Piano Concert by Galina. Photos later.
- March 6 — Sat., 8 to 10 PM, Classical Russian Piano Concert by Galina — at Charlies's Expresso Cafe, 310 Mill Av, Tempe.
- March 10 — Wednesday — 7 PM — Molokan Settlers in Arizona: 1910 to 1920 at the Phoenix Museum of History by Andy Conovaloff.
- March 13 — Saturday — 11:30 AM — Parade of Nations starts the Worldport/Interfest event at the Thunderbird rugby pitch. "Fun for the whole family." Invitation from T-bird Russian Club
- March 14 — Sunday — "Travel teaching in Russia", a talk by Phyllis Dwyer at the Tri-City Jewish Community Center, 1965 E. Hermosa Drive, Tempe. Call 497-9184, or 922-1919.
- April 2 — Friday — 8-10 PM — Classical Russian Piano Concert by Galina — at Charlies's Expresso Cafe, 310 Mill Av, Tempe.
- April 2 — Friday — 7:30 PM — Russian singer Natasha Koroleva & Igor Nikolaev at North Canyon High School.
- April 3 — Saturday, 7-10 PM — "Pisanki" — Barney Lorenz was sick and didn't show Ukrainian Easter eggs. Alex lectured on Orthodox Easter, with a video, pamphlets, and very intersting lecture. Photos later.
- April 9-11 — Fri-Sun — 2 & 7:30 PM — Swan Lake on Ice, Orpheum Theatre, tickets $28-36 at 503-5555
- April 10 — Saturday — 7:30 PM — Russian Folk 'n' Roll band Limpopo at Arcaia High School. 15 attened. Great band. Photos later.
- April 24 — Saturday — Noon-4 PM — LAST MEETING: Pot Luck BBQ Picnic at GCC.
- 28 April — Wednesday 10 AM — Dr. Batalden talks about Kosovo — GCC Speakers Forum in science lecture hall (SC 142). Dr. Batalden spoke at our Dec'98 meeting.
- April 30 — 7:30 PM — Singer BOGA (Boris Davitian) Armenian Cultural Center — 8849 E. Cholla St, Scottsdale, $35 (snacks, drink) 602-433-2525
- SUMMER BREAK
- June 18 — Comedian Gennady Khazanov — 7:30 PM — Paradise Valley High School, 3950 E. Bell. Road. — Tickets: $20-$45 at the Russian Store, 19th Ave & Northern, phone 433-2525. For more information call 820-0285 or 320-5129
- June 26 — Sat 8 PM — Russian Comedy Play One Bedroom Appartment — Beth El Temple, 1118 W Glendale Ave. Tickets $20-40 at Russian Store.
- 11 July — Sun 2 PM — Baby shower for Larissa — at Mike & Elena's house.
- 28 Aug — 6 PM — LAST Summer Social: Babylon Cafe 14021 N 51 Ave, Glendale — 32 people attended, including 5 new faces, and we had a surprise birthday cake for Ann.
- FALL SEMESTER
- Sep 4 — Sat — Meeting-1 — Nominate,elect officers, plan Russian shows, refreshments.
- Sept 26-27 — Don Cossacks of Rostov, Folk Song & Dance, Orpheum Theatre
- Sept 29 - Dec — Humanities Seminars — Popular Culture in the Post-Soviet Union — Univ of Arizona Russian Events
- Oct 1 — Sunday — 7:30 PM — FREE — Burnt by the Sun — Oscar winning Russian film — Univ of Arizona Russian Events
- Sat 2 Oct — Meeting-2 — Meet at Shish Kebab House, bar-b-que restuarant.
- Oct 10 — 4PM — Channel 8 — Video: "The Germans from Russia: Children of the Steppe, Children of the Prairie" Germans from Russia Calendar
- Oct 16 — 11AM-3PM — PotluckPicnic — Pioneer Park at 525 E. Main, Mesa. Brats and buns for $2. Bring table service, beverage, and a dish to pass (for about 10 servings). Germans from Russia Calendar
- Oct 18— Mon — 8 pm — FREE ASU Concert — Russian pianist Margarita Fyodorova with broadcaster Hugh Downs. Katzin Concert Hall, ASU, Mill Ave & Gammage (480) 965-8863
- Oct 18— Mon — 9 pm — Channel 8 — The Red Files, last of this 4-part PBS report — this week: propaganda. — 10 pm — Channel 8 — Citizen Kurchatov: Stalin's Bomb Maker
- Oct 29 — Fri- King of Parody, Alexander Peskov , Phoenix Preparatory Academy, 735 E. Filmore
- Nov 5 — Fri — 10 PM — The T-bird Russian Club is putting on another fundraiser at the T-bird Pub. Other events will be going on as well, sponsored by other campus organizations. There will be music, Asia Night and Homecoming.
- Nov 5 — Fri — 8 pm — Akademia, Lolita & Sasha, Phoenix Preparatory Academy, 735 E. Filmore
- Nov 6 — Sat — Meeting-3--Meet at GCC. Russia lecture: Dr. Victor Agadjanian, ASU Sociology, on FSU Demographic Trends, refreshments
- Nov 12-14 — CIS Business Forum — $115, $25 for full time students — Univ of Arizona Russian Events
- Nov 13 — Sat — NAU Russian Dinner: first two Saturdays in November (6 and 13), at the Federated Church (Sitgreaves and Aspen), next to the Public Library — Prices: $20/single adult; $32/couple; $8/student or children ages 12-18; $5/child under 12; children under 5 free. All prices are a few dollars higher per category at the door. Gas extra — Carpool from GCC. 7 attended. Lots of Russian speaking because NAU had 8 Russian students and several guests from Russia. See NAU Russian Program flyer.
- Nov 13 — Sat — 8 pm — Russian Masterpeices — by Phoenix Bach Choir (602-253-BACH) — at Trinity Episcopal Church (100 W. Roosevelt, near Central) — Russian Liturgical Music including Rachmaninov — Student Rush: $7, 7 minutes before concert, with valid ID.
- Nov 14 — Sun — 3 pm — Russian Masterpeices — by Phoenix Bach Choir (602-253-BACH) — at Camelback Bible Church (3900 E. Stanford Dr., 1/2 mile north of Camelback) — See above.
- Dec 11 — Sat — Meeting-4 — Meet at GCC — 15 attended — watched video of Russia and Her culture.
- Dec 11 — 11AM-3PM — Christmas Party — Details later. Germans from Russia Calendar
