2001

Feb 13 & 14 — Tue & Wed — 8 pm — Moscow Festival Ballet "Don Quixote"
Orpheum Theatre, 203 W. Adams St., Phoenix — 602-262-7272 Tickets: $27-$40 SouthWest Dance (602) 482-6410 E-mail: swdance@getnet.com Groups of 15+ save up to $4 per ticket (Call Carol at 480-614-1676).

February 18 — Wednesday — 2 PM — Traditional Russian Music and Dance
Arizona Balalaikas, at the Fleisher Museum, Scottsdale. FREE. Also see their many Russian paintings. Contact Dan Nicolini ( 520-327-7168) for more details.

February 25 — Sunday — 3 pm to 5 pm — Concert: "Stranger in a Strange Land
(Jewish World Folk Songs, Dances, Stories) by Loca Rosa & Byelaroza Eastern. European Folk Dance and Music Ensemble at the Kerr Cultural Center, 6110 N. Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale (off Rose Lane directly south of the Borgata) Tickets: Kerr Cultural Center (480) 965-5377 and any ASU Public Event Facility (Gammage Auditorium; Sundome), also available at TicketMaster Outlets. Tickets: $11 General, $14 Reserved ($9 Student, Children and Group Rates Available)

Mar 1 — Thur — 7:30 pm — Russian Winters
ASU Sinfonietta Concert, Gammage Auditorium, ASU Campus, Tempe. FREE. Selections include the Gliere's, "Russian Sailors" Dance, Borodin's In the Steppes of Central Asia and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 1 in G minor (Winter Dreams). Information: 480-965-8863 — The ASU Sinfonietta is a symphony orchestra of approximately 75 students

March 3 — Saturday — 7 PM — GCC Russian Club — Concert:

March 8 -10 — Thursday thru Saturday — Rediscovering Religious Identity: Christianity and Islam in Modern Eurasia. Spring conference of the Russian and East European Studies Consortium at Arizona State University. 2 days of presentations and discussion by 18 scholars. FREE event, no charge. See more at: ASU REESC Events Calendar.

March 10 — Saturday — 10 am to 7 pm — European Multi-ethnic Alliance of Tucson (E-MAT) Festival
March 11 — Sunday — 11 am to 6 pm — Repeat
Foothills Mall (Ina & La Cholla), Tucson. Live entertainment, food and craft booths (Ukrainian pisanky, woodcarving, embroidery). 20+ organizations — Ukrainian, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Croatian, Scottish, Irish, Spanish, Hungarian, Czech, Swiss, Norwegian, Finnish, ....

March 15-18 — Thursday-Sunday — Arizona Slavic Music Festival. American Slavic Association, 4525 E. McKinley, Tempe. Contact Bob Rouleau (480-502-5060), < brouleau@us.ibm.com >

March 18 — Sunday — 7 pm — Ilya Itin Classical/Opera Scottsdale Center for the Arts, 7380 E. Second St., Scottsdale (480) 994-2787 Tickets: $12 This astonishing young Russian pianist will 'wow' the crowd, performing as part of the Virginia G. Piper Steinway Concert Series.

April — Thursday — 1:30 pm — "Science, Women and Revolution in Russia" presented by Ann Hibner Koblitz, ASU Professor of Women's Studies, Social Science Building, room SS 318. See more at: ASU REESC Events Calendar.

April 4 — Wednesday — 11 am to 12 noon — Loca Rosa & Byelaroza Folk Dance Ensemble, Russian Jewish Folk Songs, Dances, Stories — Glendale Community College Multicultural Festival, 6000 West Olive Ave, Glendale AZ, For more info call: (623) 845-3136

April 7 — Saturday — 7 PM — GCC Russian Club —

Pisanki — Ukrainian Easter Egg Decorating

April 27 — Friday —1:30 pm — "Please write music that sounds truly Russian — Diaghilev's influence on Prokofiev's Ballet 'Skazka pro shuta'"
presented by Stephen Press, Visiting Lecturer of Music History, ASU School of Music, Social Science Building, room SS 318. See more at: ASU REESC Events Calendar.

June 4 to 27 — ASU Summer Critical Language Institute is offering Serbian-Croatian, Macedonian, and Tatar. (Armenian will be taught in 2002.) ASU waives tuition or students enrolled in CLI courses, but the registration is only $18-26 for 8-weeks of intensive instruction to earn 6-10 credits. Learn more at REESC. See more at: ASU REESC Events Calendar.

July 12 — REP — Yasha form Russia get reviewed in the Arizona Republic REP, page 33.

Aug 5 — Sunday — 8:30 pm & 11:30 pm — TV-KAET Channel 8 — Russia's St. Petersburg Trio.

Aug 20 — Monday — Prescott — Music Mission Kiev
video presentation about the (Presbyterian) Church of the Holy Trinity, Kiev, Ukraine, begun in 1994. At: American Lutheran Church, 1085 Scott Dr, Prescott, AZ 86301-1731, Phone: 520-445-4348. For more information contact: Judy Stevendfeldt, 520-771-2780.

Aug 21 — Tuesday — Scottsdale — Music Mission Kiev video presentation about the (Presbyterian) Church of the Holy Trinity, Kiev, Ukraine, begun in 1994. At: Scottsdale Bible Church. Who knows where this is? For more information contact: Jane Hansen, 480-661-5230.

Sept 1 — Saturday — 3 pm & 6 pm — Loca Rosa & Byelaroza Folk Dance Ensemble, Russian-Jewish Folk Songs, Dances & Stories. Coconino County Fair, Flagstaff AZ More information: 520-774-5139

Sept 1 — Saturday — 7 PM — GCC Russian Club Meeting 1 — Russian Federation: History and Geography by Yefim Toybin, who revisited Moscow this summer. and video. Refreshments: krepki chai, and more. FREE.

Sept 23 — Sunday — 7 pm — Loca Rosa & Byelaroza Folk Dance Ensemble
Russian-Jewish Folk Songs, Dances & Stories. Jewish Social Club, Sun City West Community Service Center, 14465 R. H. Johnson Blvd., Sun City West, AZ. More information: 623-566-8779

Sept 29 — Sunday — 7 pm — Loca Rosa & Multi-Ethnic Songs, Ravenwind Coffee Shop & Book Store, 1000 W. Apache Tr., Suite 2, Apache Junction, AZ. More information: 480-288-5252.

Oct 6 — Saturday — 7 PM — GCC Russian Club Meeting 2 — to be announced

Oct 27 — Saturday — 7 pm — Tucson — The Tsygankovs and the Arizona Balalaika Orchestra with Kalinka Russian Dancers. Pima Community College, (West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road) 420-seat Proscenium Theater, Center for Performing Arts, Tucson. A concert by world-renowned domra virtuoso Alexander Tsygankov and his wife Inna Shevchenko. The Tsygankovs will be accompanied by the Arizona Balalaika Orchestra and Kalinka Russian Dancers in a concert featuring the unmatched skills of the Tsygankov family of Moscow, making a rare appearance in Arizona. Tickets $10 from the PCC Box Office, phone: 520-206-6986, and more information at 520-327-7168 (Dan Nicolini, Executive Director). This promises to be a "never-to-be-seen-in- Arizona:" performance of Russian and popular music by the world's most famous domra player: "The Master of all Domra Masters".

Oct 27 — Saturday — 11 pm — Loca Rosa: Halloween Treats. Dobson Ranch Branch, Mesa Public Library, 2425 S. Dobson Road, Mesa AZ, 480-644-3444.

Nov 2 — Friday — Halloween Costume Party — Night Club Moscow Nights - presented by "Moscow Nights" Restaurant & Night Club, RussianArizona.com, Yasha from Russia Delicatessen & Heaven Entertainment (NYC). DJ Phill(NYC) is spinning the best russian, euro trance & house music. Best Halloween Costume Contest, 18 to party, 21 to drink. There will be a $10 cover charge at the door. Party starts @ 9PM. You can make reservations for a table over the email at moscownights@russianarizona.com. Event is located one block north of Bethany Home Rd. on 27th Ave.

Nov 2, 3 & 4 — Fri, Sat, & Sun — Tucson — Success in the CIS and Eastern Europe — 2001 CIS and Eastern Europe Business Forum — University of Arizona, McClelland Hall, Room 208, 1130 E Helen St, Tucson. Please contact Sarah Monks by e-mail at sel@email.arizona.edu with any questions, to make hotel reservations, or to register for the conference. Organized by the U of A Department of Russian And Slavic Languages. Registration: students $25, others $125.

Nov 3 & 17— Saturday — 6:30 PM — Flagstaff - Russian Dinner & Show — Russian food, music, dance, and acts. Federated Church in downtown Flagstaff. Jointly sponsored by the Russian Cultural Organization and the Flagstaff Sister City Organization Advance tickets: $35/couple, $20/adult, $8/student and various prices for children.

Nov 3 — Saturday — 7 PM — GCC Russian Club Meeting 3 — 600+ Russian Immigrants in Arizona. Rabbi Daniel Hayman reports on his work with the largest group of Russian's in Arizona, the Bukharian Jews from Uzbekistan. His newsletter goes to 700 Russians in Arizona. Read more at Jewish News of Greater Phoenix: Free to be Jewish, Immigrants initiate plans to launch community center, Russian Orthodox congregation formed. Refreshments: krepki chai, and more. FREE.

Nov 3 & 4 — Fri & Sat — St. Petersburg Opera — Orpheum Theatre, 203 W. Adams St., Phoenix. 602-482-6410. Map and Seating. The group from Russia will perform "Boris Godunov" and "Eugene Onegin" with 155 soloists, a chorus, ballet and an orchestra.

Nov 6 — Tuesday — 8 pm & 11 pm — Nova: Russia's Nuclear Warriors — TV Channel 8 KAET — 60 min. — Journalist Vladimir Posner profiles "Russia's Nuclear Warriors" in a visit to a missile base 500 miles from Moscow. While these "rocketchiki" are elite, most of Russia's rockets are anything but. And the country's early-warning system is alarmingly inadequate (a 1995 false alarm was called off two minutes before a nuclear attack, Posner says). But the soldiers interviewed here are resolute. "If an order is given it will be carried out," says a colonel. "And only after it has been carried out will the missileer start thinking about what he has done."

Nov 8 thru 16 — Fiddler on the Roof — Mesquite Junior High School, 130 W. Mesquite St., Gilbert. This classic Broadway musical is the story of Jewish villagers trying to stay together as they stay ahead of government persecution in czarist Russia. Tickets: $7 to $10. Phone: 480-558-2070

Nov 10 — Saturday — 6 PM — Stage Performance: Everything comes to an end..... (Bso prohodit) (an Oleg Danilov play: "a complex story from real life") Starring: Aleksandr Abylov and Irina Alferova — Shadow Mountain High School Auditorium, 2902 E Shea Blvd, Scottsdale. Tickets at Russian stores: 602-347-6055, 602-433-2525; 602-242-2700; or call Ania 480-820-0285 for more information.

Nov 10 — Sunday — 3 & 6 PM
Nov 11 — Monday — 7:30 PM — Moscow Ballet — Great Russian Nutcracker — 50 top Russian Stars, 300 stunning costumes — Orpheum Theatre, 203 W. Adams St., Phoenix. Tickets $19 to $39: Civic Plaza Box Office: 602-262-7272, Tickets.com: 800-905-3315, Nutcracker.com

Nov 17 & 18 — Sat & Sun — 10am? — Loca Rosa: 'Tis the Renaissance Way (3 stage shows, time to be determined). Devonshire Renaissance Faire, Los Olivos Park, 4150 28 Street (28 Street & Indian School), Phoenix, AZ, 602-256-3130

Nov 17— Saturday — 6:30 PM — Flagstaff - Russian Dinner & Show — Russian food, music, dance, and acts. Federated Church in downtown Flagstaff. Jointly sponsored by the Russian Cultural Organization and the Flagstaff Sister City Organization Advance tickets: $35/couple, $20/adult, $8/student and various prices for children. Carpooling from GCC at 1 pm.

Dec 1 — Saturday — 7 PM — GCC Russian Club Meeting 4 — Russian Music Jam Session — Fun music and songs around the fireplace organized by Mila Streleck. Several guest musicians will perform solo and some will play together. The fireplace will be lit. Refreshments: krepki chai, and more. FREE.

Dec 1 — Saturday — 7:30 pm — FREE — ASU Faculty Artist Recital Series — Katzin Concert Hall, Music Building, 40 E. Gammage Parkway (at Mill Ave, next to Gammage Auditorium), Arizona State University, Tempe. Two members of the keyboard faculty in the Herberger College of Fine Arts School of Music, Professor of Piano Robert Hamilton and Assistant Professor of Piano Baruch Meir perform a program of Russian music for two pianos. The concert features a seldom-heard arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite to celebrate the holiday season. More Info: 480-965-8863. Map to free parking. Admission: free, no tickets required; doors open at 7 p.m.

Dec 6 — Thurs — 7 pm — Loca Rosa & Byelaroza Folk Dance & Music Ensemble. LIVE AT THE LIBRARY! Russian-Jewish Folk Songs, Dances, Stories. Glendale Public Library, 5959 W. Brown Street, Glendale AZ. 623-930-3530

Dec 13 to 27 — The Nutcracker — Ballet Arizona at the Orpheum Theatre, 203 W. Adams St., Phoenix. 602- 482-6410. The Holiday's would not be the same without the classic favorite, The Nutcracke is a lavish production you won't want to miss! Snowfall on stage at every performance and choreography by Ib Andersen will put you in the holiday spirit. Continue a family tradition with The Nutcracker!