GCC Russian Club Chronicles of Past Events Year 2002

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 2002

• Jan 11 -- Fri -- 2 pm -- Massenkoff Russian Folk Festival. Chandler Center for the Arts, 250 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler. 602-482-6410. See another map. Russian superstar Nikolai Massenkoff will perform with live musicians and dancers -- songs, balalaika music and folk ballet. Box Office: 480-782-2680 -- Info: 480-898-5665 x1910. Ticket sales begin August 7 from TicketMaster 480- 784-4444Jan 12 & 13 -- Sat & Sun  -- Massenkoff Russian Folk Festival -- Orpheum Theatre, 203 W. Adams St., Phoenix. 602- 482-6410. Russian superstar Nikolai Massenkoff will perform with live musicians and dancers. Think of a big, warm, resonant, Russian teddy bear. He sings, dances and entrances. And thunders. He's Massenkoff, the founder and star of the Massenkoff Russian Folk Festival, a celebration of Russian song, balalaika music and folk ballet. It's Russian folk music and dancing the way you love it -- live musicians playing pulse-gripping tempos contrasted with intimate dialogue involving every member of the audience. Come and be engulfed by the gigantic aura of a true superstar: Massenkoff. TICKETS:$28-36. Ticket information: (602) 262-7272
• Jan 12 -- Sat  -- Rozhestvo Bar-B-Que -- GCC Russian Club Annual Picnic -- Russian New Year/Christmas pot-luck barbecue. Bring your own meat to cook and a Russian dish or dessert to share. Drinks (soda, kvas) and pickles provided. Russian music and good times. See pictures of last January 9, 1999 picnic. 
• Jan 19 -- Sat -- 1:30 to 5:00 pm -- German-Russian Meeting -- Foothills Branch, Glendale Public Library, 19055 North 57th Avenue (north of Union Hills, South of 101-Loop) -- Harold Wornath will present his video and comments titled "A Journey Into the Past". His program will take us with him on a journey to his German ancestral home in USSR Both Mr Wornath’s parents were German from Russia. He grew up on a dairy farm in LoLo, Montana and graduated from the University of Montana. His profession was teaching and administration in the Oregon public school system.  Break: Coffee and Cookies provided.  Larry Haas: 623-583-2040, haasle@juno.com
• Jan 25 -- Fri -- 7:30 pm -- Khoroshky,  Belorussian National Dance Ensemble -- 65 dancers and folk orchestra -- Sonoran Plaza Ballroom, 19753 N. Remington Drive, Surprise (Sun City Grand). Phone: 623-935-6384. Prices: $12-children, $18-general, $25-reserved. The Belorussian National Dance Ensemble performs a blend of traditional folk dance and music. A troop of 65 dancers and a folk orchestra present folk dances of the world with bright colors, music, and costumes. Khoroshky is a theatre combining folklore with the imagination of the author and the mastery of actors. This is a truly unique experience that is not to be missed. See flyer.
• Jan 26 -- Sat -- 7:30 pm -- Khoroshky at Yavapai College, Prescott. $22-Students, $24- General.  See flyer.
• Feb 2 -- Sat  -- 7 pm -- GCC Russian Club Meeting -- Elections, Show and Tell -- Bring something from Russian to show and explain.
• Feb 2 -- Sat -- 7 pm -- From Russian With Love -- James Bond Movie: Channel 15 Phoenix. More shows on cable: Russia in TV shows
• Feb 6 -- Arizona Republic -- Beyond borscht: Dinner pies, seafood among Russian delights
• Feb 7 -- Thu -- 9 pm -- The Agency: The Gauntlet -- Channel 5 Phoenix -- Travel to Russia to gather information on an arms shipment to Iraq, KGB vs. CIA. More shows on Cable: Russia in TV shows
• Feb 9 &10 -- Sat & Sun -- 8 am to 5 pm -- Military Vehicle Show -- Arizona Military Museum, 52nd Street and McDowell Road, Phoenix. There will be military jeeps, Hummers, armored cars, Russian vehicles, artillery, unimogs and more on display. There will also be a swap meet, an auction, a contest for the best military vehicle and an awards dinner. 602-267-2676. FREE Admission.
• Feb 12 & 13 -- Tues & Wed -- Grigorovich Ballet "Spartacus" Dance Performance. Orpheum Theatre, 203 W. Adams St., Phoenix. 602-482-6410. 90 Russian dancers under the direction of Yuri Grigorovich perform the classic drama of the slave "Spartacus." Call theater for times and prices.
• Feb 13, 20 &  27 -- Wed --  7:15 pm to 9:15 pm -- Russia: Beauty and Culture -- 3 week course at Glendale Community College (NC-500, Section 0812). Cost: $30. Phone registration: 623-845-3333; or, register online. This course, taught by a native Russian, Klavdia Iarkova born in Siberia, will present a panorama of the Russian culture, tradition, geography, sites of importance, people, education, and traditions. There will be an emphasis on Siberia, which is not an icy wasteland but an area of great beauty vastly misunderstood by most Americans. Discussion will also occur on the topic of life in Russia before and after Perestroika. For anyone with Russian roots, with plans for travel to Russia, or who is just interested in the subject, this will be a fascinating look into a country of great beauty and rich traditions. Klavdia is eager to share information about her homeland with interested students. Her degree is from the Moscow Lenin Pedagogical University where she majored in English and German.  CANCELLED. To be rescheduled.
• Feb 16 -- Sat -- 1 pm -- German-Russian (GR) meeting at Leisure World in Mesa, AZ in the craft room, recreation center two. Leisure World residents have their own GR club and it is not directly affiliated with any other clubs. One item on the agenda is to view the video: THE GERMANS FROM RUSSIA-Children of the Steppe, Children of the Prairie. If you can come, you must make reservations by calling Herb Babitzke at 480-641-3711. Larry < haasle@juno.com >
• Feb 16 -- Sat 7 pm & Feb 17 -- Sun 2 pm -- Arizona Balalaika Orchestra and Kalinka Russian Dancers  present their annual Russian Winter Festival concerts at Pima Community College Center for the Arts, 2202 W. Anklam Rd., Tucson. They will be joined by the Sons of Orpheus men's chorus and guest artists from Los Angeles (formerly Kiev) Irina Orlova, prima domra, and Anatoli Mamalyga, bayan. For tickets, call PCC Box Office at 520-206-6986; for more information call Dan Nicolini at 520-327-7168 or write: < danicolini@aol.com > 
• Feb 22 to Mar 3 --The Inspector General -- Play at the Ethington Theatre, Grand Canyon University, 3300 W. Camelback Road, Phoenix. This masterpiece of Russian farce actually is a serious indictment of bureaucratic greed. Corrupt town officials, aware that a government inspector plans an incognito visit, mistakenly assume that an impecunious clerk is the fellow. They attempt to bribe him, much to his delight, and things rapidly go from bad to hilarious.  $10 adults, $8.50 seniors and childre. More info: 602-589-2871.
• Feb 24 -- Sun -- 3 pm -- Peter and the Wolf  -- A Russian musical fable about a boy who "cried wolf", told through dance, mime, and movement -- for children and parents. Phoenix Theatre's Cookie Company, 100 E. McDowell Road. Tickets: $10. Phone: 602-254-2151. All other times are sold out except for this one.
• Mar 1  -- Fri -- 6 - 8 pm -- Russian Treasures -- Reception at the Danela Gallery in the Borgata, 6166 N. Scottsdale Road, No. 505, Scottsdale.  A group of Russian painters (Andre Mare', Ive Samson, Natasha Makovetskaia) will display their work. 480-922-1801. FREE
  Mar 2 --  Sat -- 10 am to 5:30 pm -- Russian exhibits continue.
  Mar 3 --  Sun -- noon to 5 pm -- Russian exhibits continue.
• Mar  2 -- Sat  -- 9:30 to 11 am -- Recipes from Grandma's Kitchen: Germans from Russia Food Preparations and Traditions -- Civic Center Library Theater (lower level), 3839 Civic Center Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ,  -- The 3rd "Arizona Premiere" of the Germans from Russia Cultural Preservation Foundation's new documentary series. Michael M. Miller, Germans from Russia Bibliographer, will introduce the new videotape and speak at the program. Guests: featured cook, and  accordionist. Information: Leo Sitter, Scottsdale (480-945-4250).
• Mar  2 -- Sat  -- 7 pm -- GCC Russian Club Meeting -- Pisanki: Decorating Ukrainian Easter Eggs --Refresments: krepki chai, etc.   See April 7, 2001, Pisanki photos  FREE.
• Mar 9 -- Sat -- 11 am -- GCC Russian Club Social -- Little Red Riding Hood -- a children's performance in drama, dance and song by the Russian Children's Center in honor of International Womens Day (March 8). At Glendale Community College, 6000 W Olive, Glendale, Music Building MU-151. Program lasts 1 hour. Information: Natasha Bor, phone: 623-362-2873.
• Mar 10 -- Sun -- afternoon -- GCC Russian Club Social -- Taste of Greece -- St Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church, 10320 N 84th Ave (3 block south of Peoria Ave) Peoria. See Masha Hansford dance at the Greek festival. Food, dancing, music, games, prizes, crafts. Admission $2, children free. This will be a club social.
• Mar 10 -- Sun -- 3-5:30 pm -- Loca Rosa & Byelaroza Folk Dance & Music Ensemble. ASU’s Kerr Cultural Center, 6110 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ. Tickets: $12-$15   senior/children/student/group rates available. Available at Kerr Cultural Center 480-965-5377 & Ticketmaster.com
• Mar 14 to 17 -- 7th Annual Great Arizona Slavic Music Festival, at the American Slavic Association, 4525 E. McKinley, Phoenix. Seven Tambura orchestras, continuous music, great ethnic food, all outdoors under our pavilions. Bob Roleau, 480-502-5060, bdrulo@att.net
• Mar 16 -- Sat -- 9 am to 4 pm -- Ukrainian Egg Art -- 1-day course at Glendale Community College. (NC-500, Section 0017) Room: SU-110. Cost: $36 + $12 = $48. Phone registration: 623-845-3333. In this class you will be introduced to the 4,000 year-old art of egg decorating using the "batik" method of waxing and dyeing. These elaborately beautiful eggs were originally used in church rituals, as burial artifacts and as gifts. The Queen of England owns several very beautiful ones in her own personal collection. They make wonderful gifts, tree or holiday ornaments, or a wonderful hobby. "Drawing" on the egg with a melted wax implement, you will create designs of breathtaking complexity and beauty. Be prepared to pay the instructor $12 for a supply kit. Bring a sack lunch. Taught by Chenette Wangen, and artist and illustrator who has done Ukranian egs and taught the art for many years. See how the GCC Russian Club decorates eggs.
• Mar 16 -- Sat -- 1 pm -- Loca Rosa: Multicultural Game Songs & Stories. Main – Peoria Public Library, 8463 West Monroe Street, Peoria, AZ, 623-773-7555.
• March 23 -- Sat -- 11 am to 3 pm -- Gottlieb Weisser and the Germans from Russia.  Germans from Russia Meeting at Glendale Library, Foothills Branch, 19055 N 57th Ave (1/4 mile North of Union Hills). Refreshments and snacks will be provided. Speaker: Charles Weisser will present his popular program which dramatizes the story of Germans from Russia through the experiences of a Gottlieb Weisser who lived between 1840 and 1933. The story tells about the conditions that convinced the family to move from Germany to Russia. It discusses early colony community life, why they decided to move to America, their adaptation to prairie life, their founding of churches, and, finally their twilight years in a prairie town. The program presents the historical and social circumstances that shaped a German-Russian family and others with similar experiences.
• Mar 23 -- Sat  -- 11 am -- Parade of Nations at WorldPort: “The Glendale Celebration of the Nations” -- Thunderbird American Graduate School of International Management (T-Bird),  59th Avenue and Greenway Road, Glendale. Gather in the parking lot at 11 am, Parade of Nations starts at 11:30 am. The Festival continues until 6 pm. GCC Russian Club members will will march through the World Village featuring hundreds of participants in the native dress of their homelands and flags from around the world carried by Thunderbird students. World Village has with three entertainment stages, a craft and merchandise bazaar, a kids play area, and an international food court. Admission and parking are free. Festival information:  (623) 930-2299 .  E-mail: Angelica Mikailova who is organizing costumes for Russian children and parents.
• Mar 23 -- Sat -- 1 pm -- Loca Rosa: Multicultural Game Songs & Stories. Sunrise Mountain Branch – Peoria Public Library, 21200 North 83 Avenue, Peoria, AZ, 623-773-7555.
• Mar 25 -- Mon -- 7 to 9 pm -- A Modern Russian -- Reception at Meyer Gallery, 7173 E. Main St., Scottsdale -- Contemporary artist Andrei Kioresku will show his work of impressionistic paintings of rural Russian life.  480- 947-6372.
• Mar 29 to 31 -- Swan Lake -- Ballet Arizona at the Orpheum Theatre, 203 W. Adams St., Phoenix. 602- 482-6410. A perfect Easter treat for the whole family! Choreography after Ivanov and Petipa, Music by Peter Tchaikovsky. For the first time, Ballet Arizona will perform a full-length Swan Lake! Experience the range of human emotions in one of history’s most renowned classic tales. For more than a century, Swan Lake has been considered the ultimate love story. Set to Tchaikovsky’s vibrant and emotional score, it tells the tale of Prince Siegfried’s love for Princess Odette and how his undying devotion triumphs over evil.
• Apr 5 -- Fri -- 4:30 am -- TV Channel 8 KAET -- Hermitage Masterpieces: The Museum's Majestic Architecture -- 30 min. -- A look at the architecture of the Hermitage palaces, home to more than 3 million works by artists like Monet and Picasso. Included: a history of 18th century Russia. Also: how the palace of emperors became home to a priceless art collection.
• Apr 4 & 5  -- Thu & Fri -- All Russian Classical Opera -- Phoenix Symphony Hall, 225 E. Adams St., Phoenix. James DePreist conducts the symphony through performances of Rachmaninoff's  "Piano Concerto No. 3" and Shostakovich's "Symphony No. 5." Jonathan Gilad will be featured on piano. 7:30 p.m. Thursday and 8 p.m. Friday.
• Apr 5 to May 5 -- 7:30 pm Fri & Sat -- 6 pm Sun -- Play: Fiddler on the Roof -- at Desert Stages Theatre, 8473 E. McDonald Drive, Scottsdale. Classic Broadway tale of a Russian milkman struggling to preserve his family and his beliefs in the face of a changing world. ; . Tickets: $12-$14 advance; $15 day of show. 
• Apr 5 to 30  -- Loca Rosa, Artist-In-Residence -- Russian-Jewish Folk Culture -- Tri-City Jewish Community Center, 1965 E. Hermosa Drive, Tempe AZ.  (480) 897-0588
• Apr  6 -- Sat  -- 7 pm -- GCC Russian Club Meeting - The Great Patriotic War, Part 1 -- Detailed history of Russia's efforts in World War II Glendale Community College Student Union, 6000 W. Olive Ave (@ 59th Ave), Glendale. Did you know that 80% of the German effort in World War II was fought in the USSR?  FREE  with refreshmen
• Apr 10 -- Wed --  3:30 pm -- Lecture: "The Search for Society in Russian Enlightenment Theater" ASU (Arizona State University)  Social Sciences 212A, Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter (California State Polytechnic University) will present  as part of the Department of History's Public Colloquium Series: Identity in History. Dr. Wirtschafter (Ph.D., Columbia University, 1983) is working on a monograph dealing with the introduction of West European Theater into Russia in the eighteenth century. Her publications on the system of social estates (sosloviia) in Russian history are well known to Russian scholars both in the United States and abroad.

• Apr 12 -- Fri -- 8 pm -- Russian concert pianist Vladimir Svoysky -- Kerr Cultural Center, 6110 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale -- Tickets are available at Gammage Auditorium, Mill Avenue and Apache Boulevard, (480) 965-3434; Kerr Cultural Center, 6110 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, (480) 965-5377; and the Sundome Center for the Performing Arts, 19403 R.H. Johnson Blvd., Sun City West, (623) 975-1900

• Apr 12 -- Fri -- 4:30 am -- TV Channel 8 KAET -- Hermitage Masterpieces: Russia in the Age of Peter the Great -- 30 min. -- A look at Peter the Great, who built the palaces of St. Petersburg on swampland captured from the Swedish.
• Apr 12 -- Fri -- 5 am -- TV Channel 8 KAET -- Hermitage Masterpieces: Decorative Arts of Italy, France and England -- 30 min -- Tapestries and colorful pottery that once graced royal palaces and great homes in Europe and Russia. Included: hand-crafted furnishings.
• Apr 18  -- Thu -- 7 pm reception, 7:30 pm lecture -- The Olympics, Mail-Order Brides and the Cold War: Is Russia Deviant or Part of the Western World -- ASU Memorial Union, Alumni Lounge, Apache Boulevard and College Avenue, Tempe (See campus map) -- Presented by Arizona State assistant University History Professor and REESC affiliate Laurie Manchester . Dr. Manchester was selected as one of only three faculty members to present a talk as part of the 2002 Last Lecture Series. In this series students nominate professors that they have found particularly compelling and whom they believe others should have the opportunity to hear. Information: Kimberly Miller at 480-965-9600 or kim.miller@asu.edu. FREE
• Apr 19 to May 5  -- Fri -- The Princess and the Pea -- Kids Theater, Mesa Arts Center, 155 N. Center St., Mesa (480) 644-2560 -- Charming, funny adaptation of the fairy tale about the queen-mum's plan to test her future daughter-in-law's sensitivity by placing a pea under her mattress. This production of the Hans Christian Andersenis story is set in Czarist Russia. Tickets: $6-$8 advance; $7-$9 day of show.  The Princess and the Pea tells the story of a feisty princess who must undergo a series of tests to prove she is a "real" Princess. This tale of a very determined and individual spirit is not to be missed! The royal family puts a princess to the test when they pile 20 mattresses atop a single pea to confirm her noble breeding.
• Apr 20 -- Sat -- 7 pm -- Vecherinka -- GCC Russian Club Social -- GCC Student Union Patio -- Sing to Hank and his guitar. We have sheet music for "Katiusha" and "Kalinka" translated and transliterated for those who don't read Russian. Other musicians are welcome to bring their instruments. Fun for the kids, too. Bring a Russian snack to share -- food that is easy and fun to eat. The samovar will be hot for "krepki chai". Tea, sodas and juice provided by the Club. Download 9 Russian songs that Hank will play.   See Photos.
• Apr 25 -- Tue -- 8 & 11 pm -- KAET Channel 8 -- Nova: Submarines, Secrets and Spies -- 60 min. -- How subs were deployed during the Cold War. Included: interviews with naval officers from the U.S. and Russia; film footage by oceanographer Robert Ballard, who investigated the loss of U.S. subs Thresher and Scorpion. Apr 27 -- Sat -- 3 pm -- repeat
• Apr 25 -- Thu -- 7 to 9 pm -- A Modern Russian -- Reception at Meyer Gallery, 7173 E. Main St., Scottsdale  (480) 947-6372. --  Andrei Kioresku will show his work. FREE
• April 26 -- Friday --  11:45 AM  -- Russian Guest Speaker at ASU -- ECA 371: "Alien Faith and the Blood Libel: Russian Ecstatic Sects and the Blood Libel Legend" -- Professor Aleksandr Panchenko of the Institute of Russian Literature, St. Petersburg, Russia, will be speaking about strange religious practices in Russian history at Arizona State University in the Engineering Center, Wing A, Room 371 (campus center across from bookstore, see map). For more information contact Dr. Clay: (480) 965-1982 < clay@asu.edu >  FREE.  Read: "Strange Faith" and the Blood Libel.
• May 4 -- Sat  -- 7 pm -- GCC Russian Club Meeting - The Great Patriotic War, Part 2.  Glendale Community College Student Union, 6000 W. Olive Ave (@ 59th Ave), Glendale. Did you know that 80% of the German effort in World War II was fought in the USSR?  FREE  with refreshments.
• May 4 -- Sat  -- Orthodox Easter -- The service at Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in America begins at 11 p.m. The resurrection service begins at midnight, and after the service, around 2 a.m., the priest gives everyone in the congregation a bright-red egg that symbolizes the blood of Christ
• May 11 -- Sat -- 1 to 4 pm -- German-Russian Meeting -- Find your German-Russian Roots -- Foothills Branch, Glendale Public Library, 19055 North 57th Avenue (north of Union Hills, South of 101-Loop) --  Christina Morales, Chapter Genealogy Chairman, discusses how to research German Russian genealogy, through books, maps, family and the internet. Chapter Members will tell family stories and histories of German Russian villages. Visit with other members from the same villages and to share friendship. Bring your family information to share with others and up-date our Genealogy Roster. Break: Coffee and Cookies provided. Contact: Larry Haas (623-583-2040). $10 annual dues includes the Newsletter.
• Jul 4 -- Thu -- GCC Russian Club -- Fireworks Social at GCC. See the Glendale fireworks at Sahuaro Ranch Park, north of Glendale Community College. We'll meet on 63rd Ave, across from Mountain View Road (at the stop sign half way between Peoria and Olive Aves., south of the park parking lot, and north of the soccer field. Bring a folding chair or blanket, and snacks. We should gather at a cafe afterward. Contact Andy & Tanya 623-972-7828.
•   Aug 30 -- Fri -- 8:30 to 9 pm -- Loca Rosa and Byelaroza Eastern European Folk Dance & Music Ensemble -- Phoenix Symphony Hall Terrace, Tent Stage (Adams St. between 2nd & 3rd St., downtown Phoenix across from Herberger Theater) 225 East Adams Street, Phoenix, Arizona -- (602) 262-6225 OR (602) 255-5882 for more information -- Loca Rosa, Russian-Jewish Folk Songs & Stories - solo showcase, 8:30 - 8:45 PM. Loca Rosa & Byelaroza E. European Folk Music Ensemble, Russian-Jewish Folk Music - ensemble showcase, 8:45 - 9:00 PM.
• Sept 7 -- Sat -- 7 pm -- GCC Russian Club -- Meeting 1: in Student Counsel Chambers, Student Union. 
  1. Introductions -- Get to know each other (name, origin, interests).
  2. Meet Dr. Lyle Walcott, the our new Club advisor (right). (Read more.)
  3. Sing-a-long with Hank -- The New Russian Anthem.
  4. Nomination and Election of officers -- President needed. Only students can be officers.
  5. Calendar -- Schedule events. Make suggestions.
  6. Club Fair -- Volunteers needed Sept 17 & 18, Tue & Wed, 9 am to 2 pm to sit in Student Union. Club gets $ credit.
  7. Russian Children's Center -- Review & photos of the program.
  8. Project Hope -- Russian kids who just moved here.
  9. SHIELD -- Olga presents plans for a domestic abuse organization
  10. Short Video -- Russian country-music band from on a U.S. tour.
  11. Sing-a-long with Hank -- 
  12. Russian Snacks -- Bring a Russian dish to share during the social time. 
      Krepki chai and sodas provided by club.
• Sept 10 -- Tue -- 7 to 8:30 pm -- Pacific Rim Bankers Outreach for Russian Executives -- ASU-East (Morrison School of Agribusiness and Resource Management) invites us to meet the recipients of the new administration Trade Promotion Activity grants focusing on the Pacific Rim. Meet Russian leaders, help expand world markets and emerging cooperative organizations. Held at the home of Dr. Eric Thor, 13641 S. 33rd St, Phoenix.  RSVP: Ms.Udayasri Addala -- 480-727-1470 
• Sept 12 -- Thur -- 8 pm -- Rocket to Russia -- music band alternative rock -- Mason Jar, 2303 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix -- 602-954-0455
• Sept 15 -- Sunday -- 3 pm to 5 pm -- Russian Children's Center -- Opens for Fall --  Community Center at 2701 W. Belmont (Near 27 Ave., 1/4 mile south of Northern) Phoenix -- Educational fun in the Russian language for all kids.  Information: Natasha: 623-362-2873, or Aliona: 623-878-0639
• Sept 17 to 22 -- Tue to Sun -- Russian translator volunteers needed by phone -- Russian figure skaters are coming to Phoenix to compete in the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating sponsored by the International Skating Union, held by the Coyotes Skating Club of Arizona at Alltel Ice Den, in Scottsdale. Translators must be available by phone when there is need by competitors, officials or competition workers. Please contact Jocelyn Raught, Arizona Language Association, at 623-486-2648 to volunteer. There is no pay for volunteering, but you can get tickets at 1/2 price -- $25.
• Sept 22 -- Sun -- 8:30 pm -- Efrim Shefren -- Russian standup comedian (humorist) performs: "I won't discover America for you." -- Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center, 33606 N. 60 St, Cave Creek. Tickets $30 & $35 from Ania: 480-820-0285.
• Sept 28 – Sat – 7 pm – Вечеринка - Диско -- Vecherinka-Disko – Russian Club Potluck Dinner Party & Disco – at GCC Student Union Grill Room – Bring a food dish to serve 10-15 people – salad, desert or main dish. Phone for more info: 623-972-7828. See photos
• Oct 4 & 5 – Fri & Sat – 7 pm – Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and Chorus at Scottsdale Bible Church, 7601 E. Shea Blvd.(west of Hayden).  Contact: Joe Bubar, phone 480-824-7200. See 2002 tour schedule. Free-will offering (voluntary donation) during each concert. See press release, announcement. 
• Oct 9 – Wed – 7 pm – Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and Chorus at American Lutheran Church (ECLA), 1805 Scott Dr, Prescott. Contact: J. Klein,  phone 520-445-4348. See 2002 tour schedule. Free-will offering (voluntary donation) during each concert.
  
• Oct 9 –Wed – 9 pm – The Red Elvises Band, at Rhythm Room, 1019 East Indian School Road.
  
• Oct 12 – Sat – 7 pm – GCC Russian Club – Meeting 2  – in the GCC Student Union
  • What's Changed in Russia? – Reports from Russian-born members who went home this year – Tanya, Liuda, Elena.  A lively up-to-date discussion on what's new in Russia. About 1 hour.
  • Russian Brides & Immigrants – A lively group discussion and anecdotes of the problems and lessons shared by immigrants from Russia to Arizona.
  • Snacks and krepki chai provided by club.
• Oct 17 – Thurs – 1:40 to 3 pm – ASU Lecture: "How Can a Church Remain Orthodox While Simultaneously in Full and Visible Communion with Rome? The Question of the Greco-Catholic Church in Ukraine" – ASU Social Sciences Building SS318 – Wade Conference Room – Father Andriy Chirovsky – Father Chirovsky is director at Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies at Saint Paul University in Ottawa Canada. During this 2002-2003 academic year, Father Chirovsky is also a REESC faculty affiliate in residence at ASU. The talk will focus on the current state of the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church, its position in relation to the three main Orthodox jurisdictions in Ukraine and the difficulties involved in attempting to identify with the best of what both Orthodoxy and Catholicism have to offer. It will be in English. See more at Fall 2002 REESC Calendar.
• Oct 19 – Sat – 11 am to 4 pm – Germans From Russia Club: Oktoberfest – Leisure World Recreation II picnic area located off Southern Ave (between Higley and Power Rds), Mesa, AZ. The chapter will provide brats, sauerkraut, rolls, and condiments. Attendees are asked to bring salad or dessert A suggested $5.00 donation per person for the chapter provided food. Last name begins A-K desert; L-Z salad. Bring your own table service and beverage. Program "The Use of the German Russian Mother's Daily Aprons" presented by Elvera Reuer. The picnic area is covered with tables, electric outlets and cooking facilities. Achtung: Leisure World is a gated and security guarded community. All meeting attendees must contact Herb Babitzke no later then October 13 for the purpose of ordering the brats and listing the attendees with the gate security guard. The gate guard will permit entry only to persons on the list. You can get your name on the list by contacting Herb at 480-641-3711or Email babithr@amug.org. Suggested $5.00 per person donation for the Chapter to cover expenses. Enter Leisure World Blvd security gate. Go to the first building on your right and find a place in the parking lot. Try to go to the lot a bit past the building. After parking, go around to the back of the building to a covered area with tables and chairs.
• Oct 19 – Sat – 7:30 pm – "Faith of the Russian People, Expressed in Art" – Phoenix Camelback SDA Church, 5902 East Camelback Road, Phoenix – Visit the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, the most famous art museum in the world, without leaving town! Alexey Sergeev, distinguished scholar, art historian, and linguist, who has held important positions at the Hermitage for the last 30 years, will present an illustrated lecture. FREE.
• Oct 19 – Sat – 8 pm – Russian Quartet – Studio LoDo, Contemporary Art Gallery, 15 E. Jackson St., Phoenix. Downtown chamber music series. Call: (602) 200-8790. Price: $10.
• Oct 21 – Mon – 7:30 pm – FREE Concert! – Sinfonietta – An all-Russian program that includes Russian Easter Overture by Rimsky-Korsakoff, Polovtsian Dances by Borodin and Symphony No. 2 by Tchaikovsky. -- ASU Grady Gammage Auditorium, Mill Ave & Apache Blvd, Tempe. (480) 965-8863
• Oct 26 & 27 – Sat 7 pm & Sun 2 pm – Entire Bolshoi Ballet with the University symphony perfoms "La Bayadere", a little-performed, little-seen, exotic and Romantic classical ballet by Marius Petipa, first performed in 1877. After 5 years of planning, Arizona will host this first performance of the Bolshoi Ballet in America! The cost to bring the entire ballet was "over several hundred thousand dollars" for the two performances. – ASU Grady Gammage Auditorium, Mill Ave & Apache Blvd, Tempe – Tickets ($83, $71, $20) 480-965-3434. See history & dancers biographies. Did you know that over 5,000 people work at the Bolshoi Ballet in Russia?
• Oct 31 – Thurs –1:30 to 3 pm– NSEP & Kazan – ASU Social Sciences Building SS318 – Wade Conference Room – ASU Political Science PhD student, Eric Strachan, discusses the NSEP program and his experiences as a research scholar in Kazan, the capital of the Central Asian former Soviet Republic of Tatarstan. See Fall 2002 REESC Calendar.
• Nov 2, 3 – Sat, Sun – Tucson – 2002 CIS and Eastern Europe Business Forum – University of Arizona, McClelland Hall, Room 208, 1130 E Helen St, Tucson. Contact Roza Simkhovich at < roza@dakotacom.net >, or call or FAX her at 520-298-6599, to make hotel reservations, or to register for the conference. Organized by the U of A Department of Russian And Slavic Languages. Note that our club member David Price (Russian manager for Honeywell) will speak. Meet many Russian and FSU business and political experts -- the Armenian Ambassador, a CIA manager, Consul General of the RF in SF, leaders of Hungary and Czechslovokia; and leaders from Felton Int'l, Foodpro, Raytheon, Honeywell, Corona Hospitality, ESRI, Ridgetop Group, OPIC, WNISEF, Fair Winds Trading, etc. Registration: students $25, others $125; Meals extra. Download Program and Application, also see last years pictures at bottom of page.
• Nov 2 – Sat – 6:30 pm – Flagstaff -- Russian Club Dinner & Show -- Russian food, music, dance, and acts. Federated Church, Sitgreaves & Aspen (next to main library), downtown Flagstaff. Jointly sponsored by the Russian Cultural Organization and the Flagstaff Sister City Organization Advance tickets: $38/couple, $22/adult, $8/student; or $25/adult, $40/couple, $10/student at the door. And various prices for children.
• Nov 2 – Sat – 7 pm – GCC Russian Club – Meeting 3 – in the GCC Student Union
  Systema: The authentic Russian "martial art" – – Kwan Lee of Systema Arizona and with 4 students (2 Russian-born) describe and demonstrate this historic Russian art form developed by the Cossacks 1000 years ago, and improved by the Russian and Soviet military. In the GCC Student Union Lounge – FREE!! – Refreshments served.
• Nov 3 – Sun – 2:30 pm – FREE Concert! – Russian Clasical Music – The McLin/Campbell Duo performs a recital of Russian masterworks for violin and piano. Katie McLin, Andrew Campbell and Robert Spring – ASU Katzin Concert Hall, Music Building, Arizona State University, Tempe. Call: (480) 965-8863.
• Nov 9 – Sat – 9 am to 1 pm – Arizona AATSEEL Meeting – ASU Russian Department Languages and Literature Building LL-B Room 104 (University Drive @ College Ave, across from the visitor parking lot), Tempe, hosts the semi-annual meeting of the Arizona chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages. 3 presentations:
  • Del Phillips – "The TRKI tests: Are they a Turkey?"
  • Liudmila Derzemlya, Mesa Comm. College – "The Four C's (communication, cultures, connections, comparisons) in my teaching"
  • Dr. Danko Sipka, ASU – "IT Literacy for Slavic Linguists". 

  More info from President: Pat Barrett, Westwood High School, Mesa.  Refreshments: donuts and coffee.

• Nov 9 – Sat – 4 pm – KBAQ-FM 89.5 Radio – Vermeer Quartet with Bori Berman -- See "An odd but compelling Soviet couple" by Kenneth LaFave, The Arizona Republic, Nov. 9, 2002, Arizona Living Section, page E7.
• Nov 15 – Fri – Fleischer Museum CLOSES!  –  LAST CHANCE to see a FREE Painting exhibit: Russian and Soviet Impressionism, 1930-1980s Fleischer Museum, 17207 N. Perimeter Drive, Scottsdale Open 10 am to 4 pm daily. Call for guided tours (480) 585-3108. CLosing "because of financial problems faced by the museum and Scottsdale." Read more...   Also see the last day story: "Fleischer Museum gets busy send-off on last day"
• Nov 15 – Deadline for submissions for the AATSEEL Rocky Mountain/Western Slavic Association Annual Conference –  TO BE HELD April 9-12, 2003. For more information, contact Professor Cynthia Klima, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, SUNY-Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454 tele: (585) 245-5247; fax: (585) 245-5399; e-mail: Klima@geneseo.edu. (AATSTEEL= American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages)
• Nov 16– Sat – 6:30 pm – Flagstaff -- Russian Club Dinner & Show -- Russian food, music, dance, and acts. Federated Church, Sitgreaves & Aspen (next to main library), downtown Flagstaff. Jointly sponsored by the Russian Cultural Organization and the Flagstaff Sister City Organization Advance tickets: $38/couple, $22/adult, $8/student; or $25/adult, $40/couple, $10/student at the door. And various prices for children. CARPOOL TO FLAGSTAFF -- From GCC call Andy/Tanya 623-972-7828; From East-side call: 480-
• Nov 15, 16 – Fri, Sat – 7:30 pm – Moscow Ballet's "Great Russian Nutcracker" – Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington Street, Phoenix – Tickets: TicketMaster, 480-784-4444 – The Ballet's 50 dancers are graduates of the Moscow Choreographic Institute and the Vaganova Institute.
• "The ballerina performs Moscow Ballet ballerina Svetlana Todinova demonstrates a move for 7-year-old Diana Ortega on Tuesday at Phoenix Children's Hospital. The ballet will perform the Great Russian Nutcracker on Nov. 15-16 at Dodge Theatre to benefit the hospital. Arizona Republic – 10/10/2002 – page B3
• Nov 19 – Tue –  7 pm –  Tucson – Arizona Balalaika Orchestra and the Kalinka Russian Dancers with special guests from Moscow, Alexander Tsygankov and Inna Shevchenko. – At the Green Valley West Social Center (1111 Via Arco Iris, Green Valley), 500 seat auditorium. "Sasha" Tsygankov is widely considered the world's finest player of the Russian domra (see right, similar to a mandolin) and his wife Inna will accompany him on piano and gusli, together with the Balalaika Orchestra. This will be a special evening of superb professional Russian music! Tickets: Nicole Russell at 520-625-3440. More about instruments.
• Nov 23 & 24 – Sat & Sun – 9:40 am & 2 pm – Loca Rosa, ‘Tis The Renaissance Way: Sweet & Saucy Songs & Stories – 3 stage shows each day – times to be determined – Devonshire Renaissance Festival, Los Olivos Park, 4150 North 28 Street (28th Street & Indian School) Phoenix. Information: 602-256-3130
• Nov 9 – Sat – 4 pm – KBAQ-FM 89.5 Radio – Vermeer Quartet with Bori Berman -- See "An odd but compelling Soviet couple" by Kenneth LaFave, The Arizona Republic, Nov. 9, 2002, Arizona Living Section, page E7.
• Nov 27 – Sat & Sun – 10 am to 6 pm – Loca Rosa – Four Assembly Performances, Loca Rosa with 2 dancers, Russian-Jewish Folk Songs, Dances & Stories at Mountain Ridge High School, Deer Valley & 67th Avenue, Glendale AZ. Call: 623-376-3114
• Nov 29, Dec 1, Dec 6-8 – The Nutcracker" – Chandler Center for the Arts, 
• Dec 1 –  Sun – 11:30 am – TV Channel 15 – Figure Skating: Cup of Russia –  2 hours of men's and women's competition in the Cup of Russia, taped Nov. 30-Dec. 1 in Moscow. Entrants include Irina Slutskaya, Sasha Cohen, Matt Savoie and Evgeni Plushenko. See More Russia in TV shows
• Dec 1 –  Sun – 7 pm – Chanuka Party –  Chabad Center, 2110 E. Lincoln Drive, Phoenix. Live music band, clown for the children, refreshments. Admission: $10-adults; $7-seniors; $5-children. Sponsored by the Russian-speaking Jewish community in Arizona. All friends of all faiths are invited. For more information: Rabbi Hayman at 602-577-6131.
• Dec 4 –  Wed – 7 pm – Chanuka Service –  Temple Beth Sholom, 3400 N. Dobson Road, Chandler Loca Rosa performs "Chanukah Celebrations" with students and staff at 5:00 PM (private program)
• Dec 5 –  Thur – 1:30 pm & 7 pm – Loca Rosa: "Russian-Jewish Folk Songs, Stories & Culture" (student program). Loca Rosa & Byelaroza E. European Folk Dance & Music Ensemble perform "Russian-Jewish Folk Songs, Dances & Stories" 7:00 PM (community program) -- Around the World In A Day Concert Series, Jack Barnes Elementary School, 20750 S. 215 Street, Queen Creek 480-987-9887
• Dec 6 –  Fri –  12:30 pm –  Loca Rosa: "Russian-Jewish Folk Songs & Stories"  –  Tempe Festival Of the Arts, Downtown Tempe, 6th Street Stage (6th St west of Mill Ave) 480-967-4877
• Dec 6 –  Fri –  7 pm –  Loca Rosa: "Russian & Jewish Winter Festival Folk Songs & Dances" with 2 dancers. A Merry Main Street Winter Festival, Downtown Mesa, Center Street Stage (Main St east of Center St) 480-644-3983.
• Dec 7 – Sat – 11 am to 3 pm – Germans form Russia Club: Potluck Dinner & Christmas Program – At the East Mesa Christian Church, 706 S Greenfield Road (south of Broadway, north of Southern) – Bring food (Last name begins A-K = hot dish, L-Q = salad, R-Z = dessert. German-Russian recipes preferred), Table service, "Bakeless" bake envelope, A Holiday attitude.
  • Christmas program: Familiar Christmas songs, and tell each other of our family’s German-Russian Christmas traditions. If we haven’t experienced a German-Russian Christmas, tell us about what your parents, aunts, uncles or grandparents told you about their GR Christmas traditions. If you don’t know any German-Russian Christmas traditions, do some research and tell us what you found.
  • Silent auction:  a beautiful afghan made by Shirley Schlagel and a gift basket made up by Freida Purvis.
  • "Bakeless" bake sale. Write what you intended to bake on an envelope, estimate the cost of the ingredients and place that amount of money in the envelope and give it to our treasurer during the meeting.

  The proceeds from the auction and sale will be donated to a good cause at AHSGR.
  Membership Chair, Larry Haas -- President, Herb Babizke -- Church phone 480-830-3474

• Dec 7 – Sat – 7 pm – GCC Russian Club – Meeting 4 – 
  Legal and Financial Presentation for Russian-Americans by professionals. The attorneys plan to open a Russian-American law office in Arizona. Discussion and questions 1in Russian and English. For more information, please call Maria: 623- 465-1214.
  • Garry Kachkovsky -- Tax and Retirement Planning
    Firm: Raymond James Financial Services    602-230-9545
    1430 E. Missouri Ave, Suite 265, Phoenix
  • Maria Jones -- Legal Translations, phone: 623- 465-1214
  • Anna Sokolova -- Business and Commercial Law
  • Steve Wall -- Criminal, Traffic, DUI and Personal Injury Law

  And if we have time: Summary of CIS Business Forum last month in Tucson. Dave, Andy and Tanya attended. Dave made a presentation which he might repeat.
  Refreshments: Always krepki chai by Piotr, pishki, Russian candy, snacks. Bring the kids.

• Dec 8  – Sun – 10 am to 4 pm – Open House – K&R Euro-Bakery & Deli, 8500 W. Peoria Ave, Peoria – Free samples of Polish and Russian meats, pastry, candies, and other homemade and imported goodies
• Dec 12 to 27 – 2 pm, 6 pm, 7:30 pm – Ballet Arizona performs The Nutcracker at Symphony Hall – Choreography by Ib Andersen, music by Peter Tchaikovsky. Carry on a Valley tradition with Clara and her Nutcracker as they duel with the formidable mouse king and travel throughout the Land of Sweets with the Sugar Plum Fairy. Treat your family and friends to a memorable holiday experience. Critics have heralded the "magic" and the "kid-friendliness" of Ib Andersen's production of The Nutcracker. It'll make you want to dance all the way home. Lobby activities for children: Gather around a dancer to hear her read The Nutcracker story (thirty minutes before curtain). Enter a free drawing to win a chance to appear on stage during the show as the "guest soldier". Have your picture taken with the Sugar Plum Fairy. Info: 602-381-1096. Special free performance for kids on Dec 12.
• Dec 12 to Jan 1 – 2 pm, 6 pm, 7:30 pm – Art: "Soviet Impressionism" – Meyer Gallery, 7173 E. Main St., Scottsdale [CLOSED] –  A group show of Russian painters who created under the training and tutelage of the Soviet Union. Information (480) 947-6372  {MOVED TO NEW MEXICO}
• Dec 14 –  Sat – 9 am to 4 pm – Systema Seminar – One day Russian martial arts intensive introduction and instruction conducted by certified Russian instructors. Pre-registration fee $75 by Decebmer 7; $90 at door. Fee includes The Russian System Guidebook by Vladimir Vaciliev. Systema Southwest, 602-793-9399. Seminars@Systema.US. 10% discount for Russian Club members (GCC, T-bird, ASU, NAU, UofA, MCC, etc.)
• Dec 25 –  Wed – 7 pm – TV Channel 10 –  Anastasia –  120 min. 1997 cartoon movie
  Musical about Anastasia, the daughter of Russia's last czar. Cursed by fallen holy man Rasputin, Anastasia's family is deposed during the Russian Revolution. She and her grandmother, Marie, flee the country separately. Ten years later, the orphaned princess is an amnesiac who goes by the name Anya. Headed to Paris, she teams up with two drifters who are eager to collect the reward Marie is offering for her granddaughter's safe return. But Rasputin learns the teen is alive, and promises to make the journey a difficult one.  See more Russia in TV shows

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