Then came 1936 and the birth of "Carol of the Bells." In New York, well-known choral director Peter Wilhousky, who was born in New Jersey of Ukrainian ancestry, did the choral arrangements for the popular radio broadcasts of Arturo Toscanini's NBC Symphony Orchestra. Needing another piece ...
Veselka, which means rainbow in Ukrainian, was founded by Volodymyr and Olha Darmochwal in 1954. Volodymyr and his wife were Ukrainian refugees in the late 1940s and found a home in the Little Ukraine neighborhood of the East Village of Manhattan. ...
As you stroll these streets, you’ll find other evidence of the neighborhood’s Ukrainian past including houses of worship like St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church. Although St. George was built in the mid-1970s, the congregation itself traces itself back to the first Ukrainian services in ...
Uninhabitable apartment buildings stand in a former frontline neighborhood in Kharkiv In an aerial view, uninhabitable apartment buildings stand in a former frontline neighborhood on May 21, 2022 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. John Moore | Getty Images A kid climbs on a destroyed Russian tank in the village...
For two long months, the vast Soviet-era tower blocks of the Mirny suburb of Luhansk were nightly plunged into darkness, the only source of light emanating from a neighborhood bar with homemade beer. Read MoreWinter is coming—and so is $100 oil ...
The owner, Stepan Rogulskyi, lives with his wife, Natalya, and their two young daughters in Maspeth, the Queens neighborhood just north of Ridgewood. His first home, however, was the city of Truskavets, in western Ukraine; his two brothers, his parents and his paternal grandmother still...
On Thursday, June 23rd, 2022 dancers Alisa and Arsentii performed during Ukraine Happy Hour Fundraiser in SoHo Neighborhood in New York City. The event took place at the SoHo Works, 875 Washington Street, New York, NY 10014, www.sohoworks.com. Dancers provided short performance, traditional ...
The strikes come after a Ukrainian military spokesperson told AP on Thursday that Kyiv’s troops had retreated from a neighborhood on the outskirts of Chasiv Yar, a strategically important town in Ukraine’s Donetsk region that has been reduced to rubble under a monthlong R...
Children walk past homes in their neighborhood that were completely destroyed by a Russian rocket attack in Dobropillia, Ukraine, June 15, 2022. Scott Olson/Getty Images -ABC News' Justin Ryan Gomez Show More Jun 15, 2022, 6:49 PM CST Biden promises to free blocked Ukrainian grain Preside...
Musicians and dancers provided one hour show during Abe Lebewohl Park Summer Concert Series on Thursday, June 16, 2022 in New York City. Performance took place in front of St. Mark’s Church (corner of 10th St and 2nd Ave) in East Village neighborhood in Manhattan. Cast: dancer Alisa ...