"Culture Of, By and For the People."
Thursday, March 31, 4 PM to 7:30 PM.
Ivan Honchar Museum, 20 Ivan Mazepa Street, Kyiv, Ukraine

U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)
Washington, D.C., Monday, March 28, 2011

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE OPENING of the U.S. Smithsonian Folklife Festival International Exhibition, "Culture Of, By and For the People," at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, at the Ivan Honchar Museum, 20 Ivan Mazepa Street, Kyiv, Ukraine. The Exhibition and Reception will be opened by U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, John Tefft and James Deutsch of the Smithsonian.  Please join us at the opening of the Exhibition (4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.) for fun, food and music.

The outstanding multimedia exhibition is sponsored by the U.S. Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Museum; National Center of Folk Culture "Ivan Honchar Museum;U.S. Embassy in Ukraine; Fulbright Program; Ukrainian Center for Museum Development and the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), www.usubc.org. 

Smithsonian Institution special invitation to Ukraine
The U.S.Smithsonian Institution has invited Ukraine to be a major participant in their annual Folklife Festival held every July on the Mall in Washington.  Ukraine has been invited to participate, for the first time ever, in the summer of 2014, the 150th anniversary of the birth of Taras Shevchenko.  An official letter of invitation was sent by the U.S. Smithsonian Institution to the President of Ukraine one year ago. 

Ukraine has not yet officially responded yes to the invitation from the Smithsonian so the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC) and its over 150 members, a major sponsor,are working with several organizationsto build up support in Ukraine for Ukraine to say yes to this very important invitation.  Over one-million visitors go to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival each year and there are also TV shows, CD's, videos and other items produced that would promote Ukraine.

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival Exhibition will be open in Kyiv at the Honchar Museumfrom Thursday, March 31st through Friday, April 18th, 2011. 

RSVP: Please register your attendance at the opening of the Smithsonian Exhibition in Kyiv on Thursday, March 31, as soon as possible to Morgan Williams, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Please join us at the opening of the Exhibition (4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.) on Thursday, March 31st, for fun, food and music.

OPENING -U.S. SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, "Culture Of, By and For the People."
4 PM - 7:30 PM, Thursday, March 31, Ivan Honchar Museum, 20 Ivan Mazepa Street, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Mr. E. Morgan Williams, Director, Government Affairs,
Washington Office, SigmaBleyzer,
President/CEO, U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)
Mobile Kyiv: 380 50 689 2874
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====================================================== Ludmyla Dudnyk, Director of Programs
U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)
4-A Baseyna St., Mandarin Plaza, 8th Floor
Kyiv 01004 Ukraine, Tel. +38 (050) 358 2681; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it