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We are extending Where We Sing: Documenting a Folk Revival for one more week and running a print sale fundraiser to support Ukrainian Independent Media. Photographer Carlos Gárate () is selling limited-edition framed prints from the exhibition. 70% of proceeds support the Kyiv Independent.

The Kyiv Independent has been on the ground documenting this war since the beginning: Ukraine’s leading English-language news outlet, providing critical wartime coverage and reliable, ground-level reporting to millions of readers worldwide. We are happy to host who chose to support their publication with this exhibit.

Visit us in person or head to https://www.stvolodymyr.org/art/carlos-garate to view the exhibition and purchase a print. For pricing and availability: [email protected]

Where We Sing: Documenting a Folk Reviva
Extended through June 5th
SVI Art Gallery, 620 Spadina Avenue
Part of Festival

This Thursday at INSTITUT | 620 Spadina!

Happy Vyshyvanka Day from SVI!

To all staff, members, volunteers, students, and visitors at 620 Spadina.

Today, Ukrainians and friends celebrate Vyshyvanka Day to support our culture and Ukraine by showcasing beautiful Ukrainian embroidered shirts.

What's a prypynda? Find out at our hands-on workshop this weekend!

📍Saturday May 23, 1pm • 620 Spadina Avenue

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/prypynda-workshop-macrame-knot-work-apron-tickets-1988494172599
Choose red, white or black when you check out.

Are you going to the Vyshyvanka Walk today?
Make sure to head to 620 Spadina Avenue after the event for more programming throughout the night.
Hope to see you at INSTITUT!

🇨🇦🇺🇦✨ Долучайтеся до нас та станьте частиною історії! Запрошуйте сім’ю, друзів і всіх знайомих — не пропустіть цей особливий та історичний момент!

📍 21 травня | 6:30 вечора
📍 Bloor St. W. & Jane St., Торонто

⚠️ Важливо: Офіційний підрахунок учасників для РЕКОРДНОЇ ХОДИ відбудеться наприкінці заходу — біля пам’ятника Лесі Українці у High Park.

Національний Реєстр Рекордів України
Vyshyvanka Association
Ukrainian World Congress - Свiтовий Конґрес Українців
UCC National - Ukrainian Canadian Congress
Ukrainian Canadian Congress - Ontario Provincial Council

#РекорднаХода 🇺🇦🍁✨

This week at INSTITUT (620 Spadina Avenue)

INSTITUT 003
Vol. 3: Thursday, May 21, 2026

5:00 PM | PANEL: Nothing Bad Has Ever Happened

What does it mean to grapple with historical truth at a time of war? Marci Shore (Munk School / Yale; author of The Ukrainian Night; Guggenheim Fellow) and Karolina Koziura (cultural historian; Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow, EUI) go deep on academia, poetry, and publishing in Ukraine, with a close look at Victoria Amelina's neighbourly essay.

7:00 PM | FILM: "Well for the Thirsty" (d. Yuri Illienko, 1965)

One of the foundational works of Ukrainian Poetic Cinema, banned on release and rarely screened. Set in a nearly abandoned village, it follows an old man surrounded by memories of a disappearing world. Presented by Pylyp Illienko, son of the director and former Head of the Ukrainian State Film Agency.

11 PM | Live Score | Shaunt Raffi x The Colour of Pomegranates (Parajanov, 1969)

Parajanov's film is less narrative than waking dream: painterly tableaux drawn from the life of Armenian poet Sayat-Nova, rich with sacred music and colour. Shaunt Raffi gives it a new sonic body: a live improvised Ableton set with vintage samples.

11 PM | Shaunt Raffi | Vintage vinyl selection

Armenian folk, desert blues, ethio jazz. Threads of the evening may resurface. New ones will appear.

PWYC // RSVP to secure your spot.
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620 Spadina — around the back, through the lot, past the steel doors, down the stairs, through the wood laminate door.

✉️ Latest news from our co-presenters TUFF - Toronto Ukrainian Film Festival.

Дякуємо. Thank you. To our filmmakers, panelists, audiences, volunteers, sponsors, and partners St. Volodmyr Institute and Second Front UA — the 2026 Toronto Ukrainian Film Festival was yours as much as ours. These stories don't exist in a vacuum. They come from a place that continues to fight for its voice, its cult...

Congratulations to the newly elected UCRDC board of directors! 🎉

If you didn't know, the UCRDC - Ukrainian Canadian Research & Documentation Centre is one of the organizations housed right here at 620 Spadina Ave. For 44 years, UCRDC has served as a dynamic resource centre dedicated to preserving Ukrainian Canadian history through exhibits, oral histories, memoirs and photographs.
The newly elected board recently held a full-day strategic planning session focused on growth, new initiatives, and strengthening collaborations with academic and cultural institutions across Canada and beyond.

We at SVI look forward to working together!

Stop by 620 Spadina for a Curatorial Tour at the Ukrainian Museum of Canada Ontario Branch, and while you're at it, make your way down to tonight's special performance at INSTITUT.

✨Curator's Tours!✨
Don't miss this rare opportunity to experience Kosiv Bazaar with guest curator Myroslava Boikiv. Drawing on her deep knowledge of Hutsul folk art and Carpathian traditions, Myroslava offers personal insight into the exhibition’s textiles, artisans, and cultural stories, illuminating the resilience and beauty of Ukrainian heritage.

Saturday May 9 • 1:00pm
Thursday May 14 • 6:30pm

By donation PWYC, please register in advance at:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/curators-tours-of-kosiv-bazaar-a-living-archive-of-the-carpathians-tickets-1988493956954