To honor the 197th birthday of Taras Shevchenko, a celebration will be held in March 2011 (date tbc) at the Ukrainian Catholic Church hall at 4400 Palm Avenue, La Mesa, California. The event is organized by the House of Ukraine, and there is no admission charge.
About Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Тара́с Григо́рович Шевче́нко) (March 9 [O.S. February 25] 1814 – March 10 [O.S. February 26] 1861) was a Ukrainianpoet, artist and humanist. His literary heritage is regarded to be the foundation of modern Ukrainian literature and, to a large extent, the modern Ukrainian language. Shevchenko also wrote in Russian and left many masterpieces as a painter and an illustrator. Read more...