GCC Russian Club Chronicles of Past Events 2000

2000	Meetings:  Jan, X-mas — Feb — Mar — Apr — May — Sep — Oct — Nov — Dec  Other Russian Clubs: Germans fro Russia, Concerts: LOYKO , Arizona Balalaika Orchestra,

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2000 Calendar of Events

• Jan 2 - April 30 — Annual Russian Impressionist Show — Overland Gallery, 7155 E. Main St., Scottsdale (480) 947-1934 — Featuring Russian and Soviet impressionism and fine 20th century American realism and impressionism.
• Sat 8 Jan — Meeting-6 — Meet at GCC. Russian New Year/Christmas pot-luck barbecue. 12 Noon to 4 PM. Rozhestvo — Russian Christmas Party, Student Union, pot luck and bar-b-q, free for members who bring a Russian dish, else $3/member or $5/non-member
• Jan 15 — Sat 1 PM — Germans from Russia Meeting —    Glendale Foothills Library, 19055 N 57th Ave (north of Union Hills Dr) — phone: 623-930-3830 — One of our own "Germans from Russia" will tell his personal experiences of being born in Russia and his trip first to Canada and then to the United States. A second speaker tells of their trip to Russia. There will also be a skit, and an accordionist to entertain us.
• FALL SEMESTER
• Jan 18 — Tue 8 PM — Keyboard Conversations - Two Contrary Russians Rachmaninoff and Prokofieff by pianist Jeffrey Siegel — Scottsdale Center for the Arts Theater, 7380 E 2nd St, Scottsdale —   480-994-2787 — Tickets $24
• Jan 30 — Sun 6:30 PM — ROMA-Gypsy Carnaval — Shadow Mountain High School Auditorium, 2902 E Shea Bl. Slavic music and dance from 10 countries. Tickets at Russian Store, or phone 602-944-2981.
• Feb 3 — Thu 8 PM — Trio Voronezh — Scottsdale Center for the Arts Theater, 7380 E 2nd St, Scottsdale — 480-994-2787 — Tickets $20 — Classical works of Bach, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky and Schubert to gypsy dances and Russian folk music, as well as popular songs
• Feb 4 — Thu 8 PM — Trio Voronezh — St. John Vianney Church, 180 Soldiers Pass Road, Sedona. Tickets $15-$25. Classical works to gypsy dances and Russian folk music, popular songs.
• Feb 5 — Saturday — Spring Meeting 1 — At GCC at 7PM  Guest Speaker: Anastasia Boyadzhan (Genevieve Jacob's mother) will presented a picotal tour of St. Petersburg and showed a published album her son's
  (Alex) AvanteGuard artwork. 20 attended — 7 were new.
• Feb 6 — Sun 5:30 Pm — LOYKO Concert — Lively Russian Gypsy trio, 2 violins and guitar — Temple Beth El, 1118 W Glendale Ave, Phoenix. Tickets $15-$30, 20% group discount — at Russian stores — Call stores: Phoenix 602-433-2525, Tucson 520-320-5129, or Liuba 602-277-9034, for information.
• Feb 17 — Thu 7:30 pm — Arizona Balalaika Orchestra   and The Sons of  Orpheus (Male choir of Tucson) — West Center, Green Valley, Arizona (on I-19, South of Tucson,1/2 way to Nogales) — SOLD OUT!!
• Feb 19 — Sat 7:30 pm — Russian Romances — TCC, Tucson Community Center, Leo Rich Theater, 260 S. Church St, (520) 791-4266 — Tickets: $12 — Alexandr Tentser (pianist), Valentin Peitchinoff (bass singer Russian trained) will perform Tchaikovsky and Borodin.
• Feb 24-25 — Thu 7:30 pm, Fri 8 pm — Russian Masters — Finova Classics Concert — Phoenix Symphony (602) 495-1999  — Hermann Michael conducts, Cecile Licad on piano.
• Feb 26 — Sat 8 pm — Russian Masters — Sampler Concert — Phoenix Symphony (602) 495-1999 — Hermann Michael conducts, Cecile Licad on piano.
• Feb 26 — Sat 8 pm — Las Vegas — Russian pianist Vladimir Feltsman with the Las Vegas Philharmonic — Artemus Ham Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. Tickets $20+ — student and senior citizen discounts — 895-2787. For full-time students, remaining tickets are 1/2 price 1/2 hour before the performance.
• Feb 28 — Mon 5:30 PM — Cocktails, Dinner &  Arizona Balalaika Orchestra and Kalinka Russian Dancers (6 singers, musicians & dancers) — Temple Beth Shalom, 12202 N 101 Av (at Alabama, or turn at Kentucky Fried Chicken from Grand Av), Sun City. 5:30 PM cocktail hour, 6 PM dinner (fish or meat), 7:30 PM Concert. Tickets: $20 for dinner & show. Phone: (623) 977-1387.
• Apr 1- Jul 2 — Painting Revolution: Kandinsky, Malevich and the Russian Avant-Garde — Steele Gallery. Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 N. Central Ave., Phoenix (602) 257-1222 — 85 abstract paintings, many never  exhibited outside of Russia.
  
• Mar 4 — Sat 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM — Germans from Russia Meeting — First showing in Arizona of the new documentary video: Schmeckfest: Food Traditions of the Germans from Russia, at the Scottsdale Public Library Theater (lower level), 3839 Civic Center Blvd., Scottsdale.   No charge. Lots of displays — books, maps, videos and tapes for sale.
• Mar 4 — Saturday — Spring Meeting 2 — See GR video in Scottsdale, then lunch at the new Gourmet Russian restaurant.
• Mar 7 — Tues 7:30 PM — Kuklachev — Moscow Circus clown and animal trainer, "Yury Kuklachev's Cats Theatre" — Coronado High School Auditorium,  Scottsdale — Tickets $20-$35
• March 17 - 24 — Mon-Fri — 10:35 PM —   Russian Revolutions on Nightline, CBS News. Ted Kopple reports on life in Russia 10 years ago compared to now, and the elections, with an interview with Putin.
• March 25 — Sat 3 PM — our own Dr. Story at the Folk Traditions Music Festival - Encanto Park, Encanto Blvd & 19 Ave, Phoenix. Dr Story will tell a Kazakh story: "The Woodcutter and his Daughter". Also: Musical performances & workshops, old time, country western, contemporary folk, blues, Celtic & original songs, storytelling & folk dancing, 200 traditional musicians, free, 602-495-5458
• March 25 — Sat 2:30 PM — Loca Rosa at the WorldPort 2000 Festival, Thunderbird (American Graduate School of International Business Management), Greenway & 59th Ave. Russian/Jewish folk songs, dances and stories. Free admission all day Saturday and Sunday.
• March 26 — Sun 3:45 PM — Loca Rosa at the Har Zion Congregation Sisterhood Torah Fundraiser Luncheon, 6140 E Thunderbird Road, Scottsdale. (480-423-6590). 6 performers of Russian/Jewish folk songs, dances and stories.
• Apr 1 — Sat 8 PM — Lube (Russian pop folk band) — Coronado High School, 2501 N 74th St, Scottsdale, (south of Thomas, east of Scottsdale Road   — Tickets $20-$35 — in Phoenix at Russian restaurants: Alona 602-263-0200 and Vintage-Borgata 480-315-8199; in Tucson at Russian store: 520-320-5129, or 520-322-6326; or for group discount and more information call: 602-277-9034.
• Apr 6 — Thu   2 PM — — Loca Rosa at the GCC International Festival, Glendale Community College — Cental Mall , 6000 W Olive, Glendale. Free Admission 10 AM  to 3:30 PM,  Wednesday April 4 to Thursday April 6. 6 performers of Russian/Jewish folk songs, dances and stories.
• Apr 8 — Saturday — Spring Meeting 3 — At GCC at 7PM — Pisanki: Ukrainian Egg Decorating with Barney Lorentz.
• Apr 9 — Sun 5 PM — New Russian Movie: Starie Kliachi (Old Horse) and director El'dar Riazanov in person — Riazanov will talk for 1+ hour, movie is 2+ hours. — Paradise Valley High School, 3950 E Bell Road, Scottsdale — Tickets $15-$20 at Russian stores in Phoenix and Tucson, or call 480-820-0285, 602-433-2525.
• Apr 14 — Fri 8 PM — Russian bard singer: Aleksander Rozenbaum — Paradise Valley High School, 3950 E Bell Rd, Phoenix — Tickets $20-$40 — in Phoenix at Russian restaurants: Alona 602-263-0200 and Vintage-Borgata 480-315-8199; in Tucson at Russian store: 520-320-5129, or 520-322-6326; or for group discount and more information call: 602-277-9034.
• Apr 15 — Sat 1 PM — Germans from Russia Meeting —    Glendale Foothills Library, 19055 N 57th Ave (north of Union Hills Dr) — phone: 623-930-3830. Topic: Genealogy, more info later.
• Apr 17 — Mon 10:50 AM — Loca Rosa at the Hillcrest Middle School Multi-Cultural Celebration, 22833 N 71 Ave,  Glendale. Call 623-581-7970 for details. 6 performers of Russian/Jewish folk songs, dances and stories.
• Apr 18 — Tue 1:30 PM — Loca Rosa at the Tesseract North Scottsdale School Spring Festival, 9701 E Bell Raod, Scottsdale. Call 480-563-0300 for details. 6 performers of Russian/Jewish folk songs, dances and stories.
• Apr 28 — Fri 4:00 PM — Loca Rosa at the Hacienda de Los Angeles Nursing Home Cultural Celebration, 1402 E South mountain road, Phoenix. Call 602-243-4231for details. 6 performers of Russian/Jewish folk songs, dances and stories.
• May 18 — Thurs — 10:30 am — Russian Art Exhibit Tour  
  (same as above:  Painting Revolution: Kandinsky, Malevich and the Russian Avant-Garde)
  Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 North Central Avenue, Phoenix. Assembly Time: No later than 10:45 at the Art Museum Entrance. Tour 11 am to noon, but you can stay until closing at 9 pm. Optional Lunch at the Phoenix Art Museum Cafe at 12:15 — Cost - $10.00 including tip. RSVP by May 1 — Larry Haas (623-583-2040) or Herb Babitzke (480-641-3711) before May 1. Arranged by the Germans from Russia Club.
• Jun 1 — Thurs 7: PM -- Kiev Symphony Orchestra & Chorus — Scottsdale Bible Church, 7601 E. Shea Blvd. Seating for 1,800. FREE, donation requested. When Roger McMurrin first stepped off the train in Kiev in 1992, the lights were off, and he stumbled over homeless people sleeping in the train station. He did not know the language and knew even less about the country. Challanged to help his fellow unemployed musicians, this 25-year church music conductor and teacher returned to Florida and planned his return to Kiev. After founding the non-profit Music Mission Kiev to fund their support, McMurrin and his wife, Diane, moved to Kiev in 1993 for a 10-year stay as "music ministers" and began the Kiev Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.   Roger began by paying them $1 a night to practice or perform, which helped put food on their tables. This is their third tour of the US to raise money. (From "He opens gates to Kiev's heart ".  Also read Diane's "A BAD HAIR DAY IN KIEV" Read aobut their 1996 US tour.).
• SUMMER BREAK 
• Beginning September 11 — Monday 6:30 pm — Russian-Jewish Dance Rehearsals for Loca Rosa and Byelaroza Eastern European Folk Dance & Music Ensemble. New members, visitors and interested public welcome. No charge. 8043 E. Irwin Ave., Mesa (just south of I-60 — Sossman offramp — near Ellsworth & Baseline). Location subject to change, so phone first — Tish Dvorkin (480) 986-6016 — or e-mail . Continuing every Monday evening.
• September 25 — Monday 8 pm — Ukrainian National Dance Orpheum Theatre, 203 W. Adams St., Phoenix — 602-262-7272 Tickets: $23-$36 SouthWest Dance (602) 482-6410 E-mail: swdance@getnet.com Groups of 15+ save up to $4 per ticket (Call Carol at 480-614-1676).
• September 28 — Thursday 7:30 pm & October 1 — Sunday 8 pm � Rach On! Tchaikovsky, (Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Suite from Swan Lake, and Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3). Phoenix Symphony Hall, 225 E Adams, Phoenix.. Tickets: $18-$43 (602. 495.1999)
• October 7 — Saturday — 7 PM — Meeting 2 — Election of officers (Tania - President, Genevieve - Vice President, Bob - Treasurer, Andy - Secretary). Club Musicians Larissa & Genevieve will play classical and Russian music on piano and violin. Samovar tea, and refreshments. ONLY WITH MS-INTERNET EXPLORER: Listen to a sample of their music.
• October 12 — Thursday ? pm — Tchaikovsky Salutes Mozart � Scottsdale Center for the Arts, 7380 E 2nd St., Scottsdale (Map and seating). Tickets: $??
• October 19 & 20 — Thursday 7:30 pm — Friday, 8 pm — Russian Revolution, Phoenix Symphony Hall with the ASU Choral Union, 225 E Adams, Phoenix.. Tickets: $18-$43 (602. 495.1999)
• October 20 — Friday 8 pm — Dolina Larisa (21 Russian performers — singers, ballet dancers, orhcestra) — Pinnacle High School, 3535 E. Mayo Blvd (1 mile north of Union Hills on Tatum), North Phoenix — Tickets: $30-$50 at Russian Store (602-433-2525), or from Ania (480-820-0285). Seating is limited.
• October 21 — Saturday 11 am to 3 pm — Germans from Russia Club Annual Fall Potluck Picnic at Leisure World Country Club (Power Road and Broadway). Reservations are NECESSARY because this is a gated community. All are invited. Please call Herb Babitzke at: 480-641-3711 or Larry Haas at: 623-583-2040 for directions.
• October 21 & 22 — Saturday 7:30 pm, Sunday 2 pm — Tchaikovsky Ballet Theater and Orchestra "Swan Lake" Orpheum Theatre, 203 W. Adams St., Phoenix — 602-262-7272 Tickets: $27-$40 SouthWest Dance (602) 482-6410 E-mail: swdance@getnet.com Groups of 15+ save up to $4 per ticket (Call Carol at 480-614-1676).
• October 27 — Friday 3 pm — Movie: Kolya. (In Russian and Czech with English sub-titles) Presented by the Glendale Community College International Institute. Music Building, Room MU-151, 6000 W Olive Ave, Glendale. FREE. 
• October 29 — Sunday ? pm — Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Presented by the Phoenix Chamber Music Society (602-252-0095).
• November 2, 3, 4 — Thursday, Friday, Saturday — 7th Annual CIS and Eastern European Business Forum, McClelland Hall, 1130 E. Helen Street, Room 208, University of Arizona, Tucson. An up-to-date analysis of political, economic, and legal aspects of business ventures; case studies of successful American businesses and strategies for success; representatives of government programs that support American business ventures will be present to answer questions; meet highly qualified professionals in academia, government and business. The Arizona Balalaikas will play for the Nov 2 evening social. 
• November 4 & 18 — Saturdays, 6:30 pm — Flagstaff NAU Russian Club Dinners. Same place: Federated Community Church, corner of Aspen and Sitgreaves in downtown Flagstaff. Good Russian fun and good Russian food. See pictures from previous dinners. Price ($10?) and program posted later.
• November 4 — Union of Ukrainian Women of Phoenix — Autumn Ball at the Double Tree Resort, Scottsdale. Dinner, dancing, door-prize. Ukrainian dance band from Toronto, Canada — Canadians Ron Cahute and Burya — played. 200 attended.    
• November 4 — Saturday — 7 PM — Meeting 3 — Flagstaff Trip: 10th Annual Russian Dinner and Cultural Evening sponsored by the Northern Arizona University Russian Cultural Organization and the Flagstaff Sister City Organization, to raise scholarship funds. Russian food, music, skits, songs, displays.
• November 14 — Tuesday — 6:30 to 8 PM — Working on Violence Against Women in Russia.  Slide show and discussion by Dianne Post, Attorney, about her two years working for the American Bar Association in Russia on issues of violence and discrimination against women. Presented at Scottsdale Community College, 9000 E. Chaparral Road,  Turquoise Room, Student Center. 
• November 14 — Tuesday, 8 pm — From Russia with Love: Piano by Jeffrey Siegel. Scottsdale Center for the Arts Theater, 7380 E 2nd St., Scottsdale (Map and seating). Tchaikovsky and friends. Nineteenth-century Romanticism at its Slavic best. Featuring Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Mussorgsky, Glazounov, and Borodin.. Tickets: $26 November 24 & 25 — Friday 8 pm — Saturday 8 pm — Tchaikovsky's Treasure (Russian-born: Ilya Gringolts on Violin, Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite; Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Brahms: Symphony No. 3).
• November 17  — Friday — 7 PM — German-Russians from Siberia  — Scottsdale Bible Church (in North Hall); 7601 E Shea Blvd, (Shea Blvd & Miller); Scottsdale, AZ — Johannes Reh, age 75, a Volga German from Beideck was 17 years old when he was sent to a Siberian slave labor camp where his 15 year old brother died of starvation and exhaustion. Johannes, who still lives in Siberia, will be visiting in Phoenix with his daughter, Minna. He will share with us (in translated Russian) concerning the traumatic experiences (murdered, starved to death, or sent to slave labor camps) that he and his family endured during the years of exile and oppression, as well as their present day living situations. Johannes was quoted in Samuel Sinner's new book, The Open Wound,regarding the atrocities our people endured. FREE, with refreshments. RSVP to Larry Hass: haasle@juno.com ; 623-583-2040; or Marilyn Reh Murray at marilynlmurray@compuserve.com ; 480-998-4374. Offer to bring refreshments if you can. The Arizona Republic will cover the story. Check our website on the 17th in case Mr. Reh is delayed.
• November 18 — Saturday — 7 PM — Tellabration — GCC Russian Club hosts the annual storytelling event of the West Valley Tellers of Tales. 2 hours of tall-tales and short-tales. Samovar tea, and refreshments.
• November 27 — Monday —   6:30 pm — Children's Game Songs & Stories from Eastern Europe, by Loca Rosa at the Chandler Public Library, Hamilton Branch, 3700 S Arizona Ave, Chandler.  Call the library for details: (480) 782-2831.
• November 28 — Tuesday — 12 am — Unhappily Ever After, From Russia with Love, 30 min TV show about
  mail order bride, channel 2 KUTP. 
• November 29 — Wednesday — 8 pm — West Wing: Galileo, 1 hr TV show about US president and Russian
  military crisis, channel 12 KPNX. 
• November 30 — Thursday — 8 pm & 11 pm — Scientific American Frontiers: SuperPeople, 1 hr TV
  science show, segment about Russian space station Mir, channel 8 KAET. 
• December 1 — Friday — 8 pm — Russian-Jewish Folk & Chanukah Songs, by Loca Rosa at the A Merry Main Street Celebration, Adult's Stage, Main St west of Center St, north side, Downtown, Mesa. For details call: (480) 644-2351.  Enjoy musical entertainment, cool Main Street merchants, kids activities (including 50 tons of snow), food booths, trolley rides, a visit from a special guest (who lives at the North Pole!), and much more. It's holiday fun for the whole family. Free!
• December 1 — Friday — 4:30 pm — Moscow on the Hudson, 2 hr comedy movie on TV, Russian musician defects and adjusts to American life, channel 22 TMC (cable) 
• December 1 — Friday — 8 pm — NHL Hockey, Red Wings at Panthers, Russian players on TV , ESPN (cable) 
• December 2 — Saturday — 7 PM — Meeting 4 � Guest musician Tish Dvorkin (Loca Rosa) will teach about Russian folksongs, stories and musical instruments. Samovar tea, and refreshments.
• December 3 — Sunday — 9 pm& 11 pm — Catherine the Great, 2 hour TV documentary, 15-year-old Catherine begins a loveless marriage with Russia's ineffectual Prince Peter, channel 28 A&E (cable)
• December 3 — Sunday — 7 pm — Kirill Gliadkovsky, Scottsdale Center for the Arts Theater, 7380 E 2nd St., Scottsdale (Map and seating). Enthralling young Russian-born pianist plays an all-Russian program including works by Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and Scriabin. Tickets: 480-994-ARTS (2787) ext 2.
• December 4 — Monday — 1 am & 3 am — Catherine the Great, 2 hour TV documentary, 15-year-old Catherine begins a loveless marriage with Russia's ineffectual Prince Peter, channel 28 A&E (cable) 
• December 4 — Monday — 7 pm — Figure Skating: Cup of Russia, 2 hour TV sports, ISU Grand Prix Cup of
  Russia competition held Nov. 17-19 in St. Petersburg, 30 ESPN (cable) 
• December 5 — Tuesday — 5:40 am — Aurora: Operation Intercept, 90 min TV movie, American airman against a revenge-obsessed Russian saboteur, 26 MAX (cable) 
• December 5 — Tuesday — 7 am — We Live Again, TV, 24 SHOW (cable) 
• December 5 — Tuesday — 7 am — ER: Make of Two Hearts , 1 hr TV drama, Hathaway helps a 6-year-old
  Russian girl abandoned by her American mother, 35 TNT (cable) 
• December 7 — Thursday — 10 pm — Secrets of Forensic Science Russian: Princess/Perfect Heist 60
  min.TV documentary Following the work of an odontologist, who tries to determine a Russian woman's killer by the bite marks left on the body. Channel 56 TLC (cable)
• December 7 — Thursday — 10 pm — Great Siberian Explosion, 1 hr TV documentary. Examining the
  mysterious — -and enormous — -1908 explosion over Tunguska, Russia, that leveled hundreds of miles of forest; and theories about what it might have been. Included: archival footage and photographs; interviews with scientists and researchers. Channel 29 DSC (cable)
• December 8 — Friday — 1 am — Secrets of Forensic Science Russian: Princess/Perfect Heist 60 min.
  TV documentary Following the work of an odontologist, who tries to determine a Russian woman's killer by the bite marks left on the body. Channel 56 TLC (cable)
• December 8 — Friday — 2 am — Great Siberian Explosion, 1 hr TV documentary. Examining the mysterious — -and enormous — -1908 explosion over Tunguska, Russia, that leveled hundreds of miles of forest; and theories about what it might have been. Included: archival footage and photographs; interviews with scientists and researchers. Channel 29 DSC (cable)
• December 8 — Friday — 4:30 am — Subterfuge 95 min. TV movie When the Russians shoot down a U.S. aircraft over the Black Sea, two brothers are sent in to recover its black box. Channel 22 TMC (cable)
• December 8 — Friday — 7 pm — Moscow on the Hudson, 2 hr comedy TV movie, Russian musician defects and adjusts to American life, channel 19 HBOPL (cable) 
• December 9 — Saturday — 6 pm — Great Siberian Explosion, 1 hr TV documentary. Examining the mysterious — -and enormous — -1908 explosion over Tunguska, Russia, that leveled hundreds of miles of forest; and theories about what it might have been. Included: archival footage and photographs; interviews with scientists and researchers. Channel 29 DSC (cable) 
• December 9 — Saturday — 12:30 pm — Moscow on the Hudson, 2 hr comedy TV movie, Russian musician defects and adjusts to American life, channel 22 TMC (cable) 
• December 9 — Saturday — 11 am to 3 pm — Germans from Russia Club Annual Christmas Potluck Dinner at Victory Lutheran Church, Recker and University in Mesa. All are invited. Please call Herb Babitzke at: 480-641-3711 or Larry Haas at: 623-583-2040
• December 9 — Saturday — 8:30 pm — Jack of All Trades: A Horse of a Different Color 30 min. TV show Catherine the Great orders the Russian navy to blockade Pulau Pulau after her prize horse is stolen by Croque, who plans to use it as a ringer on his race track. Channel 6 KASW
• December 9 — Saturday — 10:45 pm — Rasputin 101 min.TV movie A self-proclaimed cleric and healer, Rasputin is summoned to the palace by Tsarina Alexandra, who seeks his help for her hemophiliac son. Dazzled by a �miracle� he performs on the boy, Alexandra tries to convince her skeptical husband, Nicholas, to keep Rasputin on as a member of the court. �After 12 years of torture, I have peace,� she tells him. But that peace is short-lived as revolutionaries and nobles alike become resentful of the alliance between the Romanovs and the �mad monk.� 19 HBO PL (cable)
• December 10 — Sunday — 9:30 am — Sub Down 91 min. TV movie A team of civilian scientists board an ill-fated nuclear submarine in this suspenseful 1997 cable film. The trouble begins when the Navy, in a public-relations gesture, agrees to transport the researchers deep below the Arctic ice to conduct experiments. But when an unexpected game of �high-tech chicken� with a Russian sub ends in a collision, the USS Portland plummets to the bottom of the ocean with most of the crew trapped inside. In danger of being crushed by the water pressure, two of the scientists battle a dwindling oxygen supply as they try to right the crippled craft. 34 USA (cable) 
• December 10 — Sunday — 3:30 pm — Jack of All Trades: A Horse of a Different Color 30 min. TV show Catherine the Great orders the Russian navy to blockade Pulau Pulau after her prize horse is stolen by Croque, who plans to use it as a ringer on his race track. Channel 3 KTVK
• December 11 — Monday — 12:30 pm — Wings Fools Russian 30 min. TV show Roy prepares to marry a mail-order bride from Russia. 34 USA (cable)
• December 13 — Wednesday — 7:30pm — Russian-Jewish Folk Songs, Chanukah Songs & Dances, by Loca Rosa & Byelaroza Eastern European Folk Dance & Music Ensemble at Freedom Plaza Retirement Community, 13373 Plaza de Rio Blvd, Peoria AZ. For details call: (623)876-2424
• December 14 to 27 — 17 performances — The Nutcracker by Ballet Arizona, Phoenix Symphony Hall, 225 E Adams Street, Phoenix. Tickets: 602-381-1096. Group discounts for 10+. Several dancers are Russians.

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