"One of the festival's main attractions is Inna Kovtun, a singer and leading authority on traditional Ukrainian folk music who has dived deeply into the nation's long cultural traditions and collected more than 1,000 traditional songs, some of which she'll perform at the festival. A prominent folkloric musician in Ukraine, she and her daughter came to the United States shortly after the start of the war, where she performs, teaches, and organizes events and master classes on Ukrainian arts and culture."
"With Thanksgiving kicking things off, we are officially in the holiday season, which will run through New Year's Day. And that means a lot of special events, from a basketful of Nutcrackers to Tuba Christmas (Saturday, Dec. 13, in downtown Portland's Pioneer Square), a ghostly gathering of A Christmas Carols, PassinArt: A Theatre Company's sparkling annual Black Nativity (Nov. 28-Dec. 7), and much more: See Jamie Hale's rundown for The Oregonian/Oregon Live of holiday happenings around the state."
Ukrainian Winterfest celebrates Ukrainian music, dance, food, art, handicrafts, culture, and demonstrations of traditional crafts including straw angel-making and Petrykivka painting. DAWN, a Portland-based nonprofit that provides life-saving funding to Ukraine, sponsors the festival while the nation remains under constant assault by Russia. Inna Kovtun, a singer and authority on traditional Ukrainian folk music who has collected more than 1,000 traditional songs, will perform selected pieces and lead teaching activities and master classes. Kovtun and her daughter came to the United States shortly after the start of the war and are now based in Portland. The Salem festival runs Dec. 6 and the Portland festival runs Dec. 13; admission to both is free and donations are encouraged.
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