Wayne State University Slavic Klub

IT’S TODAY!!

Come out May 25 for Russian Tea in the park! 2 pm at Palmer Park.

Come ice skating with the Slavic Klub! Monday, January 17, noon. Meet at the Campus Martius Rink! All are welcome!

We hope to see everyone tomorrow at Kensington park! We'll be at the KE east boat launch picnic shelter. You are welcome to bring a dish to pass, but it is not required! Food and beverages will be provided.

Don't miss the WSU Slavic Klub picnic on Sept. 11! The club reserved the KE East Boat Launch Picnic Shelter right near the entrance. All are welcome!

So, uh, in case you're interested in Soviet era urban planning, architecture, or just have some free time:
https://www.calvertjournal.com/articles/show/11066/this-new-video-game-lets-you-do-nothing-in-a-suburban-russian-tower-block

This new video game lets you do nothing in particular in a suburban Russian tower block You can make eggs on toast, take out the bins and contemplate life

International Documentary Screening to Mark Chernobyl Remembrance Day
Sunday, April 26 is International Chernobyl Remembrance Day. To mark the day, from April 16 – 26, Cultures of Resistance Films will screen Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration after Apocalypse for free online (trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWaWaedzgxg). The film is available to view on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3wcUbm2gp4&feature=youtu.be). Then on April 26 at 19:00 GMT (3:00PM EST), Iara Lee, the director of the documentary, will discuss the film with special guest Oleg Shalashov, a “Chernobylogist” and stalker, and answer viewers' questions via Zoom and Facebook Live. Go here for more details: https://slaviccenter.osu.edu/events/chernobyl-remembrance-day

STALKING CHERNOBYL: Exploration After Apocalypse (Trailer) A documentary from Cultures of Resistance Films, examines the underground culture of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Three decades after the world's most infam...

Hey everyone! WSU Slavic Klub, despite our collective un-collectiveness, still exists! We've definitely been in hibernation for a few weeks here, especially after the Belarus trip was cancelled for this year, and, well, due to everything else. However,we can still move forward and take action. Perhaps now more than ever social outreach is recognized for how meaningful it is.
As such, if you are feeling isolated and alone, please reach out via the email or one of the Slavic Klub's social media platforms. Additionally, with the plethora of mediums available, there is still the possibility of continuing movie nights and other events, it will just require more creativity! Via zoom, watch2gether, or netflixparty, we have a number of options to explore Slavic culture as a group.

Event 1: By the end of the day today, (3/31/20), there will be another message announcing a movie night/day time and platform, with access information.

Event 2: Also, in lieu of in-person Russia Tea, on Thursdays from 12:30-1:30pm, Laura Kline will be hosting a weekly Russian-English Poetry Circle via zoom. Here is the link to connect:
https://zoom.us/j/683056100

Event 3: Tomorrow, Wednesday April 1st, Alexei Navalny, the prominent Russian opposition figure, will be participating in a webinar at the University of Michigan this Wednesday at 9 am. You are welcome to watch!
https://ii.umich.edu/crees/news-events/events.detail.html/73961-18449694.html?fbclid=IwAR3gxw0t_JuW6mXz9lPbyWa_yQHm65608ipKKj4LTnE0YgRLEwUVx05zgl8

Event 4: Tomorrow, Wednesday April 1st, 1-2 pm, Career Webinar with the Department of State. Join our webinar with US Department of State Diplomat in Residence Lou Fintor on Wednesday, April 1, from 1-2 pm. Here is the link: https://zoom.us/j/822885500
If you have any problems connecting to the meeting, email Laura Kline at [email protected]. She will be monitoring my email during the session. All are welcome to participate!

If you are interested or have questions about any of the events listed above, please contact the Slavic Klub via email or Facebook.
What it means to be social in this time will change, and that's okay. Though we are all isolated in our own little submarines, so to speak, the ocean is vast, but sound travels easily. Make some noise, and if you are secure financially and safe and healthy, take this time to reflect personally. Meditation and personal growth can come with periods of quietude. But if you are feeling alone, we are all in this together, and there are many of us out there going through it together. Please reach out!

All the best,
Andrew

The Wayne State Slavic Klub is very grateful to the WSU Polish Culture Club for its generous donation to the collection for the trip to Belarus. Thank you so much!

The WSU Slavic Klub hosted a folk dancing performance and a presentation on Maslenitsa at the Annual Winter Ball.

The first pączki were harvested in Poland this morning. Pączki Day

MOVIE NIGHT TONIGHT
MANO 446
6:30 to End
(film starts about 6:45, part 1 of Stalker runs about an hour fifteen minutes)

Hey all!

Tonight on the smaller screen we will be watching the first half of Tarkovsky's surreal classic "Stalker"! The movie concerns philosophical questions of potential, desire, need, hope, and faith. What questions can be answered about ourselves and our world when we try to fulfill our grandest desires?

Inspired by a 1950s Russian science fiction novella, "Roadside Picnic", and in turn inspiring the Ukrainian video game STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl, this movie has lingered in public consciousness since it's creation.

Come one, come all!

The Slavic Klub is selling pancakes in Manoogian today to fund their trip to Belarus. 9:30-12 in the lobby. Come out and support our students! You can also venmo donations to -klub. Thank you!

Alright folks, here is the forthcoming schedule for the Slavic Klub Film Nights!
Soviet Animation Night - 2/5
Stalker Pt. 1 - 2/12
Stalker Pt. 2 - 2/19
A Friend of the Deceased - 2/26

All films will be screened in MANO 446 at WSU. Wednesdays 6:30-8:30pm!

MOVIE NIGHT PUSHED BACK A WEEK

Hey, all, due to some scheduling conflicts, Movie Night is cancelled tonight, (1/29). But we will be watching the next thing in the series, the selection of Soviet cartoons, next week! Next Wednesday, (2/5) 6:30-8:00pm we will be watching a selection of Soviet cartoons in MANO 445! The rest of the film series as posted earlier will continue.

Sorry!

--Andrew

Tonight!

WSU SLAVIC KLUB NEWSLETTER
Hey all,

This is just a newsletter/reminder about some stuff happening this week!

*Lil' Slavic Café*

The WSU Slavic Klub Market, fundraising for the Belarus trip, is happening this Tuesday, and every Tuesday until the Belarus trip in March. We will running a little cafe in the lobby/foyer area of Manoogian, and offering coffee, tea, espresso, fruit, baked goods, and some other trinkets.

Please come help out if you can, set up to take down is 9am-1pm, but if you're available even for a portion of that, please let me, or one of the other officers know! Also, if you can't help out, but want to come get some coffee in the morning, definitely do that.

*Movie Night!*

This Wednesday (1/22) from 6-8:30pm, in MANO 445 is the first of our movie nights this semester! In light of the New Year and new decade, we'll be starting with the famous Russian New Year's comedy Ёлки (Yolki, 2010) starring Ivan Urgant. The following Wednesday (1/29) we will be doing a showcase of some Soviet/Russian cartoons, including Cheburashka (of course), and The Mirror of Time. More coming soon!

*Meeting (1/23)*

Because of the Market/Café happening Tuesday, we will be having our weekly meeting on Thursday, 9:30-10:30 this week! Topics will include:

-Officer appointments
-Reading groups
-Market updates
-Professor Kline's monday event proposal
-And other miscellany.

Please show up if you can! We will be voting on a few officer appointments.

Thanks, and let me know if there are any questions,
--Andrew

Wayne State was the second university in the US to send students to Belarus last March, making them important cultural diplomats for the US. A new group is trying to go this year, but we need your help!

Donations can be made via Venmo. Go to: -Klub Your support makes these important educational opportunities possible! Thank you!

Read about our groundbreaking trip last Spring Break: https://clas.wayne.edu/languages/news/a-window-to-belarus-35232

A window to Belarus

*BELARUS TRIP MEETING:*
If any members of the WSU Slavic Klub, WSU Russian Program, or anyone else for that matter are interested in the Belarus Spring Break trip, there will be a meeting this Thursday, 01/09/20, to discuss updates, funding, and requirements! It will be in Manoogian 443, starting at 12:20!

Hello all, Happy New Year!

WSU Slavic Klub will be having their first meeting next week, Tuesday, January 14th, from 09:30 to 10:30 am, in Manoogian 443, as per usual. With everyone's schedules likely changing, this may not be the permanent meeting date this semester, but it will be for right now at least. Feel free to come out, we have plenty to discuss. Agenda items will include, but are not limited to:

--The Belarus trip over Spring Break, and fundraising for it
--Slavic Klub's participation in the 2020 Winter Ball, (Feb 21st 2020)
--Officer Appointments/on-going club management
--The January 17th Karaoke night at the Fiddler
--And more!

Please attend! If you have any interest in participating but can't make it, please send us an email and we can include your comments or points in the discussion.

Thanks,
Andrew Smith

Photos from our end of the year party! Save the date for our next event: the WSU Belarusian Bash at the Fiddler on January 17.

Meeting, Dec 3, 09:30-10:30
MANO 446

Agenda will include:
-End of the Semester Party! Dec 5th, 5 pm
-GLF Winter Ball, (first planning meeting is Dec 10th, we will need people to show up)
-Belarus trip updates as they exist
-Discussion of Officers, club positions.

MOVIE NIGHT IS A THING.
Join WSU Slavic Klub this coming Monday for a screening of Город Зеро (usually translated as City Zero/Zerograd)
A surreal drama/comedy about an engineers trip to a strange, small, city from which he may never leave. Presented in Russian with English subtitles.

MEETING 11/26/19 (Tuesday the 26th) 09:30-10:30
MANO 0443
Hey, everyone! The Belarusians have come and gone so it's time to have another meeting and reset the course for the rest of the semester and the beginning of the next semester.
On the agenda at this meeting will be

-some important stuff re: our end of semester/holiday party, and also
- the Winter Ball which we will need to help participate in planning with the other clubs.

Other things on the agenda include:
-Belarusian visit debrief, perhaps a discussion of the potential trip in march
- Karaoke at the Fiddler w/ Aksana
-Movie night
-Fundraising

Please attend if you can!

--Andrew

On Thursday, December 5 at 5 pm in Manoogian 470 (French Room) the Slavic Klub and Russian Program are holding an end of the year party! Join us for music, food, dancing, and fun! It's a potluck, so you are welcome (but not required) to bring a dish to pass. All are welcome!

Slavic Klub meeting tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 10. 9:30-10:30, Мano 443. Agenda will be some follow up to the last meeting, regarding the Belarusians, movie night (first one is 6:30-8:30, monday the 14th! but likely a different evening after that) and then any new welcomes, and event discussions.Make it if you can!

Short notice again! We haven't quite got enough emails to make a determination as to a meeting time, so this week we are having the meeting tomorrow morning again, same place, same time (9:30-10:30, Мano 443). Agenda will be some follow up to the last meeting, regarding the Belarusians, movie night (first one is 6:30-8:30, monday the 14th! but likely a different evening after that) and then any new welcomes, and event discussions.
Make it if you can!

Short notice again! We haven't quite got enough emails to make a determination as to a meeting time, so this week we are having the meeting tomorrow morning again, same place, same time (9:30-10:30, Мano 443). Agenda will be some follow up to the last meeting, regarding the Belarusians, movie night (first one is 6:30-8:30, monday the 14th! but likely a different evening after that) and then any new welcomes, and event discussions.
Make it if you can!

Everyone is welcome to join our meeting this Thursday! Look forward to seeing you there.

Hello to All!

Today at 6:30 pm - 7:00pm, in Manoogian 443, will be the first Slavic Klub Meeting of the year. This has been a long time coming, and as this is quite short notice, there will be a second meeting this week on Thursday, from 9:30am-10:30am.

Both of these meetings will basically have the same agenda:

Introduction and Welcome
Overview for new members
Discussion of meeting times/availability
Movie Night discussion/planning
Other Events, needs/participants
Discussion of Offices/Positions
Adjournment

After the meeting, the room will be available until the end of the scheduled meeting time to hang out and meet folks. There are some snacks and some tea available, but there will be more available at future meetings.

NOTE: while the meeting does not start until 6:30, the Slavic area, (MANO 443, and associated librarys/rooms) will be open and available as a study and hang out space all day today. Andrew Smith, vice-president, will be there, except from 4:00-5:15. The room will remain open, though, during this time.

Please come by and say hey!

Join Slavic Klub this year at the Russian Festival in Dexter! There are also volunteer opportunities available.
Can't wait to see you all there!