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EVENTS:Commemoration: 25th Anniversary of Chornobyl Nuclear DisasterThursday April 28, 2011, 5:30-8:00 p.m.ChicagoCultural Center — G.A.R.

The Chelekhova family was living in Kiev when the Chernobyl (Chornobyl) nuclear disaster occurred on April 26, 1986.

This last year has produced a surprising amount of manmade and natural disasters: the Gulf Coast oil spill, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, the U.S. federal budget, to name a few.  Catastrophe has always been fodder for musical creativity, but few have proven as tuneful as Chernobyl.

EVENTS:Commemoration: 25th Anniversary of Chornobyl Nuclear DisasterThursday April 28, 2011, 5:30-8:00 p.m.ChicagoCultural Center — G.A.R.

We continue our series commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl (Chornobyl) nuclear disaster with an eyewitness account of the events and a look at the longstanding after-effects of the nuclear tragedy.Yuri Scherbak is a medical doctor and former Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S., Canada a

EVENTS:Commemoration: 25th Anniversary of Chornobyl Nuclear DisasterThursday April 28, 2011, 5:30-8:00 p.m.ChicagoCultural Center — G.A.R.

In the third part of a series of commemorations for the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl (Chornobyl) nuclear disaster, Worldview features the new documentary