Victor Zalsanov and Eunice Wong in "Howling" Battuvshin plays the morin khur Photo by Watoku Ueno sitting: Battuvshin and Sayan Zhambalov standing: Victor Zhalsanov, Erzhena Zhambalov & Dondok Dasheyev of URAGSHA. Photo by Alexnader Khantaev Meeting in Mongolia. Photo by Alexander Khantaev Meeting in Mongolia. Photo by Alexander Khantaev YARA'S BURYAT DAYS SPRING 2002 HOWLING at La MaMa E.T.C. in NYC March 15 - 31, 2002 Yara's new theatre piece is based on wolf legends and Buryat shaman rituals that artists from Yara and Buryatia witnessed. Howling features traditional Buryat Mongolian music. With Battuvshin, Dondok Dasheyev, Angela Lewis, Stephanie Summerville, Anais Alexandra Tekerian, Eunice Wong, Meredith Wright, Victor Zhalsanov, Sayan and Erzhena Zhambalov. Directed by Virlana Tkacz, set and lights by Watoku Ueno, movement by Katja Kolcio, video by Andrea Odezynska. Thurs-Sun at 8 PM, plus Sunday 2:30 PM. La MaMa Box Office 74 E 4th St NYC (212) 475-7710 Tickets $15. More on Yara's theatre pieces More Yara's translations of shaman chants Other Related Events in New York City Traditional Mongolian Music at Mongolian Mission to UN Saturday, March 2, 2002 Concert of traditional music, celebrating musician Battuvshin being named "Honored Artist of the Republic" 6 East 77th St, NYC for information call (212) 861-9460. More on Battuvshin's CD URAGSHA at La MaMa La Galleria March 20, 2002 8PM Concert of traditional Buryat and Mongolian music. Tickets $10 at La MaMa Box Office, 74 East 4th St NYC (212) 475-7710 More on Uragsha's CD MEETINGS IN MONGOLIA at Mongolian Mission to UN Saturday, March 2, 2002 Exhibit of photographs by Siberian photographer Alexander Khantaev taken during Yara's research expeditions to Eastern Mongolia. For information call (212) 861-9460. Events at Wesleyan University URAGSHA at the World Music Hall Wednesday, February 20th, 2002 Concert of traditional music 8PM, plus preceding slide lecture on Buryatia by Virlana Tkacz at 7:30 at Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT. Free. For information call Katja (860) 886-3329 COLLOQUIM: URAGSHA Thursday, February 21, 2002 4:15PM Sponsored by Graduate Program in Ethnomusicology. Open to Wesleyan community. Events in Saratoga Springs, NY URAGSHA Open Space Gallery, February 23, 2002 7:30PM 110 Spring St, Saratoga Springs, NY (518) 587-5554 and Caffé Lena, Sunday, February 24th, 2002 3:30PM 47 Phila St, Saratoga Springs, NY (518) 583-0022 MEETINGS IN MONGOLIA at Open Space Gallery, February 23-25, 2002 Exhibit of photographs by Siberian photographer Alexander Khantaev taken during Yara's research expeditions to Eastern Mongolia. Opening with performance by Uragsha, traditional Buryat Mongolian Ensemble. Saturday February 23 7-9 PM. 110 Spring St, Saratoga Springs, NY (518) 587-5554.