PREVIEW OF EVENTS (07/22/90)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

July 26

NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society invites the Ukrainian community to a lecture presented by poet Pavlo Movchan titled, "Our independence and future." The deputy and leading member of Rukh will also give a reading of his own poetry. The evening begins at 7 p.m. at 63 Fourth Ave. For more information call the society, (212) 254-5130.

July 28

YARDVILLE, N.J.: The Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM) of Trenton is sponsoring a mid-summer zabava. "On a hot summer night-II," with music by Nove Pokolinya from Toronto. Admission is $30 per person and includes an open bar and buffet. For minors, those 20 years and under, admission is $20 and includes all soft drinks and buffet. The zabava will be held at St. George Ukrainian Orthodox hall, 839 Yardville-Allentown Road. Hotel accommodations at a discount rate are available at the nearby Quality Inn, (609) 298-3200, mention "Uky zabava." For more information, directions, and/or advance tickets call (609) 396-6540 or (609) 585-7863.

July 29

DELAWARE COUNTY, Ps.: The annual Ukrainian festival of Delaware County will be held at the Rose Tree Park Amphitheater near Media. Performing will be the Voloshky Dance Ensemble, the Haydamaky Male Chorus, and the Karpaty Musical Group, all from Philadelphia, and singer-entertainer Joy Brittan of Las Vegas. The festival, which offers continuous entertainment as well as great food, arts and crafts, and prizes, starts at 2 p.m. Admission is free. The park is located on Route 252 in Upper Providence just north of U.S. Route 1. Proceeds will benefit the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund of Delaware County. Rain location is Springfield High School, 5 p.m. performance only. For further information call Ihor Lesyk, (215) 876-8742.

July 30-August 10

JEWETT, N.Y.: Two children's workshops, one on folk singing and the other on bandura playing, will be offered by the Music and Art Center of Greene County, Inc. Each course costs $30. For more details call (518) 989 6479.

July 31

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Famous Ukrainian dissident Iryna Senyk will speak on "Unsung Ukrainian Heroines" at St. Sophia's Religious Center, 3615 31st St. NW, at 7:30 p.m. The evening is sponsored by the Pershi Stezhi and Ti Shcho Hrebli Rvut Plast sororities. There will be a modest entrance fee.

August 4

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The students of the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute present "Pavlo Tychyna and Mykola Bazhan: Poetry as Performance," under the direction of Virlana Tkacz. The show starts at 8 p.m. in the Ropes Grey Room, Pound Hall. For more information call (617) 495-7835 or (617) 495-7833.
JEWETT, N.Y.: The Music and Art Center of Greene County, Inc., presents soprano Vera Czerny, with Oresta Cybriwsky-Mueller at the piano. in concert in the Grazhda at 8 p.m. Ticket prices are $5 for members, $7 for senior citizens, and $10 for all others. For further information call (518) 989-6479.
SCRANTON, Pa.: The annual summer festival/picnic of St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Catholic Church will take place, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., on Saturday, and noon to 11 p.m. on Sunday. Ukrainian food specialties will be featured along with traditional American picnic items; games and novelties for children and adults; and live music for dancing. The parish picnic grounds are situated at 430 N. Seventh Ave. between West Linden Street and West Lackawana Avenue. Admission and parking are free. For more information call Paul Ewasko, (717) 563-2275 at home. or (717) 342-3805 at work.

August 5

WEST ISLIP, N.Y.: The Holy Family Restoration Committee is sponsoring their fourth annual Ukrainian festival on the lakeside grounds of the parish hall at 128 Parkwood Road, one block east of Route 231 and north of Montauk Highway. The festival starts at noon, rain or shine, and features dancing, folk arts, and crafts, demonstrations of egg decorating (pysanky), game booths, and pony rides, as well as delicious foods (pyrohy, holubtsi, kapusta). Admission is free. For more information call (516) 661-0031 or (516) 422-9835.
JOHNSON CITY, N.Y.: St. John's Ukrainian Orthodox Church will hold its 63rd annual Ukrainian Day today, rain or shine, at St. John's Memorial Center. The Rev. Myron Oryhon will celebrate divine liturgy at 9:30 a.m. The picnic which follows will feature traditional Ukrainian foods, exhibits of Ukrainian embroidery, ceramics, wood carving, and pysanky. At 2 p.m. there will be a presentation of Ukrainian songs and dances from various regions of Ukraine. To reach the center, take Exit 71 (Stella Ireland Road) off Route 17. Parking is free. For further information call Anne D. Petras, (607) 798-0907.

August 6-10

JEWETT, N.Y.: Two workshops, one on bead making and another on embroidery, will be sponsored by the Music and Art Center of Greene County, Inc. The fee is $20 per course. To obtain further information call (518) 989-6479.

August 11 and 18

JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The Manor Junior College (MJC) Continuing Education Division continues its summer series with two workshops on Ukrainian crafts: "Cross-stitch Ukrainian Style" will be offered Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon and "Ukrainian Embroidery" will be offered Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Each course will be taught by an MJC Ukrainian Heritage Studies Center Master Craftsman. The fee is $35 per course with a $5 materials fee payable at the first class. Registration deadline is August 6. To obtain more information or to register call the MJC Continuing Education Office, (215) 884-2218.