PREVIEW OF EVENTS (06/30/96)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Tuesday, July 9, and Thursday, July 11

CHICAGO: The Chicago Grant Park Music Festival and the Chicago-Kyiv Sister Cities Committee are proud to present, in concert, the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra, with a special appearance by pianist Mykola Suk, at the Petrillo Band Shell, Grant Park, at Jackson Blvd. and Columbus Drive, starting at 7 p.m. The orchestra will perform works by Rossini, Barber, Liszt, Elgar, Mozart, and the U.S. premiere of music by Ukrainian composer Levko Kolodub. The concerts are co-sponsored by Motorola and McDonald's Corp. Free admission. Please come early for better seating. Lawn picnics available. For further information call Marta Farion or Jacqueline Souroujon, (312) 744-1379.

Friday, July 12

CHICAGO: The Chicago-Kyiv Sister Cities Committee is pleased to host a reception to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Chicago-Kyiv Sister Cities Agreement. The celebration, at the Chicago Cultural Center, corner of Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street, starts at 6:30 p.m., and will be attended by Ambassador and Mrs. Yuri Shcherbak, mayoral delegations from Chicago and Kyiv, a Ukrainian consular representation and other invited guests. Sponsored by the law firm of Altheimer and Gray, the program will include a brief performance by the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra, official presentations and a signing of the Proclamation to Continue Cooperation between Chicago and Kyiv. Tickets are $50. All funds will be used for exchanges between the two cities. For further information please contact Marta Farion or Jacqueline Souroujon, (312) 744-1379.

Friday - Sunday, July 12 - 14

SACRAMENTO: Enjoy the foods of Eastern Europe at the 20th Annual European Food Festival at 7001 Florin Road (half a mile east of Florin Mall). Sponsored by St. Philip Byzantine Catholic Church and St. Andrew Ukrainian Catholic Church, the festival will feature varenyky (potato, cheese and sauerkraut dumplings), holubtsi (stuffed cabbage in tomato sauce), kovbasa (smoked sausage) and kapusta (sauerkraut prepared "old-country" style). Slavic pastries and other foods will also be available. The festival opens on Friday at 6 p.m. and will feature lively folk music, the Rozanie Polish Dancers and dancing to the tunes of the 17-piece Legionnaires Band. Saturday's program begins at 4 p.m. and will feature Greek Folk Dancers, the Northern California Bandura Ensemble and dancing to Gary Siebert's Polka Power Band until 11 p.m. Sunday's fare includes divine liturgy at 10 a.m., the bandura ensemble and dancing to Guenter Gumnor's band until 8 p.m. The festival is open to the general public. Admission and parking are free. For more information call (916) 383-1552 or (916) 481-8545.

Friday, July 12 - Friday, August 2

CLARK, N.J.: The Skulski Art Gallery of the Polish Cultural Foundation is pleased to present an art exhibit of paintings by Dorota Orosz and sculpture ceramics by Ivan Bratko. The opening reception will take place on Friday, July 12, at 8 p.m. An added attraction that evening will be a musical program featuring Bohdan Savchuk, a graduate of Drohobych Music Academy, on classical guitar, and Ihor Lyshyshak of the Lviv Conservatory on violin. The public is welcome and admission is free. Refreshments will be served. For more information call (908) 382-7197.

Sunday, July 14

LANSDALE, Pa.: The annual Ukrainian Festival hosted by Presentation of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church, 1564 Allentown Road, will start at noon, on the spacious 16-acre tract and in the church hall. Divine liturgy will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. The festival will be held rain or shine and will feature performances by the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble. Polka music featuring the Pennsylvania Villagers Polka Band, begins at 1:30 p.m. and continues until 7:30 p.m. Ukrainian cuisine will be in the offing for those caring to sample varenyky, holubtsi and other fine fare. For more information call (215) 368-3993.

Monday, July 15

OTTAWA: Canada's only Ukrainian Victoria Cross winner, Filip Konowal, will be honored in special ceremonies coordinated by Veterans Affairs Canada and the Ukrainian Canadian community. A new grave marker will be installed at the deceased serviceman's burial site in the Notre Dame Cemetery here. The marker will be consecrated in a special ecumenical service beginning at 1 p.m. Ukraine's Ambassador to Canada Volodymyr Furkalo is expected to speak at this commemorative service. A trilingual historical plaque recalling Mr. Konowal's World War I valor will be officially unveiled by Canada's ministers of national defense and veterans' affairs, in the Cartier Square Drill Hall at 2:30 p.m. The events have been organized by the Ukrainian Canadian Legion Branch 360; the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Association of Ottawa and the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association, working in cooperation with the Governor-General's Foot Guards. For more information call Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk, (613) 546-8346.