PREVIEW OF EVENTS (05/18/97)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday-Sunday, May 24-25

BRIGHTON, Mich.: The Chernyk Ukrainian Sport Club of Detroit will be hosting the second annual Great Lakes Cup Soccer Tournament at Dibrova Estate. A two-day golf tournament has been added this year. The soccer competition will have men's open and men's over age 30 ("old boys") divisions. Individual players are welcome and will be placed on a team. Preliminary participants include: Ukraina Sports Association of Toronto, Lions Ukrainian American Sport Club of Chicago, Lviv Ukrainian-American Sport Club of Cleveland, Chicago Wings Soccer Club of the Ukrainian American Youth Association, Ukrainian Sport Club of New York, Chernyk Ukrainian Sports Club of Detroit and the Tryzub Ukrainian American Sport Club of Philadelphia. The team registration fee is $100; park admission fee is $3 per person. The two-day golf tournament will take place at the Dama Golf Club in nearby Howell with 7:30 a.m. shotgun starts. The $45 per day cost includes cart, complimentary lunch and beverages. The event is sponsored by the Ukrainian Sports Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada. Awards and prizes for these tournaments have been provided by the Ukrainian Selfreliance Michigan Federal Credit Union. For more information contact Christian Shalay, (810) 977-2429, or Vlodko Hnatiuk, (313) 875-4122. Web page at http://members. aol.com/StoneKrazy/usc.html

Saturday, May 24

NANAIMO, British Columbia: The Ukrainian Canadian community of Nanaimo, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Association of Victoria and the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association, is unveiling a trilingual plaque commemorating the unjust internment of Ukrainians and other Europeans as "enemy aliens" during Canada's first national internment operations of 1914-1920. The plaque marks the location of the Nanaimo concentration camp. The unveiling and consecration of this marker will take place in Nanaimo, near the corner of New Castle Avenue and Rosehill Street at 11 a.m. to be followed by a reception at St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church, at 1:30 p.m. The plaque was paid for by public subscription. For more information call George Horonowitsch, (250) 758-4282, or Kari Moore, (250) 361-9746.

Sunday, June 1

TORONTO: The Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation presents "Selo" (A Ukrainian Village), a collection of paintings and drawings by Christopher Griffin. For two months, Mr. Griffin traveled by one-speed bicycle through the Carpathian Mountains. With pen and ink, he captured the toil of the harvest season as people worked in their fields and prepared for the winter season. He was invited into peoples' homes and listened to stories of life, hardship and love. Mr. Griffin's paintings are inspired by the warmth, generosity and strength of the people he met. The opening reception is on June 1, at 3-7 p.m. at the art foundation, 2118A Bloor St. W. Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday, noon-6 p.m.; Sunday, 1-5 p.m. The exhibit runs through June 16. For additional information call (416) 766-6802.

Saturday, June 7

VERNON, British Columbia: Working with the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Vernon Branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress will be installing a trilingual commemorative plaque in memory of the Ukrainian and other European men, women and children who were unjustly imprisoned as "enemy aliens" in the Vernon concentration camp during Canada's first national internment operations of 1914-1920. Opened on September 18, 1914, the Vernon camp remained in operation until February 20, 1920, well after the end of World War I. The plaque will stand on the actual site of the camp, in what is today known as MacDonald Park. The consecration ceremony will take place in the morning, to be followed by a reception. This plaque is the second to be placed in British Columbia and the sixth that UCCLA's efforts have helped raise, all through public subscription. Other plaques will be installed in Winnipeg, Brandon and Spirit Lake in 1997. For more information on the Vernon ceremony contact Roman Chez, (250) 549-2763, or Borys Sydoruk, (403) 251-5594.
ABINGTON, Pa.: The Ukrainian National Women's League of America Branch 67 is hosting an evening for sculptor Peter Kapschutschenko on the occasion of his 80th birthday. There will be an exhibit of Mr. Kapschutschenko's work as well as a video and slide presentation of the artist's recent exhibit in Kyiv. The exhibition will be held at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road, at 5 p.m., and will be followed by a reception. Admission: $10.

Sunday, June 8

HAMTRAMCK, Mich.: The Detroit Branch of the Ukrainian Music Institute of America presents Petro Lisowsky, violin, student of Eunja Kim, in a graduation recital performing works by Bach, Kreisler, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Revutsky and Saint-Saens. The recital will take place at Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church, 11700 McDougall, at 2 p.m. Prof. Daria Hordynsky-Karanowycz, UMIA president, will be present at the recital. Free admission. For further information contact Maria Lisowsky, (810) 879-8167.

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