PREVIEW OF EVENTS (05/25/97)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Friday, May 30

NEW YORK: The Literary/Art Club is holding an evening on the occasion of the art exhibit by Andrii Klymenko, titled "The Scythian Steppe." Taking part in the program are: Slava Gerulak, historical commentary; Mr. Klymenko, who will speak about his work; S. Nazarkevych, recitation; and Lavrentia Turkevych, song to bandura accompaniment. The program will be held at the club, 136 Second Ave., at 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 31

NEW YORK: Lev Meshberg, an artist from Odesa and resident of New York City for more than 20 years, will have a three-week showing of his latest works in the Franklin/Bowls Gallery at 447 W. Broadway, in SoHo. Gallery hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Opening night is on May 31, at 5-8 p.m. For more information call the gallery at (212) 228-4200.
CARNEGIE, Pa.: The Ss. Peter and Paul Senior Ukrainian Orthodox League Chapter will sponsor a dinner at the Ukrainian Hall, Mansfield Blvd., at 1-6 p.m. Donation: $6, adults; $3.50, children; free to tots. Proceeds will benefit the 50th anniversary UOL convention to be hosted by the local chapter on July 16-20 at the Greentree Marriott Hotel.

Sunday, June 1

NEW YORK: The folk quartet Lvivski Muzyky - Stepan Pyhytiak-Neshkoda, Bohdan Zhovtulia, Volodymyr Kovalchuk and Ivan Mazur, the group's director - will appear in concert at the Ukrainian National Home, 140 Second Ave., at 2 p.m. Since its founding in 1989, the group, laureate of the Chervona Ruta and Zolota Trembita music festivals in Ukraine, has toured the Far East/Siberia, Poland, the former Yugoslavia, Slovakia, Germany, Great Britain as well as Australia and Canada promoting Ukrainian vocal music. They have five albums to their credit, four videocassettes and a CD that came out in Winnipeg. Tickets for the concert are $10, adults; $5, children.
PASSAIC, N.J.: The Ukrainian community of the Passaic/Clifton area will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Akcja Wisla, the 1947 expulsion of Lemkos and other Ukrainians by the Polish Communist government from their ancestral homelands in ethnically Ukrainian eastern Poland, with a panakhyda service following the 10:15 a.m. liturgy at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Church, President Street and St. Olha Place. Following the liturgy, a commemorative program will be held at the Ukrainian Center, 240 Hope Ave., with Kateryna Mycio as keynote speaker. Performing will be Yuriy Reshetar, piano; Ihor Lesheshak, violin; and the Halychanky quintet. The event is sponsored by the Self-Reliance (N.J.) Federal Credit Union. For additional information call Wasyl Harhaj, (201) 772-3344.
NEWARK, N.J.: Branch 86 of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America invites the public to an exhibit and sale of paintings by Bohdan Borzemsky to be held at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, Sanford Avenue, at 8 a.m.- 2 p.m. Baked goods will also be on sale.

Sunday, June 8

HAMPTONBURG, N.Y.: The Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Stamford is holding its annual pilgrimage to the Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery. A parastas service will be celebrated by Bishop Basil Losten of Stamford at 2 p.m. Afterwards, there will be panakhydy/requiem services will be held held at individual gravesites.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.: The Snug Harbor Cultural Center, along with the Ethnic Folk Arts Center and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, will hold its 11th annual multicultural festival, The Harmony Street Fair, from noon to 6 p.m. on the front park lawn of the center, overlooking the waterway across from Manhattan. More than 60 international acts will be presented on five performance stages, among them Cheres, a traditional Carpathian (Hutsul) folk music ensemble under the direction of Andriy Milavsky. The center is located at 1000 Richmond Terrace and is accessible by public transportation. Admission to the festival is free. For further information contact Brian Rehr, (718) 448-2500.

Saturday, June 14

EAST HANOVER, N.J.: The Lesia Ukrainka Ridna Shkola of Morris County is hosting a graduation dance for the Ukrainian Schools of the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan area to be held at the Ramada Hotel, Route 10. Music will be by the Vidlunnia Band. High school through college-age students, as well as friends and family of the graduates are invited to attend. The cocktail hour is at 6 p.m.; the graduation ceremony at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner; the dance is from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets: $45, dinner and dance; $10, dance only. For tickets and reservations call Christine Chraplyvy, (908) 583-0933.

Sunday, June 22

CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Business Network (UBN) is sponsoring a presentation on "Military Missions to Ukraine - Five Years" at Ss. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church Cultural Center, at 1-2 p.m. The presentation will be in Ukrainian. A donation of $3 is requested. New members are welcome. For more information, call Basil Hodczak, (773) 252-4903.
CHICAGO: Ukrainian American Veterans Post 32 invites members of the community to a presentation on "Operation Wisla" at Ss. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church Cultural Center at 11:30 a.m.-12:30. The presentation will be in Ukrainian. A donation of $5 is requested to be allocated to the Litopys UPA Foundation. Prior to the presentation, UAV members will discuss organizational issues at 11-11:20 a.m. New members are welcome. For more information call Roman Golash, (847) 885-0208, e-mail, [email protected]; or fax (847) 885-8565.

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