PREVIEW OF EVENTS (09/21/97)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Sunday, September 21

TUCSON, Ariz.: Ukrainian National Women's League of America Branch 122 will hold a dinner at the Heidelberg, 4606 E. Pima, at Swan Road., at 2 p.m. Donation: $6 per person, to benefit the UNWLA Scholarship Fund. For reservations call Irene Drewnicky, (520) 795-6689.

Friday, September 26

BALTIMORE: Stepan Stepan, lead baritone of the Lviv Opera, will appear in concert in a program of operatic arias and Ukrainian repertoire to be held at the St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, 2301 Eastern Ave., at 7:30 p.m. Piano accompaniment is by Oksana Lykhovyd; the evening will be emceed by Stefania Chaban, Miss Soyuzivka 1998. Tickets: $10.

Sunday, September 27

BUFFALO, N.Y.: The Ukrainian Students' Club at the University of Buffalo is sponsoring its fourth annual volleyball tournament. Dinner and a zabava will follow at the Dnipro Ukrainian Home, 562 Genesse St., with music by Zolota Bulava. Tickets: $20, available at the door. To register teams or for more information, call Lida Paszkowsky, (716) 835-6288, or e-mail to [email protected].

Sunday, September 28

ENCINITAS, Calif.: The Lake San Marcos Chamber Music Society (Gregory Bemko, president) presents concert pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky in a solo recital in a program of works by: Brahms, Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5; Chopin, Four Mazurkas, Op. 17; Revytsky, Prelude in D-flat Major; and Liszt, "Mephisto Waltz." The concert will be held at San Diegiuto United Methodist Church, 170 Calle Magdalena, at 2:30 p.m.
DETROIT: The Livonia Symphony Orchestra opens its 25th season with Maestro Volodymyr Schesiuk and the Verdi Opera Theater of Michigan in an afternoon of opera favorites including works by Mozart, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Verdi and Bernstein. Featured performers are two sopranos from Baku, Azerbaijan, Huraman Kasimova, winner of the European Maria Callas Voice Competition in Greece, and Fidan Kasimova, winner of the European Viotti Voice Competition in Italy; baritone Dino Valle, and special guest, concert pianist Chingiz Sadykhov. The concert, performed by the Livonia Symphony Orchestra, will be held at Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Ave., at 3 p.m. For additional information and tickets call (248) 656-0306. This is Maestro Schesiuk's third year as the Livonia Symphony Orchestra's music director and conductor. Before coming to the United States in 1992, Maestro Schesiuk served as conductor-in-residence of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, conductor of the Lviv Philharmonic and the Lviv Opera and Ballet, and principal conductor of the Kyrgyzstan National Opera and professor of the Kyrgyzstan Institute of Arts.

Friday, October 3

JAMAICA PLAIN, Mass.: Maria Stefiuk, lead soprano of the Kyiv Opera, and concert pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky will appear in concert in a program of West European classic and Ukrainian repertoires to be held at St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church Hall, 24 Orchard Hill Road., at 7 p.m. Donation: $15. There will be a wine and cheese reception following the concert. RSVP by September 27 by calling (617) 522-9858.
CLEVELAND: The Ukrainian Museum-Archives will hold an opening reception at 6:30-9 p.m. for an exhibit titled "Ukrainian Political Posters." The exhibit features more than 50 posters from different eras of Ukrainian history, including the Ukrainian National Republic in 1918, the short-lived Carpatho-Ukrainian Republic, a dozen posters from Soviet Ukraine in the 1950s and 1960s, glasnost era posters and Ukrainian diaspora posters from 1920 to the 1970s. The Museum-Archives is located at 1202 Kenilworth Ave. in Cleveland's historic Tremont neighborhood. For information call the museum, (216) 781-4329, or Andrew Fedynsky, (216) 356-2584.

Saturday, October 4

BETHESDA, Md.: The Ukrainian Bandura Chorus will perform at the Fourth Presbyterian Church, 5500 River Road, at 8 p.m. Free admission; donations welcome. The event is sponsored by The Washington Group Cultural Fund. For more information, contact Laryssa Chopivsky, (202) 363-3964.

Saturday-Sunday October 4-5

ABINGTON, Pa.: Ukrainian National Women's League of America Branch 67 presents an exhibit of the work of artist Marko Shuhan featuring watercolors and new works in oils. The event will benefit The Ukrainian Museum in New York City. The exhibit opens on Saturday, October 4, at 5 p.m. and will include background music by violinist Solomiya Iwakhiw, and refreshments. The exhibit will be held at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road. Admission: $7.

Sunday, October 5

PITTSBURGH: Maria Stefiuk, lead soprano of the Kyiv Opera, baritone Oleh Chmyr and concert pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky will appear in concert at the University of Pittsburgh, Frick Fine Arts Building, at 3 p.m. The concert program features arias, duets and songs of West European classic and Ukrainian repertoires. Admission: $10, adults; $5, students. The concert is jointly sponsored by the Russian and East European Committee and the history department at the University of Pittsburgh.
HARTFORD, Conn.: The Plast Ukrainian Youth Organization is holding its annual "potato bake" at the Bobrivka camp, North Colebrook, Conn., at 1 p.m. Children's activities, volleyball, walks in the woods and a bonfire are planned. To respond and for directions call Andrij Boyko, (860) 659-8415, or Natalka Rudko, (860) 537-4051.

Monday, October 6

OTTAWA: The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies is launching its newest publication titled "Christian Social Ethics in Ukraine: The Legacy of Andrei Sheptytsky," by Andrii Krawchuk. The launch will be held at St. Paul University, Main Foyer, 233 Main St., at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, October 7

MONTREAL: The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies is holding a book launch in association with the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Association of Montreal for its newest publication, "Christian Social Ethics in Ukraine: The Legacy of Andrei Sheptytsky," by Andrii Krawchuk. The launch will be held at Le Grand Séminaire de Montreal, 2065 Rue Sherbrooke. For additional information call (613) 236-1393, ext. 2332.

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