PREVIEW OF EVENTS (03/29/98)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday, March 28

NEW HAVEN, Conn.: A Ukrainian pysanka demonstration and workshop will be held at St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church, lower hall, 563 George St., at 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The demonstration, conducted by Gloria Horbaty, is open to participants of all ages. Donation: $5 per participant. Supplies needed to make pysanky will be available for purchase at the workshop for a nominal fee. For more information or to register call (203) 269-5909.

Wednesday, April 1

CHICAGO: The Ukrainian National Museum, 721 N. Oakley Boulevard, will exhibit 1,000 pysanky by Borys Sawyn. The exhibit will run from April 1-May 1. For additional information, contact Olha Mrochko Kalymon, art director, (312) 421-8020.

Thursday, April 2

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute presents a lecture by Andrej Walicki, professor of history, University of Notre Dame, who will speak on the topic "Roman Dmowski and the Rise of Integral Nationalism in Poland." The lecture will be held in Coolidge Hall, Room 2, 1737 Cambridge St., at 2 p.m. For additional information call (617) 495-4053.

Friday, April 3

HOBOKEN, N.J.: The Les Kurbas Theater will perform "Grace-Given Erodii" by Hryhorii Skovorada at 612 Adams St., at 9:30 p.m. For further information call Yarema, (201) 459-1996. Admission is by voluntary donation.

Saturday and Sunday, April 4-5

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of America hosts a crafts exhibition and sale, featuring a fine collection of ceramics, jewelry, pysanky, silk scarves, pottery, painted glass and more, by Ukrainian and Ukrainian American artists. The institute, at 2 E. 79 St., will be open from noon-5 p.m. both days. For further information call (212) 288-8660, or e-mail at [email protected] or visit our homepage at http://www.brama.com/uia/.
ARLINGTON, Va.: Woodcuts and etchings by Jacques Hnizdovsky will be featured at the Washington International Print Fair on Saturday at 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. at the Rosslyn Westpark Hotel. Prints will be available for purchase. Admission: $5. For more information call (978) 282-0112.

Saturday, April 4

WOONSOCKET, R.I.: The Ladies Sodality of St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church at 394 Blackstone St. will hold their "Easter Bake and Food Sale" at 10 a.m.-3 p.m. A pysanka demonstration will be presented by Hala Bilyj-Bradshaw, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. For more information call Theresa Dowhan, (401) 766-2667.

Sunday, April 5

NEW YORK: The Selfreliance Federal Credit Union of New York is sponsoring the Les Kurbas Theater in two performances: Hryhoriy Skovorada's "Grace-Given Erodii," which will begin at 2 p.m. and Lina Kostenko's "Marusia Churai" at 6 p.m. to be held at the Ukrainian National Home, 140 Second Ave. Admission for each show is $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, $5 for children under 12. For further information call Chryzanta Hentisz, (973) 763-9124.
NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and Literary Club and the Mayana Gallery present the "Fourth Exhibition of Color Photography" by Theodor Teren-Juskiw. The exhibit opens at 1 p.m., with introductory remarks by artist Lyubomyr Kuzma. The exhibit will be on view through April 19. Gallery hours: Friday, 6-8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 1-6 p.m. The gallery is located at 136 Second Ave., fourth floor. For more information call (212) 260-4490 or (212) 777-8144.
PASSAIC, N.J.: The Ukrainian National Women's League, Passaic-Bergen branch, is holding a "yarmarok" (Easter bazaar) at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, 110 President St., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For more information call Camilla Huk, (201) 933-2580 or Uljana Kobzar, (201) 438-1252.
CLIFTON, N.J.: An Easter bazaar sponsored by the Holy Ascension Ukrainian Orthodox Church at 635 Broad St. will offer homemade varenyky, kovbasa as well as baked goods. Also there will be pysanka demonstrations, arts and crafts, music, a 50/50 raffle and more. Free admission. For additional information call the rectory, (973) 473-8665 or the hall, (973) 471-8131.
HOUSTON, Texas: The 18th annual Ukrainian Easter bazaar will be held at the Ukrainian Hall, 9102 Meadowshire at 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. The bazaar takes place annually on Palm Sunday and highlights the Ukrainian Easter eggs (pysanky) and features homemade Easter breads as well as handmade embroideries, cookbooks, ceramics, woodworks, greeting cards and authentic Ukrainian food. For more information contact Martha, (713) 973-8848.
CARNEGIE, Pa.: The Ss. Peter and Paul senior chapter of the Ukrainian Orthodox League will hold its 32nd annual pysanka sale and food bazaar at noon-4 p.m. in the parish auditorium on Mansfield Boulevard. Over 1,000 pysanky, food, and cultural items will be available for purchase. Also included will be a museum show and an Easter basket drawing. For more information, call (412) 276-0342 or (412) 279-2111.
TORONTO: The Community Folk Art Council of Metropolitan Toronto invites the public to join with the many communities in Toronto in a celebration of the coming of Spring and Easter to be held at Metro Hall, 55 John St., at noon-5 p.m. Food, flowers, fun and fashion are the key words at this much loved event. "Easter Around the World" gives Torontonians a chance to see how various people celebrate Easter. The Levada Choir will perform, accompanied by "haivky." Free admission. Metro Hall is wheel-chair accessible. Call (416) 368-8743 for more information.

Tuesday, April 7

WASHINGTON: The Kennan Institute will present a seminar by Dr. Zenon E. Kohut, director, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, who will speak on "The Question of Russo-Ukrainian Unity and Ukrainian Distinctiveness in Early Modern Ukrainian Thought and Culture." Prof. David Goldfrank, history professor at Georgetown University, will be the commentator. The seminar will be held at the Woodrow Wilson Center Library, third floor, Smithsonian Castle Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive S.W., at 3:30-5:30 p.m. For more information call (403) 492-2972.

Sunday, April 12

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The winners of the First and Second Kyiv International Piano Competitions in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz - Shai Cohen (Israel); Risa Hinoue (Japan), Brian Wallick (U.S.A.), Kazumasa Matsumoto (Japan), Oleksiy Koltakov (Ukraine), Viacheslav Zubkov (Ukraine) and Oleksiy Yemtsov (Ukraine) -will appear in concert in Edward M. Pickman Hall at 3 p.m.

Monday, April 13

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, as part of its seminar series, will hold a lecture by Stephen Rapawy, adjunct professor of political science, George Washington University and demographer, U.S. Bureau of Census (ret.) on the topic "Ethnic Reidentification in Ukraine since Independence." The lecture will be held in the HURI seminar room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m.