PREVIEW OF EVENTS (05/10/98)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday, May 16

NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society is holding a lecture by Dr. Ruzena Siskova, member of the Czech Academy of Sciences, who will speak on the topic "The Ukrainian Dialect and Diactology in the Czech Republic and Slovakia." The lecture will be held at the society's building, 63 Fourth Ave., at 5 p.m.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.: The Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund, New Haven Chapter, will host a spring dance (zabava) featuring New England's premier band Zorepad (Starfall). The dance will begin at 8:30 p.m. and continue until midnight and beyond. It will be held at St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, 569 George St. Admission: $15, adults; $10, students. Proceeds to benefit CCRF's 20th medical airlift to Ukraine. For driving directions and advance ticket sales contact Mary Antonyshyn, (203) 795-6959, or call the CCRF's Connecticut office, (203) 407-0261.

Sunday, May 17

PHILADELPHIA: The School of the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble is hosting its annual Spring Festival to be held at St. Michael's Church, 1013 Fox Chase Road, Jenkintown, Pa., beginning at 1 p.m. There will be a performance by the Voloshky Ensemble and the Voloshky School at 2:30 p.m. There will also be entertainment for children. Admission: $4, adults; $2, children age 3-12. For additional information call Nina Prybolsky, school director, (215) 572-1552.

Saturdays, May 23 and June 6

HAMILTON, Ontario: The St. Vladimir Institute Outreach Program presents a two-day "Gerdany-Loomwork Ukrainian-Style" workshop at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Sobor. Learn how to make your own pendant-style neckpiece on a custom-made wooden loom by stringing the warp threads with connector beads and weaving your pattern. Maria Rypan, program director and instructor, will cover all aspects for the ready-to-wear piece. The classes will be held at the TYC Room, 855 Barton St., at 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Fee: $40/series or $20/session. Loom and supplies may be purchased at each session. For information/registration call Ms. Rypan, (416) 923-3318.

Saturday, May 30

LAS VEGAS, Nev.: The Ukrainian-American Social Club of Las Vegas will hold a Memorial Day remembrance and a beginning of summer celebration. The festivities will start at 6 p.m. at 3776 Longs Peak Court. Admission: $7; dress: very casual. The club will furnish several entrees (please bring a side dish or a beverage, and check with Mary on what is needed by calling, 702-228-2312. For reservations and more information call the above-listed number.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.: The Cantabile Chamber Chorale, Rebecca Scott, director, and St. Andrew's Ukrainian Orthodox Choir, Taras Pavlovsky, director, present a joint concert of sacred and secular choral music by Britten, Bortniansky, Haydn, Leontovych, Lysenko and Brahms, to be held at the First Reformed Church, Bayard at Neilson Street, at 8 p.m. Cantabile Chamber Chorale, a Middlesex County-based group, was organized in 1985. Cantabile's repertoire includes a wide range of choral music, emphasizing contemporary compositions and performing many premieres. St. Andrew's Choir is based at St. Andrew's Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Bound Brook, N.J. The two central New Jersey choirs performed together previously in 1992. Three of the jointly performed works by the Cantabile Chamber Chorale and St. Andrew's Ukrainian Orthodox Choir will be the Choral Concerto No. 31 by Bortniansky, "Kamo Pidu" by Lysenko, and "Liodolom" by Leontovych. Tickets for the concert are $12; $10, seniors and students. For additional information call (732) 560-7132, ext. 2.
COSTA MESA, Calif.: Soprano Alexandra Hrabova will appear in concert, along with soloists Brenda Harris and Carol Neblett, at the Orange County Performing Arts Center's final concert of the season titled "Three Divas." The concert will also feature the William Hall Master Chorale and the full symphony orchestra. The performing arts center is located at 600 Town Center Drive. The concert begins at 8 p.m. For tickets call (714) 556-6262.

Sunday, June 14

HAMPTONBURG, N.Y.: The annual pilgrimage to the Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery will take place. A parastas will be celebrated by Bishop Basil Losten of the Stamford Eparchy at 2 p.m., with Metropolitan Archbishop Ivan Martyniak as guest homilist. Thereafter, clergy will celebrate panakhydy at individual graves. For more information contact the Eparchial Chancery Office, (203) 324-7698.

ONGOING

EASTON, Pa.: The White Birch Gallery is holding an exhibit of Carpathian landscapes by artist Myraslava Voloch from the Drohobych area in western Ukraine; sculpture by Ivan Bratko, a Ukrainian folk master; and watercolors by New York-based artist Mariana Tsesarska. The exhibit opened May 6 and will run through August. The gallery is located at 135 Northampton St.; gallery hours: Wednesday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.; Thursdays, noon-6 p.m.; or by appointment. For more information call Oli Landwijt, gallery director, (610) 923-6200.

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