PREVIEW OF EVENTS (05/09/99)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Friday, May 14

NEWARK, N.J.: The New Jersey Regional Council of Ukrainian National Women's League of America invites the public to a meeting with Lida Czernyk, UNWLA social welfare chairperson, who will give an eyewitness account of the damage caused by the flooding in Zakarpattia and the UNWLA's charitable work in the region. The public meeting will take place in the hall of St. John's Ukrainian Catholic Church, Sandford Avenue, at 7 p.m.
NEW YORK: The Mayana Gallery, in association with M. James Fine Art, invites the public to an exhibition of black and white works on paper by Chinese-American Master Dong Kingman and recent paintings by Lauren Barnes, his former student. The reception will be held on Friday, May 14, at 6:30 p.m. The exhibit runs through May 30. The Mayana Gallery is located at 136 Second Ave., fourth floor. For more information, call (212) 260-4490, (212) 777-8144, or (559) 268-4861. Website: http://www.brama.com/mayana/.

Friday-Saturday, May 14-15

NEW YORK: The 23 annual Ukrainian Festival, sponsored by St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church, will be held in the East Village at East Seventh Street (between Second and Third avenues). The festival opens Friday, May 14, at 4 p.m.-11 p.m. and continues Saturday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m., and Sunday, 1-10 p.m. There will be booths featuring Ukrainian food, as well as Ukrainian arts and crafts for sale. The Dumka Choir, under the direction of Wasyl Hrechynskyj, will give a concert in the church on Sunday, May 16, at 1 p.m. Appearing as part of the weekend events will be musicians, singers and Ukrainian folk dance ensembles. Free admission.
NEW YORK: The Single Ukrainian Weekenders are holding their annual Ukrainian Festival Weekend Celebration, starting with dancing on Friday at Webster Hall located at 125 E. 11th St., at 10 p.m. Admission: women, free; men, $15. (For the discounted admission ask for Lisa at the door and tell them you are with Baird Jones. We will meet on the first floor in the bar seating area.) The weekend will continue with dancing at Le Bar Bat located at 311 W. 57th St. Admission is free but you must get there by 9 p.m. We will meet in the bar area on the first floor. To be added to our mailing list, write to: Weekenders, P.O. Box 1607, New York, NY 10009, or call (212) 358-9615.

Saturday, May 15

NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society is holding a lecture by Dr. Leo Chirovsky of the research division, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, on the topic: "Vertical Semiconductor Lasers and their Application in Communication in the 21st Century." The lecture will be held at the society's building, 63 Fourth Ave., at 5 p.m. Website: http://www.shevchenko.org/.
SILVER SPRING, Md.: Ukrainian National Women's League of America Branch 78 in Washington invites all to attend their Cabaret Night and Live Auction to be held at St. Andrew's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral Center, 15100 New Hampshire Ave., beginning at 6:30 p.m. The evening will feature performances by Marianna Vynnytska, soprano, and Myroslav Skoryk, piano. Taras Charchalis will be master of ceremonies for the event. Items to be auctioned include original artwork, crystal, porcelain and fine craftwork. Admission is $15, payable at the door, and includes a buffet; there will be a cash bar. For more information, call (703) 521-3048.
HAYWARD, Calif.: The opening of State Park Ukraina will take place at Garin Regional Park, the burial site of the Rev. Agapius Honcharenko (1832-1916) - Orthodox priest, publicist and first Ukrainian political émigré to the United States. The event starts at 10 a.m. with brief speeches by dignitaries from Ukraine, Canada and the United States. A liturgy and an entertainment program will follow. A festive dinner will be held in San Francisco at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Hall at 3 p.m. For reservations call Oksana Di Ricco, (650) 571-8509. For more information call Michael Car of the Honcharenko Committee, (650) 340-8362.

Saturday-Sunday, May 15-16

HARTFORD, Conn.: The artist Rem Bahautdin, well-known for his lyrical and elegant works in silver and brass metal relief, will be in Hartford with an exhibit and sale at the school hall of St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church, 125-135 Wethersfield Ave., on Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sunday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. The exhibit is sponsored by the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund, Greater Hartford Chapter. All proceeds will benefit CCRF. For further information call (860) 956-3834.

Sunday, May 16

NEW YORK: Adrian Bryttan will conduct the New Jersey Youth Symphony at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center in works by Vivaldi, Richard Strauss, Benjamin Britten and a world premiere by Ludmila Ulehla. Cello soloist will be Maria Kitsopoulos of the New York Philharmonic. The concert, which is being held as part of the symphony's 20th season anniversary, begins at 4 p.m. For tickets call (908) 771-5544.
NEWARK, N.J.: The Young Adults Group of St. John's (Newark, N.J.) and Immaculate Conception (Hillside, N.J.) Ukrainian Catholic parishes are holding a lecture titled "How to Stay Positive in a Very Negative World." Gerry Tchir, associate professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University (Madison, N.J.) and the College of St. Elizabeth (Morristown, N.J.), will present the seminar. Mr. Tchir has previously presented numerous motivational presentations throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, and has been very well received. He is president of Creative Solutions Unlimited, a professional training and management consulting organization and is the author of the book titled "Dare to be Great." The seminar will begin at 11 a.m. in the church basement of St. John's, located at 719 Sandford Ave. Complimentary refreshments will be provided courtesy of Selfreliance UA Federal Credit Union. For further information, contact Joe Shatynski, (908) 688-8276, or Maria Ilczyszyn, (973) 539-3271.
JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The School of the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble will host its annual spring festival at St. Michael's Church on 1013 Fox Chase Road. The festival begins at 1 p.m.; there will be a performance by the Voloshky School and Voloshky Ensemble at 2:30 p.m. There will be food and entertainment for everyone. It is an open-air performance and we recommend you bring lawn chairs so that you can watch the show in comfort. Admission: adults, $4; children (age 2-12), $2. For further information call Nina Prybolsky, (215) 572-1552.
TORONTO: The Scholarly Council of the Ukrainian World Congress, jointly with Ukrainian Learned Institutions, is holding a conference on "Ukrainian Scholarly Life in the Diaspora." The conference will be held in the conference room of the Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Center, 620 Spadina Ave., at 2:30 p.m. The public is invited.

Monday, May 17

CLEVELAND: The Cleveland Chamber Symphony, in the last concert of the season titled "Visionary Ukrainians and Pop Americans," will give the world premiere of Virko Baley's Symphony No. 1 "Sacred Monuments"; the U.S. premiere of Yuri Laniuk's "The Thorn's Sorrow" for soprano and orchestra, with Eileen Moore, soprano; and Phillip Ratliff's "Travolta." The concert will be conducted by Maestro Baley, principal guest conductor of the Kiev Camerata and professor of composition at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Symphony No. 1 was commissioned by the New Juilliard Ensemble and the Cleveland Chamber Symphony with funds provided by Dr. W. Howard Hoffman. The four-part symphony pays homage to Ukraine's four great composers: Maksym Berezovsky, Artem Vedel, Dmytro Bortniansky and Borys Liatoshynsky. The concert will be held in the Drinko Recital Hall at Cleveland State University's Music Building at 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 22

SILVER SPRING, Md.: The Taras Shevchenko School of Ukrainian Studies will hold a graduation dance for its students and their families at the St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral Center, 15100 New Hampshire Ave. Cocktails are at 7 p.m., followed by the presentation of graduates at 8 p.m. The public is invited. Music will be provided by the Mykola and Liuba orchestra. Donation: $15. For additional information call (703) 256-2679 or (301) 779-8468.
LAS VEGAS: The Ukrainian American Social Club of Las Vegas will hold a Memorial Day and spring/summer celebration with a pot-luck dinner at 6301 Meadow Sweet Way, starting at 6 p.m. Admission: $7 per person. The club will furnish appetizers and desserts; please check with Steve about what is needed by calling (702) 434-1187.

Sunday, May 23

LOS ANGELES: The Ukrainian National Women's League of America, Alla Horska Branch 111, is holding a book launch and reception for Eugenia Sakevich Dallas, author of "One Woman: Five Lives, Five Countries," at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, 5154 De Longpre Ave., at 12:30 p.m.
RIVER FORREST, Ill.: The 50th anniversary concert of the Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM), Chicago Branch, will be held at the Lund Auditorium of the Dominican University, 7900 W. Division St., at 3 p.m. The Ukraina dance ensemble and the School of Ukrainian Dance will be performing. Also performing will be combined groups, organized for the 50th anniversary, of previous and new members of the SUM bands, choirs, theater groups, string ensemble and the Chervona Ruta vocal ensemble. Tickets, at $15 and $10, may be purchased from SUM headquarters or at the main offices of 1st Security Federal Savings Bank and Selfreliance Federal Credit Union. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door for $20 and $15. For more information call SUM headquarters, (773) 486-4204.

ADVANCE NOTICE

Friday-Monday, May 28-31

CHICAGO: The Chicago Regional Council of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America will host the 25th UNWLA Convention at the Westin O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont. In addition to plenary sessions, there will be presentations, seminars, workshops, elections of new officers, performances and cultural activities, including a tour of downtown Chicago and the Ukrainian Village. On Friday evening, May 28, there will be a pre-convention panel on human rights. The public is invited to a special gala banquet on Saturday, May 29, featuring cellist Natalia Choma, who will be performing with her 12-year-old daughter, Marta. For more information, call V. Chryniwsky, (847) 382-3371.

ONGOING

SASKATOON, Sask.: An exhibit of pottery by Winnipeg artist Marusia Foster is on exhibit at the Ukrainian Museum of Canada, 910 Spadina Crescent E. The exhibit opened with a reception on May 2, and will run through June 20. Ms. Foster produces a wide range of work, mainly in high-temperature reduction-fired porcelain, from one-of-a-kind pieces for decoration to a variety of functional pottery for everyday use. A graduate of the University of Manitoba, she has traveled and worked in Europe and North Africa, where she became interested in working with clay. She has taken part in exhibitions across Canada, and has work in the permanent collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. For further information contact the museum, (306) 244-3800.

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