PREVIEW OF EVENTS (06/11/00)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Friday, June 16

MATAWAN, N.J.: Branch 98 of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, Holmdel-Middletown, is sponsoring a lecture on "Good Foot Health" by Margaret Zakanycz, D.P.M., to be held at 171 Main St. (rear of building) at 7 p.m. A resident of Middletown, N.J., Dr. Zakanycz-Potykeycz is board certified in podiatric medicine, has her own practice and is on the staff of Jersey Shore Medical Center. She is a founding member and past president of UNWLA Branch 98. Due to limited seating, for reservations call Ms. Jacus, (732) 264-8820, or Viki, (732) 671-1914.

Friday-Sunday, June 16-18

YONKERS, N.Y.: The 15th annual Ukrainian Heritage Festival will take place on June 16 at 6-10 p.m., June 17 at 1-10 p.m., and on June 18 at 1-7 p.m. It will be held on the grounds of St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church, North Broadway and Shonnard Place. This free-admission event will feature outdoor entertainment, demonstrations of Ukrainian arts and crafts, food, carnival rides, amusements and exhibits. For further information call (914) 478-3183 or visit our website at: http://www.brama.com/yonkersukrainianfest

Sunday, June 18

KERHONKSON, N.Y.: Soyuzivka will offer a Father's Day brunch beginning at 12:30 p.m. Cost is $15 per adult. Immediately afterwards there will be a special concert featuring the Prolisok Girls' Vocal Ensemble of the Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM) of New York and the Lisova Pisnia duo of bandurist Alla Kutsevych and singer Liudmyla Hrabovska. For information call Soyuzivka, (914) 626-5641.

Tuesday, June 20

Jenkintown, Pa.: The Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, under the direction of Taras Lewyckyj, invites dance aficionados to attend a free concert/video shooting with over 35 of the ensemble's dancers on stage, to be held at the Mandell Theater on the Drexel University campus, 33rd and Chestnut streets, at 8 p.m. The purpose of the performance is to produce a videotape consisting of selected pieces from the ensemble's repertoire that will be included in its 30th year anniversary video cassette. The event is sponsored in part by the Drexel University Dance Ensemble, with partial support by a grant from Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour, the William Penn Foundation, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and The Pew Charitable Trusts, and administered by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. For more information call Joan Dobrowolski, (215) 322-7225.

Thursday, June 22

WASHINGTON: The Washington Group Cultural Fund, the Music Division of the Library of Congress and the Library's Ukrainian Language Table present "Bach Scores in Kyiv: The Long-Lost Music Archive of the Berlin Sing-Akademie Surfaces in Ukraine" with Christoph Wolff, William Powell Mason Professor of Music and dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, and Patricia K. Grimsted, associate of the Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University, senior research fellow, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and U.S. project director and coordinator of ArcheoBiblioBase, a Russian and Ukrainian archival directory database in Moscow and Kyiv. The lecture will take place in the Whittall Pavilion of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress at noon. For further information contact Larysa Kurylas, (202) 797-8236, or Jurij Dobczansky, (202) 707-3553.

Saturday-Sunday, June 24-25

BLOOMINGDALE, Ill.: St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church will hold its annual summer festival on the church grounds at 300 E. Army Trail Road, with fun and entertainment for all. On June 24 there will be live entertainment by Ron Cahute and Burya, Ukrainian folk dance groups, as well as a 3-on-3 soccer tournament in cooperation with the Chicago Fire Soccer Team and the FireWorks for Children Foundation. On June 25, there will be a Barabolya children's program, kids' games, over $5000 worth in raffles as well as a barbecue and a "Beer Horod." And, of course, Ukrainian food will be available on both days. For more information call John Jaresko, (630) 682-4106.

Sunday, June 25

FOX CHASE, Pa.: The Sisters of St. Basil the Great cordially invite the public to their open house with visitation of their new chapel and Spirituality Center to be held at 2-5 p.m., 710 Fox Chase Road. In the genuine tradition of Basilian hospitality, the Basilian Spirituality Center will provide programs for intellectual, spiritual and psychological enrichment and offer a sacred place for spiritual renewal. For further information, contact Sister Marina Bochnewich OSBM, (215) 342-8381.

Thursday-Saturday, June 29-July 1

CLEVELAND: "Ancestral Voices," an original dance theater piece based on Ukrainian folk songs and poetry, will be presented for three nights only. The performance will fuse modern dance, puppetry, music and theater as it explores an ancient story of two sisters. In a bilingual presentation, the story draws its text from the writings of Ukrainian poets such as Oleksander Oles, Lesia Ukrainka and Taras Shevchenko as well as Ukrainian folk songs. Live traditional music will be provided for this production by Divchata v Kukhni (The Girls in the Kitchen). All performances begin at 8 p.m. and will take place at the Inside art gallery, 2393 Professor Ave., in Tremont. Tickets: $10. For more information, call (216) 749-0060 or e-mail [email protected].

Sunday, October 15

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Museum will organize a silent auction to be held at 2 p.m. at the Ramada Hotel in East Hanover, N.J. For more information contact the museum, (212) 228-0110.