PREVIEW OF EVENTS (09/24/00)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Sunday, September 24

RINGWOOD, N.J.: Rally with us! The "Stride and Ride to Build" walk- and bike-a-thon will be held in Ringwood State Park in northern New Jersey to benefit The Ukrainian Museum Building Fund. Registration begins at 9 a.m and the Stride and Ride begins promptly at 10:30 a.m. The walk-a-thon will cover a three-mile course in the park, and the mountain bike trail for the bike-a-thon will cover seven miles and participants must be at least 14 years old. A picnic in the park will follow the walk- and bike-a-thons. The event is planned not only as a fund-raiser for the museum - participants are asked to find sponsors, $150 per individual and $250 per family - but as an all-day family outing as well. For registration information, to become a sponsor or for additional information, visit the museum website at www.ukrainianmuseum.org; e-mail the organizing committee at: [email protected]; or call Olenka Terleckyj at (973) 771-1156.

Saturday, September 30

BUFFALO, N.Y.: The Lesia Ukrainka Branch of the Ukrainian American Youth Association is holding a banquet and dance to commemorate its 50th anniversary. The banquet will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Dnipro Ukrainian Home, 562 Genesee St. The program will feature speakers and cultural entertainment. Tickets: $20 per person; $15 for students age 18-21. For further information call (716) 741-3416 or (716) 895-2735.

Sunday, October 1

CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation, together with the Ukrainian Catholic Parish of Ss. Volodymyr and Olha, will host the Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak. As the new rector of the Lviv Theological Academy, the Rev. Dr. Gudziak will deliver a presentation on the future Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. The presentation will take place at 1:30 p.m. within the premises of the Ukrainian Cultural Center of Ss. Volodymyr and Olha, 2247 W. Chicago Ave. As part of his visit to North America, the Rev. Dr. Gudziak was invited to participate in a scholarly conference at Notre Dame University in Indiana in order to establish formal academic collaborative relations between the two educational institutions. Following his visit to Chicago, the Rev. Gudziak is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian communities in Toronto, Detroit and Syracuse, N.Y. Admission to the presentation is free and all are welcome. For further information, contact the Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation, (773) 235-8462, e-mail, [email protected]

Tuesday, October 3

ARLINGTON, Va.: The Washington Group Cultural Fund in cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine is launching a concert series at the Rosslyn Spectrum Theater to raise funds for musical instruments at the Lviv Conservatory. The inaugural concert will feature pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky performing Skoryk's Concerto No. 3, accompanied by musicians from the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra. Tickets at the door, $20; seniors and students, $15. The Rossyln Spectrum Theater is located at 1611 N. Kent St., two blocks east of Rosslyn Metro Station. (Free garage parking is available in the rear of the building off Arlington Ridge Road.) The performance begins at 8 p.m. and a reception will follow. For more information, contact Chrystia Sonevytsky, (703) 241-1817.

Thursday, October 5

NEW YORK: A lecture and slide presentation featuring Dr. Ellen D. Reeder, deputy director for art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, and curator of the exhibition "Gold of the Nomads: Scythian Treasures from Ancient Ukraine," will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Ukrainian Institute of America. Dr. Reeder will speak about the exhibit and her recent travels through Ukraine in conjunction with its preparation. The event is organized by the Ukrainian Institute of America and The Ukrainian Museum. Admission: $10 per person. A reception will follow the lecture. For additional information call the UIA, (212) 228-8660; or the UM, (212) 228-0110.

Friday, October 6

TORONTO: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies and the Center for Russian and East European Studies are holding a lecture, as part of the CIUS seminar series, featuring Oleksandr Pavliuk, EastWest Institute, Kyiv Center, who will speak on the topic "Ukraine and Europe: Current Agenda and Future Prospects." The lecture will be held at the University of Toronto, Munk Center for International Studies, 1 Devonshire Place, Room 108N, at 4 p.m.
PHILADELPHIA: In celebration of Ukrainian Museum Week, Ukrainian National Women's League of America Branch 67 invites the public to the opening of an exhibition of works by Halyna Tytla, Bohdan Tytla and Adrianna Tytla-Henkels to be held in the gallery of the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road, Jenkintown, Pa., at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday, October 7-8

WARREN, Mich.: The Ukrainian Philatelic and Numismatic Society will hold its annual UKRAINPEX convention-exhibit at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 26601 Ryan Road; telephone, (810) 757-8130. This meeting of collectors from across North America is open to anyone interested in acquiring, selling, trading or just learning more about Ukrainian stamps, banknotes, coins and medals. Rare philatelic and numismatic materials will be on exhibit. This year's themes will honor the 50th anniversaries of the death of Taras Chuprynka (Roman Shukhevych, 1907-1950) and of various community organizations in the Metropolitan Detroit area. A U.S. postal station will be set up where commemorative UKRAINPEX envelopes honoring these themes can be canceled with specially designed cancellations. Refreshments will be available during show hours, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. both days. The Ukrainian Weekly's own "Focus on Philately" columnist, Ingert Kuzych, will be on hand with some of his interesting and unusual acquisitions and to answer questions. An awards banquet will be held Saturday evening. For further information contact Roman Maziak, (248) 645-0393.

Sunday, October 8

CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art and the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, Chicago Branch 84, present a lecture by Andrew Demus, "Castles and Fortresses of Western Ukraine," to be held at the institute, 2320 W. Chicago Ave., at 1 p.m. Mr. Demus has traveled extensively throughout Ukraine since 1975, photographing and documenting ancient castles and fortresses dating back to the earliest period of recorded Ukrainian history. His slide presentation gives a visually exciting cross-section of some of these historically interesting as well as architecturally significant sites. For additional information call the institute, (773) 227-5572.

Saturday, October 14

CHICAGO: The Ukrainian American Military Association, within the framework of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America convention being held in Chicago on October 13-15, is holding a conference at the Marriott O'Hare Hotel at 10 a.m.-1 p.m. The theme of the conference will be military missions to Ukraine, with the participation of the following: Lt. Col. Walter Chyterbok, Maj. Yuriy Holowinsky, Sgt. Maj. Danylo Zahody and Maj. Roman Golash. For additional information call Maj. Golash, (847) 963-0102, or e-mail at [email protected].

Saturday and Tuesday, October 14 and 17, Tuesdays, November 7 and 28

TORONTO: St. Vladimir Institute is offering a three-part Ukrainian embroidery series with renowned designer and embroiderer Lubomyra Tomchuk. The fall series of four classes will start with Ms. Tomchuk demonstrating the art of constructing a "white-on-white sorochka." Participants will learn how to measure, cut and design their own "sorochka" and the embroidery techniques of whitework. Subsequent classes in the winter and the spring will focus on bead embroidery and finishing techniques. Classes will be held at the institute, 620 Spadina Ave., at 7-9 p.m. on Tuesdays and at 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday. The fee for the fall series is $95 plus kits and materials. For information or to register call (416) 923-3318.

ONGOING

NEW HAVEN, Conn.: The Ukrainian National Women's League, Branch 108, announces the reopening of their Ukrainian nursery school-sadok, which is held Saturdays at 9:30-11:30 a.m. at St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church hall, 569 George St. For further information, contact Genia Harvey, (203) 389-6076.

ADVANCE NOTICE

Saturday, October 21

BOSTON: Join the Boston Chapter of the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund for a concert by the Longwood Symphony Orchestra to benefit the CCRF. The concert will be held at 8 p.m. at Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory, 290 Huntingdon Ave. Guest conductor is Ronald Feldman, with guest soloist, Jacques Zoon of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Tickets: $20. To order tickets, e-mail [email protected] or call (617) 983-8116.

Saturday-Sunday, October 21-22

UTICA, N.Y.: St. Volodymyr the Great Ukrainian Catholic Church will commemorate its 50th anniversary with festivities to be held at 6 Cottage Place (adjacent to Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute). On Saturday, beginning at 4 p.m., there will be a program featuring the Lviviany and the bandurist/vocalist duo Lisova Pisnia, followed by a cocktail hour and zabava/dance at 8 p.m. On Sunday, the pontifical divine liturgy will be offered by Bishop Basil Losten and the Rev. Michael Bundz, beginning at 9:30 a.m., and will include the blessing of the completed iconography. A banquet will be held at the Utica Radisson on Genesee Street at noon. Contact the Rev. Bundz, (315) 735-5138, for further information.

Friday-Saturday, October 27-28

TORONTO: A symposium featuring graduates of the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program of the past decade will be held at the University of Toronto in Wycliffe College, Sheraton Hall, 5 Horkin Ave. The topic to be addressed is "As a Deputy Prime Minister in the Cabinet of Ministers in the Government of Ukraine I Would Implement the Following Policies to Improve the Standard of Living and Unite the Country." Among the participants are students who have completed the Parliamentary Internship Program in the Ukrainian Parliament as well as graduates of Ukrainian universities who have continued their studies in Europe and North America. The symposium is sponsored by the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program and the Chair of Ukrainian Studies Foundation - Toronto. For additional information contact: Yana Filippenko at [email protected] or CUPP, 620 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2H4; fax, (416) 234-9114.

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