PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Thursday, August 2
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute will present
a lecture by Vera Andrushkiw, project director for the Community Partnerships
Project of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation. The lecture, titled "The Marshall
Plan for the Mind: Recreating Local Government in Ukraine," will be
held in Room 101 of Emerson Hall on the main Harvard University campus
at 7:30-9:30 p.m. For more information contact the institute, (617) 495-7833.
Friday, August 3
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute will present
a lecture by Steven Pifer, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. The lecture,
titled "Ten Years of U.S.-Ukraine Relations," will be held in
Room 101 of Emerson Hall on the main Harvard University campus at 2-4 p.m.
For more information contact the institute, (617) 495-7833.
Tuesday, August 7
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Summer Ukrainian Institute will present
a lecture by Catherine Wanner of Pennsylvania State University. The lecture,
titled "Recent Immigrants from Ukraine: Is the Diaspora Growing?"
will be held in Room 101 of Emerson Hall on the main Harvard University
campus at 7:30-9:30 p.m. For more information, contact the institute, (617)
495-7833.
Wednesday, August 8
- PHILADELPHIA: The Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center is co-sponsoring
a "Ukrainian mosaic" to be held at the Philadelphia Museum of
Art celebrating 10 years of Ukrainian independence. The program includes
musical performances by the Prometheus Male Choir of Philadelphia, tenor
Bohdan Chaplynsky, and bandurist Julian Kytasty; a performance by the International
Ballet Theater of the Performing Arts with Alexander Boitsov; folk art
demonstrations including Petrykivka by Andrij Pikush and pysanka by Roksolana
Gilicinski; a fashion show featuring regional Ukrainian folk costumes;
a viewing of the films "Pysanka" and "The Helm of Destiny";
and a signing of Tania D'Avignon's newest book of photographs, "Simply
Ukraine". The Ukrainian mosaic will take place at 5-8:45 p.m. Admission
is free with regular museum admission. Call the UECC, (215) 663-1166, for
more information.
Saturday, August 11
- KERHONKSON, N.Y.: The Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center of
Philadelphia will present "The Brave Rooster," an operetta from
Lviv, Ukraine, at Soyuzivka's Veselka Auditorium. "The Brave Rooster,"
written by Natalia Zabila and directed by Ivan Prasco, is performed to
the music of composer Bohdan Yaniwsky, and choreographed by Taras Lewyckyj.
Admission to the performance, which begins at 7:30 p.m., is $10 for adults
and $5 for children under 16.
Saturday-Sunday, August 18-19
- LEHIGHTON, Pa: The Ukrainian Homestead will host its ninth annual Ukrainian
Folk Festival. Featured acts will include: Kazka Ukrainian Folk Ensemble,
Voloshky Performance Dance Academy, Dnipriany Music Ensemble and Byzantine
Male Choir, with special guest performances by the Chaika Ukrainian Dance
Ensemble from Ontario. Saturday's shows will run from noon to 7 p.m. and
a dance will be held at 9 p.m. On Sunday, the festival will begin with
a divine liturgy at 10:30 a.m., celebrated by the Metropolitan Archbishop
Stefan Soroka. The festival will continue until 5 p.m. with the main stage
show at 1 p.m. A variety of vendors will also display arts, crafts and
Ukrainian foods. Admission to the festival, located at 1230 Beaver Run
Drive in Lehighton, Pa., is $5 per person per day or $7 per person for
a two-day pass. Children under age 14 are admitted free. For additional
information call the Ukrainian Homestead, (610) 377-4621, or Ulana Prociuk,
(215) 235-3709.
Saturday, September 29
- NEWARK, N.J.: St. John's Ukrainian Catholic Church is hosting a Ukrainian
Festival that will feature Ukrainian music, dancing, crafts and foods.
The program will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will end with a dance at
7-11 p.m. St. John's Ukrainian Catholic Church is located at 719 Sanford
Ave. For more information call (973) 371-1356.
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29, 2001, No. 30, Vol. LXIX
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