PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Monday, September 17
- PHILADELPHIA: The School of the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble will
begin classes on September 17 at 6 p.m. at the Ukrainian Educational and
Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road, Jenkintown, Pa. Registration for new students
will begin at 6:15 p.m. on Monday, September 17 and 24. New students who
are interested in attending classes must be at least of 4 years old at
the time of registration. For further information contact Nina Prybolsky,
(215) 572-1552.
Thursday, September 20
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and Literary Club and Ukrainian National
Women's League of America Branch 127 present "The Life of Ukrainians
in Brazil," an evening featuring a lecture and video showing by the
Rev. Marian Datsyshyn (St. George Catholic Church). The Ukrainian Rodyna
vocal ensemble, Oksana Lykhovyd, director, and bandurist Lavrentia Turkewicz
will perform. An exhibit of books and paper cut-outs by writer Vira Vovk
(Rio de Janeiro) and sculptures by Oxana Narozniak (Curitiba) will be on
view. The presentation begins at 7 p.m. Donation: $5. The Mayana Gallery
is located at 136 Second Ave., fourth floor. For more information call
(212) 260-4490 or (212) 777-8144; visit the website: www.brama.com/mayana;
or e-mail [email protected].
Saturday, September 22
- EAST HANOVER, N.J.: The New Jersey Committee for the 10th Anniversary
of Ukraine's Independence will hold a banquet at the Ramada Hotel beginning
at 6 p.m. with cocktails and dinner at 7 p.m. Keynote speakers are Askold
Lozynskyj, president of the Ukrainian World Congress, and (pending confirmation)
Hryhorii Omelchenko, chairman of Verkhovna Rada Committee to Combat Corruption.
The program will include the showing of an original video highlighting
Ukraine's decade of independence and a musical interlude featuring tenor
Oleh Chmyr and soprano Anna Bachynska. Tickets, at $50 each, may be ordered
by calling Jaroslawa Mulyk, (973) 538-0987 (evening); please make reservations
immediately.
- AMHERST, Nova Scotia: The public is cordially invited to the unveiling
of a commemorative plaque recalling the imprisonment of Ukrainians and
other Europeans as "enemy aliens" at Amherst, Nova Scotia, during
Canada's first national internment operations of 1914-1920. The plaque
unveiling and commemorative service begin at 11:30 a.m. at the site of
Casey Concrete Limited. The event is organized by the Ukrainian Canadian
Civil Liberties Association.
- JERSEY CITY, N.J.: The Ukrainian Community Center, 90-96 Fleet St.,
is holding a "Ukrainian Day" (rain or shine), at 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,
featuring Ukrainian food, children's crafts and entertainment. Starting
at 9 p.m., dance to the music of the Lviviany. Free admission to the day's
festivities; admission to dance, $15. For more information call (201) 656-7755.
Sunday, September 23
- OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA, Va.: The Washington Group Cultural Fund, under
the patronage of the Embassy of Ukraine, opens its 2001-2002 Music Series
with singer Mariana Sadovska performing old authentic Ukrainian folk songs
collected during her expeditions in the Poltava, Hutsul and Lemko regions
of Ukraine, accompanied by a slide presentation of these areas. The performance
begins at 3 p.m. at The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St. Suggested donation:
$15; students, free. For more information contact Laryssa Courtney, (202)
363-3964.
- RINGWOOD, N.J.: Rally with us! Stride and Ride to Build is a walk/bike-a-thon
and family picnic to benefit The Ukrainian Museum Building Fund. Spend
the day strolling through Ringwood State Park, tour Ringwood Manor or join
in a moderate mountain bike ride. Join us in support of a worthy cause!
For registration information visit www.ukrainianmuseum.org
or call The Ukrainian Museum, (212) 228-0110.
- CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Famine Foundation - USA is holding a memorial
service to commemorate victims of the 1932-1933 Famine in Ukraine. Prayer
services begin at 1 p.m. and will be followed by a luncheon, "holodnyi
obid" and program. The guest speaker will be the former dissident
and present head of the Association of Famine Researchers, Levko Lukianenko.
The service and luncheon will be held at St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox
Church and Center, 300 E. Army Trail Rd., Bloomingdale, Ill. Tickets, at
$10, may be purchased at the door. For more information call (847) 699-9484.
Monday, September 24
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University
will present, as the first of its 2001 fall seminar series, a special lecture
to inaugurate the commencement of the Eugene and Daymel Shklar Research
Fellowship Program at 4 p.m. in the Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall (main
campus). The lecture, titled "Ukraine between East and West: Yesterday,
Today, and Tomorrow" will be given by Ihor Sevcenko, professor emeritus
of classics at Harvard University and world acclaimed scholar of Byzantine
studies. All are welcome. For more information contact the institute, (617)
495-4053.
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.
- ROCHESTER, N.Y.: The Rochester Chapter of the Children of Chornobyl
Relief Fund is holding its third annual golf tournament at Shadow Pines
Golf Club, 600 Whalen Road, Penfield, N.Y. A donation of $85 includes 18
holes of golf with cart, practice range balls, lunch, beverages, dinner
and prizes. You may register an entire team or sign up as an individual
- we'll match you with a team. Registration starts at 11:30 a.m.; shotgun
start at 1 p.m. All proceeds to benefit the Children of Chornobyl Relief
Fund. For further information contact Bohdan Skrobach, (716) 872-7260,
John Adamczuk, (716) 265-3394, or Lesia A. Telega, (716) 266-1360.
Sunday, September 30
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of America and the Ukrainian American
Professionals and Businesspersons Association of New York and New Jersey
invite the public to a reading by Askold Melnyczuk from his new book "Ambassador
of the Dead," to be held at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2
E. 79th St. at 3 p.m. Reception with author to follow. Suggested donation:
$8, members; $10, non-members.
ONGOING
- IRVINGTON, N.J./NEW YORK, N.Y.: Celebrating its 30th year, Muzychne
Doshkillia - Music and Me is holding its sessions at the Ukrainian Community
Center, 140 Prospect Avenue, Irvington and at the Ukrainian Institute of
America, Inc., 2 E. 79th St. New York City. For more information call Marta
Sawycky, (908) 276-3134.
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16, 2001, No. 37, Vol. LXIX
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