PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Friday, September 20
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Medical Association of North America (UMANA),
New York Metro Chapter, announces that a general membership meeting will
be held for members and interested colleagues at 6:30 p.m. at the Ukrainian
Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St. For further information contact Dr.
Marta Kushnir, (508) 855-2245.
Sunday, September 22
- CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Famine Foundation of the U.S.A. invites the
public to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the Moscow-engineered
Terror-Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine, with observances slated to begin
at 1 p.m. A memorial "Holodnyi Obid" and choral presentation
will follow at St. Andrew's Ukrainian Orthodox Church Cultural Center,
300 E. Army Trail Rd., Bloomingdale, Ill. Guest speaker at the memorial
observance will be Prof. Olexander Sydorenko of Arkansas State University.
Donation for "Holodnyi Obid" and memorial program: $10. For additional
information contact Nicholas Mischenko, (847) 699-9484.
- NEWARK, N.J.: Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, Newark-Morris
County Branch, opens its year of activities with the celebration of a divine
liturgy at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, Sanford Avenue,
in Newark, N.J. at 9:30 a.m. (Note: Please make dues payment at meeting
following the opening cermemony. Elections of branch officers will be held
on Friday, October 4, at the Ramada Inn, Route 10, East Hanover, N.J.,
at 7:30 p.m.) For additional information call Roksolana Misilo, (973) 376-4807.
Sunday, September 29
- CHICAGO: The Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago is hosting a jubilee
banquet, celebrating its 50 years and the blessing of the new wing of the
museum. The museum will be open from 11 a.m. The dedication will take place
at 12:45 p.m. at the museum, 721 N. Oakley Blvd., and the banquet will
follow immediately at 1:30 p.m. at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 2247
W. Chicago Ave. Donation per person: $75; senior citizens, $50. Reservations
will be accepted through September 16. For additional information call
(312) 421-8020, Thursday through Sunday.
ONGOING
- IRVINGTON, N.J./NEW YORK: Muzychne Doshkillia - Music & Me, has
commenced its activities and is holding sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays
at the Ukrainian Community Center, 140 Prospect Ave., Irvington, N.J. Sessions
are also being held in New York at the Ukrainian Institute of America,
2 E. 79th St., on Thursdays. For more information call Marta Sawycky, (908)
276-3134.
- YONKERS, N.Y.: Ukrainian National Women's League of America Branch
30 of Yonkers informs parents about the opening of its Ukrainian Pre-School
(Svitlychka), for children age 3 and 4. The Svitlychka, which commenced
September 14, will meet on Saturdays at 10 a.m.-noon at St. Michael's Ukrainian
Catholic Church on Shonnard Place. For additional information or to register
call Nadia Cwiach, (203) 975-8388.
ADVANCE NOTICE
Friday-Saturday, October 4-5
- JENKINTOWN, Pa.: In celebration of Ukrainian Museum Week, Ukrainian
National Women's League of America Branch 67 in Philadelphia invites the
public to attend the opening of an art exhibit by Baltimore artist/sculptor
and professor of art at McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland College),
Wasyl Palijczuk. The exhibit opens on Friday, October 4, at 8 p.m. and
continues through Sunday, October 6, in the Gallery of the Ukrainian Educational
and Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road. For more information call (215) 663-1764.
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15, 2002, No. 37, Vol. LXX
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