PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Sunday, September 22
- ELMWOOD PARK, N.J.: The Elmwood Park Public Library, 210 Lee St., presents
a concert of predominantly Ukrainian folk music featuring the Valeriy Zhmud
Quintet at 2 p.m. in the community room. Members of the quintet have studied
music at the University of Culture and Arts in Kyiv. In the U.S., they
have performed at Lincoln Center in New York City as part of the Mostly
Mozart Festival, at various nightclubs in Greenwich Village, and at such
premium underground locations as Grand Central Station, 42nd Street and
Penn Station as part of the Music Under New York Series. They have also
performed with the musical group Budmo in Kyiv, and released their first
CD in June 2002. This concert is free and open to the public, but advance
registration is requested. A reception will follow the concert. For more
information or to register, call the library, (201) 796-8888.
Thursday, September 26
- EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) begins
its fall 2002 seminar series with a lecture by Gregory Smolynec, department
of history, Duke University, on "The Cold War, Ukrainian Canadians
and the Sources of Multiculturalism." The lecture will be held at
3:30 p.m. in Heritage Lounge, Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta. For
more information contact CIUS: telephone (780) 492-2972; fax, (780) 492-4967;
e-mail, [email protected]; website:
www.ualberta.ca/ClUS.
Friday, September 27
- CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2030 W. Chicago Ave.,
presents an exhibit of the works of Anton Solomoukha. The artist, who resides
in Paris, will be present at the opening reception at 6-9 p.m. The exhibit
continues through October 17. For more information call (773) 227-5522.
Saturday, September 28
- NEWARK, N.J.: St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church at 719
Sandford Ave. invites everyone to its Ukrainian Festival on the church
grounds at 11 a.m.-6 p.m. followed by a dance (zabava) in the school gym
starting at 7 p.m. The festival will feature Ukrainian arts and crafts
and Ukrainian foods, a beer garden and games for young and for the young
at heart. The program starts at 2 p.m.
Sunday, September 29
- PITTSBURGH, Pa.: The Pittsburgh Ukrainian Festival Committee and the
Ukrainian Nationality Room Committee is sponsoring a Festival of Ukrainian
Song and Dance, with festivities to begin at 3 p.m. The festival will feature
musicians from Ukraine and dancers from Cleveland. The event is being held
at the Bellefield Auditorium on the Campus of the University of Pittsburgh,
Oakland. Admission: $15 in advance, $20, day of event; students under 25
with ID, $5. For tickets or information, visit www.pghukrainians.org
(click on Pittsburgh Ukrainian Festival) or call Pat, (412) 481-1865.
Monday, September 30
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute is proud
to announce its first lecture of the new academic year will be given by
Michael S. Flier, Oleksandr Potebnja Professor of Ukrainian Philology at
Harvard University. The lecture, titled "The Smoking Tapes: What the
Melnychenko Recordings Reveal about Non-Literary Surzhyk," will take
place at 4-6 p.m. in the Seminar Room of the institute, 1583 Massachusetts
Ave. Directions can be found on the HURI website: www.huri.harvard.edu;
contact the institute at (617) 495-4053 for more information.
Friday-Sunday, October 4-6
- JENKINTOWN, Pa.: In celebration of Ukrainian Museum Week, the Ukrainian
National Women's League of America Branch 67 in Philadelphia cordially
invites all to attend the opening of an art exhibit by Baltimore artist/sculptor
and art professor 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.
ADVANCE NOTICE
Saturday, October 19
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Engineers' Society of America (UESA), the Ukrainian
Institute of America (UIA), and the Ukrainian Medical Association of North
America (UMANA) invite everyone to the "Fall Zabava in New York City,"
which will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St.
Music will be provided by Chornozem. Admission: $30, for students; $40,
for members; $50, for non-members. Cash bar; hors d'oeuvres, coffee and
dessert included. Black-tie optional. Please make any checks payable to
the Ukrainian Engineers' Society of America. For more information visit
www.uesa.org, e-mail [email protected]
or call (212) 719-9700.
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