PREVIEW OF EVENTS (03/23/03)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Sunday, March 23

NEWARK, N.J.: St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School is presenting a Shevchenko Concert in St. John's Church on Sandford Avenue. Featured artists are Stepan Pyatnychko, Roman and Maria Tsymbala, Oleksandra Hrabova, Maria Wolanska, Olha and Michaylo Stashchyshyn, Yuriy Shuhan and the students of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School. All proceeds will be donated to the St. John's School Fund to help prevent the closing of the school. Admission: $10.

Friday, March 28

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and Literary Club and the New York Bandura Ensemble present the third concert in the 2003 season of the Bandura Downtown series, "Two Solitudes" - an "Archetypes of Ukrainian Culture" program featuring men's and women's songs from the Ukrainian tradition with Lilia Pavlovsky and Julian Kytasty. Donation: $10. Reception with the artists to follow. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the Mayana Gallery, 136 Second Ave., fourth floor, New York. The gallery presents "Shevchenko in Kazakstan," an exhibit of graphics by Taras Shevchenko (reproductions). For information call (212) 995-2640, log on to http://www.brama.com/mayana/, or e-mail: [email protected]. Bandura performances are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts.

Friday-Sunday, March 28-30

KERHONKSON, N.Y.: The 2003 Summit of Ukrainian American Organizations - addressing the theme "The Ukrainian American Community Today: Who Are We and How Do We Communicate?" - will be held at the Ukrainian National Association estate Soyuzivka. The weekend will feature a keynote address by Oleh Wolowyna, Ph.D., on the demographics of Ukrainians in the U.S., to be held on Saturday, March 29, with follow-up discussion, and a group discussion on the role of the Ukrainian American media. For registration forms or more information go to the "News" section of www.uesa.org, send e-mail to [email protected], or call (212) 719-9700.

Monday, March 31

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute will host Maria Rewakowicz, lecturer in Ukrainian at Rutgers University, and Eugene and Daymel Shklar Fellow at the institute. Her lecture, titled "The 'Other' To Wrestle With: Discourses of Ukrainian Poets of the New York Group on the Shistdesiatnyky (Generation of the Sixties)," will take place at 4-6 p.m. in the Seminar Room of the institute, 1583 Massachusetts Ave. Directions may be found on the website www.huri.harvard.edu. Contact the institute, (617) 495-4053, for more information.

Saturday, April 5

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Medical Association of North America, New York Metropolitan Chapter, in cooperation with the Self Reliance Association of American Ukrainians, New York Branch, will hold a community-based medical lecture at 98 Second Ave., at 2 p.m. The featured physician is Dr. Leo J. Wolansky, whose topic will be "Basics of MRIs for the Layman." Admission is free, and refreshments will be served. For further information call Dr. Ihor Magun, (516) 766-5147.

Saturday-Sunday, April 5-6

UTICA, N.Y.: The "Pysanka Eggs-hibit" by Mary Kuchera will feature over 400 pysanky on display to the public at the Ukrainian Hall on Cottage Place. Exhibit hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The event will also feature a lecture on the symbolism, legends and mystical powers of pysanky that will be given on both days at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. For information call Ms. Kuchera, (315) 338-0489 or (518) 465-7289.

Sunday, April 6

OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA, Va.: Stefan Szkafarowsky, bass, performs arias by Mozart Rossini, Verdi and Wagner, and songs by Ukrainian composers Kosenko, Stetsenko and Lysenko at The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St. Suggested donation: $15. Reception for the artists will follow the program. Presented by The Washington Group Cultural Fund under the patronage of the Embassy of Ukraine, as part of the 2002-2003 Music Series. For more information contact Laryssa Courtney, (202) 363-3964.

Monday, April 7

STANFORD, Calif.: Dr. Yuri Shcherbak, Ukraine's ambassador to Canada, will speak on "Ukraine: Geopolitical Challenge for the 21st Century" as part of Stanford University's lecture series in Ukrainian studies. The lecture, which begins at 4:15 p.m., will be held at SIEPR Conference Room A, Landau Economics Building, located on the corner of Galvez and Serra streets.
MANALAPAN, N.J.: Ukrainian National Women's League of America Branch 98 of Holmdel/Middletown, N.J., and the Monmouth County Library Headquarters are co-sponsoring "Author's Night with Irene Zabytko," author of "The Sky Unwashed" and the newly released novel "When Luba Leaves Home," at 6-8:45 p.m. at the Monmouth County Library, 125 Symmes Road (off Route 9 South). For additional information and directions call (732) 441-9377 or (732) 888-0494.