PREVIEW OF EVENTS (08/31/03)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Wednesday, September 3

NEWARK, N.J.: St. John's Ukrainian Montessori Preschool will begin its fifteenth year of operation. This is an individualized preschool program in the Ukrainian language for children between the ages of two and a half and five. For further information contact Olenka Makarushka-Kolodiy at (973) 763-1797.

Friday, September 5

CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA) announces a two-month celebration of modern Ukrainian art beginning on August 29. The event showcases award-winning Lviv-based artists Vasyl Bazhay (abstract painting) and Volodymyra Hankevych (artistic tapestries) in a premier U.S. exhibition. An opening reception honoring the Illinois Arts Council's unwavering support of UIMA will be held on Friday, September 5, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Located at 2320 W. Chicago Avenue, UIMA is open Wednesday through Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. For more information about the events or UIMA, call (773) 227-5522 or visit the website at www.uima-art.org.

Tuesday, September 9, and Saturday, September 13

BOSTON: Volunteers are welcome to help with a food and humanitarian aid shipment to needy children, the disabled and the elderly in Ukraine by Father John Danylevich Foundation. On Tuesday, September 9, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., volunteers will sort food and aid, preparing them for packing. On Saturday, September 13, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., volunteers will pack the food and humanitarian aid into boxes, as well as seal, weigh and label the approximately 5,000 pounds for shipment. The sorting and packing will take place in the basement of St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 24 Orchard-hill Rd., Jamaica Plain, Mass. Lunch will be served, and there will be a door prize. Come and bring a friend. For more information, visit the website www.fatherjohnfoundation.org, or call (781) 944-9136. Donations are gratefully accepted and may be mailed to: Fr. John Danylevich Foundation, Inc., 68 Pine Ridge Rd., Reading, MA 01867.

Saturday, September 13

JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The Ukrainian Heritage School (Nasha Ukrainska Ridna Shkola) will begin the 2003-2004 academic year at 9 a.m. at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center with a full day of classes. On this day parents may register new students, purchase schoolbooks and speak with the school administration or the school board. Parents and guardians may call the school office (215) 663-5322 on Saturday morning, September 6, for any further information.

Sunday, September 14

NEW YORK: A gala concert celebrating Ukrainian Independence Day will be held at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Seventh Avenue and 27th Street in Manhattan beginning at 2:30 p.m. This "cultural event of the year" is co-sponsored by the United Ukrainian Americans Organizations of Greater New York and the newly formed Ukrainian Studio of Drama in New York. The director of the program, National Artist of Ukraine Ivan Bernatsky, promises an inspiring and atypical event. Performers include the Dumka Chorus directed by Vasyl Hrechinsky; Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky's exciting Syzokryli Dance Ensemble; renowned pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky; singers Lyubov Shchypchyk, Anna Bachynska and Roman Tsymbala; violinist Adrian Bryttan; and artists of the Ukrainian Studio of Drama, Volodymyr Kurylo and Lyudmila Hrabovska.