PREVIEW OF EVENTS (11/30/03)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Friday, December 5

PHILADELPHIA: The American Ukrainian Youth Association, Mykola Pavlushkov Branch of Chicago, presents the concert "From Us To You," featuring the eponymous choir, vocal ensemble, and theater group. The concert will be held at 7 p.m. at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road, Jenkintown, Pa. The "From Us To You" concert tour is sponsored by the 1st Security Federal Savings Bank of Chicago and Philadelphia.

Saturday, December 6

NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society will hold a literary evening for Wira Wowk (pseudonym of Vira Selianska) of Brazi - noted writer, literary scholar and translator, professor of comparative literature at the Catholic and Federal universities of Rio de Janeiro - on the occasion of the recent publication of the her four-volume collection titled "Poesiyi" (Poetry). Dr. Wowk, who will be reading from her work, writes in three genres: poetry, prose and drama, with poetry being by far the most voluminous in her creative output. The program will be held at the society's building, 63 Fourth Ave., (between Ninth and 10th streets), at 5 p.m. For additional information call (212) 254-5130.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.: The Ukrainian National Women's League of America, Branch 108, in conjunction with the Connecticut Ukrainian American Historical Society, is sponsoring a commemorative exhibit on the 70th anniversary of the Famine-Genocide in Ukraine - "Holodomor," to be held at the Ethnic Heritage Center, 270 Fitch St., in the heart of Southern Connecticut State University. The traveling exhibit, which was most recently on view at Columbia University, includes archival photos collected by Roman Krutsyk of the Kyiv-based Memorial Society. The exhibit will be on view through Sunday, December 21. Exhibit hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. There is no admission charge. For more information call (203) 269-5909 or (203) 397-2087.
PARMA, Ohio: The American Ukrainian Youth Association, Mykola Pavlushkov Branch of Chicago, presents the concert - "From Us To You" featuring the a-choir, vocal ensemble and theater group to be held at the Pokrova Ukrainian Catholic Church, 6812 Broadview Road, at 7:30 p.m. The "From Us to You" concert tour is sponsored by the 1st Security Federal Savings Bank of Chicago and Philadelphia.

Saturday-Sunday, December 6-7

HARTFORD, Conn.: The Ukrainian National Women's League of America, Hartford Branch, invites the public to their annual Christmas Bazaar, to be held at St. Michael's Ukrainian School Hall, 125 Wethersfield Ave., Saturday, December 6, at 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sunday, December 7, at 10 a.m.-1 p.m. There will be handmade gifts, ornaments, paintings, jewelry, embroidery, as well as baked goods and a luncheon.

Sunday, December 7

WHIPPANY, N.J.: The Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM) Whippany Branch, invites all good boys and girls to visit with St. Nicholas at 3 p.m. in the church hall of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, South Jefferson Road and Route 10 (eastbound). The Heavenly Office will be open from noon to 3 p.m. Admission: $5 per adult; children, free. There will be a charge of $2 per gift; program organizers ask that gifts be limited to one per child. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Christine Rizzo, (908) 322-1840.

Friday, Sunday, December 12-14

NEW YORK: The Verkhovynky Plast sorority and Branch 64 of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America invite the public to an exhibit of linoprints and landscapes by noted Ukrainian graphic artist Bohdan Soroka of Lviv. The exhibit opens Friday, December 7, at the building of the Self Reliance Association, 98 Second Ave. (between Fifth and Sixth streets), at 7 p.m.; exhibit hours: Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Sunday, December 14

PHILADELPHIA: The Ukrainian Ameri-can Youth Association (SUM), Philadelphia Branch, invites the Ukrainian American community in the Philadelphia area to attend a fun-filled Christmas bazaar and meeting with St. Nicholas which will take place in the church hall of the Anunciation Ukrainian Catholic Church, Old York Road and Cheltenham Avenue, in the Melrose Park section of Philadelphia, starting at 9:30 a.m. There will be plenty of delicious food for breakfast and lunch, hot and cold drinks, games and entertainment for children, a "Wheel of Fortune" and "Basket of Cheer" for adults, many items for sale, including Christmas cards, the traditional "kutia," poppyseeds, books and more. St. Nicholas will pay a visit at 2 p.m.; the Heavenly Office will be open from 1 p.m.

Friday, December 19

MONTREAL: Bass-baritone Taras Kulish will join tenor Michel Corbeil, first soprano Monique Pagé, second soprano Mariateresa Magisano and pianist Martin Dubé in a holiday concert titled "Natale in Canto" (Christmas in Song) to be held at the Leonardo da Vinci Center, 8370 Blvd. Lacordaire, St. Leonard, Quebec, at 8 p.m. The first part of the concert program will feature opera's greatest hits (arias, duets, trios, quartets); the second half - Christmas songs from various nations in various languages, including French, English, Italian, Ukrainian and German. For tickets, at $20 (reserved seating), call (514) 955-8370.

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