PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Monday, August 2
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute will host
a roundtable discussion moderated by Dr. Lubomyr Hajda, associate director
of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University. The discussion,
"Between Europe and Eurasia: Ukraine's Vacillating Foreign Policy,"
will take place at 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the Kresge Room of Barker Center,
located at 12 Quincy St. on the Harvard University campus. This event is
free and open to the public. For more information contact the Institute
at (617) 495-4053 or visit the website at http://www.huri.harvard.edu/husi.html.
Wednesday, August 4
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute will host
a lecture by Maria Rewakowicz, Neporany Fellow at the Harriman Institute,
and visiting professor in the department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
at Columbia University. Prof, Rewakowicz's lecture, "Difficult Journey:
Literature, Literary Canons and Identities in Post-Soviet Ukraine,"
will be held at 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the Kresge Room of Barker Center, located
at 12 Quincy St. on the Harvard University campus. This event is free and
open to the public. For more information, contact the institute at (617)
495-4053 or visit the website at http://www.huri.harvard.edu/husi.html.
Friday, August 6
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute is pleased
to host the final installment of their Friday Afternoon Matinees of Classics
from the Harvard Film Archive Collection. This week's film is actually
a series of propaganda shorts from Soviet Ukraine. They will be shown at
the Harvard Film Archive, located in the Carpenter Center at 24 Quincy
St. on the Harvard University campus. This event is free and open to the
public. For more information contact the Institute at (617) 495-4053 or
visit the website at http://www.huri.harvard.edu/husi.html.
Saturday, August 7
- JEWETT, N.Y. : Cellist Vagram Saradjian and pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky
will appear in concert as part of the "Music at the Grazhda"
summer concert series held under the auspices of the Music and Arts Center
of Greene County. The concert program will feature works by Bach, Schumann,
de Falla and Shostakovich. The concert will be held at 8 p.m. at the Grazhda,
Route 23 A (five miles west of the town of Hunter, N.Y.). For additional
information call (518) 263-4335.
Sunday, August 22
- HORSHAM, Pa.: The Ukrainian American Sport Center Tryzub cordially
invites everyone to attend its 13th annual Ukrainian Folk Festival celebrating
Ukraine's independence. It will commence at noon at Tryzubivka, County
Line and Lower State roads. This year's stage show will feature many folk
music and dance artists, including: the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble
(Philadelphia), the Barvinok Ukrainian Dance Ensemble (London, Ontario),
the Obrij Ukrainian Dance Ensemble (New York) and the summer campers of
the Voloshky School of Dance. This year's headliners also include the captivating
vocal duo, Sisters Oros (Ukraine and New York), who will present a unique
repertoire of Ukrainian folk songs. A solemn prayer for Ukraine led by
representatives of all Ukrainian faiths and an a capella performance by
the Ukrainian Baptist Male Choir will add further depth to the occasion.
The festivities will close with a Ukrainian dance ("zabava")
to the music of the Harmonia Orchestra, and the Ukrainian Nationals of
the U.S. Amateur Soccer Association Majors Division (adult team) will play
an exhibition match against a worthy opponent, commencing at 4:30 pm. Traditional
Ukrainian foods, standard picnic fare and cool refreshments will be available
throughout the day. There will also be a bazaar with folk arts, crafts,
music and video vendors and exhibitors. Admission is $10 per person; free
for children under 13.
Friday, August 27
- WILDWOOD CREST: The Plast Kurin Khmelnychenky will be holding a dance
entitled "Return of the Khmeli" at the Wildwood Crest Pier (across
the street from the Pan Am). Music will be provided by Harmonia. Doors
open 8 p.m. Admission: Adults (23+), $10; students (12-22), $5; children
11 and under, free. Readers may visit our website at www.xmel.org.
Sunday, August 29
- SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J.: The Committee for Aid to Ukraine (Central
New Jersey Branch) will host a celebration of the 13th anniversary of Ukraine's
independence at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 135 Davidson Ave., Somerset
(South Bound Brook), NJ. The program will begin at 3 p.m. Performances
will feature: the vocal-instrumental ensemble Ukrainian Barvy from Kyiv;
opera and theater soprano Anna Bachynska; opera and theater tenor Roman
Cymbala; opera and theater pianist Maria Cymbala; and the youth and dance
ensemble Barvinok. The entrance fee is a $15 donation toward the betterment
of education in Ukraine. For more information about the program or the
cause it supports call Michael Shulha, (908) 534-6683; Damjan Gecha, (908)
755-8156; or the Rev. Ivan Lyshyk, (908) 253-0410 or (212) 873-8550.
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1, 2004, No. 31, Vol. LXXII
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