PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Monday, August 9
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute will host
a lecture given by Victor Malarek, acclaimed author of "The Natashas:
The New Global Sex Trade" (U.S. release date: September 10, Arcade
Publishers). His lecture, "Stop the Traffic - The Global Sale of Women
and Girls for Rape," will be held at 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the Thompson
Room of Barker Center, located at 12 Quincy St. on the Harvard University
campus. For more information, contact the institute at (617) 495-4053 or
visit the website at http://www.huri.harvard.edu/husi.html.
Saturday, August 14
- JEWETT, N.Y.: Pianist Roman Rudnytsky will appear in concert as part
of the "Music at the Grazhda" summer concert series in a program
of works by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Skoryk, Antin Rudnytsky,
Debussy, Albéniz and Granados. The concert will be held at the Grazhda,
Route 23 A (five miles west of Hunter, N.Y.); performance time 8 p.m. For
additional information call (518) 263-4335.
Sunday, August 22
- HORSHAM, Pa.: USO Tryzub (Philadelphia) will square off against Ukraina
S.C. (Toronto) at 4:30 p.m. for the 2004 North American Ukrainian Soccer
League Championship, officially sanctioned by the Ukrainian Sports Federation
of the U.S.A. and Canada (USCAK). The competition will take place at the
Ukrainian American Sport Center Tryzub, Lower State and County Line roads,
during the folk festival commemorating the 13th anniversary of Ukraine's
Independence. The festivities are scheduled to commence at noon. Ukraina
S.C. reached the finals competition at the USCAK-West tournament on May
29-30 in Detroit. U.S.O. Tryzub took first place at the USCAK-East tournament
held on Independence Day weekend at Verkhovyna in Glen Spey, N.Y. At the
conclusion of the game, USCAK representatives will present the USCAK Cup
to the winning team.
Friday, August 27
- WILDWOOD CREST, N.J.: The Plast fraternity Khmelnychenky will hold
a dance titled "Return of the Xmeli" 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; kids
(11 and under) free. Visit the website www.xmel.org
for more information.
Saturday, August 28
Thursday-Sunday, September 16-19
- DEDHAM, Mass.: The 57th annual Ukrainian American Veterans Convention
will take place at the Holiday Inn in Dedham, Mass. Thursday night will
be hospitality night, beginning after the national executive board meeting
around 8 p.m.; all are welcome. Convention meetings will begin at 9 a.m.
on Friday and Saturday. Saturday night the annual Commanders Banquet/Dance
will start around 6 p.m., with music by Vechirka from New York. For further
information e-mail [email protected]
or visit the website at www.uavets.org.
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, August
8, 2004, No. 32, Vol. LXXII
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