PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Friday-Sunday, November 5-7
- CLEVELAND: Ukrainian National Women's League of America Branch 12 presents
its traditional invitational autumn art show featuring the work of eight
artists - Daria Hulak-Kulchytsky, Slava Gerulak, Anatoliy Kolomayets, Natalia
Kormeliuk, Olha Koch, Anya Farion, Andrij Khomyk and George T. Saj. This
year's show will include icons, oils, graphics, reverse glass painting,
watercolors, ceramics and sculptures. A preview reception will be held
November 5 at 7 p.m. at the UNWLA Room, St. Josaphat's Astrodome, 5720
State Road. Exhibit hours: November 6, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; November 7, 9 a.m.-3
p.m. Proceeds from sale of art works to benefit UNWLA charitable, cultural
and educational programs.
Saturday, November 6
- SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J.: A Ukrainian Fall Festival will be held at
the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 135 Davidson Ave., at 11 a.m.-7 p.m. The
festival will feature music and performances by Alla Kutsevych, Inna Sydorak,
the Obriy Folk Dance Ensemble and the Barvinok Dance Group. There will
be children's activities, a food court and a raffle, as well as tours of
the center's museum. The marketplace will feature amber and beaded jewelry,
Ukrainian embroidery, crafts, ceramics, pysanky, glass art, scarves, CDs,
DVDs, videos, t-shirts and athletic gear. The marketplace offers a great
opportunity to acquire unique gifts and do one's Christmas shopping early.
Festival admission: adults, $5; children, free. For more information contact
Raisa Chejlyk, (908) 647-6211; or [email protected].
Sunday, November 7
- CHICAGO: The Parish Council of St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral
invites the public to the "grand opening" of the newly constructed
elevator in the cathedral's auditorium at 2250 W. Cortez St. Please join
us in celebrating another milestone in the history of the parish. As part
of the program, at 9:30 a.m., there will be an official welcoming of Metropolitan
Constantine and Archbishop Vsevolod, followed by a hierarchical divine
liturgy at 10 a.m. The blessing and grand opening of the elevator will
take place at noon and will be followed by a luncheon and program. Proceeds
are designated for the elevator project. Donation $50. For reservations
contact Oksana Tschaikowsky, (847) 256-4299.
Monday, November 8
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) will
host a lecture by Tomasz Stryjek, lecturer, Institute of Political Studies,
Polish Academy of Sciences, and HURI research fellow on the topic "Poetics
of Liminality: Bohdan Ihor Antonych in the Multicultural Context of Lviv
in the 1930s." The lecture will be held in the HURI Seminar Room,
583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. For additional information contact
the institute at (617) 495-4053 or [email protected].
Sunday, November 14
- PARMA, Ohio: St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral will celebrate
its 80th anniversary with a hierarchal divine liturgy to be celebrated
by Metropolitan Constantine, with cathedral clergy as co-celebrants. Following
the liturgy, there will be an anniversary banquet that will be held in
the Cultural Center, 5913 State Road. For tickets call the cathedral office,
(440) 886-3223, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
- ALEXANDRIA, Va.: Bass-baritone Taras Kulish of Montreal will appear
in concert in a program of works by Fauré, Schubert, Lysenko, Wesolowsky
and others at The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St., in Old Town Alexandria
at 3:30 p.m. Suggested donation: $15; students, free. The concert is presented
by The Washington Group Cultural Fund under the patronage of the Embassy
of Ukraine, as part of their 2004-2005 Music Series. Free "Dash"
Shuttle bus is available every 15 minutes from King Street Metro Station
in Alexandria, (on Blue and Yellow lines) to Washington and King Street,
1 block from the Lyceum. Seating is unreserved;. Handicapped accessible.
For more information contact Svitlana Shiells, (703) 506-4745.
- CHICAGO: Bishop Richard Seminack, Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago,
invites the public to a Rector's Luncheon for the Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak,
rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. The luncheon, which
is to benefit the university, will be held at the Ukrainian Cultural Center,
2247 W. Chicago Ave., at 1 p.m. Tickets: $25 per person; additional donations
are encouraged. Tickets may be ordered by contacting the Ukrainian Catholic
Education Foundation, (773) 235-8462.
Saturday, November 20
- PARMA, Ohio: The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus and the Ukrainian Museum-Archives
invite you to enjoy the afternoon with friends watching one of college
football's best rivalries on the big screen - the University of Michigan
Wolverines vs. the Ohio State University Buckeyes. Join us at noon-5 p.m.
at St. Andrew's Ukrainian Catholic Church, Upper Back Hall, 7700 Hoertz
Road. A $40 donation includes open bar, hor d'oeuvres, etc. Proceeds from
the event go to assist the programs of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus and
the Ukrainian Museum-Archives. For ticket reservations contact Nick Schidowka,
(216) 534-4777 or [email protected]
Visit www.bandura.org for more details.
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31, 2004, No. 44, Vol. LXXII
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