PREVIEW OF EVENTS (01/09/05)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Wednesday, January 19

NEW YORK: You are cordially invited to attend the New York debut of Trio 56 - Vladimir Valjarevic, piano; Stephen Miahky, violin; and Ole Eirik Ree, cello. Trio 56 will appear in performance at Steinway Hall in a program of works by Brahms, Martinu, Sheng, Mozart and Schoenfield. There is no admission charge, so bring along your family and friends to hear these fine musicians. Steinway Hall is located at 109 W. 57th St.; performance time is 8 p.m. For additional information contact Mr. Miahky, (908) 420-2748.

Saturday, January 22

CARTERET, N.J.: St. Demetrius Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral and St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church are co-sponsoring a New Year's Eve dance or, Malanka, which will be held at the St. Demetrius Community Center, 681 Roosevelt Ave. Music will be by Fata Morgana. Tickets, at $40, include admission, choice of sirloin beef or stuffed capon dinner, beer, wine, soda, midnight hors d'ouevres and a champagne toast. There will also be a cash bar. St. Demetrius Center is located just blocks off of Exit 12, N.J. Turnpike. There is a Holiday Inn right off the exit for accommodations. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m., with music starting at 8 p.m. For table and ticket reservations, call Peter Prociuk, (732) 541-5452. Tickets will not be sold at the door. Deadline for ticket sales is January 15.
MANALAPAN, N.J.: Ukrainian National Women's League of America (UNWLA) Branch 9, Holmdel-Middletown, N.J., and the Monmouth County Library are co-sponsoring a Ukrainian Arts and Crafts exhibit in the upper lobby of the library during the month of January. The exhibit opened January 4 and will be on view through January 30. Library hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.- 9 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 9 a.m-5 p.m.; and Sunday, 1-5 pm. On January 29, the documentary film "Harvest of Despair," which deals with the 1932-1933 Famine-Genocide in Ukraine, will be shown at the library, 125 Symmes Drive, (off Route 9 South). A discussion and refreshments will follow the film screening. For more information call the library, (732) 431-7220, or the UNWLA branch office, (732) 441-9530. UNWLA Branch 98, which was established in 1988, is hosting the program in celebration of the 80th anniversary of the UNWLA, which was founded in Philadelphia in 1925.
WINDHAM, N.Y.: An exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Natalia Pohrebinska will open at the Roshkowska Gallery, 5338 Main St. The opening of the monthlong exhibition will be held at 4-6 p.m. For gallery hours and more information, call (518) 734-9669. Ms. Pohrebinska, an artist and antiques dealer, lives and works in Lexington, N.Y., in the Stone House.

Thursday, January 27

EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) will host a lecture by Dr. Natalie Kononenko, Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography, department of modern languages and cultural studies, University of Alberta. The lecture, which will be accompanied by a digital presentation, is titled "Soviet Ritual/Post-Soviet Ritual: Undoing Social Engineering?" It will be held in the Heritage Lounge, Athabasca Hall, at 3:30 p.m. For additional information call CIUS, (780) 492-2972, or e-mail [email protected].

ADVANCE NOTICE

Saturday, February 5

LOS ANGELES: The California Association to Aid Ukraine invites you to plan a weekend getaway in sunny, southern California in February. CAAU will host the annual Ball and Presentation of Debutantes on Saturday, February 5, at the Hilton Hotel, in Glendale, Calif. All proceeds are designated for the support of the "Wheelchairs for Ukraine" program. The formal affair includes cocktail hour, silent auction, dinner and dancing to the music of Vorony. Tickets: $95, adults; $85, students. Mail checks for tickets to CAAU, c/o Marta Mykytyn-Hill, 1219 Via Arroyo, Ventura, CA 93003. Lodging is available at the hotel, subject to availability; call (818) 956-5466 for reservations (please refer to group "CAAU"). With other inquiries call Luba Keske, (818) 884-3836, or Shannon Micevych, (818) 774-9378.

CANCELLATION

SOMERSET, N.J.: The New Year's Eve Malanka sponsored by the Committee for Aid to Ukraine, Central New Jersey Branch, which was to have been held Saturday, January 15, at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 135 Davidson Ave., has been cancelled. For information call Michael Shulha, (908) 534-6683.

PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES

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