PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Friday-Saturday, July 29-30
- BOSTON: St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church located at 24 Orchardhill
Road, Jamaica Plain, Mass., will host lectures at the church hall given
by Father Harry Linsinbigler. On July 29 he will discuss "Orthodoxy
in the Modern World" and on July 30 he will talk about "What
it Means to be an Orthodox Christian." All are welcome. Readers may
call (508) 755-1884 with any questions.
Saturday, August 6
- HUNTER, N.Y.: "Music at the Grazhda" presents soprano Oksana
Krovytska in a program of opera arias by Verdi, Cilea, Puccini and Luigi
Rossi as well as Ukrainian songs in arrangements by V. Yorysh, P. Boichenko,
L. Kaufmann, Mykola Lysenko and Borys Liatoshynsky. Ms. Krovytska has been
acclaimed at New York City Opera for the past 10 years in the leading roles
of such operas as "Turandot," "Carmen," "Don Giovanni,"
"La Bohème," "La Traviata," "La Rondine,"
"Prince Igor" and "Madama Butterfly," and has gained
international recognition through such roles as Katya Kabanova (L'Opéra
de Montréal, San Francisco Opera), Margherita and Elena in Boito's
"Mefistofele" (Casals Festival, Puerto Rico), Elvira in "Ernani"
(Santiago Opera, Chile), Marguerite in "Faust" (Opera de Bellas
Artes, Mexico), Marie in Smetana's "Bartered Bride" (L'Opéra
de Monte Carlo) and Renate in Prokofiev's "Fiery Angel" (Bolshoi
Opera, Moscow). Venue: Grazhda, Route 23 A. Time: 8 p.m. Tickets available
at the door for $15; $12 for members and seniors; free for students. General
information is available online at www.GrazhdaMusicandArt.org.
Information is also available by calling (518) 263-4335 (July 13-September
3).
Friday-Sunday, August 12-14
- WARREN, Mich.: The 19th annual Ukrainian Sunflower Festival, which
will be held at 26401 St. Josaphat Drive, is among the most popular and
largest ethnic summer festivals in Michigan, attracting 25,000 people every
year. The festival will take place on August 12 at 5 p.m.-midnight, August
13 at noon- midnight and August 14 at noon-10:30 p.m. This three day-event
will feature amusement rides, traditional Ukrainian food, ethnic dancing
in traditional costumes, plus exhibitions and demonstrations of Ukrainian
folk crafts, especially embroidery and ceramics. Festival entertainment
includes performances by the Ukraina, Echoes of Ukraine and Barvinok dance
ensembles, and music by Ukrainian bands, including Dunai and Ephyra, and
Foghat, an American band. The parishes of two Detroit-area Ukrainian Catholic
churches, Immaculate Conception Church in Hamtramck, and St. Josaphat Parish
in Warren, began the festival during the 1980s to bring Ukrainian communities
together, and to share the beauty and importance of the Ukrainian heritage,
culture and traditions with other Americans. The Ukrainian Sunflower Festival
raises funds in support of Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Schools
located in Warren. For more information call Andrew Zeleney, (586) 427-7795,
or visit the festival website at http://www.sunflowerfestival.org/.
Friday, August 26
- WILDWOOD CREST, N.J.: The Khmelnychenky Plast fraternity is sponsoring
an all-ages dance at the Wildwood Crest Pier Recreation Center, across
the street from the Pan Am Hotel. Last year over 500 beach-goers partied
at the "Return of the Khmeli" zabava - the event of "Ukrainian
Week" in Wildwood Crest. This year doors will open earlier, at 7 p.m.
Children's activities: 7 p.m.-8 p.m.; children's dance 8 p.m.-9:30 p.m.;
youth "vechirka" 10 p.m.-? There will be a charity raffle at
9:30 p.m., sponsored by the Spartanky Plast fraternity. Live music will
be provided by Luna from 8 p.m. to midnight; CD dance mixes welcome at
midnight. Admission: free for children age 6 and under; $3 for children
age 7-12; $5 for students age 13-22; $10 for adults 23 and over. Proceeds
go toward the Vovcha Tropa Plast camp's improvement fund. For information
and/or suggestions contact either Adrian Horodecky at [email protected]
or Joanne Iwaskiw at [email protected].
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24, 2005, No. 30, Vol. LXXIII
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