PREVIEW OF EVENTS (08/14/05)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday-Sunday, August 20-21

CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Illinois Branch, is sponsoring Ukrainian Fest 2005 in Chicago's Smith Park, 2500 W. Grand Ave. (corner of North Campbell Street) from noon to 10 p.m. both days. Festivities will include Ukrainian food, crafts, music, lotteries and much more. Pony rides and children's attractions will add to the entertainment for the whole family. Dance groups will perform Sunday afternoon. Celebration of Ukraine's declaration of independence will begin on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. For more information contact Pavlo T. Bandriwsky at (773) 772-4500.

Saturday, August 27

HUNTER, N.Y.: "Music at the Grazhda" presents a program titled "A Viennese Evening," featuring Yuri Kharenko, violin, and Volodymyr Vynnytsky, piano, in a benefit concert for Music and Art Center of Greene County. Mr. Kharenko, a member of the Leontovych Quartet from 1983-2000, is a Merited Artist of Ukraine. He currently teaches at the Hartford Conservatory in Connecticut. Mr. Vynnytsky, a laureate of the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Piano Competition (Paris, 1983) and winner of the Distinguished Artists Award (New York, 1994), is music director, since 2003, of the "Music at the Grazhda" concert series. Venue: Grazhda, Rt. 23 A. Time: 8 p.m. Tickets available at the door, for $15, general admission; $12, members and seniors; students, free. General information is available online at: www.GrazhdaMusicandArt.org. Information is also available by calling (518) 263-4335 (July 13-September 3).

ADVANCE NOTICE

Saturday, September 10

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Taras Shevchenko School of Ukrainian Studies will hold registration for the 2005-2006 school year and celebrate Moleben starting at 9 a.m. at the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family, located at 4250 Harewood Rd., NE, Washington, D.C. 20017. Parents will have an opportunity to speak with the director of the school, Theodore Caryk, and to meet with teachers. Books for the upcoming school year will be sold at this time only. The Taras Shevchenko School of Ukrainian Studies is a cultural school that offers a program of study in Ukrainian language and culture for children from kindergarten (age 5) through grade 11. Ukrainian as a Second Language is being offered and will be divided into two groups, preliminary and advanced. A pre-school class will also be held for children age 3-5. Classes for the upcoming school year will begin the following Saturday, September 17, promptly at 9 a.m. at Westland Middle School, located at 5511 Massachusetts Ave., in Bethesda, Md. For further details, please contact either Theodore Caryk, (301) 840-1713, or Roman Ponos, (703) 867-6847. Please contact Zirka Harabatch, (301) 916-0978, regarding pre-school. Additional information can be found on the school website, http://www.ukieschool.org. Individuals interested in teaching should contact Mr. Caryk or Mr. Ponos.

Sunday, September 11

STAMFORD, Conn.: The 38th Ukrainian Day Festival, sponsored by the Connecticut State Ukrainian Day Committee at St. Basil's Seminary in Stamford, Conn., will begin at 9 a.m. and will include over 15 Ukrainian vendors. Coffee and donuts will be served before the 11 a.m. liturgy. Priests will be available for confessions before liturgy, which will be celebrated by the Most Rev. Basil H. Losten. Traditional Ukrainian cuisine and picnic fare will be available after the liturgy. Festival performances begin at 2:45 p.m. and will include Alla Kutsevych from N.Y.; the Pavlyshyn sisters from Queens, N.Y.; and the Lvivyany Ukrainian Ensemble, who will provide music for dancing after the program. Zolotyj Promin Dance Ensemble of greater Hartford; the Kalynonka Children's Dance Ensemble from Stamford; and the Priest Tenors Quartet from Stamford will also appear at this year's festival. Admission for those 12 and over: advance, $5 per person; at the gate, $10. For tickets call (860) 568-5445. Free parking is available for festival-goers. For more information or to volunteer to help please call (203) 269-5909.