PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Tuesday, September 17
- NEW YORK: The work of Ukrainian Canadian painter and installation artist
Taras Polataiko, who was written up in ARTnews in 1995 as one of the "Ten
Artists to Watch Worldwide," will be exhibited at Caelum Gallery.
The gallery will show a selection from the artist's "Glare" series,
conceived as an homage to Kyivan-born painter and theorist Kazimir Malevich,
a key figure in the development of abstract art and founder of the suprematism
art movement in 1913. Caelum Gallery is located at 580 Broadway, Suite
902, between Houston and Prince streets. Gallery hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.,
Tuesday-Saturday; and 1-6 p.m., Sundays.
Saturday, September 21
- NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society is holding a lecture by
Hanna Rudavska, professor at the Kyiv State University of Commerce and
Economics, who will speak on "Chornobyl, Nutrition and Problems in
Safeguarding the Ukrainian Genepool." The lecture will be held at
the society's building, 63 Fourth Ave., at 5 p.m.
Wednesday, September 25
- JENKINTOWN, Pa.: Manor Junior College will hold its second annual golf
outing to benefit the college's endowment fund. The outing will take place
at the Bucks County Country Club, Jamison, Pa. Registration is at noon,
with the tee-off set for 1 p.m. A dinner and awards presentation will take
place at 5:30 p.m. at the Tryzub Ukrainian American Sports Center, at the
intersection of Lower State and County Line roads. Hole sponsorships are
available at $100. The fee for an afternoon of golf and the dinner/awards
ceremony is $75; dinner/awards ceremony only is $25.
- YARDVILLE, N.J.: St. George Ukrainian Orthodox Church is holding an
autumn dance at the church hall, 839 Yardville-Allentown Road, starting
at 9 p.m. Music will be by Fata Morgana. Tickets, available at the door,
are: $20, adults; $10, students. Price includes buffet. For additional
information call Natalia Poseva, (609) 259-2763.
Saturday, September 28
- HARTFORD, Conn.: The Zolotyi Promin Ukrainian Dance Ensemble is holding
its first annual zabava to be held at the Ukrainian National Home, 961
Wethersfield Ave., at 8 p.m. Music will be by The Wave. Donation (includes
buffet): $10, adults. For additional information call Irene Tomaszewsky,
(860) 872-8687.
- BUFFALO, N.Y.: The Ukrainian Students' Club at the University of Buffalo
is sponsoring its third annual volleyball tournament, with a dinner and
a zabava to follow at the Dnipro Ukrainian Home. Music will be by the Burlaky.
To register teams and for more information call Lida Paszkowsky, (716)
835-6288, or send e-mail to LNP4@acsu.buffalo.edu.
Sunday, September 29
- SASKATOON: The Ukrainian Canadian Congress invites all members and
supporters of the Ukrainian community to the second annual Ukrainian Canadian
Congress-Saskatchewan Provincial Council Community Appreciation Banquet
to be held in the Battleford Room of the Delta Bessborough Hotel. The banquet,
which will honor 11 Ukrainian community activists, begins at 1:30 p.m.
Tickets are $30 and available from the UCC-SPC office, 203-611 University
Drive, or by calling (306) 652-5850.
ONGOING
- NEW YORK: An art exhibit, held on the occasion of the fifth anniversary
of Ukraine's independence, featuring works by artists from the Or Gallery
in Kyiv, is currently on view at the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the
United Nations. Among the artists represented are Oleksandr Borodai, Mykhailo
Demtsiu, Dmytro Dobrovolsky, Anatoliy Furleta, Serhiy Hai, Ivan Ivko, Volodymyr
Kabachenko, Olha Volha and Mykola Volha, the gallery's director. The exhibit,
which opened September 5, runs through October 4. The mission is located
at 220 E. 51 St. Exhibition hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission.
- POTTSTOWN, Pa.: The photography exhibit "An American Portrait
of Ukraine, " by award-winning artist Wilton Tifft, is on view at
The Hill School Center for the Arts. The exhibit, back from its recent
United States Embassy tour, opened September 8 and will run through October
18. The center is located at Beech and Sheridan streets. Gallery hours:
3-5 p.m. For additional information call (610) 326-1000, ext. 7351.
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15, 1996, No. 37, Vol. LXIV
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