PREVIEW OF EVENTS (09/15/96)

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.