PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Friday-Sunday, May 16-18
- NEW YORK: St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church is sponsoring the 21st
annual Ukrainian Street Festival, with the official opening Friday at 4
p.m.. The festival features a variety of Ukrainian foods as well as arts
and crafts. The Dumka Chorus will give a concert in St. George Church on
Sunday, May 18, at 1:30 p.m. The outdoor weekend festival also will spotlight
singers and Ukrainian dancers. Festival hours: Friday, 4-11 p.m.; Saturday,
11 a.m.-11 p.m.; and Sunday, 1-10 p.m.
Saturday, May 17
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of America presents a concert recital
with Lesya Hrabova, lyric coloratura soprano, and Oksana Rawluk-Protenic,
piano. The program will include excerpts from Puccini, Verdi, Vivaldi,
Schubert, Gounod, Lysenko, Barvinsky and Kos-Anatolsky. The concert will
be held at the institute, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m.
- JAMAICA PLAIN, Mass: A concert titled "Masterpieces of the World
and Ukrainian Classics," featuring Oleh Chmyr, baritone, and Volodymyr
Vynnytsky, piano, will benefit the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund. The
concert will be held at St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church Hall, 24 Orchard
Hill Road, at 7 p.m. Donation: $25, includes buffet and bar. Please respond
by May 10 by calling (617) 522-9858.
Sunday, May 18
- KENMORE, N.Y.: The Buffalo Chapter of the Children of Chornobyl Relief
Fund is holding a benefit luncheon at noon-2 p.m. at the Ukrainian Catholic
Church Hall, 3275 Elmwood Ave. The program will include Ukrainian dance
performances by the Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM-A) and the
Cherymshyna Ukrainian Student Association Dance Group. Donation: $8, adults;
$4, children. For additional information call Zenon Bodnarskyj, (716) 636-1300.
Sunday, May 18
- CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art presents a concert featuring
the Leontovych String Quartet in a program of works by Skoryk, Mozart and
Brahms. The concert will be held at the institute, 2320 W. Chicago Ave.,
at 2 p.m.
- AKRON, Ohio: Stephen Miahky, violinist, will present a Young Artist
Recital at the University of Akron, Guzzetta Hall, at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Miahky
will perform violin sonatas by Beethoven and Debussy and the Paganini Violin
Concerto. The concert is free and open to the public.
Sunday, May 25
- NEW YORK: Ihor Sevcenko, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History
and Literature, emeritus, Harvard University; president, Association Internationale
des Études Byzantines, editorial board member of Corpus Fontium
Historiae Byzantinae and Corpus des Astronomes Byzantins; and author of
the recently published book "Ukraine Between East and West" will
give a lecture titled "Perceptions of Byzantium," as part of
the lecture series held in conjunction with "The Glory of Byzantium"
exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The lecture will be held
in Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at 3 p.m.
ONGOING
- SILVER SPRING, Md.: The Volodymyr Institute, a research, training and
production corporation, is holding free business seminars - "Ukrainian
Business Opportunities in the USA" for the residents of the greater
Washington and Baltimore areas. With regard to dates and time, and to register,
call or fax: (301) 593-9394 or (301) 593-9411.
ADVANCE NOTICE
Friday-Sunday, May 30-June 1
- TORONTO: The Ukrainian American Bar Association and the Association
of Ukrainian Canadian Jurists will hold a joint meeting at the Radisson
Plaza Hotel, 90 Bloor St. E. For room reservations call (800) 333-3333
or (416) 961-8000. For additional information, in the U.S. call (800) UABA-LAW;
in Canada call Alex Ilchenko, (416) 360-8600.
PLEASE NOTE: Individuals or organizations who have not taken into
account the changes in Preview requirements announced on April 13 and have
not submitted information in Preview format will find that their entries
have not been published in this issue.
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, May
11, 1997, No. 19, Vol. LXV
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