PREVIEW OF EVENTS (05/03/98)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Thursday, May 7

PASSAIC, N.J.: Pre-school Music, under the direction of Marta Sawycky, is beginning two one-hour programs for children ages 2 1/2 - 8. The first classes will be held on May 7 at 2:30 and 3:30 and every Thursday thereafter in the school hall of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic School, 212 President St. For further information and to register your child contact Mrs. Sawycky at (908) 374-8079 or Daria Temnycky at (973) 471-1701.

Friday, May 8

NEW YORK: National Deputy Hennadii Udovenko, former foreign affairs minister of Ukraine and president of the U.N. General Assembly, will speak on "Ukraine after the Elections" at the Shevchenko Scientific Society, 63 Fourth Ave, at 6:30 p.m. The event is co-sponsored by UCCA and UACC. Contact (212) 254-5130 for more information.
NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and Literary Club and the New York School of Bandura present "Blahoslovy Maty," an evening of hahilky and bandura playing by the Astoria youth group directed by Alla Kutzevych. Also participating is bandurist Lavrentia Turkewicz. Introductory remarks will be given by Jaroslawa Gerulak. The evening will be held at 7 p.m. at the Mayana Gallery, 136 Second Ave., fourth floor. For more information call (212) 260-4490 or (212) 777-8144.

Saturday-Sunday, May 9-10

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.: The Tidewater Ukrainian Cultural Association is participating in the Multicultural Boardwalk Festival held on the Boardwalk and 24th Street Park as part of the Virginia Waterfront International Arts Festival. Ukrainian artifacts will be on sale, and Ukrainian Easter egg demonstrations will take place each afternoon; on Sunday at 3 p.m. bandura soloist Olga Cehelska will perform on center stage. A special invitation is extended to Ukrainian Americans serving in the military in the Norfolk-Yorktown area. Festival hours are 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; admission is free. For more information contact Olena Boyko, (804) 758-5497.

Saturday, May 9

MONTREAL: The Montreal Branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress is organizing a memorial march to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the 1933 Famine-Genocide in Ukraine in which over 7 million perished. The march begins at 1 p.m. from the Roddick Gates, McGill University, and will proceed to Place du Canada, where a commemorative ceremony will be held. For further information call (514) 481-5871.

Tuesday, May 12

TORONTO: St. Vladimir Institute presents a five-week course titled "Gerdany - Ukrainian-Style Beadwork." Learn how to make seedbead collars and bands using the "sylianka" technique. In this series, Maria Rypan, program director and instructor, will teach mesh variations popular in western Ukraine. The classes will be held at the institute, 620 Spadina Ave., at 7-9 p.m. The course runs through June 9. Fee: $12 per session or $50 for five weeks. Supplies may be purchased at each session. For additional information and registration call Ms. Rypan, (416) 923-3318.

Wednesday, May 13

NEW YORK: "Music at the Institute" presents "Composer's Choice," with Renée Jolles, violinist, and Christopher Oldfather, pianist, in a program of works by Handel, Brahms, Ysaÿe, Thorne, Beach and Smetana. This concert, which is sponsored by Dr. W. Howard Hoffman, will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m. For more information call the institute (212) 288-8660.
CHICAGO: The Ukrainian American Chamber of Commerce; the Consulate General of Ukraine in Chicago; and the International Division of the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago are hosting the second annual conference on Ukraine titled "Inside Ukraine Today." Keynote speaker at the conference is Ernest Micek, chairman and CEO of Cargill, Inc. of Minneapolis, and member of the President's Advisory Council on Foreign Investments in Ukraine. (Cargill is a major multi-national company and worldwide leader in the export/import of grain and related food commodities.) In his speech, Mr. Micek will address the post-election investment climate in Ukraine. Conference presentations will address small business, large business, purchasers of government business entities being privatized or investors in ongoing businesses, either totally owned by Ukrainians, or partially owned by Ukrainians and firms and/or individuals from outside the country. The program will be divided into two sections: the morning session will deal with information needed to make the decision to buy or invest in Ukraine; the afternoon session will deal with problems of establishing a business there - taxes, licenses, permits, tariffs, duties, logistic costs and such matters as leasing or buying of equipment and/or real estate. Also to be covered: introducing innovative technology in agriculture, investing in machine and production tools, and case history reports. Presentations will be followed by roundtable discussions. The conference will be held 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Gleacher Conference Center, Graduate School of Business, Downtown Campus, University of Chicago, 450 N. City Front Plaza Drive Pre-registration is required. Registration fee: $95. For further information or to register, contact Ellis Murphy, Ukrainian American Chamber of Commerce, (312) 440-2327.

Saturday, May 16

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian American Professionals and Businesspersons Association of New York and New Jersey invites the public to a guest lecture by artist Christina Saj titled "A Work in Progress" on art, iconography and historical influences on her work as a painter. The presentation will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St., at 7 p.m.; wine reception to follow. Members: $8; non-members, $10; students, free. For more information call Areta Pawlynsky, (609) 683-5959.
UNIONDALE, N.Y.: The local branch of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America will hold a spring dinner/ dance at the St. Vladimir Parish Center, 226 Uniondale Ave. Part of the proceeds will be donated to the newly formed "Ukrainian Gift of Life" program. Dancing will be to the music of The Wave (Khvylia), starting at 9 p.m. Tickets (price includes dinner): adults, $25; $30, at the door; students (age 14-21), $15; children (age 7-14), $8; children under 7, free. For tickets and information call (516) 781-8072.

Sunday, May 17

CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art presents a concert featuring soprano Lesia Hrabova and baritone Oleh Chmyr. The program includes work by Bach, Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Kropyvnytsky and Hulak-Artemovsky. The concert will be held at the institute, 2320 W. Chicago Ave., at 2 p.m.

ONGOING

NEW YORK: In her 11th one-person exhibition at A.I.R. Gallery, Daria Dorosh is showing digital prints that reflect the intersection of fashion, fine art, photography and digital technology. In the last 35 years the artist has been engaged in each of these areas as separate fields; the digital revolution has changed that separation. The subject matter of the new work is personal and immediate. Layers of the artist's past are collected with a digital camera and altered in Photoshop to express a new range of ideas and observations. The exhibit, titled "Daria Dorosh: Scraps and Shadows," opened on April 21 and will run through May 9. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. For more information call the gallery, 40 Wooster St., (212) 966-0799.

ADVANCE NOTICE

Saturday, May 30

PHILADELPHIA: Branch 88 of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America is organizing a guided bus tour to New York City's Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and The Ukrainian Museum. The tour is open to the public. The bus will depart from the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road in Jenkintown, Pa., at 8:30 a.m. sharp and return about 7:30 p.m. Cost: $35 per student; $40 per adult. For more information call Daria Kulchychky, (215) 638-8404, or Marta Bobak, (215) 379-2342, evenings.

Wednesday-Saturday, June 17-20

STAMFORD, Conn.: The Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies, Faculty of Theology, St. Paul University, Ottawa, and St. Basil's College, Stamford, Conn., are holding "The International Symposium on English Translations of Byzantine Liturgical Texts." The symposium will be held at St. Basil's College, 195 Glenbrook Road. Participating will be leading scholars in the field from Italy, England, Ireland, Greece and the U.S. The keynote address will be delivered by the Rev. Prof. Robert Taft, SJ, Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome, and Titulary of the Sir Daniel and Countess Bernadin Murphy Donahue Chair in Eastern Catholic Theology. For further information contact the Rev. Prof. Peter Galadza, symposium convenor, at the Sheptytsky Institute: telephone, (613) 236-1393, ext. 2648; fax, (613) 782-3026; e-mail, pgaladza@spu.stpaul.uottawa.ca.

Friday, September 25; Sunday, December 27

TORONTO: An art exhibit titled "New Figures, New Faces," held under the auspices of the Toronto Branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and the Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation, is being planned with the aim of providing exposure and the exhibiting experience to young people of Ukrainian descent who seek a career in the visual arts. The exhibit hopes to showcase some of the best examples of figure drawing and portraiture being made by emerging artists and art students from across North America. The exhibit, which has been initiated by a group of Toronto area artists, arts workers and cultural activists, will be curated by artist Petro Lopata. Eligibility: artists and art students of Ukrainian descent between the ages of 18 and 30 living in Canada and the U.S. For specific requirements regarding submission of artwork to the juried exhibition call (416) 767-6111; fax, (416) 762-9298; e-mail, mlopata@interlog.com; or write to: New Figures/New Faces, 239 Lambton Ave., Toronto, Ontario M6N 2T5. Entries must be submitted by September 25. The exhibit opens at The Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation, 2118-A Bloor St. W., on December 27 and will run through January 27, 1999.