PREVIEW OF EVENTS (07/05/98)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday-Sunday, July 11-12

CASTLE CREEK, N.Y.: Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church will hold its Ukrainian Festival on Saturday, noon-10 p.m., and Sunday, noon-9 p.m., at Sacred Heart Ukrainian Picnic Grounds on Brooks Road. All are welcome to come and enjoy Ukrainian food, games, arts and crafts, and live music by the Perceptions Band from Binghampton. The Sunday program will also feature the Sacred Heart Dancers at 2:30-3:30 p.m. For further information please contact Maria Zobniw, (607) 798-9148.

Monday-Saturday, July 6-11

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Yara Arts Group from LaMama Experimental Theatre in New York will conduct its 11th annual theater workshop with the students of the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute. As an introduction to the workshop, on Monday, July 6, Virlana Tkacz will show slides from Yara's productions in Ukraine, Siberia and at LaMama Experimental Theatre in New York, where Yara is a resident company. The first workshop sessions will follow immediately. The workshop will be directed by Virlana Tkacz; the set and lights will be designed by Watoku Ueno and the costumes by Luba Kierkosz. Music will be by Julian Kytasty and Genji Ito, while Yara's Zabryna Guevara will be the special guest artist this year. The workshops are held every evening throughout the week and will culminate in a performance open to the public based on modern Ukrainian poetry on Saturday, July 11, at 8 p.m. in Lowell Hall. Call (617) 495-4053 for details.

Monday, July 20

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute, as part of its special events program, is holding a talk titled "Post-Carnival as the Post-Modern Situation in Ukrainian Literature," by Dr. Tamara Hundorova, visiting Fulbright scholar in Ukrainian literature at Columbia University. The presentation will be held on campus in Emerson Hall, Room 101, at 7:30 p.m.

ADVANCE NOTICE
Sunday-Saturday, August 2-8

EMLENTON, Pa.: The Ukrainian Orthodox League of the U.S.A. is holding its 41st annual Western Pennsylvania Regional UOL Teenage Conference. The theme is "1998: The Year of the Ukrainian Orthodox Youth." The conference is being offered to teenagers between the ages of 12 and 18. Counselors must be at least 20 years old. For further information, or to register for the conference, please contact: Charissa Sheptak, 314 Court St., Apt. 1, Brooklyn, NY 11231; telephone, (718) 858-7545.