PREVIEW OF EVENTS (06/27/99)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday, July 3

GLEN SPEY, N.Y.: The Chornomorska Sitch Ukrainian sports club is sponsoring an international soccer tournament at the Verkhovyna resort. Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian teams are invited to send in rosters as soon as possible to the club at 680 Sanford Ave, Newark, N.J. 07106. Awards will include trophies for first, second and third place, as well as best goal scorer and best goalie. Registration fee: $100 per team; checks should be payable to "Sitch Soccer Team." Accomomodations are available at the Verkhovyna resort camp barracks; for reservations and other arrangements contact the resort at (914) 856-1323.

Sunday, July 4

HUNTER, N.Y.: The parish committee of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church announces the opening of the summer season at the Grazhda. Featured will be the annual exhibit of works by Ukrainian artists, as well as children's art from Lviv. The art exhibit opens July 4 at 11:45 a.m. after the church service. The art gallery in the Grazhda will be open daily except Mondays until Labor Day. A buffet, serving traditional Ukrainian food, will be open after Sunday church services. Additionally, the parish gift shop will welcome visitors throughout the summer season. The Grazhda is located near the church building on Ukraine Road, Route 23 A, approximately seven miles west of Hunter.

Tuesday, July 6

CAMBRIDGE, Mass: The Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute presents a lecture by Dr. Alexander Pivovarsky, Harvard Institute for International Development, who will speak on the topic "The Politics of Economic Reform in Ukraine." The lecture will be held in Sever Hall, Room 103, Harvard Yard, at 7:30 p.m. For additional information call the institute, (617) 495-4053.

Saturday-Sunday, July 10-11

GARDENTON, Man.: The Ukrainian Museum and Village Society is holding a Ukrainian Festival at the museum grounds that will feature an entertainment program, ethnic food, crafts and games. Schedule of events is as follows. Saturday, July 10: the festival opens at 8 a.m; parade, 10 a.m. stage show, 1 p.m.; dance/zabava, 7 p.m.; Sunday, July 11: gates open at 8 a.m.; church service, 10 a.m.; stage show, 1 p.m. For more information call the museum, (204) 425-3072.

Sunday, July 11

FALLS VILLAGE, Conn.: The Leontovych String Quartet and the St. Petersburg String Quartet will appear in concert at Music Mountain in a program of works by Shostakovich, Two Pieces for String Octet and Mendelssohn, Octet for Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 2. The concert begins at 3 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the box office or by calling (860) 824-7126 (credit card only).
HAMPTON, Va.: The Tidewater Ukrainian Cultural Association (TUCA) will hold its annual picnic and quarterly meeting at the Big Bethel Park Air Force Recreation Area, Pavilion No. 3, at 1 p.m. TUCA extends an invitation to everyone of Ukrainian ancestry in the Virginia tidewater area (Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, York County, Williamsburg and surrounding area) to come and join them. Ukrainian American servicemen and women assigned to armed forces installations in this area (Norfolk, Little Creek, Oceana, Dam Neck, Fort Monroe, Fort Eustis, Fort Story, Langley AFB, Yorktown NWS, Yorktown USCG RTC, etc.) are especially welcome. For directions and further information contact Andy Grynewytsch, (757) 874-3155.
OLD DEERFIELD, Mass.: The annual Eastern European Festival will be held in the former Old Deerfield Elementary School at 1-5 p.m. Ethnic food will be served, items of Eastern European origin will be for sale, and music will be heard all afternoon. There will also be exhibits and demonstrations. Admission is free. For more information, call Susan McGowan, (413) 774-7476, ext. 3.

Sunday, July 11

VICTORIA, British Columbia.: The 11th plaque recalling the unjust imprisonment of Ukrainian Canadians and other Europeans as "enemy aliens" during Canada's first national internment operations of 1914-1920 will be unveiled at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, Douglas Street, at 2 p.m. The trilingual plaque lists the locations as well as the opening and closing dates of all six of the concentration camps established in British Columbia and recalls this unfortunate episode in Canadian history. The event is sponsored by the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association with the financial support of the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko and the Ukrainian Canadian community of British Columbia. For more information contact Kari Moore, UCCLA-Victoria, (250) 361-9746.

Tuesday, July 13

NEW PALTZ, N.Y.: Volodymyr Vynnytsky, piano; Volodymyr Panteleyev, cello; and Artur Gursky, violin; will appear in concert at the Mohonk Mountain House in a program featuring Smetana's Piano Trio in G-minor, Op. 15, as well as solo performances. For tickets and information call (914) 255-1000.

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