PREVIEW OF EVENTS (08/27/00)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday, September 9

WASHINGTON: The Taras Shevchenko School of Ukrainian Studies will start the 2000-2001 school year. Classes will be held at the Westland Middle School, 5511 Massachusetts Ave., Bethesda, Md. School hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Registration will be held between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. on the first day of school. The Taras Shevchenko School of Ukrainian Studies offers a program of study in Ukrainian language and culture for children from kindergarten (age 5) through grade 11 (matura). A class in English is held for non-Ukrainian speaking children. For further information, call Theodore Caryk, (301) 840-1713, or Halyna Breslawec, (301) 983-0152.

Sunday, September 10

STAMFORD, Conn.: The 33rd Ukrainian Day Festival sponsored by the Connecticut State Ukrainian Day Committee will be held at St. Basil's Seminary, on Glenbrook Road, beginning with an 11 a.m. liturgy celebrated by the Bishop Basil H. Losten. Immediately afterwards Ukrainian food, picnic food and refreshments will be available. At 2:30 p.m. a lively program will begin, featuring fiddler Vasyl Popadiuk; sister cabaret duo Chereshenky; the dance ensembles Zolotyi Promin, Vesna, Veselka and Motria; as well as the bandurist ensemble Vyshyvanky. Roman Wasylyk will serve as master of ceremonies. Over 15 vendors will provide a kaleidoscope of Ukrainian souvenirs for sale. Admission: advance, $3 per person; at gate, $5; children under age 12, free. Free parking. For more information call (203) 269-5909.

Tuesday, September 12

IRVINGTON, N.J.: The first session of "Muzychne Doshkillia" - Music & Me at the Ukrainian Community Center, 140 Prospect Ave., will be held. Starting on September 13: Music & Me at the Ukrainian Institute of America Inc., 2 E. 79th St., New York; starting on September 14 the first session of classes for school-age children (also at the UIA). For more information call Marta Sawyck, (908) 276-3134 or (973) 374-8079.

Sunday, September 17

PARMA, Ohio: The 75th anniversary of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America will be celebrated by the Ohio Regional Council, starting with a divine liturgy at 10 a.m. at St. Pokrova Church (6810 Broadview Rd.) followed by a jubilee dinner at 1 p.m. and a program that includes remarks by the president of the UNWLA, Iryna Kurowyckyj.

ADVANCE NOTICE

Saturday, September 23

GLEN SPEY, N.Y.: On the occasion of the 2000th anniversary of Christianity, the Ukrainian community of Glen Spey, N.Y., proudly announces an official visitation by His Holiness Filaret, patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus'-Ukraine. The patriarch will celebrate an archpastoral divine liturgy at 10 a.m. at Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. A reception honoring Patriarch Filaret will follow at the Ukrainian Fraternal Association's Verkhovyna Resort. Due to limited seating, tickets must be prepaid by September 16. For further information call (914) 858-2524.

Sunday, October 1

HILLSIDE, N.J.: Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church will begin religious education instruction for children in grades 3 through 8. Classes will be held on a monthly basis and will begin shortly before the Sunday 9 a.m. divine liturgy. The parish is located at the intersection of Liberty Ave. and Bloy St. in Hillside (Union County). For further information contact either Mike Szpyhulsky, (908) 289-0127, or Joe Shatynski, (973) 599-9381, by September 1.