PREVIEW OF EVENTS (05/13/01)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Sunday, May 19

SILVER SPRING, Md.: The Taras Shevchenko School of Ukrainian Studies will hold its Graduation Dance, featuring the Mandry band, at St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, 15100 New Hampshire Ave., at 7 p.m. Presentation of graduates will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets: adults $15; students, free. Cash buffet and cash bar. For additional information call Luba Rapawy, (301) 770-6911, or Halyna Breslawec, (301) 983-0152.

Sunday, May 20

JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The School of the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble will be hosting its annual Spring Festival at St. Michael's Church, 1013 Fox Chase Road. The festival begins at 1 p.m.; the Voloshky School will perform at 2:30 p.m. There will be plenty of delicious food and entertainment for children after the performance. Tickets: adults, $4; children age 2-12, $2. For additional information contact Nina Prybolsky, (215) 572-1552.
BUFFALO, N.Y.: The Yevshan Ukrainian Dance Ensemble will hold a concert at the University of Buffalo Center for the Arts (Amherst Campus) at 5 p.m. It will feature many young, talented and energetic performers from Rochester, N.Y., in a rich repertoire of regional folk and interpretive dances. Admission: $10 per person; children under 5, free. Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster outlets and the box office on the day of the performance.
PHOENIX, Ariz.: Ukrainian National Women's League of America Branch 3 and the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Phoenix Branch, invite the public to a dinner commemorating "Heroes of Ukraine" and the grand opening of the UNWLA's Cultural Arts Exhibition Hall. Admission: $10; proceeds to benefit the Zakarpattia Flood Relief Fund. The event will be held at 12:30 p.m. at the UCCA Center 730 W. Elm St. For more information call (480) 991-4656.

Saturday, June 2

TORONTO: The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, conducted by Oleh Mahlay, will present a "Concert of Sacred Music" at Our Lady of Sorrows Church at 8 p.m. (The church is located at 3055 Bloor St. W., one block west of Royal York Road and at the Royal York Subway Station.) Part of a sacred music series the concert will feature the mystical sounds of Eastern Europe's finest church music, including works by Berezovsky, Dyletsky and Bortniansky, along with the sounds of the bandura. Admission: free-will offering. For more information call (905) 206-9963 or visit the website www.bandura.org.

Saturday, June 9

PALATINE, Ill.: Ukrainian American Veterans (UAV) Post 32 and the Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM) will sponsor a presentation by Maria Pyskir, author of "Thousands of Roads." The book is a memoir of a young woman's life in the Ukrainian underground during and after World War II. There is no entrance fee; donations will be accepted which will be used for youth programs. The program will begin at 6 p.m., and books will be available for purchase. The presentation will take place at the SUM Hall in Palatine. For more information call Roman G. Golash of the UAV, (847) 910-3532.

Sunday, June 10

CHlCAGO: Ukrainian American Veterans (UAV) Post 32 and the Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM) will sponsor a presentation by Maria Pyskir, author of "Thousands of Roads" - a memoir of a young woman's life in the Ukrainian underground during and after World War II. Free-will donation will be used for youth programs. The program will begin at 6 p.m., and books will be available for purchase. The presentation will take place at the SUM Hall in Chicago. For more information call Roman G. Golash of the UAV, (847) 910-3532.