PREVIEW OF EVENTS (07/14/02)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Ongoing through Sunday, September 15

DETROIT: The Ukrainian American Archives and Museum of Detroit invites the public to view the exhibit titled "The 'Tree of Life' Motif in Embroidered Ritual Cloths (Rushnyky) of Central Ukraine." The exhibition, which will include original antique ritual cloths from the Kyiv, Poltava, and Chernihiv regions dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries, will be on view at the Ukrainian American Archives and Museum, 11756 Charest St., Hamtramck, Mich., through Sunday, September 15. Exhibit hours: Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Admission: adults, $3; students and seniors, $2; children age 12-18, $1; museum members, no charge. For more information call (313) 366-9764.

Thursday, July 18

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute will host a special guest lecture by the ambassador of Ukraine to Canada, Dr. Yuri Shcherbak. The lecture, free and open to the public, will take place at 7 p.m. in the Thompson Room of Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Harvard University. For more information contact the Ukrainian Research Institute, (617) 495-4053, or huri@fas.harvard.edu.

Saturday-Sunday, July 20-21

BOSTON: The 55th annual convention of the Ukrainian Orthodox League invites the public to attend its dance at 9 p.m. on Saturday at the Boston Radisson Hotel located on Stuart Street. Burya will provide entertainment at the zabava; tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. On Sunday, Ron Cahute will perform his Barabolya concert at St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 24 Orchard Hill Road, Jamaica Plain. For more information call (617) 489-2613, or e-mail skondratiuk@aol.com.

Sunday, July 21

CHICAGO: The Foundation for the Advancement of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Illinois invites the public to a roundtable discussion titled, "Political and Economic Situation in Ukraine after the Last Parlimentary Elections in the Opinion of the Ukrainian Scholars of the United States and Canada." The following scholars from the 21st annual Conference on Ukrainian Subjects at the University of Illinois will participate: Profs. Taras Hunczak, Vasyl Markus, Petro Potichnyj and Jaroslav Rozumnyj. The event will take place at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 2247 W. Chicago Ave. The roundtable discussion begins at 1 p.m., following a light luncheon, which will be served at noon. The suggested donation is $20 per person. For more information call Raisa Bratkiv, (847) 991-3136.

Friday-Sunday, August 2-4

KERHONKSON, N.Y.: The ninth annual exhibit of paintings by Edward and Jerome Kozak will be displayed in the library of the Main House at Soyuzivka. For more information, call (518) 263-4156.

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