PREVIEW OF EVENTS (11/16/03)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Sunday, November 16

EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies and the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Edmonton Branch, present Dr. Yuri Shapoval, Institute of Political and Ethnonational Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, who will speak on "The Ukrainian SSR's Political Leadership and the Kremlin: Co-authors of the 1932-1933 Famine" (in Ukrainian); and Dr. Oleksiy Haran, political science department and Center for National Security Studies, National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, who will speak on "Debates Over the 1932-1933 Famine and the Current Political Struggle in Ukraine" (in English). The presentations will be held at the Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex, 9615 153rd Ave., at 2 p.m. For more information call (780) 492-6857.
SAN FRANCISCO: The 70th anniversary of the Great Famine in Ukraine will be commemorated at the Ukrainian Catholic Church of San Francisco, commencing with a liturgical service at 11 a.m. There will be a lunch at the church hall at 1 p.m. The commemorative program begins at 1:30 p.m., with Yuriy Oliynyk as featured speaker and a cultural program presented by members of the Ukrainian Heritage Club of Northern California. A concert of classical music by Ukrainian composers, with the participation of Oksana Herasymenko, visiting musician from Ukraine, as well as the Ukrainian String Sextet from Sacramento, begins at 2 p.m. Tickets: $10; lunch: $5. For additional information call (916) 482-4706.
NEW YORK: The Mayana Gallery invites the public to "Famine in the Land of Milk and Honey," an exhibit featuring 20th century Ukrainian folk art, as well as historical documents and photographs about the Famine in Ukraine (on view through November 23). The exhibit opens at 2 p.m.; gallery hours: Friday, 6-8 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Mayana Gallery is located at 136 Second Ave., fourth floor. For more information call (212) 260-4490 or (212) 777-8144. Website: www.brama.com/mayana; e-mail: ukrartlitclub@aol.com.

Saturday, November 22

HAMPTON ROADS, Va.: Ukrainian Americans in Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, York County, Williamsburg, Suffolk and Smithfield, Virginia, represented by the Tidewater Ukrainian Cultural Association (TUCA), will hold a 70th anniversary memorial program and solemn requiem and panakhyda services for the 7 million victims of the genocidal Famine of 1932-1933. The program will start at 2 p.m., at the Catholic Church of the Holy Family, 1279 N. Great Neck Road, Virginia Beach, Va. The Rev. Taras Lonchyna of the Holy Trinity Particular Byzantine Catholic Church in Silver Spring, Md., will celebrate the liturgy. All Hampton Roads Ukrainians, supporters and friends are urged to attend to commemorate this horrific tragedy of the Ukrainian people. For additional information call Andy Grynewytsch, (757) 874-3155.
NEW YORK: A grand bazaar holiday sale to benefit The Ukrainian Museum will be held at the museum, 203 Second Ave. (between 12th and 13th streets), at 11 a.m.-5 p.m. On sale: Christmas tree decorations (handmade/imported from Ukraine), Christmas cards (text in Ukrainian and/or English); paintings by Ukrainian artists, decorative ceramics, embroidered textiles, jewelry, toys, knick-knacks. Home-baked goods and superb coffee will be available. The event is a great opportunity to purchase unique and beautiful gifts for family and friends for the holidays. Do your Christmas shopping early this year. For more information contact the museum: telephone, (212) 228-0110; fax, (212) 228-1947; e-mail, info@ukrainianmuseum.org; website, www.ukrainianmuseum.org.

Monday, November 24

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute will host a lecture given by Andrea Graziosi, professor of history, University of Naples - Federico II, and visiting professor of history, Harvard University, on the topic "Ukraine's Place in Soviet History." The lecture will be held in the HURI Seminar Room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave. For more information contact the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, (617) 495-4053, or huri@fas.harvard.edu.

Sunday, November 30

JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The executive board and the Philadelphia Regional Council of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America will host a presentation of the 2003 Lesia and Petro Kovaliv Literary Fund Award. The award recipients are Vira Selianska Wowk, Ph.D., from Brazil and Martha Tarnawsky, M.S., of Philadelphia. The reception will take place at 3 p.m. at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road, Jenkintown, Pa. Donation: $10 per person. For table reservations and further information call (215) 742-3227 or (215) 322-5721.

ADVANCE NOTICE

Sunday, December 7

HILLSIDE, N.J.: You, your family and friends are invited to visit with St. Nicholas at 1 p.m. in the church hall of Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church located at the intersection of Liberty Avenue and Bloy Street. The parish children will present an informal bilingual entertainment program. Odarka Polanskyj-Stockert will also perform several holiday melodies on the harp. Complimentary refreshments will be served. If you would like to attend, please contact either Mike Szpyhulsky, (908) 289-0127, or Joe Shatynski, (973) 599-9381, by December 1. Additional information may be found on the parish website www.byzantines.net/immaculateconception.

Saturday, February 21

PHILADELPHIA: The Philadelphia Branch of the Ukrainian Engineers' Society of America will hold its annual banquet and ball with presentation of debutantes in the Grand Ballroom of the Park Hyatt Hotel, Broad and Walnut streets. Music will be by Tempo. Tickets: $100 for banquet and ball; $40 for ball only; students, $25. To register the presentation of a debutante, please contact Maria Cyhan, 315 Wedgewood Drive, Pottstown, PA 19465; telephone, (610) 469-6471.

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