PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Sunday, November 30
- SCRANTON, Pa.: A celebration of Ukrainian customs and traditions will
be featured in a program, "A Ukrainian Christmas: St. Nicholas Visits
the Children," at the Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum in McDade
Park at 2-4 p.m. The program, jointly sponsored by the museum and the Ukrainian
Heritage Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania, will include the Ukrainian
folk ensemble Kazka performing a Ukrainian children's skit and traditional
Christmas songs both in English and Ukrainian. A highlight of the afternoon
will be a visit by St. Nicholas dressed in his impressive vestments. St.
Nicholas will present children 12 and under with an old-fashioned Christmas
treat. Participants are encouraged to bring their cameras to take photographs
of their children with St. Nicholas. He will be available to visit with
them at the conclusion of the program. Refreshments will be served. Reservations
are requested as seating is limited. Reserved tickets may be purchased
at the Anthracite Heritage Museum, McDade Park, or from the Ukrainian Heritage
Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Admission price is $3 for children
12 years and under; $4 for senior citizens; $5 for all others. The museum
is located in McDade Park, off Keyser Avenue, in Scranton (Exits 182 or
191B off I-81, and Exit 38 or 122 from I-476/ Pennsylvania Turnpike). Call
Museum Educator Ruth Cummings, at (570) 963-4804, or log on to www.anthracitemuseum.org for more
information.
Monday, December 1
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute will host
a lecture by Patrice Dabrowski, postdoctoral fellow, Watson Institute for
International Studies, Brown University, titled "Discover-ing the
Carpathians: The Historical Imagin-ing and Reshaping of Alphine Borderlands."
The lecture will be held in the HURI Seminar Room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave.,
at 4-6 p.m. For more information call HURI, (617) 495-4053, or e-mail huri@fas.harvard.edu.
Thursday, December 4
- EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University
of Alberta presents, as part of its fall seminars, a lecture by Dr. Myron
Kapral, Institute of Archeography, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
Lviv Branch, titled "Ethnic Communities in Lviv: Socio-Legal Relations
(16th-18th Centuries)." The Ukrainian-language lecture will be held
in Heritage Lounge, Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta, at 3:30 p.m.
For more information call (780) 493-2972 or e-mail cius@ualberta.ca.
Friday, December 5
- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and Literary Club and Mayana Gallery present
an evening featuring art historian Stefania Hnatenko, Lviv National Art
Museum, who will give a lecture on "The Influence of the Viennese
School on the Art of Halyna Zachariasevych-Lypa (1910-1968)." The
lecture will be illustrated by slides and original works. The program will
also include the Promin Vocal Ensemble, directed by Bohdanna Wolansky,
in a performance of koliadky (Yuletide songs). In the gallery: artwork
(graphics, batik) and Christmas cards ($2.50) by Halyna Zachariasevych-Lypa
(through December 7). Donation: $7; students, $5. Gallery hours: Friday,
6-8 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1-5 p.m. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. at
the Mayana Gallery, 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-Sunday, December 6-7
- BOSTON: "Under The Christmas Tree," the third annual art
exhibit and sale featuring the works of five Ukrainian artists is being
sponsored by the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, Branch 126.
In addition, artwork from private collections will be on exhibit and available
for purchase. The opening reception and sale will be held Saturday, December
6, at 7 p.m. in the parish house of Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic
Church, 146 Forest Hills St. The sale of artwork continues after the liturgy
on Sunday, December 7. For further information e-mail olia@lupan.net
or call (508) 795-9919.
Sunday, December 7
- WHIPPANY, N.J.: The Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM), Whippany
Branch, invites all good boys and girls to visit with St. Nicholas at 3
p.m. in the church hall of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church,
South Jefferson Road and Route 10 (eastbound) The Heavenly Office will
be open at noon-3 p.m. Admission: $5 per adult; children, free. There will
be a charge of $2 per gift; program organizers ask that gifts be limited
to one per child. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact
Christine Rizzo, (908) 322-1840.
- HORSHAM, Pa.: The Tryzub Ukrainian American Sports Center will mark
the Thanksgiving holiday with a gala dinner at 1:30 p.m. and a concert
of folk music and song featuring soloist Jurij Melnychuk and the Holubka
Quartet. Tickets, at $15 per person, are available for purchase from Tryzub
representatives, at First Security Bank or at the door. Proceeds will benefit
cultural programming and youth soccer. For more information visit the Tryzub
website at www.tryzubsportscenter.org
or call (610) 868-1400.
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, November
23, 2003, No. 47, Vol. LXXI
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