PREVIEW OF EVENTS (11/23/03)

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.