PREVIEW OF EVENTS (09/11/05)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Friday, September 16

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian American Community Committee invites the public to attend a banquet welcoming President Viktor Yushchenko to New York. The banquet will be held at The Pierre, Fifth Avenue at 61st Street in New York City. Tickets are $300 per person. The event begins at 7 p.m. with cocktails, followed by dinner at 8 p.m. Dark suit attire is requested. For more information contact Tamara Gallo Olexy of the Ukrainian American Community Committee, either by telephone at (212) 228-6840 or by e-mail at ucca@ucca.org.

Saturday-Sunday, September 17-18

SILVER SPRING, Md.: The third annual Washington Ukrainian Festival will be held on the grounds of St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, 15100 New Hampshire Ave. The festival will feature Ukrainian and grilled foods, Ukrainian music and dance performances, children's activities, and the Market Place (Ukrainian handicrafts, art, clothing, ceramics, novelties, jewelry, music/videos, books and more). The official opening is Saturday at noon. The zabava (dance) is at 9 p.m. that evening in the church Founders' Hall. Parking is free; admission: $5 per person (age 16 and under, free). For directions and detailed information go to http://www.standrewuoc.org/festival.htm or call Val Zabijaka at (301) 593-5316.

Friday, September 23

NEW YORK: Mezzo-soprano Natasha Tarasova will perform a program of Mussorgsky's "Songs and Dances of Death," works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev and Shostakovich, as well as popular Ukrainian songs. The concert, which begins at 8 p.m. at Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, is Ms. Tarasova's New York debut. The concert is presented by the Stowe Summer Music Festival. Ms. Tarasova, a native of St. Petersburg, Russia, graduated from the Odesa Conservatory in Ukraine and holds master's degrees from the National Beaux Arts Institute in Ukraine. Tickets: $25; $15 for students and seniors. For information and tickets visit the Carnegie Hall Box Office, call CarnegieCharge, (212) 247-7800, or log on to www.carnegiehall.org.

Sunday, September 25

WARREN, Mich.: A benefit luncheon and fashion show hosted by the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, Branches 53 and 96 of the Detroit Regional Council, will be held at 1:30 p.m. at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 26601 Ryan Road. Proceeds will be used to aid handicapped children of the Dnipropetrovsk Orphanage in Ukraine. The show will feature contemporary women's fashions with Ukrainian embroidery provided by Alexandra Sawyn of Chicago from her personal collection. Included in the program also will be a performance by the Soloveyky Quartet under the musical direction of Olga Dubrivny-Solovey. Drawings will be held for various prizes. Donation: $25 per person. For further information call (586) 757-5571 or (248) 656-0306.

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