PREVIEW OF EVENTS (07/16/06)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday, July 29

JEWETT, N.Y.: "Music at the Grazhda" presents the Grazhda Chamber Music Society, with Alexandre Brussilovsky, violin; Oleksandr Abayev, violin; Borys Deviatov, viola; Natalia Khoma, cello; and, Volodymyr Vynnytsky, piano. Time: 8 p.m. The Grazhda is located on Ukraine Road off Route 23A; it is five miles west of the town of Hunter, N.Y., in the Catskill Mountains. For directions visit www.grazhdamusicandart.org; for additional information call 518-263-4619.

Sunday, July 30

UNIONDALE, N.Y.: The annual picnic of St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church will take place beginning at 1 p.m. at the parish center, 226 Uniondale Avenue. The price of admission, $15 for adults, includes a meal, soft drinks and all activities. For information call 517-485-0775.

Friday, August 25

WILDWOOD CREST, N.J.: The Khmelnychenky Plast fraternity is sponsoring an all-ages dance at the Wildwood Crest Pier Recreation Center, across the street from the Pan Am Hotel. Doors open at 7 p.m. with dance music at 7-8 p.m.. The "Party Ptashat" kids' dance will be held at 8-9:30 p.m., followed by the youth "Vechirka" beginning at 10 p.m. Live music will be provided by Hrim from 8 p.m. to midnight. CD dance mixes are welcome at midnight. Admission: kids and students, $5; adults age 23 and over, $10. A portion of the proceeds go toward the Vovcha Tropa Plast campground's improvement fund. Donations will be accepted. For information and suggestions, contact Adrian Horodecky, adrian@telligys.com, or log on to www.xmel.org.

Sunday, September 10

HILLSIDE, N.J.: Religious Education classes for children will begin shortly before the 10:45 a.m. Sunday liturgy at the Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church, located at Liberty Avenue and Bloy Street. The program is designed for children from pre-school (age 3) through Grade 8. For further details and registration, please contact Patricia Shatynski, 908-322-7350, by August 13. Additional information may be found on the parish website, www.byzantines.net/immaculateconception.