I noticed this stand at the Food Building in the Canadian National Exhibition last night in Toronto. I talked to the owners for a bit, they used to run a restaurant in Brampton but now only set up shop here every summer. The perogies and the cabbage rolls were very good, the last day of the CNE is tomorrow so if you get a chance check them out!
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Toronto’s Ukrainian Independence Day Festival a big hit
A great time was had by all last night at Centennial Park in Etobicoke. Check out some pictures from the event:
Ukrainian Independence Day festivals 2008
Saturday & Sunday
- Chicago, IL – 25th annual Ukrainian Days Festival – Smith Park, 2500 West Grand Avenue
- Glen Spey, NY – Ukrainian Independence Day celebration ‘Verkhovyna’ – Mountainview Resort, 369 High Rd at 2pm
Saturday
- Toronto, ON – Ukraine’s Independance Day Festival – Centennial Park, Etobicoke
- Davis, CA – Ukrainian Festival – Veterans Center Theatre & Hall, 203 East 14th St
- Saskatoon, SK – Ukraine Day – Kiwanis Park, 601 Spadina Cres. E, 9am – 9pm
Sunday
- Toms River, NJ – 1st annual Ukrainian Festival – St. Stephen Ukrainian Catholic Church,1344 White Oak Bottom Rd, 12-7pm
Horsham, PA – Ukrainian Folk Festival 2008 -Tryzub Sports Center, County Line & Lower State Rds., at noon - Buffalo, NY – Ukrainian Day – Dnipro Center , 562 Genesee Street at 1pm
- San Francisco, CA – Ukrainian Day in Golden Gate Park – at 1pm
- Silver Spring, MD – Independence Day Picnic Celebration – St. Andrew’s Chruch, 15100 New Hampshire Ave. at 1pm
Am I missing a festival? Let me know in the comments!
Independence Day Rally at Queen’s Park
They rallied at Queen’s Park today in Toronto to commemorate the 17th year of Independence for Ukraine. Some great speeches were head by Borys Wrzesnewskyj and Peggy Nash as well as a few others. Check out some pictures of the event:
Ancient Ukraine: Trypilian Culture this Fall at ROM
The exhibit runs from November 29, 2008 to March 22, 2009. artdaily has a great write-up on it:
ONTARIO.- This Fall, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents Mysteries of Ancient Ukraine: the Remarkable Trypilian Culture (5400 – 2700 BC), the world’s first large scale exhibition uncovering the secrets of this ancient society which existed in present day Ukraine 7,000 – 5,000 years ago. The mystery of this compelling and sophisticated culture, known for creating the largest settlements anywhere in the world at the time, only to inexplicably disappear, is illuminated through some 300 artifacts, many never before seen in North America. The exhibition is on display in the Museum’s 3rd floor Centre Block from Saturday, November 29, 2008 to Sunday, March 22, 2009.
With Ukraine’s First Lady, Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko serving as honorary patron, Mysteries of Ancient Ukraine: the Remarkable Tryplian Culture (5400 – 2700 BC) is organized by the ROM in collaboration with the National Museum of the History of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine), the Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Archaeological Museum of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Odessa Archaeological Museum, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Vinnytsia Regional Museum (Ukraine). The exhibition is based on artifacts first discovered by Ukrainian archaeologist Vikenty Khvoika in 1896, including tools, items of adornment, ceramic figures, earthenware portraits, and pottery. Trypilian pottery, with its sophisticated decorative schemes, attractive forms and fine execution, is generally recognized as second to none in the Neolithic world.