MALANKA 2020

It’s time for the Old New Year and your chance to say good-bye to 2019 again! What an opportunity to reconnect with old friends and make some new ones at this festive gathering.

In the lovely ballroom of the Clintonville Women’s Club you can enjoy dinner with complimentary wine and an assortment of fabulous Ukrainian tortes for dessert.

For fun, we’ll have a silent auction and raffle.

The evening’s musical program will feature the wonderful Rakowsky sisters, who will present a program of Ukrainian Christmas carols. And Mykola Halchenko and his female ensemble, coming to us from Cincinnati, will entertain with folk and contemporary Ukrainian songs. And everyone is encouraged to join in!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Want to see what we have in store for you at the Ukrainian TORTE BUFFET?
Here is a sneak peek:

Torte Madame Foo-Foo
A chocolate and coffee confection

Pavlova
A cloud of marshmallowy meringue and whipped cream

Napoleon
Flaky pastry layered with a light caramel cream

 Esterhazy Torte
 Hazelnut meringue layered with custard buttercream.

Walnut Mocha Torte
Walnut sponge layers filled with luscious coffee filling

 Honey Pliatsok 
 Honey bread slices filled with orange apricot marmalade

Strawberry Biskvit
Ladyfingers support a fluffy cream and strawberry filling

 

 

And at the SILENT AUCTION we will be featuring such items as:

Vintage Jigsaw Puzzle
Only for the patient and the eagle-eyed

 Yaroslava Surmach Recipe Card Plaques
 Iconic Christmas recipes for makivnyk and varenyky, each 9.5″ x 13.5″

Wooden Necklace
Hand-painted wooden beads, made in Ukraine, 15″ long

Children’s Books
In Ukrainian and in English, to read and to create

Pillow
Hand-embroidered pillow, 14″ square

Oil Painting
Sweetly evocative village scene of old, 17.75″x 21.75″

Wooden Wall Art
Hand-carved forest scenes

The Art Songs of Lysenko and Stetsenko
CD collections recorded by Pavlo Hunka

L’viv Metal Wall Plaque
The iconic skyline and lion of L’viv, 7″ diameter

Scalloped Crystal Bowl
Beautifully embellished scalloped edge serving bowl, 9″ diameter

 Traditional Embroidered Runner
 Hand-embroidered on fine linen, 13.5″ x 25″

Ceramic Pitcher
Decorated with traditional patterns and poppies, 7″ tall

 Oil Painting 2
 Memories of a childhood village, 23.5″ x 19.5″

Aka Pereyma
Full color history of the Ohio artist and her work

 Small Crystal Bowl
 Lovely etched design, 5.5″ diameter

 

 

We will be adding more photos of tortes and silent auction items every day until Malanka! Come back and see more!