With its homeland fighting off Russian invaders, the Ukrainian community in Minnesota is marking its 21st Ukrainian Heritage Festival on Saturday.
The festival, which will promote and celebrate Minnesota’s Ukrainian-American community and the 31st anniversary of Ukrainian independence, is being held from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Ukrainian American Community Center, 301 N.E. Main St. in Minneapolis.
This year, the Ukrainian Heritage Festival will have entertainment, homemade foods including varenyky (pierogi), holubtsi (stuffed cabbage rolls), and borsch (beet soup) and feature an art auction and photo exhibit with proceeds going to the Protez Foundation, which provides prosthetics for Ukrainian amputees.
In addition, the festival will include dance performances, music, a Ukrainian Easter egg-making demonstration and children’s games.
The festival is free but donations to support humanitarian aid for Ukraine are welcome.
In conjunction with the celebration, the Ukrainian-American community is asking for both youth and adult volunteers in the next few weeks to help bring attention to the war in Ukraine through art. Volunteers will distribute posters across the state.
Go to www.standwithukrainemn.com for more information.
