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Dec 31 New Year’s Eve party at the Polish Home
Dec 24 Polish Home closed on Dec 24, but open on Dec 22
Dec 18 TV Polonia: Unknown Heroes of Solidarity, part. 3
Dec 13 Expansion Project meeting at the Polish Home
Dec 11 TV Polonia: Unknown Heroes of Solidarity, part. 2
Dec 9 Polish Choir in concert at MOHAI
Polish Book Club meeting at Jerzy’s Coffee in Redmond
Dec 3 St. Nicolas party at the Polish Home
Dec 2 Nativity play & St. Nicholas party for children in Kirkland
Dec 1 Prof. Furdyna talks about unexpected discoveries at the UW
Prof. Furdyna talks about ferromagnetic semiconductors at Microsoft
Until  Dec 31 Marek Wencel’s photographs at Zoka in Seattle

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Polish Choir at MOHAI

Dec 9, 2006

Dec 31, 8 pm - 2 am: New Year’s Eve party at the Polish Home

It’s a traditional party on the New Year’s Eve with wining and dining as well as live entertainment by the Polonus band from Portland. Ticket price includes a traditional Polish dinner, champagne, hats etc.

 Where: at the Polish Home; tickets $65 members, $95 non-members

More: ticket reservations Zbyszek Pietrzyk 206-762-6553, more info Lucyna Blonska (206) 764-7057

Dec 24: Polish Home open on Dec 22, closed for the Christmas Eve

The Polish Home is open on Friday, Dec 22. Come to have an early start on Christmas celebrations with Polish carols or just for a dinner. Chef Barbara Patrick will have these Christmas Eve specials on sale to go: red borscht, uszka (the special dumplings), along with pierogi and krokiety (meatrolls).

The Polish Home is closed on Sunday, Dec 24, 2006, for the Christmas Eve. The restaurant will also be closed on December 31 due to preparations for the New Years Eve ball.

 

Where: the restaurant and the bar at the  Polish Home will be closed

More: Polish Home

Dec 18: TV Polonia channel: Unknown Heroes of Solidarity (in Polish)

 

Part 3 of a program about Solidarity activists forced to emigrate during the martial law in Poland in early 1980s. It is homage to all of them and features interviews with many, including Kazimierz Braun and Krzysztof Kamyszew, both known locally from their recent visits to Seattle. There are still about 40 of the Solidarity immigrants in the Puget Sound area.

Where: at the TV Polonia channel, in Polish: Dec 4, 11 & 18 series part 1, 2, & 3

More: Nieznani Bohaterowie cz.2

Dec 13, 7:30 pm: Expansion Project meeting at the Polish Home

Do you enjoy more parking spaces at the Polish Home? This is an open monthly meeting, everybody interested in the project is invited to come and discuss issues. Plans for 2007 will be discussed.  Volunteers are also welcomed to the meeting!

Where: at the Polish Home, just drop by; refreshments are provided!

More: Polish Home Foundation, Polish Home

Dec 11: TV Polonia channel: Unknown Heroes of Solidarity (in Polish)

 

Part 2 of a program about Solidarity activists forced to emigrate during the martial law in Poland in early 1980s. It is homage to all of them and features interviews with many, including Kazimierz Braun and Krzysztof Kamyszew, both known locally from their recent visits to Seattle. There are still about 40 of the Solidarity immigrants in the Puget Sound area.

Where: at the TV Polonia channel, in Polish: Dec 4, 11 & 18 series part 1, 2, & 3

More: Nieznani Bohaterowie cz.2

Dec 9, from 2 pm: Polish Choir in concert at MOHAI

The Polish Choir Vivat Musica will take part in the traditional concert Holidays Around the World. This two day event running Saturday and Sunday, December 9 & 10, is hosted this year by the Museum of History and Industry. The Choir will sing Polish Christmas Carols for about 20 minutes during the afternoon program on Saturday.  Precise schedule for the Choir performance TBD.

Where: at Museum of History and Industry, program free with a ticket admission to MOHAI

More: contact  for the Choir Barbara Niesulowski

Dec 9, noon-2pm: Polish Book Club meeting at Jerzy’s Coffee in Redmond

This is a special Holiday meeting of the Club. There is no book to be discussed, but according to the Club tradition everybody coming in should bring one book - in Polish - wrapped up nicely as a present; then everybody gets a gift by drawing lots. Sharing a favorite poem, a prose page or joy of the holiday spirit is encouraged! New members are welcomed.

Where: Jerzy's Coffee, 16727 Redmond Way (behind Exxon at the split with Cleveland St coming from 520), in Redmond; admission free, coffee and pastries available at the café!

More:  Polish Book Club, contact to the Club Hanna Gil

Dec 3, 2:30 pm: St. Nicolas party at the Polish Home

This is another Mikolajki party, this one organized by the Polish Home. The program includes a performance by the children, singing of Polish carols and a visit by Santa Claus as an early start of the season celebrations.  The restaurant will be open from 1 pm as is usual on Sundays.

Where: at the Polish Home; admission free

More: Polish Home, or contact Ivona Przydzielski

Dec 2, 6 pm: Nativity play & St. Nicholas party for children in Kirkland

This is a Mikolajki party organized by the Fr. Jan Twardowski Polish School in Bellevue. The program includes Jaselka (a Nativity based performance by the students of the school), sharing of Christmas wafers, Santa Claus’s visit with presents, singing of Polish carols and taking pictures with Santa Claus.

Where: Kirkland Woman's Club, 407 1st Street, Kirkland; admission free

More: Polish School in Bellevue, or contact Anna Cholewinska

Dec 1, 7 pm: Prof. Furdyna talks about unexpected discoveries at the UW

Prof. Jacek K. Furdyna

Dr. Jacek Furdyna is a physicist from the University of Notre Dame specializing in condensed matter. His lecture How the Means Become End in Scientific Discovery: the Impact of Unintended Consequences will focus on drive-by-discovering: breakthroughs in technology and science that arise from the surprising and unanticipated effects of scientific experiments and research of other subjects. The lecture is organized by the UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee.

Where: Walker Ames room, Kane Hall, at the University of Washington campus; admission free; there is a reception following the lecture

More: Prof. Furdyna’s bio

Dec 1, 10:30 am: Prof. Furdyna talks about ferromagnetic semiconductors at Microsoft

Prof. Jacek K. Furdyna

Dr. Jacek Furdyna is a physicist from University of Notre Dame specializing in condensed matter. His lecture Making Semiconductors Ferromagnetic: Reasons, Challenges, and Opportunities focuses on a new class of semiconductors that exhibit ferromagnetic properties. This new class of materials can lead to major advances in technology.

 Where: The Research Lecture Room, bldg 113, room 1159 at Microsoft Research; bldg 113 is at 14870 NE 31st Way, in Redmond,  admission free

More: Prof. Furdyna’s bio, Microsft Research

Until Dec 31, 2006: Marek Wencel’s photographs at Zoka in Seattle

Ama Dablan, Nepal

Marek Wencel is a local mountaineer whose passion for peaks in Himalayas, Andes and other high ranges goes together with passion for high level photography. After scoring awards in recent competitions by National Geographic and Nikon, his photographs are on display at two café Zoka locations in Seattle: at Green Lake and the University Village. You can also buy his 2007 mountaineering calendar at the Green Lake Zoka or at his website.

 Where: Zoka Coffee Roaster and Tea Company, University Village and Green Lake branches,, from November 15 till end of December, 2006; admission free

More: Marek  Wencel's website,  contact to Marek Wencel

 

© 2006 Ryszard Kott

Fot. 'Fountain" - Hanna Gil

Fot. "Seattle" - Ryszard Kwieciński