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Jan 29, 1 - 4 pm: Carnival Party for Kids at the
Polish Cultural Center |
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The Polish School in Seattle
invites every kid around to a traditional carnival party for
children from 1 pm till
4 pm. It will feature games and competitions with
awards, dancing & signing and a raffle. There will also be a dinner and
desserts available at very reasonable
prices! All the proceeds go to the benefit of the Polish School
in Seattle.
Where:
the
Polish Cultural Center,
admission free; dinner $12 / $6 regular / half portion
More: The
School Principal Paul Griffin (206)
937-0614 |
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Jan 28, 11 am: Polish Book Club Meeting at
the Green Lake Library |
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The book for the meeting is
Milosc po polsku by Manuela Gretkowska published by
Swiat Ksiazki in 2010.
Gretkowska,
46, is a contemporary writer, screenwriter and women lib
activist in Poland with a background in psychology. The book is
a novel about a Polish man and his marriage to
a
Swedish woman and his relations with her, his Swedish kids, and
other women, but it also openly dispenses a marriage advice to
the readers. Club
meetings are in Polish.
Where:
at the
Green Lake Public Library in Seattle; admission free
More:
about
book (PL),
Manuela Gretkowska,
Polish
Book Club |
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Jan 28, 3 pm: PHA Annual Meeting at the
Polish
Cultural Center |
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This is the annual meeting of the members of the Polish Home
Association. It is also an election meeting for the Board of
Trustees and the PHA Officer positions. PHA members can vote by
proxy, see the Polish Home website for candidate lists, proxy forms and other election
info. Deadline for
candidates wis TBD.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center
in Seattle
More:
2011 election info |
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Jan 12, 7:30 am: H. Bochniarz Talks About Growth in Poland at the World Trade Center |
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Henryka Bochniarz |
Polish American Chamber of Commerce Pacific Northwest invites
everybody to an early breakfast presentation Poland: A New Growth Pole in
Europe by Dr. Henryka Bochniarz. Ms. Bochniarz is the
President of Polish Confederation of Private Employers
Leviatan, a Vice-President of BUSINESSEUROPE and the
President of Boeing
Central & Eastern Europe.
Registration & networking from 7 am, the presentation starts at
7:30 am.
Where: at the World Trade Center in Seattle;
tickets $40 regular, $30 members,
registration required,
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for more info please
visit
PACC
or contact Teresa Indelak-Davis (206)
949-8123.
More: PACC
PNW, event info |
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Jan 11,
7:30 pm:
Lecture on Milosz and American Poets at the UW |
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Robert Faggen
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UW Polish
Studies Endowment Committee invites to a lecture Milosz and
the American Poets He Loved ... and Hated by Prof. Robert
Faggen.
Dr.
Faggen is a Professor of Literature at the Claremont-McKenna College, Claremont, CA
and a founder of the
Milosz Archive and Institute at the College. Among the poets
Milosz was particularly interested in were R. Jeffers, R. Frost,
R. Lowell, T. Merton, and A. Ginsberg.
Where: Walker-Ames Room at Kane Hall at the University of Washington
campus in Seatle;
admission free
More: about
Milosz,
Prof. Faggen,
UW PSEC |
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Jan 8, 2:30 pm: Christmas Wafer Sharing and
Carols at the Polish Cultural Center |
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This event is the traditional wafer sharing (Oplatek)
for members and friends of the Polish Home with Fr. Stanislaw
Michalek. The Polish Choir
Vivat Musica will help with caroling and everybody
is invited to come and sing Polish and American carols along.
Where:
Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home
in Seattle; admission free
More:
John Golubiec |
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Jan 8,
from 3 pm:
Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
in Vancouver, BC |
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The heartwarming phenomenon of Jerzy Owsiak's
Wielka Orkiestra
Swiatecznej Pomocy reached Vancouver, BC this year. The
program includes a screening of the movie The Woodstock Stop
/ Przystanek Woodstock, live concert with several groups and
performers, lottery and more. In co-operation with the Polish
Consulate General in Vancouver, BC; all proceeds and donations
go of course to The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
Foundation.
Where: Rio Theatre in Vancouver,
BC; from 3 pm to 8 pm
More: Great
Orchestra of Christmas Charity,
Event
poster (EN),
Event poster
(PL) |
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Jan 6 & 7:
Maria Knapik in Concert
in Portland, OR & Vancouver, BC |
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The Stage Jotka Format Theatre from Vancouver, BC
presents soprano Maria Knapik in a special New Year's Concert.
The program includes Polish & English carols as well as seven
songs by Frederic Chopin and some famous arias. The concert is
mc-ed by Karolina Francis and Marek Lipnicki. Teatr Osobny Malych Form - Jotka.
opened last year in Vancouver, BC under directorship of Jerzy
Kopczewski.
Where:
St. Stanislaus Church in Portland, OR on Jan 6 at 7:30 pm
and
Norman Rothstein Theater in Vancouver,
BC on Jan 7 at 7 pm; in Polish
More: Maria
Knapik site,
Vancouver
poster,
West Coast Tour Program |
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