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Pisanki workshop
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March 31, 11 am: Polish Book Club Meeting at
the Green Lake Library |
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The book for the meeting is
RockMann, czyli jak nie zostałem saksofonistą by Wojciech
Mann published by
Wyd. Czarne in 2010. Mann,
63, is a very well known radio personality and a music critic who
made his name at the liberal channel #3 of the Polish Radio where he ran his
own musical programs.
The book is also a story of perseverance in getting access to
contemporary music from behind the Iron Curtain.
Where:
at the
Green Lake Public Library in Seattle; admission free;
in Polish
More:
Polish
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Mar 31, noon - 6 pm:
Spring
Bazaar at the Polish
Cultural
Center |
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The lovely
2008 Bazaar staff |
The Spring
Bazaar is an annual event organized by the Ladies Auxiliary. The
booths upstairs offer Polish crystal bowl and vases, amber and
silver jewelry, pottery, crafts, books, Easter eggs and much
more. Downstairs you can enjoy traditional Polish dishes served
by the young waiters clad in Polish folk costumes. You can also
buy home-made desserts and pastries. This is usually a crowded event, so come early.
Volunteer opportunities:
1) Making
pierogi in weeks before the bazaar, contact
Agnieszka Szymula, 2)
setting up tables on the night before & tearing it down after
bazaar, contact
Piotr &
Marija Horoszowski,
3)
Helping with the
Polish Library book sale, contact
Monika
Oczkowska-McNeal, 4)
Greeting visitors and fundraising for Polish
Home downstairs, contact
Krzysztof Poraj-Kuczewski
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center;
admission free
More: for table reservations, please contact
Marija Horoszowski |
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Mar 30 - Apr 5: Movie The
Christening by M. Wrona at the Northwest Film Forum
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The Northwest
Film Forum presents The Christening / Chrzest, a
movie directed by Marcin Wrona. This 2010 story about a man
moving from a provincial home town to Warsaw trying to escape
his past has won awards at several film festivals. Mr. Wrona,
39, is making an international splash with his "brilliant"
directing, inventive techniques and tackling of controversial
subjects in interesting ways.
Where:
Northwest Film
Forum
in Seattle;
tickets $10 regular / $6 NWFF members; at 2 pm and 7 pm most
days, see the
movie schedule at NWFF
More:
about the movie,
director Marcin Wrona |
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Mar 24, 11 am: Polish Story Time
Poczytajka at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The Library at the Polish Cultural Center invites you to the
Polish Story Time Poczytajka for the youngest members of
the Polish community.
In this meeting:
playing,
dancing and drawing along with reading and all of it in Polish.
You can also borrow Polish children books & movies for an
evening reading or watching. Organized by Monika Oczkowska-McNeal
and the Polish Library.
More on Poczytajka here.
Where:
at
the
Polish Cultural Center in Seattle; admission free, in Polish
More:
Poczytajki
at the Polish Library. The library is open on March 9, 16 &
23, 2012.
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March 22,
9:10 pm: Movie Little Rose by Kidawa-Blonski at SJFF at Uptown |
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Jewish Film
Festival in Seattle
presents Little Rose / Różyczka by
Jan Kidawa Blonski. This 2010 movie, starring Magdalena
Boczarska & Robert Więckiewicz, is a story of love and
mixed loyalties set in Poland in the politically hot 1967-1968.
The movie and Ms.Boczarska won Golden Lions at the Gdyna FF in
2010 and the movie is cruising international film festivals ever
since.
Where:
at
SIFF Cinema at
Uptown in Seattle;
Little Rose at SJFF page
More:
movie site,
Jan Kidawa-Blonski |
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Mar 21, 6 pm:
Pisanki: Polish Easter Egg Workshop at the Polish Cultural Center |
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After a smashing success in
2011, this is a return of a very popular workshop on the classical
art
of
egg painting, where designs are drawn with
melted wax on a raw egg and then dyed in brilliant colors. Learn
tips and techniques to complete your own pisanki
right in time for Easter. Any level of experience is welcome.
Eggs, patterns, supplies and dyes will be
available to use. Pisanki kits will also be available to
purchase for an additional fee.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center;
from 6 pm
to 9:30 pm; $15 per person. Please note: based on the last year
feedback class size will be limited to 8 people, so make your
reservations early.
More:
about workshops, for reservations
on March 14 or 21 contact
Alisa Lahti or call
206-499-5367. |
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Mar 18, 5 pm:
Music by
Frederic Chopin
at the Polish Cultural Center |
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Frederic Chopin |
Marzena Lilian
Szlaga Piano Studio invites to a yearly piano recital
celebrating music by Frederic Chopin as well as the 202nd
birthday anniversary of the master. Ms. Szlaga will
open the concert with the nocturne in D flat Major op 27. The
program includes mazurkas, nocturnes, preludes, waltzes and a
ballade by Chopin performed by the
Studio students from children to teenagers and adults. Also, there
will be a slide presentation Life of Chopin. The
restaurant open from 1 to 4 pm.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home; admission free
(donations accepted)
More:
detailed
concert program, M. Szlaga Studio,
contact
Marzena Szlaga |
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Mar 17, 7:30 pm: Polish Cabaret To i Owo
in Portland |
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Marzanna Bachowska |
The Polish Library Association in Portland presents the Seattle Cabaret To i Owo in a program in
Polish called A może by tak jeszcze raz. This is a special
program prepared under the direction of Barbara Strutynski for the 30 years anniversary of the Cabaret. Everybody is invited to a great evening!
Where:
at
Polish Hall &
Library in Portland, OR; tickets $15/$10
regular/discounted; in Polish
More:
The Cabaret poster |
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Mar 14, 6 pm:
Pisanki: Polish Easter Egg Workshop at the Polish Cultural Center |
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After a smashing success in
2011, this is a return of a very popular workshop on the classical
art
of
egg painting, where designs are drawn with
melted wax on a raw egg and then dyed in brilliant colors. Learn
tips and techniques to complete your own pisanki
right in time for Easter. Any level of experience is welcome.
Eggs, patterns, supplies and dyes will be
available to use. Pisanki kits will also be available to
purchase for an additional fee. Update:
this class is full (waiting list only), another class is on
March 21.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center;
from 6 pm
to 9:30 pm; $15 per person. Please note: based on the last year
feedback class size will be limited to 8 people, so make your
reservations early.
More:
about workshops, for reservations
on March 14 or 21 contact
Alisa Lahti or call
206-499-5367. |
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Mar 11: Dance To The Music Films &
Presentation in Portland |
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The Polish Library Association in Portland
invites people interested in modern dance to a presentation
Dance To The Music by cultural warriors
Agnieszka Laska and Jack Gabel. Ms. Laska is the founder and
choreographer of the Agnieszka Laska Dancers of Portland. Mr.
Gabel is a composer and musician working with modern dance
groups. The program includes screening of films with their work.
Where:
at
Polish Hall &
Library in Portland, OR;
admission free
More:
Agnieszka Laska Dancers
site,
Jack Gabel,
article about the A. Laska Dancers group (in Polish) |
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Mar 10, 5 pm:
Polish Choir
Vivat Musica! performs in Lacey, WA |
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The Polish Choir Vivat Musica has been invited to perform
at the City of Lacey Ethnic Celebration. Lacey has a history of
Polish connections and is a sister city with the Polish city of
Minsk Mazowiecki; the city also maintains an active
exchange programs with Minsk. The Vivat Musica
performance will bring the Polish Choir again to the Olympia
region. Don't miss it if you live anywhere close!
Where: St. Martin University
in Lacey, WA; admission free
More:
Detailed program of the Ethic Celebration, contact for the Choir
Barbara
Niesulowski |
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Mar 9 - Mar 15: Oscar Nominated Movie In
Darkness by A. Holland
at Seven Gables |
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The Landmark Seven Gables Theatre presents the Oscar nominated
movie In Darkness
directed by Agnieszka Holland. The film tells an unusual
Holocaust survival story from then Polish city of Lvov. Ms.
Holland, 64, is an accomplish director and screenwriter and this
was her third nomination - she was nominated for
Europa, Europa (1990, screenplay) and Angry Harvest
(1985, foreign language movie).
Special show on Mar 11, 8 pm:
Post-screening discussion with
Cecilia Benzaquen, whose parents are depicted in the movie.
Where:
the Landmark
Seven Gables Theatre
in Seattle.
More:
Official movie
site,
Holland on the
movie,
Holland's bio |
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March 4,
3 pm: Witold Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestra at Rialto in
Tacoma |
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Witold Lutoslawski |
The Tacoma Youth Symphony Assn. presents a Carnival concert that
includes: Carnival Overture
by Antonin Dworzak, Concerto for Violin by Robert Hutchinson and
Concerto for Orchestra
by Witold Lutoslawski. Lutoslawski (1913-1994) was an
internationally renown Polish composer, known for his aleatory (mornful)
technique and famous for his Third Symphony.
Where:
at
Rialto Theatre (click
Rialto or calendar) in Tacoma, WA; tickets from $6 to $17
regular
More:
Witold
Lutoslawski,
Tacoma Youth Symphony
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Mar 3, 7:30 pm:
Kaminska & Veselinovic play Elgar
at St. Thomas Episcopal Church |
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Ivona Kaminska |
Chopin Academy
of Music presents a concert by
local artists that includes: Bach's Partita in D. Major
by pianist Chris Bowlby, Elgar's Sonata for Violin and Piano
by pianist Ivona Kaminska and violinist Miodrag
Veselinovic and Debussy's Images by pianist Armina
Naghdyan.
Dr. Bowlby, Dr. Kaminska and Mr. Veselinovic are on the faculty of Chopin Academy of Music in Issaquah,
Ms. Naghdyan is a guest artist. The concert benefits the Seattle
International Piano Festival.
Where: St. Thomas
Episcopal Church in Medina;
tickets $20 regular, $15 students & seniors
More: about
SIPF,
Ivona Kaminska,
Miodrag Veselinovic,
Chopin Academy of Music |
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Feb 29 - Mar 4: Play King Matt the First at Chutzpah!
Festival in Vancouver, BC |
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Canadian-Polish
Society Pro Arte Popular Theatre and Chutzpah! Festival,
both of Vancouver, BC
invite you to a play King Matt the First / Król Maciuś
I based on the novel by Janusz Korczak. This timeless
children book classic has been adapted for theater and directed
by Julia Wernio with music by Piotr Salaber.
Where:
Norman
Rothstein Theatre in
Vancouver, BC; in English with Polish subtitles, Feb 29 & Mar 1
at 7
pm, Mar 2 at 1:30 pm, Mar 3-4 at 2 pm & 7 pm.
More:
about play,
Pro Arte / Teatr Popularny,
Chutzpah Festival |
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