July 26, 8 am:
Poland: an Ambassador’s Perspective
at TDA in Seattle
Victor Ashe
In this talk, His
Excellency Victor Ashe, the US
Ambassador to Poland
since June, 2004, will give his personal perspective on the current
developments and activities in
Poland. As the country’s joining of
the European Union in May, 2004, turned out to be better than
expected,
Poland enjoys GDP growth in the
range of 4-5%.
Poland
is 6th biggest EU country with the 2004 GDP estimated at
over $240 billion. The meeting is organized by the Trade Development
Alliance of Greater Seattle; please note that RSVP is required.
Where: Seattle
Municipal Tower 700 5th
Avenue, 40th Floor (Room 4050-60)
Downtown Seattle;
admission $8 TDA members, $10 non-members, a continental breakfast
is included in the admission price. Please register using contacts
below
July 23:
11 am: Polish Book Club
meeting in Redmond
The book for this
meeting is Wszystkie jezyki swiata by
Zbigniew Mentzel, published by Wyd. Znak in 2005. This multilayered
novel set in Poland
around 2000 but with reminiscences about growing up in the 1950s and
the 1960s has all the critics raving about it.
Wszystkie jezyki swiata
can be bought over the Internet from Polish bookstores such as
Dom Ksiazki or borrowed from other club members, see
contacts below. New members are always welcome at club meetings.
July 17, 3 pm: M.ariatana del
Rosario brings Moniuszko to Seattle
Stanisław Moniuszko
Soprano Mariatana
del Rosario is a recent graduate of Johns
HopkinsUniversity and the winner of the
Marcella Sembrich 2005 Vocal Competition and Scholarship, currently
enrolled at the University
of Washington in
Seattle. For her winner’s American tour she
prepared a program that includes music of many European composers
such as Berlioz, Strauss and Puccini as well as Stanislaw Moniuszko.
Her Pre-Recital performance in
Seattle will include the beautiful aria
Gdybym rannym slonkiem
(If by the Morning Sun) from Halka by Moniuszko,
Where: Our Lady of Fatima Church, 3307 West Dravus, Seattle (1 mile
west of the Polish Church); admission free
More: Maria can be contacted at (206) (206) 216-5690 or at
mariatana1@aol.com
July 1 – Aug 31:
Polish Home closes for the summer
The
Polish Home will be closed on Friday nights from July 1 till the end
of August this year. It will reopen in September.
