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May 30, 6:15 pm:
Polish Movies at SIFF:
Warsaw
at BPH |
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Warsaw |
This year
Seattle International Film Festival shows two Polish feature
movies and a short. Warsaw
(Warszawa) is a drama directed by Dariusz Gajewski that was the
best movie of the 2003 Polish Film Festival in
Gdynia, Poland.
It won total of 5 Golden Lions there for the best movie, best
director, best screenplay, editing and supporting actress.
Where: at the Broadway Performance Hall,
www.broadwayperfhall.com on May 30 & at Harvard Exit on June
2.
More:
www.culture.pl/en/culture/artykuly/dz_warszawa_gajewski,
www.seattlefilm.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=6234&FID=5,
Also: please
see Holiday Weekend on May 24 & May 29 |
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May 29, 9:15
pm:
Polish Movies
at SIFF:
Holiday
Weekend at BPH |
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Holiday weekend |
This year
Seattle International Film Festival shows two Polish feature
movies and a short.
Holiday
Weekend (Dlugi weekend) is a comedy directed by Robert
Glinski starring Krzysztof Globisz. Mr. Globisz won the best actor
at the last Polish FF in
Gdynia, 2004 for his performance and the
movie also took another Golden Lion for the best screenplay by
Jaroslaw Sokol. This movie will be shown together with a 28 min
short
Holiday
directed by Marcel Sawicki.
Dir. Sawicki
will attend the screening.
Where: at the Broadway Performance Hall,
www.broadwayperfhall.com on May 24 & May 29
More:
www.seattlefilm.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=6675&FID=5,
www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=082-h
Also: please see Warsaw
at May 30 & June 2 |
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May 28, 11 am:
Polish Book
Club meeting at the Green Lake Library in Seattle |
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The book for
the meeting is Podroze z
Herodotem by Ryszard Kapuscinski, wyd ZNAK, 2004, in
part an autobiography, in part meditations on world civilizations
invoked by Kapuscinski’s life-long fascination with
The Histories by
Herodotus. Kapuscinski’s most famous books are
Emperor and
Lapidarium. Please
try to buy or import the book if you can; you can also borrow it
from other club members, see contacts below.
Where: Seattle
Public Libraries, the
Green
Lake branch,
7364 E. Green Lake Dr. N.,
Seattle, (206) 684-7547
More:
www.culture.pl/en/culture/artykuly/os_kapuscinski_ryszard,
www.PolishBookClub.org, for info about books
Hanna Gil, 425-957-9029 |
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May 27, 7:30 pm:
Russian Trio
Vladivostok
at the Polish Home |
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Polish Home
invites to a concert by the Russian instrumental trio Alexander
Kapitan (accordion-bayan),
Nikolay Lyakhov
(balalaika) and Sergey Arbuz (bass
balalaika, really impressive instrument) with vocalist Victor
Korkishko (bass). The Trio has been a
laureate of international contests in
France, Germany,
Russia &
China.
Where: at the Polish Home; tickets $12
More: Barbara Strutynski, (425) 746-3037 |
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May 27, 6 pm:
Prof. Dziwirek talks about bilingualism at the UW |
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Dr Katarzyna Dziwirek |
Dr. Katarzyna
(Kat) Dziwirek is a professor at the Dept. of Slavic Languages and
Literatures of the
University of Washington,
where she teaches Slavic linguistics, cross-cultural semantics and
history of Slavic languages as well as Polish. Her presentation
Bilingualism, Education
and Society: Changing Views on the Bilingual Child will
discuss advantages and disadvantages of raising children
bilingual.
Where: Communications Bldg #202 at the UW campus in
Seattle;
admission free
More:
www.biculturalfamily.org |
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May 24, 2 pm:
Polish Movies at SIFF:
Holiday
Weekend
at BPH |
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Holiday weekend |
This year
Seattle International Film Festival shows two Polish feature
movies and a short, please see more references below.
Holiday
Weekend (Dlugi weekend) is a comedy directed by Robert
Glinski starring Krzysztof Globisz. Mr. Globisz won the best actor
at the last Polish FF in
Gdynia, 2004 for his performance and the
movie also took another Golden Lion for the best screenplay by
Jaroslaw Sokol. This movie will be shown together with a 28 min
short
Holiday
directed by Marcel Sawicki.
Dir. Sawicki will attend the screening on
May 29 only.
Where: at the Broadway Performance Hall,
www.broadwayperfhall.com on May 24 & May 29
More:
www.seattlefilm.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=6675&FID=5,
www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=082-h
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Polish
movies at SIFF |
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May 24, 2
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Holiday Weekend (Dlugi
weekend) & short Holiday,
Broadway Performance Hall, Seattle |
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May 29,
9:15 pm |
Holiday Weekend (Dlugi
weekend) & short Holiday,
Broadway Performance Hall, Seattle |
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May 30,
6:15 pm |
Warsaw
(Warszawa), Broadway Performance Hall, Seattle |
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June 2, 2
pm |
Warsaw
(Warszawa), Harvard Exit
Theatre,
Seattle |
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May 21, 8 pm:
Disco at the
Polish Home |
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DJ Marcin
Ludowicz together with a guest DJ invite for an evening of disco
dances till 2 pm.
Where: at the Polish Home; tickets $10, you must be 21+ to be
admitted
More:
www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=PFJRXSSLSWZAKSXHWNZE&li=iq&src=email |
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May 19, 7 pm:
Meeting with Radio
Wisla at the Polish Home |
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The Polish
language Radio Wisla
invites all its listeners to a meeting with the Radio anchors and
staff at the Polish Home. This is your opportunity to have a
discussion about the programs as they are and as they should be as
well as to celebrate Radio’s 1st anniversary – the
broadcasting started on May 6, 2004. The Radio is also looking for
new anchors and reporters as well as for input for future
programming. Everybody is welcome!
Where: at the Polish Home; admission free
More:
www.RadioWisla.com |
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May 17, 7:30 pm:
PH Expansion Fund Committee meeting at the Polish Home |
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This is an open
meeting for everybody interested in the project. Polish Home
Foundation and Polish Home Association started a pledge campaign
to gather funds for expansion and remodeling of the Polish Home as
described in the published articles and a brochure distributed at
the Polish Home. The Committee welcomes all the volunteers who
would like to help with the fundraiser.
Where: at the Polish Home; admission free
More:
www.PolishHomeFoundation.org,
www.PolishHome.org,
RysiekKott@msn.com |
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May 17, 3 pm:
Hungarian Ambassador talks about New and Old Europe at the UW |
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Andras Simonyi |
Dr.
Andras Simonyi before becoming the
Hungarian ambassador to the United
States
spent nine years in Brussels
negotiating
Hungary’s entry to NATO and the
European Union. His talk,
An Insider’s Look at the
Outsiders in European Union, provides a unique
perspective on the relationship between "New Europe" and "Old
Europe" and the difficulties for the former socialist countries
such as Hungary
in re-joining Europe.
Where: European
Union Center
at the University of
Washington in
Seattle; admission free
More: contact the EU Center at 206-616-2415 or
euc@u.washington.edu
www.nato.int/cv/permrep/hu/simony-e.htm |
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May 15:
UW Slavic Fest at the UW |
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The UW Slavic
Fest, re-established under a new formula last year was a very
exciting and successful event encompassing diversity of Slavic
cultures; it proved to be fun both for grownups and kids and the
parade was a hit. It’s open to everybody and if you plan to come
please don your Slavic costume, especially for the party and for
the parade at the University. The event is sponsored by the UW
Alumni Assn, the UW Slavic Dept as well as local Slavic
communities and the Polish Home.
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Program for Sunday, May 15, at the
University of
Washington campus
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2:30 pm |
Meeting at
the Drumheller Fountain at the
UW campus |
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3 pm |
Parade
begins from the Fountain |
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4 pm |
Free 90
min concert at the Kane Hall 130 with performances by local
Slavic children groups.
Balkan,
Polish, Russian and Ukrainian groups will be participating
Polish
accents include performance by the Dopierala siblings as
well as the Polish Home children theater.
Balkan,
Polish, Russian and Ukrainian groups will be participating |
Where: Events
on Sunday at the University
of Washington campus in
Seattle
More: www.UWalum.com,
www.PolishHome.com,
www.washington.edu |
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May 14:
UW Slavic Fest at the Polish Home |
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The UW Slavic
Fest, re-established under a new formula last year was a very
exciting and successful event encompassing diversity of Slavic
cultures; it proved to be fun both for grownups and kids and the
parade was a hit. It’s open to everybody and if you plan to come
please don your Slavic costume, especially for the party and for
the parade at the University. The event is sponsored by the UW
Alumni Assn, the UW Slavic Dept as well as local Slavic
communities and the Polish Home. |
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Program for Saturday, May 14, at the Polish Home |
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1-5 pm
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Cooking,
craft and dance classes: Polish paper cutting, Balkan dance
and cooking classes
Polish
accents include paper cutout class with Aniela Sidorska,
2 – 3:30 pm
Cooking
classes $8 per person to cover food costs, all other classes
$5 per person |
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6:30 pm |
Concert
and dance party with live entertainment by Balkan Cabaret &
Polish food till midnight
Tickets at
the door $19 regular, $16 UWAA members, $7 students/seniors,
children up to 10 free |
Where: all events on Saturday at the Polish Home in
Seattle. Tickets
at the door as indicated above, advanced tickets are
cheaper, please call (206) 543-0540.
For classes please register at UWalum.com or call (206) 543-0540
by May 7; events on Sunday at the
University
of Washington campus in
Seattle
More: www.UWalum.com,
www.PolishHome.com,
www.washington.edu
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May 10, 7:30 pm:
Basia
Trzetrzelewska with
Matt Bianco
at the Moore Theatre |
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Basia Trzetrzelewska |
Basia, as she
is known, visits Seattle
with the original members of
Matt Bianco
on a tour promoting their new album
Matt’s Mood. Basia is
an accomplished jazz vocalist with such albums as
Time and Tide (1988)
or
London,
Warsaw, New York
(1990) that both topped Contemporary Jazz album charts.
The other members of
Matt Bianco are vocalist
Mark Reilly and keyboardist Danny White.
Where: the Moore Theatre,
1932 Second Ave,
Seattle; tickets $35 & $45
More:
Basia,
about Basia (in Polish) |
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May 8, 2 pm:
Mei-Ting
Sun, the National Chopin Competition winner at
Benaroya |
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Mei-Ting Sun |
Mr. Sun is a
young brilliant pianist and the winner of the 2005 National Chopin
Competition in Miami, FL. He is doing a multi-concert tour in US
after receiving raving reviews for his performance:
stunningly fluid (New York Times),
A
miracle...ravishing details of dynamics and articulation...
(The
Boston
Globe). He will represent
USA
at the International Chopin Competition in
Warsaw, Poland
in October 2005 with hope of getting world-wide recognition of his
talent. Organized by the Chopin Foundation NW.
Where:
at the Seattle Symphony,
Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya
in Seattle;
tickets $20 regular, $15 seniors,
$10 for 14 and under available at the door;
advanced tickets at the
Benaroya, the Chopin Foundation (206) 381-1416 or
ticketmaster.
More:
Seattle Symphony,
Chopin Foundation NW |
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May 7, 7 pm:
Nobility Ball in
Portland |
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If you ever
wanted to attend a great ball with the royalty in 18th
c. Poland
this is your chance! The Dancing Group
Sobotka of the Polish Country Wedding fame invites to a new
program based on mixing high quality dance performance with guest
participation in the event. The Nobility Ball will be "attended"
by the last Polish King, Stanislaw August
Poniatowski, the Austrian
Arch-Duke, a Turkish envoy and Polish princes and barons such as
Zamoyskis. The ball features music,
dance, dinner and entertainment.
Where: at the Polish Hall,
3832 Interstate Ave
in Portland;
tickets $20 regular, for special guests $50-200
More:
www.portlandpolonia.org, ticket info call (503)810-6926, Marek
Stepien marek@gte.com |
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May 1:
Seattle
Polish Film Festival at SAM |
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Seattle
Polish Film Festival schedule for Sunday, May 1 |
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2 pm |
The Land of
Poland
(Kraina Polska) by Sebastian Godwin (2004, 22 min.) |
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To
the Offspring
(Do potomnego) by Antoni Krauze
(2004, 52 min.) |
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4
pm |
Ubu
King (Ubu
krol) by Piotr Szulkin
(2003, 95 min.) |
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6
pm |
Rh+ by
Jaroslaw Zamojda
(2005, 90 min.) |
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8 pm |
Garden of
Earthly Delights
(Ogrod
rozkoszy ziemskich) by Lech
Majewski (2004, 106 min.)
Q&
A with Festival guest
Lech Majewski |
Where: Seattle
Art Museum downtown,
100 University St., Seattle
More:
13th Seattle Polish Film Festival, Festival Director,
Krys Koper, Seattle Art
Museum,
SGSCA |
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May 1, 7 pm:
Czeslaw
Milosz and the Future of Poetry at the UW |
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Adam Zagajewski
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Polish Studies
Endowment Fund Committee invites to a special evening about
Czeslaw
Milosz and the Future of Poetry
with Adam Zagajewski and Edward
Hirsch. Mr. Zagajewski is one of the
best known contemporary Polish poets (and for many another Nobel
Prize candidate) as well as a professor
of Creative Writing at the
University of Houston.
Mr. Hirsch is an acclaimed American poet and the president of the
J. S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Their discussion will cover
topics from the significance of poetry and
Milosz’s influences to their own poetic journeys.
Where: Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall on the UW campus; admission
free, a reception to follow
More:
Adam Zagajewski,
Edward
Hirsch,
www.polishstudiesuw.org |
Edward Hirsch
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May 1, 2:30 pm:
3rd
of May Celebration at the Polish Home |
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Polish Home
invites to a celebration of the 214th anniversary of the first
Polish constitution, enacted on the 3rd of May, 1791.
The celebration will feature performances by
Polish Scout & Polish
School groups as well as
by the Polish Choir
Vivat
Musica directed by Anna
Sawicki. The restaurant and bar will be open for the occasion.
Where: at the Polish Home;
admission free; in Polish
More: Barbara Strutynski, (425) 746-3037 |
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May 1, 12 noon:
Luncheon with
Zagajewski & Hirsch in
Seattle |
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A fundraising
luncheon with accomplished poets Adam
Zagajewski and Edward Hirsch, will take place at the
residence of Mr. & Mrs. Pawluskiewicz in
Seattle. Mr.
Zagajewski and Mr. Hirsch come to
Seattle
as guests of the UW Polish Studies Endowment Fund Committee.
Please see a separate note about their joint presentation at the
University
of Washington in
Seattle.
Where: by reservation only; donation $40 per person suggested
More:
www.polishstudiesuw.org, for reservations please contact
Krystyna Untersteiner
by April 20. |
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