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Sep
28, 5:30 pm: A new
Polish
School on Eastside
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The Fr. Jan
Twardowski Polish School is organized
by Aneta Lasek-Czerwonka
& Anna Cholewinska for children from Eastside as well as Seattle
and is an organization separate from the established
Polish School
at the Polish Home. The School’s curriculum includes Polish
language, geography, history and culture classes offered to
children from grades 1 to 8 – though the actual grade assignment
is based on proficiency in Polish, from nil to
advanced. The classes will be held at the St. Louise Parish
School in
Bellevue on
Wednesdays at 5:30 pm. The first day of school is Oct 5, 2005.
Where: open house at room #3 at the
Bellevue Public Library,
1111 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue
Classes on Wednesdays at 5:30 pm at the St.
Louise Parish School
133 156th Ave SE,
Bellevue,
www.stlouiseschool.org
More:
www.polishschoolseattle.org,
A. Lasek-Czerwonka (425) 392-8825, A. Cholewinska (425) 765-4935 |
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Sep 25, 9 pm, Sep 26, 1 am:
Betrayal: The Battle for
Warsaw
at the History Channel |
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The great epic
and tragedy of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising is retold in a one hour
special. On Aug 1, 1944, Poles launched an uprising against the
German occupation forces with hope for a quick liberation of the
City. In fact the battle turned out to be the biggest, the longest
and ultimately the most tragic military encounter undertaken by
underground resistance forces anywhere during WWII. The Polish
Home Army capitulated after 63 days on Oct 2, 1944.
Afterwards the Germans expelled all the survivors and
destroyed the capital. Produced by CBS for the History Channel.
Where: the History Channel, Sep 25 at 9 pm, repeated on Sep 26 at
1 am
More: about the Warsaw Uprising
Warsaw Uprising,
Rising 44,
History Channel |
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Sep 24-25:
Polish Festival in
Portland |
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The 12th Polish
Festival in Portland
is the yearly show case event for the Polish community in
Portland, OR.
It is the biggest Polish event in the
US
west of Mississippi
with 20,000 visitors expected this year! The Festival features two
full days of non-stop folk performances,
, exhibitions
about 25th Anniversary of Solidarity and about life of
John Paul II, as well as Polish food and booths with various
merchandize
heaps of homemade Polish food as well as booths with
various merchandize. There will also be a Polka contest for
children and adults on both days and dancing in the evenings. The
Polish Choir Vivat
Musica from
Seattle
under dir. of Anna Sawicki is scheduled to perform at 1:30pm on
Sunday.
Where: St. Stanislaus Church & The Polish Hall & Library,
3900 N. Interstate Ave.,
Portland, OR.
More:
www.portlandpolonia.org/festival/ |
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Sep 24, 8 pm:
Disco at the
Polish Home |
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The first disco
of the new season! DJ Marcin Ludowicz invites to the latest dance
hits.
Where: at the Polish Home; tickets $10, you must be 21+ to be
admitted
More: the
Evite site |
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Sep 24, 6 pm:
Pan Cogito
at the Poetry Salon at the Polish Home |
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Zbigniew Herbert |
Salon Poezji
(the Salon of Poetry
in Seattle)
is a new organization devoted to the art of word and its masters,
the poets. The September Salon will feature the indomitable
Zbigniew Herbert (1924-1998) and his ironic alter ego,
Pan Cogito. Herbert
was also an essayist espousing European cultural roots; his
Barbarian in the Garden
and Still Life with
Horse-Bit keep infecting new readers with his
admiration for the old masters. The Salon has been founded by Lena
Wrozynski of Seattle. The evening is organized by the Salon and
the Polish Home.
Where: at the Polish Home;
admission free, in Polish
More:
About Herbert here,
or
here
for
the Poetry Salon
here |
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Sep 24, 11 am:
Polish Book Club meeting at the Redmond Library |
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The book for
this meeting is Paw
Krolowej by Dorota Maslowska, published by Lampa i
Iskra Boza in 2005. It is the second book by the young prodigy
author and it’s as controversial as the first one.
Paw Krolowej is
available on the Internet (www.domksiazki.com,
www.merlin.pl,
other bookstores); please see the club website for more details.
New members and guests are always welcomed at all Club meetings
whether they have read the book or not!
Where: meeting room #1 at the
Redmond Library,
NE 85th St,
Redmond,
admission free
More:
Redmond Library;
Polish Book Club,
contact to the Club
Hanna Gil |
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Sep 18, 3-6 pm:
Open house at the
Chopin Academy
of Music in Issaquah |
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This new music
institution has been founded by pianists Iwona Kaminska and
Christopher Bowlby in downtown Issaquah.
More ...
Where: CAM is located at
40 NW Alder Place
(Front St & Alder in Issaquah historic downtown)
More:
www.chopinacademy.com, or call: 425 829 1117 or 425 829 1229. |
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Sep 15, 7:00 pm:
PH Expansion Committee meeting at the Polish Home |
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This is an open
meeting for everybody interested in the project. After a summer
slowdown, the Committee wants to start the fall fundraising
campaign for the expansion and remodeling of the Polish Home. The
Committee needs volunteers and welcomes any help. The campaign
started in May and so far gathered over $154,000 in pledges.
Where: at the Polish Home; admission free
More:
www.PolishHomeFoundation.org/PHremodeling.htm,
www.PolishHome.org,
RysiekKott@msn.com |
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Sep 12, 6 pm:
Back to school
at the Polish
School in
Seattle |
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The
Polish School
at the Polish Home begins another school year
with an open day on Sep 12, from 6 to
8:30. This is the time to enroll your child if you haven’t done so
yet, talk to the teachers etc. The
Polish
School is open to children
and adults of varying degrees of language skills, from none to
advanced. Besides Polish language and literature, children learn
history and geography of
Poland. The school has all native
speakers as teachers.
Where:
at the
Polish Home on Monday evenings, tuition
on yearly basis, last year it was $250 PHA members, $280 otherwise
More: Principal Gerard Adler, (425) 653-3692, an old website at
www.PolishHome.org click on
Polish School
link |
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Sep 12, noon:
Luncheon with President Kwasniewski in LA |
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His Excellency, Aleksander
Kwasniewski, President, Republic of Poland |
The President of Poland, Mr. Aleksander Kwasniewski, makes a tour
of south-western United States
before his visit to the UN in
New York next week. At the luncheon in
Los Angeles, he will speak on
Poland and the Process of
International Security and European Integration.
The luncheon is organized by the Los Angeles World Affaires
Council as well as the Consulate General of the
Republic of Poland
in LA and is open to the public; reservations are required.
Where: the Beverly Hills Hotel, 9641 Sunset Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA;
reservations required by Friday noon
More: www.lawac.org, for
reservations tel.
(213) 628-2333, for the Consulate in LA
www.PolishConsulateLA.com |
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Sep 10 & 18, 3-6 pm:
Grand opening at the
Chopin Academy
of Music in Issaquah |
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This new music
institution has been founded by pianists Iwona Kaminska and
Christopher Bowlby in downtown Issaquah. The Academy offers
classes in piano, violin, viola, cello and guitar to children from
age 6 to 18 as well as group instruction in
performance, chamber music, music history, and music theory. The
Chopin Academy of Music is celebrating its grand opening
with an open house invitation on Saturday, September 10, 3-6 pm
and also on Sunday, September 18, 3-6 pm. Live music and
refreshments will be provided.
Where: CAM is located at
40 NW Alder Place
(Front St & Alder in Issaquah historic downtown)
More:
www.chopinacademy.com, or call: 425 829 1117 or 425 829 1229. |
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Sep 8, 10 pm:
Hiding and Seeking
on KCTS |
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Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance after the Holocaust
is a documentary movie that follows a Jewish father and his two
adult sons traveling to
Poland
in a quest to find the Polish family who saved their grandfather
during WWII. The sons believe Poles to be incurably anti-Semitic;
precisely for that reason, the father wants them to be introduced
to Poles who risked their own lives for the Jews.
Where: KCTS channel
Seattle, Sep 8, 10 pm
More:
www.hidingandseeking.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=pressrelease |
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