Dec 31, 8 pm - 2 am: New Year’s Eve party
at the Polish Home
It’s a traditional party on the New Year’s Eve with wining and
dining as well as live entertainment by thePolonus band from
Portland. Ticket
price includes a traditional Polish dinner, champagne, hats etc.
Where:
at the Polish Home; tickets $65 members, $95 non-members
More: ticket reservations Zbyszek Pietrzyk 206-762-6553, more info
Lucyna Blonska (206)
764-7057
Dec 24: Polish Home open on Dec 22, closed
for the Christmas Eve
The Polish Home is open on Friday, Dec 22.
Come to have an early start on Christmas celebrations with
Polish carols or just for a dinner.
Chef Barbara Patrick
will have these Christmas Eve specials on sale to go: red
borscht, uszka (the special dumplings), along with
pierogi and krokiety (meatrolls).
The Polish Home is closed on
Sunday, Dec 24, 2006, for the Christmas Eve.
The restaurant will also be closed on December 31 due to
preparations for the New Years Eve ball.
Where:
the restaurant and the bar at the Polish
Home
will be closed
Dec 18:
TV Polonia channel: Unknown
Heroes of Solidarity (in Polish)
Part 3 of a program about Solidarity
activists forced to emigrate during the martial law in Poland in
early 1980s. It is homage to all of them and features interviews
with many, including Kazimierz Braun and Krzysztof Kamyszew,
both known locally from their recent visits to Seattle. There
are still about 40 of the Solidarity immigrants in the Puget
Sound area.
Where: at the TV Polonia channel, in Polish: Dec 4, 11 & 18
series part 1, 2, & 3
Dec 13,
7:30 pm:
Expansion Project meeting at the Polish Home
Do you enjoy more parking spaces at the Polish Home? This is an
open monthly meeting, everybody interested in the project is
invited to come and discuss issues. Plans for 2007 will be
discussed. Volunteers are also welcomed to the meeting!
Where: at the Polish Home, just drop by; refreshments are
provided!
Dec 11:
TV Polonia channel: Unknown
Heroes of Solidarity (in Polish)
Part 2 of a program about Solidarity
activists forced to emigrate during the martial law in Poland in
early 1980s. It is homage to all of them and features interviews
with many, including Kazimierz Braun and Krzysztof Kamyszew,
both known locally from their recent visits to Seattle. There
are still about 40 of the Solidarity immigrants in the Puget
Sound area.
Where: at the TV Polonia channel, in Polish: Dec 4, 11 & 18
series part 1, 2, & 3
Dec 9, from 2 pm:
Polish Choir in concert at MOHAI
The Polish Choir Vivat Musica will take part in the traditional
concert Holidays Around the World. This two day event running
Saturday and Sunday, December 9 & 10, is hosted this year by the
Museum of History
and Industry. The Choir will sing Polish Christmas Carols for
about 20 minutes during the afternoon program on Saturday.
Precise schedule for the Choir performance TBD.
Dec 9, noon-2pm: Polish Book Club meeting
at Jerzy’s Coffee in
Redmond
This is a special Holiday meeting
of the Club. There is no book to be discussed, but according to
the Club tradition everybody coming in should bring one book - in
Polish - wrapped up nicely as a present; then everybody gets a
gift by drawing lots. Sharing a favorite poem, a prose page or joy
of the holiday spirit is encouraged! New members are welcomed.
Where: Jerzy's Coffee,
16727 Redmond Way
(behind Exxon at the split with
Cleveland St coming from 520), in
Redmond; admission free, coffee and
pastries available at the café!
Dec 3, 2:30 pm: St. Nicolas party at
the Polish Home
This is another Mikolajki
party, this one organized by the Polish Home. The program includes
a performance by the children, singing of Polish carols and a
visit by Santa Claus as an early start of the season
celebrations. The restaurant will be open from 1 pm as is usual
on Sundays.
Dec 2, 6 pm: Nativity play & St. Nicholas party for children in
Kirkland
This is a Mikolajki
party organized by the Fr. Jan Twardowski Polish School in
Bellevue. The program includes Jaselka (a Nativity
based performance by the students of the school), sharing of
Christmas wafers, Santa Claus’s visit with presents, singing of
Polish carols and taking pictures with Santa Claus.
Dec 1, 7 pm: Prof. Furdyna talks about unexpected discoveries at
the UW
Prof. Jacek K. Furdyna
Dr. Jacek Furdyna is a physicist from the University of Notre Dame
specializing in condensed matter. His lecture
How the Means Become End in Scientific Discovery: the Impact of
Unintended Consequences will focus
on drive-by-discovering: breakthroughs in technology and science
that arise from the surprising and unanticipated effects of
scientific experiments and research of other subjects. The lecture
is organized by the UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee.
Where: Walker Ames room, Kane Hall, at the
University
of Washington
campus; admission free; there is a reception following the lecture
Dec 1, 10:30 am: Prof. Furdyna talks
about ferromagnetic semiconductors at Microsoft
Prof. Jacek K. Furdyna
Dr. Jacek Furdyna is a physicist from University of Notre Dame
specializing in condensed matter. His lecture
Making Semiconductors Ferromagnetic: Reasons, Challenges, and
Opportunities
focuses on a new class of semiconductors that exhibit
ferromagnetic properties. This new class of materials can lead to
major advances in technology.
Where:
The Research Lecture Room, bldg 113, room 1159 at Microsoft
Research; bldg 113 is at
14870 NE 31st Way,
in Redmond,
admission free
Until Dec 31, 2006:
Marek Wencel’s photographs at Zoka in Seattle
Ama Dablan,
Nepal
Marek Wencel is a local mountaineer whose passion for peaks in
Himalayas, Andes
and other high ranges goes together with passion for high level
photography. After scoring awards in recent competitions by
National Geographic and Nikon, his photographs are on display at
two café Zoka locations in Seattle:
at Green
Lake
and the UniversityVillage. You can also
buy his 2007 mountaineering calendar at the Green Lake Zoka or at
his website.
