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Mar 23, 7:30 pm:
Drozda
&
Sami Swoi
at the Polish Home |
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Tadeusz Drozda |
Tadeusz
Drozda is a veteran cabaret star from
Poland coming to
Seattle during his American west coast
tour. His cabaret program
Drozda
& Sami Swoi is in Polish.
Where: at the Polish Home; tickets $15 advanced, at the door $19
regular, $17 PHA members
More: tickets Iwona Przydzielski (425) 820-1207, or at the Polish
Home on Fridays |
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Mar 13, 7:30 pm:
W. Vollman talks about Copernican
revolution at the Town Hall |
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William T.
Vollman is a contemporary author who
won the 2005 National Book Award for
Europe Central. He
will talk about his book
Uncentering
the Earth: Copernicus and the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
and the impact
of the Copernican revolution.
Where: at the Town Hall,
1119 8th Ave,
Seatle; tickets $5 at the door only
More:
www.townhallseattle.org/calendar.cfm,
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/11/18/141101.php
Buy this book from Amazon through a link on our website to support
the Polish Home Foundation via an Amazon discount program |
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Mar 11, 10 am:
Polish Book Club meeting at the Redmond Library |
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The book for
the meeting is
Wojna
zensko-meska i
przeciwko swiatu by
Hanna Samson, published by Jacek Santorski
& Co Ag. Wyd.
in 2005. Samson is a psychologist and a
journalist working for
Twoj
Styl magazine, her first
book came out in 1996. The book is available on the Internet or
from Club members; please see the Club website for more info. New
members and guests are always welcome, whether they have read the
book or not!
Where: meeting room #1 at the
Redmond Library,
NE 85th St, Redmond,
admission free,
note the early hour this time
More:
Polish Book Club,
contact to the Club
Hanna Gil,
interview in Polish |
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March 10, 1:30 pm:
H. Bochniarz
on Poland’s accession to the EU at the UW |
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Henryka Bochniarz |
Dr. Henryka
Bochniarz is one of the most influential and respected
businesswomen in
Poland. She held such positions
as Minister of Industry and Trade (1991), President of the Polish
Businessmen Council (1996-99) and President of the Polish
Confederation of Private Employers (1996-current); she also ran as
a candidate in the Polish presidential elections. Her lecture
Accession of
Poland and other Central and
East Europe Countries to the European Union:
Results, Challenges and Opportunities is part of the UW
Evans School Dean’s Forum series.
Where: Parrington Hall, room 309, at the
University of Washington
Seattle campus; admission free –
please register by email at
theforum@u.washington.edu
More: Dr. Bochniarz’s bio at
www.axisglobecom/article.asp?article=424, the
Forum
www.evans.washington.edu, |
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March 9, 7:30 pm:
PH Expansion Project meeting at the Polish Home |
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Polish Home
Building Commission & Fundraising Committee
invite everybody interested in the PH expansion project to
its monthly meeting at the Polish Home. All interested in the
details of the project as well as volunteers are welcome!
Where: at the Polish Home, just drop by; refreshments
are
provided!
More:
www.PolishHomeFoundation.org |
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Mar 5, 4 pm:
Happy Birthday, Frederick
at the Polish Home |
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F. Chopin |
Marzena Szlaga
Piano Studio and the Salon of Poetry in
Seattle invite to a musical and poetic
celebration of the196th birthday of Frederick Chopin
(born March 1, 1810). The program includes Chopin’s mazurkas,
nocturnes, preludes, a polonaise, a waltz and the
fantasie-impromptu performed by the
Studio students as well as a theatrical etude
The First Concert and
poems recited by Dominika Marczak, Adam Dopierala,
Melinda
Wang,
Krzysztof Babcock, Barbara Strutynska,
Valeria
Visniewskaya, and Leszek
Chudzinski.
Where: at the Polish Home; admission free
More:
Marzena Szlaga MSzlaga@aol.com,
for Salon
www.salonpoezji.org/english.htm,
Helena Wrozynski (206) 526-8332 |
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Mar 3 & 4, 8 pm:
AB ORIENTE
– music from the East at St. James Cathedral |
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Seattle Pro Musica
choral ensemble invites to a concert filled with music from
Eastern and Central Europe, including
Poland, Hungary,
Czech Rep., the Balkans, Greece,
Ukraine
and Russia as
well as Armenia,
Georgia
and Lebanon.
Polish music is represented by two works by one of the most
distinguished contemporary composers, Henryk Gorecki:
the Third Symphony (of
Sorrowful Songs), influenced by the Tatra Mountains
folk music and the hymn to the Virgin Mary,
Totus Tuus, written
for John Paul II’s visit to Poland in 1987.
Where: St. James Cathedral, at 9th &
Marion; single
passes from $15-$23. Mar 3, 2006 at 8:15 pm, Mar 4 at 8 pm
More:
www.seattlepromusica.org/Ab_Oriente.htm |
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Mar 2, 6-8 pm, till Mar 28:
Poznanski collection gouaches at the Seattle Pacific University |
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Zhang Collection- Early Night |
Joanna and
Kazimierz Poznanski, local collectors of modernist Chinese
paintings, present another exhibition of western-style 20c.
Chinese art from their collection. On display at the SPU Art
Center Gallery there are over 30 gouaches, mostly from 1940-1960,
executed by Sichuan painters Li Youxing, Zhang Yangjun and Qian
Laizhong. The exhibition is available from Feb 27 till March 28,
2006. The opening reception is on March 2 from 6 to 8 pm.
Where: the Art Center Gallery at the SPU, 3 West
Cremona in
Seattle,
Feb 27 – Mar 28, M-F 8 am – 4 pm; admission free
More: the Gallery (206) 281-2079, Prof. K. Poznanski
kazpoz@u.washington.edu |
Zhang Collection - Family Home |
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