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Nov 25, 8 pm:
Andrzejki Dance Evening at PHA |
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According to the old Polish tradition,
Andrzejki (a party on St.
Andrew’s eve, Nov 30) was the last party of the year, with some
special customs such as divining future from pouring hot wax on
water. (Wax pouring is not planned this year). Live music by the
Polonus
band from
Portland. The
restaurant and bar will be open at 7 pm. You need to be 21+ to
attend.
Where:
at the Polish Home, tickets $15 PHA members, $20 others
More: Polish Home |
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Nov 24: Polish Home closed on Friday after
Thanksgiving |
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The Polish Home is closed on November 24, 2006.
Where:
the restaurant and the bar at the Polish
Home
will be closed
More:
Polish Home |
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Nov 19, noon: Feast of St. Margaret at
the Polish Church in Seattle |
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St.
Margaret,
Edinburgh
Castle |
The Seattle Polish American Parish celebrates the Annual Feast Day
of St. Margaret on Sunday, Nov 19, 2006. Celebration will start
with High Mass at 12:00 noon with the presence of auxiliary bishop
Joseph J. Tyson. After the mass a dinner will be available in the
Parish Hall. The artistic program includes Marzena Szlaga playing
on piano and performance by the children group. As at any
traditional church feast, you will be able to obtain devotional
items such as rosaries and prayer books.
Where:
St. Margaret’s Catholic
Church,
admission free, dinner $10
More: tel. to the Parish
(206) 282 1804 |
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Nov 15, 7:30 pm: Expansion Project meeting at
the Polish Home |
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Do you enjoy more parking spaces at the Polish Home? It’s your
money at work! Come to discuss and support more changes at the
Polish Home! This is an open monthly meeting, everybody interested
in the project is invited to come and discuss issues. Volunteers
are also welcomed to the meeting!
Where: at the Polish Home, just drop by; refreshments are
provided!
More:
Polish Home
Foundation,
Polish Home
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Nov 14 – Dec 31, 2006:
Marek Wencel’s photographs at Zoka in Seattle
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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 University
Village. You can also
buy his 2007 mountaineering calendar at the Green Lake Zoka or at
his website.
Where:
Zoka Coffee Roaster and Tea Company, University Village and Green
Lake branches,, from November 15 till end of December, 2006;
admission free
More:
Marek Wencel's website,
contact to Marek Wencel |
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Nov 12, 2:30 pm: Poland’s Independence Day
celebration at the Polish Home |
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Poland
regained its independence on Nov 11, 1918, when Jozef Pilsudski
became the Head of State after a popular revolt at the Polish
territories led to a formation of the reborn state. This year, the
25th anniversary of imposing the martial law in 1981
and sacrifices by the Solidarity activists will be remembered. The
program includes performances by the Polish Choir, the poetry
group, children from the
Polish
School
in Seattle and the Polish Scout Troop. The restaurant will be open
from 1 pm till after the concert.
Where:
at the Polish Home,
admission free.
More: Polish Home, or
contact Ivona Przydzielski |
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Nov 10-19: Kieslowski retrospective at
the NWFF in Seattle |
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Krzysztof Kieslowski |
The Northwest
Film Forum invites to a retrospective
Revelations of the Human Soul:
Works of Krzysztof Kieslowski, devoted entirely to the
famous Polish film director. The retrospective features four sets
of Kieslowski’s frank documentaries, four full time features:
The Scar, Camera Buff, Blind
Chance and No End,
and two films from the
Decalogue series in their theater versions:
A Short Film about Killing
and A Short Film about Love.
Where:
Northwest Film
Forum,
1515 12th Ave,
Seattle;
tickets $, series pass $35/$50 NWFF members/others
More:
Kieslowski Retrospective,
Kieslowski Bio |
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Till
Nov 15: K. Poznanski paintings in Pacific City, OR |
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Kazimierz
Poznanski is an art collector and a painter as well as a professor
at the UW Jackson School of International Studies. The Soaring
Crane Gallery in Pacific
City,
OR, displays about 20 of his
recent paintings on rice paper, including seven paintings from the
Geranium series,
nine still lives from the
Desire series and several landscapes. If you plan to go
to the Polish Festival in Portland,
a side trip to
Pacific
City might be just what
you need!
Where: at the Soaring Crane Gallery, Cape Kiwanda Hotel, 33105
Cape Kiwanda Drive, Pacific City, Oregon 97135; admission free;
from June 15 till Nov 15, open daily from 10 am till 5 pm, tel.
503-965-7848
More:
Prof. Poznanski ,
Soaring Crane
Gallery |
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Nov 4-5, noon - 7 pm:
Fall Bazaar at the Polish Home |
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Kasia
Pawluskiewicz, Polish Bazaar 2004
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The biggest such
event around Puget Sound, the Polish fall bazaar features booths
with Polish books and CDs, crafts, pottery, crystal, amber and
other merchandise as well as booths by local Polish-American
organizations. You can also buy Christmas ornaments and wafers (oplatki),
Polish pierogi, home made cakes and sweets as well as enjoy a full
course The
Vivat Musica choir
will sing at 2 pm both days. Organized by the Ladies Auxiliary.
More:
Polish Home,
or contact
Mira Byrski,
President of Ladies Auxiliary |
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Nov 4, 11 am:
Polish Book Club meeting at the Green Lake Library |
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The book for the meeting is
Krol kier znow na wylocie by Hanna Krall, published by
Swiat Ksiazki in 2006. Krall, a writer and a journalist, is very
well known for her books on fates of Polish Jews; she was also
nominated to 2005 Nike for
Wyjatkowo dluga linia (Exceptionally long line). In
Krol Kier Krall applies her vintage terse and detached style
to an extraordinary story about power of love carrying a woman
through the Holocaust. Krall’s books are widely translated and
available on the internet. Please see the club website for more
details.
Where: Seattle Public
Libraries, the
Green
Lake
branch,
7364 E. Green Lake Dr. N.,
Seattle,
(206) 684-7547
More: about
Hanna Krall,
Krol Kier,
Polish Book Club, contact to the Club
Hanna Gil |
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Till Nov 7: J. Brzostowska paintings at Café
Flora in Seattle |
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Joanna
Brzostowska is a painter and art teacher based in
Warsaw,
Poland, where
she also runs her own gallery,
Galeria Konstancin.
Her impressionist art, full of color and light, ranging from
figurative representations to large format, abstract images was
featured in exhibitions all over Europe as well as in
Japan
and Canada.
The Artist comes to
Seattle
for the opening night. The exhibition, organized by
Café Flora and the
Artist is available from October 4 till November 7, 2006.
Where: Café Flora,
2901 E Madison Street, Seattle
(not far from the Polish Home); admission free
More: www.cafeflora.com,
about the Artist
www.Brzostowska.com,
local contact to Katarzyna Alderman at
k_alderman@comcast.net |
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