Sep 27,6:30 pm:
Back to school at the PolishSchool in
Bellevue
The Fr. Jan
Twardowski Polish School in
Bellevue invites to an open house for
anybody who wants to meet the teachers and enroll their children.
The school, now in its second year, is an organization separate
from the PolishSchool in
Seattle. Its 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. The classes are at the St.
Louise Parish School in
Bellevue. The first day of school is Oct 4,
2006.
Where: open house
at the Lavelle Center,
St. Louise Parish School, 133 156th
Ave SE, Bellevue,
www.stlouiseschool.org; classes on Wednesdays at
6:00 pm
More:
www.twardowskischool.com, Aneta Lasek-Czerwonka (425)
392-8825, Anna Cholewinska (425) 765-4935
Sep 23-24: Polish Festival in
Portland
This is the
13th edition of the biggest Polish event in the
United States west of
Chicago! This year the Festival features
two exhibitions, a meeting with a Polish consul, a live
demonstration of a Polish Winged Hussar plus the usual two full
days of non-stop folk group performances, variety of merchandize
booths and of course tons of pierogi, pancakes and other Polish
foodstuffs as well as Polish beer. There will also be polka
contests on both days and dancing in the evening. The Visions of the Polish Madonna
exhibition is at the Church Hall and the Polish Regional Costumes
exhibit at the Polish Hall. Special guest of the Festival, Consul
for the Cultural Affairs, Ms. Paulina Kapuscinska answers
questions at the Library form 1 to 3 pm on Saturday..
Where: St. Stanislaus Church & The Polish Hall & Library,
3900 N. Interstate Ave.,
Portland, OR;
admission free
Sep 20, 7:30 pm: Expansion Project meeting
at the Polish Home
Have you
noticed the Polish Home parking lot getting bigger recently? It’s
the first tangible result of the Polish Home Expansion Project –
enjoy more space and support the Project! 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!
Sep 20, 3 pm,
till
Nov 15: K. Poznanski paintings in Pacific City, OR
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
PacificCity 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.
Reception with the Artist on Sep 20, 2006, from 3 pm to 5 pm.
Sep 17, 6 pm:
Lombard
group in concert at the Polish Home
Lombard
is a very well known, and to many - a legendary pop & rock group
from
Poland. They debuted
in 1981 - the year of Solidarity (which they supported strongly)
and were very popular and prolific throughout the 80s. Then they
made a vigorous comeback in 1999 with a young dynamic singer Marta
Cugier and three new CDs in one year (and five more since 2000).
The six person band comes to
Seattle
with Marta Cugier and the long time leader Grzegorz Strozniak
presenting a mixture of unforgettable hits, like Przezyj to sam, as
well as new compositions.
Where: at the Polish Home; tickets $25 advanced, $27/$30 at the
door for PHA members/others
More: about the band (in Polish, includes mp3 files to listen)
www.lombard.pl, for advanced
tickets contact Ivona Przydzielski (425) 820-1207, or Zbigniew
Przydzielski at
zbigi@netzero.com
Sep 11, 6 pm: Back to school at the
PolishSchool in
Seattle
This year,
classes at the Juliusz
SlowackiPolishSchool
in Seattle
start on September 11. If you haven’t done so yet, you can also
enroll your child (or yourself!) on the first day. The School is
open to individuals of all ages and varying degrees of language
skills, from none to advanced (grades 1-8 for kids, beginners and
intermediate group grown ups). Besides Polish language and
literature, children learn history and geography of
Poland. The classes are held at
the Polish Home in
Seattle.
Where: the School operates at
the
Polish Home on Monday evenings, from 6 pm
More: Principal Krystyna Swietlicka (206) 720-0683, an old website
at
www.PolishHome.org click on
PolishSchool
link
Sep 9: V. Rylski at the Wooden Boat Festival
in Port Townsend
Vladimir Rylski
This 30th
edition of the annual Festival in Port Townsend, hailed as the
Woodstock of wooden boats, runs from September 8 to 10 and
includes boat building workshops, presentations, booths with
merchandise and of course plethora of boats to see. Among the home
made constructions on display, Vladimir (Wlodek) Rylski, known for
his lightweight folding solar catamaran will also present his
newest construction.
Where: At the NorthwestMaritime
Center
and the waterfront in Port
Towsend,
WA; day tickets $12 regular, $6
students & seniors.
Sep 9, 1 pm: Polish Book Club meeting at
the Green Lake Library
The book for
the meeting is Traktat o
luskaniu fasoli by Wieslaw Mysliwski, published by Znak
in 2006. Mysliwski, a writer and playwright, was the very first
recipient of the prestigious Polish literary award, Nike in 1997, which
he received for his book
Widnokrag (The
Horizon). Traktat,
his first novel for 10 years, is written as a monologue to a
mysterious visitor in whom the narrator confides his life long
experience and wisdom. The book has already earned raves from the
Polish critics and readers. The book is available on the internet.
Please see the club website for more details.
Where: Seattle
Public Libraries, the
GreenLake branch,
7364 E. Green Lake Dr. N.,
Seattle, (206) 684-7547
Sep 1, 7 pm: Polish Home in Seattle reopens
after summer
The Polish Home
reopens after summer on September 1, and will be open on as usual,
that is on every Friday night from 7 pm and on Sundays from 1 to 4
pm, as well as for scheduled events. Please consult the calendar on the Polish
Home website for details.
Where: Polish Home is located at 1714 18th Ave, Seattle
