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May 26, 5:15 pm: Polka Concert with Terry Palasz
at the Seattle Center |
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Terry Palasz,
aka the Polish Diva from
Milwaukee, comes back to Seattle with a
polka concert at the Northwest Folklife Festival running
over the Memorial Weekend. She is described as an opera trained,
polka dancing, mountain climbing soprano comedienne. Ms Palasz
will sing several great
polkas from her CD, The Polish Diva's Polka Party, supported
by a cast of musicians who recorded the CD with her.
Where: at the central stage (outdoor, next to the fountain), at
the Seattle Center
More:
the Polish Diva,
Northwest Folklife Festival |
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May 20, 2 - 5 pm: Polish booth at the
St. Louise Ethnic Fest |
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Polish presence
at the St. Louise Parish Ethnic Fest
has a tradition going back decades thanks to many Polish Eastside families. This year the
Polish
School in Bellevue is again presenting Polish food,
crafts & traditions at the Festival. Besides variety of foods and exhibits from
15+ communities, the Festival also features dances and songs from
several communities such as German, Philippino and Mexican.
Where: at the St. Louise Parish Hall, admission free
More:
St. Louise Parish,
Fr. J. Twardowski
Polish School in Bellevue (in Polish) |
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May 19, 9 pm: Dance-Disco evening in Tacoma |
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The Polish Community in Tacoma invites
to the Dance-Disco at the Parish Hall. The best DJ in
North Tacoma will play a selection of music form the 80s and
90s.
Where: at the Polish Parish in Tacoma, St.
Peter and Paul Church, 3422 Portland Ave., Tacoma; tickets $25,
3 drinks in the ticket price
More: Please contact Frank Bednarski at 425-417-5240 |
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May 19, 6 pm - midnight: Majales:
Czech Spring Festival at the Polish Home |
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Majales is a traditional Czech student festival held in
May with traditions going back centuries. At the Polish Home it
will be an evening
of music,
food, dance and drink, as well as of performances by Jozef
Ivaska, local Czech students, etc.
Also - Miss Majales 2007! Organized by Karol Osusky and
the Czech community. This event is a mix of Czech, Slovak and
English.
Where: at the
Polish Home; cover to
enter $20 from 6 to 8 pm, $25 after 8 pm
More: about
Majales, Czechs in
Seattle |
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May 19, 11 am: Polish Book Club meeting at
the Redmond Library |
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Note. This
event has been rescheduled from May 12, 2007.
The book for the meeting is
Festumg Breslau
by Marek Krajewski,
published by WAB in 2006. Krajewski, 38, is a very popular
writer of crime thrillers of which Festung is an example;
several of them take place in Wroclaw (Breslau in German),
spanning both German and Polish history of the city. The book can be bought on the
Internet or borrowed from Club members.
Where:
Conference Room at the
Redmond Library;
admission free
More: about Marek
Krajewski, contact to the Club
Hanna Gil |
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May 16, 7 pm: Meeting with writer E.
Sniezkowska-Bielak at St. Louise |
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Elzbieta Sniezkowska-Bielak is a Polish poet and a children book
writer. She has published several books for children from
retelling classic tales in verse to a playful Polish speller
tutorial for kids. At this meeting children can talk to the
author and listen to poems for children and stories. Organized
and sponsored by the Polish School in Bellevue. This event is in
Polish.
Where: at the Lavelle Center of the
St. Louise Parish in Bellevue; admission free
More: about the writer and
her books (in Polish),
Fr. J. Twardowski
Polish School in Bellevue (in Polish) |
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May 15, 12 noon: Seminar: Navigating
Jewish Heritage in Poland at the UW |
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Conversation Maps: Navigating Jewish Heritage in Poland
is a seminar presented by Prof. E. Lehrer (U. of Washington) and
Prof. H. Smotrich (U. of Michigan). Conversation Maps are
alternative tourist brochures with experimental designs based on
interviews with Jews and Poles.
Where: Simpson Center for the Humanities, 206 Communications Building at the
University of Washington Campus
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May 13, 10 am -1 pm: Lacey Sister City Assn
Brunch in Olympia |
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Lacey Sister City Association invites to a Mother's Day
Champaign Brunch to socialize and celebrate Mother's Day,
attractions include prizes and raffles and something for every
Mother! Lacey is a sister city of Minsk Mazowiecki, a medium
size town about 25 mi. east of Warsaw.
Where: at the South Puget Sound Community College Dining Room in Olympia,
2011 Mottman Rd SW, Olympia; tickets $30
regular, $15 for children 10 and younger, babies 2 and younger
free
More: info and tickets
Dina Myers (360) 459-7285 or Kathy Vermillion
(360) 456-1786,
Lacey Sister
City Assn., Lacey,
Minsk Mazowiecki |
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May 12, noon - 5 pm: Polish Book Sale at
the Polish Home |
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This bi-annual event features usually a lot of new and
second-hand books and albums in Polish, bi-lingual or in English
on Polish topics as well as Polish CDs and DVDs - most at very
affordable prices! Profit from the sale traditionally goes to
the benefit of the Polish Home library.
Where: at the Polish Home; admission free
More: Polish Home |
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May 12, noon – 5 pm:
All You Can Eat Pierogi Fest
at the Polish Home |
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It's a pierogi (Polish dumplings) extravaganza that includes several different kinds of pierogi
(meat, potato & cheese, kraut & mushroom, plum) for your hearts pleasure or just for sampling.
It's all you can eat deal so you can eat leisurely, listen to Polish music and have a good time.
Also available: beer, wine as well as coffee, soft drinks and
homemade deserts
(not included in the admission price).
Where: at the Polish Home; tickets $13 regular, $8 children (12
and below), kids up to 3 years old free.
More:
www.PolishHome.org
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May 11, 7:30 pm: Mother's Day celebration at
the Polish Home |
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It's a Mother's Day celebration organized by the the youth
theater group from the Polish Home, Mlodzi Polanie. All
Moms and kids are invited!
Where:
at the Polish Home; admission free
More:
Polish Home |
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May 9, 7:30 pm: Expansion Project meeting at
the Polish Home |
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This is a monthly meeting of the Project committee. Come to
discuss and support more changes at the Polish Home! This is an
open meeting, everybody interested in the project is invited to
come and discuss issues. Volunteers are also welcomed at the
meeting!
Where:
at the Polish Home, just drop by;
More:
Polish Home
Foundation,
Polish Home |
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May 5, 5:15 pm: Polish Choir sings at St.
James Cathedral |
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Polish Choir Vivat Musica has been invited to sing at a
mass at St. James Cathedral in Seattle. The Choir will begin
singing at 5:15 pm, the mass will start at 5:30 pm. During mass
the Choir will sing in Polish and Latin.
Where:
At St. James Cathedral
in Seattle, before and during the mass at 5:30 pm
More: contact to the Choir
Barbara Niesulowski |
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May 4:
15th
Seattle
Polish Film Festival |
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Schedule
for Friday, May 4, 2007.
8:00 pm
South - North / Poludnie - polnoc,,
dir. by Lukasz Karwowski
(2006, 94 min.)
Program subject to change; please check the
SPFF website for updates.
Where:
SIFF Cinema at
Nesholm Family Lecture Hall at the
Seattle Center's McCaw Hall,
tickets
More: Seattle Polish Film
Festival |
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May 3:
15th
Seattle
Polish Film Festival |
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Schedule for Thursday, May 3, 2007.
8:00 pm
We're All Christs / Wszyscy jestesmy
Chrystusami, dir. by Marek Koterski
(2006, 107 min.)
Director Marek Koterski and actress Karolina Gruszka
present at
the screening
Program subject to change; please check the
SPFF website for updates.
Where:
SIFF Cinema at
Nesholm Family Lecture Hall at the
Seattle Center's McCaw Hall,
tickets
More: Seattle Polish Film
Festival |
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May 3, 7:30: Prof. Dunn talks about Joseph Conrad
at the UW |
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Joseph Conrad |
The great writer
Joseph Conrad was born in 1857 Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski. To
celebrate the 150th anniversary, Prof. Richard Dunn will have a
public lecture Joseph Conrad: Supra-National Novelist at the University of
Washington. Dr. Dunn is a professor at and a former Chair of the English Department of
the UW; the lecture is organized by the UW Polish Studies
Endowment Committee.
Where:
Kane Hall, room 110, at the UW campus in Seattle; admission free
More: about
Joseph Conrad,
Prof. Richard Dunn |
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May 2, 7:30:
Prof. Rybczynski talks about Last Harvest at Town Hall
in Seattle
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Witold Rybczynski is an architect, historian of architecture,
professor of urbanism at the University of Pensylvania and an
author of many books about architecture, urban design and
housing. In 2002, he was also one of the speakers in the lecture
series celebrating 50 years of teaching Polish at the University
of Washington in Seattle. He returns to Sattle to talk about his
last book
Last Harvest: How a Cornfield Became New Daleville.
Where: at the
Great Hall of
Town Hall Seattle, enter on 8th Ave; admission $5
More: about
Prof. Rybczynski |
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Apr 23 - May 9: Joseph Conrad
Exhibition at the UW |
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Joseph Conrad |
Another event celebrating
the 150th birth anniversary of Joseph Conrad in Seattle is
an exhibition Between the Land and the Sea, Joseph Conrad
1857-1924, devoted to the great author at the Suzzallo
Library of the University of Washington. The exhibition is
organized the UW Polish Studies Committee, Polish Home Foundation
and the Consulate of Poland in Los Angeles.
Where:
At the Suzzallo Library at the UW campus in Seattle.
More: about
Joseph Conrad,
the lecture,
UW PSEC,
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