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Paquin on CBS
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Apr 29, 12 noon: Lecture
How Public is Our Republic (of Poland)? |
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The lecture How Public is Our
Republic (of Poland)? is by a Ellison Center guest Lech
Marcinkowski. Mr. Marcinkowski is a Hubert Humphrey Fellow from
Poland at the Evans School of Public Affairs; he is Deputy
Director of the Audit and Supervision Department for the Office
of the Prime Minister.
Where:
Parrington Hall Forum at the University of Washington
campus; admission free
More:
Humphrey Fellows |
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Apr 26, 6 pm:
Salon of
Poetry
presents Beloved Love Poems at the Polish Home |
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The Salon of Poetry
in Seattle invites to
an evening of Beloved Love Poems. Come and bring your
favorite love poems to share. Enjoy poetry in English, Polish and Russian
(by Akhmatova and Tzvetaieva).
Listen to classical music by Glinka and Rachmaninoff by singers Faina & Alex Sargent.
Where: at the Polish Home;
admission free, poems in Polish, English & Russian
More:
the Salon of Poetry |
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Apr 25, 10 am: Polish Book Club meeting at
the Green Lake Library |
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The book for the meeting is
Fabryka mucholapek by Andrzej Bart published by Wyd.
WAB in 2008. Fabryka ... mixes past and present in a
fictitious process of M. C. Rumkowski, the controversial head of
the Lodz ghetto.
Andrzej Bart, who lives in Lodz, is a novelist and screenwriter whose works
frequently have some unusual twists.
The book can be bought on the
Internet or borrowed from Club members. Club meetings are in
Polish.
Where:
at the
Green Lake Public Library in Seattle; admission free
More: about
the
book,
Andrzej Bart,
Polish
Book Club |
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Apr 25, 7 pm:
Vivat Amore!
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sing-along concert
in Portland |
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Vivat Amore! is a Biesiada program presented by
the Polish
Choir Vivat Musica
with many songs related to love and its tribulations. If you missed this great event in Seattle last
year, this is
your chance to listen and to sing merrily
along. Also, there is a party after the show. In Polish with some
songs in English.
Where:
Polish Hall
in Portland; tickets
$15 & $12
More:
contact for the Choir
Barbara
Niesulowski |
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Apr 21, 7:30 pm:
Krystian Zimerman in concert at the UW
Meany Hall |
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Krystian Zimerman |
Krystian
Zimerman is the most renown Polish
pianist. He won the famous International Chopin Competition
in Warsaw
when he was only 19 (in 1975) and gives relatively few recitals
every year traveling with his own piano. He returns to
Seattle
to play in the UW World Series at Meany Hall. As
is usual for Mr. Zimerman, the program will be announced later.
Where: Meany Hall at the
University of Washington campus;
tickets are on sale now!
More:
Zimerman,
Seattle concert |
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Apr 19, 5 pm: Easter Egg sharing at the Polish
Home |
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A traditional meeting of members & friends of the Polish Home with sharing
of the Easter eggs and a dinner; Fr. Stanislaw Michalek, the
pastor at the Polish Parish in Seattle, will be
present. Organized by the Ladies Auxiliary and the Polish Home.
Where: at the Polish Home;
admission free, no reservations needed
More: Polish Home |
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Apr 19, 9 pm:
The Courageous
heart of Irena Sendler on CBS |
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Paquin as Sendler, courtesy of CBS |
Oscar winner Anna Paquin plays
the famous Polish WWII hero in the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie
produced by CBS. Irena Sendler ran an organization that has
saved 2500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto. The movie
directed by John Kent Harrison also stars Marcia Harden, Danuta
Stenka and Maja Ostaszewska.
Where:
on
the CBS channel
More:
Anna Paquin fan
site with the Sendler movie |
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Apr 18-19:
Exploring the Polish Soul at the Spokane Symphony |
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Mateusz Wolski |
The Spokane Symphony invites to
the concert Exploring the Polish Soul featuring two
Polish composers as well as a Polish conductor and soloist. The
program includes Venetian Games by Witold Lutoslawski and
Violin Concerto in A Minor by Mieczyslaw Karlowicz.
Directed by Michal Nestorowicz, with virtuoso violinist Mateusz
Wolski.
Where: Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox / the
Spokane Symphony
More:
Zimerman,
Seattle concert |
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Apr 17-19: Seattle Polish Film Festival at
the SiFF cinema |
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by Piotr Zin
A Perfect Guy ...
Drowsiness |
This is a schedule for the second
weekend of the Festival.
The program may change; please check the
SPFF website for updates.
Friday, April 17
7:30 pm A Warm Heart / Serce na dloni, (2008,
95
min), by Krzysztof Zanussi
Actor Szymon Bobrowski present at the screening
10:00 pm
Ruby Wedding / Rubinowe gody, (2008,
44
min),
by
Andrzej Mankowski
Saturday, April
18
1:30 pm
Independent films,
(81 min) by various filmmakers
Birdy by Agnieszka Woznicka, Refrains /
Refreny by Wiola Sowa,
The Loneliness of the Short-order Cook by M.
Sawicki,
What Nobody Knows / Czego nikt nie wie
by M. Prykowski,
Interview / Rozmowa
kwalifikacyjna by L.
Kasprzykowski,
3:30 pm
Offsiders / Boisko bezdomnych (2008, 119 min), by
Kasia Adamik
5:00 pm
Film Festival Guest Party - by invitation
7:15 pm
Hania / Hania (2007, 108 min), by Janusz
Kaminski
Actor Szymon Bobrowski present at thescreening
9:45 pm The Reliable System /
Niezawodny system (2008,
80 min)
by
Izabela Szylko
Sunday, April 19
1:30 pm
Henry Wars / Henryk Wars (2007,
53 min), by Wieslaw Dabrowski
Children
in Exile / Dzieci na zeslaniu (2007,
60 min), by Chris Swider
3:30 pm
Zietek / Zietek (2008, 16 min), by Bartosz
Blaschke
Commandant
Edelman / Dowodca Edelman (2008, 56 min)
by Artur "Baron" Wiecek
5:30 pm
Tischner - Life in Stories / Tischner - zycie w
opowiesciach
(2008,
90 min), by Artur "Baron" Wiecek
7:15 pm
A Perfect Guy For My Girl / Idealny facet dla mojej
dziewczyny
(2009,
125 min), by Tomasz Konecki
9:30 pm Drowsiness /
Sennosc (2008,
105 min), by Magdalena Piekorz
Where: all movies at SIFF cinema at
the Seattle Center;
More: Seattle Polish Film
Festival |
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Apr 18, 10 am - 3 pm: Polish topics at
the REECAS conference at the UW |
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The 15th Annual
Northwest Regional Conference for Russian, East European and
Central Asian Studies includes the following lectures:
Less than the Sum of its Parts:
Polish Cultural Diversity and the Homogenizing
Politics
of the Pole-Catholic Myth from a Comparative Historical
Perspective
by Kristin
Smith, Sociology, UW, session #1, 10 am - 11:30
Nature and the
Post-socialist Politics of Community in a Polish Wetland
by Eunice
Blavascunas, PhD, session #2, 1:45 - 3 pm
Where:
Thomson Hall at the University
of Washington central campus; admission free and open to the
public
More:
REECAS conference,
The Ellison Center |
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Apr 18, 8 pm: Welcome Spring Disco |
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This is a double disco on both floors! Upper hall music: DJ
Philip, lower hall music by DJ Donald. A big raffle and other attractions and surprises for
ladies and gents, for a good welcome to the spring.
The restaurant open from 7 to 10 pm, the bar from 7:30, music
from 8 pm.
Organized by Mloda Polonia and the Polish Home;
Where: at the Polish Home; tickets $15 members,$20 others, you must be 21+ w/ID to
attend;
More: Polish Home,
Seattle Polonia site;
reservations Lucyna Blonska (206) 764-7057, Maria Switalska
(425) 226-7660, Piotr Warczak (206) 769-3840 |
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Apr 10-12: Seattle Polish Film Festival at
the SiFF cinema |
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by Piotr Zin
Louise's Garden
All Will Be Well |
This is a schedule for the first
weekend of the Festival.
The program may change; please check the
SPFF website for updates.
Friday, April 10
7:30 pm Sex Change /
Zamiana, (2009, 110
min), by Konrad Aksimowicz
9:30 pm
Warsaw Dark / Izolator,
(2008, 97 min), by Christopher Doyle
Actor
Leslaw Zurek present at the screening
Saturday, April
11
1:30 pm
Outlanders
(2007, 95 min), by Dominic Lees
3:30 pm
It's Not What You .../ To nie tak jak myslisz, kotku
(2008, 101 min), by
Slawomir Krynski
7:15 pm
Louise's Garden / Ogrod Luizy (2007, 102 min), by
Maciej Wojtyszko
Actor
Leslaw Zurek present at the screening
9:45 pm
Once Again / Jeszcze raz
(2008, 91 min) by Mariusz Malec
Sunday, April 12
1:30 pm
John from the Tree / Jan z drzewa (2008, 91 min),
by Lukasz Kasprzykowski
3:30 pm
All Will Be Well / Wszystko bedzie dobrze
(2007,
98 min)
by Tomasz Wiszniewski
5:30 pm
Tricks / Sztuczki
(2007,
95 min), by Andrzej Jakomowski
7:30 pm
Expecting Love / Mala wielka milosc
(2008,
110 min)
by Lukasz Karwowski
9:30 pm
How To Live? / Jak zyc?
(2008, 92 min), by Szymon Jakubowski
Where: all movies at SIFF cinema at
the Seattle Center;
More: Seattle Polish Film
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Apr 11: Easter Food Basket blessing (Swiecone) |
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This is the schedule for blessing of the traditional Easter food
baskets on Holy Saturday, April 11, 2009.
Bellevue: St. Louise
Church, at
2 pm
Seattle: St. Margaret’s
Church, from 10 am - 3 pm
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April 10 & 12: Polish
Home closed for Easter |
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As is the tradition, the Polish
Home is closed on Good Friday, April 10, 2009. The restaurant is also
closed on Easter Sunday, April 12.
More:
Polish Home in Seattle
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Apr 10, 6 pm - till May 16: Poznanski paintings
at the Kobo Gallery in Seattle |
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Kazimierz Poznanski is a
professor at the University of Washington,
a painter with exhibit in China and Canada and an art collector with interest in Chinese art &
culture. His exhibition
North End Lands at the Kobo Gallery in the International
District features about 15 paintings made with traditional Chinese
paint on a rice paper.
Where: at the
Kobo at Higo Gallery;
admission free. The exhibition is open from April 10 till May
16, 2009.
More: about
Kazimierz Poznanski and his Chinese interests |
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Apr 4, noon - 7 pm:
Spring
Bazaar at the Polish Home |
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The lovely
2008 Bazaar staff |
The Spring
Bazaar is an annual event organized by the Ladies Auxiliary. The
booths upstairs offer Polish crystal bowl and vases, amber and
silver jewelry, pottery, crafts, books, Easter eggs and much
more. Downstairs you can enjoy traditional Polish dishes served
by the young waiters clad in Polish folk costumes. You can also
buy home-made desserts and pastries. This is usually a crowded event, so come early.
The Bazaar
looks for volunteers to help set it up on Friday April 3, 2009
from 8 pm and on Saturday morning. If you would like to help,
please contact
Piotr &
Marija Horoszowski.
Where: at the
Polish Home;
admission free
More:
Polish Home |
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Apr 1, from 5 pm: John Paul II Memorial
Room dedication at St. Margaret's |
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St. Margaret's Church invites to the
dedication and blessing of the John Paul II Memorial Room.
Solemn mass at the
church at 5 pm with Archbishop Alex Brunett and Monsignor
Stefan Wylezek, the Foundation Administrator visiting from Rome.
Dedication in the parish hall, directly following the mass.
Reception in the parish hall at 7:00 is a chance to talk to both
distinguished guests.
Where: St. Margaret's
Church & Parish Hall in Seattle; admission free, donations
appreciated
More:
John Paul II
Foundation |
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