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Piotr Kosinski
Honoring Cpt. Herbst
Bienczycki exhibit |
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June 25, 11 am: Polish Book Club meeting at
the Green Lake Library |
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The book for the meeting is Listy
na wyczerpanym papierze, a collection of letters by Agnieszka
Osiecka and Jeremi Przybora, published by Agora in 2010. Osiecka
(d. 1997) was a poet & lyricist very popular in Poland due to
her authoring lyrics to innumerable Polish hit songs. Jeremi
Przybora (d. 2004) was also a lyricist, known for his
collaboration with composer Jerzy Wassowski. Club meetings are in Polish.
Where:
at the
Green Lake Public Library in Seattle; admission free
More: about
Polish
Book Club |
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June 25, 1:30 pm:
Young Polanie at the International
Festival in Leavenworth |
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Polanie in Slask costums |
Leavenworth
International Dance Festival on July 25 & 26 features a great variety of folk
dance troupes representing many nations, especially different European
countries. The Polish Cultural Center
group Young Polanie will present an hour long program
that includes a
medley of songs and dances from the Cracow & Slask regions of
Poland on June 25.
Where: the Festival is in Leavenworth, WA - go for a nice trip
over the mountains
More:
Leavenworth
International Dance Festival, for Young Polanie group
contact Barbara Strutynski
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June 25, from 5 pm: International Dance
at the J. F. Kennedy High School in Burien |
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This is the
33rd International Dance staged by local clubs representing
several Central & East European nations. Semi-formal attire, delicious ethnic food, live music
and entertainment. Doors open at 6:30,
dancing starts at 8 pm. Soft drinks available all evening.
This event is co-sponsored by the Polish Home Association.
Where: at the
John F. Kennedy High School in Burien;
tickets $15; this is a BYOB event;
More: tickets available at the Polish Home on Fridays 8-10 pm,
at the gate, or contact
Maria Switalska at 425-226-7660 or Lucyna Blonska 206-764-7057
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June 22, 7:30 pm:
Polish Film Club meeting at the Polish Cultural Center |
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Polish Film Club presents movie Big Brawl (aka Big
Bust) / Wielka wsypa directed by
Jan Lomnicki in 1992. This is an action packed film showing the
hustle and bustle of the transformative years in Poland in late
1980s and early 1990s. Starring Jan Englert as a brazen
financial crook Bronko and Krzysztof Wakulinski as a colonel of
security forces who reinvents himself as his business partner in
crime.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home;
in Polish
w/ English subtitles; admission free
More:
Polish Film Club,
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June 18, 7 pm: Cabaret Kropka nad i at
the Polish
Cultural Center |
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Ryszard Wrzaskala |
Polish Cultural
Center invites everybody to a performance by a Polish cabaret
from Vancouver, BC, Kropka nad i (in Polish). This
classical cabaret group is led by Mrs. Krystecka. The program
includes several songs composed by Ryszard Wrzaskala, a
notable pianist and composer based in Vancouver, BC who also
leads the band.
The
restaurant & the bar will be open for the event.
Where: at the Polish
Cultural Center / Polish Home
upper hall; tickets $25 regular / $22 members at the door, $15
advanced;
for tickets and reservation
please contactAsia
Jeziorska 425-417-9548 or Renata Mroz 206-362-7917
More:
Wino Kabaret & Spiew program info (PL),
music by Wrzaskala |
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June 15, 7 pm: Piotr Kosinski in concert at
the Polish
Cultural Center |
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Piotr Kosinski |
Polish Cultural
Center presents The Legacy of Paderewski concert with
pianist Piotr Kosinski. Mr. Kosinski, 21, is a young
pianist star from Poland and the the winner of the 2011
International Ignacy Paderewski Piano Competition in Los
Angeles. The concert includes works by Chopin, Szymanowski,
Liszt and Paderewski.
Where: at the Polish
Cultural Center / Polish Home
upper hall;
tickets $20 / $17 regular /
members at the door, $15 advanced, $10 students and teenagers;
for tickets and reservation please contact
Asia Jeziorska 425-417-9548 or Renata Mroz 206-362-7917
More:
Short bio on facebook,
Kosinski on Chopin Foundation site |
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June 13 & 14, 9 am - 8 pm: Polish
Consul On Duty in Portland |
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The Consulate General of the Republic of
Poland in Los Angeles kindly informs that the consular visit to
Portland to process passport applications and to handle other
issues that require Polish citizens to talk to a Polish Consul
in person will be on June 13 & 14, 2011. The visit is
coordinated by Mrs. Dorota Zukowska. Reservations are required
to talk to the Consul.
Where: at the
Polish Hall & Library in
Portland, OR; reservations required - to make a
reservation, please contact
Mrs. Dorota Zukowska,
tel.: (503) 690-5463
More:
New
Passport Regulations (PL)
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June 12, 7 pm: Honoring WWII Fighter
Pilot Cpt. Alex Herbst at the Polish Cultural Center |
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Cpt. Herbst, Everett 2009 |
Polish Cultural
Center invites everybody
to a late Memorial Day celebration
honoring Cpt. Witold (Alex) Herbst, a distinguished WWII fighter
pilot. Consul General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles,
Hon. Joanna Kozinska-Frybes will attend the event. Cpt. Herbst
served in Great Britain with the RAF squadrons 308 & 303. The
program includes a short documentary about Mr. Herbst. There
will be a reception after the ceremony.
Update: Mr.
Herbst has been decorated with the Cavalier Cross of the Order
Polonia Restituta; the Order is awarded by the President of
Poland.
Where:
at the upper hall of the Polish
Cultural Center / Polish Home
in Seattle;
admission free
More:
about
Cpt.
Herbst,
Herbst in
Spitfire V, Bloody
Foreigners,
Untold Battle of Britain
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June 12, 1:30 pm: Centennial Piano
Concert at the
Polish Library in Portland |
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The
Centennial Concert concludes two days of celebrations of the
100th anniversary of the Polish Library Building Association in
Portland. In part I of the concert, local pianist J. Isaac
Chua will play Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Rachmaninov and Beethoven.
In part II, Polish-Canadian composer and pianist Ryszard
Wrzaskala will perform his compositions with invited guest
vocalists.
Where: at the
Polish Hall / Polish Library in Portland, OR
More: Portland
Polonia or click on the logo to
see the poster info. |
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June 11, 6 pm: Centennial Ball at the
Polish Library in Portland |
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The
Polonia in Portland is celebrating the 100th anniversary of
the incorporation of the Polish Library Building Association - the
organization that owns and operates the Polish Library / Polish
Hall in Portland. The program includes reception from 5 pm, a
group picture at 5:30,
official ceremony and dinner from 6 pm, and the centennial Ball
starting at 8 pm with a traditional polonez.
Where: at the
Polish Hall / Polish Library in Portland, OR;
tickets from $15 to $75
More: Portland
Polonia or click on the logo to
see the poster info. |
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June 5, 3:30 pm: Movie Venice by J. J.
Kolski
at SIFF |
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Venice |
The Seattle International Film Festival presents the feature film
Venice directed by Jan Jakub Kolski. Mr. Kolski is an award
winning Polish director whose movies are regularly presented at
the Seattle Polish FF. Venice is a story of an
imaginative boy whose dreams of going to Venice are shattered by
the realities of WWI.
SIFF
presents
two Polish feature movies and three animated shorts this year from May 20 to
June 6.
Where:
Venice at AMC Pacific Place 11,
at 4 pm on May 20, 9:30 pm on May 31 and at 3:30 pm on June 5
in Seattle
More:
Venice at SIFF |
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June 4 & 6: Movie Tomorrow
Will Be Better |
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Tomorrow Will Be Better |
The Seattle International Film Festival presents feature
Tomorrow Will Be Better / Jutro bedzie lepiej directed by
Dorota Kedzierzawska. Ms. Kedzierzawska caught international
attention with her movie Time To Die / Pora umierac (2007).
Tomorrow will be better is a story of three young
Ukrainian boys, age 6 to 11, who escape home to go to
Poland seeking a better tomorrow.
SIFF
presents
two Polish feature movies and three animated shorts this year from May 20 to
June 6.
Where:
at
SIFF Cinema
in Seattle,
at 4:30 pm on both June 4 & 6, 2011
More:
Movie at SIFF |
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June 4, 10 am to 3 pm:
Kids Day Festival at the Polish
School in Surrey, BC |
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Polish Canadian Sports & Recreation Club Polonia
invites all kids and parents to the Kids Day Festival
with games and activities for kids of all ages. The Club invites
also all children to an open arts competition Sports in
Kids Imagination with the finale at the Festival. The arts
competition is sponsored by the Consul General in Vancouver and
is open to kids in the state of Washington.
Where: at the Polish School in Surrey, 10460 139th St in
Surrey, BC; Surrey is between American border and Vancouver, BC,
detailed
program here
More: Polonia
Club website,
Kids
Day Festival, for
arts
competition contact Wojtek
Ulasewicz |
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June 4, 2 pm:
Young Polanie Group at the
St. Anthony Parish in Renton |
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As is the
tradition, the Polish Cultural Center folk dance youth
group Young Polanie will perform at the St. Anthony
Parish Festival in Renton. If you haven't seen the group in
action, this is your chance.
Where: St. Anthony Parish
in Renton, admission free
More:
for Young Polanie group
contact Barbara Strutynski
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June 4, 7 pm:
Dedication of the Jan
Cieslar Conference Room at the Polish Cultural Center |
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Jan Cieslar |
Polish Home Assn.
invites members and friends to a ceremony honoring the memory of Jan Cieslar. Mr Cieslar was
the pillar of the Polish community
in Seattle for almost three decades after WWII when he arrived
here with his family. He served as a longtime PHA president and
also created and ran the Polish School in
Seattle for many years. He was one of those key people to whom we owe our
gratitude for the continuing existence of the Polish Hall in
Seattle. A
reception with vodka-tasting will follow the ceremony.
Where: at the Polish
Cultural Center / Polish Home
conference room and restaurant
More: |
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Till July 11: G. Bienczycki in
Performance Art Exhibition
at the City Hall Galleries |
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by
G. Bienczycki |
City Hall
Galleries present Performance / Art, an
exhibition by a quartet of Seattle based photographers,
including Gabriel Bienczycki. The exhibition photographs capture
the essence of performances art in incredible lush images that
both show the art and are the art. Mr. Bienczycki trained for
ballet and modern dance but works as a photographer,
cinematographer and audio engineer.
Where:
Seattle City Hall Lobby Gallery and Anne Focke Gallery, from
7 am to 6 pm, Mon-Fri, till July 11.
More:
exhibition site,
Bienczycki bio,
his Zebra Visual site |
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Till June 3: Poznanski paintings
at the University of Washington Club |
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Kazimierz Dolny
by
Poznanski |
The University
of Washington Club presents Grey Land, a painting
exhibition by Kazimierz Poznanski. The
exhibition includes over 20 paintings, most oil on canvas and
some on rice paper, depicting mostly Northwest landscapes. Mr. Poznanski is a
painter, a poet and a Professor of Economy
at the Univ. of Washington,
with interest in
Chinese art. He has had exhibitions in US, Canada and
China.
Where: Colleen Rohrbaugh Room at the University of Washington
Club on the UW campus;
admission free.
More: about Kaz Poznanski,
his take on
Chinese art |
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