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Sep 30, 12 noon - 6 pm: Polish Festival at
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Chad McCullough
Polonez Dance Group
Ag. Laska
Dancers
Marzena Szlaga
Ashia & the Bison Rouge
Folk Fashion Show |
The first-ever Polish Festival at the Seattle Center looks very
interesting. Non-stop stage performance
from noon to 6 pm feature great groups from Victoria & Vancouver, BC and from
Portland, OR and include folk groups, a modern dance group,
Polish jazz concert
and of course a Chopin concert. Attractions include a Polish poster
art exhibition, a historical exhibition, a Polish folk costume
show, workshops & demos and more! See
Festival Highlights for more info. Great Polish food & beer
available, as well as Polish themed vendors with art glass,
pottery, arts and crafts etc. Everybody is invited!
Please come if you can and bring your friends. To win a permanent
slot at the Seattle Center ethnic festival lineup, the Polish
Festival needs to demonstrate that it is a successful festival
not only due to
a great program that it has but also due to a good attendance by
the public.
Schedule for main stage below. For workshops & demos and other
attractions see
Festival Schedule
Detailed info on all groups and performers on the
Performances page.
Performances 12:00 noon Opening: Chad McCullough plays Hejnal Mariacki form the upper lobby balcony
the program starts at the main stage immediately after :05 Consul of the Republic of Poland Malgorzata Cup opens the Festival The Honorable US Congressman Jim McDermott addresses the Festival
:10 Pianist Marzena Lilian Szlaga music by Frederic Chopin
:35 Polonez Dance Group polonez formal dance
:40 Polish Choir Vivat Musica! Polish folk songs
:50 Young Polanie Group troyak folk Dance (a Silesian dance)
1:00 pm Agnieszka Laska Dancers, "Chopin Project" w/ music by F. Chopin
:25 Polish Choir Vivat Musica! Polish folk songs
:50 Young Polanie Group kuyaviak folk dance
2:00 pm Polonez Dance Group kuyaviak & oberek folk dances
:15 The White Eagle Band Polish highlander folk songs
:45 Polonez Dance Group Lublin region folk dances
3:00 pm Polish Folk Costume Show custom design costumes
:20 Agnieszka Laska Dancers "Chopin Project" w/ music by F. Chopin
:40 Paul Gabrielson & Knife In The Water Quartet Polish jazz
4:00 pm Young Polanie Group krakoviak medley w/ May pole and Laykonik
:10 The White Eagle Band Polish modern folk
:35 Ashia & the Bison Rouge cellist, songbird, avangarde, pop, blues
5:00 pm Polonez Dance Group krakovski suite - Cracow region folk dances
:15 Polish Folk Costume Show custom design costumes
:35 Paul Gabrielson & Knife In The Water Quartet, Polish jazz
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12:30 - 2:00 pm Pisanki Workshop & Demo - on going, join anytime
2:30 - 4:00 pm Cutout Art / Wycinanki Workshop & Demo - on going, join anytime
4:30 - 6:00 pm Palm Making Workshop and Demo - on going, join anytime
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Pickle Soup Demo: 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:30 pm
Pierogi Making Demo: 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm, 5:30 pm
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The organizing committee calls for volunteers and for financial
support of the Festival. Please see more info on the
Polish Festival support page how to volunteer, donate,
sponsor or place an ad to support the festival
Where: Playhouse / Intiman Theatre at the Seattle Center in
Seattle;
admission & entertainment free
More: Polish
Festival website,
or
Polish Festival on facebook - spread the word, click that
you like it, for PR
please contact Teresa Davis
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Sep 22,
11 am: Polish Book Club Meeting at the Green Lake Library |
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The book for the meeting is
Broniewski, milosc, wódka, polityka by Mariusz Urbanek
published by Wyd. Iskry in 2011. Mr. Urbanek, 52 is a journalist
and an author of several books, including several biographies
and documentaries. His book on Broniewski is hailed as the first
book on the famous Polish poet that was properly researched.
Iskry has
also
published a volume of Broniewski's poems selected and
edited by Urbanek.
Where:
at the
Green Lake Public Library in Seattle; admission
free; in Polish
More:
about the book (PL),
Wladyslaw Broniewski,
Polish Book
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Sep 22-23: 19th Polish Festival in
Portland |
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If you haven't seen it - go for
it! At two full days of attractions, it's the
biggest and the
colorful Polish
Festival in the
western
United States. Each year the Festival features
exhibitions, jazz or piano concerts plus the two full days of performances by the best Polish folk groups
from the west coast US and Canada ,
variety of merchandize and tons of pierogi & other Polish food as well as Polish beer. There are
also polka contests on both days and dancing on the Saturday evening.
This year, the
Festival and the Polish community have been honored by the
Oregon Governor, John Kitzhaber, with a
Proclamation of Oregon Polish Culture Weekend over Sep
22-23, 2012. Congratulations to the Portland Polonia, Polish
Library Building Association and to the Polish Parish in
Portland.
Where: St. Stanislaus Church &
Polish Hall & Library,
at an equivalent of a city block at
3900 N. Interstate Ave.,
Portland, OR;
admission & entertainment free
More:
Festival 2010 program,
article about
Festival, contact PLBA president
Donata Tiley |
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Sep 20, 7:30 pm: Eleni in Concert at the
Polish Cultural Center |
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Ms. Eleni Tzoka is a well known Polish pop music singer of Greek
origin. She comes to Seattle with her three person band that
includes a brilliant instrumentalist of Greek instruments Kostas
Dzokas. As is usual at such events, the Polish Home restaurant
will be open from 6 pm
Where: classes at
the
Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home;
tickets $35 regular, $30 advanced
More:
about
Eleni (in Polish), ticket reservations Asia Jeziorski
425-417-9548, Renata Mroz 206-362-7917 |
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Sep 15: Polish Bazaar in
Lacey, WA |
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This is the
first ever Polish Bazaar in Lacey, organized by the Lacey Minsk
Mazowiecki Sister City Association. The association is also
involved in the 2012 Washington Business Week Project - a summer
business school for Polish high school students in Gdynia,
Gdansk and Minsk Maz. The bazaar follows the time proven formula
of combining great Polish food and beer with Polish arts &
crafts and merchandize on sale.
Where:
Thurston County Fairgrounds - Exhibition Hall, Lacey, WA, admission & entertainment free
More: please contact Ms.
Mary Kirker of Lacey Sister City Assn. |
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Sep 10, 6 pm: Registration & Open House at the
Polish
School in
Seattle |
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The Juliusz
Slowacki
Polish School
in Seattle
offers classes to individuals of all ages. Children from grades 1-8 learn Polish language
&
literature, as well history and geography of
Poland; assignment is based on
proficiency level in Polish. Adults can learn Polish as beginners or at intermediate
& advanced levels.
All classes at
the Polish Cultural Center in
Seattle on Mondays starting on Sep 17, 2012.
Where: classes at
the
Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home; on Mondays at 6 pm
More: for children contact
Michael Cozzie (206)
257-9269,
for adults contact Marian Strutynski (425) 746-3037,
Polish
School in Seattle |
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Sep 10: Polish Consul visits 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
matters that require Polish citizens to talk to a consul in
person is scheduled for Sep 10, 2012. The visit is
coordinated by Mr. Mateusz Kowalski who provides
detailed info to people who sign up. The Consul is available
from 9 am to 5 pm; reservations are required to see the
Consul.
Where: At the
Polish Hall & Library
in Portland, OR; reservations required -
please contact
Mr. Kowalski.
M ore:
FAQ info on Polish passports;
contact to
Mr. Kowalski,
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Sep 9, from 10 am: Harvest
Festival at the Polish Parish in Tacoma |
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Fr. Eugeniusz Bolda and SS. Peter and Paul Parish in Tacoma
invite everybody to a Polish harvest festival. The program
follows the mass of Thanksgiving at 10 am and includes
traditional Polish food, beer, music, souvenirs, games for
children and more.
Where:
at the Parish Hall of
SS Peter a& Paul in Tacoma;
admission free, in Polish
More: Contact Fr. Bolda & to the Parish is
(206) 282 1804. |
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Sep 7:
The Polish Cultural Center re-opens after summer |
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The Polish Home opens after the summer break
in the week after the Labor Day. In particular the restaurant
and the bar will be open on Friday nights starting from Sep 7,
2012.
More:
Polish Cultural Center /
Polish Home in Seattle
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Sep 5, 6:30 pm:
Registration & Open House at the Polish
School in
Bellevue |
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Fr. Jan Twardowski Polish
School in Bellevue invites children from the Eastside as well as
Seattle. The School
is separate from the Polish School in Seattle. Subjects
include Polish language, geography, history and culture classes
offered to children from grades 1 to 8, based on proficiency in
Polish. The School also has a program of Polish as a second
language for children. All classes are on Wednesdays at 6:00 pm. The first
day of school is Sep 12, 2012.
Polish School in Bellevue is
looking for a teacher.
Where: open house at the
East Shore Unitarian Church
Education Building, Bellevue.
More:
Polish School in Bellevue,
School email contact
or
Anna Cholewinska
at
425 736 1209. |
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