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New Year's Party |
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Dec 31, 7 pm - 2 am: New Year’s Eve Party
at the Polish Cultural Center |
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This is the
yearly New Year's Eve party
organized by the Polish Home Association, featuring a double
ticket: a more formal party at the upper hall with music by DJ
Filip, and a younger crowd party at the lower hall with music by
DJ Wojtek. Sit down dinner at 8 pm, music from 9 pm to 1 am.
Where: at the Polish
Cultural Center Dom Polski; tickets
$65 PHA members, $80 non-members. Reservations & checks due by
December 25, 2013. No tickets will be sold at the door.
More: For info & reservations call
Lucyna Blonska 206-764-7057 or Anna Borodenko 425-280-4858. |
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Dec 27, 6 pm:
Christopher Vened in Human Identity
in Portland |
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Human Identity is an "inventive, funny and eye-opening" one man
show by the Los Angeles-based writer and performer Christopher
Vened. Mr. Vened, born Krzysztof Szwaja, is an actor trained in
the famous Henryk Tomaszewski Pantomime Theatre in Wroclaw,
Poland, where he played many leading roles.
Where:
at CoHo Productions
Theater in Portland, OR;
tickets
$17 presale & $22 at the door
More:
Human
Identity facebook page |
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Dec 22-30:
Polish Cultural Center closed for Christmas |
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The Polish Home and the
restaurant will be closed for Christmas from Dec 22 till the end
of the year. The last opportunity to have a nice Polish dinner
there is on December 20, 2013. The Polish restaurant opens for
business as usual on January 3, 2014.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski
in Seattle
More: TBD |
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Dec 21,
from 8 pm:
Matt Strutynski Sings at Sebi's |
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Polish owned Sebi's Bistro
presents an evening with Matt Strutynski. Matt is a Folk Pop
singer and songwriter who also plays on multiple
instruments. Find him on YouTube! At Sebi's he will sing and
play his acoustic guitar. Music
from 8 pm to 10:30 pm, the restaurant is open till midnight.
Where: Sebi's Bistro, 3242 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle, WA;
admission free
More: Info & table reservation 206-420-2199 |
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Dec 21, 6 pm:
St. Stanislaus Choir at the Grotto in Portland |
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As
is the tradition, the St. Stanislaus Choir will sing
Polish carols at the Festival of Lights at the Grotto
in Portland. The Grotto Festival features dozens choral concerts
and is a wonderful
opportunity to listen to Christmas music from different
countries, including Poland.
Where:
at the Grotto, at NE 85th &
Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR;
tickets $9 (children $4)
More:
The Grotto
Festival,
St. Stanislaus Church |
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Dec 19 - Feb 14:
A. Lahti at a Group Exhibition in Edmonds |
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Meditation in
Green |
ArtsNow
Gallery in Edmond Conference Center invites you to the
Come out of the Dark: A Multi-Cultural Winter Solstice group
exhibition running for the next two months. Among other artists,
Alisa Lahti presents three of her magnificent cutout based work
of arts. Stop by at the Opening Reception for Artists on Dec 19
from 5 - 8 pm in conjunction with the Edmonds Monthly Third
Thursday Art Walk.
Where: at the
Edmonds Conference Center
in Edmonds, WA; admission free
More:
Artist's website
or contact
Alisa Lahti |
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Dec 15, 2:30 pm: St. Nicholas party at
the Polish Cultural Center |
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This is another Mikolajki
party for kids, organized by the Polish Cultural Center. There will be a friendly competition for
all children to perform a carol or say a
little poem for awards. A
Santa Claus
visit will be a highlight of the event. The restaurant will be open from
1 pm to 4 pm.
Where: at the Polish Cultural
Center Dom Polski;
admission
free
More:
contact
Anna Borodenko, tel. (425) 280-4858 |
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Dec 14, 6 pm: St. Nicholas Party at the Polish School in
Bellevue |
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This is a Mikolajki
party, organized by the Polish School in Bellevue. The program
includes traditional Jaselka (a Nativity based
performance by the students of the school), a Santa Claus visit,
sharing of Christmas wafers and sweat treats, as well as signing
of Polish carols with live music provided by musician friends
and students. Every child is welcomed!
Where:
at
the
East Shore Unitarian Church
Education Building in Bellevue;
admission free
More: Polish School in
Bellevue, or contact
Anna Cholewinska
(425) 736-1209 |
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Dec 8, 3 pm: Fundraising Concert
for a Kenya Orphanage at the Polish Cultural Center |
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Rainbow of Magnolia Fountains of
Life & Chopin Academy of Music invite you to a fundraising concert
to build an orphanage and a well in a Masai village in Kenya. The program includes
Beethoven's sonata in D Major, Bach's prelude and fugue
in D Minor, Chopin's scherzo no.1, Liszt's Mephisto
waltz and Prokofiev's sonata no. 2.
Performers include pianists Ivona Kaminska & Christopher Bowlby
as well as star students & award winners Robert Yan, Jay Grinolds,
Arthur Yan, Meili Zhang & Leah Deobald.
Where: at the Polish Cultural
Center Dom Polski;
suggested donation $35
More:
ore info
Dariusz Stuj & Rainbow
of Magnolia Fountains of Life,
Ivona
Kaminska &
Chris Bowlby |
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Dec 6, 3 pm: Basia Bulat & Cate La Bon in
Concert at Barboza |
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Basia Bulat |
Basia Bulat is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter who returns to Seattle after her successful
debut at the Triple
Door in 2008 and a later concert at Tractor Tavern. The
show includes songs from her new album Tall Tall Shadow. The
concert at Barboza is a double ticket with Cate Le Bon and Kevin
Morby also
performing.
Where:
at
Barboza on
Capitol Hill in Seattle; tickets $13; must be 21+ to attend
More:
Basia's site,
the Barboza concert info |
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Dec 3, 7 pm:
Meet the Author: Louise Steinman at Elliot Bay Book Co. |
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Elliot Bay Book
Co. invites everybody to a meet-the-author with Louise Steinman who will be
reading from her new book The Crooked Mirror: A Memoir of
Polish-Jewish Reconciliation.
Ms. Steinman is a writer whose work frequently deals with
memory, history and reconciliation. The book chronicles her
growing understanding of multiple facets of Polish-Jewish
relationship and appreciation for efforts of contemporary Poles
to remember the past and the common entwined history.
Where:
Elliott Bay Book
Co.
in Seattle;
admission free.
More:
about
the book,
Author's site |
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Dec 1, 11 am to 2 pm: Fundraising
Luncheon for M. Andrzejowiec at St.
Margaret's |
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Malgorzata Andrzejowiec
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Family and
friends of Malgorzata Andrzejowiec invite you to a fundraising
lunch at the Polish Parish. This is a family style lunch /
dinner with the following menu choices: 1) potato pancakes in
Hungarian style w/ pickled cucumbers 2) gulash w/
buckwheat and beets and 3) meat pierogi. Homemade cakes as well
as tea & coffee will also be available. The money goes towards
medical cost related to Mrs. Andrzejowiec's pancreas cancer
treatment. Everybody is invited, additional contributions are
appreciated very much!
Where:
St. Margaret’s Catholic
Church
in Seattle; after both Polish masses that is from about 11 am to
2 pm, dinner $10, desserts separately.
More:
Please
contact Jola Marchewka
or call 206-683-7312 for more info. |
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