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1980s Disco
by Rafal Olbinski
Exhibition & Lecture |
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Jan 30, 7:30 pm: Movie A Trip To Nowhere at the Polish
Cultural Center
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The Polish Ladies Auxiliary present a screening of
an animated documentary movie A Trip
To Nowhere. This 30 min film, written, directed and
illustrated by Shannon Hart-Reed, tells the story of WWII Soviet
deportation of Polish men, women and children to Soviet gulag camps
where so many perished. Based on the stories of the survivors
from the Seattle area, some of whom will be present at the
screening and the Q & A to follow.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center/ Polish Home
in Seattle; admission free
More: about the
Sybiracy Project,
movie, contact
Martha Golubiec for more info
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Jan 26, 3 pm: PHA Annual Meeting at the Polish
Cultural Center |
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This is the annual meeting of the members of the Polish Home
Association. It is also an election meeting for the Board of
Trustees and the PHA Officer positions. PHA members can vote by
proxy, see the Polish Home website for candidate lists, proxy forms and other election
info. The deadline for
candidate registration is Jan 5, 2013.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center/ Polish Home
in Seattle, PHA members only, admission free
More:
2011 election info |
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Jan 26, 7 pm:
The 1980s Disco at the Polish
Cultural Center |
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The Polish Scout Troop
Kaszuby invites everybody to a 1980s-style disco at the
Polish Home. Put on an attire from that great era and come to
the party! Music from the - you guessed it - 1980s, great Polish
food (dinner and snacks) available separately. Food prepared by
the scouts' families as this is also a fundraiser for the local
troop.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center /
Polish Home,
tickets $15.
More: info & reservations
Anna Borodenko 425-280-4858,
Wojtek Las
206-229-0164 or Monika
Harezlak 360-820-2403. |
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Jan 19, 11 am: Polish Book Club Meeting at
the Green Lake Library |
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The book for the meeting is
Dziennik by Jerzy Pilch, published by
Wielka Litera in 2012.
Pilch, 60, is one of the best Polish contemporary authors.
His book
Pod mocnym aniolem
won the Nike in 2001.
The book has been praised as a memoir that omits the mundane,
reads well and covers all sort of topics in an interesting way. Pilch's books are available on Amazon etc. Club meetings are in Polish.
Where:
at the
Green Lake Public Library in Seattle; admission free
More: about
Jerzy Pilch,
about the book,
Polish
Book Club |
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Jan 17, from 6:30 pm: Rafal Olbinski Exhibition & Lecture at the UW |
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Rafal Olbinski |
UW Polish
Studies Endowment Committee invites everybody to a lecture
Rafal Olbinski -
Jazz on the Cover by a surrealist
artist
Rafal Olbinski.
Mr. Olbinski is a very well-known graphic designer and painter, he has also
designed stage sets for operas. If you are coming for this
lecture, start with visiting the exhibition
Rafal Olbinski - Jazz on the Cover, also at UW.
Please see a separate note about
the exhibition.
Where: Exhibition at North Lobby, Allen Library at the
UW campus in Seattle,
an open house with the artist at 6:30 pm, the lecture is at 7:30
pm at the
nearby Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall
More: about
Rafal
Olbinski,
UW PSEC |
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till Jan
13:
Polish Artists in Elles: Pompidou Exhibition at SAM |
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The Unrecognized
by M. Abakanowicz |
The Seattle Art Museum
presents Elles: Women Artists from the Centre Pompidou, Paris
exhibition highlighting works by women artists from 1908 to 2007.
Among 75 world artists such as Frida Kahlo, Diana Arbus or
Atsuko Tanaka, there are three Poles: an Art Deco painter Tamara
de Lempicka (1998-1980) and sculptors Magdalena Abakanowicz (82)
& Alina Szapocznikow (1926-1973).
Where:
Seattle Art Museum in downtown Seattle; Oct 11, 20012 till
Jan 13, 2013.
More:
Magdalena Abakanowicz,
Tamara de Lempicka,
Alina Szapocznikow
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Jan 8 - Jan 29: Rafal Olbinski -
Jazz on the Cover Exhibition at the UW |
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by Rafal Olbinski |
The UW Libraries
and the Zbigniew Seifert Foundation invite to an exhibition
Rafal Olbinski - Jazz on the Cover. The
exhibition includes about 30 poster-size covers from Jazz
Forum, a Polish jazz journal. Exhibition has been
prepared by Izabela Gabrielson and sponsored by the Consulate General of Poland in
Los Angeles and
the Zbigniew Seifert Foundation.
Please
note, exhibition open house with the artist is on Jan 17 at 6:30
pm, before his lecture at 7:30 pm - please see a separate
note about the lecture.
Where: exhibition is at North Lobby, Allen Library at the
UW campus in Seattle,
from Jan 7, 2013 till Jan 29, admission free during library hours
More: about
exhibition,
UW PSEC |
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Jan 6, 2:30 pm: Christmas Wafer Sharing and
Carols at the Polish Cultural Center |
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This event is the traditional wafer & good-will sharing (Oplatek)
for members and friends of the Polish Home with Fr. Stanislaw
Michalek. January 6, on the 12th day of Christmas, is the feast of
Epiphany, which
In the Polish tradition marked
the end of the Christmas period.
The Polish Choir
Vivat Musica will help with caroling and everybody
is invited to come and sing Polish and American carols along.
Traditional food will be provided.
Where:
Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home
in Seattle; admission free
More:
please contact
Agnieszka Szymula |
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Nov 2012 - Feb 2013: Exhibition
Frank Piasecki & Others at the Museum of Flight |
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Frank Piasecki |
Frank Piasecki (1920-2008)
was an aviation pioneer and the inventor of the dual motor
helicopter known as the flying banana. The Museum of Fight
presents an exhibition about Polish aviation engineers and
inventors originally created by the Polish Aviation Museum in
Cracow. Several other Polish inventors and pioneers of the
aviation industry are presented as well.
Where: at the Museum of
Flight in Seattle
More: Piasecki Aircraft,
article about the Cracow exhibition |
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