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Pisanki Workshops
Spring Bazaar |
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Mar 30: Easter Food Basket Blessing (Święcone) |
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This is the schedule for blessing of the traditional Easter food
baskets in nearby churches on Holy Saturday, March 30, 2013.
Bellevue: St. Louise
Church, at
2 pm
Seattle:
St. Margaret’s
Church, at 11 am, noon, 2 pm & 3:15 pm
Sammamish: Mary Queen of Peace
Church at 1 pm
Tacoma:
Sts. Peter & Paul, no info |
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Mar 22 & 24, 29 & 31 :
Polish Cultural Center closed for Easter |
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As is the tradition, the Polish
Home is closed on Good Friday, March 29, 2013. The restaurant is
also closed from March 22 through Easter Sunday, March 31, reopening on Apr
5, 2013.
More:
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski in Seattle
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Mar 23, noon - 6 pm:
Spring
Bazaar at the Polish
Cultural
Center |
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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.
Volunteers
needed:
1) Making
pierogi for the bazaar, contact
Agnieszka Szymula (Tuesdays from Feb 5 till March 12 at 7 pm at the Polish Home), 2)
setting up tables on the day before, contact
Alisa Lahti.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center
Dom Polski;
admission free
More: for table reservations, please contact
Alisa Lahti |
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Mar 17, 4 pm:
Student Piano Recital
at the Polish Cultural Center |
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Frederic Chopin |
Marzena Lilian
Szlaga Piano Studio presents a yearly piano recital celebrating
music by Frederic Chopin. Ms. Szlaga will
open the concert with the polonaise A flat op 53. The
program includes mazurkas, nocturnes, preludes, waltzes and a
polonaise by Chopin performed by the
Studio students from 10 to 17 years old. An additional attraction
will be screening of the movie about Chopin. The
Polish Home restaurant is open from 1 to 4 pm.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski / Polish Home; admission free
(donations accepted)
More:
detailed
concert program, M. Szlaga Studio,
contact
Marzena Szlaga |
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Mar 16, 11 am: Polish Book Club
Meeting at
the Green Lake Library |
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The book for the meeting is Na krotko by Inga Iwasiow,
published by Wielka Litera in 2012. Na krotko is a
surprise for Iwasiow as the action happens in a nearby future in
a non-existent European country, albeit one with Polish roots. Iwasiow is a contemporary writer, a poet and a
professor of literature at the Szczecin University. Club
meetings are in Polish.
Where: at the
Green Lake Public Library in Seattle; admission free
More: about
book,
Iwasiow
website & blog,
Polish Book Club |
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Mar 12-13: Polish Consul visits Seattle at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The Consulate General of the Republic
of Poland in Los Angeles kindly informs that the consular visit
to Seattle to process passport applications and to handle other
matters that require Polish citizens to talk to a consul in
person is scheduled for March 12-13, 2013. The visit is
coordinated as usual by Mr. Marian Strutynski who provides
detailed info to people who sign up. The Consul is available from
9 am to 5 pm on both days, however, the demand is high, so reservations are required.
More
details here.
Where: At the
Polish Cultural Center / Polish
Home in Seattle; reservations required -
please send email to
Mr. Strutynski
indicating your preference for am or pm hours.
M ore:
FAQ info on Polish passports;
contact Mr. Strutynski,
or tel.
425-746-3037.
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March
8-11: Movie Tess by Roman Polanski at the NW Film Center
in Portland |
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Nastassja Kinski |
Somewhat far for a movie, but if you can go there, this is a
rare opportunity to see Polanski's famous take on the literary
classic Tess of the d'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy. It is a
digitally restored version of the 1979 original movie, approved
by the director and starring 17-year old Nastassja Kinski. The
movie won the French Cesar for the best film as well as three
Oscars, the Golden Globe for the best foreign film and other
awards.
Where:
Whitsel Auditorium, Portland Art Museum
in Portland, OR;
tickets
More:
Roman Polanski |
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Mar 2, 6 & 9:
Pisanki: Polish Easter Egg Workshops
in Seattle |
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These very popular workshops
are back! Pisanki is a very old
art
of
egg painting, where
hot wax is
drawn on an egg to create intricate patterns, the egg is then
dyed wonderfully vibrant colors. Come learn this technique and
take home some of your own beautiful Easter eggs! All materials
provided. Whole and hollow eggs will be used this year.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center
on March 6
from 6 pm
to 9 pm,
at the artist's studio on March 2 & 9 from 9 am till
noon; $20 per person. Please note: based on past experience class size
is limited to 8 people at the Polish Home and 6 people at the
studio, so make your
reservations early.
More:
For reservations
on any of these please contact
Alisa Lahti or call
206-499-5367. |
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March
5,
8:40 pm: Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir at SJFF at Uptown |
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Roman Polanski |
2013 Seattle Jewish Film
Festival
presents a documentary Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
directed by
Laurent Beauzereau. The movie features 2011 interviews with the
famous director reflecting on his life and his criminal case as
well as excerpts from many of his films and quotes from famous
directors and actors.
Where:
at
SIFF Cinema at
Uptown in Seattle;
movie info at SJFF page
More:
Roman Polanski |
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Mar 5, from 7 pm:
A Play About Copernicus at the Seattle University |
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Dava Sobel by M. Berg |
Infinity Box Theatre Project and the
Seattle University Physics Department present the 4th Annual
Galileo Dialogues, featuring a staged reading of a play And
the Sun Stood Still by Dava Sobel. The play focuses on the
life of Nicolaus Copernicus and his work on heliocentric system.
Dava Sobel is a former NY Times science reporter and an author
of several books on science and astronomy. There will be a
reception opening the evening and a discussion after the
reading.
Where: at
the Seattle University Student Center room 160; admission free,
however please pickup
free
tickets here ahead of time to let them know that you are
coming (search for Copernicus to find the event tickets).
Reception at 7 pm, reading starts at 7:30 pm
More: The 4th Galileo
Dialogs info |
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