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Nov 30, from 6 pm: St. Andrew's Night Party / Andrzejki at the Polish Cultural Center |
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In
Polish tradition,
Andrzejki (a party on St.
Andrew’s night, Nov 30) was the last big party of the year, with
some special customs such as divining future from pouring hot
wax on water. Music by DJ Filip. Additional attraction: dances
from Hawaii, Tahiti, Samoa & New Zealand performed by Pacific
Islander group Mama Lusi's Entertainment. Doors open at 6 pm with dinner available
at the Polish Home restaurant downstairs till 10 pm, bar opens at 7:30 pm, dancing
from 9 pm to 1 am.
Where: the Polish
Cultural Center Dom Polski,
tickets
$15
members, $20 for non-members. Babysitting
available, but only if you request it 48 hrs ahead - see
contacts below.
More: for reservations or info please contact
Maria Switalska at
(425) 226 7660 or Lucyna Blonska
at (206) 764 7057 |
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Nov 30, from 8 pm: St. Andrew's Night Party / Andrzejki in
Tacoma |
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This is another
Andrzejki party (a party on St.
Andrew’s night, Nov 30), this one in Tacoma. Music by DJ Marek
Bednarski. Party is fFrom 8 pm, with a potluck dinner.
Where: the Polish Parish
in Tacoma, WA;
tickets
$20 Parish
members, $25 non-members, the price includes 3 drinks.
More: for reservations and info please contact
Ewa Anucinski |
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Nov 24, 3 pm: Kaminska & Bowlby in a
Bach Concert in Kirkland |
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Kaminska & Bowlby |
Piano duo
Kaminska & Bowlby presents a concert Elegance and Dance in
the Music of J. S .Bach in the series Music from Afar.
The concert features Ivona Kaminska (piano), Chris Bowlby
(piano), Natalia Ageyeva (piano), and Miodrag Veselinovic
(violin).
Dr. Kaminska & Dr. Bowlby are founders of the Chopin Academy of
Music and the Seattle International Piano Festival. Ms. Ageyeva
is the Artistic Director at Russian Chamber Music Foundation of
Seattle.
Where: Kirkland Performance
Center; tickets $20 / $15
More:
KB
Piano Duo site |
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Nov 23, 11 am: Polish Book Club Meeting at
the
Green Lake
Library |
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The book for the meeting is Cygan to Cygan by Lidia
Ostalowska,
published by Wyd. Literackie in 2012, first published in 2000.
Ostalowska, 59, is very accomplished reporter and documentalist,
focusing on people leaving on the society margins. The
book paints a portrait of Roma communities, personalities
and fates across Central Eastern Europe.
Where: at the
Green Lake Public Library in Seattle; admission free, in
Polish
More:
about
book & author,
Polish Book Club |
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Nov 15-20: Movie In the Name Of by M. Szumowska
at Sandance Cinemas |
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Sundance Cinemas present movie In the Name Of directed by Malgoska Szumowska and starring
Andrzej Chyra. Mr. Chyra, one of the best contemporary Polish
actors, gives a riveting performance as a overtly successful
small village priest dealing with spiritual despair. Szumowska's
previous films, 33 Scenes from Life and
Elles garnered a host of international awards, this movie
also received awards.
Where:
at
the
Sundance Cinemas Seattle;
all shows at the Sundance Cinemas for guests 21+
More:
the movie might be showing at more dates, please check the
cinema site |
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Nov 16, 6:30 pm:
Salon of Poetry
Evening
at the Polish Cultural
Center |
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Erato and Kaliope |
The Salon of
Poetry (Salon Poezji) in Seattle invites poetry lovers to a
poetical happening Poetry brings us together. Share with
others your poem or one written by your beloved poet.
Where: at the Polish Cultural
Center Dom Polski;
in Polish; admission free
More: about
Salon of Poetry |
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Nov 15-17: Cabaret Pod Banka in Vancouver, BC |
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Polish Theatre
in Vancouver, BC presents Kabaret Pod banka in a 20th
anniversary spectacle in Polish that includes fragments from the
local production of Kabaret Starszych Panow and a guest
performance of Grzegorz Mostowicz-Gersz from Warsaw. Cabaret
Pod banka is a very successful cabaret from Toronto. The
group comes to Vancouver after their tour in Poland.
Where:
at the
Waterfront Theatre
in Vancouver, BC; tickets
$30,
resevations Elizabeth Kozlowski 604-430-6791
More:
Kabaret Pod banka
site,
Polish Theatre
site, info at 604-897-1899 |
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Nov 10, 2:30 pm: Poland’s Independence Day
Celebration in Seattle |
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Poland
was reborn as a country on Nov 11, 1918, when Jozef Pilsudski
became the Head of State after a popular revolt liberated the
Polish territories. To commemorate that event, there will be a
mass for Poland at the Polish Church in Seattle at noon and a
celebration at the Polish Cultural Center at 2:30 pm. The
celebration at the Polish Home includes a program prepared by the Polish Scouts troop Kaszuby and Anthony
Haapasari-Olpinski. The restaurant will be open from 1 pm as usual.
Where: the mass at St. Margaret's Church in Seattle at noon, the
celebration at the Polish
Cultural Center Dom Polski at 2:30 pm,
admission free.
More: Polish Cultural Center
/ Polish Home Association website
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Nov 10, 4:30 pm: Andrzej Rosiewicz in Concert at the Polish Cultural Center |
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Polish Home Association presents a concert in Polish by Andrzej
Rosiewicz. Mr. Rosiewicz is a veteran singer and composer who
was a national phenomenon in Poland in late 70s and early 80s
with his witty hit songs that were frequently skewering
establishment in a cabaret style. The restaurant and the bar will be open as usual for the
event.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center
Dom Polski
in Seattle; tickets $25 advanced, $30 at the door, $27 members; for tickets
call Lucyna Blonska 206-764-7057 or Kamila Kanczugowski 425-772-7342.
There is
another concert in Portland on Nov 15, 2013
More:
Rosiewicz's website
(PL), for more info please contact Kamila
Kanczugowski. |
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Nov 10, 3 pm: Lutoslawski Centenary
Celebration in
Portland |
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Polish Hall
in Portland presents Lutoslawski Centenary Celebration. The
program includes: Mourning Music for String Orchestra
by Witold
Lutoslawski
arranged for string quartet as well as his Recitativo E
Arioso and Subito, two etude-caprices by Henryk
Wieniawski, and Nocturne and Tarantella by Karol
Szymanowski, performed by T. Kolchanova (violin), J. Fabos
(violin), A. Furtwangler (viola), E. Winemiller (cello) & L.
Vozheiko-Wheaton (piano).
Where: Polish Hall & Library,
in
Portland, OR;
tickets $10
More: concert info, or
call 503.233.0512 Polish Hall (PLBA) |
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Nov 8, 7:15 pm:
Open House & Signup at the Children Group at the Polish
Cultural Center |
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Young Polanie - the children
dance and theatre group at the Polish Cultural Center - invites
children and youth from age 8 through the high school to sign up
for the new season. If you like Polish folk dances & songs or
theatrical performances, join the group. The Young Polanie
group performs for both American and Polish audiences and at
ethnic festivals.
Where: at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski,
in Seattle, practice on Fridays from 7:15 pm, admission and
signup free
More: please contact Barbara Strutynski
425-746-3037 or Marysia Radka 425-736-9935 |
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Nov 8, 9 pm:
Ashia & the Bison Rouge CD Release Show at the Columbia City
Theatre |
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Columbia City Theatre presents Eastern Block Party
featuring Ashia & the Bison Rouge with Clearly Beloved
and Bucharest Drinking Team in a night of Neo-Balkan
theatrical dance music, grand party and speakeasy show. This is
Ashia's CD release show for her new CD Diesel vs. Lungs.
Ashia Grzesik & her Portland based group was very well
received at the 2012 Polish Festival in Seattle. Ashia also
performed with Cirque du Soleil and in Europe. Doors open
at 8 pm, the music starts at 9 pm.
Where: at
Columbia City
Theater
in Seattle, tickets $10, must be 21+ to enter
More: about
Ashia and the new CD |
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Nov 7,
7:30 pm: LXMP and Deerhoof in Concert at the Vera
Project in Seattle |
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LXMP is a Polish duo of two versatile musicians from
Warsaw, Piotr Zabrodzki & Macio Moretti, who made a big splash
at the 2012 Unsound Festival at the Lincoln Center, New York
with their frenetic sound. They performed all around the world
from Japan to Brazil. Their concert in Seattle with the
Deerhoof group and rapper Jarv Dee is part of the west coast
tour supported by the Polish Cultural Institute in New York.
Where: at the Vera
Project at the Seattle Center,
tickets $16 advanced, $18 regular
More: about
LXMP on the PCI site |
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Nov 6,
7:30 pm: Nicole Piasecki's Lecture at the UW |
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Nicole Piasecki |
UW Polish
Studies Endowment Committee invites everybody to a lecture
Polish Heritage, Aviation Career: Building Blocks for Life by
Nicole Piasecki.
Ms. Piasecki is a vice president and general manager of the
Propulsion System Division of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and a
daughter of the aviation pioneer and inventor
Frank Piasecki.
Where:
Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall
at the
UW campus in Seattle,
admission free
More: about
Nicole Piasecki,
UW PSEC |
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Nov 2-3, noon - 6 pm:
Fall Bazaar at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The lovely
2008 Bazaar staff |
The annual fall bazaar features booths with Polish books
and CDs, crafts, Boleslawiec pottery, Polish crystal vases &
bowls, amber & silver jewelry etc.
as well as booths by local Polish-American organizations. Polish
Choir Vivat Musica is expected to perform. You can buy Christmas ornaments and wafers
(oplatki), Polish pierogi, home made cakes and
enjoy a full course
dinner.
Also, frozen pierogi to go.
Organized by the Ladies Auxiliary.
Where: at the Polish
Cultural Center Dom Polski,
admission free.
More: Contact
Agnieszka Szymula,
president of the Ladies Auxiliary |
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