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On Stage w/ KING FM
Comedy Ladies
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Feb 28, 6 pm:
Jerzy Kopczewski in Monodrama Kombinat in Portland |
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Jerzy Kopczewski
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The Polish Hall in Portland presents
Jerzy Kopczewski in a monodrama Kombinat, based
on a satirical poem Towarzysz Szmaciak by Janusz
Szpotanski.
Mr.
Kopczewski, known as Buleczka, is a renowned actor from Vancouver, BC, and an
alumnus of the legendary Piwnica pod Baranami cabaret in
Cracow. He is also a co-founder of the Teatr Osobny Malych
Form Jotka in Vancouver.
Where:
at
the
Polish Hall & Library in Portland, OR;
tickets $15 & $10
More: for more info please contact
ludomirc@yahoo.com |
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Feb 27, 3 pm: Polish Potluck &
Networking at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The Polish Home invites everybody to a Polonia meeting that is
an opportunity to meet other Poles and to get familiar with the
Polish community of Seattle. There will be a short presentation
on, among others, Polish scouts & dance youth groups, Polish
schools, different local organizations etc. by people who run
the Polish Home and these orgs. If you want to learn quickly
what's available locally, or to get involved - it's your chance!
This event is in Polish.
Where: at the Polish
Cultural Center Dom Polski; admission free, in Polish. This
is a potluck, so please bring something to share
More: Organized by Polki na Eastside i w Seattle. Please contact
Kasia Kucharski Kabat
for more info |
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Feb 26, 7 pm: Basia Bulat in
Concert at Barboza |
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Basia Bulat |
Basia Bulat is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter who returns
to Seattle on her newest tour. The
show includes songs from her new album Good Advice (on
preorder).
Where:
at
Barboza on
Capitol Hill in Seattle; tickets $15; must be 21+ to attend
More:
Basia's site,
the Barboza concert info |
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Feb 22, 7 pm: A Feast in the Polish
Style at Bell + Whete Restaurant |
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Chef Brzusek with her grandmother |
The Belle + Whete restaurant presents Na Zdrowie! A
Feast in the Polish Style by chef Sabrina Brzusek of
Dahlia Lounge. For this event, Ms. Brzusek prepared a
delicious, rustic family dinner with some of her favorite dishes
inspired by her grandmother, paired with hearty Polish beers and
desserts including Chrusciki and Old Krupnik Syrup
(an old recipe mead).
Where:
at
Bell + Whete
restaurant in Seattle;7-10 pm, $40 + tax & service charge;
This event has been sold out.
More:
the Feast menu |
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Feb 21, 2:30 pm: Movie The Purple Onion at the NW Film Forum |
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The
Northwest Film Forum and the Seattle Polish Film Festival
present a movie
The Purple Onion, directed by Matt Szymanski. Mr. Szymanski
is a Polish-American director based in San Francisco
who studied at the Polish National Film School in Lodz. The
movie is a dark comedy inspired by Chinese-American comedian
Edwin Li.
Where: at
NW
Film Forum
in Seattle; tickets $11
More:
movie and director info |
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Feb 21, 6 pm: Wiatry - Polish Poetry
in America at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The Poetry Salon in Seattle presents an evening of poetry
reading by Polish-American and Polish-Canadian poets. Andrzej
Busza, Leszek Chudzinski, Bogumił Pacak-Gamalski, Karolina
Piotrowska i Grażyna Zambrzycka will present their poems from
the anthology Wiatry published recently by Strumien
in Vancouver, BC. Refreshments & discussion to follow.
This event is in Polish.
Where: at the Polish
Cultural Center Dom Polski; admission free, in Polish.
More: contact L.
Chudzinski for more info, for Wiatry / Strumien
B. Pacak-Gamalski |
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Feb 20, from 6 pm: Polish Studies Dinner &
Silent Auction at the UW |
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The UW Polish Studies Endowment
Committee invites everybody to its fundraising event with a
keynote presentation by Magdalena Sroka and a silent auction.
Ms. Sroka is the newly elected Director General of the Polish
Film Institute in Warsaw. The program also includes live music
by David Hahn and a performance by Marcin Paczkowski Where
Odd Things Are Kept.
Where: the University of Washington
Club at the UW campus in Seattle; tickets $90;
cocktail
hour and silent auction from 6 pm, dinner at 7 pm.
More: UW PSEC,
Polish Film Institute,
online registration -
registration deadline February 8,
2016. |
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Feb 19, 7:30 pm: Comedy Ladies by T.
Konecki at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The Polish Film Club KINO OKO presents the movie Ladies
/ Lejdis directed by Tomasz Konecki. This romantic comedy
about four
urban
lady friends was a runaway hit in Poland and won the 2008 Golden
Duck (the Best Picture of the year) awarded by the Polish weekly
Film. Konecki had a series of very successful comedies
out of which this one is the best. In
Polish w/ English subtitles.
Evening schedule: 7:30 pm setup & film intro, 8:00 pm screening.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski
in Seattle; admission free
More:
about the movie on
the Club site,
Konecki (PL) |
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Feb 13 & 16: Movie Body by M. Szumowska at PIFF in
Portland |
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The 39th Portland
International Film
Festival
presents the movie Body / Ciało directed by Małgorzata
Szumowska. This 2015 morbidly funny film is not afraid of
finding humor in the character's spiritual crisis in a manner of
contemporary Grimm tale. Szumowska made her name with the 2008
movie 33 scenes from Life that garnered a lot of
international awards.
Where:
at
39th Portland
International Film Festival in Portland, OR
More:
the
movie at PIFF |
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Feb 13, 8 pm:
Kaminska & Bowlby in On Stage w/
Classical
KING FM: Duets in Bellevue |
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Kaminska & Bowlby |
The Classical KING FM 88.1
station and Resonance at SOMA Towers present a concert Duets
in the series On Stage with Classical KING FM. In
this Valentine Day concert, three local duet couples: Allen &
Laura Vizzutti, Chris Bowlby & Ivona Kaminska-Bowlby and Andy &
Jennifer Krikawa will showcase operatic love duets, piano
four-hands and trumpet & piano duets.
Where:
Resonance at SOMA Towers
in Bellevue, WA; tickets
$25
More:concert and
venue info,
about artists |
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Feb 13: Movie Demon by Marcin Wrona at PIFF in
Portland |
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The 39th Portland
International Film
Festival
presents the movie Demon directed by Marcin Wrona. This 2015
film is a contemporary ghost story about a man who seems to be
possessed by a spririt from the past at his own wedding. The
movie had very good reviews and was shown at the Toronto
International Film Festival.
Where:
at
39th Portland
International Film Festival in Portland, OR
More:
the
movie at PIFF |
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Feb 12, 10:30 - 3 pm: Poland's Booth at the
FIUTS International Expo at the UW |
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The Foundation
for International Understanding Through Students (FIUTS) at the
UW presents the annual Cultural Fest International Expo that
includes a booth representing Poland. Organized by Krzysztof
Suberlak and Polish students at the University of Washington and
supported by UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee. Mr. Suberlak
is a graduate astrophysics student.
Where: The HUB building ballrooms on the 2nd floor at the UW campus in Seattle;
admission
free.
More: event
info, UW PSEC,
Chris Suberlak |
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Feb 6, 8 pm:
The Carnival Costume Ball
at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The Polish Cultural Center
invites everybody to the Carnival Costume Ball. There will be
great prizes for fabulous costumes! Music by DJ Kazik starts at
8 pm. The bar will be open from 7 pm, the restaurant will be
open from 7 pm to 10 pm.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski;
tickets
$15 members, $20 non-members
More: for reservations & more info please contact Lucyna Blonska, tel. 206-764-7057
or 206 992 6821 |
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