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Watch Poland in
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June 28, 7:30 pm: Marcin Wasilewski Trio at the Triple
Door |
Wasilewski Trio |
The Triple Door
presents a concert by The Marcin Wasilewski Trio, one of
the most acclaimed and unique jazz formation in Poland. The Trio
exists for over twenty years and for 15 years they regularly
performed with Tomasz Stanko. Besides recoding with Stanko, they
also toured the world and recorded with many other outstanding
European jazz musicians. Their last CD is Spark of Life
(2014).
Where: The Triple Door
in
Seattle;
tickets $20
&
$23; Door opens at 6 pm, dinner available. The Trio will also
perform at the Polish Hall in Portland on June 30, 2016.
More:
the Triple Door
concert and more info,
Marcin
Wasilewski Trio website, a
London review |
June 25, 7 pm:
Biesiada
Concert W Saskim Ogrodzie at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The Polish Choir Vivat Musica invites everyone to a Biesiada concert
W Saskim Ogrodzie featuring old urban folklore songs from
Warsaw as well as a mixture of other old favorites. This will be another great
sing-along evening with with the choir and guest performers
Jerzy Staszak, Ziomek Pawluskiewicz and Briana Atwell. The Polish Home restaurant
will be open from 5:30 pm.
Where: at the Polish
Cultural Center Dom Polski; tickets $30
include a glass of wine and a dessert; please
contact
Barbara
Niesulowski 206-434-6106
for reservation and more info.
More:
event poster,
W Saskim
Ogrodzie by Grzesiuk,
an old Warsaw mix |
June 18,
11 am: Polish Book Club Meeting at the Green Lake Library |
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The book for the meeting is again Nic zwyczajnego. O Wisławie
Szymborskiej by Michał Rusinek,
published by Znak in 2015. Mr. Rusinek, 44, was Ms. Szymborska's
secretery for 15 years; he is also a translator and author of
several children books. Nic zwyczajnego is his personal
take at a biography of the famous poetess and Nobel prize winner
with whom he enjoyed a great rapport.
This is an open meeting, drop by even if you haven't read the
book.
Where: at the Green Lake public library in Seattle 11 am - 12:15
pm; admission free, in Polish
More:
about the
book,
about Rusinek as the secratary,
Polish Book Club |
June 17,
7 pm:
Town Hall w/ Deputy Minister J. Dziedziczak
at the Polish Cultural Center |
Jan Dziedziczak |
This
meeting is cancelled, as the minister has cancelled his trip.
More:
about
J. Dziedziczak, for more info please contact Honorary Consul
Teresa Davis. |
June 12, 9 am: Euro Cup Poland vs. N. Ireland at Sebi's |
Robert Lewandowski |
Sebi's
Bistro
invites all Polish soccer fans to watching Poland's opening game
of the 2016 Euro Cup against Northern Ireland. This is the first
game of Group C that also includes the perennial favorite,
Germany, as well as Ukraine. The Cup is in France this year and
the game is in Nice. The game is at 9 am PST, the Bistro will
open the door at 8:30 am.
Where:
at
Sebi's Bistro in
Seattle; admission free - Polish beer and food available
aplenty!
More:
the UEFA
Cup site |
June 5, 8:30 pm: Movie Body by Malgorzata Szumowska at
SIFF |
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The Seattle
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. Ms. Szumowska made her name with her 2008
movie 33 Scenes from Life that garnered a lot of
international awards.
Where:
on May 20 at 6:30 pm at
Lincoln Square Cinemas, on May 24 at 9 pmat
AMC
Pacific Place 11 and also on June 5 at 8:30 pm at
SIFF
Cinema Uptown;
tickets $13 / $11
More:
the
movie at SIFF |
June 2 & 4: Movie The Innocents by Anne Fontaine at
SIFF |
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The Seattle
International Film
Festival
presents the movie The Innocents / Les Innocentes directed by
Anne Fontaine and starring Agata Kulesza and Agata Buzek. This 2016
deeply moving drama takes place in 1945 Poland where a young
French Red Cross doctor comes to help Benedictine sisters after
their convent was
"liberated" by the Red Army. Ms. Fontaine's other films include
Coco Before Chanel.
Where:
on June 2 at 7 pm at
SIFF
Cinema Uptown, on Jun 4 at 8:45 pm at
Kirkland Performance Center;
tickets $13 / $11
More:
the
movie at SIFF |
June 1 & 2, 9 am - 5 pm: Consular
Visit to 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 only is scheduled
for June 1 & 2, 2016. The Consul will be available at the Polish
Cultural Center from
9 am to 5 pm both days by reservation only. To make a reservation send an email to
losangeles.kg.paszporty@msz.gov.pl
stating your name, DOB, the PESEL number and a preferred time.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski in Seattle, WA;
reservations required.
M ore:
the
Consulate passport info |
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