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May 29, 11:45-12:45:
Polish Show Case
at Northwest Folklife Festival |
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Leszek Chudzinski |
Northwest
Folklife Festival presents Polish Show Case that includes
a mixture of music and poetry. A local poet, Mr. Leszek
Chudzinski will be reading poems from his collection Mozart
and His Orchestra and Polish Choir Vivat Musica! will
be singing Polish folk songs. The theme of this year's Festival
is the
Power of the Human Voice Through Song.
Where: at
the Center Theatre
Northwest
Folklife Festival at the Seattle Center, admission free
More: about
L. Chudzinski, about
Polish Choir Vivat Musica! or contact
Barbara Niesulowski for the Choir,
or contact
Leszek.Chudzinski@spl.org
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May 27, 28 & 29: Movie Lure by Agnieszka Smoczyńska at
SIFF |
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Mazurek & Olszanska |
The Seattle
International Film
Festival
presents the movie Lure / Córki dansingu directed by
Agnieszka Smoczyńska and starring Marta Mazurek & Michalina
Olszanska. This 2015
film is a stylish, in part psychedelic and in part hyper-violent story
of two mermaid sisters making a big splash at a Warsaw night
club with their luring voices and sexuality.
Where:
on May 27 at 9:30 and May 28 at 4 pm
at
SIFF Cinema Egyptian, and also on May 29 at 9:15 pm at
Shoreline Community College Theater;
tickets $13 / $11
More:
the
movie at SIFF |
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May 26, 8 pm: Marcin Pączkowski in Concert in Seattle |
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M. Pączkowski |
Nonsequitur et
al. present a concert in the Wayward Music Series
by Marcin Pączkowski. The series features concerts of
adventurous, experimental, innovative music. Mr. Pączkowski graduated
from the Academy of Music in Cracow, Poland and is a graduate
student at the UW School of Music working on fusing music and
motion.
Where:
Wayward Music Series
at the Chapel
Performance Space at the
Good
Shepherd Center in Seattle; suggested donation $15 - $5
More:
A Marriage of Music and
Motion |
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May 20 & 26: Movie Demon by Marcin Wrona at
SIFF |
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The Seattle
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 spirit from the past at his own wedding. The
movie had very good reviews and was shown at the Toronto
International Film Festival.
Where:
on May 20 at 9:30 pm
at AMC
Pacific Place 11 and on May 26 at 9:30 pm at
SIFF
Cinema Uptown;
tickets $13 / $11
More:
the
movie at SIFF |
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May 20 & 24, June 5: 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. Szumowska made her name with the 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 pm at
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 |
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May 21, 7 pm: Play Promieniowanie
about Maria Curie at
the Polish
Cultural Center |
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The Polish
Theatre of Toronto presents a play in Polish Promieniowanie,
rzecz o Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie by Kazimierz Braun and starring
Maria Nowotarska and Agata Pilitowska. The play presents scenes
from life of the scientist and Nobel-Prize winner Maria Curie. Mr. Braun is a writer, playwright, director and a
university professor based in Buffalo, NY. The restaurant will
be open from 5:30 pm.
Where: at the Polish
Cultural Center Dom Polski; tickets $20 advanced, $25 at the
door;
for
reservations please contact Asia Jeziorska 425-417-9548, Lucyna
Blonska 206-992-6821
More:
about The Theatre,
(PL) |
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May 15,
2:30 pm: Movie
Planet
Single by M.
Okorn at
SIFF Cinema Uptown |
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Stuhr & Więdłocha |
Polish Film
Festival in America (Chicago)
presents the movie PlanetS ingle / Planeta Singli
directed by Mitja Okorn in 2016. The film that is a current hit
in Poland is a romantic comedy starring Maciej Stuhr as a host
of a popular TV match up program and Agnieszka Więdłocha as an
unexpected star of the show.
In Polish with English subtitles.
Where:
at
SIFF
Cinema Uptown
in Seattle;
tickets
$19.50 - this movie is not part of SIFF Festival
More:
info at 866-.466-ARTS or PFF
in America. |
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May 14, 11 am:
Polish Book Club Meeting at the Green Lake Library |
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The book for the meeting is 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 |
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May 14,
11:30 - 4 pm:
Annual Pierogi Fest
at the Polish Cultural Center |
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Pierogi!
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This is the
11th edition of the
Festival that brings a great mixture of Polish food and culture.
It is a Polish dumpling extravaganza
that serves several
kinds of pierogi: meat, potato & cheese, plum etc. - get 12 pierogi for $10. Other Polish dishes available as well as Polish beer. Free attractions include: folk group performances,
craft workshops (make your own pierogi!) &
children activities. You can eat leisurely, listen to Polish
music and have a good time. Also available: tea. coffee, soft drinks and desserts.
On sale: Polish cutout art,
Polish folk costumes,
Polish sports scarves.
Performances
TBD. Volunteers
needed to
run the event! Please contact
John Golubiec.
Where: at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski
in Seattle; food prices TBD,
all entertainment and additional programs upstairs free
More:
Please contact Festival
coordinator John Golubiec
for more info |
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May 6-12: Movie 11 minutes by J.
Skolimowski at the
Grand Illusion |
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The Grand
Illusion presents 11 minutes,
a 2016 film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. The movie is an
intricate and fascinating puzzle of several time threads that
come together in an explosive climax. Skolimowski is an
acclaimed director (Deep End, Essential Killing) that makes as
man movies in Poland as abroad. In Polish w/ English subtitles.
Where:
the Grand
Illusion Cinema in Seattle, check for screening times on the
cinema site
More:
Jerzy Skolimowski |
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May 7, from 6 pm: Ethnic
Heritage Council Annual Dinner at the Polish Cultural Center |
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Martha Golubiec
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The Ethnic
Heritage Council of Seattle presents its Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony
that includes Polish food and Croatian music.
The following people will be honored for their long time
involvement in their communities. Ms. Martha Golubiec, a member
of our Polish community will receive the Aspasia Phoutrides
Pulakis Memorial Award; and the Morovich Family, Cathryn
Mirkovich Morovich, John Morovich and Joanne Morovich Abdo,
members of the Croatian community, will receive the Gordon
Ekvall Tracie Memorial Award. Congratulations!
Where: at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski in Seattle;
reservation RSVP
required by May 1, 2016.
More: Ethnic
Heritage Council of Seattle or at
info@ethnicheritagecouncil.org
or call 206-443-1410. |
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May 6,
7 pm: Documentary Santa Rosa Odyssey by S. Grünberg
at the UW |
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Polish orphans arriving
in Santa Rosa in 1943 |
The Polish Film
Club KINO OKO presents the 2012 documentary
Santa Rosa. Odyssey in the Rhythm of Mariachi directed by
Sławomir Grünberg. The film relates a story of over 1400 Polish
refugees freed from the WWII Soviet camps, including hundreds of
orphans, who found a friendly home in Santa Rosa, Mexico from
1943 to 1946. Mr. Grünberg is a Polish-born American documentary
film maker and will be present for at the screening. Also
present, Consul of Mexico and Honorary Consul of Poland.
Supported
by the Seattle Polish Foundation and the UW Polish Studies
Endowment Committee.
Where: Thompson Hall 101 at the University of Washington campus
in Seattle; admission free
More:
Santa Rosa movie site,
S.
Grunberg, UW PSEC |
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May 5,
7:45 pm: Documentary Karski and the Lords of Humanity
in Seattle |
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Congregation
Ezra Bessaroth presents the 2015 documentary Karski and the
Lords of Humanity directed by Sławomir Grünberg. Jan Karski
was a WWII Polish underground envoy who in 1942 brought from
occupied Poland eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust to the
attention of the US and British governments. Mr. Grünberg is a
successful American documentary film maker and a graduate of the
Polish Film School in Łódź. The director and the screenwriter,
Mr. E. T. Wood, will be present at the screening.
Supported
by the Polish Honorary Consul in Seattle, Seattle Polish
Foundation and the UW Polish
Studies Endowment Committee.
Where: at the
Congregation Ezra Bessaroth in Seattle,
parking entry from Wilson Ave;
tickets $10
More: the Karski movie
site, Karski Foundation,
S.
Grunberg |
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May 5, 8 pm: Ania Stachurska & J. Archibald-Seiffer in Concert in
Seattle |
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Ania Stachurska |
Nonsequitur et
al. present a concert in the Wayward Music Series
by University of Washington doctoral composers Josh Archibald-Seiffer
and Ania Stachurska. The series features concerts of
adventurous, experimental and innovative music. Ms. Stachurska
earned her BA in Music Composition at the Academy of Music in Cracow
and a MM in Music Composition at the UW.
Where:
Wayward Music Series
at the Chapel
Performance Space at the
Good
Shepherd Center in Seattle; suggested donation $15 - $5
More:
about
Anna Stachurska,
detailed info
about the concert |
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May 3, all day: GiveBIG to Support Local Polish Orgs and Causes
Online |
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On May 3, the Seattle Foundation (SF) hosts the annual GiveBIG
event – a one-day, online charitable giving event to benefit
local nonprofits. It's an opportunity to support your favorite
Polish causes! Donations channeled through the GiveBIG event
receive a small bonus from the SF - we expect the net bonus (the
bonus minus costs) to be about 3% this year. You can also donate
directly (see below) without the bonus. You can support all
local Polish causes, events and orgs in the Pacific Northwest.
Our Seattle Polish
Foundation (SPF, formerly Polish Home Foundation, PHF) partners with the SF for this event.
To donate to the SPF through the GiveBIG event, visit the
SPF Donation Page at the Seattle Foundation site - please
specify the cause you want supported in the Comments field. To
donate to the SPF directly, please visit the
Donations page at the (old) PHF site.
More:
info doc about supporting Polish community through GiveBIG
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May 1, 2:30 pm:
Third of May Celebration at the Polish
Cultural
Center |
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Polish Home
Association invites everybody to the 3rd of May celebration
marking the anniversary of the first Polish constitution, which
was enacted in 1791. The program prepared by Barbara Strutynski includes a performance by the Polish School in Seattle,
Polish Scouts, the Young Polanie as well as PHA members, the
Polish Choir and pianist Marzena Szlaga.
The restaurant at the Polish Home is open from 12 pm to 4 pm.
Where: at the Polish Cultural
Center Dom Polski;
admission free; in Polish
More:
about the Constitution,
Constitution source |
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May 1, 4* pm:
Meeting with a Wheelchair Marathoner at the Polish
Cultural
Center |
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J. Radgowski and Zuzia |
Janusz Radgowski
is a disabled athlete who goes on a coast to coast
super-marathon to raise money for a 2-years old Zuzia.
Come to hear him talk about Zuzia and challenges of the Pacific
- Atlantic journey that should end in Delaware in October.
Mr. Radgowski's previous achievements include a super-marathon
from Italy to Poland.
The restaurant at the Polish Home is open from 12 pm to 4 pm.
The start
of the journey is on May 2 at 9 am at the
Sam Smith Park in Seattle. Come to cheer Janusz on the
take-off!
Where: at the Polish Cultural
Center Dom Polski;
admission free; in Polish; 4* - please note, the meeting will
start directly after the Third of May Celebration, which should
be around 4 pm.
More: Pacific-Atlantic
blog,
press release and detailed info, or contact Seattle host
Darek Stuj |
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