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Polish Festival in Portland |
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Sep 28, 7:15 pm: Movie Lavender
Braid by Magdalena Hill at the
Northwest Film Forum |
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Lavender Braid |
The Northwest Film Forum presents the Local Sighting festival that includes
Lavender Braid by Magdalena Hill.
Ms. Hill, who wrote the script and directed this 30 min movie, is a local artist, performer, animator and video producer
based in Seattle. The film based on a Robert Kroetsch's short story unfolds in magical
realism style inspired by a mythological-like idea of a swarm of bees making love to a young
lavender gardener.
Where: at the
Northwest Film Forum
in Seattle
More:
about Local Sightings,
Movie info & campaign site,
artist's site
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Sep 24, 11 am: 33 Years of the Polish
Community in Bellingham |
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The Relic
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The Polish Community of Bellingham
invites to a celebration of 33 years of the community with
special offering of the Relic of Saint John Paul II. Program includes
the Holy Mass at 11
am at Sacred Heart Church, followed at 12:15 by a reception in
the parish
hall with members of the community and the families hosting the
Relic. Also featuring a display about Poland, traditional Polish
music and dance.
Where:
Sacred
Heart Church in Bellingham, WA;
admission free
More:
Please
contact Urszula Kubik |
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Sep 22, 8 pm: Town Hall Meeting w/
Min. Waszczykowski at the Polish Cultural Center |
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Min. Waszczykowski |
This is an open meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the Republic of Poland, Witold Waszczykowski. Mr. Waszczykowski,
59, is a career diplomat. Among others, he served as a Deputy
Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2005-2008 and as the chief Polish
negotiator with the United States for the missile defense
system. He is also a graduate of the University of Oregon Dept.
of Political Science. The meeting is in Polish.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski in
Seattle; admission free,
open to the public, in Polish
Min.
Waszczykowski will also have a public meeting at the SPK in
Vancouver, BC on Sep 23 at 6 pm
More:
about the
minister |
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Sep 17-18: Polish Festival in
Portland |
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At two full days of attractions, it's the
biggest and the
most
colorful Polish
Festival in the
western
United States. Each year the Festival features
exhibitions, jazz or piano concerts plus the two full days of performances by the best Polish folk groups
from the west coast US and Canada,
variety of merchandize and tons of pierogi & other Polish food as well as Polish beer. There are
also polka contests on both days and dancing on the Saturday evening.
Where: St. Stanislaus Church &
Polish Hall & Library,
at an equivalent of a city block at
3900 N. Interstate Ave.,
Portland, OR;
admission & entertainment free
More: contact PLBA president
Agnieszka Laska |
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Sep 16,
7:30 pm: Documentary Santa Rosa Odyssey
at the Polish
Cultural Center |
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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; among among others, he directed Karski and the
Lords of Humanity.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski in
Seattle; admission free
More:
Santa Rosa movie site,
the movie on
the Club site,,
S.
Grunberg |
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Sep 12, 6 - 8 pm: Registration & Open House at the
Polish
School in
Seattle |
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The Juliusz
Slowacki
Polish School
in Seattle
offers classes to individuals of all ages on Mondays as well as a
preschool group on Saturday. Children from grades 1-8 learn Polish language
&
literature, as well history and geography of
Poland; assignment is based on
proficiency level in Polish. Adults can learn Polish as beginners or at intermediate
& advanced levels.
Where: regular classes at
the
Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski on Mondays at 6
- 8:30 pm, preschool group for 5+ years old on Saturdays 10:15 am -
12 noon.
More: please contact Principal
Maria Grabowska or Treasurer
Ewa Roszkowski;
Polish
School in Seattle |
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Sep 11 from 11 am: Harvest
Festival Dożynki at the Polish Parish in Tacoma |
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Fr. Eugeniusz Bolda and Saints Peter and Paul Parish in Tacoma
invite everybody to a Polish Harvest Festival / Dożynki. The program
follows the mass of Thanksgiving at 11 am and includes
traditional Polish food, beer, music, souvenirs, games for
children and more.
Where:
at the Parish Hall of
SS.
Peter and Paul Church in Tacoma, WA;
admission free, in Polish
More: Contact Ewa
Anucinski or Fr. Bolda at the Parish
(206) 282 1804. |
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Sep 9:
The Polish Cultural Center Opens After Summer |
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The Polish Home opens after a summer break
in the week after the Labor Day. In particular the restaurant
and the bar will be open on Friday nights starting from Sep 9,
2016. The Sunday lunches start in October.
More:
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski in Seattle
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Sep 7, 6:30 pm:
Registration & Open House at the Polish
School in
Bellevue |
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Fr. Jan Twardowski Polish
School in Bellevue invites children from the Eastside as well as
Seattle. Subjects
include Polish language, geography, history and culture classes
offered to children from grades K (zerowka) to 8, based on proficiency in
Polish. The School also has a program of Polish as a second
language for children. All classes are on Wednesdays at 6:00 pm. The first
day of school is Sep 14, 2014.
The registration is only
for the new students, new students have to be present for skill
assessment..
Where: at the
East Shore Unitarian Church
Education Building in Bellevue, room
E-204
More:
Polish School in Bellevue,
School email contact
or
Anna Cholewinska
at
425 736 1209. |
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Till Sep 4: Irena
Jablonski Painting Exhibition in Kirkland |
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Autumn
Begins by I.J. |
The Parklane
Gallery in Kirkland presents two artists in August: Irena
Jablonski with Human Interest exhibition and Larey
McDaniel with Illusion of Color. Ms. Jablonski, a native
of Poland and a structural engineer for over a decade, started
on her artistic journey in mid-1990s.
The exhibition in Kirkland has about fifteen of her oil
paintings. Her favorite subjects are portraits from live models
and from photographs.
Where: The
Parklane Gallery in Kirkland from Aug
2 till Sep 4;
admission free, business hours Tue-Thu 11-7, Fri 11-8, Sat-Sun
11-7. Artists'
reception and Kirkland Art Walk on Friday, Aug 12, 5-8 pm.
More: about
Irena Jablonski, |
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