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Young Pro Networking
Children Film Festival
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Jan 29, 3 pm: PHA Annual Meeting at the Polish
Cultural Center
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This is the annual meeting of the members of the Polish Home
Association. It is also an election meeting for the Board of
Trustees and the PHA Officer positions. PHA members can vote by
proxy, see the Polish Home website for candidate lists, proxy forms and other election
info.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski
in Seattle, PHA members only, admission free
More: Polish Home Association
site or please contact
Ryszard Kott |
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Jan 29,
5 pm:
Polish
Festival 2017 Kick-Off Meeting at the Polish Cultural Center |
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This is the
first planning meeting for the 2017 Polish Festival Seattle.
Anyone who is interested in helping with the Festival or working
on its planning is invited to join. Learn about the different
committees, hear about progress to date, share ideas! This year's focus is on the Upper
Silesia (Śląsk) region.
The meeting will start with a casual dinner in
the downstairs conference room.
Where: at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski;
admission free, just drop by.
More:
contact Festival Director
Alisa Lidzbarski Lahti or at 206-499-5367 (call or text)
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Jan 29, 7 pm: Short Film from the 2016
Polish FF Workshop at the NW Film Forum |
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The
Children Film Festival Seattle 2017 presents Fountain of
Youth program with
animated movies made by children. The program includes Nature
vs. Nurture film made in October 2016 during director Joanna
Polak's workshop co-hosted by the Seattle Polish Film Festival
and the Northwest Film Forum. More info about that workshop is
here.
Where: at
NW
Film Forum
in Seattle;
tickets $11
general, $8 children & discounted
More:
Children
Film Festival site,
short program info |
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Jan 28, 1 pm: Daria Kopiec and Short
Bobo's Metamorphoses at the NW Film Forum |
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The
Children Film Festival Seattle 2017
presents Polish animator Daria Kopiec and her film Bobo's
Metamorphosis - a story of a boy turned into a fly as a
punishment for his laziness. This 16:35 min movie is part of the
Pure Imagination screening. Another screening of the
movie is on Feb 5 (the director will be present only at the Jan
28 screening).
Where: at
NW
Film Forum
in Seattle;
tickets $11
general, $8 children & discounted
More:
Children
Film Festival site,
short program info |
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Jan, 27, 6:30 pm: Young Polish Network Anniversary Dinner at the
Polish Cultural Center |
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The Seattle
Young Polish Network is celebrating the group's two year
anniversary with a
dinner at the
Polish Home. The SYPN is a social group for Polish-American and
international young professionals and adults to build a
community, network and share common interest in Polish culture.
This is an open meeting for new members but be sure to contact
the group about your dinner reservations.
Where: at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski;
please RSVP, you pay for your food & drinks.
More: the
SYPN
facebook group, or contact
Joanna Wirkus or
Diana Antczak |
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Jan 21, 11 am:
Polish Book Club Meeting at the Green Lake Library |
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The book for the meeting is Powrót niedoskonały by Marcin
Bruczkowski,
published by Znak in 2013. Mr. Bruczkowski, 51, is an English
major graduate who after a decade in Japan and then another in
Singapore returned to Poland and parlayed his experience into a
bestseller Sleepless in Tokyo in 2004.
Powrót is his fifth book, looking satirically at Polish society
through a far east eyes.
This is an open meeting, drop by even if you haven't read the
book.
Where: at the Green Lake public library in Seattle; admission free, in Polish
More:
about the
book,
Polish Book Club |
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Jan 20,
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 also directed Karski and the
Lords of Humanity.
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:
Santa Rosa movie site,
the movie on
the Club site,,
S.
Grunberg |
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Jan 11, 7:30 pm: Louis Lortie in Chopin Concert at the Meany Theater |
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Louis Lortie |
The UW Meany Center for the Performing Arts presents a Chopin
concert with pianist Louis Lortie. Mr. Lortie is a
French-Canadian who attracted critical acclaim in Asia, Europe
and the United States. His program in Seattle includes Frederic
Chopin's Etudes op.10 and op.25 and Preludes op.28.
Where:
Meany
Theater at the University of Washington campus;
tickets
still available
More:
abut Louis Lortie |
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Jan 8, 2:30 pm: Christmas Caroling & Wafer Sharing at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The Polish Home invites everybody to a traditional wafer & good-will sharing (Oplatek). This is an open event - everybody is welcome
to come and sing Polish and American carols along.
The Polish Choir
Vivat Musica will help with caroling.
There will also be a children drawing competition under the
title Christmas Eve at My Home.
Everybody's invited!.
Where:
Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski
in Seattle; admission free - please bring
a salad, pastry or a cake to share if you can.
More:
please contact
Barbara Strutynski |
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Till Jan 1: Polish
Cultural Center Dom Polski Closed for Christmas |
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The Polish Cultural
Center restaurant will be closed for Christmas from December 25,
2016 till January 1, 2017. It will reopen as usual on Friday, January
6, 2017.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski
in Seattle,
More: PHA website |
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