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Polish Festival
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July 30, noon - 4 pm: SGSCA Picnic at the Alki Beach Park |
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Picnic on the
beach with spectacular mountain views! Everyone is
invited - individuals and families, members and guests - to celebrate the summer
at the
yearly picnic of the Seattle-Gdynia Sister
City Assn.
Come to
learn about upcoming SGSCA activities
and
to socialize with other Polish-Americans
while munching on roasted kielbasa and other delights and
enjoying a day on a beach.
Where: the Alki
Beach Park
in Seattle, shelter #1 (on the beach); admission free, food and
drink but please bring a dish of your favorite picnic
food to share
More:
SGSCA,
or contact Gail Wodzin |
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July 8, 11 am - 7 pm: Polish
Festival at the Seattle Center / Armory & Mural
Amphitheatre |
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The 6th annual Polish Festival Seattle is part of the big ethnic
festival series at the Seattle Center, known as Festal. The
venue is again the Armory and the Mural
Amphitheatre. The Festival focus this year is on the Upper
Silesia region (Górny Śląsk) that is the industrial
heart of
Poland. Attractions
include: live performances by: folk groups including Karpaty
(Salt Lake City) and Piast (Las Vegas), modern dance group
Agnieszka Laska Dancers (Portland, OR), Yazda! band (Portland),
Parno Drom band (Vancouver, BC) and Matt Strutynski Band, a
Chopin piano concert, exhibits: about Upper Silesia, Solidarity
and military-historical; cooking demos and workshops,
children’s activities and more. New this year: vodka tasting! Vendor booths offer Polish glass
art, hand-crafted pottery, crystal, jewelry, and paper cut-cut
art. Also available: plenty of great Polish food and a beer
garden.
Update:
photo gallery with pictures from the event.
The Festival still needs volunteers for late
afternoon and evening shifts, specifically for food court, baked
goodies and children activities. A free festival T-shirt and
food tickets for 3+ hours of volunteering!
Where:
Armory & Mural Amphitheatre at the Seattle Center in
Seattle;
admission & entertainment free
More:
Polish Festival on facebook; for PR
please contact Teresa Davis |
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July 1, 6 pm: Remembering
Polish Fallen Heroes at the Polish Cultural Center |
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This event
honors sixty six Polish Army soldiers who died fighting in Iraq
and Afghanistan as part of the NATO forces and it is also a
closure for the Polish Fallen Heroes Project organized by Robert Michalak that presented the heroes' portraits to the families in
Warsaw in December 2015. Keynote speakers include: artist Michael Reagan,
recipient of the Civilian Medal of Honor who drew the
portraits, Lt. Col. Karol Sobczyk, Assistant Military Attaché,
Polish Embassy, Washington, DC and Robert Michalak, US Army
veteran. Update:
pictures from the ceremony.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski;
admission free, in Polish w/ English subtitles
More:
event
poster, about
Fallen Heroes Warsaw ceremony |
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July:
The Polish Cultural Center
Open in July |
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The Polish Cultural Center is open on
Friday nights in July but it is closed
on Sundays. It will be closed for the yearly summer break in
August.
More:
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski in Seattle
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