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Polish movie songs
J & M Stuhrs in Citizen
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Nov 30, from 8 pm: St. Andrew's Night Party / Andrzejki
at the Polish Cultural Center |
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Join us for
Andrzejki! In
Polish tradition,
Andrzejki (a party on St.
Andrew’s night, Nov 30) was the last big party of the year, with
some special customs such as divining future from pouring hot
wax on water through a key. The restaurant
downstairs will be open from 6 pm to 10 pm, bar from 7:30 pm, dancing to music by DJ
Borys Kossakowski from 8 pm till midnight. Everybody's welcome!
Where: the Polish Cultural
Center Dom Polski, tickets
$15
More: for tickets or more info contact
Mariola or call
425-830-1437 |
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Nov 23-24: Art Sale For An Orphanage
at the Polish Parish |
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The Polish Parish of St. Margaret of Scotland in Seattle presents
an art sale with wine and music. Local artist Basia Niesulowski
offers her paintings in oil and acrylic as well as graphics,
drawings and postcards. The proceeds will benefit an orphanage
in Katowice, Poland.
Update: A
sum of $2,100, which includes sale proceeds as well as cash
donations, has been sent to the orphanage. Congratulations!
Where:
St. Margaret Catholic
Church
in Seattle; admission $5. On November 23 from 4 to 9 pm, on Nov
24 from 11 am to 12 pm and 2 to 3 pm.
More:
event poster,
please
contact Aldona at 360-568-5483 |
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Nov 17, 2:30 pm: Celebrating Poland's
Independence Day at the Polish Home |
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Polish Cultural Center invites
everyone to the Independence Day celebration marking 101
anniversary of the Poland’s regained Independence in 1918. The
program arranged by Asia Jeziorska will include participation by
youth organizations affiliated at the Polish Home, and remarks
by Honorary Consul of Poland, Teresa Indelak Davis. The
restaurant at the Polish Home will be open from 12 pm to 4 pm.
Where: at
the
Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski;
admission free, in Polish
More:
Polish Scouts website
(PL), or
contact
Asia
Jeziorska at 425-417-9548. |
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Nov 16, 8 pm: Polish Movie Songs Concert
at Solo Bar in Seattle |
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Seattle Polish
Film Festival and
Anna and Borys Duo presents a concert with the best
Polish movies songs of all time: sixty years of Polish cinema in
fourteen songs, from Ach śpij kochanie and Miłość Ci
wszystko wybaczy to Biały miś. The Duo consists of
two local artists originally hailing from and performing in
Gdansk, Poland: Ania Szuchiewicz is a vocalist, Borys
Kossakowski -
The Waves
- is a singer / songwriter and a DJ. Come to listen to your
favorite movie tunes!
Where: Solo Bar in
Seattle, suggested donation $5 - $15
More: for more info contact
Borys Kossakowski |
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Nov 15,
from 7 pm:
Movie
Citizen by Jerzy Stuhr
at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The Polish Film Club Kino OKO presents the movie Citizen
/ Obywatel, directed by Jerzy Stuhr and starring
Jerzy and Maciej Stuhrs. This 2015 comedy has been
compared to Forrest Gump for having a hapless everyman
anti-hero and for whizzing through the past 60 years of Polish
history after WWII with biting irony and satire mixed with
nostalgia and moral reflections.
Evening schedule: 7 pm socializing & film intro, 7:30 pm screening.
Where: at the
Polish Cultural
Center Dom Polski
in Seattle; admission free
More:
more about the movie
(PL), the Club site |
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Nov 10, 12
pm:
Celebrating Poland's Independence and Heroes at St.
Margaret Church |
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The Polish Parish of St. Margaret of Scotland in Seattle invites
everybody to a special mass celebrating the anniversary of
Poland's regaining its
independence in November 1918. After the mass, flowers will be laid
at the Katyn Monument next to the church
to honor all heroes who perished
while fighting for free Poland.
Where:
St. Margaret Catholic
Church
in Seattle; admission free
More:
Please
contact Aldona Bazant
for more info |
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Nov 10,
1 pm: Story
Time Zielone Czytanki at the University Branch Library |
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Seattle Public Libraries present Story Time in Polish Zielone
Czytanki for children 2-5 years old. The program for this
event includes: reading from children books, dancing and
children games and activities.
This is a monthly event on every second Sunday of the month
organized by Ada Kaliszewska.
Where:
Seattle Public Library University Branch in Seattle; this
event is in Polish
More: please contact
Ada |
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Nov 9, from 7:30 pm:
Monthly Swing Dance at the Polish
Cultural
Center |
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Polish Cultural
Center presents another Swing It Saturdays event. Come swing
dance to live music! Schedule: 7:30-8:15 Pre-dance beginner
lesson, 8:15-11:30 Live music with The Western Bluebirds.
This event includes special swing performances
from the Swing It Seattle community. No partner or experience
needed - come join the fun! The bar will be open upstairs for
the event.
Where: at the
Polish Cultural
Center Dom Polski
upstairs;
tickets $15 regular, $10 PHA members, at the door or buy
online here; must be 21+
More: Swing It Seattle
website;
volunteer childcare services available - please email a request
to
info@swingitseattle.com ahead of time. |
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Nov 7, 6 pm: Panel: 30 Years After
the Berlin Wall at the UW |
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The fall of the
Berlin Wall in 1989 heralded freedom to the new, undivided
Europe. 30 years later new divisions and problems are
confronting that dream, from authoritarian governments to Brexit.
The panel of three experts will focus on discussing the politics
of history and identity in Poland, Czechia, Ukraine and Russia.
Organized by the UW Ellison Center for Russian East European and
Central Asian Studies.
Where: the HUB building, room 334 at the UW campus in Seattle;
admission free
More: REECAS
website |
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Nov 3, 4 pm: Camp Songs by A.
Kulisiewicz at Benaroya |
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Aleksander Kulisiewicz |
The Music of
Remembrance presents a concert Passage: Confronting
Intolerance with Music that Matters.
The program includes Ruichi Sakamoto's Passage, Shinji
Enshima's Veritas and Camp Songs by Aleksander
Kulisiewicz. Kulisiewicz was a Polish political prisoner who
survived over five years in the WWII Sachsenhausen concentration
camp. He created and performed in secret many songs at the camp
and having an excellent memory, preserved hundreds of songs
created by other prisoners, not only in Polish but also in
Czech, German and Yiddish.
Where: at the Recital Hall in
Benaroya
Hall in Seattle,
tickets
More:
Kulisiewicz bio,
his story, his
Songs From the Depths of Hell CD, |
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Nov 2-3, noon - 6 pm: Fall Bazaar at the
Polish Cultural Center |
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The annual fall
bazaar features delicious Polish dinners served all day as well
as booths with amber and silver jewelry, crafts,
Polish books and CDs, Boleslawiec pottery, Polish crystals as
well as booths by local Polish organizations. Polish
Choir Vivat Musica will perform on Saturday at 2:30 pm. You
can buy Christmas ornaments and wafers (oplatki) and homemade cakes.
Also available: frozen pierogi and dinners to go.
Organized by the Polish Women's Club.
Where: at the Polish
Cultural Center Dom Polski, admission free.
More:
Bazaar
flyer,
or
please contact Barbara
Augustyniak, president of the Polish Women's Club |
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Nov 2-3: M. Pączkowski Conducts the
Mamma Mia! Concert in Everett |
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Marcin Pączkowski |
The Evergreen
Community Orchestra presents Mamma Mia! Disco Lives!
concert
conducted by Marcin Pączkowski. The concert includes disco era
favorites like Celebration, Saturday Night Fever, Abba
and Bohemian Rapsody. Dr. Pączkowski is a local composer,
conductor and a digital artist working with traditional and
electronic media. He received his PhD from the Univ. of
Washington Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS).
Where: at the
First
Presbyterian Church in Everett; admission free, Nov 2 at 7
pm and Nov 3 at 3:30 pm.
More: event
poster,
Evergreen
Community Orchestra website,
or contact
Marcin
Pączkowski |
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Nov 2, 7 pm - 1 am: Halloween Party at Sebi's |
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Sebi's Bistro is throwing a Halloween Party this year, so
prepare your Halloween costumes and a trickster spirit (boo!)
and come to a great party! Great Polish food selection by chef
Kamila, music by DJ Sebastian. Everybody's invited!
Where: at the Sebi's
Bistro in Seattle
More:
contact
Kamila
or
call 206-420-2199. |
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