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Virtual Happy
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Cult Classics |
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June 27 at 7 pm -
8:30 pm:
Polish Home Happy Hour with Sala on Zoom |
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If you crave the time you could visit the restaurant at the
Polish Home and chat at the bar over some drinks, this is an
event for you! The Polish Home Association will be hosting a
virtual Happy Hour on Zoom. Come to chat with old friends, make
drinks at home following instructions from Sala and have a great
time. Tickets are free on eventbrite, but this is also a PHA
fundraiser so a suggested donation of $15 would be greatly
appreciated.
Where: on Zoom; get a
ticket on eventbrite and you will receive a link to the zoom
meeting 24 hours before the event.
More:
additional info on
eventbrite |
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June
27, Polish
Presidential Election - By Mail Only,
Voting Deadline Now June 27 |
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The Polish presidential election in America has been
rescheduled to June 27, 2020, 7 am to 9 pm. Voting in the
USA is by mail only. Seattle belongs to the polling station
#126 at the Polish Consulate General in Los Angeles.
If you are a Polish
citizen and you want to vote by mail, you need to register. The
registration deadline for this round has passed. This is the first round, with the second
round two weeks later if needed.
The results of
the first round
In the LA consular region (polling station #126):
Trzaskowski 1509, Duda 653, Hołownia 291 out of 2899 packets
returned and 2811 votes cast.
In the United States President Duda had 50,7% of the 26 126 votes
cast.
Registration for
the second round: if you didn't register for the first round
you can do it for the second one, the deadline is June 29.
People who registered for the first round don't have to
register again to receive their second round voting package by mail.
More:
ivoting
delivery deadline (PL),
voting in the USA (PL),
electronic voter registration (PL)
updated
June 24, 2020
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June 25 - July 15:
Virtual
Polish Film Festival Miami |
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Polish Film
Festival Miami and the Embassy of Poland in Washington, DC
present a retrospective of Polish cinema Stories From Behind
the Iron Curtain. These fairly recent movies cast an
interesting light on the reality of the post WWII communist rule
in Poland and enjoyed a commercial success when doing so. Enjoy! All movies in
Polish with English subtitles, with Q&A sessions in English
Streaming
available for a week for each film at your own time
6/21 - 7/1 Reverse / Rewers by Borys Lankosz
(2009)
7/2 - 7/8 Little Rose /
Rózyczka by Jan Kidawa-Błoński (2010)
7/8 - 7/15 All That I Love / Wszystko co
kocham by Jacek Borcuch (2009)
Where: PFF Miami site,
streaming is free but you need to register
More:
registration required, available at the site |
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June 20-27:
Polish Cult Comedies at Virtual Film Retrospective |
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Teddy Bear |
The virtual film
festival Comedy vs. Communism: A Retrospective of Polish Cult
Comedies from Communist Times presents movies from 1970s and
1980s that were poking holes at absurdities of the communist
system and have become cult classics since then. Organized by
the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and sponsored by
the Embassy of Poland in Washington, DC.
All movies in
Polish with English subtitles, with Q&A session in English
following each movie. Registration required. All times PST
Sat June
20, 10 am The Cruise / Rejs by Marek
Piwowski
Sun June
21, 3 pm Man - Woman Wanted /
Poszukiwany / poszukiwana by Stanisław Bareja
Mon June
22, 3 pm A Jungle Book of Regulations /
Nie ma roży bez ognia by Stanisław Bareja
Tue
June 23, 3 pm What Will You Do When You
Catch Me? / Co mi zrobisz jak mnie zlapiesz?
by
Stanislaw Bareja
Wed June
24, 3 pm Teddy Bear / Miś by Stanisław
Bareja
Thu
June 25, 3 pm The Emergency Exit /
Wyjscie awaryjne by Roman Załuski
Fri
June 26, 3 pm Sexmission / Seksmisja
by Juliusz Machulski
Sat
June 27, 10 am King Size / Kingsajz by
Juliusz Machulski
Where: online at
https://www.victimsofcommunism.org/events/comedy-vs-communism
More:
registration required, available at the site |
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June 22 & 23, till
August:
Polish Summer Courses online & sold out |
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The
Polish School in Seattle organizes online courses of the Polish
language for adults this summer. Both beginner and intermediate
level courses will be available, starting on June 22 and 23,
respectively and running for 10 meetings online. Group size 5 to
10 students. Please find more info as well as the registration
form to
here. This course has already sold out.
Where: online with the teachers from the Polish School in
Seattle
More:
the course is sold out, the following is for info purposes only
registration and course info; for more info please contact
Anna Babcock or call
206-362-3077 |
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June ongoing:
Polish Film Club Recommendations online |
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The Polish Film
Club Kino OKO went virtual - as movie screenings at the Polish
Cultural Center are off for now, the club recommends movies
available online for watching at home.
There are now
five
recommendations for June:
Sweet Rush / Tatarak by Andrzej Wajda
Fanatic / Fanatyk by Michal Tylka, 33' short movie
Escape from the Liberty Cinema / Ucieczka z kina Wolność
by Wojciech Marczewski
- absurd black comedy, available on Netflix and Amazon Prime
Remembrance / Zagubiony czas by Anna Justice - war
drama on Amazon Prime
The Mire / Rojst by Jan Holoubek - thriller/crime series
w 5 episodes on Netflix
Where: movies available at Netflix or Amazon Prime
More:
the Club blog,
Escape from the Liberty Cinema,
Remembrance,
The Mire,
other Polish movies on Netflix and Amazon Prime |
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June 12, at 7 pm:
Virtual Polish Book Club Meeting on Zoom |
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The
Polish Book Club comes back to life after a two-year hiatus
under new management and in a new format. Paulina Phung has just
started the virtual edition of the club at the Polish Cultural
Center with meetings happening on Zoom. The book to discuss is
Zgubiona dusza by Olga Tokarczuk published by Wyd. Format in
2017. Polish Book Club meetings are in Polish.
Where: using the Zoom app; please contact
Paulina
for the Zoom invite or more info
More:
Virtual Polish Book Club page
(PL), this event is in Polish |
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June 9, at 7 pm:
Warsaw Heritage, Traditions & Urban Myths on Zoom |
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The
UW
Polish Studies Endowment Committee invites you to an online
lecture Warsaw - Heritage, Traditions and Urban Myths with a
(Very) Modern Twist by Justyna Zych. Dr. Zych is the 2020 UW
Polish Studies Fulbright Lecturer at the University of
Washington, currently teaching the course Warsaw: Window on
Contemporary Polish History and Culture.
Dr. Zych
is an Assistant Professor at the Polonicum Center of Polish
Language & Culture for Foreigners at the University of Warsaw.
Where: this lecture is on Zoom; please sign in to
Zoom
to attend it.
More:
detailed info about the lecture at the UW PSEC site |
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June 7, 2 pm: Preserving and
Teaching Heritage Languages on Zoom |
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The Ethnic
Heritage Council of the Pacific NW invites local ethnic
community leaders to a roundtable discussion on Preserving
and Teaching Heritage Languages.
This
discussion, continuing from a previous meeting, will focus on
the challenges and impact of the coronavirus pandemic on
language programs run locally. Local specialist and fellow
ethnic educators in attendance, a presentation and pointers to
additional resources for teaching and heritage promoting
available.
Where: on Zoom,
registration is required, please
register here
More: more
information on the EHC website |
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June 3, 12 pm: Flavor of Poland,
Ep.10: Toruń on KCTS9 |
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Flavor of Poland is a culinary-travel PBS
television weekly series presenting the country of Poland to
American viewers like they've never seen it before. Hosted
by Aleksandra August, the series shows off not only
distinctly Polish dishes (check out the
sorrel &
crayfish soup recipe!) but also the most beautiful and
interesting aspects and landscapes of Poland. The series
premiere is
scheduled on KCTS on April 1, 2020 with a segment about gthe
old Polish capital of Cracow.
Where: On the
KCTS9 channel in the Seattle area on Wednesdays at 12 noon
More:
Flavor of Poland
website |
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