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May 16,
11:30 - 4 pm:
Annual Pierogi Fest
at the Polish Cultural Center
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Pierogi!
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This event has been cancelled due to
the coronavirus situation in Seattle.
The 14th Pierogi Fest brings the usual Polish dumpling extravaganza
serving several
kinds of pierogi: meat, potato & cheese, blueberry etc. with
plate of 10 pierogies
for $10 and half plate $5; also available: sausage & sauerkraut, Polish
beer, tea, coffee,
soft drinks and desserts. Free
attractions include folk group performances: Polish Choir at 1
pm & 2:30 pm and Pawel & Olimpia Duo at 12, 2 & 3 pm. Eat leisurely, listen to Polish
music and have a good time.
On sale: frozen pierogi to go, Polish tee-shirts,
Polish sports scarves and folk costumes.
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May ongoing:
Polish Film Club Recommends Essential Killing by
Skolimowski online |
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The Polish Film
Club Kino OKO goes virtual - as movie screenings at the Polish
Cultural Center are impossible, the club will recommend a movie
monthly for watching at home.
The first
recommendation is for the movie Essential Killing
directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and starring Vincent Gallo. It's a
thriller following a prisoner's escape from a secret prison
where torture is a norm, into a brutal frozen landscape where
survival itself is questionable. The movie won the Special Jury
Award, and Best Actor for Gallo at the 2010 Cannes Festival and
multiple other awards.
Where: the movie is available at the Amazon Prime
More:
about the movie,
the Club blog |
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May 15, 7:30 pm: Movie The Reverse
by B. Lankosz at the Polish Cultural Center
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This event has been cancelled due to
the coronavirus situation in Seattle.
The Polish Film
Club Kino OKO presents the movie The Reverse / Rewers
directed by Borys Lankosz. It was
the best movie of the 2009 Gdynia FF
and the Polish entry to the Oscars;
Mr.
Lankosz won the Best New
Director Award at the 2010 SIFF.
The story based on a book by Andrzej Bart is a black comedy
about political oppression and gender roles in 1950s Poland with the tables getting turned in a spectacular fashion. Bonus:
the subtitle
translator, Ms. Hanna Gil will be present at the screening.
Evening schedule: 7:30 pm socializing & film intro, 8:00 pm screening
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May 10,
3:30 pm: Story
Time Zielone Czytanki at the University Branch Library
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This event has been cancelled due to
the coronavirus situation in Seattle.
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 & singing and
children games and activities.
Each meeting has a specific reading and songs that you can try
with your child!
The theme of this meeting is our stars and planets.
This is a monthly event on every second Sunday of the month
organized by Ada Kaliszewska.
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May 6, 12 pm: Flavor of Poland,
Ep.6: Gdańsk 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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May 5-6, all day:Polish Community
Fundraiser at
GiveBIG WA online |
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These are
difficult times, but if you can support Polish orgs and events,
please do so!
The annual Seattle GiveBIG donation event is now called GiveBIG
Washington and it's a remainder and opportunity to support local
charities. As in 2019, Seattle Polish Foundation (SPF) and other
local Polish organizations joined to launch a community-wide
fundraiser at the GiveBIG site to benefit different local Polish
events and initiatives.
You can support
causes such as the Seattle Polish Film Festival and other
cultural events, Polish Schools, improving infrastructure at the
Polish Cultural Center and more, by
donating to SPF at the GiveBIG page and
indicating where your money should go.
If you typically donate through GiveBIG you are welcome to do
so; however, please be aware that this year the GiveBIG campaign
charges 4.6% fee on online donations. Hence,
donating to Seattle Polish Foundation directly
is the most cost effective way to apply your generosity towards
your favorite Polish cause.
Where:
On GiveBIG
Washington website,
search for "Polish" to find the Polish page.
More:
You can donate before May 5-6, as the website already accepts
donations |
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May 5,
7:30
pm:
Jennifer Croft on Translating Olga Tokarczuk at the UW -
Cancelled |
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Tokarczuk and Croft
at Man Booker |
This event has been cancelled due to
the coronavirus situation in Seattle.
The UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee presents an evening
with Jennifer Croft, the American translator of novels by Olga
Tokarczuk. Ms. Croft was the co-winner of the Man Booker
International award in 2018 with Olga Tokarczuk for her
translation of Flights / Bieguni.
Ms. Croft is currently translating The Books of Jacob /
Księgi Jakubowe and will be reading excerpts from the novel.
More: UW PSEC,
Jennifer
Croft |
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May 2, 5 pm: Celebrating 100th
Anniversary of St. John Paul II in Bellingham
- unlikely |
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This event has been cancelled due to
the coronavirus situation in Seattle.
Church of the
Assumption in Bellingham
invites all to a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the
birth of St. John Paul II. The program includes
5
pm
Holy Mass at the Church with Rev. Jeffrey
Moore
6
pm Tribute commemorating the life and legacy of St.
John Paul II at the parish gym
Where:
Church of the
Assumption in Belingham, WA;
admission free
More:
event
leaflet or please
contact
Urszula Kubik,
also at 360-715-9331 |
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