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August 2004 |
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Aug 28 |
Ferdydurke monodrama in Tacoma |
Ferdydurke monodrama
in Tacoma
Witold Gombrowicz |
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Aug 22 |
Soldier's Day
celebration at the Polish Home |
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Aug 18 |
Polish Book Club books
now available at the SPL |
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Aug 15 |
Polish Home
Association picnic in Lincoln Park |
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Aug 14 |
Czeslaw Milosz died |
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Aug 10 |
PHF volunteer meeting at the
Polish Home |
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Aug 8 |
SGSCA picnic at Alki
Beach Park |
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Aug 7 - 16 |
PHF exhibits: Poles
in Central Asia & Wiktor in Tacoma |
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Aug 6 |
Polish Home in Seattle
reopens after summer break |
August 22, Soldier's Day
celebration |
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August |
Radio Wisla open for
business |
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Polish Hall in Tacoma
closed in August |
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Aug 28, 8 pm:
Ferdydurke
monodrama in Tacoma |
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Witold Gombrowicz |
The Polish Parish in
Tacoma invites to a monodrama by Jerzy
Kopczewski based on the novel by Witold Gombrowicz.
Ferdydurke,
published in 1937, was the first and is the best known of his
novels. Through a unique style of satire and grotesque it deals
famously with issues of youth, immaturity and refusal to take on
masks & molds of the traditional society and in the process
skewers some Polish sacred cows. Vancouver
based Mr. Kopczewski, an actor from the famous
Piwnica Pod Baranami (Under the
Rams) in
Cracow, specializes in monodramas. This
being the Gombrowicz’s Year in
Poland
(the writer was born 1904), Mr. Kopczewski added also
The Transatlantic to
his monodrama repertoire.
Where:
at the Parish Hall of Sts. Peter
and Paul’s Church,
3422 Portland Ave E, Tacoma;
tickets $10, in Polish
More:
about Gombrowicz |
Jerzy Kopczewski
Fot. T. Gil |
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Jerzy Kopczewski
Fot. T. Gil |
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Aug 22, 2:30 pm:
Soldier's Day celebration at the Polish Home |
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An
anniversary of the victorious Battle of Warsaw, Aug 15, 1920, is
the official holiday for the armed forces in
Poland and a day to celebrate
Polish military traditions. Polish Home invites to a
commemorating program At
the Fireplace featuring patriotic songs and poetry
and to a meeting with the WWII veterans from our community. Cdr.
M. Bialowski Benett, Lt. A. Byrski, Lt. J. Friedrych, Maj. A.
Herbst and Maj. A. Tomalik will share their experience with the
younger generations. The event includes an exhibit about the
veterans, including late Cdr. W. Pacewicz, prepared by K.
Poraj-Kuczewski as well as a slide presentation about them
prepared by V. Kaczynski. A traditional Polish dinner will be
available, prepared by the Ladies Auxiliary.
Where: at the
Polish Home, admission
free
More:
Barbara Strutynski
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Aug 18: Polish Book Club books now
available at the SPL |
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The books to
be discussed at the next meeting are
Zlote Ogniwa.
Polska-Europa by
Norman Davies, about intertwining and interdependencies of Polish
and European histories, and
Nie wszystko na sprzedaz, by Beata Tyszkiewicz, a
memoir of the famous Polish actress. Both books are in Polish and
are available at the Seattle Central Public Library in several
copies thanks to a grant from the SPL. Please inquire at the
information desk at the LEW Dept. The next meeting of the
Polish
Book Club is planned for the beginning of October and everybody is
invited.
Where:
Seattle
Central Library, 1000
Fourth Avenue, Seattle,
WA 98104,
first level, entrance from the
4th Avenue
More:
Leszek Chudzinski, SPL librarian
(206) 733-9078 or (206) 733-9621 or
Hanna Gil (425)
957-9029, about Polish Book Club:
Polish Book Club |
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Aug 15, from noon
to 5 pm: Polish Home Association picnic at Lincoln Park |
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This is a
yearly picnic for the members and friends of the Polish Home
Association and their families. Come and share good food and
fun! There will be grills and tables available as well as free
drinks, hamburgers and hot dogs for kids and teenagers. A
casual volleyball game is a tradition at the PHA picnics and some
people always try to play soccer among the bushes, so get your
sport shoes ready! Everybody is
invited.
Where:
Lincoln Park in
Seattle, shelter #1 near
the Vashon Ferry or watch for Polish flag and a PHA banner; admission free,
bringing your food & drink to share is optional
More:
Polish Home Association
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Czeslaw Milosz died Aug 14, 2004 |
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Czeslaw Milosz |
Czeslaw Milosz,
the famous Polish poet and writer with Lithuanian roots, who won
the Nobel Prize in literature in 1980 for his poetry, died in
Cracow, Poland,
at the age of 93. A long time émigré known for his scalding
critique of the communist system in
The Captive Mind, he
had become a household name in
Poland during Solidarity times.
Mr. Milosz was also a translator and essayist and as a professor
of the University of
California at Berkeley
brought new vigor to promotion of Polish poetry and literature in
the US
through his books and assays on Polish literature, translations
and tutoring. He moved back to
Poland in 1990s, where despite his age he was
active writing new books and poems as well as regular essays for
Cracow
based weekly Tygodnik
Powszechny till he died.
More: in English
Czeslaw Milosz,
in Polish
Czeslaw
Milosz |
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Aug 10, 8 pm:
PHF volunteer meeting at the Polish Home |
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The
Polish Home
Foundation calls for volunteers to help with the
organization of events commemorating the 60th anniversary of the
Warsaw Uprising 1944 in Seattle from Sep 17 to Oct 7, 2004.
More about volunteering.
Where: at the
Polish Home, admission
free
More: Details
of the planned events can be found at the PHF website
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Aug 8, from noon to 5 pm:
SGSCA picnic at Alki Beach Park |
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Mark your calendar for this year picnic for members and friends
of the Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association and their
families. Come to enjoy kielbasa roasted on coals and share
delectable delights like Paul's famous bigos and Martha's
desserts. Don't miss Ron's T-Bird demonstration! Everybody is
invited!
Where:
the shelter at the
Alki Beach Park in Seattle, watch for a SGSCA banner;
admission free, bringing your food to share optional
More:
Seattle-Gdynia
Sister City Assn., Carol
Forte |
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Aug 7 - 16:
PHF
exhibits Poles in Central Asia & Wiktor ...
in Tacoma |
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Polish Church in Tashkent |
Two
recent exhibits organized by the Polish Home Foundation can be
viewed at the Parish Hall of Sts. Peter and Paul’s Church in
Tacoma over the next two weekends:
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‘Poles in Central Asia: Lives, Fates and Traces’, about Poles in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in 19c & 20c, prepared
by Ewa and Krzysztof Poraj-Kuczewski based on archives of
Dr. Olga Medvedeva
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'Wiktor: the Art of Survival', about Wiktor Siminski,
Silesian patriot, artist and survivor of nazi concentration
camps, prepared by Teresa Malinowski and Ryszard Kott based on materials from documentary movie project
produced by Julian Siminski.
Where: the upper floor of
the Parish Hall, Sts. Peter and Paul’s Church, 3422 Portland
Ave, Tacoma, (253) 272-5232
More:
Exhibitions,
Poles in Central Asia, Wiktor:
the Art of Survival |
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Aug 6, 7pm: Polish Home in Seattle opens after summer break |
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The Polish Home
in Seattle
reopens after summer break for business as usual on Friday
nights. |
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August: Radio
Wisla open for business |
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Radio Wisla
broadcasts Polish language programs as usual through July and August, that is
on every
Thursday at 7 pm, repeated the following Saturday at noon.
More:
Radio Wisla broadcasts
on 1150 AM. |
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August: Polish Hall in Tacoma closed till September |
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The Polish Hall in
Tacoma will be closed all summer. It will reopen in September.
More:
Tacoma PNA’s Jim Hicker, (253) 839-4529 |
