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Feb 25, 8 pm:
Biesiada:
a merry sing-along in Tacoma |
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Vivat Musica |
This is another
sing-along evening with the Polish Choir
Vivat
Musica from
Seattle. An evening of popular and merry
Polish songs should go nicely with wine and snacks. This event was
sold out completely ahead of time in Seattle
in October, so make your reservations The
evening is a fundraiser for the Choir to go to the
Polonia Choir Festival in
Koszalin,
Poland, in 2006.
Where: at the Parish Hall of Sts.
Peter and Paul’s Church,
3422 Portland Ave E, Tacoma;
tickets $20
More: reservations Danuta Lacki (206)
228-2176 |
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Feb 19, 6 pm:
Poetry Salon at the Polish Home |
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Salon Poezji
(the Salon of Poetry
in Seattle)
invites to a woman poetry program
Nic dwa razy (Nothing Twice).
The program
features poems by
Polish, Russian, Czech and English poetesses such as
W. Szymborska, A.
Osiecka, A. Akhmatowa, M.
Tsvetaeva, V.
Dvorackova, E. Bishop
and others.
All poems are recited or sung in the language of the original.
Music for the evening will be provided by
Marzanna Bachowska (vocals) and
Scott Babcock (trombone). The Polish Ballroom Dance Group from the
Polish Home will add a special carnival mood to the gathering.
Where: at the Polish
Home; admission free, in Polish, Russian, Czech
More:
www.salonpoezji.org/english.htm,
Helena Wrozynski (206) 526-8332 |
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Feb 18, 8 pm:
Ich
Troje
in show at the
Meydenbauer Center
in Bellevue |
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Ich
Troje
is a very popular music band from
Poland,
currently
scheduled to represent
Poland in the 2006 Eurovision
competition. One local fan says their
songs have nice and catchy melodies appealing both to younger and
older generation and that their concerts are always great shows.
Michal Wisniewski, Jacek Lagwa & Ania
Swiatczak come to
Seattle
with a show cast of 18! Sounds like a perfect ticket for our local
Polonia! Bonus: it’s organized both by
the Society for Polish Culture (TMKP) and the Polish Home
Association!
Where: Meydenbauer Center Theatre,
11100 NE 6th St,
Bellevue; tickets $30 advanced,
$35 at the door. Advanced tickets & info:
W. Studenna (425) 271-4958, E. Filipczuk
(425) 338-3408
More: the band (in Polish)
www.IchTroje.pl, theater
www.Meydenbauer.com |
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Feb 18, 7 pm:
Biesiada:
a merry sing-along in Portland |
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Vivat Musica |
The Polish
Choir
Vivat
Musica from
Seattle
goes to
Oregon
with the very successful Biesiada
singing-along party. Good food, wine and merry songs are the
recipe for the evening. If you want to attend and cannot go to
Tacoma
next week, it’s worth the long drive!
Where: at the Polish Hall,
3832 Interstate Ave
in
Portland,
OR;
More:
www.portlandpolonia.org, ticket info call (503)810-6926, Marek
Stepien
[email protected] |
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Feb 11, 7 pm:
NW Chopin Festival winners’ concert at the Polish Home |
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F. Chopin |
This concert
features the winners of the 4rd
Northwest Chopin Festival from the week earlier. As usual, the
best young artists from our state are expected to deliver great
performances. Refreshments will be provided. Organized by the
Northwest Council of the Chopin Foundation and supported by
Sherman Clay with all proceeds going to the Foundation’s
Scholarship Fund for young pianists.
Where: at the Polish Home upper hall; tickets $10 at the door,
free for children 18 and younger
More:
www.ChopinNW.org |
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Feb 11, from 6 pm:
Teresa Malinowski’s paintings in Ballard |
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Teresa Malinowski |
Teresa Malinowski is a local painter active in
Seattle. Check out her
Green Lake and Beyond!
Her art is currently on display at the BalMar
Coctail Lounge that is part of the
Ballard’s Art Walk. The BalMar is open
for the Art Walk from 6 to 10 pm.
Where: the BalMar
Coctail Lounge,
5449 Ballard Ave
(near Market St.)
in Seattle;
admission free
More: About the artist
http://members.aol.com/ARTeresaM/,
www.thebalmar.com |
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Feb 9, 7:30 pm:
PH Expansion Project meeting at the Polish Home |
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Polish Home
Fundraising Committee invites everybody interested in the PH
expansion project to its monthly meeting at the Polish Home.
Agenda: closing
on the project review, updates to the brochure, parking and fence
planning. All interested in the details of the project as well as
volunteers are welcome!
Where: at the Polish Home, just drop by; refreshments are
provided!
More:
www.PolishHomeFoundation.org |
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Feb 4, 7 pm:
Lecture by
Oscar winner Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
at the UW |
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Jan Kaczmarek |
Mr.
Kaczmarek is an internationally
renowned composer who
won the 2005
Oscar in the music score category for his music to the movie
Finding
Neverland by Marc Foster
starring Johnny Depp.
His
other movies include Total
Eclipse, Bliss, Quo Vadis?,
Washington Square and
Unfaithful. He also
works with theater and new media, notably through
Instytut
Rozbitek,
an European center he set up in
Poland. His lecture
at the University
of Washington,
Music without Borders,
is organized by the UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee.
Where: room 210, Kane Hall at the UW campus in
Seattle, admission free
More:
www.jan-ap-kaczmarek.com/en/news_2005html,
www.oscar.com/nominees/nom_34089.html |
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Feb 4, from 9 am
- 4pm:
4th Annual Northwest Chopin Festival in
Seattle |
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F. Chopin |
This year 75
best young pianists from the state of
Washington take part in the Festival. This
celebration of Chopin’s music is also a competition; the winners
in age categories will be announced after 4 pm. The very
successful Festival is the renewed focus of the NW Council of the
Chopin Foundation, its main organizer. The prize winner concert is
on Feb 11, 2006, at the Polish Home.
Where: at
Sherman
Clay, 1624 4th Avenue,
and also at the second venue across the street, at the Green
Banquet Room in the Mayflower Park Hotel in
Seattle; admission free
More: Chopin Foundation NW,
http://www.chopinnw.org/festival2006.html
, or
contact Ivona Kaminska at
(425) 829-1229 |
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