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Jan 29 Carnival party for kids at the Polish Home
Jan 28 Annual PHA meeting at the Polish Home
Jan 25 Prof. Janos talks about the EU agriculture at the UW
Jan 22 Prof. Lipstadt on fighting Holocaust denial, at the UW
Jan 21 Public meeting on the Polish Home expansion project
Polish Book Club meeting at the Redmond Library
Jan 18 Polish 101 starts at the Bellevue Community College
Jan 14 Jacek Sowa’s poetry at the Polish Home
Jan 12 PH Fundraising Committee meeting at the Polish Home
Jan 8 Open house & concert at the Chopin Academy of Music in Issaquah
Christmas wafer sharing and carols at the Polish Home

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Jan 29, noon – 4 pm: Carnival party for kids at the Polish Home

The Polish School in Seattle invites all the kids to a carnival party at the Polish Home. It will feature games, competitions, and more. You can also have a tasty dinner for the whole family with home made desserts. This is a fundraiser for the benefit of the Polish School in Seattle.

Where: at the Polish Home

More: Gerard Adler, (425) 653-3692

Jan 28, 3 pm: Annual PHA meeting at the Polish Home

This is the annual meeting of the members of the Polish Home Association that is also an election meeting. PHA members can vote by proxy, see the PHA website for details.

Where: at the Polish Home, admission free

More: Polish Home

Jan 25, 3:30 pm: Prof. Janos talks about the EU agriculture at the UW

Andrew Janos

Dr. Andrew Janos is a professor at the Dept. of Political Science, University of California in Berkeley. His talk, European Agriculture in Historical Perspective: from Early Capitalism through Late Socialism to the EU, gives a background to one of the most contested policies of the European Union. This lecture is part of the Poland’s Transition: Success Story? lecture mini-series, organized by prof. Poznanski of UW.

Where: Parrington Forum, University of Washington campus in Seattle; admission free

More: Prof Janos’s bio at www.polisci.berkeley.edu/faculty/bio/emeriti/Janos,A

Jan 22, 3 pm: Prof. Lipstadt on fighting Holocaust denial, at the UW

Prof. Deborah Lipstadt

Dr. Deborah Lipstadt is a professor of Jewish Studies at the Emory Univ. in Atlanta, GA. She was accused of libel by British writer David Irving who denied that Holocaust really happened. Among others, Irving denied that the Auschwitz gas chambers were used by Nazis to kill Jews or other people and suggested they were modified by Poles after WWII. In her lecture, History on Trial, prof. Lipstadt tells the story of the trial that she won for the sake of the historical truth.

Where: 220 Kane Hall at the UW campus in Seattle; admission free, reception after the lecture

More: www.wsherc.org/ENewsletter/Jan2006/lipstdt2.pdf, www.religionemory.edu/faculty/lipstadt.html 

Jan 21, 3 pm: Public meeting on the Polish Home expansion project

This is a community feedback meeting about the Polish Home expansion project organized by the Polish Home Building Commission. The current project will be presented in details, architectural and financial plans will be discussed. The architect, Mr. Roy Koczarski, members of the Polish Home Association Building Commission as well as members of the Polish Home Foundation Fundraising Committee will be at hand to answer all the questions you might have about the project.

Where: at the Polish Home, admission free

More: www.PolishHomeFoundation.org/new/remodeling.htm

Jan 21, 11 am: Polish Book Club meeting at the Redmond Library

The book for this meeting is Jadac do Babadag by Andrzej Stasiuk, published by Wyd. Czarne in 2004. This down to earth book by a non-conformist author won the prestigious 2005 Nike Award in Poland. Stasiuk’s books are widely available on the internet and in translations; please see the club website for more info. New members and guests are always welcomed at all Club meetings whether they have read the book or not!

Where: meeting room #1 at the Redmond Library, NE 85th St, Redmond, admission free

More: Stasiuk,  more about Stasiuk,  Redmond Library Polish Book Club, contact to the Club Hanna Gil

Jan 18, 7 pm: Polish 101 starts at the Bellevue Community College

It’s not every day that a local college starts a Polish language class, so spread the word! It’s a nice alternative for the Eastside residents who say bridges make learning Polish too hard – they won’t have the excuse now! The introductory course #W9362 on Wednesday nights focuses on basics and has a native speaker, Ms. Monika Bledowska, as the instructor.

Where: Bellevue CC North Campus, 10700 Northup Way, Bellevue, room W274; $135 for Jan-March

More: register at www.gotobcc.com, 425-564-2263, or contact Monika Bledowska [email protected]

Jan 14, 6:30 pm: Jacek Sowa’s poetry at the Polish Home

Jacek Sowa, a self-described burgher of Nowy Targ, Poland, is a poet celebrating beauty of his native Podhale region and the High Tatra Mountains. His poems will be read by the Author and also by his friends and our local highlanders, the Pawluskiewicz families; poetry books by Mr. Sowa will also be available. Organized by the Pawluskiewicz Families and the Polish Home.

Where: at the Polish Home, admission free

More: www.PolishHome.org

Jan 12, 7:30 pm: PH Fundraising Committee meeting at the Polish Home

Polish Home Fundraising Committee invites everybody interested in the PH expansion project to its monthly meeting at the Polish Home.

The project is in the final review phase. 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

Jan 8, 3-6 pm: Open house & concert at the Chopin Academy of Music in Issaquah

CAM is a new music institution founded last fall by pianists Ivona Kaminska and Christopher Bowlby in downtown Issaquah. The open house will also feature a 4 pm concert by the gifted students, including the very talented Emi Iwasaki, 21. Her mini-recital includes Chopin’s Ballade in G minor, Beethoven’s Tempest sonata, Op. 31, No. 2, and Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in E minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier, book 2. Refreshments will be provided!

Where: CAM is located at 40 NW Alder Place (Front St & Alder in Issaquah), open house 3-6 pm, concert 4 pm, admission free

More: www.chopinacademy.com, or call: 425 829 1117 or 425 829 1229.

Jan 8, 2:30 pm: Christmas wafer sharing and carols at the Polish Home

This is a traditional Christmas wafer (oplatek) sharing for members and friends of the Polish Home with Fr. Stanislaw Michalek. The Polish Choir Vivat Musica will bring the joy of carols singing to the occasion. Everybody is invited to come and sing Polish and American carols along.

Where: at the Polish Home, admission free

More: www.PolishHome.org

 

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