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Polish Film Festival
Adam Michnik |
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Apr 30, 7 pm: Adam Michnik's lecture at the
UW |
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Adam Michnik |
Adam Michnik is
the
editor in chief of the daily Gazeta Wyborcza, political
essayist & writer and arguably the fiercest intellectual of the
former Polish dissidents. He comes to Seattle with a lecture
Revolution's Aftermath: Twenty Years of Polish Democracy in the
Distinguished Speaker Lecture Series. Organized by the UW PSEC, supported by the Ellison Center for REECAS, and the
Evans School of Public Affairs.
Also,
please see a separate
note about reception in his honor on May 2, 2008.
There is also a roundtable
on May 2.
Where: at Kane Hall 220
at the
UW campus in Seattle;
admission free
More:
Michnik,
Gazeta
Wyborcza (EN),
UW PSEC,
REECAS |
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Apr 27, 2:30 pm:
Third of May Celebration at the Polish Home |
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By Jan Matejko |
The 3rd of May
celebration at the Polish Home marks the anniversary of the
first Polish constitution, which was enacted on May 3, 1791. The program includes performances by
students of the Polish
School in
Seattle and the Polish Choir Vivat Musica.
Pianist Marzena Szlaga will play Chopin. The
restaurant and bar will be open for the occasion.
Where: at the Polish Home;
admission free; in Polish
More:
about the Constitution,
Constitution source |
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Apr 25-27: Seattle Polish Film Festival at
the SiFF cinema |
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by Shannon Hart
Rezerwat
Immensity of Justice |
This is the program for the second weekend of the Festival.
The program may change; please check the
SPFF website for updates.
All movies
at the SIFF cinema at the Seattle Center.
Friday, April 25
7:00 pm Shorts by Starewicz: The
Cameraman's Revenge,
The
Insects' Christmas,
The Frogs Who Wanted a King,
Voice
of the NIghtingale, The Mascot, Winter Carousel,
(total 80 min)
8:40 pm Immensity of Justice
/ Bezmiar sprawiedliwosci (2006, 127 min),
by Wieslaw Saniewski
Actor Artur Zmijewski present at the
screening
Saturday, April
26
2:30 pm Independent movies: A missing A,
Agnieszka 2039,
Alicja
Wonderland,
Birdplay, Dorsal Ventral
Asymmetry,
Honor of the City,
Reflections, Sequence (total 114 min)
5:00 pm
Destined for the Blues / Skazany na bluesa
(2005, 101 min), by Jan Kidawa-Blonski
7:00 pm
State Witness / Swiadek koronny (2007, 98 min),
by Jaroslaw
Sypniewski & Jacek Filipiak
9:00 pm
The Story of the Fox / Le Roman de Renard
(1930, 85 min)
by Wladyslaw Starewicz
Sunday, April 27
12:45 pm
Pope John Paul II Remembered by Poles Around the World /
Jan Pawel II w pamieci Polakow na swiecie
(30 min)
Pope John Paul II - the Memories He Left Behind /
Jan Pawel II -
co pozostawil w pamieci
(30 min), by Slawomir Ciok
Director Ciok present at the screening
2:30 pm Student films: Broadcast
Rehersal / Proba mikrofonu, Evacuation /
/ Ewakuacja, Father / Ojciec, Beyond the Horizon, Za horyzontem,
La Varsovienne /
Warszawianka, A Boat /
Lodka (total 100 min)
Michal
Szczesniak present at the screening
5:00 pm
Hope / Nadzieja (2007, 101 min), by Stanislaw
Mucha
7:00 pm
Savior's Square / Plac Zbawiciela
(2006, 101 min),
by Joanna
Kos-Krauze & Krzysztof Krauze
9:15 pm
Preserve / Rezerwat (2007, 100 min), by Lukasz
Palkowski
Where: at SIFF cinema; tickets
$8 regular, $10 with a guest, $50 Festival pass
More: Seattle Polish Film
Festival |
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Apr 26, 10 am: Polish Book Club meeting at
the
Green Lake Library |
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The book for the meeting is
Dojczland by Andrzej Stasiuk published by Wyd.
Czarne in 2007.
This book by a
down-to-earth and non-conformist author is hailed as a
sophisticated look at the Polish-German relations.
It can be bought on the
Internet or borrowed from Club members. Club meetings are in
Polish.
Where:
at the
Green Lake Public Library in Seattle; admission free
More: about
the book,
Stasiuk, more
about Stasiuk
Polish
Book Club |
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Apr 18-20: Seattle Polish Film Festival at
the SiFF cinema |
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by Shannon Hart
Lejdis
Testosterone
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This is a schedule for the first
weekend of the Festival.
The program may change; please check the
SPFF website for updates.
All movies
at SIFF cinema at the Seattle Center
Friday, April 18
7:15 pm Jasminum, (2006, 107
min), by Jan Jakub Kolski
9:20 pm Warsaw / Warszawa (2003,
105 min), by Dariusz Gajewski
Actress Agnieszka Grochowska &
director Dariusz Gajewski
present at the screening
Saturday, April
19
1:30 pm
English Lesson / Lekcja angielskiego
(in Polish ONLY, 60 min)
3:00 pm
Extras / Statysci (2006, 115 min), by Michal
Kwiecinski
Actress Anna Romantowska present at
the screening
7:15 pm
Tomorrow We Are Going to the Movies / Jutro idziemy do
kina
(2007, 85 min), by Michal Kwiecinski
9:15 pm
Ladies / Lejdis (2008, 136 min), by Tomasz Konecki
7:30
pm Gala Reception at the Polish Home with Festival
Guests
By invitation only, for sponsors & donors
Sunday, April 20
1:00 pm
God's Little Garden / U Pana Boga w ogrodku (2007,
115 min),
by Jacek Bromski
3:00 pm
Testosterone / Testosteron (2007, 116 min), by
Tomasz Konecki and
Andrzej Saramonowicz
Actor Tomasz Kot present at the
screening
7:15 pm
Lovers of the Year of the Tiger / Kochankowie roku tygrysa
(2005 103 min), by Jacek Bromski
Director Jacek Bromski present at
the screening
Where: at SIFF cinema at
the Seattle Center; tickets TBD
More: Seattle Polish Film
Festival |
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Apr 19: Polish Cabaret To i Owo
in Portland |
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The Polish
Home cabaret troupe To i Owo is going to Portland with the
new program presented at the Polish Home in October - and with
several new faces from the young generation, too! The program is in Polish and is called I to jest zycie -
c'est la vie! Everybody is invited to a great evening - an
engaged audience spurs the artist to be at their best!
Where:
Polish Hall & Library,
3900 N. Interstate Ave.,
Portland, OR;
tickets $TBD
More: Barbara Strutynski,
(425) 746-3037 |
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Apr 14, 3:30 pm: Prof. Kubik on
post-communism in Europe at the UW
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Prof. Kubik |
Dr. Jan
Kubik is a
professor of political science, 2006-07 Distinguished Fulbright
Chair at the Warsaw University, Associate Professor of Political
Science at Rutgers, affiliated with Centre for Social Studies,
Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. His lecture
Post-communism
as a Rorschach Test: Sources and Consequences of Various Models
of Post-1989 Transformations
is sponsored by Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and
Central Asian Studies.
Where:
University of Washington Club, at the
UW campus
in Seattle; admission free, reception after the lecture
More: about
Prof. Kubik,
The Power of Symbols.
Ellison Center for
REECAS |
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Apr 12, 4 pm:
Music by
Frederic Chopin
at the Polish Home |
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F. Chopin |
Marzena Lilian
Szlaga Piano Studio invites to a yearly celebration of music by Frederic Chopin. Ms Szlaga will
open the concert with Ballade in G Minor op.23, no 1. The
program includes mazurkas, nocturnes, preludes, polonaises,
waltzes and etudes by Chopin performed by the
Studio students.
Where: at the Polish Home; admission free, donations welcome
More:
M. Szlaga Studio,
contact
Marzena Szlaga |
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Apr 9, 7:30 pm: Expansion Project meeting at the
Polish Home |
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This is a meeting of the Project committee. Come to
discuss and support more changes at the Polish Home! This is an
open meeting, everybody interested in the project is invited to
come and discuss issues. Volunteers are also welcomed at the
meeting!
Where:
at the Polish Home, just drop by
More:
Polish Home
Foundation,
Polish Home |
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Apr 3-18: Exhibition The Fall of
Communism in Poland in Portland |
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Kasia Chaberski
with Lech Walesa |
No Freedom without Bread: the Fall of Communism in Poland
is the title of a very impressive exhibition prepared by Kasia
Chaberski of Portland. Ms. Chaberski, a senior at the Waldorf
School in Portland, managed to interview Lech Walesa himself
when preparing the exhibition while on an exchange program in
Poland.
Where:
Polish Hall & Library,
in
Portland, OR;
admission free but notice the hours: Thu 6-8 pm, Fri 5-9 pm, Sat &
Sun 10 am - 1 am, Mon-Wed closed.
More:
the
Exhibition, about
Kasia Chaberski's project (PDF) |
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Apr 4-5: Polish Movie & Song Marathon
in Vancouver, BC |
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This is a new event in Vancouver, BC. Polish Movie & Song
Marathon features several movies over two days, including a
very interesting animation movie screening with several famous
animation shorts on Friday and a concert of Arek Wlizlo's
band. Please note: in Polish only, movies without subtitles.
Where:
at
Cinema 319
in Vancouver, BC;
tickets
More:
Polski Maraton (in
Polish only) |
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Apr 2, noon: Piano duo Kaminska & Bowlby in
concert at the SPL in Seattle |
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Ivona Kaminska
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Local piano duo,
Ivona Kaminska and Christopher Bowlby will play at a special
program at the Seattle Central Library. The program includes
works by Mozart, Ravel, Poulenc and Junkinsmitch.
Where: at the
Seattle Central Library; admission free
More: Kaminska &
Bowlby, Chopin Academy
of Music |
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