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Krywan Group
Viva Polonia Ball |
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Feb 25, 8 pm: Highlander Group
Krywan & Masztalski Cabaret at the PH |
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The Polish Home invites
to a double bill entertainment evening. The program includes a
concert by the Polish Highlander Group Krywan and the
Masztalski Cabaret. Krywan, Slov. Krivan, is a majestic peak in the
Slovak Tatra Mountains; the group includes six people. The
Masztalski Cabaret is a two person cabaret troupe hailing from
Silesia. In Polish & Tatra highlander dialect.
Where:
at the
Polish Home;
tickets $25 regular, $20 PHA members, $18 advanced;
for tickets & info call Asia Jeziorska at (425) 417-9548
More:
Krywan (in Polish),
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Feb 23, 10 am: Polish Book Club meeting at
the Green Lake Library |
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The book for the meeting is Don
Juan raz jeszcze by Andrzej Bart published by Wyd.
Literackie in 2006.
The novel presents a new take on Don Juan's myth and is based on
a true story of the 16c. Spanish Queen Joanna of Castille and
her dead husband Philip. The book has won a 2007 Nike
nomination. It can be bought on the
Internet or borrowed from Club members. The event is not sponsored
by the Seattle Public Library.
Where:
at the
Green Lake Public Library in Seattle; admission free
More: about
the book,
Andrzej Bart
Polish
Book Club |
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Feb 22, 5 pm: Russia-Poland. New
Gaze film documentaries at the UW |
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This movie evening features a program of short documentary films
created when students of Polish and Russian film schools traded
places. The result is a dual view of Russia in the eyes of Poles
and Poland in the eyes of Russians. Organized by the Polish
Cultural Institute and the Slavic Dept. of the University of
Washington in Seattle.
Where:
Thomson Hall
at the
UW campus in Seattle;
admission free
More:
Polish
Cultural Institute,
Russia-Poland New Gaze project |
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Feb 14, 16 & 17: Movie Saviour's Square
at PIFF in Portland |
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The only Polish entry during 2008 Portland International Film
Festival, Saviour's Square has been showered with Polish
and international awards. This 2006 movie has been directed by
Krzysztof Krauze and Joanna Kos-Krauze.
Where:
Regal Broadway Metroplex in
Portland, OR; tickets from Jan 30th
More:
PIFF,
Saviour Sq in Portland,
partial
award list |
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Feb 16, from 6 pm,
Viva Polonia Ball in
Mountlake Terrace |
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This is a formal
black tie dinner and dance evening for the benefit of the Polish Studies
at the
University of Washington.
Beautiful music provided by Bert Carlson and Company. Cocktail Hour
6-7 pm, sit-down dinner at 7 pm, dancing from 8 pm. Organized by Janusz
Zoltowski & Viva Polonia Cultural Assn and the Friends of Polish Studies.
Where: Nile Country Club,
Edmonds Area,
6601 244th St SW,
Mountlake Terrace, WA;
tickets $75 per guest (includes dinner & wine), please make
a
reservation as quickly
as possible now; no tickets at the door
More:
please visit
Viva Polonia Cultural
Association;
tickets and reservations
Bozena Razniewska
(425) 255-6580, more info Jan & Barbara Zoltowski (425)
803-3070 |
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Feb 13, 7:30 pm: Basia Bulat sings at the
Triple Door |
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Basia Bulat |
Basia Bulat is an indie pop singer and songwriter hailing from
Toronto & Montreal. She became quite popular in Canada and
Europe and now is doing an American tour. She has local fans
here who say it should be an interesting concert.
Where:
at the Triple Door in Seattle; tickets $13/$15 advanced/at the
door
Basia also gives a concert at
Doug Fir Lounge in
Portland, OR on
Feb 14.
More:
Triple Door Concert,
Basia's site |
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Feb 8-14: Movie Summer Love by
Uklanski at Grand Illusion |
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Summer Love (2006), written and directed by Piotr
Uklanski, is an allegoric tale styled as a western.
Told in a highly visual
style, the movie recounts a tale of love, pain, redemption and
death and relies less on dialogue than upon fast paced,
meticulously composed images.
Where:
Grand Illusion
Cinema
in Seattle
More: Summer Love
(bilingual site EN-PL) |
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Feb 10, 3 pm: I. Kaminska in Masterworks
by Liszt & Schuman in Shoreline |
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Ivona Kaminska
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Passion and
Poetry: Masterworks by Liszt and Schuman is a piano concert
devoted to the two romantic giants. Local pianists and faculty
teachers Ivona Kaminska and Dainius
Vaicekonis will play in the program that includes Robert
Schumann's Carnaval and Liszt's Un Sospiro,
Transcendental Etude No.10 and the Transcription of Rigoletto.
The concert benefits the Shoreline Piano Scholarship Fund.
Where: at the Campus Theater, Shoreline Community College, 16101
Greenwood Avenue N, Shoreline; tickets $15 reg, $10 discounted
More: Nancy Mateski (206) 546-4618 ,tickets (206) 546-4606,
Kaminska &
Bowlby |
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Feb 2, 7:30 pm: 2008 Carnival Mask
Ball at the
Polish Home |
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The Polish Home invites
everybody to a mask ball. There will be awards for the best
female costume and the best male costume of the evening. Music
by a DJ. The bar and the buffet will be opened.
Where:
at the
Polish Home;
tickets $15 PHA members, $17 others
More:
for reservations contact Maria Switalska at (425) 226-7660
or Lucyna Blonska at (206) 764-7057 |
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