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Polish Animation
Polish Heroes
PHA Annual Meeting |
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Jan 31, 3 pm: Polish
animation program at the NWFF Children's Film Festival |
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Northwest Film Forum in Seattle presents the 4th Children's Film
Festival running from January 23 to February 1, 2009. This
year's Festival includes a 72 min. special program
Witaj Polsko! Three Decades of Animation
from Poland. The program features 8 great animation shorts
from 1950s & 1960s from masters such as Wladyslaw Nehrebecki.
Where:
NWFF in Seattle, tickets $6 children, $9 adults, $6 NWFF
members
More:
Children's Film Festival,
NWFF |
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Jan 31, 8 pm:
Vivat Amore!
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sing-along concert
in Tacoma |
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Vivat Musica
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Vivat Amore! is a Biesiada program presented by
the Polish
Choir Vivat Musica
with many songs related to love and its tribulations. If you missed this great event in Seattle last
year, this is
your chance to listen and to sing merrily
along. Also, there is a party after the show. In Polish with some
songs in English.
Where: at the Parish Hall of
SS Peter a& Paul in Tacoma; tickets $25.
More:
contact for the Choir
Barbara
Niesulowski |
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Jan 31, 10 am: Polish Book Club meeting at
the Green Lake Library |
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The book for the meeting is
Trzynascie by Marcin Swietlicki published by Wyd.
EMG in 2007. The book is a gloomy
story of crime and love over 13
days in May 2006.
Marcin Swietlicki, "the most rebellious poet of his generation"
published five books of poetry, winning many awards; his side
line of crime novels has brought him praise both by critics and
readers.
The book 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 (in Polish),
Marcin
Swietlicki,
Polish
Book Club |
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Jan 29, 7:30 pm: Polish Heroes
- lecture Irena Sendler's children at the UW |
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Irena Sendler, 1943 |
The lecture by Prof. Przemyslaw Chojnowski Irena Sendler's
Children is devoted to the Polish WWII hero who ran the
children department of the resistant organization
Zegota and saved about
2,500 Jewish children from the Holocaust. Dr. Chojnowski is a
Fulbright scholar teaching topics from Polish culture at the UW.
The Polish Heroes
exhibition and series of lectures is organized by the UW
Polish Studies Endowment Committee, the Polish Consulate in Los
Angeles and the WS Holocaust Resource Education Center.
Where:
Room 220, Kane Hall on the University of Washington
campus; admission free
More:
Irena Sendler honored by the US
Congress,
Sendler bio,
UW PSEC,
WSHERC |
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Jan 28:
Podles and Ohlsson in
recital at Benaroya
- Cancelled |
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Ewa Podles |
This event has been
cancelled by the Seattle Symphony.
Ms. Ewa Podles, the brilliant Polish
contralto known locally from her very successful performances at
the Seattle Opera, returns to Benaroya in a solo program with
Garrick Ohlsson that features works by Chopin, Szymanowski,
Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky. Mr. Ohlsson is a famous pianist and
a winner of the prestigious Chopin competition in Warsaw (1970),
who have collaborated with Ms. Podles in many live recitals and
a CD.
Where:
at the
Seattle Symphony
at Benaroya Hall
More:
Benaroya recital,
Ewa Podles
site,
Ewa Podles bio,
Garrick Ohlsson |
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Jan 24-27: Polish animation
program at the NWFF Children's Film Festival |
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Northwest Film Forum in Seattle presents the 4th Children's Film
Festival running from January 23 to February 1, 2009. This
year's Festival includes a 72 min. special program
Witaj Polsko! Three Decades of Animation
from Poland. The program features 8 great animation shorts
from 1950s & 1960s from masters such as Wladyslaw Nehrebecki.
Where:
NWFF in Seattle,
Jan 24 at 3 pm, Jan 25 at 3:30 pm, Jan 26 at 1:30 pm, Jan 27 at
7 pm, Jan 31 at 3 pm;
tickets $6 children, $9 adults, $6 NWFF members
More:
Children's Film Festival,
NWFF |
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Jan 24, 3 pm: PHA annual meeting at the
Polish Home |
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This is the annual meeting for the members of the Polish Home
Association. It is also an election meeting for the Board of
Trustees and the PHA Officer positions. PHA members can vote by
proxy, see the Polish Home website for candidate lists, proxy forms and other election
info.
Where:
at the
Polish Home
More:
contact for
2009 election info,
election announcement |
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Jan 24, 9 pm: Disco at the Polish
Home |
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Organized by Mloda Polonia and Polish Soccer Club of
Seattle; new DJ Ronald will play Polish and club hits Everyone is invited!
Where: at the Polish Home; tickets $10 regular, ladies get
free before 10 pm, you must be 21+ to
attend
More: Polish Home,
Seattle Polonia site |
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Jan 22, 4:30 pm: Polish
Heroes - teachers workshop at the UW |
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This event is a three hour workshop for Washington State
teachers. Clock hours are available, light dinner will be
provided.
The Polish Heroes
exhibition and series of lectures organized by the UW Polish
Studies Endowment Committee, the Polish Consulate in Los Angeles
and the WS Holocaust Resource Education Center in Seattle.
Where:
Allen Auditorioum at the Suzzallo Library on the University of
Washington
campus; fee $20, reservation required
More:
UW PSEC,
WSHERC |
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Jan 22, 7:30 pm: Polish Heroes
- movie Zegota at the UW |
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Prof. Bartoszewski |
The show includes two documentary
movies: Zegota and Irena Sandler and Righteous Among
Nations. Zegota was a Polish WWII resistance organization
whose explicit goal was to save as many Jews as possible from
the Holocaust. It is estimated that about 50,000 Jews who
survived the Holocaust were helped by the organization. Irena
Sandler (see the lecture on Jan 29)
ran the Zegota children department.
The Polish Heroes
exhibition and series of lectures is organized by the UW
Polish Studies Endowment Committee, the Polish Consulate in Los
Angeles and the WS Holocaust Resource Education Center.
Where:
Room 220, Kane Hall on the University of Washington
campus; admission free
More:
UW PSEC,
WSHERC |
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Jan 18, 12 - 4 pm: Carnival party for kids at the
Polish Home |
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The Polish School from Seattle
invites every kid around to a traditional carnival party for
children from noon till
4 pm
at the Polish Home. It will feature games and competitions with
awards, dances with a DJ and a raffle. There will also be a dinner and
desserts available at the restaurant at a very reasonable
prices! All the proceeds go to the benefit of the Polish School.
Where:
at the
Polish Home,
admission free; dinner $10/$5 regular/half portion
More:
contact Principal Anna Babcock (425) 836-9322 |
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Jan 16 - Feb 1: Korczak's Children at
the Olympia Family Theater |
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Korczak's
Children
is a true story of an orphanage in the Warsaw ghetto
during WWII and its indomitable director, Dr. Janusz Korczak,
who declined an offer to be saved from the ghetto and stayed
with his wards to the very end. Korczak is also known for his
children books, especially the classic King Matt the First.
Where:
Minnaert
Center for the Arts at Puget Sound Community College
in Olympia; tickets
More:
Olympia Family Theater,
the play,
Janusz
Korczak |
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Jan 16-22: Polanski's Knife in
the Water at the
Grand Illusion |
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Knife in the Water (Noz w wodzie, 1962) is a
psychological thriller directed by Roman Polanski that was his
very famous debut. This movie established Polanski's reputation
as the feature director of note and today is as captivating as ever.
Where:
the Grand
Illusion Cinema in Seattle, daily at 7 pm & 9m, additional
shows on Sat & Sun at 3 pm & 5 pm.
More:
Knife in Water,
Roman Polanski |
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Jan 15, 7:30 pm: Polish Heroes
exhibition opening and lecture at the UW |
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The exhibition Polish Heroes: Those Who Rescued Jews
features profiles of Polish people who risked their lives and
the lives of their families to rescue Jews during WWII in Poland
is available at the UW Allen Library. The
lecture
Challenges
of the Rescuers and the Rescued
is by the keynote speaker Ms. Stanlee Stahl, Vice-President,
Jewish Federation for the Righteous.
Organized by the UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee, the
Polish Consulate in Los Angeles and the WS Holocaust Resource
Education Center in Seattle.
Where:
opening & lecture at Room 220, Kane Hall on the University of Washington
campus; exhibit at the Allen North wing of the
Suzzallo-Allen Library;
admission free
More:
UW PSEC,
WSHERC |
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Jan 12 - Feb 15: Polish Heroes
exhibition & lecture series at the UW |
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Irena Sendler, 1943
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The exhibition Polish Heroes: Those Who Rescued Jews
features profiles of Polish people who risked their lives and
the lives of their families to rescue Jews during WWII in
Poland. It runs from Jan 12 to Feb 15 at the UW Allen Library during library
hours.
The lecture series covers highlights different aspects of the
same topics
topic.
Jan. 15, 7:30 pm Exhibit Opening & Lecture. S.
Stahl,
Challenges of
the
Rescuers and the Rescued
Jan. 22,
4:30
pm
Teacher Workshop.
Rescuers and
the Rescued
Jan.
22, 7:30 pm Movie
Zegota -
two documenatry movies
Jan.
29, 7:30 pm Lecture.
Prof.
P. Chojnowski,
Irena Sendler's Children
Feb.
5, 7 pm
Lecture.
H.Friedman,
Holocaust Survivor: One of the Rescued.
Feb.
12, 7:30 pm Lecture.
Prof. K.
Stauter-Halstead,
Rescue in the Polish
Countryside - Politics, Differentiation in the
Occupied Village
Organized by the UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee, the
Polish Consulate in Los Angeles and the WS Holocaust Resource
Education Center in Seattle.
Where: exhibit at the North Allen wing of the
Suzzallo-Allen Library at the University of Washington
campus;
admission free; open during library hours; please check the
January & February pages of the Polish News website for details
of other events.
More:
UW PSEC,
WSHERC |
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Jan 10, 5 pm: Polish Choir Christmas concert at
SS. Peter and Paul in Tacoma |
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The Polish Choir Vivat Musica presents a Christmas
concert at the Polish Parish in Tacoma. Come to celebrate the Christmas spirit and to listen
to your favorite Polish carols.
Where:
at the
SS. Peter & Paul Church
in Tacoma; admission free
More: contact to the Choir
Barbara
Niesulowski |
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Jan 4, 2:30 pm: Christmas wafer sharing and
carols at the Polish Home |
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This event is the traditional wafer sharing (oplatek)
for members and friends of the Polish Home with Fr. Stanislaw
Michalek. The Polish Choir
Vivat Musica will help with caroling and everybody
is invited to come and sing Polish and American carols along.
Where:
at the
Polish Home
More:
Ela Filipczuk |
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Jan 4, 7 pm: Polish Choir Christmas concert at
the Trinity Church in Lynwood |
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The Polish Choir Vivat Musica presents a Christmas
concert at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Lynwood. The concert starts
at 7 pm. Come to celebrate the Christmas spirit and to listen
to your favorite Polish carols.
Where:
at the
Trinity Lutheran
Church in Lynwood; admission free
More: contact to the Choir
Barbara
Niesulowski |
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