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Nov 27, 6 pm:
Poems by K. Wojtyla at the Poetry
Salon at the Polish Home |
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Pope John Paul II |
Karol
Wojtyla
- the late Pope John Paul II - was also a poet and a playwright.
The Poetry Salon invites to a special evening presenting his
poems, in Polish and English. The first part of the program
presents poems and fragment of a play created before Wojtyla
became the Pope in 1978; the second part presents his later
verses. As usual, music is an integral part of the evening: local
Polish pianist Marzena Szlaga will play three nocturnes, a mazurka
and a waltz by Fr. Chopin.
Where: at the Polish Home;
admission free, in Polish and
English
More: poems in English
Karol Wojtyla poems,
for
the Salon
Salon |
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Nov 27, 1:30 pm:
M.
Radomska in a
monodrama at St. Margaret’s |
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St. Therese
of Lisieux |
The Polish
Parish in
Seattle
presents Malgorzata Radomska in a
monodrama
Zamieszkac
z Toba (in Polish) based on
the famous autobiography
Story of the Soul by St. Therese of
Lisieux (Therese Martin, 1873-1897).
Ms. Radomska comes to
Seattle from
Vancouver, BC.
The drama adaptation has been prepared by Izabella
Drobotowicz-Orkisz.
Where: in the Parish Hall at St. Margaret’s Catholic Church in
Seattle,
3221 14th Ave (at
Dravus); admission free
More: St. Therese
www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintt02.htm,
the Parish
www.PolskaParafia.org,
tel. (206) 282-1804 |
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Nov 26, 8 pm - midnight:
Andrzejki
Dance Evening at PHA |
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According to
the old Polish tradition,
Andrzejki (a party on St.
Andrew’s eve, Nov 30) was the last party of the year, with some
special customs such as divining future from pouring hot wax on
water. (Wax pouring is not planned this year). The evening is
hosted by Marcin Pietrzak and features
live music by the
Polonus band
from Portland.
Where: at the Polish Home, tickets $15 PHA members, $20 others
More:
www.PolishHome.org |
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Nov 22, 7:30 pm:
Bohdan
Smolen show in Tacoma |
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Bohdan Smolen |
Bohdan Smolen,
one of the legends of the Polish cabaret, is coming to the
Pacific Northwest with his group that includes
Grzegorz Reklinski, Jozef Romek and Marcin Samolczyk. His cabaret
show Na kazda okazje
is in Polish.
Where: Parish Hall at Sts Peter and Paul’s Church,
3422 Portland Ave,
Tacoma;
tickets $15 advanced, $18 at the door; advanced tickets available
at the Polish Home on Nov 11 & 18
More: Smolen
www.radio.com.pl/raf/artysta.asp?artistId=1358,
Fr. Piotr Dzikowski, (253) 272-5232 |
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Nov 19, 6:30 pm:
A Cabaret from
Vancouver at the Polish Home |
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The Polish
Cabaret
Albo
tak, albo
nie from
Vancouver invites to the program
Czerwone
Wino (in Polish). Please note this is different from
the Cabaret
Banka that was
coming from
Canada before, but the evening
still should be fun! The restaurant and the bar will be open
before and after the event.
Where: at the Polish Home; tickets $12 advanced, $15 regular, $10
seniors & students; in Polish
More:
Barbara Strutynski, tel. (425) 746-3037,
www.PolishHome.org |
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Nov 19, 11 am:
Polish Book Club meeting at the Green Lake Library in Seattle |
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The book for
the meeting is
Miasto
utrapienia by Jerzy
Pilch, published by
Wyd.
Swiat
Ksiazki in 2004.
Pilch is a contemporary
autor, whose
Pod mocnym
aniolem won the Nike in
2001 (no English translation yet).
Miasto
utrapienia is a vintage
Pilch, with an ESP plot line serving
as scaffolding for his down to earth humor and ironic observations
on life in
Poland and the human nature.
The book is available on the internet. Please see the club
website for more details.
Where: Seattle Public Libraries,
the Green
Lake
branch, 7364 E. Green
Lake Dr. N.,
Seattle, (206) 684-7547
More:
Polish Book Club,
Jerzy Pilch, contact to the Club
Hanna Gil,
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Nov 17, 7-9 pm:
PH E&R Open
House & Volunteer call |
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Polish Home
Expansion & Remodeling Fundraising Committee invites everybody
interested in the PH expansion project to an open house at the
Polish Home. With the fundraising progressing at a nice pace
(pledges to date: $230,000), the project is in the review phase
before commissioning the final construction plans.
. All interested in the details of the project as well as
volunteers are welcome!
Where: at the Polish Home, admission free, just drop by;
refreshments provided!
More:
www.PolishHomeFoundation.org |
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Nov 14, 3:30 pm:
Prof. Ericson talks about transition
in Poland & EE at the UW |
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Dr. Richard Ericson |
Dr. Richard
Ericson is the Chair, Dept of
Economics at the East
Carolina University,
in Greenville,
NC. His interest is in transitional
economies, especially those of the former Soviet Union countries
and its satellites in Eastern Europe.
This lecture is part of the
Poland’s
Transition: Success Story? lecture mini-series, organized by
prof. Poznanski of UW.
Where: Parrington
Commons,
University
of Washington in
Seattle; admission free
More:
www.eerc.ru/details/people.aspx?id=2304&m=0,
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Nov 13, 2:30 pm:
Poland’s Independence Day celebration at the Polish Home |
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Poland
regained its independence on Nov 11, 1918, when
Jozef Pilsudski
became the Head of State after a popular revolt at the Polish
territories led to a formation of the reborn
state. This year the community will honor four local WWII
veterans: Kazimierz Malinowski, Maria Urbaniak and Roman & Roma
Wal. The program includes performances
by the Polish Choir, children from the
Polish School
in Seattle and the Polish Scout Troop. The restaurant will be open
from 1 pm till after the concert.
Where: at the Polish Home,
1714 18th Ave in
Seattle, admission free.
More:
www.PolishHome.org, Barbara Strutynski, (425) 746-3037
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Nov 12, 4 pm:
Kaminska &
Bowlby in a Chopin concert at the
Polish Home |
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Ivona Kaminska-Bowlby |
Renowned local
pianists, Ivona Kaminska-Bowlby and Christopher
Bowlby invite to a new series of piano
concerts focusing on Chopin and other Polish composers. The first
concert has an all-Chopin program: Sonata in B-minor op.58,
Barcarolle op. 60 and four ballads. Dr. Kaminska and Dr.
Bowlby have recently opened the Chopin
Academy of Music in Issaquah. The Polish Home restaurant will be
open before the event.
Where: at the Polish Home; tickets $12 advanced, $15 regular, $10
seniors & students
More:
www.chopinacademy.com, or call: 425 829 1117 or 425 829 1229. |
Chris Bowlby |
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Nov 10, 6-8:30 pm:
Images from Poland
at FUEL Coffee in Seattle |
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Ilana
Kennedy
presents a photo exhibition consisting of her pictures from a
recent summer trip to
Poland
that was tracing places of Jewish culture and martyrdom. Ms.
Kennedy is the Director of Education at the
Washington State
Holocaust
Education
Research
Center in Seattle
that organized the trip for
Washington
state teachers in the summer of 2005. The exhibition is open for
the month of November, 2005; the opening reception is on Nov 10.
Where: FUEL Coffee,
610 19th Ave E,
Seattle, admission free
More:
www.fuelcoffeeSeattle.com,
www.wsherc.org |
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Nov 8, 6-8 pm:
UW PSEC Open House Party for Volunteers |
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University
of Washington Polish Studies Endowment
Fund Auction Committee
invites everybody who would like to help with the next auction in
April 2006 or volunteer for other UW PSEC activities to an open
house party at the Polish Home. The auction committee members will
be available to answer all the questions about the plans for the
2006 auction, the Endowment Fund and the Fund-a-Scholar Fund.
Where: at the Polish Home, admission free, just drop by;
refreshments provided!
More:
auction@polishstudiesuw.org |
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Nov 5 & 6, noon – 7 pm:
Fall Bazaar at the Polish Home |
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The biggest
such event around Puget Sound, the Polish fall bazaar features
booths with Polish books and CDs, crafts, pottery, crystal, amber
and other merchandize as well as booths by local Polish-American
organizations. You can also buy Christmas ornaments and wafers (oplatki),
Polish pierogi, cakes and sweets as
well as have a full course dinner prepared by the Ladies. Polish
Choir has a performance at 2 pm on Sunday.
Organized by the Ladies Auxiliary.
Where: at the Polish Home,
1714 18th Ave in
Seattle, admission free.
More:
www.PolishHome.org |
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Seattle
Polish Film Festival in April
2006 |
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This is just a
reminder that the Polish Film Festival that used to happen in
Seattle
in November has been moved to April. The next festival will start
on the last week of April, 2006.
More: www.PolishFilms.org |
