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Oct 28 Halloween Disco at the Polish Home
Oct 18 Expansion Project meeting at the Polish Home
Oct 13 Prof. Radzilowski talks about Anti-Semitism in Poland at the Polish Home
Oct 12 Prof. Radzilowski on Solidarity and the American labor movement at the UW
Oct 7 Polish Book Club meeting in Redmond
Oct 4 till Nov 7 J. Brzostowska paintings at Café Flora in Seattle
Oct 4 A new indoor soccer team plays the first game
Till Nov 15 K. Poznanski paintings in Pacific City, OR

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Visit Cafe Flora in October to see Joanna Brzostowska paintings

 

Oct 28, 8 pm: Halloween Disco at the Polish Home

This is the popular yearly Halloween theme disco, so fill free to dress up! DJ Marcin Ludowicz invites to his own mix of the newest and hottest techno and dance hits. Halloween costumes encouraged but not required – there will be prizes for the 3 best costumes of the night. You need to be 21+ to attend.

Where: at the Polish Home; tickets $10

More: Polish Home

Oct 18, 7:30 pm: Expansion Project meeting at the Polish Home

Do you enjoy more parking space at the Polish Home? Come to discuss and support more changes at the Polish Home resulting from the Expansion Project! This is an open monthly meeting, everybody interested in the project is invited to come and discuss issues. Volunteers are also welcomed to the meeting!

Where: at the Polish Home, just drop by; refreshments are provided!

More: Polish Home Foundation, Polish Home

Oct 13, 8 pm: Prof. Radzilowski talks about Anti-Semitism in Poland at the Polish Home

Thaddeus Radzilowski, Ph.D

This is a second lecture by Dr. Thaddeus Radzilowski during his visit to Seattle. At the Polish Home he will focus on the Polish-Jewish relations and discussions about Jan Gross’s newest book FEAR - Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz.

Where: at the Polish Home; admission free

More: Piast Institute, Prof. Radzilowski

Oct 12, 7 pm: Prof. Radzilowski on Solidarity and the American labor movement at the UW

Thaddeus Radzilowski, Ph.D

Dr. Thaddeus Radzilowski is a historian specializing in East Central Europe and immigration issues. He is the president and co-founder of the Piast Institute, a think-tank based in Hamtramck, MI as well as professor emeritus of St Mary’s College in Orchard Lake, MI. His lecture will focus on Poles in the American labor movement as well as its relations with Solidarity. The lecture is organized by the UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee.

Where: Room #220, Kane Hall, at the University of Washington campus; admission free

More: Piast Institute, Prof. Radzilowski, UW PSEC

Oct 7, 11 am: Polish Book Club meeting in Redmond

The book for the meeting is Reisefieber by Mikolaj Lozinski, published by Znak in 2006. This is the first book by Lozinski, 25, a young sociologist who graduated from the Sorbonne in Paris. The book is a surprisingly mature treatment of a young man dealing with the death of his mother. The book is available in Polish, please see the Club website for more info. New members and guests are always welcome.

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

More: Polish Book Club, about Lozinski and the book

Oct 4 - a new indoor soccer team plays the first game

Apparently some local Polish soccer players can’t get enough! PKS - the Polish Soccer Club of Seattle -  sprouted a new team. FC Polska is an indoor soccer team starting their first indoor league game this Wednesday. The club looks for new players both for the indoor and outdoor teams. Please contact Michal or Piotr to kick the ball!  

Where:  Where:  Every Wednesday night at the Starfire Sports Complex in Fort Dent, between Renton and Tukwila

More: contact Michal Pietrzyk [email protected], 206-288-8227 or Piotr Warczak at [email protected], 206-769-3840

Oct 4, 6-8 pm, till Nov 7: J. Brzostowska paintings at Café Flora in Seattle

Joanna Brzostowska is a painter and art teacher based in Warsaw, Poland, where she also runs her own gallery, Galeria Konstancin. Her impressionist art, full of color and light, ranging from figurative representations to large format, abstract images was featured in exhibitions all over Europe as well as in Japan and Canada. The Artist comes to Seattle for the opening night. The exhibition, organized by Café Flora and the Artist is available from October 4 till November 7, 2006.

Where:  Café Flora, 2901 E Madison Street, Seattle (not far from the Polish Home); admission free

More: www.cafeflora.com, about the Artist www.Brzostowska.com, local contact to Katarzyna Alderman at [email protected]

Till Nov 15: K. Poznanski paintings in Pacific City, OR

Kazimierz Poznanski is an art collector and a painter as well as a professor at the UW Jackson School of International Studies. The Soaring Crane Gallery in Pacific City, OR, displays about 20 of his recent paintings on rice paper, including seven paintings from the Geranium series, nine still lives from the Desire series and several landscapes. If you plan to go to the Polish Festival in Portland, a side trip to Pacific City might be just what you need!

Where: at the Soaring Crane Gallery, Cape Kiwanda Hotel, 33105 Cape Kiwanda Drive, Pacific City, Oregon 97135; admission free; from June 15 till Nov 15, open daily from 10 am till 5 pm, tel. 503-965-7848

More: Prof. Poznanski , Soaring Crane Gallery

 

© 2006 Ryszard Kott

 

Fot. 'Fountain" - Hanna Gil

Fot. "Seattle" - Ryszard Kwieciński