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July 24, 11 am: Polish Book Club meeting at
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The book for the meeting is
Prowadz swoj plug przez kosci umarlych by Olga Tokarczuk published by
Wyd. Literackie in 2009. The is a moral thriller with a female
protagonist. This is a new genre for Tokarczuk, who is a very
popular, award winning author and essayist. The book is available on the
Internet or from Club members. Club meetings are in
Polish.
Where:
at the
Green Lake Public Library in Seattle; admission free
More: about
book (in Polish)
Olga
Tokarczuk,
Tokarczuk
WL site,
Polish
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July 21, 7:30 pm: Movie Everything For
Sale at the Polish Home |
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Polish Film Club OKO presents
Everything for Sale (Wszystko
na sprzedaz)
- a 1969 movie directed by A. Wajda and starring E. Czyzewska &
A. Lapicki.
Inspired by the tragic
death of the great actor Zbigniew Cybulski, the film is Wajda's
very personal take on movie making. This screening is a tribute
to Ms. Elzbieta Czyzewska who died
recently in New York.
There will be an intro to the movie and a
discussion afterwards.
Where:
at the
Polish Home; in Polish
w/ English subtitles; admission free
More:
Czyzewska, her fan
site,
Wajda,
Wajda on the movie & Cybulski,
movie on Amazon,
PFC OKO site |
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July 17 & 18: PKS plays in All
Nations Cup in Tukwila |
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All smiles in 2008 |
The next best
thing to the soccer World Cup - the Polish
soccer club of Seattle (PKS) plays again in All Nations Cup in Tukwila.
In 2008 the team advanced to the semi-finals, in 2009 exited at
the group level. Better luck this year! Come to
cheer the team Poland in the qualifier round:
Sat, July
17, 1:30 pm: Poland
vs. Guatemala, field #2, final score 1:2
Sat,
July 17, 7:30 pm: Poland
vs. Korea, field #2, final score 2:0
Sun, July 18,
2:30 pm: Poland
vs. Romania, field #4, final score 0:1
Where: Starfire Sports Center in Tukwila;
All Nations Cup
More: for PKS contact
Piotr Warczak
206-769-3840, or
Grzegorz Kostyra
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July 17 & 18, 10 am - 6 pm: Modern wycinanki
art at the Magnuson Park |
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Meditation in Green |
Wycinanki is the Polish art of making fine cutouts.
Alisa Lidzbarski
Lahti will be showing and selling her paper-cut and wycinanki-influenced
artwork
at the Best of Magnuson Park art fair.
She’ll have original work as well as greeting card prints. The
Park combines the art fair, a music festival, a soccer
tournament, as well as food, beer & wine over the weekend
for a great family day out.
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July 17 & 18: Fusion Festival in
Surrey, BC |
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Surrey is a city in Canada between the border and
Vancouver.
The Fusion Festival is a huge festival showcasing music, culture
and culinary traditions of 25 nations. Last year 60,000
visitors attended. This year there are two Polish groups from
Canada performing at the Festival, and the Polish Pavilion
presents a medieval Poland theme, complete with a puppet show
The Legend of the Wawel Dragon.
Where: at
Holland Park, Surrey, BC; admission
free; puppet show at 1, 3, 5 & 7 pm.
More:
Festival
site,
Pavilions |
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July 16, 7 pm:
Lecture & film on Changes in the Arctic Climate in
Seattle |
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Norbert Untersteiner |
UW Polish Studies Endowment
Committee invites to
a lecture Changes in the Arctic Climate by Prof. Norbert
Untersteiner. Dr.
Untersteiner is an UW Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences.
He will discuss effects of rapid warming of the Arctic on the
marine ecosystem, resource extraction and commercial shipping
and will comment on his documentary movie
Drifting Station Alpha in the Arctic.
Where: at a private home in North Seattle; admission free, reception to
follow;
If you are interested, please
contact
Ewa Poraj-Kuczewska or call (206) 362-3829.
More: about
prof. Untersteiner,
his
article on Arctic ice cover,
UW PSEC
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July 3, 6 am - 8 pm: Polish
Presidential Elections
at the Polish Home |
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Update: Results for the
Seattle polling station #177: Kaczynski 146, Komorowski 139,
results
page here.
This is the run-off round of the early presidential elections in
Poland – a contest between Jaroslaw Kaczynski and Bronislaw
Komorowski.
A polling station for Polish citizens is at the
Polish Home; voting in the United States is set on July 3,
2010 from 6 am to 8 pm. To vote you have to be registered -
people who have not registered yet can
register till July 1, 2010.
Results of
the first round.
Registration info
Where: at the Polish Home;
the
restaurant will be open from noon till at least 4 pm; additional registration deadline is July 1,
2010.
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More:
More:
Elections FAQ (in English),
Detailed election info (in Polish) |
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July:
Polish Home open in July |
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In July 2010, the Polish Home in Seattle
is open on Friday nights as usual, including the restaurant and
the bar. It's closed on Sundays though.
The Polish Home will be closed
for a summer break
in August and will reopen in September.
More:
Polish Home in Seattle
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