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November 2011


Nov 26

  Celebrating St. Andrew's night / Andrzejki at the Polish Cultural Center

Nov 19

  Polish Story Time Poczytajka at the Polish Cultural Center
  Polish Book Club meeting at the Green Lake Library
  Polish Cabaret To i Owo at the Polish Cultural Center
  Henryk Wieniawski's Legende in Tacoma

Nov 16-20

  Two Plays by Slawomir Mrozek in Vancouver

Nov 15 - Dec 9

  Maria Sklodowska-Curie Exhibition at the UW

Nov 14

  M. Pisarski on the Polish Presidency of the EU at the UW

Nov 13

  Poland's Independence Day Celebration in Seattle
  Movie Freedom on the Fence at the NW Film Center in Portland

Nov 12

  Kaminska & Veselinowic play Bach and Schumann at St. Thomas Ep. Church

Nov 12-13

  Oregon Polish Culture Weekend in Portland

Nov 11-13

  Seattle Polish Film Festival at the Uptown Cinema

Nov 9

  J. Kapuscinski Where is Chopin? at Jack Straw Productions in Seattle

Nov 7

  Ewa Kasprzyk in an Almodovar's monodrama at the Polish Cultural Center

Nov 5-6

  Polish Bazaar at the Polish Cultural Center

Nov 4-6

  Seattle Polish Film Festival at the Uptown Cinema

Polish Bazaar

Polish Film Festival

Sklodowska-Curie

Nov 26, from 6 pm: St. Andrew's night  party / Andrzejki at the Polish Cultural Center

According to the old Polish tradition, Andrzejki (a party on St. Andrew’s night, Nov 30) was the last big party of the year, with some special customs such as divining future from pouring hot wax on water. Music by The Dogtones, with additional entertainment during intermissions. Doors open at 6 pm with dinner available at the Polish Home restaurant downstairs till 10 pm, bar opens at 7:30 pm, dancing from 9 pm to 1 am. New this year: baby sitting service at the conference room from 7 pm to midnight.

 

Where: at the Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home, tickets $20 PHA members and $25 for non-members include a snack & a glass of wine. 

More: for table reservations or info please contact Maria Switalska at (425) 241 0523 or Lucyna Blonska at (206) 764 7057.

Nov  19, 11 am: Polish Book Club meeting at  the Green Lake Library

The book for the meeting is Kontrkultura. Co nam z tamtych lat? by Wojciech Burszta (red.), Mariusz Czuba & Marcin Rychlewski published by SWPS Academica Literackie in 2005. This is a book of essays about phenomenon of counterculture in Polish society from after WWII till current time. The essays are available from club members. Club meetings are in Polish.

 

Where: at the Green Lake Public Library in Seattle; admission free

More: about book (in Polish), Polish Book Club

Nov 19, 11 am: Polish Story Time Poczytajka at the Polish Cultural Center

Story time for the youngest members of the Polish community! In this meeting: playing, dancing and drawing along with reading and all of it in Polish. You can also borrow Polish children books & movies for an evening reading. Organized by volunteers Joanna Wroblewska and Monika Oczkowska-McNeal and the Polish Library. You can find more on Poczytajka here.

 

Where: at the Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home in Seattle; admission free, in Polish

More: Poczytajki at the Polish Library, Polish Library in Nov 2011, Poczytajki blog by Joanna,

Nov 19, 7 pm: Polish Cabaret To i Owo at the Polish Cultural Center

The Polish Home Cabaret To i Owo invites to a program in Polish called A moze by tak jescze raz. This is a special program prepared by the Cabaret under the direction of Barbara Strutynski for the 30 years anniversary of the Cabaret. Everybody is invited to a great evening! The restaurant and the bar will be open for the occasion from 5:30 pm. 

 

Where: at the Polish Home; tickets $15 inscude a glass of wine; for tickets and reservations contact Asia Jeziorska (425) 417-9548 and Renata Mroz 206-362-7917

More: The Cabaret poster

Nov 19, 7:30 pm: Henryk Wieniawski's Legende in Tacoma

The Tacoma Youth Symphony Assn. presents a Tacoma Young Artists Concert that includes: Leonore Overture by Ludwig van Beethoven, Legende for Violin and Orchestra op 17 and Polonaise Brillante no 2 by Henryk Wieniawski, as well as Czech Suite op 39 and Hungarian Dance op 46 by Antonin Dworzak. Wieniawski (1835-1880) was a virtuoso violin player and a composer of some of the most important works for violin repertoire.

 

Where: at Urban Grace Church in Tacoma, WA; tickets $6 to $17 regular

More: Legende, Henryk Wieniawski, Tacoma Youth Symphony Association

Nov 16-20: Two Plays by Slawomir Mrozek at the Pro Arte Theatre  in Vancouver, BC

Canadian-Polish Society Pro Arte - Popular Theatre in Vancouver, BC invites to a spectacle of two one-act plays by Slawomir Mrozek, Na pelnym morzu and Czarowna Noc (in Polish w/ English subtitles). Mrozek, 81, is a writer and playwright famous for his use of absurd and satire applied to serious topics both in plays and in short stories & novels. Directed by Marek Czuma.

 

Where: Waterfront Theatre in Vancouver, BC; in Polish with English subtitles, Nov 16-19 at 8 pm, Nov 20 at 2 pm

More: about play (PL),  Mrozek, Canadian-Polish Society Pro Arte / Teatr Popularny,  for more info call Elizabeth (604) 430-6791, Ryszard (604) 596-4238 or Andrzej (604) 897-1899.

Nov 15 - Dec 9: Maria Sklodowska-Curie Exhibition at the University of Washington

This exhibit celebrates the Year of Maria Sklodowska-Curie at the University of Washington. Marie Curie, nee Maria Sklodowska, was a pioneer researcher in radioactivity and chemistry, discoverer of elements polonium and radium and the only person who received the Nobel price twice, in 1903 and 1911. The exhibition is sponsored by the Consulate General of Poland in Los Angeles, the Consulate General of France in Los Angeles and UW PSEC.

Please note: the end date has changed, the exhibit will be taken down late afternoon on Dec 9.

 

Where: North Lobby, Allen Library at the UW campus in Seattle, admission free during library hours.

More: about Marie Curie, UW PSEC

Nov 14, 3:30 pm: M. Pisarski on the Polish Presidency of the EU at the UW

Maciej Pisarski

Mciej Pisarski, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Poland, will make a presentation The Polish Presidency of the European Union, Implication for Europe & Transatlantic Relations. Mr. Pisarki is a career diplomat specializing in Polish-American relationship as well as an author publishing on US-Polish relationships and Polish-Jewish topics. Organized by the UW PSEC and sponsored by the UW Ellison Center and the Center of West European Studies.

 

Where: Allen Auditorium, Allen Library at the UW campus in Seattle; admission free

More: UW PSEC, the Elison Center, the Center of West European Studies

Nov 13, 2:30 pm: Poland’s Independence Day Celebration in Seattle

Poland was reborn as a country on Nov 11, 1918, when Jozef Pilsudski became the Head of State after a popular revolt liberated the Polish territories. To commemorate that event, there will be a mass for Poland at the Polish Church in Seattle at noon and a celebration at the Polish Cultural Center at 2:30 pm.  The celebration at the PCC include a program prepared by the children from the Polish Scouts troop Kaszuby. The restaurant will be open from 1 pm to 4 pm as usual.

 

Where: the mass at St. Margaret's Church in Seattle at noon, the celebration at the Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home at 2:430 pm, admission free.

More: Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home

Nov 12-13: Oregon Polish Culture Weekend in Portland

by Mieczyslaw Górowski

The first Polish Culture Weekend in Portland includes the following program:

   Sat  7 pm        a Biesiada sing-along concert with Bolek Brant-Zawadzki & Leonard Kosatka

   Sun 1:15 pm    Celebration of the Independence Day with folk dances by Polish School as well as

                              presentations about Maria Curie and the history of the Polish Portland community

   Sun  5 pm        Movie Freedom on the Fence by dir. Andrea Marks about Polish poster art

                              at the Northwest Filmmakers Festival and meeting with director prof. Marks

  

Where: Biesiada and the Independence Day Celebration at the Polish Hall & Library in Portland, OR; admission free, the NFF movie at Whitsell Auditorium at Portland Art Museum

More: contact PLBA president Donata Tiley, Freedom on the Fence website

Nov 12, 7 pm: Kaminska & Veselinovic play Bach and Schumann at St. Thomas

Ivona Kaminska

The Seattle International Piano Festival invites to Dance and Elegance - a Bach and Schumann  concert by local artists pianist Ivona Kaminska and violinist Miodrag Veselinovic. The program includes Sonata for violin & keyboard BWV 1017 and violin Partita no 3 BWV by Bach and Carnival op. 9 by Schuman. Both Dr. Kaminska and Mr. Veselinovic are on the faculty of the Chopin Academy of Music in Issaquah and regularly give concerts together.

   

Where: St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Medina, WA; tickets $20 regular, $15 students & seniors

More: bout  SIPF, Ivona Kaminska, Miodrag Veselinovic, Chopin Academy of Music

Nov  11-13: 19th Seattle Polish Film Festival at the SIFF Cinema at the Uptown

Poster by Anais Adamska

Mystification

Rite of Passage

Matrimonial Comedy

The 2011 Seattle Polish FIlm Festival runs November 4-13 at a new SIFF venue - it's the SIFF Cinema at the Uptown, freshly opened in October, 2011. Below program for the second weekend of the Festival.

  

All movies at SIFF CInema at the Uptown; in Seattle. Program subject to change.

 

Program for Friday, November 11

    6:30 pm   Rabbit a la Berlin / Krolik po berlinsku, 2019, dir. Bartek Konopka (50 min)

    7:30 pm   Erratum, 2010, dir. Marek Lechki (90 min)

    9:20 pm   Mystification / Mistyfikacja, 2010, dir. Jacek Koprowski (110 min)

 

Program for Saturday, November 12

    2:30 pm   Polish Eaglets Over Pakistan / Polskie orleta na pakistanskim niebie, 2009, (60 min)

                          dir. Anna Teresa Pietraszek

                   with a short A Trip To Nowhere, 2010, dir. Shannon Hart-Reed (20 min)

    4:20 pm   Short Movies block #2

                          Hanoi-Warsaw / Hanoi-Warszawa, 2009, dir. Katarzyna Klimkiewicz

                          Twist and Blood, 2010, Kuba Czekaj

                           My New Life / Moja nowa droga, 2009, dir. Barbara Bialowas

    6:30 pm   The Rite of Passage / Mala matura 1947, 2010, dir. Janusz Majewski (110 min)

    8:45 pm   Entanglement / Uwiklanie, 2011, dir. Jacek Bromski (128 min)

                           with a short Poland?Yes! / Polska? Tak!, 2011, dir. Jerzy Szkamruk (12 min)

 

Program for Sunday, November 13

    2:00 pm   Independent Movies, block #4 (125 min)

                            Prisoners / Wiezniarki, 2008, dir. Piotr Zarebski (90 min)

                            MC. Man of Vinyl / MC. Czlowiek z winylu, 2010, dir. Bartosz Warwas (20 min)

                            The Trip / Wycieczka, 2010, dir. Bartosz Kruhlik (12 min)

    4:30 pm   Trick, 2010, dir. Jan Hryniak (95 min)

    6:25 pm   Madame Curie, 1943, dir. Mervyn LeRoy (125 min)

    8:50 pm   Matrimonial Comedy / Komedia malzenska, 1994, dir.Roman Zaluski (95 min)

 

Please note: the Festival looks for volunteers - if you would like to help, please contact Mr. Greg Plichta.

  

Where: all movies at SIFF CInema at the Uptown; tickets $10 regular, Festival passes $60

More: Seattle Polish Film Festival, SGSCA

Nov 7, 8 pm: J. Kapuscinski Where is Chopin? at Jack Straw Productions

Jack Straw Productions and Washington Composer Forum present Composer Spotlight: Jaroslaw Kapuscinski; Composing Juicy Internedia: Where Is Chopin? Dr. Kapuscinski is an intermedia and pianist composer whose works have been presented in New York's MoMA & Centre G. Pompidou inParis; he is also a professor at the Dept of Music of the Stanford U.

 

Where: at Jack Straw Productions in Seattle; admission free  

More: Jaroslaw Kapuscinski

Nov 7, 8 pm: Ewa Kasprzyk in an Almodovar monodrama at the Polish Cultural Center

Ewa Kasprzyk

The Polish Cultural Center presents Ewa Kasprzyk in a monodrama adapted for theatre from Pedro Amlodovar's short story Patty Diphusa. Ms. Kasprzyk is a very popular Polish actress, known both from a top sitcom Zlotopolscy and from her film roles. Among others, for her role in Bellissima, she won the best actress award at the 2001 PFF in Gdynia. Ms. Kasprzyk is in town as a guest of the Seattle Polish Film Festival. This program is in Polish.

 

Where: Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home; tickets $20 at the door; in Polish  

More: about Ewa Kasprzyk and the spectacle (PL), interview w/ Ms. Kasprzyk (PL)

Nov 5-6, noon - 7 pm: Fall Bazaar at the Polish Cultural Center

The lovely

2008 Bazaar staff

The biggest Polish event in Seattle, the fall bazaar features booths with Polish books and CDs, crafts, pottery, crystal, amber etc. as well as booths by local Polish-American organizations. Polish Choir Vivat Musica performs on Saturday at 2:30 pm. You can buy Christmas ornaments and wafers (oplatki), Polish pierogi, home made cakes and enjoy a full course dinner. Also, frozen pierogi from Chicago to go. Organized by the Ladies Auxiliary.

 

Where: at the Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home, admission free.

More: Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home, or contact Beta Rodzinski, acting president of the Ladies Auxiliary

Nov  4-6: 19th Seattle Polish Film Festival at the SIFF Cinema at the Uptown

Poster by Anais Adamska

Public Outrage

Joanna

Black Thursday

Career of Nikos Dyzma

The 2011 Seattle Polish FIlm Festival runs November 4-13 at a new SIFF venue - it's the SIFF Cinema at the Uptown, freshly opened in October, 2011. Below program for the first weekend of the Festival.

  

All movies at the SIFF CInema at the Uptown; in Seattle. Program subject to change.

 

Program for Friday, November 4

    7:00 pm   Joanna, 2010, dir. Feliks Falk, (105 min)

    9:10 pm   Flying Pigs / Skrzydlate swinie, 2010, dir. Andrzej Kazejak (100 min)

 

Program for Saturday, November 5

    2:30 pm   Independent Movies block #1 (95 min):

                          House of Death / Dom smierci, 2010, dir. Matej Bobrik (17 min)

                          http://, 2010, dir. Bartosz Kruhlik (12 min)

                          Normal People / Ludzie normalni, 2010, dir. Piotr Zlotorowicz (24 min)

                          Ewa and Marcin / Ewa i Marcin, 2010, dir. Matej Bobrik (18 min)

                          Nowhere Blues / Koluszki blues, 2009, dir. Bartosz Warwas  (19 min)

    4:20 pm   Short Movies block #1 (100 min):

                          Play With Me / Zagraj ze mna, 2010, dir. Rafal Skalski

                          Come To Me / Przyjdz do mnie, 2009, dir. Ewa Banaszkiewicz

                          Sleepwalkers / Lunatycy, 2009, dir. Maciej Sterlo-Orlicki

                          Two Hearts / Serca dwa, 2009, dir. Anna Kusmierczyk

    6:30 pm   Snow Queen / Krolowa sniegu, 2009, dir. Maciej Michalski (100 min)

                           Q&A with producer Jakub Michalski and actress Ewa Kasprzyk

    8:45 pm   Career of Nikos Dyzma / Kariera Nikosia Dyzmy, 2002, dir. Jacek Bromski (110 min)

                           with a short Poland?Yes! / Polska? Tak!, 2011, dir. Jerzy Szkamruk (12 min)

                           Q&A with actress Ewa Kasprzyk

 

Program for Sunday, November 6

    1:30 pm   Independent Movies block #2 (125 min)

                          Public Outrage / Zgorszenie publiczne, 2009, dir. Maciej Prykowski (86 min)

                          A Screening at the Tatry Cinema / Seans w kinie Tatry, 2010, dir. Igor Chojna

                          Tomorrow ... / Jutro ..., 2008, dir. Bartosz Kruhlik (13 min)

    4:00 pm   Independent Movies block #3 (95 min)

                           Charcoal Burners / Smolarze, 2010, dir. Piotr Zlotorowicz (15 min)

                           The Officer's Wife, 2010, dir. Piotr Uzarowicz (77 min)

    4.:00 pm   19th SPFF Reception 4 pm - 5:30 pm, by invitation only

                           with Festival guests: director Antoni Krauze, producer Kazimierz Beer,

                           producer Jakub Michalski and actress Ewa Kasprzyk

    6:00 pm    Double Feature:

                    Black Thursday / Czarny czwartek, 2010, dir. Antoni Krauze (100 min)

                           Q&A Panel with director Antoni Krauze and producer Kazimierz Beer

                     Poland in Freedom, 2011, dir. Ireneusz Engler (60 min)

                           with an animated short City of Ruins / Miasto ruin 2010, dir. Damian Nenow (6 min)

 

Please note: the Festival looks for volunteers - if you would like to help, please contact Mr. Greg Plichta.

   

Where: all movies at SIFF CInema at the Uptown; tickets $10 regular, Festival passes $60

More: Seattle Polish Film Festival, SGSCA

 
 

© 2011  Ryszard Kott

Photo "Fountain" courtesy Hanna Gil, Photo "Seattle" courtesy Ryszard Kwieciński