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Frank Piasecki
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Nov 29, 7:30 pm:
Household & Gender Roles in 19c. Central Europe at the UW |
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The
UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee presents a lecture by Dr.
Tomasz Pudlocki entitled Household and Gender Roles in 19th
Century Central Europe.
Dr. Pudlocki works at the History Dept of the Jagiellonian Univ.
in Cracow, and in 2012 / 2013 is visiting with the Columbia
University. The lecture discusses gender role aspects for
different social classes.
Where: the Simpson Center, the Communications Building at the Univ. of Washington
campus;
admission free
More:
lecture
information,
UW PSEC |
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Nov 24, from 6 pm: Celebrating St. Andrew's Night / Andrzejki at the Polish Cultural Center |
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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 from CD. Additional attractions: a
performance by a guitar trio and a dance show by U.S. Ballroom
Champions. 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.
Where: at the Polish
Cultural Center / Polish Home,
tickets
$15 PHA
members and $20 for non-members. Babysitting
available at the conference room from 7 pm to midnight.
More: for table reservations or info please contact
Maria Switalska at
(425) 226 7660 or Lucyna Blonska
at (206) 764 7057 |
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Nov 20, 7:30 pm:
Anna Seniuk in a Poetic Monodrama at the Polish Cultural Center |
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Polish Home
Association presents a monodrama in Polish Wieczor w Teatrze
Wielkim based on a poem by Stanislaw Balinski starring Anna
Seniuk. The play is an homage to theatre and artists of pre-WWII
era. Ms. Seniuk is an actress from Teatr Narodowy in Warsaw,
known from movies and a popular TV soap opera 40-latek.
The program includes suites by J. S. Bach played on viola by
Magdalena Malecka.
Where:
Where: at the Polish
Cultural Center / Polish Home,
tickets
$25 at the
door only, in Polish.
The Polish Home restaurant will be open from 6 pm
More:
Anna Seniuk bio (PL),
there is
also a
performance in Vancouver, BC on Nov 23, 2012. |
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Nov 17,
11 am: Polish Book Club Meeting at the Green Lake Library |
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The book for the meeting is
Droga Pani Schubert by Ewa Lipska
published by Wydawnictwo Literackie in 2012. Ms. Lipska is a
contemporary poetess and the book is her latest volume of poems
written in form of poetic letters.
Where:
at the
Green Lake Public Library in Seattle; admission
free; in Polish
More:
about the book
and the author (PL),
Polish Book
Club,
Droga pani Schubert..., Ewa Lipska, Wydawnictwo Literackie |
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Nov 17, 6:00 pm: Young Polanie
Celebrate 45 Years at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The Young
Polanie, the children's Polish folk dancing and theatrical group
was formed at the Polish Home In Seattle in 1967. The group
invites all the past members, performers, with their spouses and
families to a banquet celebrating the 45th anniversary.
Where: at the Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home in Seattle;
tickets $20 - this event is sold out.
More: for reservations please contact
Anna Borodenko or
Pawel Kulik. |
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Nov 14,
Dreamliner Delivery to Poland at Paine Field |
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The LOT Dreamliner
courtesy of Boeing |
Polish Airlines
LOT receive the long awaited Boeing 787 delivery in November.
This is also the first Dreamliner delivery to Europe. The
delivery ceremony is scheduled for Nov 14 with Polish Deputy
Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon. Beata Stelmach and the
Ambassador of Poland to the United States, Hon. Ryszard Schnepf
attending. LOT has outstanding orders for seven more Dreamliners.
Update:
video from the Paine Field ceremony and send off.
Where: Paine Field,
Everett, WA. By invitation only.
More: LOT 787 video,
LOT Shows Off Boeing Dreamliner - an article by Raymond Rolak,
787 on the assembly line,
H. Bochniarz's blog (PL) |
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Nov 13, 7 pm:
Witkacy Theatre at the Polish Cultural Center |
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Auto portrait, 1938 |
Polish Home
Association presents a performance in Polish
Fantazja,
Witkacowski Salon Artystyczny by the Witkacy Theatre from
Zakopane, Poland. The Theatre is visiting Seattle in relation to
the Boeing 787 delivery to the Polish Airlines LOT. Witkacy is
an artistic alias for Stanislaw Ignacy "Witkacy" Witkiewicz
(1885-1939), who was a very well known Polish painter, novelist
and playwright before WWII.
Where:
at the Polish
Cultural Center / Polish Home, in Polish,
by
invitation only
More: about Witkacy Theatre,
Witkacy art,
Witkacy bio |
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Nov 11 pm till Feb 2013: Exhibition
Frank Piasecki & Others at the Museum of Flight |
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Frank Piasecki |
Frank Piasecki (1920-2008)
was an aviation pioneer and the inventor of the dual motor
helicopter known as the flying banana. The Museum of Fight
presents an exhibition about Polish aviation engineers and
inventors originally created by the Polish Aviation Museum in
Cracow. The opening night program includes a welcome ceremony
with Polish Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Beata
Stelmach and the Ambassador of Poland to the United States Ryszard Schnepf, a theatre performance and a reception.
Where: at the Museum of
Flight in Seattle, opening night on Nov 11 at 5:30 by
invitation only
More: Piasecki Aircraft,
article about the Cracow exhibition |
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Nov 10, 5
pm: Witkacy Theatre Spectacle Linie rownolegle in
Portland |
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Polish
Library Building
Association in Portland invites to a performance in Polish
Linie rownolegle by the Witkacy Theatre from Zakopane. The
program is a collage of songs by the most famous cabaret masters
from 1920s & 1930s, such as Tuwim or Slonimski. The show is an
arts salon a la Witkacy taking you on a sentimental journey
through history of Polish theatre. A dinner will follow the
performance at 6:30 pm.
Where:
Polish Hall & Library
in
Portland, OR;
admission price $25 includes dinner & wine
More: about Witkacy Theatre,
Witkacy art,
Witkacy bio |
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Nov 9, 7:30 pm: Presentation
about Polish Independence Day at the Polish Cultural Center |
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A. H-O in Polish uniform |
Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association invites everybody to a
presentation celebrating the Polish Independence Day of November
11 by Cpt. Anthony Haapasaari-Olpinski, USAR (ret.). Cpt.
Haapasaari-Olpinski's passion is Polish military history and
traditions. The presentation will focus on the history of the
Independence Day and some related military traditions.
Where: at the Conference Room downstairs
at the Polish
Cultural Center / Polish Home, admission free
More:
Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Assn.,
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Nov 8, 7 pm:
Lecture on Aftermath of the 1989 Revolutions at the UW |
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Daniel Chirot |
UW Jackson School of International Studies invites to a lecture
and reception remembering Prof. H. Ellison, entitled From
Great Expectations to Humdrum Reality: Easter Europe
Disappointment with Post- Communism by Prof. Daniel Chirot.
The lecture discusses aftermath of the 1989 revolutions in
Eastern Europe. Dr. Chirot is a UW Professor of International
Studies.
Where: Kane Hall room #225 at the Univ. of Washington campus;
admission free
More:
Ellison Center event description,
Prof. Chirot bio |
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Nov 3-4, noon - 6 pm:
Fall Bazaar at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The lovely
2008 Bazaar staff |
The annual 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 is expected to perform. 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: Contact
Agnieszka Szymula,
president of the Ladies Auxiliary |
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