In 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 through a key. Music by DJ Kazik. The restaurant downstairs open from 7 pm to 10 pm, bar open from 7:30 pm till 11:30, dancing from 8 pm.

Where: the Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski, tickets $15 members, $20 non-members. no info on babysitting this year.

More: for reservations or more info please contact Irena Kordula at (425) 652 5878 or Lucyna Blonska at (206) 764 7057

Sebi's Bistro is organizing another Andrzejki party this year. No word about pouring wax on the water but everybody is invited to enjoy great Polish food, music, drinks and fine company till wee hours.

Where: Sebi's Bistro in Seattle

More: "Andrzejki"/Celebrating St Andrew Day! on facebook

The book for the meeting is Zajezdzimy kobyle historii. Wyznania poobijanego jezdzca by Karol Modzelewski, published by Iskry in 2013. Modzelewski, 77, a professor of medieval history and a senator in free Poland, was a dissident (of the Kuron and Modzelewski fame) and a Solidarity activist who spent years in communists prisons. The book that won the 2014 Nike Award is a fascinating personal and political memoir that spotlights the most important political events in Poland from 1956 to 2000 with incisive insights.

Where: at the green Lake Library; admission free, in Polish

More: about the book (PL), Polish Book Club

Polish Festival 2014 volunteers and supporters are all invited to a very special Volunteers Appreciation Party at the Polish Cultural Center. This is a big thank you for the time, enthusiasm, and talents you shared to make the festival such a success!  Please join us to celebrate with good food, Polish beer, door prices, awards, a sing-a-long and much more!!! We are looking forward to seeing you and thanking you in person.

Where: at the Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski; admission free.

More: for more info please contact Teresa Davis or PHF president Andy Okinczyc.

Poland was reborn as a country on Nov 11, 1918, when Józef Pilsudski became the Head of State after a popular revolt liberated Polish territories. To commemorate that event, there will be a mass at the Polish Church in Seattle at noon and a celebration at the Polish Cultural Center at 2:30 pm.  The celebration includes a patriotic program in Polish Obrazy z przeszlosci prepared by Barbara Strutynski. The restaurant will be open from 1 pm as usual.

Where: the mass at St. Margaret's Church in Seattle at noon, the celebration at the Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski at 2:30 pm, admission free, the main program in Polish.

More: Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home Association website

The Polish Hall in Portland presents a concert celebrating Polish Independence Day on Nov 11. The program includes rerely heard works by Polish 19 c. and 20 c. composers Karol Szymanowski, Krzysztof Penderecki and Wladyslaw Zelenski, performed by C. Adent (piano), T. Kolchanova (violin), K. Hisatomi-Norvell (violin), S. Berceanu  (viola) and K. Schultz (cello).
   

Where: at the Polish Hall & Library in Portland, OR; tickets $10 / $8

More: ticket reservation and concert info

Dominika Swiątek

The Polish School in Bellevue presents a concert by Teatr Hybrydy, a student theatrical group from the University of Warsaw. The concert is in Polish and has two parts: 1) program retro  Jak Ty nic nie rozumiesz… based on works by Stefania Grodzieńska, Julian Tuwim, Marian Hemar, Henryk Wars, Władysław Szpilman and others. 2) program Poeta swego losu presenting poetry of Zbigniew Herbert, Juliusz Slowacki, Czeslaw Miosz, Ernest Bryll and others, performed to music by Dominika Świątek.

Where: Polish School at the Education Building of the East Shore Unitarian Church in Bellevue, WA; tickets $20 regular at the door, $0 / free for youths (10-18 years of age). This program is in Polish.

More: Teatr Hybrydy site (PL), Polish School in Bellevue (PL), or contact Anna Cholewinska at 425-736-1209.

The annual fall bazaar features booths with amber and silver jewelry, crafts, Polish books and CDs, Boleslawiec pottery, Polish crystals as well as booths by local Polish-American organizations. Polish Choir Vivat Musica will perform on Sat at 2:30 pm. You can buy Christmas ornaments and wafers (oplatki), Polish pierogi, home made cakes and enjoy a full course dinner. Also available frozen pierogi and dinners to go. Organized by the Ladies Auxiliary.

Where: at the Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski, admission free.

More: Martha Golubiec, president and Irena Kulik, vice-president of the Ladies Auxiliary

The Northwest Film Forum presents the movie The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga by Jessica Oreck. The movie, presented as part of the N-E-X-D-O-C-S documentary festival, is a contemporary take on the classic fairy tale. The film explores the relationship between human society and the wilderness alternating between the fairy-tale and cultural-anthropological storytelling tracks and using both animation and live action with two languages, Russian and Polish.

Where: Northwest Film Forum in Seattle; tickets $11/$8/$6

More: Movie info

The Polish Hall in Portland invites everybody to a poetic spectacle in Polish Gonimy póki zywi by the Hybrydy Theatre presenting poetry by Czeslaw Milosz, Juliusz Slowacki, Zbigniew Herbert, Julian Tuwim, Jacek Kaczmarski and others. Teatr Hybrydy is a University of Warsaw student theatre group and a household name in Poland; the group is coming to Portland as part of their US tour.

A Hybrydy performance planned for Seattle has been cancelled.

Where: Polish Hall & Library in Portland, OR; tickets $15 regular & $10 discounted, this performance is in Polish

More: Teatr Hybrydy site, Portland spectacle facebook page, PLBA president Agnieszka Laska