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The Black Madonna
Movie Waterline
Pol-Ukr Concert |
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May 30, 10 am - till June 7: Venerating the Black
Madonna at St. Margaret Church |
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The Polish
Parish in Seattle is hosting an icon of
Our Lady Of Czestochowa. It is a faithful replica of the famous
medieval Black Madonna icon from the Jasna Gora sanctuary in
Czestochowa, Poland. The icon
arrives on May 30 with the
Enthronement of the Icon and a solemn mass at 10 am. The
veneration will last till June 7 with
special intentions and prayers
each day.
Details are available at
the St. Margaret Church website. The Parish invites everybody to
join in prayers with Our Lady, the Black Madonna.
Where:
at the
St. Margaret Church
in Seattle;
admission free
More: about
the Black Madonna, for St. Margaret's please contact
Fr. Andrzej
Galant, the pastor. |
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May 30, 5 pm: Polish
Ukrainian Concert and Fundraising
at the Polish Cultural Center |
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Friends of
Ukraine and the Polish Home
Association present a concert A Friend in Need is a Friend
Indeed to support the independent Ukraine. The
program includes:
5:30 pm Opening with the Ukrainian Consul Valeriy
Goloborodko and Polish Consul Teresa Davis
6:00 pm Concert of Ukrainian and Polish music
by Ukrainian group Serpanok and band Serpica,
Polish Choir Vivat Musica and others
7:30 pm Silent auction closing and then continuation
of the concert
Traditional
Ukrainian food will also be available. All proceeds will
go to
Save Lives Together Foundation, an American 501(c)(3)
nonprofit providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski;
suggested donation $10+, food separately.
More:
about Friends
of Ukraine, or contact
Anna
Horodetska
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May 24: Polish Force Northwest in the
Ski To Sea Race |
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Marek Wencel |
The local team Polish Force NW goes again to
the
Ski to Sea Race. The race is a
relay over 100 miles distance from Mt. Baker to Marine Park in Fairhaven (Bellingham). The
relay legs are: alpine run, downhill run, road bike, canoe,
cross country bike, kayak and mountain bike. This year Marek
Wencel and Polish Force NW want to improve their
best result from 2014. Come to cheer the Polish
iron men at the leg transition zones and the finish
line.
Where: Mt. Baker to Bellingham in Whatcom county, throughout the day; check with
the event site and the team when & where to show up,
course
map.
More:
Ski To Sea website,
contact
Marek Wencel, 206-227-3788
for more info
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May 23, 7 am - 9 pm: The Second
Round of the Presidential Elections
at the Polish Home |
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As expected, the
second round of the elections is needed to decide who will be
the next president of Poland: Mr. Andrzej Duda (Law & Justice /
PiS) who won the first round or Mr. Bronislaw Komorowski (Civic
Platfrom / PO), the current president. Polish citizens residing in the USA
have to
register to be able to vote. Voters who registered for the first
round are automatically registered for the second round.
Deadline for additional registration for voting in person is May
21. In Seattle, you can vote in person at the
polling station #163 at the Polish Cultural Center.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski;
registration and a valid passport is needed to vote
More:
Detailed election
and registration info (in Polish),
online registration |
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May
23, 10 am: Polish Book Club Meeting at
the Kirkland Library - Cancelled |
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This meeting has been moved to June.
Where: at the public library in Kirkland, WA; admission free, in
Polish
More:
about
the book (PL),
about
the author (PL),
Polish Book Club |
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May 17, 12 noon: St. John
Paul II's Canonization Anniversary at St.
Margaret |
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The Friends of John Paul II
Foundation invites everybody to an event celebrating anniversary
of St. John Paul II's canonization and birthday at the St. Margaret Church in Seattle.
The program includes a mass at 12 pm, a fundraising dinner at 1
pm and a presentation at 2 pm.
Where:
St. Margaret Catholic
Church
in Seattle; admission free, dinner $15
More:
Please
contact Renata Zbanyszek for more info. |
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May 15,
20 &
22: Movie
Waterline by M. Otwinowski at
SIFF |
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Jowita Budnik
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The Seattle
International Film
Festival
presents the movie Waterline / Jeziorak directed by
Michal Otwinowski in 2014. The film is a crime thriller set in
the Polish countryside with an outstanding role by Jowita Budnik
as a policewoman inspector investigating a murder of a young
woman and the missing of two fellow policemen including her
partner.
In Polish with English subtitles.
Where:
at SIFF Cinema Uptown on May 15 at
9 pm
and on May 20 at 4:30 and at Lincoln Square Cinemas in Bellevue
on May 22 at 8:30 pm. This movie is co-sponsored by
Seattle Polish Film
Festival.
More:
the
movie at SIFF. |
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May 16,
11:30 - 4 pm:
Annual Pierogi Fest
at the Polish Cultural Center |
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Pierogi!
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This is the
10th edition of the
Festival that brings a great mixture of Polish food and culture.
It is a Polish dumpling extravaganza
that serves several
kinds of pierogi: meat, potato & cheese, plum etc. This year
in a new format, 12 pierogi for $10. Other Polish dishes available as well as Polish beer. Free attractions include: folk group performances,
craft workshops (make your own pierogi!) &
children activities. You can eat leisurely, listen to Polish
music and have a good time. Also available: tea. coffee, soft drinks and desserts.
On sale: Polish cutout art,
Polish folk costumes,
Polish sports scarves.
Performances
include Polish Choir Vivat Musica at 1:30 pm and
Ukrainian Folk Group Serpanok at 3 pm.Volunteers
needed to
run the event! Please contact
John Golubiec.
Where: at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski
in Seattle; food prices TBD,
all entertainment and additional programs upstairs free
More:
Please contact Festival
coordinator John Golubiec
for more info |
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May 14,
7:30 pm: Lecture on American and Soviet Realism in Poster Art at the UW |
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An American WWII poster |
UW Polish
Studies Endowment Committee presents a lecture American
Realism and Soviet Propaganda in Poster Art by Izabela
Gabrielson.
Dr. Gabrielson teaches art history at the Northwest College of
Art and Design in Poulsbo, WA and is also a painter. The lecture
explores nuances of the American Realism from Rockwell to the
Works Progress Administration and compares it with the
ideologically driven Socialist Realism reigning in the Soviet
Union and the Soviet block countries.
Where:
Simpson
Center for Humanities, 206 Communication Bldg
at the
UW campus in Seattle,
admission free
More: about
Izabela Gabrielson,
UW PSEC |
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May 13, 7:30 pm:
Artur
Gotz in Concert
at the Polish Cultural Center |
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Polish Home
Association presents
Artur Gotz in a concert promoting his new CD Mezczyzna prawie
idealny. Mr. Gotz, 32, is an actor with roles in theatre,
movies and TV and a popular singer with a current single hit
Milionerzy. The restaurant will be opened as usual for such
events. This program is in Polish. This concert is also at
the Polish Hall in Portland on May 8, 2015
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski;
tickets $20 advanced, $25 at the door.
More:
his website
(PL), for tickets and reservation please contact
Asia Jeziorska (425) 417-9548, Lucyna Błońska (206) 992-6821,
Maria Grabowska (425) 271-3669, Renata Mróz (206) 362-7917
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May 9, 7 am - 9 pm:
Polish Presidential Elections
at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The presidential elections in Poland have been called for
May 10, 2015; voting in the United States is set on May 9. If
needed, the second tour will happen on May 23. Polish citizens
can vote in person or by mail. In Seattle, you can vote in
person at the polling station #163 at the Polish Cultural Center. Polish citizens residing in the USA
have to
register to be able to vote. The registration deadline passed on
May 7.
Update: The
second round is needed to decide the election. Two candidates
left are Andrzej Duda (Law & Justice / PiS) and Bronislaw
Komorowski (Civic Platform / PO). Mr. Duda won the first round.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski;
registration and a valid passport is needed to vote
More:
Detailed election
and registration info (in Polish) |
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May 9, 5-7 pm, till May 31: K.
Poznanski Painting Exhibition
at the Fountainhead Gallery |
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Sunny Morning |
The Fountainhead
Gallery presents an exhibition Color and Line with
paintings by Kazimierz Poznanski. The exhibit includes fifteen
medium and large size painting in oil on canvas and watercolors.
Mr. Poznanski is a painter, poet, writer and a
Professor of Economics at the Univ. of Washington in Seattle,
with interest in Chinese art.
Where: The
Fountainhead Gallery
in Seattle from May 7 till May 31;
admission free, business hours Thu-Sun 11 am - 6 pm.
Opening
reception May 9, from 5-7 pm.
More: about Kaz Poznanski |
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May 9, from 6:30 pm: Fiesta Mexicana Party at the Polish Cultural Center |
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Come to celebrate Cinco de Mayo by having fun and dancing at a
Mexican Fiesta. Music by DJ Filip. Doors open at 6:30 pm with dinner available
at the Polish Home restaurant downstairs from 7 pm till 10 pm, bar opened
from 8 pm to midnight, dancing
from 8 pm to 1 am.
Where: the Polish
Cultural Center Dom Polski,
tickets
$10
members, $15 for non-members.
More: for reservations or info please contact
Maria Switalska at
(425) 226 7660 or Lucyna Blonska
at (206) 764 7057 |
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May 9, 12:30 pm: Children's Play The
Wawel Dragon in
Portland |
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Polish Hall presents the
classic children's tale The Wawel Dragon / O Smoku Wawelskim
performed by Artur Gotz. Mr. Gotz is an actor and a singer. In
this performance he plays all the characters from the prince
Krak and the cobbler Dratewka to the Wawel Dragon either in
person or using puppets. The performance is in Polish.
Where:
Polish Hall & Library
in Portland, OR; in Polish
More:
Mr. Gotz performs a concert in Portland on May
TBD and in Seattle on May 13 |
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GiveBIG to Local Polish Organizations and Causes on
May 5, 2015 |
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On May 5, the Seattle Foundation (SF) hosts the annual GiveBIG
event – a one-day, online charitable giving event to benefit
local nonprofits. The reason
this is important to us as the Polish community is that every
donation given during this event gets additional bonus money
from "angels" working with the SF.
You can support all local Polish causes, events and orgs in the
Pacific Northwest by donating during this event. The Polish Home
Foundation partners with the SF for this event. You can support
your favorite cause by donating to the PHF through the Seattle
Foundation PHF Profile Page and providing a comment where
the money should go.
Update: This event raised over $10,000 - more
details here
More: info
doc
about
supporting Polish community through GiveBIG
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May 3, 12:30 pm:
Meeting with St. Michalkiewicz in Tacoma |
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Stanislaw Michalkiewicz |
The Polish Parish in Tacoma presents a meeting in Polish with
Stanislaw Michalkiewicz to discuss Polska wobec
strategicznych partnerow. Mr. Michalkiewicz is a popular
right-wing author & columnist affiliated with the
Radio Maryja and weekly Nasza Polska, and a lecturer
at the College of Social and Media Culture in Torun. He has also
published several books on topics related to Polish
politics and the conservative agenda.
Where:
at the Parish Hall of
SS Peter a& Paul in Tacoma;
admission free, in Polish
More: Michalkiewicz site
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May 3, 2:30 pm:
Third of May Celebration at the Polish
Cultural
Center |
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Polish Home
Association invites everybody to the 3rd of May celebration
marking the anniversary of the first Polish constitution, which
was enacted in 1791. The program includes a performance prepared
by the Polish School in Seattle and by the Polish Choir Vivat
Musica.
The restaurant at the Polish Home is open from 12 pm to 4 pm.
Where: at the Polish Cultural
Center Dom Polski;
admission free; in Polish
More:
about the Constitution,
Constitution source |
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May 3, 4:30 pm:
Biking Around
the World Presentation at the Polish
Cultural
Center |
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So far so good:
43,000 km
biked, 31 countries and 4 continents visited - and about halfway
around the globe! Polish super-bikers Adela Tarkowska and Kris
Jozefowski will have a presentation about their epic journey
that started in 2010 and went through Turkey, Middle East,
Africa and the Americas from Patagonia to Pacific NW. Come to
listen, admire, cheer and support the brave travelers!
Where: at the Polish Cultural
Center Dom Polski;
admission free
More:
Bike the World blog,
support info |
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May 2, 7:30 pm:
Marcin Dylla in a Classic Guitar Concert at Benaroya |
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Marcin Dylla |
Seattle Classic Guitar Society
presents a concert in the International Guitar Series by the
Polish master Marcin Dylla. Mr. Dylla, 39, hailed by Washington Post
as among the most gifted guitarists on the planet, won a slew of
international competition awards, including the Gold Medal at
the prestigious 2007 Am. Guitar Foundation International
Competition. Born in Poland, Mr. Dylla is a professor at the
Music Academy in Cracow and Katowice.
Where:
at the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at the
Seattle
Symphony at Benaroya Hall; tickets $38
More:
Marcin Dylla website,
SCGS and the International
Guitar Series
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May 1, 6 pm: Movie With Fire and
Sword in
Portland |
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Polish Hall presents the movie
With Fire and Sword dir. by Jerzy Hoffman in 1999. The
story set during 17 c. Polish war with Ukrainian Cossacks stars
Isabella Scorupco and Michal Zebrowski. The film is based on the
novel of the same title by Henryk Sienkiewicz;
the book is the first part of the famous Trilogy of
novels by Sienkiewicz highlighting Poland's wars with Cossacks,
Sweden and Turkey in mid-17c.
Where:
Polish Hall & Library
in Portland, OR; admission free
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about movie |
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