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Polish Festival
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Polish picnic |
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Aug 21, noon to dusk: Polish Home Assn. Picnic at the
Lincoln Park |
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This is the main
picnic of the summer for the Polish community of
Seattle; it is
organized by the Polish Home Association.
Come and share good food and fun! PHA will supply kielbasa,
hotdogs, bigos along with beverages and even ice cream for kids!
You can bring your a salad or dessert to share. Also, there will be
signing of songs for the Soldier's Day and friendly games and competitions with awards. Everybody is invited
to this great event!
Where: at the
Lincoln Park in Seattle, shelter #2 or watch for a Polish flag and the PHA
banner; admission free, bringing your food is optional, but a dessert to share
is welcomed.
More:
PHA website
or call Barbara Strutynski at 425-746-3037 or Asia Jeziorski at
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Aug 12, 5-8 pm, till Sep 4: Irena
Jablonski Painting Exhibition in Kirkland |
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Autumn
Begins by I.J. |
The Parklane
Gallery in Kirkland presents two artists in August: Irena
Jablonski with Human Interest exhibition and Larey
McDaniel with Illusion of Color. Ms. Jablonski, a native
of Poland and a structural engineer for over a decade, started
on her artistic journey in mid-1990s.
The exhibition in Kirkland has about fifteen of her oil
paintings. Her favorite subjects are portraits from live models
and from photographs.
Where: The
Parklane Gallery in Kirkland from Aug
2 till Sep 4;
admission free, business hours Tue-Thu 11-7, Fri 11-8, Sat-Sun
11-7. Artists'
reception and Kirkland Art Walk on Friday, Aug 12, 5-8 pm.
More: about
Irena Jablonski, |
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Aug 7, 10 am - 2 pm: SGSCA Picnic Brunch at the
Alki Beach Park |
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Picnic on the
beach with spectacular mountain views! Everyone is
invited - individuals and families, members and guests - to celebrate the summer
at the
yearly picnic of the Seattle-Gdynia Sister
City Assn.
Come to
learn about upcoming SGSCA activities
and
to socialize with other Polish-Americans
while munching on roasted kielbasa and other delights and
enjoying a day on a beach.
Where: the Alki
Beach Park
in Seattle,
shelter #1 (on the beach); admission free, food and drinks
provided, pls bring a dish of your favorite picnic
food to share
More:
SGSCA,
or contact Gail Wodzin |
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Aug 6, 4-8 pm, till Aug 30: K.
Poznanski Painting Exhibition
at the Fountainhead Gallery |
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Kazimierz Dolny
by
Kaz Poznanski |
The Fountainhead
Gallery presents a group exhibition Transcendence: Here and
Now, Landscape Paintings from a Global Perspective that
includes six oil
paintings by Kazimierz Poznanski, from his big format abstract
realism series. Mr. Poznanski is a painter, poet, writer and a
Professor of Economics at the Univ. of Washington in Seattle,
with interest in Chinese art. The program: 4 - 5:15 pm Opening
reception, 5:30 - 6:15 pm an RSVP concert by O. Rusu Tomai
(piano) & M. Shmidt (violin), till 8 pm reception.
Where: The
Fountainhead Gallery
in Seattle from Aug 7 till Aug 30;
admission free, business hours Thursday through Sunday 11 am - 6 pm.
Opening
reception Aug 6, from 4-8 pm.
More: about Kaz Poznanski,
Oana Rusu Tomai,
Michail Shmidt |
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till Aug 11: Movie The Innocents by Anne Fontaine at
SIFF Cinema Uptown |
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SIFF Cinema
Uptown
presents the movie The Innocents / Les Innocentes directed by
Anne Fontaine and starring Agata Kulesza and Agata Buzek. This 2016
deeply moving drama takes place in 1945 Poland where a young
French Red Cross doctor comes to help Benedictine sisters after
their convent was
"liberated" by the Red Army. Ms. Fontaine's other films include
Coco Before Chanel.
Where:
from Jul 29 to Aug 11 at
SIFF
Cinema Uptown in Seattle;
showing times,
More:
the
movie at SIFF |
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August:
The Polish Cultural Center Closed in August |
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The Polish Home will be closed
for a summer break
in August and will reopen in September after the Labor Day
weekend.
More:
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski in Seattle
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