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In Seattle!
Polish History Tour
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Jan 31, 7 pm: Movie Bridging
Urban America at the UW |
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Ralph Modjeski |
The UW Polish
Studies Endowment Committee presents a documentary movie
Bridging Urban America: The Story of Ralph Modjeski directed
by Basia & Leonard Myszynski. The film celebrates the Polish
born and French trained master engineer and innovator who
contributed to the building of a modern America with his bridges
that significantly impacted urban development and commerce. Q&A
with the filmmakers after the screening.
Where: the
Thomson Hall, Room 101 at the UW campus in Seattle;
admission free
More: the
movie site, UW PSEC. |
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Jan 27,
3 pm: PHA Annual Meeting at the Polish
Cultural Center
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This is the annual meeting of the members of the Polish Home
Association. It is also an election meeting for the Board of
Trustees and the PHA Officer positions. PHA
members can vote by proxy, see the Polish Home website for
candidate lists, proxy forms and other election info. The
restaurant will be open from 1 pm as usual on Sundays, and will
be serving free dinners to PHA members coming to the meeting.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski
in Seattle, PHA members only, admission free
More: Polish Home Association
site or please contact
Pawel Krupa |
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Jan
27, 3 pm: Meet the Author with Karen Treiger at the University
Book Store |
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University Book Store presents a book event with local author
Karen Treiger. Her book My Soul Is Filled with Joy, a
Holocaust Story tells the story of her in-laws' survival
during the Holocaust and her experience in traveling back to
Poland to walk in their footsteps and to meet the children and
grand children of two Polish families who helped them survive in
a forest near Ostrów Mazowiecka.
Where:
University Book
Store in Seattle U-District; admission free
More:
about the book and
the author
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Jan 19, noon - till Feb 2: Sylwia Tur's Exhibit at Linda Hodges Gallery |
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Linda
Hodges Gallery presents an exhibition
"Impressions" by Sylwia
Tur.
Ms. Tur was born in Poland and graduated with diplomas in
linguistics both in Warsaw and Seattle, but then decided to
become an artist choosing ceramics as her medium. The exhibit
comprises several works in ceramics with impressions of
different objects. Artist
Talk on January 19 at noon.
Where:
at Linda Hodges
Gallery
in Seattle; admission free during gallery hours
Tue-Sat
from January 3 till February 2,
from 10:30
am to 5 pm.
More: Artist's website and
her Facebook page |
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Jan 19,
1 pm: Historical Artifact Tour of the Polish Cultural Center
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The Polish
Cultural Center
in Seattle has
gathered an interesting collection of historical artifacts
related both to the local Polish-American history and to the
Polish culture & history in general. This interactive tour of
the building will showcase several of them and will discuss
meaning of their symbols and the message they convey to us.
Prepared and presented by Ryszard Kott.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski
in Seattle, admission free; however, please register for the tour
by sending email to
Ryszard Kott. if too many
people sign up, there will be another tour.
More: Polish Home Association
site or please contact
Ryszard Kott |
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Jan
18-31: Movie Cold War by P. Pawlikowski at
SIFF Cinema
Egyptian |
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The Seattle
International Film
Festival year-round cinema
presents the 2018 movie Cold War / Zimna wojna directed
by Pawel Pawlikowski, the director of the Oscar winning Ida.
The film starring Joanna Kulig and Tomasz Kot is a fateful love
story of two people who meet in the post WWII Poland and whose
affection and feelings are torn apart by their political
mismatch amid convulsions of the cold war in Europe.
Update:
Cold War is now an Oscar nominated movie, with nominations in
three categories: Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director and
Best Cinematography.
Where:
at
SIFF Cinema Egyptian; tickets $14 / $13 / $9
More:
SIFF movie info,
Egyptian play times and ticket info,
The Stranger tooting the movie |
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Jan 18,
7 pm:
Movie
The Last
Stage
by W. Jakubowska
at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The Polish Film
Club Kino OKO
presents the movie The Last Stage / Ostatni etap,
directed by Wanda Jakubowska.
Jakubowska was the first female film director in Poland in the
1930s and a survivor of the notorious Auschwitz concentration
camp in WWII. The movie, shot in 1947 in the camp and based on
her experience there was the first feature film depicting brutal
reality of the Nazi extermination camps.
Evening schedule: 7 pm socializing & film intro, 7:30 pm screening.
Where: at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski
in Seattle; admission free
More:
more about the movie, the Club site |
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Jan 12, 4 pm: Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The Polish School in Bellevue and the Polish Home Association
present the Grand Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas
Charity. First time in Seattle, this charity event has had a
great tradition in Poland raising funds for children hospitals and similar causes since 1991. The program
includes live performances by several local bands, live and silent
auctions, games for children with Witty Scientist and more. Also
available: dinner prepared by Sebi's Bistro and Polish Women's
Club.
Come to our local Grand Finale, have a good time and open your
wallet for a good cause!
Schedule:
4:00 pm Siema! Start!
4:15 pm Elijah Baradi Quintet 4:45 pm
Lost Papayas
5:15 pm Random Rockers 5:45 pm
Fynnie's Basement
6:30 pm Yaazda Unplugged
7:15 pm Auctions
8:00 pm Światelko do nieba / Symbolic light accent 8:30 pm
Duet Marianna
9:15 pm New Age Flamenco
10:00 pm Final
Children programs from 4 to 8 pm
Where:
Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski
in Seattle; admission free
More:
detailed info and volunteer contacts for GOCC Seattle,
facebook WOSP
Seattle page, for more overall info please contact
Anna Cholewinska,
for Grand Finale Anetka Kalicka |
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Jan 12, 5-7 pm, till Feb 2: Alisa Lahti's Exhibit at Columbia
City Gallery in Seattle |
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Columbia City
Gallery presents an exhibition
"Cut Out" featuring works
by
Lauren Ilad, Alisa
Lahti, June Sekiguchi and Akiko Sogabe. Ms. Lahti is a well
known local artist of Polish origin whose inspirations come from
traditional Polish art of paper cutouts interpreted in novel
ways. The exhibit will show five of her works. Ms. Lahti is also the Director of the Polish Festival at
the Seattle Center. The Opening with the artists is on January
12, 5-7 pm.
Where:
at
Columbia City Gallery
in Seattle; admission free during gallery hours Wed-Sun, Jan 9 to
Feb 17, 11 am to
7 pm.
More: Artist's website and
her Facebook page |
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Jan 6, 2:30 pm: Christmas Caroling & Wafer Sharing at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The Polish Home invites everybody to a traditional wafer & good-will sharing (Oplatek). This is an open event - everybody is welcome
to come and sing Polish and American carols along.
The Polish Choir
Vivat Musica will help with caroling.
There will also be a children drawing competition under the
title Christmas Eve at My Home.
Everybody's invited!.
Where:
Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski
in Seattle; admission free - please bring
a salad, pastry or a cake to share if you can.
More:
please contact
Barbara Strutynski |
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Till Jan 4: Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski Closed for Christmas |
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The Polish Cultural Center restaurant is closed for Christmas from December 23,
2018 till January 4, 2019. It will reopen as usual on Friday,
January 11, 2019.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski
in Seattle
More: PHA website |
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