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Polish films at SIFF
Pierogi Fest
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May 29, 7 pm:
Meet-the-Author
with D. Wrozynski at the Polish
Cultural
Center |
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The Polish
Cultural Center presents the meet-the-author event with Dominika
Wrozynski who will be reading from her poetry collection
American Accent published in 2018. Ms. Wrozynski is an
Assistant Professor of English at the Manhattan College in New
York. American Accent won Evening Street Press's Sinclair
Poetry Prize.
Where: at the Polish Cultural
Center Dom Polski;
admission free; in Polish
More:
About the book,
the book on Amazon,
Prof. Wrozynski bio page at MC |
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May
24,
4 pm: Michał Pietrzyk's Documentary at SIFF |
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The Seattle
International Film Festival presents the package of short movies
entitled "This is America", that includes Michal Pietrzyk's
distinguished film All on the Mardi Grass Day.
The movie presents a secret 200-year culture of New Orleans
African-Americans culminating in the Mardi Gras Day costume
competition.
This is the west
coast premiere of the film that already toured some of the best
film festivals, including the Berlin FF and Tribeca.
Where:
at the
Seattle
International Film Festival
in Seattle; screening at SIFF Cinema Uptown
More:
the
movie at SIFF,
about the movie at the Berlin FF,
electronic press kit,
visit this site to support the filmmaker! |
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May
19 & 29: Movie Van Goghs w/ D. Olbrychski at SIFF |
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The Seattle International Film Festival presents
the movie Van Goghs directed by Sergey Livnev and starring
Daniel Olbrychski and Aleksey Serebryakov. This 2018 film
melodrama about relationship between overbearing father who is a
famous conductor (Olbrychski) and his estranged son, an
unfulfilled artist (Serebryakov). Olbrychski is one of the best
Polish actors, who played in many Vajda films.
Where:
at the
Seattle
International Film Festival
in Seattle; on May 19 at 6 pm at Lincoln Square, on May 29 at
9:30 pm at AMC Pacific Place
More:
about
movie at
SIFF,
Daniel
Olbrychski |
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May
20 & 22: Movie Another Day of Life about Kapuscinski at SIFF |
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The Seattle International Film Festival presents
Another Day of Life / Jeszcze dzień życia directed by
Raul de la Fuente and Damian Nenow. This 2018 animated feature
film is based on the famous journalist & author Ryszard
Kapusciński's book under the same title about his foray into the
civil war in Angola in 1975.
Where:
at the
Seattle
International Film Festival
in Seattle; on May 20 at 9:15 pm and on May 22 at 4:30
pm, both screenings at SIFF Cinema Uptown.
More:
about
movie at
SIFF |
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May 18,
11:30 - 4 pm:
Annual Pierogi Fest
at the Polish Cultural Center |
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Pierogi!
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The 14th Pierogi Fest brings the usual Polish dumpling extravaganza
serving several
kinds of pierogi: meat, potato & cheese, blueberry etc. with
plate of 10 pierogies
for $10 and half plate $5; also available: sausage & sauerkraut, Polish
beer, tea, coffee,
soft drinks and desserts.
Free
attractions include folk group performances: Polish Choir at 1
pm & 2:30 pm and Pawel & Olimpia Duo at 12, 2 & 3 pm. Eat leisurely, listen to Polish
music and have a good time.
On sale: frozen pierogi to go, Polish tee-shirts,
Polish sports scarves and folk costumes.
Volunteers
needed to
run the event! Please contact
John Golubiec.
Where: at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski
in Seattle; all entertainment & additional programs free
More:
2019
event guide, please contact Festival
coordinator John Golubiec
for more info |
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May 18, 1 pm:
Polish Potluck and Sing-along in Spokane |
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Spokolonia -
Polish Community of Spokane invites all Polish-Americans to a
potluck gathering and a sing-along of popular folk, Polish and
American tunes. Bring a guitar or other instruments and some
food to share. Organized by Helena Pickering and Jozef Sloma.
Where: at Unitarian
Universalist Church of Spokane;
admission free, bring food to share
More:
event invitation on facebook,
Spokolonia page |
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May
17, from 7 pm: Movie Afterimage by Andrzej Wajda at
the Polish
Cultural Center |
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Bogusław Linda |
Polish Film Club
Kino OKO presents Afterimage /
Powidoki, the last movie directed by Andrzej Wajda. This
2017 film
starring Bogusław Linda depicts life of artist Władysław
Strzemiński, a pioneer of Polish Constructivist avant-garde in
1920s and 1930s. After WWII he was persecuted by the Stalinist
regime and expelled from the art school in Łódź that he founded.
Wajda was a painter before switching to film.
Evening schedule: 7 pm socializing & film intro, 7:30 pm screening
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom Polsk;
admission
free
More:
about
movie,
the Club site,
Strzemiński, Wajda's site |
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May 11, 8 pm:
Spring Dance & Disco
Party
at the Polish Cultural Center |
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This carnival event was moved here due
to the snow situation in Seattle in early February and morphed
into a spring disco party. Evening schedule: 7:30 pm doors open, 8:30
pm to 1 am dance to hot hits! The Polish restaurant will be open
from 6 pm to 10 pm. Baby sitting available at the Polish Home
during this party!
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski;
general admission $15, PHA members $10
More: for reservations call 425-830-1437, mention baby sitting if
interested. |
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May 5, 2:30 pm:
Third of May Celebration at the Polish
Cultural
Center |
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Polish Cultural
Center presents the 3rd of May celebration marking the
anniversary of the first Polish constitution, which was enacted
in 1791. The program
highlights the 100th anniversary of Poland's regaining
independence in 1918.
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 5, 6 pm:
Kaminska & Bowlby in Folk, Legend & Fairy Tales Concert in Bellevue |
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Kaminska & Bowlby |
Seattle
International Piano Festival invites you to a delightful and
tempestuous concert event, presenting the piano duo, Ivona
Kaminska and Christopher Bowlby. Presented on the program is
Ravel’s “Mother Goose”, Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring”, as well
as Moszkowski’s “New Spanish Dances”, and Paderewski’s “Tatra
Album — Polish Folk Dances and Songs from Zakopane”.
This event is a fundraiser for SIPF.
Where:
Resonance at SOMA
Towers in Bellevue, WA;
$25
donation suggested
More:
concert and
venue info,
about artists |
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May 4, 7:30 pm:
Biesiada
Anniversary
Concert at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The Polish Choir Vivat Musica invites everyone to a Biesiada concert
celebrating the 15th anniversary of creating the choir in 2004. This will be another great
sing-along evening with with the choir and guest performers
leading old time classics. The Polish Home restaurant
will be open from 5:30 pm.
Where: at the Polish
Cultural Center Dom Polski; tickets $30
include a glass of wine and a dessert; for reservations and more
info please
contact
Mira at
206-954-1103.
More:
event poster |
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May 3 - 31: Code Name Inka
Exhibition at the
UW |
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UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee and UW Libraries presents an exhibition
Code Name Inka: a Schoolgirl in the Polish Resistance,
1944-1946. Condemned, Suppressed, Unbroken, Rediscovered about a Polish resistance hero,
Danuta Siedzikówna (1928-1946). During WWII she was a nurse with
the Home Army,
and after the war ended she continued as a nurse in the
anti-communist underground. She was arrested and executed in
what is recognized as a judicial killing of the day. The
exhibition is organized by Krzysztof Poraj-Kuczewski.
Where:
at the
Allen Library
north ground floor lobby at the UW campus; admission free
More:
about
Inka, |
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