Polish Book Club invites to the August meeting on Zoom. The book to discuss is Zimowla by Dominika Słowik published by Wyd. Znak in 2019. Słowik, 32 is an award winning writer; Zimowla is her second book and it won the Polityka Passport Award in literature in 2019. The book about small country town full of mysteries and odd happenings is available on Amazon and at the Polish online bookstores such as Quo Vadis. This event is in
The Kosciuszko Foundation Online Programs present the webinar Beyond the Battle of Warsaw, The Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1920 in Western Geopolitics by Piotr Puchalski. Dr. Puchalski is an Assistant Professor of modern European history at the Pedagogical University in Cracow. The Battle of Warsaw, fought on August 12-25, 1920, also known as the Miracle on the Vistula, was a turning point of the war that established the independence of newly emerging Poland from the old powers. Where:
Hello! My family and I live in Capitol Hill and we are looking for a kind and energetic in-home caretaker for our newborn daughter. I am a first-generation American and grew up speaking Polish at home. I’d love for my child to be exposed to the language as much as possible, so I thought I’d share the job posting with this community in the hopes of finding a Polish-speaker! Please contact Jasmine at jpdyba@gmail.com if you are
The Polish Film Festival Miami and the Embassy of Poland in Washington, DC present a cinematic retrospective Late Summer Nostalgia. All movies in Polish with English subtitles. There are four movies in the program and that includes a children adventure movie with 12-year old heroes. That movie, Double Trouble, is available for streaming for two weeks, other movies are available for a week each, all of them stream for free. 8/27 – 9/2 Goodbye, Till Tomorrow / Do widzenia, do jutra (1960)
If you crave the time you could visit the restaurant at the Polish Home and chat at the bar over some drinks, this is an event for you! The Polish Home Association will be hosting a virtual Happy Hour on Zoom. Come to chat with old friends, make drinks at home following instructions from Sala and have a great time. Tickets are free but this is also a PHA fundraiser so a suggested donation of
The Amazon original movie studio presents Radioactive, directed by Marjane Satrapi based on the graphic novel by Laurel Redniss of the same title. This 2019 biopic of the double Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie (nee Maria Skłodowska) features a brilliant performance by Rosamund Pike as Madame Curie with Sam Riley as Pierre Curie. The film script is apparently a bit overloaded, but it highlights all the key moments of her life including discovery of polonium and radium,
Szkoła Polska w Seattle szuka nauczycieli Polska Szkoła im. Juliusza Słowackiego w Seattle poszukuje nauczycieli języka polskiego do klasy 3-ciej i do klasy najmłodszej, 4-5 latków. Mile widziane wykształcenie pedagogiczne. Zgłoszenia przyjmuje i więcej informacji udziela Maria Grabowska, megrabowska@yahoo.com Zapisy dzieci i dorosłych na nowy rok szkolny 2020/21 przyjmują Maria Grabowska i Anna Babcock – shorebab@comcast.net Wiecej informacji o szkole znajduje się na stronie internetowej Domu Polskiego www.polishhome.org.
Wednesdays at 12:30 pm This series was originally broadcast on KCTS9 from April to June 2020 – if you missed it, this is your second chance! Flavor of Poland is a culinary-travel PBS television weekly series presenting the country of Poland to American viewers like they’ve never seen it before. Hosted by Aleksandra August, the series shows off not only distinctly Polish dishes (check out the sorrel & crayfish soup recipe!) but also the most beautiful
In a rare show of Polish movies for kids in the USA, the Polish Film Festival Miami and the Embassy of Poland in Washington, DC present a special event Animations for Vacations with three animated short movies in one screening. All movies in Polish, versions with English subtitles available The movie lineup is as follows 13′ Milek From the Black Forest / Miłek z Czarnego Lasu 13′ Flax / Len 13′ It’s Quite True! / To pewna wiasomość