Month: September 2020

Poland’s Podkarpackie in Documentary Movies

The Polish Film Festival Miami and the Podkarpackie Film Commission present four documentaries exploring the Podkarpackie region – the south east highland corner of Poland with the Beskidy Mountains and Bieszczdy.   Open Range / Wypasionay Raj  (2017) by Rafał Gużkowski   The Residents of Moczary / Moczarowi mieszkańcy (2016) by Rafał Gużkowski   Master and

A Flight of Tokarczuk Translators

The Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center, City University of New York presents the online conversation A Flight of Tokarczuk Translators that is part of the Translating the Future program. This event will feature 12 of Olga Tokarczuk’s translators bringing her works to English, Japanese, Hindi, Ukrainian, German, Czech, Norwegian, Italian, Brazilian

Polish Book Club: “Najświętsza Rzeczpospolita”

Polish Book Club invites to the September meeting on Zoom. The book to discuss is  Przenajświętsza  Rzeczypospolita by Jacek Piekara published by Fabryka Snów in 2018 (first edition 2006). Piekara, 55 is a fantasy and science-fiction writer, nowadays mostly known due to his fantasy series about wizard Arivald and another one about inquisitor

New Virtual Polish Literature Club

The Polish Cultural Center starts a new book club for people who’d like to read and discuss Polish literature in English (yes!), organized by indomitable Paulina Phung. The book to discuss at the first meeting is Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing by Maryla Szymiczkowa. Szymiczkowa is the pen name of duo Jacek

The Journey of Polish OBCY

The UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee invites you to an online lecture From Ours to Alien: The Journey of Polish OBCY” by Katarzyna Dziwirek. Prof. Dziwirek is the Chair of the UW Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures; her research focuses on semantics & syntax and especially in expressions of emotion and perception. The

Flights To Poland and EU Under COVID-19 Restrictions

While American citizens cannot enter the EU countries, you can fly to Europe on a different passport, such as a Polish one. There are two ways to do it: on regular flights or “rescue” flights. Situation changes, so check your connection to see if you can fly on a regular

Flavor of Poland, Ep. 4-8

Wednesdays at 12:30 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

Polish Schools and COVID-19

The local Polish Schools in Bellevue and Seattle are adapting to the difficulties created by the pandemic with their school year starting around mid-September. There is also a recommendation for an online school in Poland. Szkoła Polska im. Ks. J. Twardowskiego w BellevueThe School will have all the classes online, which

No Consular Visits To Seattle For Now

In spring 2020, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles suspended its program of rotating consular visits to different cities such as Seattle and Portland to handle passport applications for Polish citizens due to COVID-19. Update in January 2021. There are still no visits planned for the