Month: November 2020

Salon of Poetry: “Poezja łączy ludzi”

Salon of Poetry in Seattle presents the first poetry evening in Polish this year Poezja łączy ludzi. The program includes reading poems by members of the Salon as well as by members of the audience: please prepare your favorite poem supporting motto of this pandemic event: poetry connects people. As

Polish Literature Club: “Choucas”

This new literature book club in Seattle is for readers who’d like to discuss Polish literature in English. The book for this meeting is Choukas by Zofia Nałkowska published in 1927. Choucas is a French bird name for jackdaw, in Polish kawka; the name is used symbolically for people and

Women in Polish Jewish History

UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee invites you to a lecture Women and the Writing of Polish Jewish History before the Holocaust by Prof. Natalia Aleksiun-Madrzak. The lecture discusses social and cultural backgrounds of Polish Jewish female historians and their contributions as a minority historians, public intellectuals and Jewish women finding their

Polish Home Dining Room & Bar Closed Again

At the special meeting discussing the pandemic impact, the Trustees and Officers of the Polish Home Association decided that the dining room and the bar at the Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski will be closed until January 8, 2021.

Women Fighters of Polish Independence

Kosciuszko Foundation Online Programs present the webinar Women Fighters of Polish Independence by Anna Nowakowska-Wierzchoś. Dr. Nowakowska-Wierzchoś is An assistant-Professor at the Institute of History, Polish Academy of Science in Warsaw, with interest in Polish social history, women’s and gender history. Her talk discusses different ways women engaged in the

AD: Pączki from Marek’s Bakery

There is a new pączki / ponchki maker in town: Mark Oliver opened his virtual Marek’s Bakery and Deli recently. His pączki come in the following flavors: plum, marionberry, cherry, yuzu, passion fruit, and peach. Currently the bakery delivers pączki to the following locations: George’s Deli in Seattle on Fridays Coffee

We Are History Keepers Workshop

The Ethnic Heritage Council and the UW Libraries present another edition of the We are History Keepers Virtual Workshop. This is a shortened version of the workshop on preserving history of local ethnic communities. Please check the workshop website for details of this program and of another one coming in September. There will be

2020 Paderewski Festival Gala Concert

Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles is an annual piano festival honoring the famous virtuoso pianist, composer and politician Ignacy Paderewski (1860-1941). The 2020 edition of the festival is a two days event with all the events available online due to the pandemic with tickets available for token price of $5

Flavor of Poland, Ep. 13: Podhale

This episode seems to have been cancelled. In the printed November 2020 KCTS 9 program this half an hour slot is taken over by the premiere broadcast of an Italian food series. This is the final episode of the series broadcast by PBS since August. Flavor of Poland is a