Fulbright Scholars from Poland have been enriching programs offered by the UW Slavic Department for several years now. Their yearly visits at the University of Washington have been financed in part by the UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee (UW PSEC). On the occasion of 2021 being the 75th anniversary of the Fulbright Program, UW PSEC is joining the celebration by organizing a webinar where Polish Fulbright Scholars will talk about their experiences at the University
If you need a new Polish passport, sign up for a reservation slot ASAP! The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles kindly informs that the long awaited consular visit to Seattle, only to process passport applications, is scheduled for September 24 & 25, 2021. The Consul will be available at the Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski, by reservation only, 9 am to 6 pm on Friday and 9 am to 1
The Polish Cultural Center does not have a permanent chef yet but a regular menu should return in November. For now, the dining room and the bar will open for Friday nights at usual hours with a limited menu starting on September 24, 2021. The menu includes different kinds of pierogi and a kielbasa dish, so if you missed Pierogi Fest last Saturday, this is your chance! Tea, coffee and pączki will also be available.
The Kosciuszko Foundation online programs present a webinar Sixty Years of Studying Poland – a conversation between Prof. Norman Davies and Prof. Robert Frost, with introductory remarks and Q&A by Alex Storozynski, former Kosciuszko Foundation president. The Kosciuszko Foundation is excited to partner with the Project on Poland Past and Present to bring you Studying Poland Today – a new webinar series aiming to promote a broad vision of both Poland’s heritage and of Polish Studies in English-speaking universities. Join us
The Polish Choir Vivat Musica! invites all the people interested in singing Polish folk songs, carols as well as classic repertoire of songs by Polish composers to come to the open house and the choir meeting opening the season. Male singers are especially needed! You don’t need to know Polish to join the choir. The choir has practice sessions at the Polish Cultural Center on Tuesdays at 7:30 pm. The sessions will start in October.
One of the most beloved, and savored, events at the Polish Cultural Center in Seattle is back! Pierogi Fest, after being cancelled last year, has been moved from its usual May weekend to September to save it this year. The program and menu has been curtailed due to the pandemic. Reservations: New this year is a reservation system on SignUpGenius to secure a place in the line to buy pierogi, with the following options: Purchase
The Polish Theatre group is starting its first project in Polish and looks for children, youths and grown ups who would like to help with it. If you would like to get involved, come to the first meeting of the season on September 17, 2021. The theatre has been organizing over the past several months and starting this fall the group will have regular rehearsal meetings on Fridays nights at the Polish Cultural Center Dom
The Club invites new members to discuss books in Polish. The book for the meeting is Ślepnąc od świateł by Jakub Żulczyk, published in 2018 by Świat Książki. The book is the first person account of the frenzied life of a cocaine dealer and a portrait of the brutal underground world that underpins Warsaw – cocaine and other drugs are just a commodity and a lubricant that like money makes the life to go on
Polish Cultural Center offers salsa dance classes for advance dancers with Sala on Thursdays at 7:45 pm. Class sessions are six week long and the cost is $10 per person per class. If you want to learn salsa, the classes for the beginners will start on October 7, 2021. More: to sign up and for more information please contact salsa@polishhome.org.
Polish Cultural Institute New York and MUBI present a selection of Stanisław Lem centennial movies that have been showing at other places as well. This series spotlights mostly sci-fi movies based on Lem’s work with the haunting WWII drama Hospital of the Transfiguration added to the mix later. The series can be viewed on the world-wide movie platform MUBI, with a 30 days free trial period. The centennial movies from the list below can be
Polish Home Association presents the first rummage sale for a long time. Please stop by to see if you can find something you really need for a low, low price! Or just buy stuff to have fun! But also, summer is a perfect time to clean out your closets! So this is your opportunity to bring in and donate gently used or new items to this rummage sale to support the Polish Cultural Center! You
The Polish Cultural Center in Seattle opens for business after the summer break on Friday, September 10, 2021. The dining room and the bar will open only on September 24, 2021. However, different groups and organizations start right away and invite new members to join their activities. Interest groups: treat each line below as an invitation to drop by – meetings are at the Polish Cultural Center Sep 10, 7:30 pm – Seattle Gdynia Sister-City Association (on
Memories from Polish Scouting in Seattle and with Scoutmaster Martha Golubiec. To honor the 35th anniversary of Polish Scouting in Seattle, the local scout troop Kaszuby is creating a memory book to commemorate the milestone. The troop asks the current and past Polish scouts from Seattle and Tacoma and their families to submit their memories, photographs and the like for this book. As you may know, the scouts have lost recently a very important person
The Polish Studies Program of the Loyola University in Chicago presents a national conversation with Solidarity heroes Freedom of the Press in Poland. Recently, the Polish government proposed a controversial bill named “Lex TVN.” The bill aims to stop the country’s highest-rated independent news channel, TVN24, which, unlike state-owned channels, broadcasts independent news and critical commentary about the government. The Polish American students, organizations or students interested in the issue to join a Zoom webinar
Washington Academy of Languages at the City University of Seattle has a native Polish instructor and has been offering Polish classes. Dr. Ewa Krawczyk will be teaching Polish 1 in the fall quarter on Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:20 pm Polish 1 Ewa Krawczyk Thur 6:30 – 8:20PM 10/7/21 12/9/21 No class 11/25; 9 125-Min classes You can register for the language classes at the Washington Academy of Languages without being admitted as a student
Polish Cultural Center and Swing It Seattle present the monthly Swing It Saturday dance party. Come swing dance to live music with The Quality Quartet from 8:15 to 11:00. This event includes special swing performances from the Swing It Seattle community. No partner or experience needed – come join the fun! The bar will be open upstairs for the event. Swing It Wednesday: besides this longer monthly Swing It Saturday dance party at $20, there