The fall bazaar is returning to the Polish Cultural Center at its usual first weekend of November, organized by the Polish Women’s Club. The ladies are playing it safe though due to the pandemic, and this year the Polish bazaar will last only one day, instead of the usual two. Other than that, it is expected to feature the usual: booths with amber and jewelry, arts and crafts, Polish crystals and Boleslawiec pottery as well
The Ethnic Heritage Council and University of Washington Libraries with the Greater Kent Historical Society, the 4Culture Foundation, and City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture present a free workshop Preserving the Cultural and Historical Records of Your Ethnic Community, Organizations, and Families This is another We Are History Keepers Workshop with the following program MORNING SESSIONS / Presented by University of Washington Archivists and Librarians Researching Family and Local History Using Archives and Special Collections
The Seattle Gdynia Sister City Association presents the movie Pilot Pirx’s Inquest / Test Pilota Pirxa (1978, 95′), dir. by Marek Piestrak and based on the short story by Stanisław Lem The Inquest from the Tales of Pirx the Pilot / Opowieści o pilocie Pirxie series. The movie is about “finite non-linears,” robots that closely resemble human beings but are even more perfect than humans. They are intended to eventually replace humans in space flights. Somewhat apprehensive
Dear Members of the Polish Home Association and Friends of the Polish Home, As an acting president of the Polish Home Association, I would like to share my thoughts and feelings with you today. Today is “Dzień Zmarłych”, the day on which we visit cemeteries to remember and pay respect to our loved ones that we lost. It is also time to reflect and remember members we lost this year. We are in the second
Polish Cultural Center and Swing It Seattle present a Hallow-Swing it dance party as a special Halloween edition. Bring your Halloween-themed costume and win a prize! Enjoy special performances. Come swing dance to live music with T.O.P. Jazz Band from 8:15 to 11:00. No partner or experience needed – come join the fun! Intro dance lesson at 7:30 pm. The bar will be open upstairs for the event. More: Swing It Seattle website event page
The Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski follows the most recent Washington state and King County restrictions that have taken effect on October 25, 2021. A proof of vaccination or a recent negative test is needed at the dining room or to attend different activities and events, such as the Polish Bazaar. More details can be found in this memo: Polish Home Association memo for Members, Volunteers and Visitors, Oct 17, 2021 More: please visit polishhome.org for
If you would like to help at the Polish Bazaar on November 6, 2021, please contact volunteers@polishhome.org
The Polish American Historical Association (PAHA) presents a lecture America, Exiles and Ways to Rally Global Support for the Case of Captive Nations during the Cold War by Anna Mazurkiewicz. The webinar discusses the Assembly of Captive European Nations (ACEN) – an umbrella organization and a quasi-East European parliament in exile, composed of formerly prominent statesmen who strove to maintain the case of liberation of Eastern Europe from the Soviet yoke on the agenda of
Starting this fall, the J. Słowacki Polish School in Seattle has a new principal. Maria Grabowska, who has led the school since 2014, has retired and Milena Dickens accepted the position. Thank you, Marysia, for your gentle leadership and especially for keeping the school running during the pandemic. The Polish community is grateful to you! Milena was born and raised in Poland and is a professional educator. She is actually both an educator and an
The Kosciuszko Foundation online programs present the webinar Ten Competing Concepts of Polish Studies with Prof. Norman Davies. In this webinar, Prof. Norman Davies, author and distinguished scholar who taught Polish history and held a chair at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies in London for nearly three decades will delve into the concept of Polish Studies and examine its scope. He will argue that Polish Studies, traditionally defined as “Polonistyka” or “Polish
The 29th Seattle Polish Film Festival returns after the pandemic induced hiatus in 2020. The SPFF is the second oldest Polish film festival in the USA, after the Polish Film Festival of America in Chicago, running since 1992. The festival is produced by the Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association. As usual, the movies will be screened both at SIFF venues and at the Polish Cultural Center. All movies with English subtitles where necessary. The schedule as
Asia Filipek zaprasza na sesje Jogi po polsku w Domu Polskim w Seattle. To jest wznowienie zajęć bezpłatnej jogi prowadzonych przez Asię w Domu Polskim od 2016 roku po przerwie wymuszonej przez pandemię. Zajęcia będą odbywały się co tydzień w czwartki, z przerwą na Święto Dziękczynienia i Święta Bożego Narodzenia. Zapraszamy! Uwaga: przerwa świąteczno-noworoczna w zajęciach jest od połowy grudnia br. do połowy stycznia 2022. Pierwsze zajęcia po przerwie będą 20 stycznia 2022. COVID: zgodnie
On October 16, 2021, Jarosław Łasiński, Consul General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles, honored local Polish-Americans with the following medals: Bogdan Smyczynski of Tacoma and Józef Eugeniusz Kucharczyk of Auburn each has received The Cross of Freedom and Solidarity, awarded to the former Solidarity activists by the President of Poland. Jerzy and Elżbieta Las of Renton have received The Medal for Long Marital Life awarded to couples who have been married for
The UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee presents the lecture Mighty Son of Poland: Zbyszko, Polish Americans and Sports in the 20th Century by prof. Neal Pease about the famous Polish world champion wrestler, intellectual and a Hollywood star, Stanisław Cyganiewicz (1881-1967). Sport has played a significant role in the history of the Polish diaspora in the United States, serving both as an element of ethnic pride, and as an indicator of the acculturation of Polish
The University of Washington Allen Library presents the exhibition Lem’s Bestiary Illustrated by Daniel Mróz organized by the Seattle-Gdynia Sister Association and the UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee in collaboration with the UW Libraries and the Consulate General of Poland in Los Angeles. The main focus of the exhibition is collaboration between the writer and the artist and his drawings. The exhibition also includes videos and a display of Lem’s book from the UW Libraries
Polish Cultural Center offers salsa dance classes for beginners as well as advanced dancers with Sala . Class sessions are six week long and the cost is $10 per person per class. The schedule is 7:45 beginner class 8:45 advanced class More: to sign up and for more information please contact salsa@polishhome.org.
Kaysy Ostrom has directed a play I Never Saw Another Butterfly, performing live at the main stage of the Studio East theatre in Kirkland, from October 8 to 17, 2021. Kaysy is a granddaughter of Krystyna Balut, who was a child survivor of the brutal WWII deportations of Poles by the Soviet Union and in 1943 escaped to Persia with Gen. Anders’ army. Directing this play has a special meaning for Kaysy, as she performed
To celebrate the Year of Stanisław Lem, the UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee and the Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association present the movie Hospital of the Transfiguration / Szpital przemienienia, directed by Edward Żebrowski. This 1979 film is a haunting WWII drama based on Lem’s novel of the same title. There will be an introduction to this movie by Dr. Dawid Junke of the Institute of Cultural Studies, University of Wroclaw in Poland. Dr. Junke will
Marion Jan “Marian” Ossowski, a longtime member of the Polish community, died on September 13, 2021 after battling COVID-19 for several weeks. He was 70. Regretfully, Marion was not vaccinated; his wife Alicja, who survived COVID-19 and recovered, urges everyone to get vaccinated. Born in Szczecin in 1951 and trained as a railway technician, Marian arrived in the United States in 1981 adapting and learning several new trades in the new country; his latest job
The Kosciuszko Foundation online programs present a webinar Bruno Schulz – Between Reality and the Word by .Jaroslaw Anders. Bruno Schulz, a literary magus and myth maker who perished in the ghetto in his native, beloved Drohobycz, and Witold Gombrowicz, an ironist and intellectual provocateur, who spent most of his life in exile in Argentina, can be seen as two poles of Polish literary modernism. In a series of two lectures critic, editor, and translator Jaroslaw