The Polish Cultural Center invites everybody to the annual New Year’s Eve party. Polish traditional cuisine by Kamila / Sebi’s Bistro includes: 5 hot courses, 9 different appetizers, dessert stations, hot and cold beverages, a glass of champaign at midnight. Music by DJ Justin. The plan for the evening is as follows: 7:30 pm door opens 8 pm to 9:30 pm dinner by Sebi’s Bistro’s chef Kamila from 9:30 pm dancing, TJ Justin 12:00 midnight
Frank David Wilson, longtime member of the PHA died on November 24, 2022, at his home in Seaview, WA, after a long struggle with brain cancer. He was 72. Frank is survived by his wife Elizabeth, sister Valerie, stepchildren and grandchildren. Services will be held at the chapel of ‘Sunset Hills Memorial Park & Funeral Home’, 1215 145th Pl SE, Bellevue, WA 98007, on December 28, 2022, at 11:30 am. After the services, the family invites for a
SIFF Cinema Uptown presents the newest movie directed by the great Jerzy Skolimowski, “EO”. The film has won a Grand Jury Prize at the 2022 Cannes Festival (as a cowinner) and is the official entry from Poland to the 2023 Oscars, in the Best International Feature category. Eo, a gray donkey with melancholic eyes and a curious spirit, begins his life as a circus performer before escaping on a trek across the Polish and Italian
Wendy Rader-Konofalski is a local artist who has just opened her first solo exhibition at Caffe Ladro in West Seattle where she presents several of her acrylic paintings. This exhibition is available till January 31, 2023, during the caffe business hours – from 6:30 am to 6 pm on weekdays and from 6:30 am to 5 pm on weekends. Her smaller works can be also seen at the Parklane Gallery in Kirkland as part of
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 winter quarter on Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:20 pm Polish 1 Ewa Krawczyk Thu 6:30 – 8:20PM 1/12/23 3/16/23 in-person class You can register for the language classes at the Washington Academy of Languages without being admitted as a student of the City University
The Polish Home Association presents the annual Mikołajki party for children to celebrate Christmas traditions at the Polish Cultural Center. This is a community-wide event, and all children are invited, regardless of whether they speak Polish or English. A visit by Santa Claus is not confirmed at this time, but there will be a photo booth and an opportunity to take family pictures with the kids. The main attraction this year is the children’s play
This is your last chance to see the play in Polish “Przygody Pchły Szachrajki” based on a classic poem for children by Jan Brzechwa and directed by Anna Kułakowska. This show is part of the annual Mikołajki party for kids and is free of charge as the Polish Home Associations sponsors the show. The play is a journey to the fantastic world of insects. That world is set in a different reality where there is
Klub książki zaprasza nowych członków do udziału w dyskusjach. Tematem spotkania gruniowego jest “SPATiF upajający pozór wolności” Aleksandry Szarłat opublikowana w 2022 r. przez Wyd. Czarene. Książka opisuje historię i znaczenie Klubu Aktora Stowarzyszenia Polskich Aktorów Teatru i Filmu w Warszawie. Spotykali się tam twórcy wszelkiej maści ale także znaczące osobistosci zycia politycznego i sportowego. ALeksandra Szarłat jest dziennikarką i autorką ksiażek dokumentalnych, zwłaszcza o osobach z kręgu celebrytów. More: blog klubu Klub ma spotkania
The grand piano in the picture will be coming to the Polish Hall real soon now! The Seattle Polish Foundation entered into a purchase agreement with a private seller for a 2008 concert-class Steinway grand piano in an excellent condition for the Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski. The grand piano campaign raised about $59,000 as of 12/22/22, and the purchase price is $60,000. With the transport and other costs, we need about $2,500 to close
This is the annual meeting of the members of the Polish Home Association. PHA owns and operates the Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski in Seattle. It is also an election meeting for the PHA Board of Trustees and the Officers positions. Please see the PHA website for the election committee announcement, candidate list and other info. As is a tradition a free dinner will be served before the meeting, starting from 2 pm. This year’s
The Annual Election Meeting of the Officers and Trustees of the Polish Home Association will be held at the Polish Home, on Sunday, January 29, 2023, at 3:00 PM. Complimentary dinner for members of PHA from 2:00 PM. According to our Election Procedures, members interested in running for an Officer or Trustee position will need to declare her or their candidacy in writing no later than by December 16, 2022 (postmarked) addressed to Polish Home Association, 1714 18th
Friends have set up a GoFundMe page to help the Mroz family with the medical and funeral bills. Please contribute to this fund if you can. Andre Mroz fell ill early November and ended up in the ICU fighting for his life. Andre lost his fight on November 19,2022. The family needs assistance with medical bills that accrued during his stay in the ICU and also funeral costs. Memorial and funeral is scheduled for December
LAST CALL TO SIGN UP FOR KILIMANJARO AND SAFARI! Please, join us on a seven-day journey to the “Roof of Africa” via Machame Route, This is fully supported climb with guides, porters and kitchen staff. Our success rate is in the upper 80% and this year we summited in quite difficult conditions. We will be assisted by guides, porters and kitchen staff. Due to strong and experienced guides, Crew Treks has high success rate and
As usual in the season, Sebi’s Bistro has just announced that it is taking pre-orders for Christmas. You can order all Polish Christmas food favorites from borscht & uszka, through different kielbasas and blood sausage (kaszanka), cabbage rolls (gołąbki), hunter stew (bigos) and different kinds of pierogi, to gingerbread (piernik świąteczny) and Polish apple cake (szarlotka). Deadline for orders is Dec 10, 2022. Please see the Sebi’s holiday order form for details on what you can order
Dear Members and Friends of the Polish Community, By the end of November, we have received about $49,000 in donations from over 170 donors, which is way more than we expected, and donations are still coming in. We continue fundraising as we’d like to buy a good-quality used concert-class instrument during the sale season after Thanksgiving. (a brand-new grand piano costs $80k-$100k or more). Thank you for your incredible support for this fundraiser in memory of Barbara
The Culinary Workshops group presents a Christmas edition of their popular hands-on cooking sessions. This one will have a Wigilia (Polish Christmas Eve) ambiance as all the demos are related to Christmas. The dishes covered in this session include: mushroom soup (zupa grzybowa), pasta with cabbage and mushrooms (łazanki z kapustą i grzybami), pickling borscht and sauerkraut (kiszenie barszczu i kapusty), decorating pastries and making Christmas tree decorations. Presented by Iwona Myśliński and Stanisław Świerc.
Polish Home Association presents an Andrzejki Party at the Polish Home. In Poland, Andrzejki used to be the last party of the season, on the St. Andrew’s Eve, and its traditions include fortune telling with wax poured on water. Party dancing will be with a DJ with Polish and American pop hits. The restaurant and the bar will be open downstairs for dinner from 5 pm to 10 pm with specials: steak tartare, śledzik (herring
Andrzej Mroz, the former Solidarity leader, local community activist and one of the most recognizable members of the Polish community died on November 19, 2022, due to complications after a cardiac arrest. He was 67. Andrzej Antoni Mróz was born on June 21,1955 in Bliszczyce in Silesia, Poland. He obtained a vocational school diploma as carpenter, but he followed in the footsteps of his father who worked at the Wujek coalmine in Katowice, and became
The Seattle Polish Film Festival announced viewers’ choice award for the best movie of the festival. The Seattle Spirit of Polish Cinema Award goes to the following movie: The runners up with the same number of votes were For the best documentary, a Certificate of Recognition went to Congratulations! More: SPFF website
The Kosciuszko Foundation Online Programs presents the webinar “Józef Piłsudski – the Founding Father of Modern Poland” by Joshua Zimmerman. Zimmerman is the author of a new Piłsudski biography of the same title. In the story of modern Poland, no one stands taller than Jozef Pilsudski. From the age of sixteen, he devoted his life to reestablishing the Polish state that had ceased to exist in 1795. Ahead of World War I, he created a