Month: August 2022

Barbara Strutynski Has Died

Barbara Strutynski, an outstanding longtime member of our Polish community died on August 24, 2022, in her home with her family by her side. She was almost 86. Known to everybody as “Pani Basia”, Barbara was a community pilar, active since the early 1960s untill the pandemic. During this time, she founded and directed different performance groups involving children, youth and adults. Her name was most notably connected with the Młodzi Polanie / Young Polanie

Polish Community Picnic

This is the main summer picnic for the Polish community of Seattle, and everybody is invited. It’s organized by the Polish Home Association, the biggest Polish organization around, together with the Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association. However, this is a Polish picnic open to all, so drop by if you feel Polish or would like to socialize with the local Polish and Polish American crowd. Come to share good food and fun! PHA & SGSCA will

Klub książki: “Księgi Jakubowe”

Klub książki zaprasza nowych członków do udziału w dyskusjach. Tematem spotkania sierpniowego, przeniesionego z lipca, jest książka laureatki nagrody Nobla, Olgi Tokarczuk pt. Księgi Jakubowe  wydana w 2014 roku przez Wydawnictwo Literackie. Tokarczuk, 60, otrzymała nagrode Nobla w dziedzinie literatury za rok 2018. Otrzymała też nagrode Man Booker International Prize w roku 2018 za książkę Bieguni, w tłumaczeniu Jennifer Croft. Angielskie wydanie Ksiąg Jakubowych,  rowniez w tlumaczeniu Jennifer Croft, zostalo nominowane do tegorocznej edycji International