The UW Slavic Department presents a lecture “Between Nomadism and Rootedness: Literary Topography in the Writings of Joanna Bator, Grażyna Plebanek, and Olga Tokarczuk” by Dr. Justyna Zych. One of the main common themes in the literary work of Joanna Bator, Grażyna Plebanek, and Olga Tokarczuk is travel. Their mobile protagonists – travelers, multiple migrants, cosmopolitans – traverse countries and continents, driven by freedom aspirations, existential quests, longing for adventure and Otherness, or pure escapism.
The Polish Home Association and the Seattle Polish Foundation present an appreciation concert for donors who contributed to the recent grand piano fundraiser in memory of Barbara Strutynski. The fundraiser has gathered over $60,000 to purchase an excellent Steinway B concert piano for the Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski in Seattle. This is the very first concert using the new piano. It honors memory of Barbara Strutynski and is by invitation only as a token
The UW Slavic Department presents a lecture “The Anxious Mind: (Re)Defining Polishness in the 21st Century” by Dr. Krzysztof Borowski. This talk will examine what contemporary regionalist discourse reveals about the Polish national imagination in the early 21st century by tracing examples of divergent narratives across language, literature, and culture. Dr. Borowski will show how these ideas actively challenge deeply rooted visions of culture, identity, and nation, forcing a (re)examination of what it means to
Polish Home Association invites all the lovebirds to a Carnival and Valentine Party at the Polish Cultural Center. Dance the night away with your belle or beau! Dancing from 7 pm with DJ Justin. The dining room at the Polish Hall will be open for dinner and appetizers from 5 pm to 9 pm. Bar will be open through the evening. More: must be 21+ to attend
Klub książki zaprasza nowych członków do udziału w dyskusjach. Tematem spotkania lutowego jest “A ja żem jej powiedziała…” Katarzyny Nosoweskiej opublikowana w 2019 r. przez Wydawnictwo Wielka Litera. Ta książka to petarda. Wydawało się, że nic już nas nie zaskoczy w internecie. I wtedy pojawiła się ona. Śmieszna gęba, która mówi mądrze o życiu. Prosto, zwięźle, szczerze i bez owijania w bawełnę. Ze zrozumieniem, bez pouczania. Mówi o show-biznesie, celebrytach, współczesnych snobizmach, fobiach i modach.
Dear Friends, The Kosciuszko Foundation Teaching English in Poland Program is looking for American volunteers who wish to connect with Polish and Ukrainian children and teachers during this summer in Poland. Become a Camp Leader, TEIP Teacher or Assisting Teacher and spend a wonderful summer 2023 in Poland. Application deadline is February 28, 2023. Who we are looking for: Camp Leaders: American educators with proven leadership, administrative, organizational, communication, and social skills. Teachers: American teachers of all subject areas in K-12 schooling
Hungry for ponchki / pączki or favorki? Polish Home Assn. invites you to celebrate Fat Thursday at the Polish Cultural Center. (Fat Thursday is the Polish equivalent of Fat Tuesday, except a few days earlier). Drop by to the Polish Home between 4 pm and 9 pm to buy Polish cakes and pastries or have a delicious dinner! Sweet tooth cravings will be satisfied with poppy seed cake / makowiec, favorki, ponchki / pączki and thin
Lira will show you the Poland of your dreams! Poland is perfectly safe – with 10,000 US troops in the country – and is a member of NATO and the European Union. Lira has been organizing tours of Poland for more than 30 years! The 2023 offer includes the two usual tours: More: for more info, please call 773-508-7040 or email lira@liraensemble.org
Registration is starting for a walking soccer team to play at Starfire on Mondays at 10 am. We are coed, mostly over 55, but we also have a few younger players too. Check out ultimatewalksoccerclub.club website for more information about walking soccer. Known as walking football in the United Kingdom, it is the fastest-growing team sport among people over 55 and it is growing fast in the US. Similar to regular soccer in many ways,
The UW Slavic Department presents a lecture “Revolutionary Subjecthood of the Interwar Poetry in Poland: Traumatized Selves and Heterogeneous Subjectivities in Tytus Czyżewski’s Writing” by Dr. Agnieszka Jeżyk. This talk focuses on the influence that World War I had on the notion of subjecthood of one of the most important Polish avant-garde groups, the futurists. Even today contemporary criticism more frequently presents the first works of authors such as Bruno Jasieński, Jerzy Jankowski, and Tytus
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At the annual meeting of the Polish Home Association held on January 29, 2023, Lidia Jasklowska has been elected as the PHA President and Erik Lidzbarski as the Senior Vice-President. Roman Rogalski has been reelected as the Treasurer. Congratulations! A full list of the 2023 PHA Election results for all the Officer and Trustee positions can be found on the PHA website. More: for more information, please contact Polish Home Association at info@polishhome.org
The UW Slavic Department presents a lecture “Third Cinema in the Second World: Images of Anti-colonialism in the Polish People’s Republic” by Dr. Marla Zubel. This talk locates key elements of the politics and aesthetics of Latin American Third Cinema in anti-colonial reportage films made in Poland in the 1960s and 1970s. The point is not to posit an alternative origin of a form of militant cinema first conceptualized by Argentinian filmmakers Fernando Solanas and