“Erase the Nation”, directed by Tomasz Grzywaczewski, is a documentary showing the destruction of Ukraine’s cultural heritage by Russian Federation troops since the invasion began on February 24, 2022. This powerful film highlights the devastation inflicted on museums, monuments, archaeological sites and sacred places such as the cathedral in Odessa, all ruthlessly destroyed by Russian forces who are trying to rewrite history in the name of the chauvinist ideology of “Great Russia”. It also presents
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Seattle’s Polish soccer team PKS (Pilkarski Klub of Seattle) is looking for players over the age of 40 for an over 40 league. PKS has been playing in one form or another for over 10 years in different leagues and tournaments around the Seattle area. If you are 40 or above and are an active soccer player interested in joining our team, please email one or both of Michal Pietrzyk michalp@comcast.net or Piotr Warczak piotrwar@yahoo.com.
Polish Home Association invites everybody to an Andrzejki dance party at the Polish Cultural Center. 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. The restaurant will be open for dinner and appetizers from 5 pm to 10 pm, the bar will be open downstairs and upstairs. Party dancing from 8 pm with a DJ playing Polish
Tango the night away at the Polish Cultural Center to the live music of the celebrated Polish ensemble Bandonegro! At once both inimitable and iconic, Bandonegro are known the world over for their traditional Argentine tango and tango nuevo, as well as their own innovative stylings that weave in jazz and classical music. They burst onto the tango scene by winning the international competition “PIF Castelfidardo” in Italy at the age of eighteen. Since that
Adult Polish Folk Dance Group in Seattle, aka Traditional Polish Dance Group is looking for an official name. We asked our dancers to pick the best names and would like to ask you to share with us your opinion. We are looking forward to hearing from our community. The name that was most voted for will be presented on the Santa Clause Day at Polish Home, on December 10th. The voting will be open until
The UW Ukrainian Students United and the Ukrainian Association of Washington State present a film screening of the award-winning “Mr. Jones” to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Holodomor, Stalin’s famine-genocide that starved millions of Ukrainians to death between 1932 and 1933. The movie “Mr. Jones” directed by Academy Award winner Agnieszka Holland is a powerful drama that highlights the life of the journalist Gareth Jones and his courageous efforts to uncover the truth about the Holodomor. It serves
Claire Koleske’s play “An Inheritance of Light”, inspired by Polish history and folklore, is debuting on the Seattle stage with four performances from November 17 to 19. Maja Koleski, living through the war-torn Partitions of Poland, strikes a cursed deal with a Noonwitch in exchange for safe passage to America. But the curse does not stop with her life. It races forward in time through future generations without sparing any of Maja’s descendants. It is
This concert series, titled “Musical Delicacies”, seeks to tantalize and satisfy the musical palate while also expressing a message of friendship and solidarity between two cultures. Ganna Krupina, the coordinator of the PNW Kobzar Project says, “As a gratitude to Polish people for their support of Ukraine, I decided to organize the recitals of classical music of our two nations as good friends and neighbors with rich musical cultures.” A menu of melodious delights awaits
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Dr. Piotr Florczyk – poet, translator, and Assistant Professor of the UW Slavic and Global Literary Studies – will deliver a lecture “Writing With an Accent” on the nature of bilingualism in literature. He will explore the momentous experiences of living, communicating, and creating art across languages and cultures. As someone who grew up in Kraków and now lives in the United States, he will bring both a scholarly and a personal approach to the
The local Polish Scout Troop invites everybody to the Polish Cultural Center at for a celebration of the Polish Independence Day commemorating Poland emerging as an independent nation on November 11, 1918, after over a century of partitions. The program prepared by Iwona Bernacki consists of a medley of patriotic songs, poems and fragments of prose commemorating all heroes who fought for freedom of Poland. The program will be performed by the scouts and their
Garrick Ohlsson, the 1970 winner of the famous Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland (and only American to have taken the top prize), brings Seattle an evening program featuring four Chopin pieces: Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 36 Barcarolle in F-sharp Minor, Op. 60 Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49 Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 39 as well as pieces by Beethoven, Mamlok, and Schubert. According to The New York
World-class pianist Mateusz Krzyżowski brings the music of Chopin, Szymanowski, and Paderewski to life during an unforgettable performance this fall. Get out of the rain and take in a lovely evening of classical music by some of Poland’s best-known composers at the Polish Cultural Center. Krzyżowski himself boasts an impressive resume, most recently earning 1st prize at the International Piano Competition “Warsaw Piano Grand Prix” and 1st prize at the I. J. Paderewski International Piano
European Film Festival Seattle invites movie fans to its first edition with “FRONTLINE: POLAND MOVIE SERIES”. The festival, produced by the Society For Arts, will be run over two Saturdays of November 4 & 11. All movies in Polish with English subtitles will be presented at SIFF Cinema Egyptian. The schedule is as follows: Saturday, November 4, 2023 2:15 PM The Hunting / Polowanie, by Paweł Chmielewski, 2023 4:45 PM Feast Of Fire / Święto ognia,
The fall bazaar comes to the Polish Cultural Center at its usual first weekend of November, organized by the Polish Women’s Club. Similar to the last year, the Polish bazaar will last one day. 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 as booths by local Polish organizations. You can also buy Christmas ornaments and wafers (oplatki), as