The Polish Cultural Center invites everybody to the annual New Year’s Eve party. Festive dinner by Sebi’s Bistro includes: hot courses, appetizers, dessert, hot and cold beverages, a glass of champaign at midnight. Music by DJ Justin. Drink of the night is Vesper Martini. Cost is $100 for PHA members, $120 non-members. For tickets, reservations and more info call Halina at (206) 484-3549, or buy tickets on Eventbrite. More: Must be 21+ to attend. Party webpage
Ho, ho ho!!!! Christmas is right around the corner and it’s time to celebrate! Polish Home Association invites all children and their parents to the annual Christmas party for kids – Mikołajki. This is a community-wide event, and all children are invited, regardless of whether they speak Polish or English. Attractions include: photo booth gingerbread workshop (register here) – a fundraiser for the Polish School in Bellevue Christmas ornaments workshop Dessert bar – fundraiser for the
Klub książki zaprasza wszystkich zainteresowanych do udziału w dyskusji. Tematem spotkania grudniowego jest powieść “Dygot” Jacka Małeckiego, opublikowana przez Wydawnictwo SQN w 2015 r. Naznaczona wstrząsającą tajemnicą ballada o pięknie i okrucieństwie polskiej prowincji. Porywające obsesje, niszczące namiętności i groza przemijania. Uciekająca przed Armią Czerwoną Niemka rzuca klątwę na Jana Łabendowicza za to, że nie udzielił jej pomocy. Niedaleko domu Jana mieszka Bronek Gelda, naznaczony klątwą Cyganki. Wkrótce na świat przychodzi syn Jana, Wiktor, chłopiec o
Celebrated composer Bogdan Pawłowski’s gorgeous ballet “Snow White and The Seven Dwarves”–inspired by the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale–arrives in Seattle just in time for the holiday season and brings in a welcome alternative to the children holiday perennial “Nutcracker”. Performed by the extraordinarily talented and mission-driven company Grand Kyiv Ballet (which also adds some Disney flair to their interpretation of Pawłowski’s work), “Snow White” stars brilliant prima ballerinas Kateryna Kukhar and Petra Conti, as well
Polish-born Holocaust survivor Bronka Sundstrom, a very well-known hiking guide and a folk hero at Mount Rainier National Park, died on November 29, 2023, from congestive heart failure. She was 98. Born Bronka Czyżyk in 1925 in Sandomierz, Poland, she was deported first to Auschwitz, where all her family had died. CLose to death, Sundstrom was liberated at the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen and was evacuated to Sweden. There she met her husband architect Ake
The Annual Election Meeting of the Officers and Trustees of the Polish Home Association will be held at the Polish Home, on Sunday, January 28, 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 their candidacy in writing no later than by December 25, 2023 (postmarked) addressed to Polish Home Association, 1714 18th Ave, Seattle,
SYLWIA TUR HOLIDAY STUDIO SALE December 9 & 10, from 12 to 3 pm, or by appointment Dear All, I am thrilled to invite you to my very first Holiday Sale at my West Seattle studio.Please join me anytime between 12 (noon) and 3pm on Saturday, December 9th or/and Sunday, December 10th. If you cannot make it within these times, please text/call (206-850-6640) or email me (sylwia@sylwiatur.com). and I will be happy to arrange for
Enjoy a free 50-minute performance by the Freszel Duo featuring Chopin’s mazurkas and more! This action-packed program celebrates the dynamic mazurka, beginning with Chopin and continuing through a lineage of inspiration that includes Paderewski, Szymanowski, Tansman, and Friedman, who each put their own spin on the art form. The program presents a compelling narrative of musical geniuses evolving the mazurka across lifetimes, interspersed with more than a few lovely songs by these same composers, a