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 visit the PHA election page for the election committee downloadable newsletter with the announcement, candidate lists and other info. As is a tradition a free dinner will be served before the meeting, starting
KINO OKO is showing another WWII documentary “Stefan Starzynski. Investigation Discontinued / Stefan Starzyński. Śledztwo umorzono” (2017, 60 min), directed by Hanna Etemadi. Stefan Starzyński was the Mayor of Warsaw from 1934 to October 1939. He became famous for his heroic attitude during the defense of Warsaw in September 1939. He refused to evacuate with the government to Romania and remained faithful to Warsaw to the end, He did not abandon it in the face
Ronald “Roman” Golubiec, a pillar of our Polish community, died on January 24, 2024 in Seattle of old age, he was 91. Romuald Golubiec was born in Riga, Latvia on July 27, 1932. His father was arrested and taken away by the Soviets. His mother later remarried to the Polish Consul, Boleslaw Golubiec. After the Soviet Union invaded the Baltic countries in 1940 his stepfather was also arrested and sent to Siberia but managed to
The Warsztaty Kulinarne – Wspólna Kuchnia and the Syrena Seattle group invite you to a culinary workshop at the Polish Cultural Center devoted to this most famous Polish American dish. Come to practice making meat pierogi, blueberry pierogi and whichever other kind strikes your fancy! This workshop is also a fundraiser for the Syrena Seattle folk dance group created last fall. The group practices each Friday at the Polish Cultural Center. At the workshop, in
This is a repeat of the screening first featured on January 4, 2024. Krzysztof Poraj-Kuczewski and the Polish Movie Club Kino OKO invite you to a series of historical documentaries. The first to be presented is a documentary “Polish Underground Education / Indeks i Karabin. Tajne nauczanie” directed by Hanna Etemadi. The movie tells the story of Polish WWII resistance organizing education at the high-school and college level in face of the Nazis allowing only
Klub książki zaprasza wszystkich zainteresowanych do udziału w dyskusji. Tematem spotkania styczniowego jest powieść “Ostanie rozdanie” Wiesława Myśliwskiego. Ostatnie rozdanie to dzieło „totalne”, które chce objąć całość ludzkiego doświadczenia, dotknąć tajemnicy bytu. Jest zachętą do myślenia, nie poucza, nie moralizuje i nie ocenia. Pokazuje życie z jego dobrymi i złymi stronami. To powieść filozoficzna i wielowymiarowa, której tematem jest człowiek i ludzki los zawieszony między przypadkiem a koniecznością. Perfekcyjnie skonstruowana, zachęca do lektury wielokrotnej – przy
We just entered 2024 and if your goal this year is to eat healthier, I want to demonstrate an amazing device that can make healthy cooking a joyful bliss. Thermomix® TM6® is a number one smart cooking robot that will amaze you and your family! Thermomix is produced by Vorwerk. (See: https://www.vorwerk-group.com/en/home). Vorwerk is a German company that has been inspiring people all over the world with high-quality household products – for more than 140 years! Let me show
The Polish Cultural Center invites everybody to Opłatek, a wafer & goodwill sharing event that has been a long-standing tradition of the Polish community. This is an open and free event – everybody is welcome to come and enjoy the holiday cheer. The program includes a round of Christmas wafer sharing & well-wishing and singing Polish & American carols, as well as sharing of food and desserts. As usual, the Polish Choir Vivat Musica will
The Syrena Seattle is a newly established Polish folk-dance group at the Polish Cultural Center in Seattle. This adult group started rehearsals last September and practices every Fridays at Polish Cultural Center and is in a need of traditional costumes. These are made in Poland and are quite expensive. Please support the group if you can by donating through this PayPal page, or through this Seattle Polish Foundation page. The inauguration performance for the group is planned
This event has been rescheduled from December. Krzysztof Poraj-Kuczewski and the Polish Movie Club Kino OKO invite you to a series of historical documentaries. The first to be presented is a documentary “Polish Underground Education / Indeks i Karabin. Tajne nauczanie” directed by Hanna Etemadi. The movie tells the story of Polish WWII resistance organizing education at the high-school and college level in face of the Nazis allowing only vocational schools for Poles. More: about