Month: July 2024

Polish Festival at Seattle Center

Polish Festival Seattle returns to its usual venue at the Seattle Center Armory and the Mural Amphitheater this year. The festival will open with a parade from the Mural Amphitheatre to the Armory Food & Event Hall at 12 p.m. There will be the usual attractions – folk group performances, a Chopin concert, exhibition, movies, workshops, Polish food and a beer garden as well as booths with arts and craft vendors and different organizations. The

AD: Wendy Rader-Konofalski Home & Deck Art Show

Local artist, Wendy Rader-Konofalski, is opening her house and deck for her Annual Home and Deck Art Show on Saturday, July 20th from 2 p.m. till 6 p.m.  Her address is: 11025 NE 96th St., Kirkland.  Please come and see her growing collection of paintings–landscapes, abstracts, acrylic and watercolors, many of them brand new.  She will have greeting cards, mini paintings. Everyone is welcome to browse, purchase, chat, enjoy the weather and meet the artist

Agnieszka Holland’s “Green Border” at SIFF Cinema Uptown

Legendary filmmaker Agnieszka Holland won the Golden Lion at the 2023 Venice Film Festival for this ground-level examination of the refugee crisis at the titular exclusion zone between Belarus and Poland, seen through the eyes of a Syrian family fleeing their war-torn home. “Green Border” depicts a family of Syrian refugees as they hope to cross the border from Belarus into Poland to escape the violence of their homeland and eventually connect with relatives living in

Klub Książki: “Nocami krzyczą sarny”

Klub książki zaprasza wszystkich zainteresowanych do udziału w spotkaniu. Książka na spotkanie lipcowe to “Nocami krzyczą sarny“ Katarzyny Zyskowskiej, Wyd. Znak 2023. HISTORIĘ PISZĄ ZWYCIĘZCY, ALE CZEMU ZAWSZE PRZEGRYWAJĄ KOBIETY? Maria zaginęła na 3 dni. To było 20 lat temu, kiedy spędzała ostatnie lato u babci w Górach Sowich. Ani ona, ani nikt inny nie wie, co wtedy się z nią działo. Teraz, gdy wraca w tamto miejsce, nie przypuszcza, że będzie musiała zmierzyć się

Polish Cultural Center Closed Till September

The restaurant and the bar at the Polish Cultural Center have closed for the summer. The summer break will last two months, through July and August. Both the restaurant and the bar should reopen as usual on the first Friday after Labor Day, that is on September 13, 2022. More: Polish Cultural Center website