Come and meet the artist as she kicks off her month-long exhibit showcasing brand new landscapes and colorful abstract paintings. Grab a latte, a delicious pastry, and enjoy the art! An added bonus: At the same time, the Centro Cultural Mexicano, right next door to Victor’s, is celebrating Cinco de Mayo with free food and entertainment open to all. Just be aware that you may have to get creative with parking in case the parking
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, concerts, exhibition, movies, workshops, Polish food and a beer garden as well as booths with arts and craft vendors and different organizations. 2025 highlights will
Wendy Rader-Konofalski, recently featured at the Polish Home Art Gallery, now has a new art exhibit at Bothell Caffe Ladro 18610 Bothell Way Lots of large new work and a variety of smaller landscapes. Come for the art, have a cup of coffee, and say hello to Wendy. All her works are for sale, so if you see anything that interests you, you can contact Wendy at wendyrk53@icloud.com. Or you can check out her website
Join us and celebrate together our tradition on our 60th anniversary of the Polish Bazaar! Eat delicious, traditional food, and conventional Polish pastries and get gifts, traditional crafts, t-shirts, and much more for yourself or family and friends! Delicious dinners of pickle soup, white borscht, pierogi, and more were served all-day Delectable pastries, such as Pączki, poppy seed cakes, Polish cheesecakes, and more, are available at the dessert booth, as well as coffee/tea. Take-home dinners
Salon of Poetry at the Polish Home presents a night of poetry and music. Leszek Chudziński writes in both Polish and English. He has authored two books of poetry: Niedzielni Poeci (Sunday Poets, 2018) and Podlesie (2022). His writing has appeared in various literary journals and anthologies, including Frog Pond, No Longer Strangers: Haiku Northwest Twenty-Fifth and Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Anthologies (2014 and 2024), Samthology: A Tribute to Sam Hamill, 2019, Lastbench: North America special edition (2020), Examined Life: A Western Washington Poets Network Anthology (2024). An immigrant himself, Chudzinski writes
This movie – produced by local filmmaker Aniela Sidorska Jr. – has been nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 2025 Academy Awards. “Porcelain War” already earned the Golden Space Needle and Best Documentary awards at the 2024 Seattle International Film Festival, as well as the US Grand Jury Prize awarded at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. For Your Consideration: Porcelain War More information about the movie can be found here: Aniela Sidorska’s “Porcelain
Please join famed ceramist Sylwia Tur this Friday from5 to 8pm for a soft opening of the Seattle Restored Artist Residency at 1121 First Avenue (one block south from Seattle Art Museum). In the artist’s own words: Along with 4 other artists, I am in the process of transforming the space into an art gallery / store / workshop / studio for the next 5 months. You will be able to see us working, changing
Due to late change in leadership, this year’s festival goes over one weekend only. The movie selection looks good though and the guest list includes Andrzej Chyra. Below is the schedule for the 32nd Seattle Polish Film Festival. Because of a technical issue at Egyptian all movies are screened at SIFF Film Center. Friday, November 8: 2:30 pm Short films from Gdynia Film School 4:30 pm “Out of Space“ (2022, 20′) – dir. Bartosz Nowacki,
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
This is the second of the Bandonegro events at the Polish Cultural Center. After a very successful visit to Seattle last year, Bandonegro comes again with two different events. On Friday, 10/25/24 you can tango the night away, while on Saturday, 10/26/24 you can listen to their concert! 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
Friends of Kino OKO would like to honor Alexandra Monk who passed away recently. Aleks / Ola was a co-founder of Kino OKO and presented Polish films for several years. In her memory we would like to show a movie which she – a true fan of Japanese cinema – liked a lot. This movie is “Departures” “Departures” is a 2008 Japanese drama film directed by Yōjirō Takita. The film follows a young man who
Dust off your party shoes and get ready to groove to the tunes of DJ Borsuk! “Domówka u Syreny” features all the crucial ingredients for a great traditional Polish house party: music, beer, food, and open dancing. The Syrena Seattle Traditional Polish Dance Ensemble will also treat partygoers to a highlight showcase celebrating their one-year anniversary of performing. Bring your partner, friends, or just come by yourself–this event promises to be a lively spot on
The 28th Portland Polish Festival invites you, your family, and your friends to experience the food, dance, and music of Poland. The two-day Polish Festival in Portland is happening again after a long break caused by Covid and other issues. This is a family event, suitable for all ages and admission is free. Event Dates: Saturday, September 14th, 2024 from 11AM-10PM Sunday, September 15th, 2024 from 12PM-6PM Enjoy authentic Polish food, live music and dance
Polish born and raised Kalina Winska is the Artist in Residence Program at Recology King County. Her “Gleanings / 2024” exhibition runs from September 6 to September 14. This is what the artists says about her exhibition. “A certain beauty and fragility emerge in these otherwise rigid forms, when they have been crumpled and flattened. Everything here has been mistreated and discarded because it is no longer needed, yet in this abandonment the materials take
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
Dom Polski i Szkoła Polska im. ks. Jana Twardowskiego w Bellevue serdecznie zapraszają na monodram „Wisława Szymborska: Poezja i życie” w wykonaniu Agaty Pilitowskiej. Spektakl ten został przygotowany z okazji setnej rocznicy urodzin poetki. Dodatkową atrakcją przedstawienia będą nagrania wideo z udziałem Marii Nowotarskiej. Agata Pilitowska i Maria Nowotarska (córka i matka) przez wiele lat tworzyły teatralny duet przedstawiajacy sztuki Kazimierza Brauna, a na codzień występowały w teatrze polskim w Toronto. Jako duet, gościły też wielokrotnie
Celebrate Poland’s and modern Europe’s first constitution, of 1791, with music, dance, theater, and delicious food! Seattle’s Polish Constitution Day assembly will feature a piano recital by acclaimed pianist Mateusz Krzyżowski playing award-winning renditions of the works of Szymanowski, Paderewski, and Chopin. There will also be rousing performances of traditional Polish folk dance by the group Syrena Seattle – this is their first performance at the Polish Cultural Center, so cheer them on! You can
Seattle’s latest and most exciting word in chamber music is the extraordinary wind ensemble Viridian Winds, who will be presenting a night of “Musica Polonia”. The melodies of a flute, an oboe, a clarinet, a horn, a bassoon, and a piano will seamlessly intertwine in the stylings of Chopin, Bacewicz, Tansman, Muczynski, and Coleman. Buy your tickets now for the chance to savor a diverse musical fare–from scherzos to suites to sonatas. Since debuting at
UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee and the UW Slavic Dept invite everybody to an evening with Jerzy Jarniewicz, one of Poland’s most acclaimed poets, translators and critics. He will be reading his poems in Polish and in English from his volume “Landless Boys” translated by Piotr Florczyk. Update: read the article about this event at the UW Daily here. Jarniewicz is a professor at the Łódź University in Poland and a recipient of the top
Third Place Books is thrilled to invite you to meet writer and translator Jennifer Croft at Third Place Books Ravenna store. She is an International Booker Prize-winning translator of Olga Tokarczuk. Her debut novel, ‘The Extinction of Irena Rey’ is a propulsive, beguiling story about eight translators and their search for a world-renowned author who goes missing in a Polish forest. Croft will be discussing her staff-favorite debut novel with its brilliant examination of art,