This is the summer picnic for the Polish community of Seattle, and everybody is invited. It’s organized by the Polish Home Association, the biggest Polish organization around, together with the Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association. However, this is a Polish picnic open to all, so drop by if you feel Polish or would like to socialize with the local Polish and Polish American crowd. Come to share good food and fun! PHA & SGSCA will supply
Ho, ho ho!!!! Christmas is right around the corner and it’s time to celebrate! Polish Home Association and the Polish School in Bellevue 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
This is the summer picnic for the Polish community of Seattle, and everybody is invited. It’s organized by the Polish Home Association, the biggest Polish organization around, together with the Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association. However, this is a Polish picnic open to all, so drop by if you feel Polish or would like to socialize with the local Polish and Polish American crowd. Come to share good food and fun! PHA & SGSCA will supply
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
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
This is the summer picnic for the Polish community of Seattle, and everybody is invited. It’s organized by the Polish Home Association, the biggest Polish organization around, together with the Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association. However, this is a Polish picnic open to all, so drop by if you feel Polish or would like to socialize with the local Polish and Polish American crowd. Come to share good food and fun! PHA & SGSCA will supply
The Polish Home Association presents the annual Mikołajki party for children to celebrate Christmas traditions at the Polish Cultural Center. This is a community-wide event, and all children are invited, regardless of whether they speak Polish or English. A visit by Santa Claus is not confirmed at this time, but there will be a photo booth and an opportunity to take family pictures with the kids. The main attraction this year is the children’s play
This is your last chance to see the play in Polish “Przygody Pchły Szachrajki” based on a classic poem for children by Jan Brzechwa and directed by Anna Kułakowska. This show is part of the annual Mikołajki party for kids and is free of charge as the Polish Home Associations sponsors the show. The play is a journey to the fantastic world of insects. That world is set in a different reality where there is
This is the main summer picnic for the Polish community of Seattle, and everybody is invited. It’s organized by the Polish Home Association, the biggest Polish organization around, together with the Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association. However, this is a Polish picnic open to all, so drop by if you feel Polish or would like to socialize with the local Polish and Polish American crowd. Come to share good food and fun! PHA & SGSCA will
The 18th Avenue Theater presents the play in Polish “Przygody pchły szachrajki” based on a classic poem for kids by Jan Brzechwa and directed by Anna Kułakowska. There will be two performances of the play. The premiere is on Friday, June 24, 2022, at 6:30 pm, and the second show is on Saturday, June 25, 2022, at 2 pm. Tickets are on a Pay what you can basis and can be purchased at Eventbrite. The
Another event makes a comeback: the Polish Home Association presents the annual Mikołajki party for children to celebrate Christmas traditions at the Polish Cultural Center. This is a community-wide event and all children are invited, regardless whether they speak Polish or English. Due to COVID restrictions, a visit by Santa Claus is not confirmed at this time, but there will be a photo booth and an opportunity to take family pictures with the kids. Other
The Young Polanie / Młodzi Polanie folk dance group is starting its activities again and is looking for children aged 6 to 10 who would like to join. Mlodzi Polanie perform traditional Polish folk dances and have a collection of Polish folk costumes that go with it. All children are welcome – children don’t need to know or to speak Polish to join the group. There are no fees and the membership and rehearsals are
The Polish Theatre group is starting its first project in Polish and looks for children, youths and grown ups who would like to help with it. If you would like to get involved, come to the first meeting of the season on September 17, 2021. The theatre has been organizing over the past several months and starting this fall the group will have regular rehearsal meetings on Fridays nights at the Polish Cultural Center Dom
This is the main summer picnic for the Polish community of Seattle. It’s organized by the Polish Home Association, the biggest Polish organization around, but everybody is encourage to come, whether they are PHA member or not. This year, Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association decided to join the fun at the same time. Come to share good food and socialize! PHA & SGSCA will supply kielbasa, hotdogs, bigos etc. along with beverages and even ice cream
Barbara and Marian Strutynski have just retired from an active involvement at the Polish Home after being pillars of the Polish community for over five decades. Barbara started the children folk dance group Young Polanie / Młodzi Polanie in the 1960s and that in due course spawned a children theater group called Teatrzyk Biedronka (Ladybug Theatre). The dance group has been active until the pandemic put it on hold, while the last children theatre performance
The Young Polanie Dance Group is coming out from the pandemic hibernation and looks for new talent in all age groups: kids, teenagers and young adults. The Young Polanie / Młodzi Polanie group has been a proud part of the Polish community of Seattle for almost fifty years and had passed the test of time. The group cultivates authentic Polish culture through dance and music. Under Barbara Strutynski’s leadership, it has been a dance ensemble
Children’s Film Festival Seattle 2021 and NW Film Forum present the movie Triple Trouble / Tarapaty 2 (2020, 87′) directed by Marta Karwowska. Triple Trouble is a family (age 9+) heist and who-done-it movie featuring adventures of teenager detectives Julka and Olek familiar to the audiences from the 2017 Double Trouble / Tarapaty movie. This time the duo tries to discover who stole a Monet painting from a museum in Poznań while also dealing with
In a rare show of Polish movies for kids in the USA, the Polish Film Festival Miami and the Embassy of Poland in Washington, DC present a special event Animations for Vacations with three animated short movies in one screening. All movies in Polish, versions with English subtitles available The movie lineup is as follows 13′ Milek From the Black Forest / Miłek z Czarnego Lasu 13′ Flax / Len 13′ It’s Quite True! / To pewna wiasomość