The Polish Cultural Center invites everybody to the annual New Year’s Eve party. Polish traditional cuisine by Kamila / Sebi’s Bistro includes: 5 hot courses, 9 different appetizers, dessert stations, hot and cold beverages, a glass of champaign at midnight. Music by DJ Justin. The plan for the evening is as follows: 7:30 pm door opens 8 pm to 9:30 pm dinner by Sebi’s Bistro’s chef Kamila from 9:30 pm dancing, TJ Justin 12:00 midnight
The Culinary Workshops group presents a Christmas edition of their popular hands-on cooking sessions. This one will have a Wigilia (Polish Christmas Eve) ambiance as all the demos are related to Christmas. The dishes covered in this session include: mushroom soup (zupa grzybowa), pasta with cabbage and mushrooms (łazanki z kapustą i grzybami), pickling borscht and sauerkraut (kiszenie barszczu i kapusty), decorating pastries and making Christmas tree decorations. Presented by Iwona Myśliński and Stanisław Świerc.
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 only one day, instead of the usual two before the pandemic. 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
Polish Festival Seattle 2022 was the first in-person post-Covid festival. We would like to mark this reopening by gathering all our amazing volunteers to be recognized and celebrated! All volunteers who contributed to the Polish Festival Seattle and the Pierogi Fest throughout the years are invited! The Seattle Polish Foundation would like to thank everyone and wish you a great time! Please RSVP to PFSVolunteer2016@outlook.com by 09/27/2022 Thank you for all your hard work! More: please contact Alisa
As was the case the last year, this most beloved and savored event at the Polish Cultural Center has been moved from its usual May weekend to September. The program and menu last year were restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic but this year the event is back to normal. Several kinds of pierogi (meat, potato-and-cheese, sweet cheese, blueberry and sauerkraut w/ mushroom) will be available as well as Polish kielbasa and Polish beers. Also
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
Update: this event raised about $950 for the Polish Festival. Polish Festival Seattle and the Culinary Workshops group present Adventures in Polish Cooking where you can learn how to make several different Polish recipes and then enjoy a meal together! The dishes covered in this session include: Ukrainian borscht (barszcz ukraiński – a vegetarian beet soup), cutlet de volaille (Kyiv style chicken cutlet), bread, krupnik (Polish style vodka recipe), makowiec (poppy seed cake), sernik (traditional
Polish Home Association and Kamila’s Kitchen invite you to a special Friday dinner at the Polish Cultural Center with a Ukrainian menu. The menu includes verenyky (dumplings), tushona kapusta z miastom (braised sauerkraut with pork and beef roast) and otbivni (breaded pork chop), among others, and all the income will go to Ukrainian relief. The second part of the fundraiser will be a charity auction at the Polish Cultural Center upstairs hall. Please visit the
With the pandemic restrictions going away gradually, the Easter basket blessings are more widely available than the last year. Below is a list of local Catholic churches observing this traditional Polish rite on Holy Saturday, April 16, 2022. St. Louise, Bellevue, at 2 pm Mary Queen of Peace, Sammamish, 10 am, Polish pastry and Polish community socializing afterwards St. Margaret, Seattle, 11 am, 12 pm, 1 pm, 2 pm Sts. Peter & Paul, Tacoma, 11
After dipping the proverbial toes with a limited fall bazaar in November, the Polish Women’s Club decided to organize a regular spring bazaar after a two-year hiatus, with no pandemic restrictions or space limits. The old-new bazaar features the usual: booths with amber and jewelry, arts and crafts, Polish crystals and Boleslawiec pottery as well as booths by local Polish organizations. Frozen pierogi will be available as usual. The delicious bazaar food includes pickle soup,
Polish Cultural Center and the Culinary Workshops group invite all the ladies, and gents, to a potluck social celebrating the International Women’s Day. Omikron cancelled or postponed the usual culinary get together, and Women’ Day is a perfect opportunity to catch up and meet at the Polish Home! Please come with a homemade dish ready to eat with a recipe with clearly written instructions to taste each other’s productions, share recipes, chat and have a
The Polish Cultural Center celebrates this year’s Fat Thursday with a special dinner and a sale of Polish pastries of the season: pączki (Polish doughnuts) and faworki (fa-vor-kee) a.k.a chrust (hroost), traditionally prepared for Fat Thursday and later for Easter. Also on sale: makowiec (poppy seed cake), oponki (donuts), and rurki z kremem (wafer rolls with whipped cream). The dinner menu includes: pickle soup, Ceasar salad, pierogi, cabbage rolls, Polish cutlet in mushroom sauce and
Local Polish Culinary Workshops group invites everybody to the Polish Home to a session making faworki (fa-vor-kee) or chrust (hroost) – the traditional pastries for Fat Thursday and later for Easter. (Fat Thursday is the Polish Mardi Gras; it falls on the Thursday before the Mardi Gras Tuesday). All culinary output will go on sale on Fat Thursday, also at the Polish Cultural Center. The session will be running from 12 noon till 8 pm,
Polish Home Association invites everybody to a Valentine evening of romance and good Polish food. You can have it both – a romantic dinner downstairs and a lot of fun with your belle or beaux dancing upstairs! Join us just for our Valentine’s Day Dinner from 6 pm with a special menu for this day or for an all-evening dance at our Valentine’s Day Party from 7 pm to 11 pm at the ballroom of
The Polish Home Association presents a Polish October fest in November! Come to the Polish Home taste flights of beer (samplers), for a great selection of Polish beers and the Polish street food – zapiekanki (cheese or other foodstuffs toasted on a bagette), Polish Dogs (a hot dog with a Polish sausage) and more. Games! Attractions! If you haven’t played beer pong with Żywiec, here is your chance! This event is a fundraiser for the
Teresa Vaisvila and Warsztaty Kulinarne – Wspólna Kuchnia invite you to a culinary cookout to practice making – and eating – Polish dishes. This is the first meeting of the group at the Polish Cultural Center since before the pandemic. The cookouts are mostly in Polish, although some translation should be provided. The 4 hour session will have the following program kiszka (kaszanka) / kishka and placki ziemniaczane /potato pancakes demo by Grace / Grażyna
The Polish Cultural Center does not have a permanent chef yet but a regular menu should return in November. For now, the dining room and the bar will open for Friday nights at usual hours with a limited menu starting on September 24, 2021. The menu includes different kinds of pierogi and a kielbasa dish, so if you missed Pierogi Fest last Saturday, this is your chance! Tea, coffee and pączki will also be available.
One of the most beloved, and savored, events at the Polish Cultural Center in Seattle is back! Pierogi Fest, after being cancelled last year, has been moved from its usual May weekend to September to save it this year. The program and menu has been curtailed due to the pandemic. Reservations: New this year is a reservation system on SignUpGenius to secure a place in the line to buy pierogi, with the following options: Purchase
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
The Lincoln Park is in West Seattle and SGSCA decided to cancel the event due to problems with driving there while the West Seattle Bridge is closed. Everyone is invited – individuals and families, members and guests – to celebrate the summer at the yearly picnic of the Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Assn. Come to enjoy the views of the Olympic Mountains and take a stroll on the beach, also to learn about upcoming SGSCA activities,