Upon completion of HVAC project at Polish Home we would like to say thank you to all involved volunteers and sponsors. Join us at our Volunteers Appreciation Party “Sobótka” and find out more about Polish traditions related to the longest day in the year! In the program – weaving flower crowns, jumping over the fire, bow shooting, tag of war rope, Catching the flower crowns, and Hunting for The Fern Flower!! Dinner by Chef Kamila.
The Polish Cultural Center invites you to the musical lecture “Chopin: Mortal Man, Immortal Genius” by Steven Lagerberg. This is an evening presenting a lecture on life of Frederic Chopin illustrated with his compositions performed by outstanding young pianists from the Pacific Northwest. The narrative will discuss stories behind some of the works and how Chopin’s passions and patriotism as well as his chronic illness inspired and affected his compositions. The following young pianists will
The Polish Choir Vivat Musica! invites everybody to a sing-along “Let the Apple Trees Blossom” / “Niech no tylko zakwitną jabłonie”. It will be an evening filled with well-known and liked Polish songs, good food & wine, and laugh and cheerful atmosphere. The choir will be accompanied by Maria Grabowska on piano and Marcin Pączkowski on other instruments. Guest performances by Jerzy Staszak and Ziomek Pawluskiewicz. The restaurant will be open for the event, starting
Wayward Music Series presents the concert “Luke Fitzpatrick: The Light Strikes” with violinist Luke Fitzpatrick. The program with solo works fusing violin, electronics and voice includes newly commissioned works by composers Kerrith Livengood, Sam Krahn, Marcin Pączkowski and Luke Fitzpatrick. The concert will also feature a “golden” classic: a work for violin and electronics written for Luke by Jeff Bowen. Pączkowski’s composition, “Softly Shall You Sleep” is a musical piece for violin, voice, and live electronics that draws
The Polish Home Association and the Seattle Polish Foundation present an inaugural Chopin concert showcasing the new excellent Steinway B concert grand piano that has been recently purchased through a very successful fundraiser honoring memory of Barbara Strutynski. The concert is open to the general public. The program of this concert is similar to the Donors’ Gala concert in February. Wine will be available before and after the concert. Program of the evening includes piano
Polish Home Association and Marzena Lilian Szlaga Piano Studio, of Kirkland, WA, present the annual student piano recital celebrating both Chopin’s music and the 223rd anniversary of the great composer’s birthday (he was born on March 1, 1810). The program includes Chopin’s mazurkas, nocturnes, preludes, waltzes and preludes played by the MLS Piano Studio talented young pianists from 6 to 16 years old. The concert will be opened and closed with performances by Marzena Lilian
The Polish Cultural Center presents The Marek Probosz Theater in the monodrama “Powrót Norwida / Norwid’s Return“; the performance is in Polish with English subtitles. This spectacle, directed and produced by Marek Probosz, has won the Best New York Premiere award at the United Solo Festival in New York. The monodrama starring Marek Probosz has been written by Kazimierz Brown based on works by the great romantic poet Cyprian Norwid and features piano music arranged
The Polish Band Riverside is coming to Seattle to play at Neumos. The band plays hard progressive rock and includes Mariusz Duda – leader, lead vocals, bass guitar & guitar, Piotr Kozieradzki – drums, Michal Łapaj – keyboard, vocals and Maciej Meller – guitar. Their newest album released in January 2023 is “ID.Entity“. Band compositions are in English. According to a band fan from Poland, their other great albums are: Love, Fear and the Time
The Polish Home Association and the Seattle Polish Foundation present an appreciation concert for donors who contributed to the recent grand piano fundraiser in memory of Barbara Strutynski. The fundraiser has gathered over $60,000 to purchase an excellent Steinway B concert piano for the Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski in Seattle. This is the very first concert using the new piano. It honors memory of Barbara Strutynski and is by invitation only as a token
The Northwest Edvard Grieg Society presents Nordic Neighbor Poland in the concert “A Symphony of Sorrowful Songs” in the Nordic Chamber Music series in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day. This concert is also available through live streaming (or in person) at the Central Washington University Concert Hall in Ellensburg on January 26 at 7 pm. The program includes: Henryk Gorecki – “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs” arranged for two pianos and a soprano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Northwest Edvard Grieg Society presents Nordic Neighbor Poland in the concert “A Symphony of Sorrowful Songs” in the Nordic Chamber Music series in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day. This concert is available through live streaming or in person at the Central Washington University Concert Hall in Ellensburg on January 26 at 7 pm and also available in person in Ballard at 2 pm on January 29, 2023. The program includes: Henryk Gorecki – “Symphony
Another comeback after the pandemic: the Polish Cultural Center invites everybody to Opłatek, a wafer & goodwill sharing event that has been a long-standing tradition of our local 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 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
Polish Home Association presents an Andrzejki Party at the Polish Home. In Poland, Andrzejki used to be the last party of the season, on the St. Andrew’s Eve, and its traditions include fortune telling with wax poured on water. Party dancing will be with a DJ with Polish and American pop hits. The restaurant and the bar will be open downstairs for dinner from 5 pm to 10 pm with specials: steak tartare, śledzik (herring
The Seattle Polish Scout Troop “Kaszuby” invite everybody to the Polish Cultural Center at 2:30 pm on Sunday November 13 for a celebration of the Polish Independence Day commemorating Poland emerging as an independent nation on November 11, 1918, after over a century of partitions. The program prepared by Iwona Bernacki consists of a medley of patriotic songs, poems and fragments of prose commemorating all heroes who fought for freedom of Poland. The program will
The Seattle Symphony presents Hilary Hahn in the Brahms’ epic Violin Concerto. The program includes the Concerto for Orchestra by the Polish composer Witold Lutosławski and the Tragic Overture by Brahms. Lutosławski is praised for using “folk melodies to intriguing effect in his Concerto for Orchestra, making instrumental colors the engine of a virtuosic vehicle for the entire ensemble.” This program is available at 7:30 on October 20 and at 8 pm on October 22,
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
Jan Lisiecki, the Polish Canadian young star pianist, is playing three concerts in the Delta Masterworks series at Benaroya directed by Ludovic Morlot. The program of each concert includes: Tidalwave Kitchen by Gabriela Smith Piano Concerto in A minor by Edvard Grieg Symphony no 6 Pathetique by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Lisiecki also plays Chopin on the Seattle Symphony Opening Night on September 17, 2022 More: concert info and tickets
Seattle Symphony presents the Opening Night Concert and Party to start the new in-person season, featuring Polish pianist Jan Lisiecki. The concert directed by Ludovic Morlot includes the following works: Seattle Symphony commissioned work by Angelique Poteat Grande valse brillante and other works by Chopin, Jan Lisiecki, piano La muse et le poète by Camille Saint-Saëns, Noah Geller, violin Suite no. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe by Ravel The Opening Night Party is a cocktail
Polish Festival Seattle returns to the Seattle Center Armory and the Mural Amphitheater this year. This year is also the 10th anniversary of the festival – it started in 2012, yeah! 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, exhibitions, movies, workshops, Polish food and a beer garden as well