Austin Polish Society invites you to a meeting in Polish with Jarosław Abramow-Newerly, an author, playwright, composer, songwriter and one of a co-founders of the famous STS student cabaret. He moved to Canada in the 1980s and then shared his time between Warsaw and Toronto. His notable books include “Lwy z mojego podwórka” about his boyhood during the WWII and the 1944 Warsaw Uprising and “Nawiało nam burzę” about fates of extended Polish-Ukrainian family from
The Polish Consulate in Chicago presents a panel on the COVID-19 vaccines in Polish with experts from the USA, the United Kingdom and Poland. The panel will be moderated by Prof. Marek Rudnicki (Chicago), and the panelist include Prof. Dame Anna Dominiczak (UK), Prof. Paweł Kaliński (Buffalo), Prof. Jarosław Pinkas (Warsaw ), Prof. Andrzej Matyja (Warsaw / Cracow) and Prof. Krzysztof Simon (Wrocław). The panel is available to all all interested in different vaccination aspects
The book for the meeting is “27 śmierci Toby’ego Obeda” by Joanna Gierak-Onoszko. Ms. Gierak-Onoszko is a Polish journalist who lived in Canada with her family for four years. Her first book is a result of her shock when she learned how the supposedly benevolent Canadian state was treating the First Nation peoples. Tony Obed is just one man from generations of Canadian First Nations whose life was broken by being removed from his family
Salon of Poetry in Seattle presents the first poetry evening in Polish this year Poezja łączy ludzi. The program includes reading poems by members of the Salon as well as by members of the audience: please prepare your favorite poem supporting motto of this pandemic event: poetry connects people. As usual for the Salon meetings, music will be complementing poetry – local pianist Marzena Szlaga will play Debussy’s Clair de Lune and Beethoven’s Adagio Cantabile
The book to discuss is Tajemnica Domu Helclów by Maryla Szymiczkowa published by Znak in 2018. Maryla Szymiczkowa is the pen name of Jacek Dehnel and Piotr Tarczyński. This fin-de-siècle mystery book has been praised by none other than the Nobel prize winner Olga Tokarczuk as “an ingenious marriage of comedy and crime”. This event is in Polish. More: virtual Polish Book Club September meeting (PL), about the book and the author (PL). Please contact Paulina for the Zoom invite or
Polish Book Club invites to the September meeting on Zoom. The book to discuss is Przenajświętsza Rzeczypospolita by Jacek Piekara published by Fabryka Snów in 2018 (first edition 2006). Piekara, 55 is a fantasy and science-fiction writer, nowadays mostly known due to his fantasy series about wizard Arivald and another one about inquisitor Mortimer Madderdin. The book is a political dystopia set in future Poland ruled by religious fanatics and utterly corrupted elites. This event is in Polish.
Polish Book Club invites to the August meeting on Zoom. The book to discuss is Zimowla by Dominika Słowik published by Wyd. Znak in 2019. Słowik, 32 is an award winning writer; Zimowla is her second book and it won the Polityka Passport Award in literature in 2019. The book about small country town full of mysteries and odd happenings is available on Amazon and at the Polish online bookstores such as Quo Vadis. This event is in