Hungry for ponchki / pączki or favorki? Polish Home Assn. invites you to celebrate Fat Thursday at the Polish Cultural Center. (Fat Thursday is the Polish equivalent of Fat Tuesday, except a few days earlier). Drop by to the Polish Home between 4 pm and 9 pm to buy Polish cakes and pastries or have a delicious dinner! Sweet tooth cravings will be satisfied with poppy seed cake / makowiec, favorki, ponchki / pączki and thin
Lira will show you the Poland of your dreams! Poland is perfectly safe – with 10,000 US troops in the country – and is a member of NATO and the European Union. Lira has been organizing tours of Poland for more than 30 years! The 2023 offer includes the two usual tours: More: for more info, please call 773-508-7040 or email lira@liraensemble.org
Registration is starting for a walking soccer team to play at Starfire on Mondays at 10 am. We are coed, mostly over 55, but we also have a few younger players too. Check out ultimatewalksoccerclub.club website for more information about walking soccer. Known as walking football in the United Kingdom, it is the fastest-growing team sport among people over 55 and it is growing fast in the US. Similar to regular soccer in many ways,
The UW Slavic Department presents a lecture “Revolutionary Subjecthood of the Interwar Poetry in Poland: Traumatized Selves and Heterogeneous Subjectivities in Tytus Czyżewski’s Writing” by Dr. Agnieszka Jeżyk. This talk focuses on the influence that World War I had on the notion of subjecthood of one of the most important Polish avant-garde groups, the futurists. Even today contemporary criticism more frequently presents the first works of authors such as Bruno Jasieński, Jerzy Jankowski, and Tytus
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At the annual meeting of the Polish Home Association held on January 29, 2023, Lidia Jasklowska has been elected as the PHA President and Erik Lidzbarski as the Senior Vice-President. Roman Rogalski has been reelected as the Treasurer. Congratulations! A full list of the 2023 PHA Election results for all the Officer and Trustee positions can be found on the PHA website. More: for more information, please contact Polish Home Association at info@polishhome.org
The UW Slavic Department presents a lecture “Third Cinema in the Second World: Images of Anti-colonialism in the Polish People’s Republic” by Dr. Marla Zubel. This talk locates key elements of the politics and aesthetics of Latin American Third Cinema in anti-colonial reportage films made in Poland in the 1960s and 1970s. The point is not to posit an alternative origin of a form of militant cinema first conceptualized by Argentinian filmmakers Fernando Solanas and
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
The UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee presents the movie “Radioactive“, directed by Marjane Satrapi based on the graphic novel “Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout” by Laurel Redniss. This movie screening is part of a cycle of events about Marie Curie that includes an exhibition “The Lady of the Radium” and a lecture “Madame Curie – Destiny Fulfilled” by Hanna Karczewski, both at the University of Washington in Seattle. The
The Ka’au Crater-did you know there is a crater above Honolulu? Neither did I! The incredible jungle hike, stream and waterfalls are just the prelude to the vistas above the crater. The Ka’au Crater is a mini Ngorongoro Crater minus giraffes, elephants and zebras-Sir David Attenborough would have been impressed. Looming high above Honolulu are The Koʻolau Range Mountains-mysterious, yet secretive. It is an incredible daily spectacle of light, shadows and rolling clouds. Early in the
Call for applications! Kosciuszko Foundation Tuition Scholarships support American students of Polish descent for graduate and undergraduate level studies at colleges and universities in the United States. Scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $7,000 are awarded on a competitive basis for one academic year. Funding is for full-time studies. Scholarships are for the Fall 2023 – Spring 2024 academic year. All fields and majors are eligible. Deadline for application and supporting materials -February 20, 2023 More: For more information, please
The UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee presents three events about Marie Curie: a lecture “Madame Curie – Destiny Fulfilled” by Hanna Karczewski, an exhibition “The Lady of the Radium” at the University of Washington, and a screening of the biographic movie “Radioactive” at the Polish Cultural Center. Admission is free for all these events. Marie Curie, born Maria Skłodowska, was the famous scientist who won two Nobel prizes, one in physics with her husband Pierre
Klub książki zaprasza nowych członków do udziału w dyskusjach. Tematem spotkania styczniowego jest “Agla” z cyklu Alef autorstwa Radka Raka opublikowana w 2022 r. przez Powergraph. Agla to brawurowa historia przygodowa w przeniesonym w świat magii i fantasy Krakowie, którego bohaterką jest Sofja Kruk, ale też wnikliwa i wzruszająca powieść psychologiczna o dojrzewaniu i przemianie, o miłości i odkrywaniu swej cielesności, o zawiedzionych przyjaźniach, wykluczeniu i samotności, o odnajdywaniu siebie . Radek Rak jest laureatem nagrody
Mark Studeny, DDS – Mówimy po polsku! Please find us at You can schedule your appointment online on the website
Our loving friend Elzbieta Paprota, a longtime member of the Polish community, passed away on December 20, 2022. We want to give Ela the memorial she deserves to honor her memory and say our last goodbyes. Ela is survived by her husband Wiktor, daughter Monika and son Jarek. The Paprota Family needs our help with medical and funeral costs, please contribute to their fundraiser at https://gofund.me/d8b2900e
The UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee presents the exhibit “The Lady of Radium, The Life of Maria Skłodowska-Curie”. The exhibit follows key events from Curie’s life as a woman scientist and highlights her connections with the United States and different scientific institutions in America. This includes the important role that Marie Mattingly Meloney played in Curie’s successful fundraising tour for the Radium Institute, and her visits to the White House and St. Lawrence University. The
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 grand piano in memory of Barbara Strutynski has been purchased! On behalf of the Seattle Polish Foundation and the Polish Home Association I would like to express our deepest gratitude to all people whose generosity made it possible. I have never seen such a swift, widespread, and generous support and such a big outpouring of hearts. So many of you remembered and loved Barbara Strutynski! About two hundred people donated to the cause. Thank
The winter quarter at the University of Washington brings again courses that can draw people interested in Polish language and culture. As usual, seniors 60+ can register to listen to these courses for a token fee (in range of $10) through the UW Access Program. Notable courses include: More: Registration for the current quarter through the Access Program opens on January 5; the registration window ends on January 19, 2023.