Darmowe konsultacje psychoterapeutyczne w języku polskim – promocja ograniczona czasowo. Kryzys, stany depresyjne, stany lękowe, nałogi, zaburzenia nastroju Rozwój osobisty, mindfulness, medytacja. Wideokonsultacje on-line i telefoniczne Kontakt: Borys Kossakowski, tel. 206-619-6635, email: borys.koss@gmail.com More: website Borys Kossakowski Psychoterapia
With the pandemic restrictions being lifted gradually, local Catholic churches make plans for both streaming and in person services for the Triduum, although prior mass registration may be required. Also, Archbishop Etienne has granted a dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday and Holy Day Masses in person during the time of pandemic. Based on a review of the info posted at local church websites, the traditional Easter food basket blessing is not as easily
As is a long tradition, the dining room and the bar at the Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski will be closed for Good Friday, April 2, 2021. They will be back in business on Friday, April 9. People who ordered Easter special cakes can pick them up on Holy Saturday, April 3, 2021 from 4 to 6 pm.
The spring 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: Second-year Polish with instructor Krystyna Untersteiner; the coursereinforces the basic grasp of language, enlarges vocabulary and command of grammatical patterns beyond the sentence level. East European Literature and Film by
Life coach Aga Lawrynowicz invites busy moms and everybody else to an interview with Ewa Lichnowska. Aga Lawrynowicz is a local mentor, strategist and a certified life coach on a mission to help mothers get back time, live on purpose, and continue being a great mom along the way. She believes empowering mothers makes our society stronger and better. Read her manifesto about power and significance of mom-hood at her website Choose Clarity! Ew Lichnowska
The following is a quote from the King County official mail received earlier today, on March 30, 2021. If possible, please share the following on your social media sites. You can tag @KCPubHealth if users have questions and our social team will do their best to answer them: Vaccination appointments are still available for TODAY (3/30) and later this this week at our new location in the Auburn Outlet Mall if you are a resident of south
The new chef at the Polish Cultural Center, Anna Horodetska, offers these spring specials right in time for your Easter celebration! Napoleon cake – made in house caramelized flaky puff with silky rum mousseline cream Serves 6-8 people, price $18 Chocolate Raspberry Mazurek – Traditional buttery Polish short crust with summer raspberry jam, dark chocolate ganache, almonds, pistachios, crunchy dried raspberries Serves 8-12, price $15 Order by Wednesday evening March 31 at https://marmolada-seattle.square.site/. Pick up on
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
The We Are The History Keepers! workshop on preserving history, both for families and organizations, changed its formula and switched to shorter, 2-hour monthly sessions, each tackling a single topics. These are all online interactive sessions on a Saturday before noon. This is the third session in the series. The organizers describe content of this session, Caring for and Digitizing Legacy Audio-Visual Materials, as follows: Learn tips and strategies for the preservation of audiovisual collections
Local artist Amanda Drewniak participates in the ShoreLake Arts Edible Book Festival contest. She has recreated the Polish-American children’s story of the White Stork Migration and their mission to find the Golden Anklet on Cookie Lollipops! Amanda is an artist and a whimsical filmmaker residing in Shoreline. Check her website! Please vote for her piece! The entries will be available for viewing and for voting from 9 am on March 27 to 4 pm on
This local club is for readers who would like to discuss Polish literature in English. The book for the meeting is My First Suicide / Moje pierwsze samobojstwo by Jerzy Pilch, first published in 2006. The book, is a set of ten stories distinct but sometimes connected through common characters from the author’s past. This is a prose highlighting his background, nostalgic of the past and self-reflecting. Jerzy Pilch (1952-2020) is one of the best
The UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee presents a lecture Fr. Jan of the Ladybug: A Story of Fr. Jan Twardowski by Anna Cholewinska, discussing his life and poetry. Jan Twardowski (1915-2006) was a Roman Catholic priest and a poet. Even though he published his first poems in the 1930s, it was not until the 1990s when he became popular and widely recognized. The opening line from one of his poems “Śpieszmy się kochać ludzi –
The Kosciuszko Foundation presents a webinar “Henryk Sienkiewicz in the Digital Age” by Bartlomiej Szleszyński. Dr. Szleszyński is a professor at the Institute of Literary Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, with interest in digital platforms; he is a deputy director of the Digital Humanities Centre. Does Henryk Sienkiewicz, a man from the age of steam, have his place in the digital age culture? Is this writer, Nobel prizer, whose novels were once absolute bestsellers still
The Austin Polish Society invites everybody to an online presentation in Polish about the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America in New York. The Institute was created in 1943 as a major research institution in America focusing on modern Polish history. It has an impressive archives of original documents covering Marshal Józef Piłsudski, the Polish-Bolshevik War of 1919-1922, the Silesian Uprisings of 1919-1921, Polish WWII politicians and generals etc. Its collection also includes extensive photograph and
The Center for World Music in San Diego presents the online event The Roots of Revival: A Story of Poland’s Village Music featuring the Janusz Prusinowski Kompania band. This hour-long virtual live presentation of music and dance will bring you on a storied journey from the roots of Poland’s ancient village music to its present-day revival. Janusz Prusinowski Kompania will share this nearly extinct musical tradition’s heritage and how intergenerational collaboration brought about its revitalization.
The Polish book for the meeting is Kasacja by Remigiusz Mróz. It’s the first book from the legal thriller series featuring Joanna Chyłka, Esq. The book has been praised by fellow crime novel writers and critics both for a gripping tale and for being on par with Grisham’s legal thrillers. Mróz is a very popular crime novel writer, with several series under his belt. These include a series with detective Wiktor Foster, another one with
Polish American Historical Association (PAHA) presents the webinar Poles in Seattle 1890-2020: Continuity and Change that is part of its ongoing online webinar series. The webinar, moderated by Prof. Dorota Praszalowicz of Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland, will cover the following topics: Polish Studies at the University of Washington: the Past and Present, by Prof. Katarzyna Dziwirek, the UW Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures The Polish Home Association in Seattle: The Forgotten Stories, by
Crew Treks, the local tourist outfit for hardy souls is back in business! Crew Treks offers thrilling trekking and climbing adventures and takes you to the remotest alpine wilderness in the world! From Machu Picchu and Patagonia in the Western hemisphere, to Kilimanjaro and Everest Trek in the East. Experience the breath-taking beauty of the most rugged and serene landscapes on the planet, and walk the same exhilarating trails taken by the earliest alpine explorers!Find
The Seattle Jewish Film Festival presents the film about Stanisław Ulam Adventures of a Mathematician (2020, 102′), directed by Thor Klein. Dr. Ulam was a Polish-American who participated in the WWII Manhattan Project and later made crucial theoretical and design contributions to the development of the hydrogen bomb. His family in Poland perished in the Holocaust. Stanisław Ulam was a brilliant mathematician and a member of the famous Polish Lwów School of Mathematics, active in
The Kosciuszko Foundation and the Jagiellonian Law Society present a webinar “Lex is Rex? The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth” by Robert Frost. Dr. Frost is a professor of history and philosophy at the Aberdeen University, UK. Poland and Lithuania, early medieval adversaries, were joined first in 1386, when the Polish Queen, Jadwiga married Grand Duke Jogaila of Lithuania; both Jogaila and Lithuania were christened as part of the deal, with Jogaila, now King Władysław Jagiełło, becoming