At the special meeting discussing the pandemic impact, the Trustees and Officers of the Polish Home Association decided that the dining room and the bar at the Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski will be closed until January 8, 2021.
There is a new pączki / ponchki maker in town: Mark Oliver opened his virtual Marek’s Bakery and Deli recently. His pączki come in the following flavors: plum, marionberry, cherry, yuzu, passion fruit, and peach. Currently the bakery delivers pączki to the following locations: George’s Deli in Seattle on Fridays Coffee and Cone in Kirkland on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays Check availability before you drive as his pączki fly off the shelves! Also check for a
Your help is needed! Polish Festival Seattle, after being forced to sit out the annual showcase at the Seattle Center in July this year, has come up with an exciting proposal for Christmas! There will be a virtual celebration of Polish holiday traditions on Sunday, December 20th from 2 to 5 pm. The exact program is being ironed out, but it should include cooking demos, ornament workshops, music, caroling, videos and more! These are the
Polish Food Truck in the Seattle Area Polish Cuisine on Wheels NW provides delicious Polish food at different place in Seattle and other cities of the region. You need to look at the schedule to see where you can catch it. For current locations and times, please check our schedule at Polish Cuisine or visit the Polish Cuisine on Wheels facebook page or call 206-641-1537 for more info. Update as of Nov 10, 2020: The truck is now available daily
Update as of October 29 and November 5, 2020: the food truck is not coming to the Polish Cultural Center anymore. Hence, the Polish Home Association decided to open its dining room and bar with a limited menu on Friday nights on temporary basis. Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski is still in a suspended mode in regards to its many functions due to the pandemic, but it opens on limited basis on Fridays nights for
As many local readers are aware, the Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles, a longtime partner of the Seattle Polish Film Festival is on this year. It is happening entirely online from October 23 to 29, 2020. However, the LA festival decided that the streaming of the festival movies will be available only to viewers in California (recognized by the credit card address). More: Polish Film Festival LA website
Dear SPFF followers and fans, Like many of our beloved events and celebrations this year, the Seattle Polish Film Festival will be canceling its 2020 edition. We strongly believe that a film festival is about people coming together, watching cinema together, discussing it together, and meeting the artists behind the work. For this reason we won’t be attempting a virtual festival. Instead, we will put our efforts into planning the best possible event for 2021,
The Seattle Polish Festival invites you to participate in the Virtual Polish Christmas Orchestra, that will be part of the winter edition of the Virtual Polish Holiday Festival happening later this year. The idea is to have local musicians come together and record themselves playing a part of in a Polish Christmas carol. This will be part of a video presented at the virtual Polish Holiday Festival later this year. Sheet music and the musical
The fall quarter at the University of Washington brings again courses that can draw people interested in Polish culture. As usual, seniors 60+ can register to listen to these course for a token fee (in range of $10) through the UW Access Program. Notable courses in the fall include: Slavic Lands and Peoples by Prof. Bojan Belić; this is a 101 geopolitical and cultural intro course to present-day Slavic nations East European Cinema by Prof. Gordana Crnković, The Cinema
While American citizens cannot enter the EU countries, you can fly to Europe on a different passport, such as a Polish one. There are two ways to do it: on regular flights or “rescue” flights. Situation changes, so check your connection to see if you can fly on a regular connection. If regular flights are not allowed, Polish citizens and people who have the right to enter Poland can get on a rescue flight operated
In spring 2020, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles suspended its program of rotating consular visits to different cities such as Seattle and Portland to handle passport applications for Polish citizens due to COVID-19. Update in January 2021. There are still no visits planned for the nearby future. More: the Consulate passport info
Hello! My family and I live in Capitol Hill and we are looking for a kind and energetic in-home caretaker for our newborn daughter. I am a first-generation American and grew up speaking Polish at home. I’d love for my child to be exposed to the language as much as possible, so I thought I’d share the job posting with this community in the hopes of finding a Polish-speaker! Please contact Jasmine at jpdyba@gmail.com if you are
Szkoła Polska w Seattle szuka nauczycieli Polska Szkoła im. Juliusza Słowackiego w Seattle poszukuje nauczycieli języka polskiego do klasy 3-ciej i do klasy najmłodszej, 4-5 latków. Mile widziane wykształcenie pedagogiczne. Zgłoszenia przyjmuje i więcej informacji udziela Maria Grabowska, megrabowska@yahoo.com Zapisy dzieci i dorosłych na nowy rok szkolny 2020/21 przyjmują Maria Grabowska i Anna Babcock – shorebab@comcast.net Wiecej informacji o szkole znajduje się na stronie internetowej Domu Polskiego www.polishhome.org.