Update: About $33,000 has been raised as of 11/3/2022, so we are getting there! Please donate to the fundraiser, if you haven’t done so yet! Also, SPF is still matching up to $5,000 in new donations to get the fundraiser to the $35,000 – $40,000 level! Dear Members and Friends of the Polish Community, The Seattle Polish Foundation and the Polish Home Association have launched a fundraiser for a new grand piano in memory of Basia
There are several places where you can still sign up for a Polish language course in the fall. Please check out the following opportunities if they fit your schedule and wallet. Seattle City University info – deadline to sign up is September 25, 2022 Polish School in Seattle info – the first week of school is the week of September 25, 2022, but you can still sign up Polish School in Bellevue info – the
The fall quarter at the University of Washington brings 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 through the UW Access Program. Notable courses include: Introduction to Slavic Literature 200: War Literature with Prof. Piotr Florczyk First Year Polish 401 A with instructor Krystyna Untersteiner More: Registration for the current quarter through the Access Program opens on September 30, 2022; the
The Fr. Twardowski Polish School in Bellevue accepts new students for the 2022/2023 academic year for classes 0 to 8. The enrollment is based on demonstrated language skills, not on age, and the new students can enroll in person on September 14, 2022, at 7 pm or contact the school for a later date. More: For more information, please visit the school website or their Facebook page or contact Principal Anna Cholewinska at twardowskischool@gmail.com.
The Juliusz Słowacki Polish School in Seattle is starting enrollment for the 2022/2023 academic year. Classes for adults will be online on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the evening, children’s classes will take place at the Polish Home on Saturdays mornings. Sign up online here. The fees for the classes are as follows: $500 for adults and $390 for children with 10% discount for the PHA members.First week of school is September 25th, 2022 Everything you need
Washington Academy of Languages at the City University of Seattle has a native Polish instructor and has been offering Polish classes. Dr. Ewa Krawczyk will be teaching Polish 1 in the fall quarter on Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:20 pm Polish 1 Ewa Krawczyk Thu 6:30 – 8:20PM 10/6/22 12/15/22 in-person class You can register for the language classes at the Washington Academy of Languages without being admitted as a student of the City University
Barbara Strutynski, an outstanding longtime member of our Polish community died on August 24, 2022, in her home with her family by her side. She was almost 86. Known to everybody as “Pani Basia”, Barbara was a community pilar, active since the early 1960s untill the pandemic. During this time, she founded and directed different performance groups involving children, youth and adults. Her name was most notably connected with the Młodzi Polanie / Young Polanie
The Polish public movie producer, Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych (WFDiF), created a movie streaming platform “35mm.online” presenting Polish cinematography. About 4000 fully digitalized and restored movies are now available for viewing. The platform is available on the web, as a mobile application and as a smart TV application. The website works in Polish and English. For now, watching the movies is free of charge; it requires creating an account and logging in. The website
Update: This is the first live Polish Festival after the pandemic, and it needs many more volunteers! Please help if you can. Hello friends, We would like to invite you to help us create the ultimate Seattle Polish Festival experience. The event will be held on Saturday, July 9, 2022, from noon to 7 pm, at the Seattle Center Armory and Mural Amphitheatre. 2022 is our first-in-a-while opportunity to celebrate Polish traditions like we used to. The event
Update: This is the first live Polish Festival after the pandemic, and it needs many more volunteers! Please help if you can. The Polish Festival will be serving a lot of great Polish food, but that needs a lot of preparation! The Polish Home Association and the Culinary Workshops ask for assistance in food prep before the Festival. Please come to the Polish Cultural Center to one of these sessions: Tuesday, July 5 from 2
The restaurant and the bar at the Polish Cultural Center have closed for the summer. The summer break this year will last two months, through July and August. Both the restaurant and the bar should reopen as usual on the first Friday after Labor Day, that is on September 9, 2022. More: Polish Cultural Center website
Dear Friends, After a pandemic delay of over two years, we have said the final farewell to our beloved Isia. She wanted to be buried with her parents in the family grave in Poland. The funeral took place on June 1, 2022, at the small church and its cemetery in Krzynowłoga Wielka in northern Masovia. This is the farewell that Ryszard delivered at another mass in Warsaw: Pozegnanie-Isi, Farewell-to-Isia. And below are the two songs
This is your chance to attend a course of Polish during the summer Polish School at the Polish Cultural Center The school offers separate courses in Polish for children and adults in July and August. Classes are at weekly meetings that are 2 hours each, price is $100 a month. Please find detailed info here, or contact the school at polishschool@polishhome.org or 206-775-5039 Washington Academy of Languages at the City University Polish 1 is offered
There has been several fundraisers for Ukraine that our local Polish communities have been involved with; this is an update for the recent ones. The dinner and auction with Gov. Jay Inslee at the Polish Cultural Center on April 22 raised over $55,000 for the Ukrainian Association of Washington State The Polish Fundraiser to Support Ukraine run by the Seattle Polish Foundation raised over $53,000 as of 5/6. More info in the above article The Polish School
Komisja Spraw Emigracji i Łączności z Polakami za Granicą Senatu RP prosi o opinie Polonii dotyczące priorytetów i kierunków polityki państwa polskiego wobec Polonii i Polaków za granicą. List Senat RP zachęcający do wypełnienia ankiety na ten temat. Link do ankiety Termin zgłaszania uwag jest 15 maja 2022 r. More: strona Senatu RP
The 18th Avenue Theatre and Magdalena Gustowska-Kucharska invite all children and youth to an art contest related to its first play scheduled to have a premiere on June 24, 2022. The play in Polish is Przygody pchły szachrajki / The adventures of the Flea of a Chess Game” and hence the contest theme “What Hisses and Chirps in the Grass / Co w trawie piszczy” is to illustrate insects. The contest is open to all
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Join Polish-Americans from Seattle on a first-ever networking business conference aboard the cruise ship M/V Celebrity Solstice to Alaska. Participants from Western States and beyond are all welcome. Why Seattle? Gateway to the Pacific, Seattle is a leading center in computing, aerospace, biotech, e-commerce and coffee. Yes, Starbucks, Microsoft, Amazon, Weyerhaeuser and Boeing all started here. The city is surrounded by spectacular nature with mountains, lakes, rivers, volcanoes and islands in Puget Sound. Inspired by
Last Friday, April 22, 2022, Polish Home Association (PHA) organized a gala dinner and auction “Bid for Ukraine” at the Polish Cultural Center in Seattle supporting the Ukrainian Association of Washington State. The event was a huge success with over 200 people attending, including Gov. Jay Inslee, State Senators Jamie Pedersen (Dem) and Chris Gildon (Rep), the honorary consuls of Ukraine, Poland, Estonia, Hungary, The Netherlands and Slovenia, as well as prominent business and community
Update: The fundraiser gathered 10 boxes of medical supplies, military first aid kits, solar powered chargers etc. by the end of April for the next humanitarian airlift from Seattle. Please donate medical supplies for Ukraine from the school’s Amazon wish list! This fundraiser is running till the end of April. The Polish School in Bellevue organized a fundraiser “Pomagamy Ukrainie” for Ukraine relief as a teaching moment for the kids and ended up on a