Saturday, Dec 9, from 12 noon: Polish Choir in concert at MOHAI

The Polish Choir Vivat Musica will take part in the traditional concert Holidays Around the World. The Choir will sing Polish Christmas Carols for about 30 minutes during the afternoon program that is hosted this year by the Museum of History and Industry. Precise schedule for the Choir performance TBD.  The choir will perform around 2:30 PM

 Where: at Museum of History and Industry, program is free with a ticket admission to MOHAI

More: contact for the Choir Barbara Niesulowski

This is another Mikolajki party, this one organized by the Polish Home. The program includes a performance by the children, singing of Polish carols and a visit by Santa Claus as and early start of the season celebrations.  The restaurant will be open from 1 pm as is usual on Sundays.

 Where: at the Polish Home; admission free

More: Polish Home, or contact Ivona Przydzielski

The Seattle Polish American Parish celebrates the Annual Feast Day of St. Margaret on Sunday, Nov 19, 2006. Celebration will start with High Mass at 12:00 noon with the presence of auxiliary bishop Joseph J. Tyson. After the mass a dinner will be available in the Parish Hall. The artistic program includes Marzena Szlaga playing on piano and performance by the children group. As at any traditional church feast, you  will be able to obtain devotional items such as rosaries and prayer books.

 Where: St. Margaret’s Catholic Church, admission free, dinner $10

More: tel. to the Parish (206) 282 1804

Nov 15, 7:30 pm: Expansion Project meeting at the Polish Home

Do you enjoy more parking spaces at the Polish Home? It’s your money at work! Come to discuss and support more changes at the Polish Home! This is an open monthly meeting, everybody interested in the project is invited to come and discuss issues. Volunteers are always welcomed at the meeting!

 Where: at the Polish Home, just drop by; refreshments are provided!

More: Polish Home Foundation, Polish Home

The celebration features performaces by by Polish Scouts and children and adults from the Polish School and the Vivat Musica! choir.  Additionally, we will recognize 25-th anniversary of 1981 Marshal Law in Poland.

45 Annual Fall Polish Bazaar

November 4-th and 5-th Saturday and Sunday Noon to 7PM at the Polish Hall

Delicious dinners of pickle soup, borscht, pierogi, Polish sausage, and cabbage rolls served all day.  Exceptional home-made pastries from our bakery and dessert bar.  Take home dinners and desserts are available. 

VIVAT MUSICA – Saturday and Sunday at 2 pm

Upstairs we will have an excellent selection of crafts, Polish Boleslawiec pottery, crystals, amber, artistic glass, books, and much more!

Free admission and parking

For Information call 206-322-3020

Ladies Auxiliary and the Polish Home Association invite volunteers to help with the organization of the fall bazaar scheduled for November 4-5, 2006. Help is needed with making thousands of pierogis, baking polish pastries and cakes for sale, preparing the hall, staffing a bakery booth and several other booths selling merchandize for the benefit of the Polish Home and more.

 More: Please contact Mira Byrski, President of Ladies Auxiliary at mirabyrski@hotmail.com. Pierogi making sessions on every Tuesday before the Bazaar (Sep 19 & 26, Oct 3,10,17,24 & 31) at 7 pm at the Polish Home

This is the "Halloween" party, costumes preferred but not required.
Admission  $10.00

Friday, October 13th 8:00 PM

Lecture of prof. Thaddeus Radziłowski on the new book by Jan Tomasz Gross "FEAR - Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz". Admission free.

http://fear.piastinstitute.org

Brothers in arms - Brothers in faith!  See photos from pilgrimage of polish, american and german soldiers to Our Lady of Częstochowy shrine.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1710636/posts

Polish Festival in Portland, Sep 23-24

Where: St. Stanislaus Church & The Polish Hall & Library, 3900 N. Interstate Ave., Portland, OR; admission free

More: www.portlandpolonia.org/festival/, Marek Stepien 503-810-6926, marek@gte.net

  Sunday, September 17th  2006, 6:00 pm

One and only performance of one of the best Polish rock groups.  Their hit "Przeżyj to sam" is arguably known to all Poles.

Tickets in advance are $25.00 and can be purchased by calling Mrs. Iwona Przydzielski, tel. 425-820-1207 or zbigi@netzero.com

Tickets at the door are $27.00 for members of the PHA and $30.00 for others.

More: http://www.lombard.pl/

Sunday, 20 August 2:00 PM, Polish Army Day

Dinner celebrating anniversary of victorious battle of 1920 against the Soviet army (Miracle in the Vistula) and Polish Veterans.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1684154/posts

Sunday May 14th 2006 2:30PM

Mother's Day

Saturday May 13-th 6:00PM

Choir "Vivat Musica!" in program "Biesiada".  Tickets $30.  Includes dinner and dessert.
Ticket reservations Ania Bieniek 425-280-4858 or Lucyna Korbel 253-223-8500

Friday, 12th May 2006, 8:00PM

Well known polish group "Gang Marcela" will perform at the PHA
Informations about the group www.gangmarcela.pl

Tickets $15 in advance, $17 at the door for members, $19 for general public.  Reservations Ivona Przydzielski 425-820-1207 or ivonat@kcha.org

Polish Home invites bids to improve the parking

Polish Home in Seattle plans to extend the parking lot adjacent to the PH building this spring and invites bids for the work. This is the first part of the Polish Home expansion project. The scope of work includes removing the shack next to the manager house, removing old fence, leveling ground, building a new fence, landscaping and creating new parking stalls. Details can be found at the websites indicated below. Bids deadline is unknown at this time. Contact: Pawel Krupa (206) 328-8828 or pawelkrupa@comcast.net

More: parking job www.polishnewsseattleorg/Jobs.htm, the PH extension project www.PolishHomeFounation.org

Sunday April 30th 2006 2:30PM

Constitution of 3-rd May 1791 celebration.
In program performaces by Polish Scouts, students of the Polish School, "Vivat Musica!" choir.

We will be hosting Consul of the Polish Republic Mrs. Krystyna Tokarska-Biernacik.

Slavic Fest, Saturday April 29-th 2:30 PM

Please come and support our children.  We will gather at the Drumhaller Fountain on the University of Washington campus at 2:30PM.  The Parade will start at 3:00PM, with a concert of Children's performances in Kane Hall starting at 4:00PM.  The Slavyanska Vecher Party will start at 7:00PM at the Russian Center.  Dinners will be available, cooked by our own Ladies Auxiliary.  The evening will include performances by various singing groups including Vivat Musica and dancing the rest of the evening.

For info please visit www.UWalum.com or call 206-543-0540

Sunday April 23rd 4:30PM

Sharing of the Easter Egg at the Polish Home.

Polish Studies Spring Auction 2006
Saturday, April 22, 2006
5:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Polish Hall
1714 18th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122
Please RSVP by April 15, 2006

The Second Annual 2006 Spring Auction is approaching quickly. The proceeds from the auction will benefit the Polish Studies Endowment Fund, the Fulbright Scholar Fund, and a fund supporting Polish Studies Program at the UW.
You are all invited to a night of great food, entertainment, and the best auction items in town! The event will be held at the Polish Hall on Capitol Hill. We are also pleased to announce that Pat O’Brien will be returning as the auctioneer.
Please visit our web site and check the Live Auction Catalog at: http://www.polishstudiesuw.org/2006 auction htm files/CATALOG live auction.htm
 

44th Spring Bazaar at PHA, Saturday April 8th, noon – 7 pm

Yes, this is 44th Annual Spring Polish Bazaar! It is a yearly event organized by the Ladies Auxiliary.

The booths upstairs will offer Polish crystal bowl and vases, Boleslawiec pottery, amber and silver jewelry, pottery, crafts, books, Easter eggs and much more.

Downstairs you can enjoy traditional Polish dishes of pierogi, sausage, cabbage rolls etc. served by the young generation of waiters clad in Polish folk costumes. You can also buy home made desserts and pastries. Most of the Puget Sound area Polish organizations would have their booths or info posted. This is usually a quite crowded event, so come early!

Where: at the Polish Home, 1714 18^th Ave. Seattle, admission and parking free

Saturday, April 1st 5:00 PM

A Piano Recital by Russian Virtuoso Pianist Alexander Ardakov

In program compositions of Bacha-Busoni, Glinka, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov, Chopin and Liszt.

A graduate of the Moscow Conservatoire and a prizewinner at the Viotti International competition in Italy, Alexander Ardakov has been living in England since 1991 where in addition to his performing career throughout the world he is a Professor of Piano at Trinity College of Music in London

Admission $15 

Seattle's Salon of Poetry and Marzena Szlaga Piano Studio present a program celebrating 196-th birthday of Frederic Chopin.

Featured are young students of the Studio.

The Salon of Poetry in Seattle invites  to an evening of music and poetry ""Nic Dwa Razy".  The polish, czech, russian and english poetry was written by women.

Free admission

News Credits:  Polish News from Puget Sound is a private distribution list serving Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.  It is edited by Ryszard Kott; contact: Editor@PolishNewsSeattle.org

News Credits:  Polish News from Puget Sound is a private distribution list serving Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.  It is edited by Ryszard Kott; contact: Editor@PolishNewsSeattle.org 

News Credits:  Polish News from Puget Sound is a private distribution list serving Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.  It is edited by Ryszard Kott; contact: Editor@PolishNewsSeattle.org

The PHA Elections Committee Announcement

Forms indicating desire to vote by proxy can be  signed  at the Polish Home on 1/13/2005 and 1/20/2005 between 8:00 and 10:00 P.M.  The proxy forms will be attached to the election newsletter.

na rok 2006

The PHA Elections Committee Announcement

The Election Committee announces that, in accordance with Election Procedures, all eligible PHA members interested in becoming candidates for PHA elected positions are required to submit in writing to the Election Committee their interest for a specific position by January 5th 2006.

Submissions to be sent to: Polish Home Association, 1714 18th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122, Attn: Elections or preferably e-mailed at Matt@meritconsultants.com.

Please attach your photo and text to be published in the election pamphlet in electronic format.

Election Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, January 28th, 2006 at 3:00PM.

Mateusz Karczewski, chairman
Robert Byrski
Grazyna Kapa
Toni Krol
Marion Ossowski

Elections Regulations

News Credits:  Polish News from Puget Sound is a private distribution list serving Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.  It is edited by Ryszard Kott; contact: Editor@PolishNewsSeattle.org

Public meeting on the Polish Home expansion project, Jan 21, 3 pm

This is a community feedback meeting about the Polish Home expansion project organized by the Polish Home Building Commission. With over $250,000 in pledges and a round of consultations with current Polish Home users, the project is ready to go into the execution phase. This is why community feedback is important. At the meeting, the current project will be presented in details and architectural and financial plans will be discussed. The architect, Mr. Roy Koczarski, members of the Polish Home Association Building Commission as well as members of the Polish Home Foundation Fundraising Committee will be at hand to answer all the questions you might have about the project.

Where: at the Polish Home, admission free

More: about project rationale and details www.PolishHomeFoundation.org/new/remodeling.htm

News Credits:  Polish News from Puget Sound is a private distribution list serving Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.  It is edited by Ryszard Kott; contact: Editor@PolishNewsSeattle.org