Year: 2023

Fr. Galant & Scout Master Las Decorated by Deputy Speaker M. Gosiewska

At the recent meeting with the Polish community of Seattle, the Deputy Speaker of the Polish Sejm, Małgorzata Gosiewska, decorated the following people with Polish orders and medals. Father Andrzej Galant of the Polish Parish in Seattle received a Knight’s Cross of the Order Polonia Restituta, the second highest Polish

Agnieszka Jeżyk Becomes the UW Professor of Polish Studies

Dr. Agnieszka Jeżyk, Professor of Polish Studies at the University of Toronto, has recently obtained the position of the Maria Kott Endowed Professor of Polish Studies at the UW Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. She will start in Seattle in the 2023/24 academic year. She has won the position

Spotkanie Wicemarszałek Sejmu M. Gosiewskiej z Polonią

This event is in Polish. Dom Polski w Seattle zaprasza na spotkanie z Małgorzatą Gosiewską, Wicemarszałkiem Sejmu z ramienia PiS. Wicemarszałek Gosiewska przyjeżdża do Seattle z oficjalną wizytą w ramach obchodów  Dnia Polonii i Polaków za Granicą oraz Flagi RP. Spotkanie odbędzie sie w jęz. polskim. Podczas tego spotkania Konsul

Flavor of Poland in May

Tuesdays at 12:30 pm Flavor of Poland is a culinary-travel PBS television weekly series presenting the country of Poland to American viewers and it’s really well done. Hosted by Aleksandra August, the series shows off not only distinctly Polish dishes (check out the sorrel & crayfish soup recipe!) but also

Polish Community GiveBIG Campaign

The annual GiveBIG campaign is here – so please get your wallets ready! As usual, Seattle Polish Foundation and other local Polish organizations launched a community-wide fundraiser to benefit local Polish events and initiatives. The campaign days are May 2 & 3, 2023, but the early giving has already opened.

Klub Książki: “Ziarno granatu”

Podczas kwietniowego spotkanie omawiana będzie książka „Ziarno granatu. Mitologia według kobiet”, antologia opublikowana przez wydawnictwo Agora w 2022 r. Dwanaście polskich pisarek wydobyło z prastarych historii stłumiony kobiecy głos i przedstawiły mityczne wydarzenia z perspektywy kobiet, które wykazały się niezłomnością, siłą i wolą walki. Książka może zainteresować odbiorców o różnych

Gender Equality in Poland

Henry Jackson School of International Studies presents the lecture “Europeanization, Democratization, and Backsliding: Trajectories and Framing of Gender Equality Institutions in Poland” by Dr. Barbara Gaweda. This lecture is part of the Talking Gender in the EU in 2022-2023 lecture series that also covers Slovenia and the EU as a

AD: UW Polish Studies Scholarships

It is with great excitement that the University of Washington Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures is accepting applications for the annual UW Polish Studies Scholarship for UW students interested in studying in Poland between June 2023 and May 2024. Scholarships, offered by the UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee, were

Flavor of Poland in April

Tuesdays at 12:30 pm Flavor of Poland is a culinary-travel PBS television weekly series presenting the country of Poland to American viewers and it’s really well done. Hosted by Aleksandra August, the series shows off not only distinctly Polish dishes (check out the sorrel & crayfish soup recipe!) but also

Easter Food Basket Blessings

Happy Easter! Below is a list of local Catholic churches observing this traditional Polish rite on Holy Saturday, April 8, 2023. St. Louise, Bellevue, at 2 pm Mary Queen of Peace, Sammamish, 10 am, Polish pastry and Polish community socializing afterwards St. Margaret, Seattle, 11 am, 12 pm, 1 pm,

Will Polonez Parcel Service Come Back?

After two weeks of incommunicado, the company issued a statement to their agents that the Polonez Parcel Service has resumed operations. Only time will tell how that goes and if the packages and containers currently in transit will get delivered. The previous news about Polonez going out of business is

European Energy Security in War and Peace

The UW Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies presents a symposium “Energy Security in Europe: Current and Future Challenges“. The symposium has two panels; the first one deals with challenges brought by the war in Ukraine and includes a representative of Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

Movie “Brigitte Bardot Forever” in Kirkland

Seattle Polish Film Festival presents the 2021 movie “Brigitte Bardot Forever” / “Brigitte Bardot cudowna“, by the renowned director Lech Majewski (“The Mill and the Cross“, “The Garden of Earthly Delights“, “Angelus“). The film stars are Kacper Olszewski, Magdalena Różczka and Joanna Opozda. The movie has won several awards at

Luke Fitzpatrick Plays Pączkowski at Wayward Music Series

Wayward Music Series presents the concert “Luke Fitzpatrick: The Light Strikes” with violinist Luke Fitzpatrick. The program with solo works fusing violin, electronics and voice includes newly commissioned works by composers Kerrith Livengood, Sam Krahn, Marcin Pączkowski and Luke Fitzpatrick. The concert will also feature a “golden” classic: a work for violin

Polish Spring Bazaar

This is the annual one-day Polish Bazaar that falls on the Saturday before Palm Sunday. It’s on April Fool’s Day this year, but it’s for real! The bazaar features the usual: booths with amber and jewelry, arts and crafts, Polish crystals and Boleslawiec pottery as well as booths by local

Polonez Parcel Service Out of Business

For many years, Polonez Parcel Service has had a local outlet in Fife sending packages to Poland at low prices; it has been quite popular within our community. Apparently, the company went out of business abruptly about two weeks ago with no warning to their agents. Now, the company is