Dear Friends, The Kosciuszko Foundation Teaching English in Poland Program is looking for American volunteers who wish to connect with Polish and Ukrainian children and teachers during this summer in Poland. Become a Camp Leader, TEIP Teacher or Assisting Teacher and spend a wonderful summer 2023 in Poland. Application deadline is February 28, 2023. Who
Hungry for ponchki / pączki or favorki? Polish Home Assn. invites you to celebrate Fat Thursday at the Polish Cultural Center. (Fat Thursday is the Polish equivalent of Fat Tuesday, except a few days earlier). Drop by to the Polish Home between 4 pm and 9 pm to buy Polish cakes
Lira will show you the Poland of your dreams! Poland is perfectly safe – with 10,000 US troops in the country – and is a member of NATO and the European Union. Lira has been organizing tours of Poland for more than 30 years! The 2023 offer includes the two
Registration is starting for a walking soccer team to play at Starfire on Mondays at 10 am. We are coed, mostly over 55, but we also have a few younger players too. Check out ultimatewalksoccerclub.club website for more information about walking soccer. Known as walking football in the United Kingdom,
The UW Slavic Department presents a lecture “Revolutionary Subjecthood of the Interwar Poetry in Poland: Traumatized Selves and Heterogeneous Subjectivities in Tytus Czyżewski’s Writing” by Dr. Agnieszka Jeżyk. This talk focuses on the influence that World War I had on the notion of subjecthood of one of the most important
Polish News looks for contributors! We need editors, graphic designers and web & media wizards. Please join us! The Seattle Polish News is an independent news service serving Seattle and the Pacific Northwest since 2002. It has been published by Ryszard Kott who has also served as the editor-in-chief for
At the annual meeting of the Polish Home Association held on January 29, 2023, Lidia Jasklowska has been elected as the PHA President and Erik Lidzbarski as the Senior Vice-President. Roman Rogalski has been reelected as the Treasurer. Congratulations! A full list of the 2023 PHA Election results for all
The UW Slavic Department presents a lecture “Third Cinema in the Second World: Images of Anti-colonialism in the Polish People’s Republic” by Dr. Marla Zubel. This talk locates key elements of the politics and aesthetics of Latin American Third Cinema in anti-colonial reportage films made in Poland in the 1960s
The Northwest Edvard Grieg Society presents Nordic Neighbor Poland in the concert “A Symphony of Sorrowful Songs” in the Nordic Chamber Music series in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day. This concert is also available through live streaming (or in person) at the Central Washington University Concert Hall in Ellensburg on
The Northwest Edvard Grieg Society presents Nordic Neighbor Poland in the concert “A Symphony of Sorrowful Songs” in the Nordic Chamber Music series in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day. This concert is available through live streaming or in person at the Central Washington University Concert Hall in Ellensburg on January
The UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee presents the movie “Radioactive“, directed by Marjane Satrapi based on the graphic novel “Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout” by Laurel Redniss. This movie screening is part of a cycle of events about Marie Curie that includes an exhibition
The Ka’au Crater-did you know there is a crater above Honolulu? Neither did I! The incredible jungle hike, stream and waterfalls are just the prelude to the vistas above the crater. The Ka’au Crater is a mini Ngorongoro Crater minus giraffes, elephants and zebras-Sir David Attenborough would have been impressed.
Call for applications! Kosciuszko Foundation Tuition Scholarships support American students of Polish descent for graduate and undergraduate level studies at colleges and universities in the United States. Scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $7,000 are awarded on a competitive basis for one academic year. Funding is for full-time studies. Scholarships are for
The UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee presents three events about Marie Curie: a lecture “Madame Curie – Destiny Fulfilled” by Hanna Karczewski, an exhibition “The Lady of the Radium” at the University of Washington, and a screening of the biographic movie “Radioactive” at the Polish Cultural Center. Admission is free
Klub książki zaprasza nowych członków do udziału w dyskusjach. Tematem spotkania styczniowego jest “Agla” z cyklu Alef autorstwa Radka Raka opublikowana w 2022 r. przez Powergraph. Agla to brawurowa historia przygodowa w przeniesonym w świat magii i fantasy Krakowie, którego bohaterką jest Sofja Kruk, ale też wnikliwa i wzruszająca powieść psychologiczna
Mark Studeny, DDS – Mówimy po polsku! Please find us at You can schedule your appointment online on the website
Our loving friend Elzbieta Paprota, a longtime member of the Polish community, passed away on December 20, 2022. We want to give Ela the memorial she deserves to honor her memory and say our last goodbyes. Ela is survived by her husband Wiktor, daughter Monika and son Jarek. The Paprota
The UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee presents the exhibit “The Lady of Radium, The Life of Maria Skłodowska-Curie”. The exhibit follows key events from Curie’s life as a woman scientist and highlights her connections with the United States and different scientific institutions in America. This includes the important role that
Another comeback after the pandemic: the Polish Cultural Center invites everybody to Opłatek, a wafer & goodwill sharing event that has been a long-standing tradition of our local Polish community. This is an open and free event – everybody is welcome to come and enjoy the holiday cheer. The program
The grand piano in memory of Barbara Strutynski has been purchased! On behalf of the Seattle Polish Foundation and the Polish Home Association I would like to express our deepest gratitude to all people whose generosity made it possible. I have never seen such a swift, widespread, and generous support