Author: Ryszard Kott

Registration at the Polish Scouts

Join the Scouts! The local Polish Scouts troop invites children in group ages of 4-6, 7-10, 11-15 and 15+ to join the organization and have fun! Polish Scouts have a long history in Seattle for over 37 years. We welcome children of all ages starting at 4 years old through young adults.

Michal Pietrzyk’s New Movie “Between the Rains”

Michal Pietrzyk, the local director and producer of the award-winning documentary “All on a Mardi Gras Day” has produced a new outstanding documentary in Africa, now showing in Seattle. SIFF presents the feature documentary film “Between the Rains” (83′), Executive Produced by Michal Pietrzyk, and directed by Andrew Harrison Brown

Seattle Polish News Looks for New Talent

The Polish News looks for editors, graphic designers and web & media wizards. Please join us! It would be great for new people to get involved and to eventually take over. If you are interested in joining, or discussing what it would involve, please contact Ryszard at rkott.media2@hotmail.com. The Seattle

Join the New Polish Folk Dance Group

A new Polish folk dance group is organized at the Polish Cultural Center after a pandemic-forced hiatus. Both an adult or young adult section and a children section will be created if there is enough interest. Please come to the first meeting this Friday to learn more. No experience is

Registration For the Polish Parliamentary Elections

The elections to the Polish Sejm and Senate have been called for October 15, 2023. The voting in the USA is scheduled for October 14, 2023. There will be a polling station #273 at the Polish Cultural Center in Seattle open for voting between 7 am and 9 pm on October 14. Polish

Klub Książki: “W strone Xenopolis”

Klub książki zaprasza wszystkich zainteresowanych do udziału w spotkaniu. Tematem spotkania wrzesniowego jest książka Krzysztofa Czyżewskiego “W strone Xenopolis” wydana w 2020 r przez Miedzynarodowe Centrum Kultury Kraków.  Ta książka to zbiór esejów. Jak w boleśnie podzielonej wspólnocie przełamać paraliż wzajemnych uprzedzeń i niechęci? Dlaczego słabe centrum wzmacnia granice i

AD: Celebration of Life for Grażyna and Zbyszek Krewin

Please join us as we celebrate the lives of Grazyna and Zbyszek, who left us this summer.Members of our Polish community for over 40 years, they will be remembered as avid dancers, skiers, hikers, campers, travelers and adventurers. And above all, as loyal friends and gracious hosts, who enjoyed sharing

Registration At the Polish School in Seattle

The Juliusz Słowacki Polish School in Seattle is starting enrollment for the 2023/2024 academic year. Classes for adults will be online in the evenings on weekdays and in the morning on weekends, and children’s classes will take place at the Polish Home on Saturdays mornings. The fees for the classes are

Registration at the Polish School in Bellevue

The Fr. Twardowski Polish School in Bellevue accepts new students for the 2023/2024 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 13, 2023, at 7 pm at the East Shore Unitarian

Polish Community Picnic

This is the summer picnic for the Polish community of Seattle, and everybody is invited. It’s organized by the Polish Home Association, the biggest Polish organization around, together with the Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association. However, this is a Polish picnic open to all, so drop by if you feel Polish

AD: SPFF Poster Competition Won By Maciej Albinski

The Seattle Polish Film Festival Team has the greatest pleasure to present the official poster for the 31st annual festival edition this October!  Winning design was submitted by Maciej Albinski, a graphic designer from Poland. You can check Maciej’s portfolio here – https://rdest.artstation.com/ We cannot wait to share more of what’s

Klub Książki: “Dwa psy przeżyły”

Klub książki zaprasza wszystkich zainteresowanych do udziału w spotkaniu. Tematem spotkania sierpniowego jest książka Piotra Szmidta “Dwa psy przeżyły” wydana w 2020 r przez wyd. Wielks Litera.  Ta ksiązka to – cytując opis wydawcy – zamach na przeciętność, który przyniesie nieoczekiwane skutki. Polska, Warszawa, XXI wiek. Świat rządzony lajkami, subami,

Klub Książki: “Seans w Domu Egipskim”

Klub książki zaprasza wszystkich zainteresowanych do udziału w spotkaniu. Podczas spotkania w lipcu omawiana będzie książka „Seans w Domu Egipskim” Maryli Szymiczkowej (autorki powołonej do życia przez Jacka Dehnela i Piotra Tarczyńskiego). Powieść jest kolejną z serii, której główną bohaterką jest profesorowa Szczupaczyńska. Jest jesień roku 1898. Do Krakowa przybywa

Polish Festival at Seattle Center

Polish Festival Seattle returns to its usual venue at the Seattle Center Armory and the Mural Amphitheater this year. The festival will open with a parade from the Mural Amphitheatre to the Armory Food & Event Hall at 12 p.m. There will be the usual attractions – folk group performances, a

“Flavor of Poland” in July

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

New Baroque Music Concert

The Polish Cultural Center presents Ada Witczyk and Wyatt Smith in a baroque music concert featuring authentic baroque violin and French double keyboard harpsichord. This one-hour recital includes the following violin compositions played by Ada Witczyk with a harpsichord accompaniment by Wyatt Smith: Erik Valdemar Sköld (b. 1991) – ‘The

Polish Summer Class at the City University of Seattle

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 summer quarter on Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:20 pm Polish 1 Ewa Krawczyk Thu 6:30 – 8:20PM 7/11/23 9/12/23