Polish Heritage Club - Polish Heritage Club

2017 Year of the Wisła River, Joseph Conrad-Korzeniowski, Tadeusz Kościuszko,
Adam Chmielowski, Honorat Koźmiński and Marshal Józef Piłsudski 2017

Descriptions of the 2017 honorees

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(click on each date for more information)

JULY 3 Szymon Woźniczka presents POLISH MUSIC on WORT (Global Revolutions). Playback will be available at WORT Audio Archives through July 17, 2017

JULY 4 The PHC members proudly represent our Polish heritage at the July 4th parade in Evansville, WI

JULY 7 The PHC members meet for monthly breakfast at Monona Garden Family Restaurant

JULY 7-8, 14-15 and 21-22 Wisconsin Public Television airs three episodes of the BBC adaptation of one of the finest novels by Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent (originally published in 1907)

JULY 20-23 Annual Pulaski Polka Days brings together polka musicians and dancers - along with polka lessons and competition, 5K Polka Trot, Polish food and crafts, fireworks and pageants, parade and worship services.

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from Mr. Paczkowski's lecture on Polish Style in Bach's Music

Kościuszko Bicentenary International Competition:
Tribute to Kosciuszko: A Friend of Humanity

Kosc comp Kosciuszko Heritage (Sydney, Australia) along with Kosciuszko Mound Committee (Kraków, Poland), The Kosciuszko Foundation (New York, USA) and Polish Kościuszko Foundation (Warsaw, Poland) announce an International Kościuszko Competition with more than $10,000 in prizes.

Individuals in two age groups (adults and high school students aged 12 to 18) can submit up to 3 entries (each related to a different episode of Kosciuszko's life) in any of the three categories:

MUSIC - previously unpublished songs or musical compositions (e.g. elegies, hymns, ballads, melorecitations, raps or satires) in English or Polish.

GRAPHIC ARTS - original portraits, paintings, genre scenes, sketches, cartoons, caricatures, collages, memes, logos or posters (all in digital form)

LITERATURE - original short stories or poems in English or Polish

The Jury Panel of 14 experts from Poland, Australia and USA is chaired by Prof. Alex Storożyński, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the Kosciuszko's biography The Peasant Prince, President Emeritus & Chairman of the Board of the Kosciuszko Foundation, and Polish Chair of the Central European Institute at Quinnipiac University.

The competition closes on July 31, 2017

Graphic works submitted between March 1 and May 30 will be exhibited in Polish Clubs around Australia and compete for the People's Choice Award.

Final results will be revealed during a gala event in Sydney, Australia on
October 3, 2017

Please visit the competition page for forms and information about submission requirements and guidelines - as well as a list of suggested topics and links to competition background notes and images.

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