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author: IRENA FRACZEK
Coming up on December 3
PHC Wigilia
for PHC members, their familes & friends
The annual favorite gathering to share OPŁATEK (Christmas wafer), exchange Christmas wishes, visit with Święty Mikołaj (Santa) and sing carols.
For more information,
check the PHC Wigilia page in our calendar
Visit our PHC BOOK PAGE and Madison Polish Film Festival
for the books we read and Polish films we watched recently
Big crowds visited our Christmas Bazaar on November 12 to shop for Polish amber jewelry, Bolesławiec pottery, books, various goods imported from Poland and Polish food (mostly from Chicago). Many also enjoyed awesome hands-on demonstration (paper cut-out, Christmas cards, etc), live music and Polish lunch with the choice of pierogi, kielbasa, gołąbki (cabbage rolls) and much more. To see the photos and the life music video, click on the image above or on the red text below.
2022 CHRISTMAS BAZAAR PHOTO GALLERY
Gloria Welniak, welcoming visitors with an inviting smile.
On Sunday, November 27 (4 pm) in Neenah WI,
renowned Polish soprano Dominika Zamara sang a solo set in concert featuring the Badger State Women’s Choir, director Kevin Meidi, organist Blake Doss and violinist Lori Murphy. The diverse concert program included works of Johannes Brahms, Gabriel Fauré, Antonio Vivaldi, Vincenzo Bellini, Frédéric Chopin and Polish folk tunes.
Check the events page in our calendar for details
Great events held in October:
POLISH HERITAGE MONTH
OCTOBER 8th, 12-6pm
HARVEST FOLK FEST
Featuring storytelling, music & dance, the fest held in the Allens Centennial Gardens celebrated harvest of crops grown in Hmong, African American, and indigenous traditions. UW–Madison students were on hand to talk about gardening traditions from various cultures, including Polish.
Other Polish accents showcased the Syrena Dancers - and its younger offshoot Syrenka - from Milwaukee.
Click on the image below to see videos of harvest traditions and festivities (called DOŻYNKI) held every year across entire Poland.
OCTOBER 8th, 7pm
Grażyna Auguścik
Jazz Quintet
Known to Madison audiences from her past fantastic performances in Cafe Coda, Grażyna Auguścik returned to Madison with four renowned Chicago musicians: guitarists John Kregor and Matt Gold, bassist Matt Ulery and drummer John Deitemeyer. This promises to be an evening to remember as Grażyna is one of the most intriguing vocalists on today’s world jazz scene.
She is known for the style that challenges traditional definitions of jazz and an impeccable knack for taking listeners into uncharted musical territories. Besides her own compositions, jazz standards, and pop classics, Grażyna performs also interpretations of Polish folk songs and works of Polish classical giants, Frederic Chopin and Witold Lutosławski.
OCTOBER 10th, 12th and 14th
Tyrone Greive and Michael Keller concerts
Another opportunity to "experience the incomparable joys of live, in-person music making" came with three concerts by the Greive & Keller duo. Both performers are retired UW faculty and Tyrone Greive is also an PHC Honorary Member. The beautiful erformances contrasted different national styles 
in compositions of W. A. Mozart, Antonín Dvořák, Clara Schumann, Lili Boulanger and Grażyna Bacewicz, one of Poland’s most important early 20 th-century composers. Additionally, the program on October 10th (Oakwood) and 12th (Capitol Lakes) included three Polish selections by pianist-composer Frédérick Chopin and violinist-composer Henryk Wieniawski.
Hundreds joined us on Palm Sunday to celebrate Polish Easter traditions and shop for Polish amber jewelry, Bolesławiec pottery, books, various goods imported from Poland and Polish food (mostly from Chicago). Many also enjoyed Polish lunch with a choice of pierogi, kielbasa, gołąbki (cabbage rolls) and more. To see the photos, click on the image above or the red text below.
2022 SPRING FEST PHOTO GALLERY
Gloria Welniak, welcoming visitors with an inviting smile at the picture above, spoke also at the video clip aired on the Channel 3000 news.
To see again other videos related to our club's activities, please visit the
PHC playlist on youtube.
Contact us at phcwisconsin@gmail.com
(608) 831-8827
Recent Events
2021 PHC Picnic
2020 Int'l Festival
2019 Wigilia
2019 Christmas Bazaar
2019 Spring Festival
2018 Poppy Seed Pastry Class
2018 Wigilia
2018 Christmas Bazaar
2018 Willy St. Fair & Parade
2018 Middleton Parade
2018 Evansville Parade
2018 Spring Festival
2018 Mazurki Class
