author: IRENA FRACZEK

GENERAL MEETING AND ELECTION

WHEN: January 30, 2020 at 2pm

HOW: Virtually via Zoom and mail-in ballots

Ballots must be received by noon of January 26, 2022

►details and forms available here◄

Attention PHC members:
Please fill out the MEMBERS SURVEY emailed to all last week.
We look forward to hearing from you soon!

The PHC Book Club meets on
January 25, 2022 at 7 pm
to discuss

ONE STAR AWAY

by Imogene Salva

The author will attend the meeting

From the book's back cover: "In One Star Away, Imogene Salva re-constructs the emotional climate which surrounded the wartime ordeals of her mother, Józefa Nowicka, who was one of almost two million Polish citizens deported by Stalin's security police into the depths of Soviet Russia, Siberia and Central Asia. /by Norman Davies, author of "Europe: A History and Heart of Europe: The Past in Poland's Present"/

From the Amazon customer review: "World War II began with the German army invasion of Poland on 9/1/1939, followed by the Russian army invading eastern Poland on 9/17/1939. On February 10, 1940 at 3 a.m., Russian soldiers surrounded, entered and ransacked the home of a Polish family, forcibly removing Ziuta at age 8 along with her parents, her two brothers and three sisters, deporting them by train to a forced labor camp in northern Russia. The Soviets deported 1.7 million Poles to such labor camps in early 1940 and in June 1941. ...This true story continues in amazing accounts of struggle, survival and the aid of total strangers, including the Shah of Iran, an India Maharaja, a Polish Red Cross doctor, an actress/countess, an India truck driver and the Polish Government in Exile."

VISIT THE PHC BOOK PAGE for more information

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Now through January 31, the broadcast of Polish music played on January 17 is available in the WORT archive.  The playlist includes Kapela Transformacja, Kapela Brodow, Niewte, Odpoczno, Bester Quartet, Wernyhora, Sun Followers, Marek Dyjak, Miejska Orkiestra Andropol, Julia Doszna, Shashamane, Dagadana, Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra, Maria Pomianowska, Tegie Chlopy, Cory Mary and more.

November 7, 2021 in Franklin, WI

On the gorgeous fall day, a group of the PHC-Madison members joined guests gathered in the beautiful Polish Center of Wisconsin to celebrate the Polish Independence and Veterans Day and one of the 2021 Congressmen Zablocki Civic Achievement Awards going to another member of our club.

Click here to see photos

....Visit the PAC-WI website for the bios of all honorees.
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November 11 at 7pm in Cafe Coda

This two-part event was held to celebrate Poland's Independence Day observed on November 11th. The CHOPIN IN JAZZ part features the performance of Chicago artists, Grażyna Auguścik (vocals) and Paul Bedal (piano).  The jazz session will follow the screening of CHOPIN. CARRIBEAN KEY (Polish title,  Antyle Chopina), a documentary exploring Chopin's influence on the music and local culture of Curaçao. In particular, the "Carribean Mazurka" created under this influence became a national dance of the island. The movie director, Agnieszka Lipiec-Wróblewska, was present to answer questions.

If you missed the event, check the youtube video HERE

MADISON POLISH FILM FESTIVAL
MADISON POLISH FILM FESTIVAL

November 14 at 3 pm

SWEAT
(2020, dir. Magnus van Horn)

Beloved fitness influencer Sylwia seemingly has it made: hundreds of thousands of social media followers, endorsement deals, photo spreads in magazines. But as she starts to share more and more online, the rising pressure from concerned sponsors and increasingly obsessive fans forces her to confront her deepest insecurities and the exhaustive demands of her lifestyle.

► TRAILER◄

November 14 at 5:30 pm

KILL IT AND LEAVE THIS TOWN  
(2020, dir. Mariusz Wilczyński)

Fleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, a man hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are still alive.

► TRAILER◄

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November 21, 3pm and 5:30pm at Vilas Hall
Movies screened on the second day of Madison Polish Film Festival

November 21 at 3 pm

BACK THEN
(2020, dir. Kinga Dębska)

...In the room behind the wall, my parents – Tadek and Elzbieta – live their married life. He is a constantly humiliated intelligent by the system who silently envies his prosperous brother-in-law. She is the president of the company’s “Solidarity” with the need for freedom and a dream to finally break out of Poland. However, the real emotions for the whole family will start when the dream orange Fiat 126p stands under the block...

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