Browsing: Culture

Sławomir Mrożek – Polish dramatist, writer and cartoonist died in the morning of August 15, 2013 at a hospital in Nice, having undergone a routine operation.

Janusz Prusinowski Trio is a group of musicians who follow in traditions of village masters, but they are also an avant-garde band with their own characteristic sound and language of improvisation. They combine music with dance and the archaic with the modern.

Summer Projector is an initiative launched in 2011 by the Archipelagi Kultury Association and the U.S. Consulate General in Cracow. The idea is very simple: good movies in beautiful and little-known places in the city, in a nice, relaxed atmosphere and absolutely for free.

July 13, 2013 marked the second annual Polish Festival in Seattle Center. Together with audiences of Seattle and surrounding areas, the local Polish-American community, celebrated Polish culture and traditions. The Festival featured classical, folk, jazz and contemporary music and dance performances on two stages.

Polish Bookcrossing starting Wednesday, July 24. Books written by Polish authors and translated into English will be placed in coffee bars around Vancouver. Coffee bars in Gastown, Commercial Drive, Main Street and Broadway were chosen as little centers of community and cultural life.