THE SUMMIT TIMES

Polish Cultural Centers and Churches in Northern California

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Polonia in Northern California - future events in 2004

January 2004
 
January 17, Saturday
Union City
Zajecia religii w Szkole Polskiej
Polish Pastoral Center

January 17, Saturday
Union City
6.00 p.m.
Oplatek harcerski
Prowadzi ks. phm Stanislaw Zak, kapelan harcerzy polskich w Kalifornii.
Polish Pastoral Center

January 24, Saturday
Walnut Creek
Zajecia religii w Szkole Polskiej
Polish Pastoral Center
Pope John Paul II School of Polish Language

January 22, 2004
Menlo Park
7:00 PM
Polish American Engineers Club
Guest speaker Piotr D. Moncarz, Ph.D., Corporate Vice President of Exponent, will talk on "New Gold of the Old Silk Road: Natural
Gas - Can It and Does It Make the Central Asian Republics better off?"
Little House of Peninsula Volunteers is located at 800 Middle Avenue in Menlo Park.
The January presentation gathering will be combined with a meeting of PAEC General Assembly in which some statute related and
organizational issues will be debated and voted. We would like to strongly encourage our members to be present at the meeting.
Phone: (650) 326-2025

January 26, Monday
12:00 noon
CREEES and the Hoover Institution present:
"Stalinism for All Seasons? The Life, Death and Afterlife of Romanian Communism"
Vladimir Tismaneanu, Director, Center for Study of Post-Communist Societies, Professor of Government, University of Maryland
Bldg 40, rm. 41J
Info: Sue Purdy Pelosi, CREEES Publicity and Events Coordinator, tel. (650)725-2563, Office 41K Bldg 40
 

February
 
February 7, 2004 through March 6, 2004
Video Installations by Agnieszka Kalinowska "Personal Doping"
Arizona State University Art Museum at the Nelson Fine Arts Center

 February 7, Saturday
 Monterey
 6 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
 The Annual Polonaise Ball at the Grand Ballroom of Monterey Marriott.
 The Ball is sponsored by the Friends of John Paul II Foundation of Monterey, California.
 Info and reservations, call (831) 375-4403

 February 7, Saturday
 Union City
 7.00 p.m. do 2.00 a.m.
 Karnawalowy bal Czarno-Bialy.
 Gwarantowana dobra muzyka i jedzenie. Dochod na dzialalnosc Szkoly Polskiej w Union City.
 Bilety $15.00 u p. Krystyny, tel. (510) 538-5399.
 Polish Pastoral Center

February 8, Sunday
Martinez
10:30 a.m.
"Education in Polonia - history, present and perspectives" (in Polish)
Guest speaker: Dr hab. Krystyna Bleszynska, visiting professor at UCSF from Warsaw University, Department of Education.
909 Mellus Street, Martinez, CA; after Polish Mass
Organized by EBPAA and John Paul II Polish School

February 15, Sunday
Martinez
11.00 a.m.
Walne Zebranie Sprawozdawczo-Wyborcze EBPAA
Polish Pastoral Center
Obecnych czlonkow prosimy o uregulowanie skladek czlonkowskich do 31 stycznia, a pozostalych wiernych
zachecamy do wypelnienia deklaracji czlonkowskich do 10 lutego.
Skladki roczne za czlonkostwo pojedynczej osoby wynosza $25, rodziny - $30, organizacji - $100.

February 15, Sunday
Los Angeles
30-Lecie Polskiej Fali Radiowej - 30 years of Polish Radio Hour,
Polish Parish
3424 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles
Dinner & Program, $25.00
Info: Henryka Cybulska (626) 281-0516

February 19, Thursday
Menlo Park
7:00 PM
Polish American Engineers Club meeting
Quest speaker, Professor Graham from Stanford University, will talk about "Hypnosis and limits of science"
The presentation will take place in the Little House of Peninsula Volunteers located at 800 Middle Avenuw in Menlo
Park (Phone 650-326-2025).
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This year Polish American Engineers Club will go on our traditional Tahoe ski trip on weekend of March 20/21. A
cabin will be reserved in North Lake Tahoe area for Friday and Saturday nights.
Info: info@polishengineerssv.org

February 19, Thursday
4:30 p.m.
Second Annual CREEES Lecture Series on Contemporary Ukraine
"Ukraine's Economic Growth: Is It Sustainable?"
Roy J. Gardner, Henry Remak Professor of European Studies, Indiana University & Visiting Faculty, Stanford
University
Wattis Room, Littlefield Management Center
Info: Sue Purdy Pelosi, CREEES Publicity and Events Coordinator, tel. (650)725-2563, Office 41K Bldg 40 MC
2006

February 19-21 & 26-28
Stanford University
8:00 p.m.
February 29
5:00 p.m.
Maria, by Isaac Babel, directed by Carl Weber
Maria, one of two plays by Soviet-Jewish writer, journalist and playwright Isaac Babel (1894-1940), is set in 1920,
toward the end of the Russian Civil War-time of desperation, violence and corruption.
Stanford University, Pigott Theater, Memorial Hall
Tickets: $12 general/$10 Stanford faculty & staff/$8 students
Stanford Department of Drama
Advance reservations; e-mail: mandana@stanford.edu, tel. (650) 725-5838

February 21, Saturday
Portland
6:00 p.m.
Polish Country Wedding in Portland - this year again
Special event by the Polish dance group Sobotka.
See authentic Polish wedding customs and traditions, and taste delicious Polish dinner.
Polish Hall, 3934 N. Interstate Ave.
Invitations: $25 at the door and $20 in advance, sold at the St. Stanislaus Church after the Sunday Mass (11:30 a.m.)
For special arrangements call (503) 614-0135 or email: marek@gte.net

February 24, Tuesday
12:00 noon
The Economics of the Gulag
Paul Gregory, Cullen Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of Houston and Distinguished Visiting
Fellow, Hoover Institution
Bldg 40, Rm 41 J
Info: Sue Purdy Pelosi, CREEES Publicity and Events Coordinator, tel. (650)725-2563, Office 41K Bldg 40 MC
2006

February 25, Wednesday
Beginning of screening of the movie Passion of Christ by Mel Gibson
Poczatek wyswietlania fimu Mela Gibsona Passion of Christ

Thursday, March 11
San Francisco
4:30 p.m.
The Annual CREEES Lecture Series on Contemporary Ukraine
Olena Prytula, Editor-in-Chief, Ukrayinska Pravda
"Mass Media and the Electoral Process:  Ukraine 2004"
Wattis Room, Littlefield Center, Graduate School of Business
Info: Sue Purdy Pelosi, CREEES Publicity and Events Coordinator, (650) 725-2563, Office 41K Bldg 40 MC 2006
For information about Ukrainian Studies at Stanford, see http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CREES/UkrainianStudies.html
 

March
 
March 14, Sunday
San Francisco
1:30 p.m.
Dom Polski
POLONIJNY POTLUCK-LUNCH
Spotkanie poswiecone ZOFII KOSSAK-SZCZUCKIEJ
Prowadzi Teresa Jazowaska-Zurek.
Wystawa 1000 LAT MONETY POLSKIEJ - zbiory Sebastiana Zurka.
Uczestnikow prosimy o przyniesienie ze soba: osoby ktorych nazwiska zaczynaja sie na litery alfabetu: od A do F - napoje lub
pieczywo; od G do L - ciasta lub desery;  od M do R - salatki; S do Z - dania gorace.
Organizatorzy: The Polish Literary and Dramatic Circle & Polish Society of California Lodge 7 PNA.
Info: Helena Glodek (415) 648-9157 lub (415) 821-2574

March 20, Saturday
Los Angeles
4:00 pm,
Wieczor Braterstwa z Polakami na Wschodzie - Brotherhood Evening with Poles in the former Soviet Bloc
Polish Parish, 3424 West Adams Blvd., Los Angeles
Dinner & program $30.00
Info: 323-857-0208
 

March 20 - 21, Saturday - Sunday
Dom Polski
POLISH SCOUTING ORGANIZATION - ZHP
OGOLNOKRAJOWY ZJAZD INSTRUKTOROW HARCERSKICH
Choragwi Harcerzy Zwiazku Harcerstwa Polskiego w USA

March 22, Monday
San Francisco, Dom Polski
7:00 p.m.
Spotkanie z Ambasadorem RP w USA, Przemyslawem Grudzinskim
Organizator: Kongres Polonii Amerykanskiej, Oddzial w Pln Kalifornii
Info: Waclaw Szudelski, waclaws@yahoo.com

March 26, April 1
San Francisco, Castro Theatre
THE BIG ANIMAL, a film by Jerzy Stuhr
429 Castro Street, San Francisco
Director and star Jerzy Stuhr shares a large, genial lumpiness with his titular animal in this winning ode to non-conformity. A camel
abandoned by a travelling circus wanders into a small Polish town and Zygmunt (Stuhr) and his wife Marysia (Anna Dymna) adopt it. The
townspeople, who donąt know quite what to make of the camel, are at first enchanted, but soon find reasons to complain.
Info: tel. (415) 621-6120

March 26 - 28
Polish Ballerinas in San Francisco
8 p.m.
POLISH BALLERINAS
at The Lively Dance Festival at the Veterans Building Green Room, 401 Van Ness (at McAllister) in Civic Center
Tickets are $15 general admission; $12 for those over 65 or 10 years old and younger.
Proceeds from the performances benefit breast cancer patients.

March 28, Sunday
San Francisco, Dom Polski
6:00 p.m.
Elzbieta Jodlowska - koncert. Piosenki kabaretowe, skecze i monologi
Znana i popularna w Polsce artystka, rozpoczynala w studnenckim klubie “Stodola", wystepowala z Janem Pietrzakiem, Olga Lipinska,
Wojciechem Mlynarkim i Zenonem Laskowikiem.
Wstep $20 od osoby w tym kawa, ciastko i lampka wina.
Organizator: The Polish Literary and Dramatic Circle, Inc.
Info.: Teresa Zurek, tel. (510) 655-1412 lub Helena Glodek, tel. (415) 648-9157

March 31, Wednesday
San Francisco
6:30 p.m.
"MILOSC WARUNKIEM JEDNOSCI" - spotkanie autorskie z ks. Wieslawem Krupinskim
Ks. Wieslaw jest autorem ksiazek oraz CDs ktore traktuja o ksztaltowaniu postepowania czlowieka w oparciu o gleboka wiare i przyklad zycia religijnego.
Sponsorowane przez Towarzystwo Swietego Stanislawa #57, bedace czlonkiem Zjednoczenia Polsko Rzymsko-Katolickiego w Ameryce.
Church of Nativity

April 4, Sunday
San Francisco,
11:00 a.m. (po mszy sw.)
2004 EASTER EGG HUNT -- SZUKANIE PISANEK, zabawa wielkanocna dla dzieci
Sala przy kosciele Nativity 240 Fell Street, SF.
Organizator: Polish Society of California Lodge 7 Polish National Alliance.
Info: Krystyna Chciuk 415/285-4336 lub Helena Glodek 415/648-9157

April 8, Thursday
4:30 p.m.
The Annual CREEES Lecture Series on Contemporary Ukraine
George Grabowicz, Dmytro Chyzhevsk'yj Professor of Ukrainian Literature, Harvard University
"Taras Shevchenko as National Poet:  a Comparative Approach"
Location to be announced
Info: Sue Purdy Pelosi, CREEES Publicity and Events Coordinator, (650) 725-2563, Office 41K Bldg 40 MC
2006
For information about Ukrainian Studies at Stanford, see: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CREES/UkrainianStudies.html

April 10 - Wielka Sobota
San Francisco
2:00 p.m. - adoracja Najswietszejszego Sakramentu i czuwanie przy Bozym Grobie
4:00 p.m. - poswiecenie pokarmow na stol wielkanocny
8:00 p.m. - Liturgia Wigilii Paschalnej.
Sala przy kosciele Nativity, 240 Fell Street, SF.

April 10, Saturday
Blessing of the Food in Polish churches
San Jose
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Parish hall (every half and hour)
Blessing the baskets - Polish tradition of Easter eve alive in San Jose
San Francisco
4:00 p.m.
Martinez
12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Union City
1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Sacramento Area
12:00 p.m.
Polish American Club of Sacramento
327 Main Street, Roseville, CA 95678
Info: (916) 782-7171
Polish Easter Customs

April 16, Friday
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
XXVIII Annual Stanford- Berkeley Conference on Russia, Eastern Europe and the Former USSR
"Spatial Form: Centers, Borders, and Construction of Difference in Russia, Eastern Europe, and
Eurasia"
Oak Lounge, Tresidder Union, Stanford University
Co-sponsored by CREEES and the Institute of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies at the University of
California at Berkeley
Info: Sue Purdy Pelosi, CREEES Publicity and Events Coordinator, tel. (650) 725-2563, Office 41K Bldg 40 MC
2006

April 18, Sunday
San Francisco
po mszy sw. o godz. 11:00 a.m.
Tradycyjna "Swieconka Parafialna"
Sala przy kosciele Nativity, 240 Fell Street, SF.

April 18, Sunday
6:00 p.m.
Osrodku EBPAA EBPAA - 909 Mellus Street, Martinez
Maciej Danek - wieczor autorski
Poezja, spiew,  gitara - tworczosc mlodego artysty z Bay Ara.
Wstep $10.00.
Info: Iwona Urbaniak, tel. (925) 685-6035 i Elzbieta Lukszewicz (925) 914-9988, lub przed wystepem.

April 22-29
POLISH FILM FESTIVAL
Los Angeles, Laemle Fourplex, 1332 Second St., Santa Monica,
Info: 818-982-8827. Please visit

April 24, Saturday
Unim City
7:00 p.m. ? 2:00 a.m.
Hawajska Zabawa Taneczna
Bufet zaopatrzony bedzie w POLSKIE SMACZNE POTRAWY
Stroje hawajskie mile widziane.
Wstep $15.00.
Organizator:  harcerze w Union City
Polish Pastoral Center

April 24, Saturday
8:00 p.m.
and, April 25, Sunday
7:00 p.m.
Lake Merritt Church, Oakland
ENCHANTMENT SONGS with MARIANA SADOVSKA & KITKA
Mariana spent more than ten years collecting archaic songs and rituals in rural villages in Ukraina, and is renowned
for her work with the famous Polish experimental anthropological theater company Gardzienice.
Info and tickets: Kitka

April 25, Sunday
Martinez
X Doroczny Konkurs Recytatorski
Info: Danuta Pokalska lub Dorota Viechorek
Polish Pastoral Center

April 25, Sunday
Palo Alto
3:30 p.m.
Lowiczanie as part of "Dancing Feet" Traditional music and dance from many cultures!
The Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Rd. in Palo Alto
Beautiful costumes, exciting choreography, live music!
Ethnic goods for sale during intermission.
Tickets: (650) 327-0762: $16.00 adult, $12.00 seniors/students
More info:
http://www.redthistledancers.org/RTEvents.htm
http://www.redthistledancers.org/concert/SCRTctPoster1Ltr.pdf
http://www.rscds-sf.org/DFPoster1LtrColor.pdf

Tuesday, April 27
7:30 p.m.
Community Vocal Workshop with Mariana Sadovska and Kitka
Lake Merritt Church, Oakland
Info and tickets: Kitka
 

May 2, Sunday
Martinez
Polish Pastoral Center
Msze sw. odprawi ks arcybiskup Szczepan Wesoly.
Po mszy sw. bedzie mozna spotkac sie z ks. arcybiskupem Wesolym.

May 2, Sunday
Union City
Po mszy sw. o godz. 12:30
Polish Pastoral Center
Union City, CA, 3880 Smith Street,

May 2, Sunday
Los Angeles
MAY 3RD POLISH CONSTITUTION DAY:
- 12:00 noon, Mass & flower presentation at Our Lady of Bright Mount Polish Parish, 3424 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles
- St. Maximilian Kolbe Polish Mission, 1735 Grand Ave., San Diego
- 10 am to 5 pm House of Poland, Balboa Park, San Diego,  Info: Adam Saling 858-271-4556
- 10 am to 5 pm 5TH PROUD TO BE POLISH FESTIVAL, John Paul II Polish Center, Yorba Linda, Info: 909-278-9700
5Th FESTIVAL PROUD TO BE POLISH IN YORBA LINDA
Info: 909-278-9700, 714-744-2775, 909-809-8352

May 6, Thursday
6:30 p.m.
Dom Polski
Zebranie miesieczne
Polish Society of California, Lodge 7 Polish National Alliance - Towarzystwo Polakow w Kalifornii, Grupa 7 Zwiazku
Narodowego Polskiego
Po zebraniu projekcja video-nagrania TV Trwam "Rozmowy niedokonczone..." O aferze ORLEN'u mowia poslowie na Sejm RP - Antoni Macierewicz (Ruch Katolicko-Narodowy) i Zbigniew Wasserman (Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc).

May 8, Saturday
28th Annual Gala Grande Polonaise Ball at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco
Cocktails and registration at 6:00 p.m. in the Crystal Room Banquet.
Dancing at 7:30 p.m. in the Gold Room.
Formal evening attire required.
Organized by The Polish Arts and Culture Foundation

May 9, Sunday
San Francisco
POLISH CONSTITUTION DAY
11:00 a.m. - Holy Mass at the Nativity Church
240 Fell Street, between Franklin and Gough
1:00 p.m. - Artistic celebration - concert and folk dancing performance in Golden Gate Park around the big
fountain at Botanical Gardens Entrance is close to the intersection of Lincoln & 9th Avenue
Bring a folding chair or blanket, there is plenty of room on the lawn.
Organized by Polish American Congress, Lowiczanie and GGP Band.
3:00 p.m. Food and dancing at the Polish Club - Dom Polski
3040 22nd Street at Shotwell

od 9 maja, niedziela
Wystawa zdjec z Powstania Warszawskiego
Fotoreportaz S. Kriss-Brauna “Powstanie Warszawskie" udostepniony przez laczniczke PW pania Krystyne
Chciuk.
Zapraszamy w oglaszanych godzinach otwarcia - Dom Polski.

May 13, Thursday
4:30 p.m.
The Annual CREEES Lecture Series on Contemporary Ukraine
Nadia Diuk, Director for Europe and Eurasia, National Endowment for Democracy
"Contemporary Politics in Ukraine: Oligarchs and Opposition"
Wattis Room, Littlefield Center, Graduate School of Business
Info: Sue Purdy Pelosi, CREEES Publicity and Events Coordinator, (650) 725-2563, Office 41K Bldg 40 MC
2006
For information about Ukrainian Studies at Stanford, see:
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CREES/UkrainianStudies.html

May 15, Saturday
19:00 p.m. - 0:30 a.m.
Zabawa Wiosenna
Pleasant Hill Recreation Center, 320 Civic Dr, Pleasant Hill.
Wstep: $20 w przedsprzedazy, $25 przy wejsciu.
Info i sprzedaz biletow Krzysztof Jesionek, tel. (925) 930-8210, e-mail: gdansk@hotmail.com. Czeki prosimy
wysylac: PAEC c/o Krzysztof Jesionek, 604 Tarrytown Ct, Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Organizator: Szkola Jezyka Polskiego im. Jana Pawla II

od 9 maja, niedziela
Wystawa zdjec z Powstania Warszawskiego
Fotoreportaz S. Kriss-Brauna "Powstanie Warszawskie" -- udostepniony przez laczniczke z okresu powstania,
p. Krystyne Chciuk.
Zapraszamy w godzinach otwarcia Domu Polskiego.

May 19, Wednesday
4:30 pm
2003-2004 Alexander Dallin Lecture in Soviet and Post-Soviet Affairs
"Russia after the Presidential Election"
Yuri Levada, Director, Levada Center (Formerly VTsIOM-A)
Piggot Hall Building 260, Room 113
Info: Sue Purdy Pelosi, CREEES Publicity and Events Coordinator, Stanford University, tel. (650) 725-2563,
fax (650) 725-6119, Office 41K Bldg 40 MC 2006

May 19, Wednesday
7:00 p.m.
Documentary "AS CROSSES ARE MEASURE OF FREEDOM..."
General Anders and his soldiers. 80 minutes movie. English language version.
Film "BO WOLNOSC KRZYZAMI SIE MIERZY" -- poswiecony gen. Andersowi i zolnierzom II Korpusu.
Caly szlak bojowy od Lubianki i lagrow Kolymy az po Londyn. Wydarzenia wojenne, zycie prywatne generala
i tragedie rozwiazywania Korpusu.
Dom Polski, 3040  22nd Street, San Francisco.

May 20, Thursday
Menlo Park
7:00 p.m.
Polish American Engineers Club meeting
The guest speaker will be Krzysztof Nauka, Ph.D., who will give a presentation on "Semiconductor
nanoparticles - their perspective applications in electronic and optical devices".
PAEC meetings in the Little House are free of charge and open to members, friends.
Little House of Peninsula Volunteers, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park, phone (650) 326-2025
More info at http://www.polishengineerssv.org/

May 22, Saturday
9:30-11:30 a.m. research assistance, 1:00 p.m. class, 2:30 p.m. general Meeting.
Meeting of the Polish Genealogical Society of California
LA-FHC, 10741 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

May 23, Sunday
San Francisco
1:00 p.m.
Polish American Congress Annual Meeting
Dom Polski, 3040  22nd Street
Members and guests are cordially invited.
If you have any concerns which you like to be addressed please write email to the PAC President Waclaw
Szudelski at: waclaws@yahoo.com

May 25, Tuesday
12:00 noon
"The Fake Dissolution of the Comintern and Its Broader Context"
Mette Skak, Professor of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Building 40, Room 41J CREEES Seminar Room
Info: Sue Purdy Pelosi, CREEES Publicity and Events Coordinator, Stanford University, tel. (650) 725-2563,
fax (650) 725-6119, Office 41K Bldg 40 MC 2006
 

June
June 3, Thursday
6:30 p.m.
Zebranie Towarzystwa Polakow w Kalifornii, Grupa 7 Zwiazku Narodowego Polskiego (Polish
Society of California Lodge 7 Polish National Alliance)
W programie przygotowanie uroczystosci 60 rocznicy wybuchu Powstania Warszawskiego, sprawy
organizacyjne, projekcja filmowa.
Zapraszamy czlonkow i sympatykow najstarszej polonijnej organizacji w Polnocnej Kalifronii.
Dom Polski

June 5, Saturday
San Francisco
6:00 p.m.
CENTENNIAL BANQUET - celebration of the Slavic Parish
Mark Hopkins Hotel, One Nob Hill
Please reserve your tickets early. This is a celebration of four communities gathering at the Church of Nativity.
More information: (415) 252-5799

June 5, Sunday, San Francisco
9:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
The Ninth Annual San Francisco Chopin Competition for Young Pianists.
Organized by The Chopin Foundation of the United States - Council of San Francisco.
Hellman Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music,
1201 Ortega (at 19th Avenue), San Francisco
Free admission
Info: (925-247) 0894 or write to ChopinSF@aol.com

June 6, Sunday,
Concord
10:00 a.m.
Annual Polish Picnic at the Cowell Park.
The festivities start with the outdoor mass in Polish and continue with home made Polish food feast, recreation
activities, games and fun for children.
East Bay Polish American Association, (925) 229-9197

June 6, Sunday
8 p.m. and 11 p.m.
"Warsaw Rising: The Forgotten Soldiers of World War II"
Tells the story of the Polish resistance and its 63-day battle against the Nazis, a battle fought while the Western
world celebrated the successful Allied landings at Normandy.
A special documentary, reported by David Ensor, will air on CNN.
CNN's Press Release

June 12, Saturday
San Francisco
2 p.m.
Tomasz Stanko Quartet "Suspended Night"
Florence Gould Theater (Legion of Honor, Clement & 34th Ave.)
Tomasz Stanko - trumpet, Marcin Wasilewski - piano, Slawomir Kurkiewicz - double-bass, Michal Miskiewicz -
drums.
The Tomasz Stanko Quartet has a new CD out called "Suspended Night" which is currently on the Billboard Jazz
Chart at #21.
Tickets and info:  http://www.sfjazz.org/concerts/spring04/artists/tstanko.html

June 12, Saturday
8 p.m. and 11 p.m.
"Warsaw Rising: The Forgotten Soldiers of World War II"
Tells the story of the Polish resistance and its 63-day battle against the Nazis, a battle fought while the Western
world celebrated the successful Allied landings at Normandy.
A special documentary, reported by David Ensor, will air on CNN.
CNN's Press Release

12 czerwca, sobota
8:00 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Wybory do Parlamentu Europejskiego
Konsulat Generalny RP w LA informuje, iz do udzialu w glosowaniu uprawnieni sa obywatele polscy posiadajacy
wazny polski paszport.
Marzena Grzegorczyk - Twoj czlowiek w Brukseli
Info: http://www.polishconsulatela.com/Polish/Wydarzenia-ogloszenia/p3-1wybory.htm
Informacje na stronie internetowej Panstwowej Komisji Wyborczej

June 13, Sunday
San Francisco
4:00 p.m.
Concert of the Winners of the Eighth Annual
San Francisco Chopin Competition for Young Pianists.
Hellman Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music,
1201 Ortega (at 19th Avenue), San Francisco
Donation $5
Infor: (925) 247-0894 or write to ChopinSF@aol.com
The only Polish procession on city streets in the San Francisco Bay Area.
909 Mellus Street, Martinez, (510) 552-1013

June 27, Sunday
Oakland
2:00 p.m.
St. John's Eve Polish Celebration of picnic, flower wreaths (wianki) with candle lights on the lake, and fun until dusk.
Location: Lake Temescal, south part of park parking available at both ends of lake -- bring your own food,
beverages and flowers.
Organized by the Polish Arts and Culture Foundation
Info: David Husar, (415) 871-7273 or check www.polishculturesf.org
 

August
1 sierpnia, niedziela
11:00 a.m.
Msza sw. Za dusze poleglych i zmarlych uczestnikow Powstania Warszawskiego.
Church of Nativity, 240 Fell Street, San Francisco

1 sierpnia, niedziela
1:30 p.m.
Uroczysty polonijny potluck-lunch
Goscmi spotkania beda uczestnicy Powastania Warszawskiego.
Dom Polski
Program okolicznosciwy przygotowany przez Polish Literary and Dramatic Circle.