The Pittsburgh Chapter of the Kosciuszko Foundation’s third annual Dyngus Day Dash. Check Facebook page /website for registration information. This is a fundraiser for scholarships and cultural events. The event features the Chardon Polka Bank, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and treats from Pierogies Plus in McKees Rocks. For more information, contact race organizer Michele at [email protected].
Love story against a backdrop of major anti-government students and intellectuals led protests in Warsaw in March of 1968. Hania and Janek, two Warsaw students uninterested in politics, fall in love as the city is engulfed in protests against the communist regime’s anti-Semitic policies and crackdown on civil liberties. Inspired by a moment in [...]
Encounters with Polish Literature is a video series produced by Polish Cultural Institute in New York. The host David A. Goldfarb is an independent scholar of Polish literature and literary theory, and literary translator from Polish to Leopold Tyrmand (1920-85), author of one of the great novels of Warsaw who popularized jazz music in mid-twentieth-century [...]
Ticket information: https://alia-musica-pittsburgh.mailchimpsites.com https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jul/12/frederic-rzewski-obituary Click on the Guardian obituary to listen to Frederic Rzewski playing his famous composition, a contemporary masterpiece; "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!"
Note: Tickets for the event are $140.00 + a PayPal convenience fee of $5.30.
Poland is known for many beautiful “Kolędy” (Christmas Carols ) and “Pastorałki” ( “Pastoral” carols). The Karuzela Chorus, under the direction of Dr. Neil Stahurski, will present a concert of these carols. […]
POLISH CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION Dear Friend The PCC is excited to sponsor our holiday-favorite Christmas gathering when we will once again share the joys of the blessed season face to face with our friends in the Pittsburgh Polish community. We invite you, your family, and your friends to A Polish Christmas Celebration. Please join us [...]
Harris Theater - Krzysztof Kieślowski Retrospective - October 21 to October 26, 2022 809 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Recognized as one of the greatest film directors of our time, Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski made a remarkable number of great films in his relatively short life (1941-1996). In an interview, Kieślowski said: 'Everyone wants to [...]
HomeCultureA Fresh Twist on Polish Classics for Piano and Violin Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh650 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15260Saturday, October 8th 2022 at 6:30 pm The transcriptions by violinists Antoni Cofalic, Arthur Hartmann, and Fritz Kreisler are performed with the improvisational skill of pianist and composer Jarosław Gołembiowski in Chopin’s Prelude [...]
