Events

A first glance at Jaroslaw K. Radomsk "The Magnificent 100" by editor Roger Puchalski.  The book examines Radomski's top Polish authors and writers and highlights the quality of Polish art and literature as well as the lives of the creators.

Presentor:  Mary Jane Masiuonis

Presentation on the literary work of Pope John Paul II and the theater that sustained him during WWII.  Highlighted in the presentation is "The Jeweler's Shop," a play focusing on the connection between love and family and the struggles of life challengng the ties that bind us.

This fall marks 100 years since restoration of Polish Independence after more than a century of occupation by Austria, Germany and Russia.  

Keynote speaker Prof. James Pula frm Perdue University will speak at 7:00 PM about the "Fourth Partition" and the Restoration of Polish Independence.  Musical performance of Ignacy Jan Paderewski's work by the Chopin Singing Society.

All events are free and open to the public.

Symposium begins at 9:00   AM

Anna Mattis, oboe and English horn player will present photos and share her personal experiences of the BPO trip to Poland. Anna performed in Rzeszow-our sister city.  The BPO musicians are true ambassadors of music from Buffalo.

Social Hour and Refreshments will follow the programs.

For more information call:  Tom Zawadzki at (716) 472-8199 or taxmanz@aol.com

Permanent Chair of Polish Culture Presents:

MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE

A concert of young artists including

Soprano Emily Helenbrook and Haley Brunstad and pianist Comink Wrona of Ontario as well as veteran pianist Ivan Docenko in works of Chopin, Paderewski, Beethovan, Mozart, WWI pieces and more.  Music will be played on St. Michale's Jack Koessler Memorial Steinway Grand Piano.  Free will offering to benefit the Polish Singers Alliance of America Scholarship Fund.

TIME:  7 PM

Free Parkig Available

A reception by Polish Arts Club Follows

Prersenter:  Edward Reilly III

Mr. Reilly's program will discuss the role Polish People have played in the entire history of the United States from the Colonial period to the present.

Mr. Reilly is a student at Christ the King Seminary Studying for his Master's Degree in Theology.  Edward Reilly III is Director of Resident Life at D'Youville College.

The Annual meeting of the Polish Arts Club of Buffalo required by the NYS Non-profit Corporation Law, provides an opportunity for members to get an accounting of the activities and finances of the Club during the past year.  It is also an opportunity for members to propose new activities and directions for the Club.  The results of the annual election process will also be finalized.  

Following the meeting, there will be a program appropriate for the upcoming holiday season.

Polish Christmas Traditions

Presenter:  Rev. Ceslaw Krysa

Presenter: John Oshei   

John Oshei a senior Political Science and History major and member of the UB Honors College, will present a power point leture uncovering the great events in which Kosciuszko participated alongside his personal life to fully illuminate the life of "the hero of two continents."

Presenter:  Dr. Eileen Lyon

Dr. Lyon, Professor of History at Fredonia College, will address some of the lesser known parts of Kolbe's story in addition to an account of his martyrdom at the hands of the Nazis when he offered himself in exchange for another prisoner who had been selected to die in the starvation bunker at Auschwitz.  

The Permanant Chair of Polish Culture at Canisius College and the Polish Arts Club of Buffalo Join to present a dramatic reading

A Play about the heroic efforts of Irena Gut Opdyke 

The Buffalo premiere is in memory of Stanley Blake, a Polish resistance fighter who survived two concentrations camps.  

A free will offering will be accepted.

Contact Mary Lou Wyrobek at wyrobekm@canisius.edu for more info