The Warsaw premiere of “I Love O’Keeffe”
American playwright Lani Robertson will attend the Warsaw premiere of “I Love O’Keeffe” on November 27, 2005 at the Warsaw Bajka Theater based on his original play “Alfred Stiglitz Loves O’Keefe ” announced Patrick Lahey, Cultural Attaché. The Embassy co-funded this event which will star actress Malgorzata Zajaczkowska and actor Krzysztof Kolberger. The play is being produced in cooperation with many famous Polish artists including the following: musician Włodzimierz Nahorny, vocalist Danuta Rinn, artistic director Krzysztof Łoszewski, stage designer Marcin Sławiński, and producer Mariola Berg.(more)
America Presents Stan Breckenridge
Counselor for Press and Cultural Affairs Ed Kulakowski invites you to a concert and a presentation by Professor Stan Breckenridge as part of the Embassy’s America Presents program. In honor of Black History Month, Breckenridge will discuss aspects of determining, defining, and mapping American identity via African-American music. He has an extensive experience as an academic and professional musician. Performing professionally as a singer and pianist abroad and domestically for many years, Stan Breckenridge has delighted audiences in Western and Eastern Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, and many cities throughout the U.S. This event will be held on Friday, January 13, starting at 3:30 p.m. in Karol Szymanowski’s Concert Hall of Warsaw’s Music Academy located at Okolnik 2.(more)
American Dance Groups Will Participate In The 9th International Dance Festival In Lublin
The Embassy is proud to support the American dance group, Soulworks - Andrea Woods and Dancers, to appear at the International Dance Theaters Festival in Lublin announced Cultural Attaché, Patrick Lahey. The festival runs from November 10-13, 2005. Soulworks will not only perform at the festival but will also conduct workshops with dancers, choreographers, and dance teachers from Poland, Belarus and Ukraine. Also performing and conducting workshops will be the American dance troupe, the Joe Alter Group, which has been cooperating with Polish and East European dance groups for many years.(more)
Gary Monroe Exhibit Opens In Warsaw
Cultural Attache Patrick Lahey announces the opening of “Jerusalem” an exhibit of works by American photographer Gary Monroe at the Klima Bochenska Gallery of the Fabryka Trzciny on Wednesday the eighth of November at 6 p.m. The exhibit is sponsored jointly by the Embassy and the gallery.
This collection depicts the lives of the elderly Jewish community of Miami Beach in the 1980s, along with modern life in Jerusalem from the artist’s visit there in 2003. The exhibit will be at the Klima Bochenska Gallery until Nov. 30. The gallery is open from 11 to 18.(more)
Polish-American artist Krzysztof Wodiczko at the Zacheta Gallery
The U.S. Embassy is proud to support an exhibit from November 18 to January 22 at the Zacheta Gallery by MIT Visual Arts Professor and internationally renowned Polish-American artist Krzysztof Wodiczko, best known for his large scale video projections on architectural facades, announced Cultural Attaché Patrick Lahey. Wodiczko speaks for the victims of violence, alienation, and inhumanity in modern society. For more information please visit www.zacheta.art.pl(more)
Memorial Wurlitzer Organ Benefit
On November 10, the Embassy will host a concert at the Warsaw Museum of Science and Technology to celebrate the American Veterans Day Holiday which coincides with Poland’s Dzień Niepodległości, announced Cultural Affairs Attaché, Patrick Lahey. The event is another occasion to recognize Polish/American cooperation in the struggle for freedom and serves to support Warsaw’s American Wurlitzer Organ, the only instrument of its kind in Poland and one of the few in Central and Eastern Europe.(more)
Works by American Painter David Diao in Poland
Chinese born American painter David Diao’s work will visit Poland for the first time beginning October 14th. An exhibit of his work will be shown in Białystok at Galeria Arsenal from October 14-November 6 and then travel to Warsaw to be opened at Fabryka Trzciny on November 8.(more)
America Presents Dr. Mark Chaffin
Dr. Mark Chaffin will speak at our America Presents program on October 24 (Monday) at 3:00 p.m. at the American Embassy in Warsaw announced Press Attaché James Bond. The presentation is titled: “Developing better services for preventing child abuse and juvenile delinquency.” Dr. Chaffin is also the keynote speaker at the conference “Helping Child Victims of Crime” organized by the Ministry of Justice, the Social Policy Bureau of the City of Warsaw, and the Nobody’s Children Foundation.(more)
"Convicts and Conversion: The Role of Religion in Imprisonment and Prison Reform"
Counselor for Press and Culture Ed Kulakowski is pleased to announce a presentation by Larry E. Sullivan as part of our America Presents program on October 18 (Tuesday) at 3:00 p.m. at the American Embassy in Warsaw (Piękna 14A entrance). Sullivan will give a lecture titled: "Convicts and Conversion: The Role of Religion in Imprisonment and Prison Reform"(more)
Embassy Warsaw Cosponsors Warsaw Electronic Festival
Cultural Attaché Patrick Lahey is pleased to invite you to attend the 4th edition of the Warsaw Electronic Festival, Creativity in Motion, opening October 15, 2005 at16:30 at the Zacheta Gallery. Creativity in Motion is an international presentation of new media art: concerts, lectures, installations, and workshops. American participants include Sheldon Brown from San Diego University, John Cates from the Art Institute of Chicago, and Chris Csikszentmihalyi from the MIT Art Lab Division.(more)
Embassy Supports Warsaw International Film Festival
The U.S. Embassy in Warsaw is supporting the presentation of five full-length American documentaries under the title “American Mass Culture Icons” announced Cultural Attache, Patrick Lahey. The documentaries will be shown during the Warsaw International Film Festival from October 7-16. For more information please visit www.wff.pl(more)
Sanford Biggers The Afronomical Way project presentation
After his artist-in-residence program at the Zamek Ujazdowski Sanford Biggers has prepared a site specific project . It is arranged inside the well of the courtyard of the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw and in Café Baumgart. Cultural Attaché, Patrick Lahey is pleased to invite you to a presentation of the new installation, and Biggers’ book “The Afronomical Way”.(more)
"The Blank Slate. The Modern Denial of Human Nature”
Counselor for Press and Culture Ed Kulakowski is pleased to announce a presentation by Steven Pinker as part of our America Presents program on October 10 (Monday) at 6:00 p.m. at Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej in Warsaw (Chodakowska 19/31; main building - auditorium no 218). The presentation is titled: "The Blank Slate. The Modern Denial of Human Nature”. The program is organized in cooperation with Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne and Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej.(more)
Mars Photo Exhibit Opened in Olsztyn
Embassy Press Attaché, James B. Bond, along with Jacek Szubiakowski, Director of the Olsztyn Planetarium opened “Mars: Mission Possible,” a photo exhibit, at the Olsztyn Planetarium on October 7, 2005. Over two hundred people attended the opening ceremony and reception at the Planetarium viewing the photos and using a computer to move a small rover over a miniaturized surface like the planet Mars. The exhibit will be on display until December 30, 2005 and will be open to the public Tuesdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.(more)
Ambassador Victor Ashe visited the prestigious Art New Media Gallery in Warsaw
Ambassador Victor Ashe visited the prestigious Art New Media Gallery in Warsaw to promote the exhibit of Polish-American artist Hanna Zawa-Cywinska on October 5. The Ambassador, an honorary patron of the exhibit, met Andrzej Kozminski, the President of the Polish-American Freedom Foundation and co-patron of the exhibit, to view the exhibit, and sign catalogs for guests. During their visit to the museum, Ms. Zawa Cywinska explained that the American Dream made a deep impression on her work, since she “traveled to the US over 40 years ago with only 150 dollars in her pocket.” The exhibit entitled “Inscriptions” is an autobiographical look at the artist’s life through lines of poetry painted on stone slabs.(more)
America Presents Donna Leon
As part of the America Presents programs, author Donna Leon will present on Tuesday, September 27 at 6:00 p.m. at the Traffic Club in Warsaw (Bracka 25, lecture hall III floor) announced Counselor for Press and Cultural Affairs Ed Kulakowski. Donna Leon will discuss her latest book “A Sea of Troubles” which was recently released in Polish by the Noir Sur Blanc Publishing House.(more)
Warsaw Gospel Days
Counselor for Press and Culture Edward Kulakowski is pleased to announce the opening of Warsaw Gospel Days on September 23, 2005. The U.S. Embassy is a co-sponsor of this fourth international festival organized by the Mazovian Chapter of the Union of Polish Choirs and Orchestras.(more)
Study Around the World
The U.S. Embassy is participating in “Study Around the World,” an event targeting high school students and graduate university students at Warsaw University of Technology (pl. Politechniki 1) on Friday, September 23, 2005. U.S. Diplomats and exchange specialists will speak at the event highlighting secondary study in the United States.(more)
"The Afro-Futurist Handbook"
Counselor for Press and Cultural Affairs Ed Kulakowski is pleased to announce a presentation by Sanford Biggers on September 16th at 6:00 p.m. as part of the US Embassy’s America Presents series. The presentation, entitled “The Afro-Futurist Handbook”, will be held at the KinoLab of the Center for Contemporary Art located at Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw.(more)
Embassy Warsaw co-sponsors “Turning Sounds” Conference
Cultural Attaché, Patrick Lahey, is pleased to announce that the United States Embassy in Warsaw is one of the sponsors for “Turning Sounds 3,” an international conference to be held on September 19-25, 2005. Turning Sounds 3 is a conference for contemporary music artists who are interested in the mutual influences between contemporary “high” music and progressive music rooted in pop culture.(more)
Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk
Counselor for Press and Cultural Affairs, Edward Kulakowski, opened the exhibit entitled “Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk” at the Palace Poznanski in Łódz on September 7, 2005. The exhibit is sponsored by the U.S. Embassy, the Arthur Szyk Society, and the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture, in cooperation with the Jewish Historical Institute.(more)
Arthur Szyk Returns to Poland
The U.S. Embassy, the Arthur Szyk Society, and the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture, in cooperation with the Jewish Historical Institute, are pleased to announce the return of Arthur Szyk's works of art to Poland. The exhibit entitled: "Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk" will be on display in Warsaw, Lodz, and Krakow, from June 30-December 30, 2005.(more)
Holocaust Teaching Program
The Embassy in Warsaw is announcing a training program in the United States for five Polish educators who teach about the Holocaust. The week-long seminar will be conducted between June 4 – August 21, 2006, and is organized by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Association of Holocaust Organizations in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State. The exact dates of the training will be announced later. The Embassy in Warsaw will cover costs of participation in the program.
The seminar is an opportunity for educators to become familiarized with methods of teaching about the Holocaust, exchange experiences with educators in the United States. The course will also focus on Judaism - its history, culture, history of anti-Semitism. The program includes a visit to the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., where participants will meet with the staff dedicated to remembrance and other related topics.
Eligible applicants should be teachers of junior or senior high schools who cover topics related to the Holocaust in their classes. Excellent English language skills are required.
Please send this announcement to individuals who might be interested in taking part in the training. The deadline for receiving applications is January 20, 2006. If you would like to receive an application, please send an e-mail to: MilewskaBM@state. gov; or by fax: (022) 504-2364.
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America Presents: Women's Role in Solidarity
Ambassador and Mrs. Victor Ashe hosted a special edition of America Presents on August 29th at the Ambassador’s residence, featuring a panel discussing the role of women in sustaining Solidarity through martial law.(more)
Yale Whiffenpoofs to perform in Warsaw
On Friday, August 19, America’s oldest collegiate male a cappella ensemble, The Whiffenpoofs, will give a free concert at Holy Trinity Church on Plac Malachowskiego at 7:00 p.m. Warsaw is the group’s penultimate stop of a thirteen-week, around-the-world concert tour which began on May 24.(more)
American Gospel Singer Emma Nichols in Gdansk
The IX International Gospel Music Festival takes place in Osiek and Gdansk, August 15-21. The festival’s final concert, “Tribute to Mahalia Jackson” featuring American singer Emma Nichols, will be in Gdansk, Sunday August 21 at 20:00 in Kosciol Sw. Jana.(more)
University of Texas Band to Perform in Lazienki Park
The American Embassy is pleased to sponsor the University of North Texas' One O'Clock Lab Band performance at Lazienki Park Palac na Wodzie on Monday August 15 at 12:00PM. The One O'Clock Lab Band is the premiere performing ensemble of UNT's world-famous jazz program. They have performed at the White House and with such artists as Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerald.(more)
American Unveils Sculpture at Center of Polish Sculpture
The Embassy’s Public Affairs Officer visited the Center of Polish Sculpture in Oronsko on July 29 to attend the unveiling of a sculpture by American artist Patricia Quilichini. The marble sculpture “Message from the Caribbean” was commissioned by the Center for its outdoor museum.(more)
US Embassy Warsaw hosts American Days in Pomerania
For the fourth time in five years, the US Embassy Warsaw hosted a large-scale cultural festival outside of Poland's major cities. This year’s American Days festival took place from July 7-10 in four towns in the north and northwest: Szczecinek, Charzykowy, Człuchów, and Tczew.(more)
American Culture Comes to Pomorze
This year America celebrates 229 years of independence. In conjunction with U.S. Mission Poland's independence day festivities in Warsaw, Krakow, Poznan and Lancut we are pleased to announce our fourth annual American Days festival. American Days is a vibrant four-day festival of American music, dance, sport, visual arts, and just plain fun that brings the 4th of July holiday celebration closer to the Polish people.(more)
Central Park Gates Come To Poland
On June 13 Ambassador Ashe and Bulgarian Ambassador Latchezar Petkov will open an international photo exhibit in Warsaw. The exhibit entitled " The Saffron Gates: Central Park, New York" was photographed by Polish-American artist Sabina Szafrankowska.(more)
One Passion, Two Visions Opens in Warsaw
On June 9th, 2005, „One Passion, Two Visions,” an exhibit showcasing the work of American photographer David Michael Kennedy and Polish photographer Tomek Niewiadomski, opened at Centrum Artystyczne Fabryka Trzciny. The exhibit, which opened in partnership with the US Embassy can be seen through June 28.(more)
Embassy Supports Warsaw International Film Festival
The Embassy is proud to be a patron for the 2nd Warsaw Jewish Film Festival “Jewish Motifs” May 19-24. The Festival focuses on the Jewish nation, traditions, identity and history. Two American productions are scheduled for screening.(more)
Ambassador Ashe Opens Mars Photo Exhibit in Przemysl
Ambassador Victor Ashe along with the Mayor of Przemysl, Robert Choma, opened Mars: Mission Possible, a photo exhibit organized by the City Hall of Przemysl and the United States Consulate General in Krakow on April 18, 2005, at Kazimierzowski Castle in Przemysl.(more)
Concerts from the Front Lines of Music
The American Embassy in cooperation with the cities of Kielce and Siedlce will be hosting the U.S. Army Europe Band April 11-12. Due to the period of national mourning for the death of His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, the previously scheduled concerts in Swidnica, Katowice, and Krakow have been cancelled.(more)
Embassy Celebrates Black History Month with Gary Monroe
In celebration of Black History Month, the American Embassy is pleased to sponsor the program "The Highwaymen," Florida Black Outsider Artists. Professor Gary Monroe will present slide shows and discussions on his experiences photographing the African-American community in Florida from February 11-18.(more)
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