PROGRAMS/EVENTS Fall 2023 and Spring 2024
September 9 - Buffalo Murals Bus Tour: The Art of Jozef Slawinski
Tour meets at Assumption Church 433 Amherst St.
Doors open 8:45 am, Visits to various Buffalo area sites.
Tour ends 1:00pm General Admission $59
Explore Buffalo Members and Polish Arts Club Members $54 –
Register online at ExploreBuffalo.org/bus/art-of-Jozef-Slawinski
Or call 716-245-3032
October 11 – Polish Folk Art Workshops
Leader -Wieslawa Bogdanska Master of Kurpie Folk Art
6:00 -7:00 pm Wycinanki – Polish paper cutouts
7:30 – 8:30 pm – Kurpie Kwiaty paper flowers
Admission $25 per workshop,- Polish Arts Club and
Polish Genealogical Society of NY State members $20.00
All materials provided. Limited to 25 participants
Contact Wyrobekml@gmail.com
October 21 - Saturday
Mickiewicz Festival Event
Film PAN TADEUSZ 1999 Polish Film Directed by Andrzej Wajda,. Based on the 1834 epic poem by Polish poet, writer and philosopher Adam Mickiewicz. Polish with English Subtitles.
Location: Adam Mickiewicz Library, 612 Fillmore Ave. Buffalo NY
General Admission $10
Seniors and Students $5
November 15 , Wednesday
Topic: Jan Matejko - National Painter
Founder of the school of historical painting which lifted the hearts and minds of Poles resurrecting faith in the establishment of an independent country.
Presenter: Robert Fronckowiak
Location: Harlem Road Community Center
4255 Harlem Road, 7 PM
December 13, Wednesday
Presenter: Michael Zachowicz
Koledy and Their Origin, Sing-a-long
Annual meeting and election results.
Location: Harlem Road Community Center
4255 Harlem Road, 7 pm
Sunday, January 21, 2024, 2:30 PM
Thadeus Kosciuszko and Agrippa Hull: The Dream Begins
A Celebration in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. featuring live performances with vignettes from their lives, the Chopin Singing Society, St. Martin DePorres Mass Choir, African-American Dance and Drum Performing Company and soloist Joyce Carolyn.
The Dream Begins: Agrippa Hull and Tadeusz Kosciuszko focuses on the friendship of these two Revolutionary War heroes who challenged the status quo of their time. Their friendship was profoundly influenced by American slavery. Agrippa Hull was a free Black man who served as an aide-decamp to Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a Polish patriot and military trained Engineer, who joined the fight for America's Independence. These two heroes were instrumental in helping achieve America's victory against Britain.
Canisius University Montante Cultural Center -2021 Main St., Buffalo, NY
Sunday February, 25 2024, 2:30 PM
Birthday Celebration - Frederick Chopin's 214th and Adam Mickiewicz 225th
A multi-media extravaganza with the Chopin Singing Society, Canisius University Chorale, Chopin Piano Music by Claudia Hoca and Melanie Bebak, Poetry Readings all with a backdrop of a power-point of scenes related to the lives.
Canisius University Montante Cultural Center - 2021 Main St., Buffalo, NY
Sunday March 3, 2024, 1 PM
Scholarship Award and Installation Luncheon
Honoring 2023 Scholarship recipients - Melanie Bebak and Elizabeth Fomenko
Potts Banquet Hall, 41 S. Rossler Ave. Cheektowaga, NY
Family style meal includes Baked Pork Chops and Roasted Turkey
$45.00 - Members $50.00 - Non-Members
Wednesday April 17, 2024 , 7 PM
Topic: Broadway Market Beyond Easter, Past and Future Visions
Presenter: Brian Kwong, Researcher
Harlem Road Community Center, 4255 Harlem Road, All Invited
Friday, May3, 2024, 7:00-9:00 PM
Polish Constitution Day Celebration
Polky Band, from Canada, featuring multi-talented female musicians with joyful vocal harmonies and unusual instruments. A blend of Polish Traditional Folk music and global sounds and rhythms.
FREE
St Stanislaus Community Center, 389 Peckham St., Buffalo NY
Thursday, May 9, 5:30 PM
"The Legacy of Aleksander and Walentyna Janta-Polczynski: Their Amazing Journey."
A presentation by Janta biographer, Michael Folega, from Gdansk, Poland.
Location: Twentieth Century Club, 595 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY 14202
Cash Bar, Hors D'oeuvres. FREE
Reservations required. Call 716-855-1921
Sponsor: Polish Arts Club of Buffalo and the Kosciuszko Foundation