Happy Hour - Friday, October 25, 2013

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2013 Ognisko at Lake Montague, Sunday, October 13

Join us for the 2013 ognisko (bonfire) this coming Sunday, October 13th, at the Lake Montague, 10301 Penny Road, Cary, NC

The Club will provide real Polska Kielbasa, cooked sauerkraut, potatoes, soft drinks, pierogies, and condiments.  Please bring a dish or desert to share.

This event's activities will include music, singing, fishing, games for children, and other entertainment. Please RSVP to Peter Kralka at pkralka@me.com

Sunday, October 13
3:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Lake Montague, 10301 Penny Road
Cary, NC

$10 per family for PAC Members
$5 per individual PAC Member
$15 per non-member family
$7 per non-member Individual

New members that will join our Club at this time will have their membership paid for 2014.

REMINDER - 2013 International Festival of Raleigh - Call for Volunteers

The International Festival of Raleigh is celebrating its 28th birthday at the Raleigh Convention Center from October 4 through 6. The annual celebration of multiculturalism brings together almost 60 international groups who call the Triangle home, with ethnicities spanning the globe.

The theme for the 2013 festival is Arts, Music, and Crafts from Around the Globe, and 50+ cultures will exhibit their nation's pivotal moments among the offerings of international dance, music, kids activities, shopping and of course, food from around the world.

It has been a tradition for the Polish-American Club (PAC) of the Triangle to participate in the festival; we have participated every year since the first Festival in 1986.  Our involvement includes hosting of a cultural exhibit and a sidewalk café.  The Polish sidewalk café will be offering a variety of popular Polish culinary delicacies during the three-day period.  In order to provide the expected service for all guests of the festival, we need plenty of volunteers to take shifts at our food booth.  No special knowledge or experience is necessary for this rewarding and important task.  We truly hope that you will find a couple of hours in your weekend schedule to help.  It's fun and rewarding.

To volunteer in staffing the Polish sidewalk café, or cultural booth, please contact Jowita Mikołajczyk by e-mail at jowita.mikolajczyk@gmail.com  or by phone, 919-448-5931.  Thank you to all those that already signed up (see current schedules below). We are looking forward to hearing from others soon. 

• Current Sidewalk Cafe Schedule (updated Thursday, PM)
• Current Cultural Booth Schedule

Invitation to Jan Sawka Exhibition - Thursday, September 12th

Reflections on Everyman: The Work of Jan Sawka

September 12 – December 14, 2013

Curated by Evonne M. Davis and Hanna Maria Sawka
Opening Reception September 12, 7-10 PM
New Media Screening October 12, 7 PM
Closing Reception December 14, details TBA

Newark, NJ: Gallery Aferro’s Main Gallery and New Media Room will feature a major retrospective celebrating the life and work of artist, expatriate, activist, architect and impossible-to-classify Jan Sawka (1946-2012). Sawka's body of work includes paintings, book arts, sculptures, engravings, editorial illustrations, architectural installations, monuments, new media and a 10-story stage set designed for the Grateful Dead.  Currently, a memorial exhibition of his work is on view at The National Museum in Krakow, Poland. Born in 1946 in Zabrze, Poland, his childhood (read more)

This exhibition is presented in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute, and with support from the Polish American Business Club and the Polish and Slavic Federal Credit Union.

Gallery Aferro is a nonprofit artist-originated organization serving a diverse community through the import and export of ideas. The gallery is located at 73 Market St Newark NJ, and is open Thursday-Saturday 12:00-6PM and by appt, free of charge.

                  
Illumination #2, acrylic onmasonite, 68 x 49, 2006

The Fallen, acrylic on loose canvas, 70 x 84, 1990

Please visit http://www.jansawka.com/  for more details about this exhibition 

Polish Language Classes are About to Start!

We are proud to announce that the Polish language classes will reconvene with its fall semester on Saturday, September 7, 2013.  Teachers will be meeting with students every Saturday from 2 pm to 4 pm in the Withers Hall at the NCSU North Campus, Lampe Drive, Rooms 130,135 and 145, with the exception of October 12th and 26th.   Classes will be held in Mann 301, 304 and 404 on those two Saturdays.   http://www.ncsu.edu/campus_map/north.htm

The price for the first semester is $140 for the first child and $70 for the second child. There are 14 Saturdays, with a break for Thanksgiving on November 30, 2013; classes will not be held on this day. The last day of fall semester will be on December 14, 2013.  The annual St. Nicolas (Mikolaj) celebration is scheduled for Dec 7th, from 2 pm to 4 pm, at the St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Raleigh.

  

The second semester will start on Saturday, January 4, 2014.

Kids as young as four years of age are eligible to register for classes.   Also, separate classes for teenagers, and adults, which are hoping to start learning Polish language from the basics, are available as well.

Signup registration will open in the waiting area of the Withers Hall, located on the first floor, and it will start on Saturday, September 7th, 30 minutes prior to beginning of classes.  Payments will be collected at that time and students will be directed to their classes according to their age and knowledge of the Polish language.

We encourage all parents, guardians, and adult students to become active members of the Polish American Club.  Please sign up on the Club’s website www.polamrtp.com  to receive all information about upcoming events organized by the Polish-American Club.

For questions please contact Mrs. Lucyna Kozek.

Polish-American 2014 New Year's Eve Party - SAVE THE DATE - more details to follow

Miss Klaudia Kozek - Recipient of 2012-2013 PAC Scholarship

The Polish-American Club of the Triangle (PAC) provides financial assistance for education limited to tuition and books.  Financial aid is being provided annually to one qualified graduating high school senior, and/or already enrolled in college, technical school, or university.  

The Scholarship Committee met on May 7, 2013 and after careful review of submitted application it was unanimously decided that applicant Miss. Klaudia Kozek meets and exceeds all the criteria necessary for receiving PAC’s 2013 Educational Scholarship.  The amount of the awarded scholarship from PAC is $1,000, and will be forwarded in the form of tuition to the NCSU.  

There were no applications for the Edward and Maria Majchrowicz Scholarship this year.

Please join us and congratulate Klaudia for her dedication, willingness to volunteer in our Polish community, and her great education achievements.

More details on the Scholarship qualifications can be found in PAC’s current bylaws in article VI.