Pasterka

Midnight Mass

December 24th

 St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Raleigh

Choinka

Greetings!

The Polish-American Club of the Triangle kindly invites you and your child/children pre and school age to a Traditional Christmas Choinka for children.  We are pleased to announce that the Choinka Party  this year will be held at the St. Joseph Catholic Church, corner of Peartree Lane and  Poole Rd. at 2- 4 pm  on Saturday December 17^teen, 2011.  Friendly gathering will include sharing games and dances with children, awards and gifts distribution by Mikolaj (St. Nicolaus). Please bring the gift nicely wrapped for your own child/children, preferably in a shoe- box size (no brown bags please) . Please mark it with child’s name.. We will collect all gifts (prezenty) before the gathering. If it is possible please dress girls in a national costumes or color skirt, white blouse and a flower rif (wianuszek),  boys black pants and white shirt. Cost of finger food, donuts, drinks, decoration and game awards will be covered by Polish Saturday School fee .

If your child is not enrolled in the school program please consider $10 donation to PAC school funds.

Cordially,

Richard Kotek

President, PAC

PAC Christmas Choinka for Children

  2:00 - 4 :00 PM, December 17teen, 2011 at

 St. Joseph Catholic Church

We would greatly appreciate if interested Parents will confirm by November 30^th their presence by either email or by telephone:

Hanna Gracz

or Lucyna Kozek

Polsko –Amerykanski Klub zaprasza wszystkie dzieci na tradycyjna CHOINKE!

Uprzejmie prosimy wszystkich zainteresowanych Rodzicow  o potwierdzenia  przybycia wraz z dziecmi do 29ego listopada, 2010 .

Hanka Gracz                             Lucyna Kozek

919-782-8734                           919-362-6224

hanna_gracz@ncsu.edu             mlkozek@yahoo.com

Christmas Dinner - Opłatek

Season Greetings! The Polish-American Club of the Triangle kindly invites ALL of YOU for our Traditional Christmas Dinner Oplatek! By the popular demand this year’s dinner will be held again at the Klara’s restaurant in downtown Cary. This lovely event will begin at 5:00 PM on December 11th, 2011. This is a charming place run by a Czech couple will give us a flavor of “close to homeland cooking”. Friendly gathering will include sharing of Oplatek and Christmas caroling. Total cost (including tip) is $30 for member and $40 for nonmember per person. PAC Christmas Dinner Opłatek 5:00 PM, December 11th (Sunday), 2010 at Klara's Restaurant, Cary NC Reservations are taken by Malgosia Szymczyk (phone: 919-600-8502 or e-mail: mszymczy@ncsu.edu) till Dec. 7, 2011. Please select pork, chicken or fish dish as an entrée per menu below. Menu Appetizers to share (one set per table) Shopsky Salad (tomato, cucumber, red peppers, onion, feta cheese, light vinegar oil dressing) x Pork medallions with creamy mushroom sauce, served with roasted potatoes, sautéed vegetables Chicken breast " Sunrise" with roasted potatoes and sautéed vegetable (asparagus, sun dried tomatoes mascarpone cheese, white wine) Salmon Filet with a dill sauce (served with roasted potatoes and asparagus) x One glass of wine or mug of draft beer will be served with the entrée x Homemade apple strudel Coffee or Tea $$$ CASH BAR with discounts! $$$

Polsko–Amerykański Klub serdecznie zaprasza WSZYSTKICH na Tradycyjny Świąteczny Obiad Opłatek! Spotkanie odbędzie się w Niedzielę, 11-tego Grudnia 2011, początek o godzinie 17-tej, w restauracji ‘Klara’s’ w Cary, NC. To jest bardzo przyjemne miejsce prowadzone przez Czechów, także serwowane dania bedą ‘prawie Polskie’. Cena $30 dla członków Klubu i $40 dla pozostałych, napiwek wlączony. Rezerwacje przyjmuje Malgosia Szymczyk tel. 919-600-8502albo e-mail: mszymczy@ncsu.edu do 7 grudnia 2010. Proszę wybrać wieprzowinę, kurczaka albo rybę z powyższego menu. Jeden kieliszek wina albo kufel piwa będzie podany do obiadu i jest wliczony w cenę obiadu, a więcej alkoholu będzie można kupić w barze (po zniżonych cenach).

Merry Christmas i Wesołych Świąt,

Richard Kotek

President, PAC

International Festival

The International Festival starts September 30th
As every year we will host a food booth and a cultural booth.
We need many volunteers to help us in both booths.
The website of the festival is here: http://www.internationalfestival.org/
Festival hours:
Friday,           September 30th  4:30pm - 10pm
Saturday,       October 1st     10am - 10pm
Sunday,         October 2nd     11am - 7pm

If you would like to help please contact me (peter.gucwa@gmail.com) or
Malgosia Szymczyk (malgosia.szymczyk@gmail.com)

Polish language classes for children

Polish language classes for children  will start Saturday, September
10th at 2pm at NCSU Campus , 160, 150 Withers  Hall , Lampe Drive,
parking available in front of bldg.
http://www.ncsu.edu/campus_map/north.htm

Please join us as we celebrate the beginning of a new school year for
childern ages (4-12)

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Lekcje jezyka polskiego dla dzieci rozpoczynaja sie w najblizsza
sobote 10 wrzesnia o godzinie 14ej na  Campusie  NCSU. Withers Hall
wejscie od strony ul. Lampe Dr.Parking dostepny przed budynkiem.

Serdecznie witamy w Nowym Roku szkolnym 2011/2012 wszystkie dzieci wiek (4-12)

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Cost: $40 /month per child second child $30/month ($10/class) payable
for the semester
For more information please contact:  Lucyna Kozek 919-917-6168  or
Hanka Gracz 919-782-8734

Polish American Club of RTP (www.polamrtp.com) invites all young Poles, Americans of Polish and Slavic descendants ages 16~29 to attend yearly ball . It will take place in Cary August 13th, 2011, from 8 pm to 2 am.

PAC is providing great music , delicious Polish food and unforgettable experience.


Price $10 per person.
Attire-party dress.
More information and reservation can be directed to email replytoPACball@gmail.com
Please make reservation by August 7th
We are cordially inviting a Young generation!

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Klub polsko-amerykanski w RTP ( www.polamrtp.com) zaprasza mloda generacje Polakow , Amerykanow Polskiego i Slowianskiego (Slowackie, Litewskie, Rosyjskie itp) pochodzenia w wieku od 16~29 roku na doroczny bal ktory odbedzie sie w Cary 13 sierpnia 2011 w godzinach od 8 pm do 2 am.

Zapewniamy, super muzyke smaczne polskie dania i szampanska zabawe!

Cena $10 od osoby.

Stroj balowy.

Zgloszenia oraz zapytania na temat balu prosimy kierowac na email replytoPACball@gmail.com
Rezerwacje przyjmujemy do 7go sierpnia.
Serdecznie zapraszamy Mlodziez!

  Polish Mass Polska Msza

               When:    Saturday, August 13 at 5:30 pm

                           Sobota 13 sierpnia o 17:30

               

              Presiding are priests visiting from Poland:

                   Prowadzą  wizytujący Księża  z Polski

               

                Ks Dr Miros ław Czapla

                Ks Ryszard Grabczy ński

                Ks Grzegorz Gruszewski

                   Polish Homily and Choir

                   Polskie Kazanie i Pieśni

                Where:  Saint Joseph Catholic Church

                           Kosci ół  Świ ętego Józefa

                                2817 Poole Road Raleigh, NC 27610

                                

*ALL ARE CORDIALLY WELCOME!!!*

*SERDECZNIE ZAPRASZAMY!!!*

Old Wooden Churches in Poland by Michał Konar

The End of the School Year for the Saturday Polish Language School by Hanka Gracz and Lucyna Kozek

To New PAC Members by Lucyna Kozek

The NCSU Alma Mater by PAC writer Krzyś Kotek

“American Idol” Finalist Scotty McCreery

Majówka – Polish Constitution Day by Krzyś and Ryszard Kotek

Easter 2011 in North Carolina by Krzyś and Ryszard Kotek

Wit, Wisdom and Wonder in Wisława Szymborska’s Poetry by Regina Grol

PAC Newsletter - April, 2011

Majowka !!! (Constitution Day)

                                                        

       

When:      Saturday, April 30, 2011, 4 to 7 pm

Where:     Majowka at LAKE MONTAGUE, 10301 Penny Road, Cary                    NC.

What:       Majowka, all are invited, bring your families and friends.

Club will provide hamburgers and hotdogs, soft drinks, chips, and other condiments.  Please bring a dish or desert to share.  

Cost:        $8 per family or $5 per person for the PAC members who paid 2011 dues (you will have a chance to sign up there!). $12 per family or $7.00 per person for non-members. Kids 12 and under do not pay.

EXTRA!     Fund rising for PAC Scholarship will be conducted during the event. Please be generous to support one of our outstanding students.       

An afternoon with Wisława Szymborska

Ostatki 2011

WISŁAWA SZYMBORSKA

The Polish-American Club of the Triangle, NC

http://www.polamrtp.com/

&

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Center for Slavic, Eurasian & East European Studies

http://www.unc.edu/depts/slavdept/

Department of Music

http://music.unc.edu/

Presents

An Afternoon with

WIS ŁAWA SZYMBORSKA

The 1996 Nobel Laureate in Literature

  March 26, 2011   Saturday

2:00 – 4:00 pm

UNC-Chapel Hill campus
Kenan Rehearsal Hall, 1st floor

Kenan Music Building
South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill,  NC 27599

 (between Cameron Avenue and East Franklin Street)

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PROGRAM

 general welcome

Dr. Richard Kotek, President of the Polish-American Club of the Triangle, NC

a lecture on Szymborska

Professor Regina Grol, Fellow, Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies

recitation of Szymborska’s poetry

           students of Polish at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke (in both Polish and English)

 a musical interlude, Michael Asmara’s composition based on Szymborska poem “Homecoming”

students of Marzanna Poplawska’s gamelan class, UNC-Chapel Hill Music Department

Intermission/Refreshments

a documentary film on Szymborska titled

“Life Is Bearable at Times”

 (with cameo appearances of Woody Allen, Umberto Ecco and Vaclav Havel.)

OSTATKI - MARDI GRAS PARTY 2011

WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF FUN!!! GREAT MUSIC!!!

PRIZE FOR THE BEST COSTUME!!!

When:     March 5, 2011 from 8:00 pm till 2:00 am.

Where:   Wessex Clubhouse - off Weston Pkway, Cary NC

                   http://www.wessexhoa.org/map.htm

Cost:                    $25 for members and $30 for non-members

Reservation:       Gosia Szymczyk   phone 919-600-8502

                              e-mail  malgosia.szymczyk@gmail.com

   

!!!Homemade food, drinks, and many extras provided!!!

*ALL ARE CORDIALLY WELCOME*

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OSTATKI - KOSTIUMOWY BAL KARNAWAŁOWY 2011

WSPANIAŁA ZABAWA!!! SWIETNA MUZYKA!!!

NAGRODA ZA NAJCIEKAWSZY KOSTIUM!!!

Kiedy:     5 marca 2011, od 20-tej do 2-giej rano.

Gdzie:     Wessex Clubhouse - off Weston Pkway, Cary NC

                   http://www.wessexhoa.org/map.htm

Koszt:                 $25 dla członków klubu i $30 dla pozostałych gości

Rezerwacja:        Gosia Szymczyk   tel 919-600-8502

                              e-mail  malgosia.szymczyk@gmail.com

!!!Domowe jedzenie, napoje, i desery zapewnione!!!

*SERDECZNIE ZAPRASZAMY*

Sylwester - New Year's Eve

Raleigh, December 31st, 2010

PAC Newsletter

November / December 2010