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A SPECIAL SCREENING OF 

THE OFFICER'S WIFE

A FILM

PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY PIOTR UZAROWICZ

Elms College Alumnae Library Theatre

Elms College Campus Chicopee, MA 01013

Admission by invitation only — call 413-734-7052 for information.

A film inspired by a recently discovered manuscript and photos describing the previously little known life story of the director's grandmother. Forcibly taken to a Siberian Gulag, she struggles to survive and later learns that her husband, a Polish army officer, was murdered at Katyñ in Soviet Russia 

A READING OF A PLAY BY AUTHOR KENDALL MERRIAM

The interrogation of Janina Lewandowska

Elms College Alumnae Library Theatre

Elms College Campus Chicopee, MA 01013

Admission free and open to the general public.

The story of the Soviet interrogation of the one woman, a Polish pilot, murdered at Katyn. Janina Lewandowska, daughter of the commander of the Polish Army First Corps, had a passionate love of flying and parachuting. After the readings, there will be refreshments after which you are invited to view the Katyn exhibit at the Polish Center, no more than a block away from the College. Parking is available near the main entrance of the Polish Center.

THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER

cordially invites you to honor

Kosciuszko Foundation Scholarship and Grant Recipients

and

Andre Blaszczynski 

Distinguished Polish-American for 2011

at a

~~~~~~~ GALA LUNCHEON ~~~~~~~

Willets-Hallowell Center

Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, Massachusetts

and

~~~~~~~~ CONCERT ~~~~~~~

Chopin & His World

guest artist

Konrad Binienda

Laureate of the 2010 Kosciuszko Foundation

Chopin Piano Competition

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS FINE ARTS CENTER

An ensemble of 90 performers. Dazzling movement, vibrant color and stunning beauty! Full 23-member orchestra performs music ranging from Chopin to simple folk melodies beloved by Poles for centuries.

One Performance only

Blue Pumpkin Productions

Mark P. Smith's newest play KARSKI

The riveting story of the Polish resistance hero, Jan Karski, described as the man who tried to stop the Holocaust.

The Kosciuszko Foundation NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER cordially invites you to honor Kosciuszko Foundation Scholarship and Grant Recipients and  Walter Wrzesien Distinguished Polish-American for 2010 at a  GALA LUNCHEON. 

and

Ko-Eun Lee  CONCERT

Music of Chopin, Paderewski and Szymanowski

Willets-Hallowell Center

Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, Massachusetts

The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution

Alex Storozynski, author

In the Name of their Mothers
The Story of Irena Sendler
A documentary by Mary Skinner

This documentary tells the remarkable story of Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker who organized the rescue of thousands of Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. 60 minutes.

PERSONA NON GRATA / SAM NA SAM Z ŻYCIEM
(PERSONA NON GRATA / TÊTE-À-TÊTE WITH LIFE)

With Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Jerzy Stuhr, Nikita Michalkow, DanielOlbrychskiA Polish ambassador to a South American country returns to work after the death of his wife. Disappointed and tired of life, facing uncertainty of friendship, navigating through complicated circumstances, espionage & high scale business, he tries to solve a mystery that has been intriguing him for years. An interesting role for the late Zbigniew Zapasiewicz.

Directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. 2005, 112 minutes. In Polish with English subtitles.

SZTUCZKI / O SAMOCHODACH, KOBIETACH I MIŁOŚCI
(TRICKS / ABOUT CARS, WOMEN AND LOVE)

Six-year-old Stefek challenges fate. He believes that the chain of events he sets in motion will help him get closer to his father, who abandoned his mother. His sister Elka, 17, helps him learn how to bribe fate with small sacrifices. Tricks and coincidences eventually bring the father to the mother's doorstep but things go wrong. In despair Stefek tries his good luck with the most risky of his tricks. Directed by Andrzej Jakimowski. 2007, 95 minutes.

VINCI

Comedy / suspense. Tightly constructed plot about an attempt to steal Leonardo da Vinci's painting of Lady with a Ferret from The Czartoryski Gallery in Kraków. Smoothly paced action, intelligent humor.

Directed by Juliusz Machulski. 2004, 108 minutes.