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November (Listopad) 2009 Through Sunday, 11/29 * "CORPUS CHRISTI THEN & NOW: A BEACON OF HOPE FOR BUFFALO" (Exhibit) - Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, 453 Porter Avenue, Buffalo - (896-1050)
Through Friday, 2/5 * "VENETIAN GREEN, BORINQUEN BLUE" (Photographic Exhibit by Edward Witaszek) - Joseph Skalny Welcome Center, St. John Fisher College - Rochester - (585-899-3720)
Thursday, 11/12 * POLISH AMERICAN CITIZENS CLUB RETIREES THANKSGIVING PARTY - 1:30PM - PAC Clubrooms, 385 Weaver Street, Rochester - (585-266-7215) * POLISH AMERICAN CONGRESS (WNY DIVISION) BOARD MEETING - 7:00PM - Msgr. Pitass Center, St. Stanislaus Parish, Fillmore Avenue & Peckham Street, Buffalo - Richard Solecki (684-6076) * POLISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF NYS MEETING (Featuring a Lecture by Peter Jablonski - "PHD-Privy Hole Digger") - 7:00PM - Villa Maria College Cafeteria, 240 Pine Ridge Road, Cheektowaga - (652-9120)
Friday, 11/13 * FISH AND SHRIMP DINNER - 4:00PM - Holy Mother of the Rosary Cathedral, 6298 Broadway, Lancaster * 11TH ANNUAL BUFFALO SISTER CITIES DINNER - 5:30PM - Dnipro Ukrainian Hall, 562 Genesee Street, Buffalo - $25.00 - (851-5951) * ROCHESTER POLISH FILM FESTIVAL GRAND OPENING (Panel: "New Trends in Polish Cinema and the American Connection") - 7:00PM - Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Avenue, Rochester - (585-275-9898)
Saturday, 11/14 * "TOO SOON TO DIE" (Rochester Polish Film Festival Presentation) - 3:00PM - The Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue, Rochester - (585-275-9898) * "THE ACTORS" AND "BEFORE TWILIGHT" (Rochester Polish Film Festival Presentations) - 7:00PM - The Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue, Rochester - (585-275-9898) * ST. GABRIEL PARISH BIG BAND DANCE (Featuring "Buffalo Swing") - 7:30PM - St. Gabriel Parish Center, 5271 Clinton Street, Elma - $25.00 - Jim (668-1864) * POLKA DANCE (Featuring the Polka Family Band) - 8:00PM - Lily of the Valley Hall, 2379 Union Road, Cheektowaga - Mike (348-8849)
Sunday, 11/15 * YMSR PANCAKE AND SAUSAGE BREAKFAST - 9:00AM - Bishop Peplowski Fellowship Hall, Holy Mother of the Rosary Cathedral, 6298 Broadway, Lancaster - $5.00 * PIEROGI PARTY & OPEN HOUSE (Introducing Artist Kasia Pawluskiewicz) - 2:00PM - Belesario Lofts, 514 Main Street, Suite 503, Buffalo - (206-295-8227) * "WOMAN WANTED" AND "PRESERVE" (Rochester Polish Film Festival Presentations) - 3:00PM - The Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue, Rochester - (585-275-9898) * "REMEMBERING INDEPENDENCE" (Polish Independence Day Gala Featuring Pianist Jan Lisiecki and Matthew Jaskiewicz's "Toronto Sinfonietta") - 7:00PM - Isabel Bader theatre, 93 Charles Street West, Toronto, Ontario - $C40.00 - (416-410-4379) * "MOTHER" AND "DROWSINESS" (Rochester Polish Film Festival Presentations) - 7:00PM - The Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue, Rochester - (585-275-9898)
Monday, 11/16 * "TOMORROW WE ARE GOING TO THE MOVIES" (Rochester Polish Film Festival Presentation) - 7:00PM - The Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue, Rochester - (585-275-9898) * CORPUS CHRISTI CENTENNIAL MUSIC SERIES (Featuring the Canisius College Chorale) - 7:30PM - Corpus Christi Church, 199 Clark Street, Buffalo - (896-1050)
Tuesday, 11/17 * ANNUAL MEMORIAL MASS FOR DECEASED POLISH CLERGY AND RELIGIOUS - 12:00Noon - St. Josaphat Church, William & Peoria Streets, Cheektowaga * "THE LONELINESS OF A SHORT ORDER COOK", "MY NEW LIFE", "WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY" AND "ANNA'S LITTLE LIES" (Rochester Polish Film Festival Presentations) - 7:00PM - The Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue, Rochester - (585-275-9898) * "YOUNG JOHN PAUL II: WITNESS TO EVIL" - 10:00PM - WNED-TV, Buffalo
Wednesday, 11/18 * "THE GLASS TRAP" AND "GOD'S LITTLE VILLAGE" (Rochester Polish Film Festival Presentations) - 7:00PM - The Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue, Rochester - (585-275-9898) * "POLISH POSTER ART" (Polish Arts Club of Buffalo Presentation by John Medwid) - 7:30PM - Harlem Road Community Center, 4255 Harlem Road, Amherst - $5.00/Non-Member - Stan Nowak (837-2061)
Thursday, 11/19 * "YOUNG JOHN PAUL II: WITNESS TO EVIL" - 3:00AM - WNED-TV, Buffalo * PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS WOMEN OF POLONIA GENERAL MEETING - 5:15PM - Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Avenue, Cheektowaga - Terry Tucholski * BUFFALO POLKA BOOSTERS MEETING - 7:00PM - Depew Polish Falcons, 445 Columbia Avenue, Depew - Chris Tanski (892-7977)
Friday, 11/20 * POLISH FALCONS NEST 52 TURKEY SHOOT - 7:00PM - St. Paul Exempts, Rochester - (585-319-6539)
Saturday, 11/21 * POLISH AMERICAN CITIZENS CLUB TURKEY RAFFLE - PAC Clubrooms, 385 Weaver Street, Rochester - (585-266-7215) * POLISH YOUTH TALENT SHOW - 2:00PM - Rochester Academy of Medicine, Rochester - (585-248-0152) * POLISH HERITAGE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER "WIGILIA & SZOPKA" DISPLAY - 5:30PM - St. John Fisher College, 3690 East Avenue, Rochester - (585-248-0152)
Sunday, 11/22 * POLISH CADETS OF BUFFALO ANNUAL MEETING & ELECTIONS - 2:00PM - Polish Cadets Hall, 927 Grant Street, Buffalo - Wendy Higgins * CORPUS CHRISTI CENTENNIAL MUSIC SERIES (Featuring Organist Robert Hull) - 2:00PM - Corpus Christi Church, 199 Clark Street, Buffalo - (896-1050)
Wednesday, 11/25 * PRE-THANKSGIVING POLKA DANCE (Featuring the "Knewz") - 7:00PM - Polish Villa II , 1085 Harlem Road, Cheektowaga - $5.00 - Jackie (444-8693)
Friday, 11/27 * FALL DANCE - 7:00PM - Polish Falcons Hall, 445 Columbia Avenue, Depew * "SZKOLA DOBROCZYNCOW" - 8:00PM - Studio Theatre, University of Toronto, 3359 Mississauga Road North, Mississauga, Ont.
Saturday, 11/28 * "ANDRZEJKI" (Featuring "Polanie") - 7:00PM - ZPK Hall, 2282 Lakeshore Blvd., Toronto, Ont. - (416-889-1058) * TRIBUTE TO "BIG STEVE" KRZEMINSKI (Benefit for Roswell Park Cancer Institute) - 7:00PM - Polish Falcons Hall, 445 Columbia Avenue, Depew - $10.00 - Robin Pegg (570-3611) * POLISH AMERICAN CITIZENS CLUB KARAOKE PARTY - PAC Clubrooms, 385 Weaver Street, Rochester - (585-266-7215)
Sunday, 11/29 * VILLA MARIA COLLEGE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS HOLIDAY LUNCHEON (Honoring Mary Jane Wajmer) - 11:30AM - Villa Maria College Cafeteria, 240 Pine Ridge Road, Cheektowaga - $20.00 - Therese Clarke (886-0854) * POLKA DANCE (Featuring Jerry Darlak & the "Touch") - 4:00PM - Sportman Tavern, 326 Amherst Street, Buffalo
December (Grudzien) 2009 Tuesday, 12/1 * BUFFALO - RZESZOW SISTER CITIES INC. BOARD MEETING - 5:30PM - Swannie House, 170 Ohio Street, Buffalo * BUFFALO - RZESZOW SISTER CITIES INC. HOLIDAY PARTY - 6:30PM - Swannie House, 170 Ohio Street, Buffalo - $15.00 - (479-2342) * POLONIA CIVIC CENTER OF ROCHESTER GENERAL MEETING - St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish Hall, Hudson Avenue & Norton Street, Rochester - Gene Golomb (585-323-2106)
Thursday, 12/3 * PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESSMEN'S ASSOCIATION CHRISTMAS PARTY & ELECTIONS - 6:30PM - Kiebzak's Beginnings Restaurant, 38 Crocker Street, Sloan - $25.00 - Dennis Oniszczak (553-9514)
Friday, 12/4 * PULASKI POLICE ASSOCIATION CHRISTMAS PARTY & INSTALLATION - 6:30PM - Polish Falcons Hall 445 Columbia Avenue, Depew - Al Ziemecki * "A POLISH CHRISTMAS" (Winter Walk Kick-Off Featuring the Polish Heritage Dancers of WNY) - 7:00PM - North Tonawanda Historical Museum, 54 Webster Street, North Tonawanda
Saturday, 12/5 * "AN AFTERNOON OF POLISH POETRY" - 2:00PM - Butler Library, Buffalo State College, 1300 Emwood Avenue, Buffalo - Wanda Slawinska * 5TH ANNUAL EURO-AMERICAN HOLIDAY DANCE (Featuring the "Auslanders" and the "New Direction" Polka Band) - 5:00PM - Club Lorelei, S5895 Southwestern Blvd., Hamburg - $8.00 - Frank (674-9245) * CHOPIN SINGING SOCIETY "WIGILIA" - 6:00PM - Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Avenue, Cheektowaga - $25.00 - Hon. Ann Mikoll (685-9466) * "TALES OF POLA NEGRI" (Play by Dr. Kazimierz Braun) - 7:00PM - Burnhamthorpe Library Theatre, 1350 Burnhamthorpe Road East, Mississauga, Ont. - (416-723-4251) * "BIESIADA W PRL-U" (Featuring Kabaret "Pod Banka") - 7:00PM - John Paul II Polish Cultural Centre, 4300 Cawthra Road,Mississauga, Ont. - (416-414-7882) * POLKA VARIETY SOCIAL CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY - Len Zak (896-1476)
Sunday, 12/6 * CORPUS CHRISTI CENTENNIAL MUSIC SERIES POLISH MASS (Featuring the Ludowa Nuta Polish Canadian Folk Choir) - 10:00AM - Corpus Christi Church, 199 Clark Street, Buffalo - (896-1050) * CORPUS CHRISTI CENTENNIAL MUSIC SERIES MASS (Featuring the Niagara County All College Choir) - 11:30AM - Corpus Christi Church, 199 Clark Street, Buffalo - (896-1050) * FESTIVAL OF CAROLS - 3:00PM - St. Stanislaus Church, Fillmore Avenue & Peckham Street, Buffalo * "HELENA RZECZ O MODRZEJEWSKIEJ" (Play by Dr. Kazimierz Braun) - 4:00PM - Burnhamthorpe Library Theatre, 1350 Burnhamthorpe Road East, Mississauga, Ont. - (416-723-4251) * "OUR MODERN CHOPIN" (Concert Featuring Adam Makowicz and Krzysztof Jablonski) - 7:00PM - Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front Street, Toronto, Ont. * POLISH AMERICAN CITIZENS CLUB ELECTIONS AND BAKE SALE - PAC Clubrooms, 385 Weaver Street, Rochester - (585-266-7215)
Monday, 12/7 * "FRANK BIALYSTOK: CONVERSATIONS WTH THE GENERATION OF 1989" - 7:30PM - Mile Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ont.
Thursday, 12/10 * POLISH AMERICAN CITIZENS CLUB RETIREES CHRISTMAS PARTY - 1:30PM - PAC Clubrooms, 385 Weaver Street, Rochester - (585-266-7215) * POLISH AMERICAN CONGRESS (WNY DIVISION) GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING - 7:00PM - Marian Hall, St. Stanislaus Parish, Fillmore Avenue & Peckham Street, Buffalo - Richard Solecki (684-6076)
Friday, 12/11 * FISH AND SHRIMP DINNER - 4:00PM - Holy Mother of the Rosary Cathedral, 6298 Broadway, Lancaster
Saturday, 12/12 * BUFFALO POLKA BOOSTERS CHRISTMAS PARTY - Depew Polish Falcons, 445 Columbia Avenue, Depew - Chris (892-7977) * SUNYAB POLISH STUDENT ASSOCIATION 37TH ANNUAL "WIGILIA" - 5:00PM - St. Stanislaus Social Center, Fillmore Avenue & Peckham Street, Buffalo - $25/General; $15/Student - Mark Niec (645-2494) * POLISH HERITGE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER "WIGILIA" DINNER - 5:30PM - Kearney Hall, St. John Fisher College, 3690 East Avenue, Rochester - $30/Member; $35/Non-Member - (585-266-6690)
Sunday, 12/13 * "CHOPIN FOR CELLO" (A Skalny Concert by Ignacy Grzelzka) - 3:00PM - Strong Auditorium, University of Rochester River Campus, Rochester - (585-275-9898) * POLISH FALCONS NEST 52 JUNIOR CHRISTMAS PARTY - 12:00Noon - St. Paul Exempts, Rochester - Brian (585-721-9422)
Wednesday, 12/16 * POLISH ARTS CLUB OF BUFFALO ANNUAL MEETING - 7:30PM - Harlem Road Community Center, 4255 Harlem Road, Amherst - Stan Nowak (837-2061)
Saturday, 12/19 * PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESSMEN'S ASSOCIATION CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY - 9:00AM - Polish Falcons Hall, 445 Columbia Avenue, Depew - Richard Milewicz (634-3358)
Sunday, 12/20 * POLISH ARTS CLUB OF BUFFALO "WIGILIA" - 1:00PM - Protocol Restaurant, 6766 Transit Road, Williamsville - Stan Nowak (837-2061) * POLISH AMERICAN CITIZENS CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY - PAC Clubrooms, 385 Weaver Street, Rochester - (585-266-7215)
Sunday, 12/27 * "POLISH CHRISTMAS IN THE VILLAGE" (Featuring the Polish Heritage Dancers of WNY) - 2:30PM; 7:30PM - Lancaster Opera House, 21 Central Avenue, Lancaster - $15.00 - (683-1776) * KONZERT "DZISIAJ W BETLEJEM" - 4:00PM - John Paul II Polish Cultural Centre, 4300 Cawthra Road, Mississauga, Ont. - $C15.00 - (416-253-5367)
Thursday, 12/31 - SYLWESTER * PNA LODGE 512 "SYLVESTER" PARTY (Featuing "True Colors") - Rochester - (585-872-5953) * POLISH AMERICAN CITIZENS CLUB NEW YEARS EVE PARTY - PAC Clubrooms, 385 Weaver Street, Rochester - (585-266-7215) * "SYLVESTER" PARTY (Featuing DJ John Gora) - Polish Alliance Hall, 1015 Barton Street, Hamilton, Ont. January (Styczen) 2010 Sunday, 1/10 * "ZYGMUNT KRAUSE AND THE POLISH PERSPECTIVE" (Featuring the New Music Concerts Ensemble) - 7:15PM - Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front Street West, Toronto, Ont. - (416-961-9594)
Monday, 1/11 * ZYGMUNT KRAUSE LECTURE AND RECITAL (Featuring the Works of Chopin and Lutoslawski) - 7:00PM - Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Avenue, Toronto, Ont. - $C50.00 - (416-961-9594)
Tuesday, 1/12 * ZYGMUNT KRAUSE LECTURE - 7:00PM - University of Toronto St. George Campus, Edward Johnson Building, Room 216, 80 Queens Park, Toronto, Ont. - (416-961-9594)
Wednesday, 1/13 * AGATA ZUBEL : CONTEMPORARY VOCAL RECITAL - The Music Gallery, 197 John Street, Toronto, Ont. - (416-961-9594)
Thursday, 1/28 * CONVERSATION WITH KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI - 12:00Noon - University of Toronto St. George Campus, Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queens Park, Toronto, Ont. - (416-978-3744)
Friday, 1/29 * "PENDERECKI PLUS!" (Featuring Krzysztof Penderecki) - 7:15PM - Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, Royal Conservatory, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ont. - (416-408-0208)
Saturday, 1/30 and Sunday, 1/31 * "THE POWER OF PENDERECKI" (Featuring Krzysztof Penderecki, the Elmer Iseler Singers, and Polish Chamber Choir from Gdansk) - 7:00PM (Sat.); 3:00PM (Sun.) - St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, 12 Denison Avenue, Toronto, Ont. - (416-217-0537)
February (Luty) 2010 Saturday, 2/6 * VIVAT POLONIA: YOUNG MUSICIANS GALA CONCERT (Honoring Fryderyk Chopin) - 7:00PM - Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles Street West, Toronto, Ont. - (416-410-4379)
Thursday, 2/11 * MASTER CLASS WITH SOPRANO ADRIANNE PIECZONKA - 3:00PM - Geiger Torel Room, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. -
Sunday, 2/14 * POLISH HERITAGE DANCERS OF WNY 13TH ANNUAL "PACZKI DAY" CELEBRATION - Harvey Morin Post, 965 Center Road, West Seneca - Michelle Kisluk (937-0032)
Friday, 2/26 Through Sunday, 3/7 * THIRD CANADIAN CHOPIN PIANO COMPETITION - John Paul II Polish Cultural Centre, 4300 Cawthra Road, Mississauga, Ont. - Dr. Janet Lopinski
March (Marzec) 2010 Sunday, 3/21 * ST. PATRICK JOSEPH DYNGUS DAY PARTY - Irish Center, 245 Abbott Road, Buffao
April (Kwiecien) 2010 Monday, 4/5 - DYNGUS DAY * DYNGUS DAY PARTY (Featuring Bob Uleck's "Polka Relations") - 4:30PM - Kosciuszko Club, 252 Nevins Street, Dunkirk - (366-1044) HAVE FUN, BUT REMEMBER
TO BE RESPONSIBLE: DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE!!!!
Friday, 4/9 and Saturday, 4/10 * "STAS & STELLA'S WEDDING (Dinner Theater Featuring "City Side") - 7:00PM - Ripa's Restaurant, 4218 Walden Avenue, Lancaster - $40.00 - (683-1776)
May (Maj) 2010 Thursday, 5/27 Through Sunday, 5/30 * 49TH INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE POLISH SINGERS ALLIANCE OF AMERICA - Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Avenue, Cheektowaga - Adeline Wujcikowski
June (Czerwiec) 2010 Sunday, 6/13 * MICHALSKI POST MEMORIAL MASS - 9:00AM - St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Hudson Avenue & Norton Street, Rochester - (585-377-1536)
August (Sierpien) 2010 Friday, 8/6 and Saturday, 8/7 * ST. STANISLAUS KOSTKA PARISH FESTIVAL - St. Stanislaus Parish Grounds, Hudson Avenue and Norton Street, Rochester - (585-467-3068)
Sunday, 8/29 * THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF SOLIDARITY - Rochester - (585-872-5953)
September (Wrzesien) 2010 Sunday, 9/12 * U.S. CHOPIN PIANO COMPETITION WINNER RECITAL (A Polish Cultural Foundation / Buffalo State College Department of Music Event) - 4:00PM - Rockwell Performing Arts Center, Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo
Saturday, 9/25 * MSGR. ADAMSKI POLISH SATURDAY SCHOOL 55TH ANNIVERSARY BANQUET (Featuring "Polanie") - St. John Gualbert Parish Hall, Gualbert Avenue & Doat Street, Cheektowaga - Mira Szramel (903-3242)
Sunday, 9/26 * PNA LODGE 512 MEMORIAL MASS - Rochester - (585-872-5953)
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