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Embassy of the Republic of Polandcordially invites
to an evening of Polish songs
composed by Chopin, Paderewski, Karłowicz, Szymanowski
ANNA KARASIŃSKA
sopranoStudied at the Academy of Music in Poznan and completed postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 1997 Anna Karasińska made her opera debut in Krakow singing Mozart's Pamina from "Zauberflöte". In 2002 she made her debut in the Great Theatre in Warsaw as Melisande in Debussy's "Peleas et Melisande". Anna Karasińska sings both oratorio and symphonic music. She has an extensive range of songs in her repertoire, with a variety of different styles. She has worked with Sinfonia Varsovia, National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR), Polish Radio Orchestra, and most of the Philharmonic Orchestras in Poland. She was also a soloist at the Barbican Centre in London and at venues including the St. Martin in the Fields, London, the La Madeleine in Paris and Tonhalle in Zurich. She has made many recordings for Polish Radio and Television. *** KRYSTYNA BORUCIŃSKA
pianoAlumnus of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. Krystyna Borucińska has a rich and varied program of recitals, performing with many famous artists. She has performed in almost every country in Europe, as well as the USA, Canada and Mexico. She has taken part in many, prestigious musical festivals. Among her accomplishments are premiere performances of works by contemporary composers including Witold Lutoslawski, Marta Ptaszynska and Piotr Moss. A special feature of her creative activity are many recording sessions. She has completed a great number of hours of archival recordings for the Polish National Radio and many broadcasting stations abroad. Krystyna Borucińska is also a Professor of classes of piano chamber music at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw. *** Friday, December 18, 2009
7.00-9.30 p.m.*** Embassy of the Republic of Poland
2640 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009 *** Free admission! |
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Embassy of the Republic of Polandand Ambassador Theater
International Cultural Center cordially invite to Farewell to Arden:
Last Toast of Madame Helena |
 A full-cast staged reading of an adaptation of the one-woman play "Madame Helena, an Émigré Queen" by Kazimierz Braun Adaptation and direction Hanna Bondarewska A special evening commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Helena Modjeska (Modrzejewska) Guest virtuoso pianist Carlos Rodrigue |
Polish-American actress whose repertory included over 260 Shakespearean and contemporary roles, some in both Polish and English. An American theater icon, utopian pioneer, national celebrity, a woman ahead of her time. A heroine of novels, a character in plays, an addressee of poems, and a subject of research, articles and books written by theater historians. *** Wednesday, December 16, 2009
7.00 pm - 10.00 pm*** Embassy of the Republic of Poland
2640 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009 *** Admission free! | Honorary guest Professor Kazimierz Braun
director, writer, playwright, scholar and educator,
Ambassador Theater's Honorary Board Member
To read more about professor Braun please visit: http://theatredance.buffalo.edu/faculty_staff/faculty/braun.shtml |
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Embassy of the Republic of Polandis pleased to inform about The Woodrow Wilson Center's Cold War International History Project Photo Exhibition
"People's Republic of Poland. So Close and So Far Away" Poland, which came under complete Soviet domination from 1944 to 1989 following the decisions of the Great Powers taken at Yalta, was popularly characterized as "the jolliest barrack in the Soviet camp". The communists in Warsaw, with the support and direction of Moscow, ruled the dictatorial regime for forty-five years. Simultaneously, over these years, some 30 million people chanced to live in such Poland. Some collaborated and even helped build the regime, while others, in various ways and at different times, opposed it. Though, the vast majority probably didn't have any sympathies for the system, communist's authorities or Soviet Union, they simply tried to adapt as best they could and lead their lives with dignity. The authors of the exhibit "People's Republic of Poland. So Close and So Far Away" by the Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) captured the complexity and contradictions of daily life in Poland under communist rule. Fot. Michał DzieciaszekThe exhibition shows both the pitched battles against the new alien authorities, as well as political, economic, cultural, sporting and academic events that comprised day-to-day lives of Polish society. The authors tried to convey the exhibit's essence primarily through images, with minimal accompanying descriptive texts. *** The exhibit will be displayed at the Woodrow Wilson International Center from 3 December 2009 till the end of January 2010.Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20004-3027 *** The vernissage will be held on 3 December 2009
3 p.m. - 4 p.m.Agnieszka Rudzinska, deputy director of the Public Education Office at the Institute of National Remembrance and Christian Ostermann, director of European Studies and the History and Public Policy Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center, will speak at the opening of the photo exhibition "People's Republic of Poland. So Close and so Far Away". ***
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Embassy of the Republic of Polandcordially invites
to a lecture
"The States of Life: Experience of the Actual in
Polish Contemporary Art"by Jaroslaw LubiakExperiencing life at all its possibilities and constraints seems to be the most burning issue of contemporary art in Poland. It has replaced former dominant strategies of artistic activities based on ironic play with reality and on a critique of power. Now Polish artists tend to focus on emotional states provoked by various life situations. They explore both inner and outer experience in order to create art that is not mere expression of their feelings but rather a kind of affective labor. An "affective" work of art is supposed to be a response to the challenges of current cultural, social and political circumstance.
In his presentation Jaroslaw Lubiak will discuss crucial works and events of Polish contemporary art attempting to locate them in the context of global art. *** Jaroslaw Lubiak is a curator and art critic. He has a PhD in Humanities. He is a head of the Department of Modern Art, Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz. His main interest is contemporary art and architecture in relation to their social, political and economic context. He edited "Museum as Luminous Object of Desire" (Lodz: Muzeum Sztuki 2007) and co-edited "Paintings as painted" (Bielsko-Biala: Galeria Bielska BWA 2006). Muzeum Sztuki 2, Lodz*** Tuesday, December 1, 2009
7.00 pm*** Embassy of the Republic of Poland
2640 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009 *** Admission free! |
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Embassy of the Republic of Poland cordially invite to an exhibition What Lies Beneath:
Nature and Urban Landscape in EU Photography7 November - 22 November, 2009
Presented by FotoWeek DC and EU Member States Embassies
Hosted by Embassy of Sweden
"What Lies Beneath: Nature and Urban Landscape in EU Photography" curated by Judith Turner-Yamamoto, features exciting and challenging new work in landscape photography by 20 renowned and emerging European fine art photographers.
They look beyond mere observation to explore how our presence and built environments intersect and impact the natural world. These images ask us to take a second look, whether at the familiar or the sublime, and to discover the unexpected and the sometimes incongruous in how we live now. The works resonate with references to a human presence that is felt if not seen. Space is not only described but mysteriously enlivened, evoking emotional rather than rational responses to become meditations on place. Exhibition photographers:
Olaf Otto Becker, Karin Borghouts,
Elina Brotherus, Iñigo Calles Oyarbide,
Lotte Fløe Christensen, Argyro Christodoulou,
Denise Grunstein, Annika Haas,
Josef Hoflehner, Vassilis Makris,
Peter Koštrun, Alena Kotzmannova,
Selene Lazzarini, Edgar Martins,
Dara McGrath, Serban Mestecaneanu,
Simon Roberts, Alnis Stakle,
Artur Wesołowski, Edwin Zwakman POLISH PARTICIPATION: Artur Wesołowski
Photograph 006 of the series "Found. Lost" The series "Found. Lost" is a collection of dozens of very intimate landscapes which capture the attention through their simplicity. The term "landscape" in Wesołowski's case, however, takes on an entirely new meaning to become something close to an "interior landscape" - the spaces and objects photographed by the artist acquire an unreal quality and cease to be realistic projections. Their nominal significance is no longer the most important element, as it is rather the timelessness of color, composition and a feeling of the endurance of space that come to the foreground. The world of his photography, although unusually individual and transmitted in an exceptional form, is however very close and comforting: looking at these works, you get the impression that Wesołowski's landscapes are beyond all ownership, and that he is himself, through photography, handing them on to others. The selected photograph ‘006' of the series "Found, Lost" will be presented At FotoWeek DC. Artur Wesolowski was born in 1970 in Swinoujscie. He constantly cooperates with magazines: A4, Elle, Glamour, Marie Claire, Pani, Twoj Styl, Uroda, Viva. He carried out many photographic projects and commercial campaigns. Wesołowski is considered as one of the most important young photographers in Poland. He took part in individual and group exhibitions e.g.: "Fotografie w czasach zgielku" - individual exhibition from "Ogrody" cycle in 2002 and Hansgrohe in CSW in Warsaw in 2005. In 2003 Miedzy Nami Cafe Magazine was devoted to his artistic output. FOTOWEEK DC The week of November 7-14, 2009 will mark the launch of the second annual FotoWeek DC, a gathering of diverse and wide-ranging photography communities in the nation's capital, including embassies, photographers, museums, universities and all those involved in the profession across the metro D.C. area. Unique among American cities, Washington DC is a nexus of artistic, business, political and public sector energy, in which photography plays an integral role. The first annual week-long festival brought over 20,000 visitors to the Nation's Capital, galvanizing the Washington DC community. This year's events will include opening nights of several special exhibitions, to a lecture series by internationally recognized photographers, large scale projections of Awards competition finalists' images on the M Street facade of FotoWeek Central and the first ever all-night FotoWeek DC shoot-out called NightVisions. Throughout the week, there will be additional lectures, workshops, openings and receptions by partnering organizations and galleries, all of which will center around diverse imagery and the ideas and technology that sustain photography. *** House of Sweden
2900 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20007 *** Saturday & Sunday
11 am to 4 pm http://www.swedenabroad.com/ *** For a detailed schedule please visit: http://www.fotoweekdc.org/ |
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Embassy of the Republic of Poland
and
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center cordially invite
to Polish film screenings at the 22nd AFI European Union Film Showcase 5-24 November, 2009
PiggiesSaturday, November 7 at 12:45 pm
Monday, November 9 at 7:00 pm   When straight-arrow 16-year-old Tomek (Filip Garbacz) discovers that his athletic, charismatic friend Ciemny (Daniel Furmaniak) has been turning tricks with German motorists from across the river for cash and clothes, he drags him to the youth group priest out of bewilderment and concern. But when Tomek falls for club girl Marta (Anna Kulej), a stylish minx with expensive tastes, he's tempted to follow Ciemny's example to earn the needed cash. A powerful morality tale from writer-director Robert Glinski ("Hi Tereska"). DIR/SCR: Robert Glinski, PROD: Eike Goreczka, Witold Iwaszkiewicz, Thomas Jeschner, Mario Schneider
Germany/Poland, 2009, color, 94 min
In German and Polish with English subtitles.
Sweet Rush
Saturday, November 7 at 5:00 pm
Tuesday, November 10 at 7:00 pm The latest film from Polish master Andrzej Wajda ("Katyn", part of AFI's 2008 EU Film Showcase) is built on a hybrid, experimental structure necessitated by the sudden illness and death of lead actress Krystyna Janda's husband Edward Klosinski during shooting (Klosinski was the cinematographer on Wajda's films "Man of Marble" and "Man of Iron", both starring Janda.) The adaptation of a story by Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz, about a doctor's wife in 1950s Poland who, having lost her two sons to the war, becomes dangerously infatuated with a young man, is intercut with Janda's own personal monologue about love and loss. DIR/SCR: Andrzej Wajda, SCR based on the short story by Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz, PROD: Michal Kwiecinski
Poland, 2009, color, 85 min
In Polish with English subtitles. The annual AFI European Union Film Showcase is a selection of top films from EU member states, including film festival award winners, box office hits and US premieres. This year EU Film Showcase features a slate of 39 films representing 25 countries, including official foreign language Oscar selections, festival headliners and U.S. and Washington, DC premieres of major first-run releases. European countries represented in the 2009 Showcase include Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. AFI Silver is one of the nation's premier film theaters, building an appreciation of the art and artists through exploring and celebrating new and classic films and filmmakers from around the globe. AFI Silver offers a year-round program of the best in American and international cinema, featuring a dynamic mix of retrospectives, special events, tributes, on-stage guest appearances, specialty first-run movies, festivals, premieres, and education and community-based programs in a theatrical setting of the highest standards. Anchored by the stunningly restored 1938 Silver Theatre, the three-screen AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center is a state-of-the-art film and digital media exhibition venue that serves as a national model for preserving and honoring our shared film and film-going heritage. *** AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910 *** The program guide and tickets: http://www.afi.com/silver/new/nowplaying/EUshowcase/default.aspx *** The co-organizers of the AFI European Union Film Showcase: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Delegation of the European Commission and the Embassies of the EU Member States in Washington, DC.
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Embassy of the Republic of Poland
and
National Children's Museum cordially invite
to the fable-like workshops "The Legend of the Dragon of Krakow"A traditional Polish folk-tale, retold by Paul Slusarewicz 
Celebrate Polish culture! Explore dragons, castles and caves in a traditional Polish folktale through interactive storytelling. Help make a scenery and learn a few words in Polish! Paul Slusarewicz was born in Lusaka, Zambia, of Polish parents but grew up in the Welsh seaside town of Tenby. His parents, Czeslaw and Grazyna, raised him in the Polish tradition and it was from his mother, who was born and raised fifty miles southwest of Krakow, that he first heard the legend of the Dragon. Paul is a working scientist with PhD in biochemistry from the University of London and has published numerous scientific papers and holds a number of patents. He currently lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Tracy, and his two daughters, Joanna and Megan. *** Saturday, October 31, 2009
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3.30 PM Saturday, November 7, 2009
11.30 AM
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Launch zone
112 Waterfront Street
National Harbor, MD 20745 Launch Google Maps for details *** Admission free!
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Embassy of the Republic of Poland
and
Ambassador Theater cordially inviteto a staged reading
Author: Felix Ackermann
http://ewropa.blox.pl/2005/11/Cmentarz-farny.html"Dziady" translated by Geoffrey Wladyslaw Vaile Potocki de MontalkDirected by Hanna BondarewskaThe soundtrack of performance "Widma" ("Ghosts") by Stanislaw Moniuszko, 1996 - courtesy of Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera in Warsaw.Spooky sounds, intriguing happenings and a famous masterpiece of Romantic poetry.
"Dark everywhere, Gloom everywhere
What's in the air, what's in the air?"
This is the eternal question that opens, closes and is woven through Adam Mickiewicz's Part II of Forefathers. What's in the air in Mickiewicz's poem is series of spirits. They reveal the human wisdom that in death we cannot undo what has been done in a life, nor can we forever mask who we truly are. In this world of endless material bliss and continuing technological advancement many people search for spiritual fulfillment. Mickiewicz's poetry not only delivers a spiritual inspiration, it also encourages us to slow down, to breathe in creative energy. "The Forefathers" undoubtedly constitutes the acme of poetic inspiration. The drama's title refers to Dziady, an ancient Slavic and Lithuanian feast commemorating the dead (the "forefathers"). In the part II, Mickiewicz expressed a philosophy of life, based mainly on folk morality and on his own thoughts about love and death.  In Poland Adam Mickiewicz's (1798-1855) name is lauded like Shakespeare's in England or Goethe's in Germany. But more than filling a great role as a national bard, he is also a praised national icon. He is also considered the greatest Slavic poet. He wrote at a time when Romanticism prevailed in European literature. His works bear the impress of that literary epoch, but they deal with intense and palpable realities. The writings of Mickiewicz have had such a tremendous influence upon the Polish mind that they cannot be underestimated. Because of the greater simplicity of his style and the directness of presentation, Mickiewicz reached many Polish hearts and came to be regarded as the greatest interpreter of the people's hopes and ideals. He is an immortal incarnation of Polish national spirit. *** Saturady, October 31, 2009
8.30 p.m. *** Flashpoint
Mead Theater Lab
916 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20001 *** This is a "pay-what-you-can" event. Wine reception will follow. RSVP required: rsvp@aticc.org
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Embassy of the Republic of Poland cordially invites
to the Polish performances at Kids Euro Festival with PINEZKA THEATRE
Przemyslaw Grzadziela & Iwona Cichosz
An explosive mixture of clowning, pantomime, dance, acrobatics, masks, marionettes, stilts, juggling, diabolo, unicycles and improvisation. Fun for everyone. This magical mix of theatre and circus will transport spectators back to the enchanted world of childhood.
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Embassy of the Republic of Poland cordially invites
to the piano recital by MACIEJ GRZYBOWSKIPiano Sonata no. 2 "Concord, Mass., 1840-60" op. 88
by Charles IvesMaciej Grzybowski is one of the more interesting Polish pianists. In the years 1991-1992 he collaborated with the orchestra Sinfonia Varsovia. In 1992 he won the first prize at the First 20th Century Music Competition for Young Performers in Warsaw organized by the Polish Contemporary Music Society. There are albums as well as radio and television records in his output. He performs as a soloist and chamber musician with such artists as Jadwiga Rappe, Jerzy Artysz, Ivan Monighetti, Janusz Olejniczak, the musicians of the Camerata Quartet, the Silesian Quartet, Jacek Kaspszyk and Jerzy Maksymiuk. He has been a member of Nonstrom group since 1992. He has participated in many prestigious festivals and events such as Warsaw Autumn, Musica Polonica Nova in Wroclaw, Biennial of Contemporary Music in Zagreb, Hofkonzerte im Podewil in Berlin, Lutoslawski's Forum in Warsaw. He is a superb interpreter of contemporary music of such composers as Alban Berg, Arnold Schonberg, Pawel Mykietyn, Pawel Szymanski, Charles Ives and the phenomenal, if a bit forgotten but still considered as one of the most outstanding Polish artists of the twentieth century, Andrzej Czajkowski. He is the composer of the piano work "Pezzo Vitcazzo" ("Musica vitcaziana"). *** Saturday, October 24, 2009
4 p.m. *** Embassy of the Republic of Poland
2640 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009 *** Free admission! RSVP required: 202-234-3800 ext. 2165 or krystyna.sikorska@msz.gov.pl
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Embassy of the Republic of Poland
and
National Gallery of Art cordially invite
to film screenings The Silesian Trilogyby Kazimierz Kutz  Salt of the Black Earth
Sunday, October 18 at 4:30 pm
Kazimierz Kutz in person "I wanted to create an artistic mythology about Silesia, one that would ennoble the region," Kazimierz Kutz said of Salt of the Black Earth, a ballad of seven brothers who join the Silesian uprising of 1919. "The patriarch of the family, taciturn old Basista, embodies the great Pole, a staunch defender of his own system of values. Equally important is the landscape-a juxtaposition of two worlds - a land dark with fumes and slag heaps, and Poland with its idyllic landscape of green fields" - Polish Film Institute.
(Kazimierz Kutz, 1969, 35 mm, Polish with English subtitles, 99min)  Pearl in the Crown
Saturday, October 24 at 2:00 pm Set a decade later in the 1930s, part two of the trilogy is built around three strains: the colorful family festivities of the mining communities; life underground in the mines; and the meanings conveyed through all these rituals-solidarity, history and tradition. (Kazimierz Kutz, 1972, 35 mm, Polish with English subtitles, 111 min.)  The Beads of One Rosary
Sunday, October 25 at 4:30 pm The final segment, set in the late 1970s, portrays a retired miner losing his soul when forced to live in a contemporary world of material comforts, a world he considers shallow and dangerous, uprooting connections to the past. "The film shows clear signs of maneuvering between censors... but it carries a warning and is an upsetting testimony to the times" - Polish Film Institute.
(Kazimierz Kutz, 1979, 35 mm, Polish with English subtitles, 98 min.) 
One of the most revered of Poland's postwar cinematic auteurs, Kazimierz Kutz (b. 1929) began his career in the mid-1950s as an assistant to Andrzej Wajda. A director of legendary stream of Polish Film School, an informal group of Polish film directors and screenplay writers active between 1955 and 1963, theatre director, screenwriter and politician.
A native of Silesia, a vast and historically rich region in the heart of central Europe, Kutz is best known for this triptych - a poetic tribute to the land, traditions and populations of Silesia, combining universal themes with the folk aesthetics and power of the spirit of this region. Presented through the courtesy of Waldemar Izdebski, Polish National Film Archive and Polish Film Institute. *** National Gallery of Art
East Building Auditorium
4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC *** Admission free!
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Embassy of the Republic of Poland
and
The National Endowment for Democracy invite you to attend
A memorial symposium celebrating the life and thought of
Leszek Kolakowski
(1927-2009)
Democracy, Totalitarianism and the Culture of Freedom
Moderator:
Zbigniew Brzezinski, CSIS Panelists:Richard Pipes, Harvard University George Weigel, Ethics and Public Policy Center Abbas Milani, Stanford University Nadia Diuk, National Endowment for Democracy *** Thursday, October 15, 2009
4:00 - 6:00 pm Reception will follow program *** 1025 F Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20004 RSVP by invitation only 
Polish philosopher Leszek Kolakowski will be remembered as the thinker who, more profoundly than any intellectual since George Orwell, explained the origins and deformities of communist totalitarianism and the threat it posed to human freedom. At the core of his thinking was an understanding of how the utopian urge to overcome "the contingency of human existence" led inevitably to communist despotism, just as the justification of this new order by both the communist regimes and their apologists around the world produced a culture of unparalleled duplicity and moral corruption. From this understanding flowed his distinctive sense of irony, as he dissected and exposed with piercing wit the foundation of lies upon which the whole system of communism ultimately rested. But Kolakowski was more than an opponent of communism. He was a defender of human freedom as "the most precious treasure in life" and the basis on which society can progress and flourish. He was also a fighter for freedom, having paid the price of exile for his beliefs. He served from exile as the Western representative of OKNO, the underground organization that brought together the principal cultural institutions through which Polish democrats worked to establish an independent civil society. His devotion to freedom was such that, even in the spring of 1989 when freedom's advance seemed unstoppable, he warned a NED-sponsored world conference in Washington of the need to remain vigilant, cautioning that "freedom is always vulnerable and its cause is never safe." In recognition of his unsurpassed contribution to the cause of democracy and human freedom, the NED is proud to host this symposium celebrating the life and thought of Leszek Kolakowski. Richard Pipes is the Baird Professor Emeritus of History at Harvard University, where he taught from 1950 until 1996. From 1968 to 1973 he served as the director of Harvard's Russian Research Center, and later became the senior consultant at the Stanford Research Institute. Under President Ronald Reagan, Pipes served as Director of East European and Soviet Affairs at the National Security Council. He has authored dozens of books and academic articles on the history of Russia and the former Soviet Union. George Weigel is a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Weigel has authored and edited more than 15 books on the subjects of religion and democracy. From 1989 through June 1996, Weigel was president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and as a Senior Fellow of the Center, he began work on Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II, which was published to international acclaim in English, French, Italian, and Spanish. Later editions were published in Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Czech, Slovenian, Russian, and German. Abbas Milani is the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University and a visiting professor in the department of political science. In addition, Dr. Milani is a research fellow and co-director of the Iran Democracy Project at Stanford's Hoover Institution. His expertise is U.S./Iran relations, and Iranian cultural, political, and security issues. Milani felt that Leszek Kolakowski's work was especially relevant to the struggle for freedom in Iran and was responsible for translating his work into Farsi. Nadia Diuk is the Senior Director for Europe and Eurasia at the National Endowment for Democracy, where she has worked since 1987. Before coming to the NED, Dr. Diuk taught Soviet Politics and Russian History at Oxford University. She has published many articles and essays in leading newspapers and journals and is the co-author of two books, The Hidden Nations: The People Challenge the Soviet Union (New York: William Morrow, 1990) and New Nations Rising: The Fall of the Soviets and the Challenge of Independence (John Wiley & Sons, 1993). Zbigniew Brzezinski is currently a scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a professor of American foreign policy at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. From 1977 to 1981 he served as National Security advisor to President Jimmy Carter. Dr. Brzezinski, who serves on numerous Boards and Committees, was a member of the NED Board of Directors for nine years.
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Embassy of the Republic of Poland
is pleased to inform about The Woodrow Wilson Center's Cold War International History Project
Rebellious Satellite: Poland 1956
Book Discussion with Author Pawel Machcewicz
Friday, October 9th, 2009
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
4th Floor Conference Room
Woodrow Wilson Center
To RSVP acceptance, please send an e-mail to coldwar@wilsoncenter.org
In Rebellious Satellite: Poland 1956, Pawel Machcewicz focuses on the people's expression of grievances, and even riots-as opposed to "top-level" activities such as internal Communist Party struggles. The book offers a social history of the mass movements that prompted political change and altered Polish-Soviet relations in 1956 but avoided a Soviet armed response. In his presentation, the author will discuss the protests that took place in Poznan in June 1956 and across Poland the following October and November. Joining Machcewicz will be Charles Gati professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
Pawel Machcewicz is a professor of history at the University of Warsaw. He has also taught at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun and holds an affiliation with the Institute of Political Studies in Warsaw. He was recently named the Polish Prime Minister's personal representative for the creation of a new World War II Museum in Gdansk. Machcewicz is the author of Rebellious Satellite: Poland 1956 (2009) and a former Cold War International History Project Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center. Charles Gati is a professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies and a Foreign Policy Institute fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He has also taught at Union College and Columbia University and has served as a senior member of the Policy Planning Staff of the U.S. Department of State. Gati is the author of several monographs including Failed Illusions: Moscow, Washington, Budapest and the 1956 Hungarian Revolt (2006) and Hungary and the Soviet Bloc (1986), both of which have received the Marshall Shulman Prize for outstanding book on the international relations of the former Soviet bloc.  
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Embassy of the Republic of Poland in partnership with Pope John Paul II Cultural Center
cordially invite to
panel discussion commemorating the 30th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's travel to United States
The participants : - Rev. Canon Philip Majka, a Catholic radio commentator covering the trip - Sr. Mary Ann Walsh, RSM, a "cub reporter" who was part of the press core traveling with the Holy Father - others who played a role in the planning or reporting of the trip.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
7 p. m. *** Pope John Paul II Cultural Center
3900 Harewood Road NE
Washington, DC 20017 *** Admission free and open to the public http://www.jp2cc.org/
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The Embassy of the Republic of Poland cordially invites
to the presentation and book signing event with JOSEPH KUTRZEBAPolish member of a resistance group in the Warsaw Ghetto, liberated by the U.S. troops in Germany, in the book based on his memoirs relates the story of his life in the Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. The oddysey of a 14-years old boy who had joined the Resistance movement, survived several hair-raising escapes, sheltered by Polish priest and spent years in hiding until his liberation is "a fascinating.. lyricly beautiful.. moving story".
Important part of the book is Joseph's voluntary conversion from Judaism to Christianity, which causes him to explore moral and ethical questions as well as search for his true identity. 
About the Author Born in Lodz, Poland, as a son of a renowned composer-conductor. Member of a teenage resistance group in the Warsaw Ghetto under the Nazis which brought about the Uprising. Liberated by the U.S. troops in Germany attended L.M. University in Munich, Germany, served with the U.S. Army in the Korean War (5 decorations; 2 battle stars) and graduated from Yale Drama School on 3 scholarships (M.F.A) and N.Y.U (Ph.D.). Founder and producer of Queens Playhouse at Flushing Meadow. He received Tony Award and Drama Desk nominations for best producer and Bronze Award by the International Film and TV Festival in NY.
As one of the founders of Warsaw Ghetto Resistance Organization, produced a Salute to the Warsaw Ghetto Heroes at Carnegie Hall. Listed in Who's Who in America. Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
7:00 p.m. Embassy of Poland
2640 16th Street, NW
Washington DC 20009
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Admission free! RSVP necessary: 202-234-3800 ext. 2165 or krystyna.sikorska@msz.gov.pl
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Embassy of the Republic of Poland
cordially announces
the film screening
as a part of the Alexandria Film Festival KATYŃdirected by Andrzej Wajda 
Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 3:15 p.m.
George Washington Masonic Memorial
101 Callahan Drive
Alexandria, VA Tickets:
Day passes can be purchased online in advance for $10 or at the door for $15.
Film Festival passes are available for $25 and $35 at the door.
To purchase tickets, please visit the web site at: www.AlexandriaFilm.org
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The Embassy of the Republic of Poland
cordially invites
to the documentary film presentation
as a part of commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II "World War II:
Behind Closed Door"presentation by Laurence Rees 
In "World War II: Behind Closed Doors", documentary-maker and historian Laurence Rees brings us a gripping new history of World War II - one that is full of surprises, even for those who think they know the history. Drawing on material only available since the opening of archives in the East, Rees re-examines the key decisions made by Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt during the war. Astonishing dramatic reconstructions carefully sourced from archive material, reveal how the great leaders decided the future shape of the post-war world. These decisions had immediate and often harrowing effects for those on the ground. Their story is told through documentary footage, dramatic reconstructions and illuminating interviews. 
Written and produced by award-winning film-maker Laurence Rees (Auschwitz - The Nazis & the ‘Final Solution', War of the Century, Nazis - A Warning from History) "World War II: Behind Closed Doors" series is a compelling new way of understanding the most secret and dramatic events of the Second World War.
http://www.laurencerees.com/ ***
When: September 19th, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Embassy of Poland
2640 16th Street NW
Washington DC
Admission free!
RSVP: 202-234-3800 ext. 2165 or krystyna.sikorska@msz.gov.pl
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E u r o N i g h t Discover European traditions! FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2009 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at La Maison Française Admission: - General: $25
- Benefactor: $50 ($25 tax deductible and your name will appear on the Euro Night website)
Tickets: http://www.instantseats.com/ Presentation The European embassies in Washington, D.C. are proud to present the second edition of "Euro Night" on September 18th, 2009. The Embassy of France is proud to host this event at La Maison Française, which will feature more than 20 European Union embassies, each showcasing its respective culture, traditions and culinary specialties. This year, Swedish hip-hop artist Adam Tensta will rock the house! 
A D A M T E N S T A His 2008 debut album "It's A Tensta Thing" topped the Swedish charts with hits like My Cool, Dopeboy, and They Wanna Know. Raised by a single mother, Adam Tensta grew up in the projects on the outskirts of Stockholm, in an area that was filled with violence and crime. Today, Tensta is a success story opening for artists such as Jay-Z, Youssou N'Dour, Akon, Dead Prez and Rihanna. | |  
E.U. member nations: (in alphabetical order) Austria
Cyprus
Estonia
Germany
Ireland
Lithuania
Netherlands
Romania
Spain | Belgium
Czech Republic
Finland
Greece
Italy
Luxembourg
Poland
Slovakia
Sweden | Bulgaria
Denmark
France
Hungary
Latvia
Malta
Portugal
Slovenia
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THE EMBASSY OF POLAND
AND
THE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL PIANO ARTS COUNCIL
CORDIALLY INVITE TOA FINALE CONCERT OF THE 2009 FESTIVAL OF MUSICPRESENTING PIANISTFREDERIC CHIU
MONDAY, JULY 27TH, 2009
7:00 P.M.EMBASSY OF POLAND
2640 16TH STREET NW
WASHINGTON D.C. Donation of $50 Concert and Reception: $75 pre-concert cocktails at 6:30pm
To R.S.V.P. and book tickets go to www.instantseats.com or
call 703-728-7766 or e-mail wipac@cox.net
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THE EMBASSY OF POLAND
AND THE EMBASSY SERIES
PROUDLY PRESENTMOTION TRIOFEATURING:
JANUSZ WOJTAROWICZ, PAWEL BARANEK, MARCIN GALAZYN
Motion Trio from KRAKOW, POLAND is a unique phenomenon on the European and worldwide music scene. Performing their own music, the group is changing the way the accordion is perceived as an instrument.***
Friday, June 19, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 7:30 PM
THE EMBASSY OF POLAND
2640 16TH STREET NW
WASHINGTON DC
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THE EMBASSY OF POLAND ANNOUNCES
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The Embassy of Poland and Scena Theatre
cordially invites to the staged reading of "HISTORY"
by Witold Gombrowicz
A mordantly funny black comedy by Polish master absurdist
Witold Gombrowicz (author of "Ivona, Princess of Burgundy" and "Pornografia").
Through the medium of his own family
he portrays a Europe on the verge of an insane war.
directed by Robert McNamara***When: June 10th, 2009; 7:30 p.m.
Where: Embassy of Poland
2640 16th Street, NW
Washington DC
RSVP: 202-234-3800 ext. 2140 or polemb.info@earthlink.net
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Celebrating Europe Week
The Embassy of Poland
cordially invites you to attend the presentation and book signing event with ALEX STOROZYNSKIPulitzer award winner, author of the latest publication on the hero of the two nations,
one of President George Washington's Generals - Tadeusz Kosciuszko, titled
"The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution"
 Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
7:00 p.m.
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Embassy of Poland
2640 16th Street, NW
Washington DC 20009***
Admission free!
RSVP necessary @ 202-234-3800 ext. 2140 or zanetta.miluk@msz.gov.pl
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Celebrating Europe Week
The Embassy of Poland, the Arts Club of Washington DC and Scena Theatre
proudly present staged reading of "HISTORY"
by Witold Gombrowicz
A mordantly funny black comedy by Polish master absurdist
Witold Gombrowicz (author of "Ivona, Princess of Burgundy" and "Pornografia").
Through the medium of his own family
he portrays a Europe on the verge of an insane war.
Directed by Robert McNamara
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When: May 12th, 2009; 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Arts Club of Washington
2017 Eye Street, NW
Washington DC
RSVP: Scena Theatre 703.684.7990 or on website: http://www.scenatheatre.org/
Reception to follow
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Celebrating Europe Week
The Embassy of Poland
proudly presents KINGA AUGUSTYN
 a Polish born graduate of Julliard School in New York,
one of the most talented violinists of the young generation
in a recital of Polish music, including compositions by
Szymanowski, Lutoslawski, Wieniawski & Zarzycki
Accompaniment by PAVEL GINTOV***
SATURDAY, MAY 9TH, 2009
7 p.m.EMBASSY OF POLAND
2640 16TH STREET NW
WASHINGTON DC 20009***
Free admission!
RSVP necessary @ 202-234-3800 ext 2140 or zanetta.miluk@msz.gov.pl
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On Saturday, May 9, 2009, the European Commission Delegation and the Embassies of the EU Member States in Washington, DC, invite you to join us for the third annualEuropean Union Open House Day! From 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, take a rare behind-the-scenes look at the European Embassies, many of which are among Washington's historic and architectural treasures. Each Embassy offers a unique program featuring the country's cuisine, its music and special events. In 2008, more than 50,000 visitors experienced the diversity and richness of European culture during the EU Open House.
Taking place on Europe Day, the 2009 EU Open House kicks off Europe Week, a celebration of European culture in the US capital and around the country.The Embassy of Poland will open its premises to all those wanting to learn more about our country - the homeland of Chopin and Pope John Paul II and the cradle of „Solidarity" (the first free trade union in Central and Eastern Europe), which gave way to the fall of communism in that part of the world.
Our visitors will have a chance to learn the history of the Embassy of Poland in Washington, which was founded in 1919. The Embassy building, at 2640 16th Street remained the home of the Polish mission throughout the 90-year-long history of the diplomatic relations between our two countries.
While at the Embassy people will be able to watch a short movie introducing Poland as a tourist destination and informing about some of many tourists attractions in our country.
We will also present the photo exhibit introducing the most famous Polish Americans in the history of the 400-years-long Polish presence in America.
You will not want to miss our food testing - we will serve Polish pierogi and kielbasa, Żywiec beer, Wedel sweets and other delicacies.
For more information on Europe Week, please visit our calendar of events organized and hosted by EU Member State Embassies, the European Commission Delegation in Washington and other organizations affiliated with the EU in the United States. No registration is necessary, but please bring identification.
See you in Europe on May 9!
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The Embassy of Poland
and
Premier Virginia Properties
present
The Fifth Annual Chopin in Barboursville with Julia Kociuban
Winner of the 2008 National Chopin Piano Competition of Poland
to benefit The Chopin Foundation of the U.S. Thursday, April 30, 2009 Barboursville Vineyards
17655 Winery Rd.
Barboursville, VA 22923
for tickets call: 540-832-0071 or visit www.premiervirginiaproperties.com
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The Embassy of the Republic of Poland,
Ambassador Theater and Georgetown University
cordially invite you to
a special evening commemorating 100th anniversary of the death ofHelena Modjeska (Modrzejewska) 1840-1909Polish-American actress whose repertory included over 260 Shakespearean and contemporary roles
Portrait of Helena Modrzejewska by Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz, 1880A lecture with archival photographs from the life of Helena Modjeska byProfessor Andrzej Żurowskileading Shakespearean scholar and author of the book "MODrzeJEwSKA - Shakespearean Star "
which will be published in the summer of 2009 ( More about Professor Andrzej Zurowski) Friday, April 24, 2009
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The Embassy of the Republic of Poland
and
WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL PIANO ARTS COUNCILproudly present"A Celebration of Chopin and Company"Thursday, April 23, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Embassy of Poland
2640 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC Featuring First Prize winners:
   
Jelena Vladikovic (formerly Yugoslavia) of Arizona, 2007 Washington International Piano Artists Competition, Washington, DC
Matthias Fischer of Germany, 2008 Berlin International Piano Amateur Competition, Berlin, Germany
Vincent Schmithorst of Cincinnati, Ohio, 2008 Washington International Piano Artists Competition, Washington, DC
♫ Christopher Shih of Baltimore, Maryland, 2008 Les Concours des Grands Amateurs de Piano, Paris, France presenting cmpositions of:
Chopin: Barcarolle, Nocturne, Fantasy, Rachmaninoff's Variations on a Theme of Chopin, and music of Debussy, Liszt, Mendelssohn and Schumann
For information and tickets contact Chateau Gardecki (703) 728-7766 or wipac@cox.net
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THE EMBASSY OF POLAND ANNOUNCES:
THE EXHIBITION "RECYCLED ART"
WHICH WILL FEATURE PORTRAITS OF MAZOWSZE DANCERS BY
BEATA DROZD An opening reception will be held in conjunction with the "Bethesda Art Walk"
on Friday, April 10 from 6PM - 9PM..
April 10 - May 2, 2009
BETHESDA GREEN
Contact
Fraser Gallery Bethesda
7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite E, Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Tel: (301) 718-9651
Open Tuesday - Saturday: 11:30am - 6pm
Closed on Sundays and Mondays except by appointment. For her collages, Beata is recycling exclusively VOGUE which offers the highest quality of paper and the widest possible color range. This most sophisticated fashion magazine is a great inspiration and a source of material to portray folk dancers in their regional costumes.
Beata Drozd (born 1973) is a Polish artist, currently living and working in NYC.
She graduated from Central St Martins College of Art and Design, London and Ecole des Arts Decoratiifs, Paris.
Her work has been exhibited in various galleries in London, Paris, New York and Poland. Collection of paintings created for The Rainbow Room, was part of decor of the 45th floor in The Rockefeller Center for over 2 years, in collaboration with Giuseppe Cipriani.
Most recently Beata created a series of collages featuring Dancers of Polish Ensemble "Mazowsze". The artwork was shown in The Kosciuszko Foundation Gallery /Museum space on Madison Ave, NYC and in The National Theater/Opera in Warsaw in Nov, 2008. The opening reception and the Great Gala in Celebration of 60th Anniversary of Founding Mazowsze were held under Patronage of President of Poland. By using contemporary, popular culture magazines Beata is trying to expose beauty and universal qualities of Polish folk culture.
The artist has mastered her technique of collaging, which involves pasting thousands of pieces of paper onto the rough linen canvas.
Rich colors of printed pages and bold, almost three dimensional strokes of torn paper allow her to achieve highly accomplished pastiche.
Beata Drozd has been known for creating portraits of many prominent New Yorkers : Cardinal Egan, Rudy Giuliani, Richard Meier, Giuseppe Cipriani, Thomas Lipscomb, A.E.Hotchner.
The artist is currently working on the "Last Look of Paul Newman", a portrait of a Great American Icon.
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THE EMBASSY OF POLAND ANNOUNCES Under the Patronage of His Excellency Robert Kupiecki, the Ambassador of Poland,
and the Honorary Committee, including the U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski (Maryland),
Congressman John D. Dingell (Michigan) and Lady Blanka Rosenstiel (Florida) Gala Fundraiser
CyberKnife for Poland
The Embassy of the Republic of Poland
2640 16th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009, 6:00 p.m.
Reception: 6 p.m. * Program: 7 p.m. * Dinner: 8 p.m.
Attire: Evening/Black Tie optional
Tickets: 150.00 USD per person
For information contact: Wlodek Lopaczynski @ (301) 983- 1192
For donations please make checks payable to: PAHA (Polish American Health Association)
and send to Mr. Richard Okreglak, 3904 Cleveland St., Kensington, MD 20895
or you may contact him at (301) 929- 0035 or rzo@jhu.edu
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The Embassy of Poland
and
the Polish American Arts Association
cordially invite you to a concert of works by Chopin and Szymanowski featuring
Krystian Tkaczewski
Hartford, CTIN CELEBRATIOF THE 199th BIRTHDAY OF
FRYDERYK CHOPIN
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Saturday, March 14th, 2009
6:00 p.m. Embassy of the Republic of Poland
2640 16th Street NW, Washington, D.C. * * *
Tickets by reservation only
For additional information please phone (703) 241-1149 or email to: ted@mirecki.us For reservations please make a donation of $45.00 for each person payable to: PAAA Scholarship FundMail checks to:
Mr. Ted Mirecki, PAAA Treasurer
4041 41st St. North
McLean, VA 22101
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On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of
the great Shakespearean actress THE EMBASSY OF POLAND and THE SALON OF POETRY, MUSIC AND THEATRE IN TORONTO
proudly presentMARIA NOWOTARSKA
in a play by KAZIMIERZ BRAUN
"HELENA - RZECZ O MODRZEJEWSKIEJ"  Performance in Polish! English script will be available!
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH, 2009 @ 6:30 p.m.
EMBASSY OF POLAND, 2640 16TH STREET NW, WASHINGTON DC
Free admission!
RSVP necessary @ zanetta.miluk@msz.gov.pl or 202-234-3800 ext. 2140
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The Embassy of Poland
cordially invites to a concert of
Polish-German duetDUOARTUSKrzysztof Kaczka - flute
Perry Schack - quitar
Saturday, February 7th, 2009 @ 6:30 p.m.Embassy of Poland
2640 16th Street NW
Washington DCFree Admission!
RSVP necessary @ zanetta.miluk@msz.gov.pl or (202) 234-3800 ext. 2140
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The Embassy of Poland proudly announces
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company production of
"HELL MEETS HENRY HALFWAY" the first stage adaptation of any of Gombrowicz's novels
in the English-speaking world  ***
HELL MEETS HENRY HALFWAY was created & conceived of by PIG IRON THEATRE COMPANY of Philadelphia after Polish author Witold Gombrowicz's novel, Possessed.
This production, directed by Dan Rothenberg with text by Adriano Shaplin runs from February 2nd to March 1st, 2009 at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.
Please join us in welcoming the cast and artistic team to Washington, DC.
FREE PANEL DISCUSSION AND SNEAK PEEK AT REHEARSAL!SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2PM at Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Moderated by ALLEN KUHARSKI, Chair of the Department of Theater at Swarthmore College and dramaturg of HELL MEETS HENRY HALFWAY
PANELISTS: ADRIANO SHAPLIN, playwright of HELL MEETS HENRY HALFWAY and Artistic Director of the Riot Group TOM SELLAR, editor of THEATER magazine and faculty at the Yale School of Drama, KRYSTYNA ILLAKOWICZ, faculty at Yale University's Department of Slavic Languages.
RSVP to discussion@woollymammoth.net
For information and tickets for the play go to: http://www.woollymammoth.net/
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