Throughout the year, the Polish Center of Discovery and Learning at Elms College offers a variety of workshops, exhibits, concerts, conferences, seminars, films, plays, lectures and other events that focus on the history and cultural traditions of the Polish people in Europe and the United States.
Here, you'll find a list of upcoming events and information about how you can enrich your life by participating in one of the unique educational or cultural experiences offered by the Center.
THE POLISH CENTER NINTH ANNUAL GOLF SCRAMBLE to Benefit the Polish Center THE HAMPDEN COUNTRY CLUB
128 Wilbraham Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. and a Polish lunch will be served at 10:45. Shotgun start for the tourney is at noon. A steak dinner will follow at 5 p.m. Entry fee is $125 and includes prizes, meals, use of a cart and locker facilities. Teams and foursomes are welcome. Raffle prizes and a silent auction will wind up the event. Sponsorships are available and a tee green sponsor is $100. For information contact Ed Dzielenski at 413-567-3132. This is a fund-raiser for the newly renovated Polish Center. Tax-deductible monetary donations may be made to the Polish Center.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
OPEN HOUSE FOR POLISH CENTER MEMBERS
3:00-6:00 p.m.
The Polish Center invites the membership to a special showing of the museum and cultural center on 33 South St.
Wine and cheese reception will follow tours of the new galleries. Please R.S.V.P. the Polish Center 413-592-0001.
A LIFE LEARNING COURSE
June 2, 9, 16, and 23
THE POLISH PEOPLE: WHO ARE THEY?
2009 Benefit Tour of Poland
This will be the fifth tour of Poland sponsored by the Polish Center. Those who have been with us on previous trips and are now planning to accompany us on this one will have seen most of the country. In planning our tours, we strive to include something out of the ordinary. Examples from past tours include medieval reenactments, ghosts, Christmas tree ornament production, and storytelling. This year, after visiting Warsaw we look forward to visiting the Bialystok region, which was responsible for the second largest number of Polish emigrants to come to America at the beginning of the twentieth century. Since we always promise you that there will be something out of the ordinary for tourists to see, you will visit an ancient Polish Muslim community and eat lunch with a Polish Tatar family. You will attend a country fair in Kiermusy, visit a weaver’s workshop in Janów and pass through a number of small villages on your way to Lublin and Rzeszów. The tour will introduce you to Bochnia, a saltmine which is older than the famous Wieliczka mine. You will have ample time to enjoy Kraków, the most magnificent city in Poland and on returning north to Warsaw there will be a stop in Czêstochowa (Poland’s most holy shrine), £ód’ (the "Hollywood" of Poland), and £owicz (the colorful folk capital of the country). We also hope to schedule a meeting with a master maker of the szopka krakowska (fascinating Krakow style Christmas creches—the Polish Center has 13 in its collection).
The tour will depart from Boston on July 30 and arrive home August 12.
For details contact
PAT TOURS at 413-747-7702
1-800-388-0988
or
THE POLISH CENTER at 413-592-0001
or WRITE TO THE POLISH CENTER
Sunday, October 18, 2009
4th Annual Krakus Festival to Benefit the Polish Center.
The Log Cabin Banquet and Metting House
500 Easthampton Rd.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Social Hour 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. followed by Polish dinner at 5:45.
Special tribute and Humanitarian Award to Fr. Lucjan Krolikowski,
hero to many Polish Children in Africa during WWII and author of the book "Stolen Childhood".
Dancing to the music of Lenny Gomulka and Chicopee Push
with guest appearance of Gabby and Eva Snyder
(Happy Louie & Julcia's Granddaughters).
Tickets $100 per person. Reservations in advance by October 12.
Call the Polish Center at 413-592-0001
or send check with reservation information
(number in party, name, address, phone number)
to Polish Center/Elms College, 291 Springfield St., Chicopee, MA 01014