Kosciuszko Foundation in Washington DC - Past Events

Please join us on Saturday, July 15th

NOON - 4 PM

 Celebrate the Spirit of Poland!

Music, games, trivia, art exhibit and more!

 Traditional Polish lunch will be served

Followed by a Jazz Concert featuring

Kuba Cichocki's Audubon Lab Experiment

4-5 PM

(suggested donation for the concert $15)

Wspomnienie o Wojciechu Młynarskim 
(26.III.1941 – 5.III. 2017)

Zapraszamy Państwa na wieczór z niezapomnianym tekstami
Giganta Polskiej Piosenki 
Wojciecha Młynarskiego, który odszedł od nas 5 marca.

District5 Presents:

Complete Chopin Preludes for Wind Quintet Transcribed by David Plylar

PROGRAM:
Frédéric Chopin/Plylar:

Prélude in C-sharp minor, op. 45 Préludes, op. 28, nos. 1-15


Brief Intermission


Préludes, op. 28, nos. 16-24 Prélude in A-flat major, op. posth

Next meeting in the series: Biblioteka Dzieciom

We invite all children under 6 to play in Polish with us!

Saturday, March 11th @10.30-11.30 AM

Door opens at 10.00 AM

TOPIC: MACHINES - POJAZDY

Snacks and drinks will be served

Celebrating the International Women's Day at the Kosciuszko Foundation!

Ladies - please join us for a pot-luck party on Saturday, March 11th at 6PM to celebrate the International Women's Day! 

Please bring a dish and/or drink to share. 

The first hour will be An Open Mic - for those of you who will like to share your story with us. 

The Kosciuszko Foundation, KF's Washington DC Center Presents

The Hidden Gems of Polish Music

Virginia Commonwealth University.

Program will include works by Maria Szymanowska,  Fryderyk Chopin, Ignacy Jan Paderewski,  Karol Szymanowski, and Feliks Nowowiejski.

Saturday, February 25, 2017

2 PM

Informal reception follows

Suggested Donation $5

Tłusty Czwartek! 

Come and celebrate 271 Birthday of our Patron Tadeusz Kosciuszko!

We invite all small children to come and play in Polish with us!

Theme: MUZYKA - MUSIC

We will learn about the sounds of various musical instruments, sing, dance and play music together!

Door opens at 10.00am

Program 10.30 am - 11.30 am

More information:

Kasia Klimasinska at:k.klimasinska@gmail.com 

PLEASE COME TO SEE THIS HIGHLY ORIGINAL AND BEAUTIFUL ART WORK 

I- FELT

Agata Peszko

SOLO EXIBITION

Join us for a Book Party

John Feffer: Splinterlands

Saturday, December 3, 2016

5-7pm

Books will be available for sale.

Annual Kosciuszko Foundation's Washington, D.C. Gala Dinner 

honoring

Maestro Piotr Gajewski

Kosciuszko Foundation's 2016 Pioneer Award recipient.

Saturday November 12, 2016

7:00pm-10:00pm

Stateroom of the Mayflower Hotel

Tickets:

$150 by October 18th

$175 after October 18th

$100 Students

RSVP: Barbara Bernhardt 

bbernhardt@thekf.org

202-785-2320

All funds collected at the Gala will support our programs and events at the Washington, D.C. Center of the Kosciuszko Foundation

featuring Frank Conlon

Frank Conlon will perform pieces composed by Scarlatti, Sciarbin, Chopin Gershwin among others. 

1:30 to 2:30pm 

Tea Reception will follow

Join us for a film screening of

KOSCIUSZKO: A Man Ahead of His Time 

written and directed by Alex Storozynski

Friday, October 7th at 6pm

The Kosciuszko Foundation 

2025 O Street NW 

Washington, D.C. 20036

This event is free.  Donations are Welcome

Call Me Jerzy: Popieluszko in the United States and Canada

Book discussion with author Judith Kelly

Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 4:00pm

The Kosicuszko Foundation

2025 O Street NW 

Washington, DC 20036

Please bring your children for our next Playing in Polish event on Saturday, October 1st at 10.30 am - 11.30am

Door open at 10.00 am

TOPIC:

KOLORY  (Colors)

We invite you to join us at the presentation about a wonderful project in Nepal, initiated by Polish folks.

Wieslaw Malachowski and Slawomir Matczak will talk about the project, show a film and tell us about their recent trip to Nepal.

This is a free event. Refreshments will be served.  

The Washington International Piano Arts Council in cooperation with

The Kosciuszko Foundation

requests the pleasure of your company at a Cultural Evening - Welcome Reception to celebrate international friendship, music and the arts and welcome the participants of The Festival of Music 2016 & The 14th Annual Washington International Piano Artists Competition

BIBLIOTEKA DZIECIOM

We invite all children under 7 years old to come and play in Polish with us!

Snacks and drinks will be served!

This is a free event but we well appreciate a suggested donation of $5.

Thank you!

Please join us for a meeting with an author Donna Urbikas talking about her book: My Sister's Mother

A story of World War II as seen through the eyes of a young mother and her child deported to Siberia

This is a free event.

BOOK TRAILER https://youtu.be/clTP7P6GOa0

INTERVIEW WITH USHMM http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn96018

More about my upcoming book, My Sister's Mother at

www.danutaurbikas.com/

 Books will be available onsite

SOCIOLOGY OF EXCELLENCE - CAREER OF PROFESSIONAL ELITES

 "PRODUCING EXCELLENCE. THE MAKING OF VIRTUOSO" Rutgers UP 2015

http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/product/Producing-Excellence,5622.aspx
https://newrepublic.com/article/123167/how-make-virtuoso-violinist

Kosciuszko Foundation highly recommends:

Paderewski Scholarship Fundraising Concert and reception at the Polish Embassy, 2640 16th Str, N.W., Washington, DC

This year that we two very talented performers will be featured:  

Polish born pianist Martin Labazevitch, praised for his lyricism and intensity of performance, and American born cellist Michael Mermagen, praised for impressive high register virtuosity and his ability to flow with many moods.

SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR KF MEMBERS: TICKETS ONLY $35

(regular price $50)

Please join us for a POLISH VODKA EVENT and KARAOKE NIGHT!

A Fun Evening with Music, Laughter and Traditional Polish Food!

Don't miss it!

LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME...

LAURA PETRAVAGE - mezzo soprano

WANDA O'BRIEN TREFIL - piano

Songs by:

Kurt Weil, Edith Piaf, Jerzy Petersburski, Leonard Cohen,

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Saturday, January 2nd
2 pm - 3 pm

This is a free event. Donations welcome!

Merry Christmas!  Wesołych Świąt!

This year, our annual Fundraising Gala Dinner will honor

Agnieszka Holland,

the 2015 Recipient of the Pioneer Award.

Saturday, November 14, 2015 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.

The Grand Ballroom at the Mayflower Hotel

1127 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036

The Fall Semester of Polish Language and Culture Classes at

The Kościuszko Foundation in Washington DC will start on

 Monday, September 14th, 2015

The Goethe-Institute and the Kosciuszko Foundation invites you to:

Polish Library in Washington DC and the Kosciuszko Foundation invite you to the next meeting of "Between Us, Travelers" ("Miedzy Nami Podroznikami").  Pawel A. Stefanski, who recently spent four weeks in Dalian, PRC working pro-bono with an organization to support autistic kids, as part of the Corporate Service Corps program, run by IBM. 

A Panel Discussion BEFORE & AFTER with:

 John Feffer - an author and director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, 

Minister Counselor Maciej Pisarski, the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C., 

and

Kasia Klimasinska - a Bloomberg News journalist, graduate  of Warsaw School of Economics and holder of rare Chartered Financial Analyst designation. 

This is a free event. Donations welcome!

Refreshments will be served.

2nd Annual Polish Day

Celebrating the bond between Poland and the United States through food, entertainment and games.  This is a great opportunity to meet fellow members, explore a little bit of Polish culture, and browse the art collection, all at the Kosciuszko Foundation in Washington, D.C.

The Kosciuszko Foundation

2025 O Street NW 

Washington, D.C. 20005

Polish Library in Washington DC
&
The Kosciuszko Foundation  

Invite children in our community to our new series:   

BIBLIOTEKA DZIECIOM

PLAYING IN POLISH

One Saturday a month we invite children to play in Polish with us and one another. It's a great opportunity to meet new friends, have fun, and learn Polish. 

Second class:

Saturday
 June 6, 2015
 10:30am-11:30am
(doors open at 10:00am)

  
@ The Kosciuszko Foundation 
2025 O Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
 (Dupont Circle Metro)

Suggested Donation $5

featuring

Michael Slavin, pianist
FIRST PRIZE WINNER OF BOSTON, PARIS, WARSAW AND WASHINGTON!!!

October 10, 2015 at 1:30pm

Kosciuszko Foundation

2025 O Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20005

Tea Reception to follow

Bogna Kicinska - vocal

Kuba Cichocki - piano

Celebrating Young Musical Talent on International Children's Day!

featuring

James Bennett and Oscar Paz-Suazanbar

in concert

May 31, 2015

5:00pm

The Kosciuszko Foundation 

2025 O Street NW

Washington DC 20005

Suggested Donation $10

WIPAC AND THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION

INVITES YOU TO A SPRING PIANO CONCERT SERIES I

WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF MUSIC

Concert by Laurence Berman

RSVP: Chateau Gardecki, WIPAC Board Chairman

Trio Volo in concert

Martin Labazevitch-- Piano

Destiny Ann Mermagen--Violin

Michael Mermagen--Cello

Playing an all Chopin Program

$20 for KF Members 

$25 for General Audience

The Kosciuszko Foundation

2025 O Street NW

Washington, D.C. 20036

Lavender Vodka Lemonade will be served!

Polish Library 
&
The Kosciuszko Foundation in Washington, D.C.

Invite children in our community to our new series:   

PLAYING IN POLISH

One Saturday a month we invite children to play in Polish with us and one another. It's a great opportunity to meet new friends, have fun, and learn Polish. 

First class:

Saturday
 April 25th, 2015
 10:30am-11:30am
(doors open at 10:00am)

  
The Kosciuszko Foundation 
2025 O Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
 (Dupont Circle Metro)

Suggested Donation $5

Gender agenda in Poland: why are women so dangerous?

May 9, 2015 at 6:00pm

Polish Soprano Malgorzata Kellis 

in concert

TICKETS:

$20 for KF Members

$25 for General Audience

We will start the evening with a short presentation about the different kinds of Polish Beer.

Cost:

$20 for KF Members

$25 for non-members

Admission includes beer tasting as well as delicious snacks

Space is limited.

RSVP: bbernhardt@thekf.org

  The Kosciuszko Foundation i Towarzystwo Teatralne:Pod Gorkę

Zaprasza Panstwa na niezapomniany patriotyczno-historyczno-liryczny wieczor z aktorem Stanislawem Gorka. 

Get Involved!

The Kosciuszko Foundation Board of Trustees

 Cordially invites you to 

 A Reception Honoring Dr Julian Kulski

Sunday, November 2nd, 2014

4.30 PM

COSMOS CLUB

                               2121 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20008

The lecture is based on professor Winiecki's forthcoming book:  "Economic Development Patterns and the BRIC Group of Countries: Theory, History and Future Prospects". 

Professor Tomasz Mroczkowski of American University will introduce the speaker, provide comments and lead the discussion. 

The event is made possible thanks to the Earhart Foundation and the Polish Heritage Foundation. 

Professor Jan Winiecki began his studies in the Department of Foreign Trade of the Central School of Planning and Statistics (present day Warsaw School of Economics), holds a Ph.D. from the University of Warsaw Faculty of Law and Administration and holds a postdoctoral degree in international political economy.  Professor Winiecki has served as the Head of the Economic and Policy Unity at the Centre for Scientific, Technical and Economic Information (1971-1973), and has been a researcher in various agencies as well as an economic adviser from 1985-1989 for a group of economic advisers for Solidarity named Konwersatorium. He was a board member of the EBRD and advised several Polish governments on economic policy.He currently serves as a professor at the University Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow. 

BRICs is an acronym that refers to the countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China; which have all been designated to be in a similar stage of newly advanced economic development. The term was originally coined by a Goldman Sachs report from 2003 which highlighted the possibility that by 2050 these four economies would be wealthier than most of the current major economic powers.

Make this new year's resolution to learn how to play the guitar!

We are proud to bring you a new program at The KosciuszkoFoundation: Guitar Classes with Piotr Zielinski.

Book Promotion Panna Huragan 

This is a Polish language event.

The U.S. as you have never seen before- through the eyes of a young Polish journalist Kasia Klimasinska. Following her arrival in Houston, Texas as an energy reporter for Bloomberg News in 2009, Klimasinska started writing emails to family and friends about her experience as a Polish immigrant in the U.S. Three years later, she used those notes as an inspiration for a novel, also about a young Pole trying to find her American Dream, first in Texas and later in Washington.

The Kosciuszko Foundation in Washington DC and the Polish Library in DC held an event to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising.  The commemoration featured a minute of silence, screening of "The City of Ruins", songs from the time period and a discussion about the Warsaw Uprising with the Counselor General Maciej Pisarski.

Meet Polish Explorer Aleksander Doba at the Kosciuszko Foundation in Washington DC

 Kayaker Aleksander Doba Finishes Transatlantic Crossing

Some of the events coming up in February, 2014:

POLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES 

SUMMER SESSION 2014

Summer Session of Polish Language and Culture classes at the Washington Office of the Kosciuszko Foundation will start in the week of June 20, 2014 and end on August 20, 2014.  All classes start at 6:30pm and end at 8:20pm.

After a work day at the World Bank, Michael Geller's days are completed in front of a canvas. Drawing on a wide array of notable poets, Michael translates and abstracts poets' words and the emotions of their oeuvres onto canvas in color and texture.

For this event, Wisława Symborska's poetry is explored on Michael's canvases. Michael's attraction to and inspiration from Symborska's poetry rests with her seeming simplicity of expression and language all underscored by her disenchantment and sometimes humorous observations about life. 

You are cordially invited to attend a presentation by Ambassador Edward L. Rowny of his new book: Smokey Joe & the General.

The Slavic Arts Ensemble was founded in 1977 by Mieczyslaw Gubernat, a former orchestra member of the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Poland, with the intent of presenting little-known Polish and Slavic compositions to American audiences and giving outstanding young musicians the opportunity to perform and gain the recognition they deserve.

Celebrating the bond between Poland and the US through an Open House at the Washington DC Center of the Kosciuszko Foundation.

Summer Session of Polish Language and Culture classes at the Washington Office of the Kosciuszko Foundation will start in the week of June 3rd, 2013 and end on July 25th, 2013. All classes start at 6:30pm and end at 8:15pm.

If you are interested  in taking Polish language class please contact Basia Bernhardt at:  bernhardtbasia@gmail.com or visit www.learnpolishdc.com

Pawel's performances  feature a vast variety of musical pieces influenced by classical minimalism, acoustics as well as fusion. The unique blend of his composition is skillfully framed into an array of guitar sound. The guiding principle throughout his creativity is to engage his audience in a deeper understanding of the different forms, styles and rhythms music can offer. He seeks to enhance their sensitivity and draws particular attention to the distinct arrangement of tones, making their experience truly enchanting.

Music is a constantly changing and evolving entity. It reinvents itself with every performance, with every artist, across cultures and time. Today it is not the man that defines music, but the music defines the man. Compositions that Pawel Ignatowicz wants to present at this upcoming concert, define him as a musician and an artist, but also as a man who lives here and now.

Tickets: $20 (KF Members and Students - $15)

RSVP: 202-785-2320 or at thekfdc@gmail.com

                    The Kosciuszko Foundation & Washington International                     Piano Arts Council 

                   PROUDLY PRESENTING

                    WIPAC Fall Piano Concert Part II

                   Featuring 

                        JOHN GARDECKI, piano

                          WIPAC Artist-in-residence

                                FREE EVENT * DONATIONS WELCOME

Washington International Piano Arts Council

 &

 The Kosciuszko Foundation 

proudly present

the Fall Piano Concert Series Part I

Featuring WIPAC First Prize Winner

VISCOUNT THURSTON, pianist

September 14, 2013 at 1:30pm

Followed by informal reception at 2:30pm

OPEN FREE

Seating first come first served

Donation welcome

The Kosciuszko Foundation Annual Fundraising Gala and Tribute to General Edward Rowny.

We will be hosting a wonderful evening in the main dining room of the Army and Navy Club in Washington, DC.

Gen. Rowny has worked closely with five U.S. Presidents – Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan and Bush. Gen. Rowny was as a Troop Commander in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, before serving as a negotiator in arms reduction talks with the Soviet Union. Proud of his roots, Gen. Rowny has been engaged in Polish-American affairs throughout his life.

Proceeds will support the Foundation's activities in Washington, DC.

Share in our mission to foster closer ties between Poland and the United States through educational, cultural and scientific exchanges

The Kosciuszko Foundation and Washington International Piano Arts Council present KENG SIONG SIM - winner of the 2012 Festival of Music and 10^th Washington International Piano Artists Competition. Join us to celebrate the talent of this special pianist who devotes his time outside his professional career to pursue the art of piano performance and beautiful music making.

Rafał Sarnecki, together with pianist Glenn Zaleski, will perform his original compositions which were released on his two albums: Song from a New Place and The Madman Rambles Again.

"Very interesting record, very well composed and perfectly performed. Rafal Sarnecki is a composer and musician that we will surely hear about. You can feel the New York touch. Compositions are cohesive and interesting. It is a very pleasant listen. Awesome! I highly recommend it."

-Tomasz Stańko on Sarnecki's The Madman Rambles Again

Tickets: $20 (KF Members and students - $15)

Join us for the photography exhibition and a screening of the movie "Survive Afghanistan" dedicated to Polish soldiers on their mission in Afghanistan. The project photographer Jan Pawel Trzaska and the producer of the film Wojciech Szczudlo will be in attendance.

American University
School of International Service
Abramson Family Founders Room
4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20016

Entrance and free parking at Nebraska Ave.

RSVP: 202-785-2320 or thekfdc@gmail.com

The film tells the story of five professional soldiers (one of them a woman) set out for the war in Afghanistan as part of the Polish contingent in NATO. They are to spend 'only half a year' in Afghanistan, yet when they say goodbye to their families they do not realize what is awaiting them. Their stay in a military base in the Ghazni province will be an extreme experience verifying their notion of heroism. The return to the civilian reality will not be easy either, since the war leaves its mark on people and is addictive.

Book presentation with author Julian Kulski  - Polish war hero and accomplished architect. 

Together with professor Kulski we will explore the most hidden corners of the world captured in photographs during his illustrious career as an architect and just recently shared in his newly published photo book "The Secret Word". His unique photographs are as diverse and remarkable as the people and places in them, featuring quaint Polish villages, ancient Peruvian ruins, Nepalese children playing in the streets, and more.

Professor Kulski, a member of the Polish Underground Army and Yale University graduate, will talk about his distinguished work as an architect, his extensive world travels, and the rich cultures of indigenous people that serve as his inspiration. As Architect Consultant to the World Bank, he designed over 3000 buildings in 30 countries, including schools, universities, and housing; all equally adaptable for use in both the undeveloped and developed worlds.

Lyric coloratura soprano Delia Zielińska with pianist George Peachey in  debut recital at the Kosciuszko Foundation. Ms. Zielińska will perform pieces from her new CD, a cycle of songs by Polish composer Karol Szymanowski, French songs by Henri Duparc and Gabriel Fauré, operatic arias, and musical theater songs by Frank Loesser ("Guys and Dolls.")  

Tickets $15

RSVP 202-785-2320 or email thekfdc@gmail.com

The Kosciuszko Foundation and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland invite you to an evening of Polish cabaret songs - a rendezvous with music that will turn back time and recreate the atmosphere of Polish interwar cabaret. Hemar, Ordonka, Tuwim, Ziminska, Wars those are the names that the Trio - Sylwia, William and Tony - bring back on stage in their performance of the most famous Polish melodies. Everyone can identify with these sentimental yet humorous lyrics. 

Featuring: Sylwia Zawrotniak - vocal, 

William Beaufort - guitar, and Tony Ventura - bass

2640 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009

Tickets:  $25 (KF Members and Students - $20)

Purchase your tickets online at the link below or call 202-785-2320

Light refreshments will be served.

ONLINE TICKET SALE IS CLOSED

Join us for pączki, coffee,  and musical entertainment provided by Nina Jankowicz, David Beczak, and Michael Stein. They will be performing a wide range of music, from jazz and rock hits to Broadway tunes.

Pączki sale starts at 11 am. You can pick up pączki all day at KF! Performances begin at 6:30 pm

Pączki will be sold for $2 each. Preorder larger quantities (3+) at 202-785-2320 by 4 pm on Friday, Feb. 1st.

With the annual pączki feast the KF celebrates Tłusty Czwartek (Fat Thursday), marking the last Thursday before Ash Wednesday and lent. Traditionally, Polish families made pączki and other treats on this day to use up all the sugar and fat in the house that were forbidden during lent.

The Kosciuszko Foundation invites you to violin recital presenting Polish virtuoso Kinga Augustyn. Featuring works by J.S. Bach, Piotr Drożdżewski, Elliott Carter, and Eugène Ysaÿe.

Tickets: $20 (KF members and students $15). Please pay at the door with cash or check.

The Kosciuszko Foundation proudly presents a very talented, young musician Kristina Wirkowski performing works by Henryk Wieniawski,  J. S. Bach, Fritz Kreisler, Jules Massenet, and Vittorio Monti.

Tickets: $15 (free admission for KF Members)

The Kosciuszko Foundation hosts  Wielka Orkiestra Swiatecznej Pomocy (Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity), Poland's largest and most successful NGO charity.  This year, together with Jerzy Owsiak in Poland and the whole world, we help raising funds for high-tech medical equipment to help save lives of children and for a decent medical care for seniors. Sunday concert features musical performances by the group of Polish School students, Laura Kafka and Wanda O'Brian, Dave Beczak and our STARS Wieslaw Malachowski and Waldemar Izdebski. Jacek Soltys brings poetry and music with his Baltimore's Artistic Salon and Dorota Ponikiewska will present her play with a group of teenage artists.  There will also be auctions, raffles, and children's drawing contest.

For more information visit FB event page https://www.facebook.com/events/438384856214555/

Join us for a magical evening of Christmas  caroling and a reception with traditional Polish Wigilia food. Let's sing along the most beautiful Christmas carols and enjoy some pierogi, borsch with dumplings and more.

Tickets: $25 ($20 KF Members and Students)

Film Screening with the Director Mieczyslawa Wazacz

Renowned for her beauty as well as her heroism, Krystyna Skarbek was born near Warsaw to the Polish Count Jerzy Skarbek and Stefania Goldfeder, a prosperous Jewish banking family. She rose to fame during World War II, when, under the nom-de-guerre Christine Granville, she became one of the longest serving female agents of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). Today, 60 years after her death, the film No Ordinary Countess pays homage to Christine and, by extension, to all the brave women and men working for the SOE. Using unique documentary material, the film explores Christine's extraordinary story, unparalleled feats of daring, and a fascinating personal life cut short by the knife of an obsessed admirer.

The Kosciuszko Foundation invites you to a book discussion with the author, Kaya Mirecka-Ploss. We will present her recent book The Woman Who Saw Too Much - a story based on actual events; fascinating combination of suspense and autobiography for anyone who enjoys psychological thrillers.

With excerpts performed by Wieslaw Malachowski

The book will be available for purchase and author's signing

The event will be conducted in Polish

Benrose,or Róża & Benedykt Frąckiewicz, is a Polish duo from Germany that performs classical and jazz compositions by the most renowned Polish artists. Róża and Benedykt are actively involved in Polish community in Germany, promoting Polish culture and music at numerous festivals, concerts and private events. They also perform baroque and jazz music with Tomasz Glanc as T.R.B. Group. Additionally, Benedykt Frąckiwicz conducts the church choir at the Polish Catholic Mission in Wuppertal. On April 12 the duo will present pieces from the repertoire of Edyta Geppert, Czesław Niemen, Hanna Banaszak and others. 

2025 O St., NW, Washington, DC

Tickets: $15

The Washington International Piano Arts Council and the Kosciuszko Foundation will present Krassimira Jordan - pianist and professor of Music at Baylor University.

Free admission

Informal tea reception follows.

The Kosciuszko Foundation and Washington International Piano Arts Council present Malinee Peris - pianist and Professor of Music at George Washington University.

Featuring works by F. Chopin, C. Debussy and F. Liszt

Art exhibit with Music and Poetry. Presenting works by Agnieszka Praxmayer -  Polish-French painter born in Cracow (Poland), graduate of  the State Art College - PLSP in Cracow and Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France.

Featuring poetry by Anna Nejman - presented by the author

With music by Andrzej Krawiec

Tickets: $20/$15 KF Members and Students

Allison Sosna - Recognized by Jamie Oliver and Alice Waters as a leader in the American school food movement, Allison presents the ultimate talents of both community outreach and high culinary performance. With experience at some of the best restaurants under her belt (Inn at Little Washington, Hook, Dean and Deluca), Allison brings her talents to Pine Restaurant, showing us her interpretation of the Polish cuisine from her childhood. She continues her activism work through Pine's social venture, MicroGreens, which teaches schoolchildren how to cook healthy, wholesome meals on a SNAP (food stamps) budget.

Exclusively for KF Members. If you are not a KF Member yet sign up here

RSVP: thekfdc@gmail.com or 202-785-2320

Program dedicated to life and work of Bruno Schulz in 120th anniversary of his birth and 70th anniversary of his death. With special presentations by  Mark Rudnicki and David Goldfarb - Professors of Comparative Literature.

Screening of the films "Street of Crocodiles" and "The Hourglass Sanatorium" based on stories by Bruno Schulz.

Excerpts from Schulz's stories as performed by Wiesław Malachowski

SEPTEMBER 20-21, 2012 at 6:30 PM

Tickets: $10

For detailed program click on the link below

Presentation by Mariusz Brymora - Polish diplomat, currently Deputy Director of the Department of Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Mr. Brymora used to work as an academic teacher and translator of English, councilor and deputy mayor of his native city of Radom, Poland.

Between 1999 and 2008 he served as deputy Consul General of Poland in Chicago and the Cultural Attaché at the Embassy of Poland in Washington DC.

Mariusz Brymora is a co-author and editor of "400 Years of Polish Immigrants in America" published to celebrate the 400^th anniversary of the first Poles coming to Jamestown, Virginia. He is the author of the short history of "The Embassy of Poland in Washington DC".

With film screening "Poland? Yes!"

The Kosciuszko Foundation Board of Trustees cordially invites you to a Fundraising Dinner in support of Foundation's Activities in Washington, DC. The reception will be hosted at COPLEY FORMAL LOUNGE at Georgetown University.

Our Honoree this year will be Walter Zachariasiewicz - one of the most prominent leaders of Polish community in the United States.

Tickets: $150 - available to purchase at 202-785-2320 or through the link below

Photo by Barbara Kalina

Adam Baldych- violinist, composer and music producer. First called an "infant prodigy" he is now one of the most interesting jazz violinists in Europe. Since age 16 Adam has performed internationally all around Europe, in Asia and the US. He has played with such jazz masters as: Leszek Mozdzer, Lars Danielsson, Jim Beard,Jarosaw Smietana and Luluk Purwanto.

TICKETS: $20 ($15 KF Members and Students)

RSVP: 202-785-2320 or thekfdc@gmail.com

The concert is supported by:

The Kosciuszko Foundation and Washington International Piano Arts Council invite you to Fall Piano Concert Series Part I

Presenting TZVETAN KONSTANTINOV - Pianist
Informal Tea follows

The Kosciuszko Foundation
2025 O Street, NW Washington, DC<
ADMISSION IS FREE

The meanings of Auschwitz in Poland, 1945 to the present.

This talk will present and analyze the key manifestations of these meanings on the site of the former camp against the background of Poland's post-war history, national memory and the memory of the Holocaust. Based upon the results of nationwide representative surveys of public opinion, the talk will also deal with what Auschwitz means to contemporary Poles.

Marek Kucia is associate professor at the Institute of Sociology of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland and lecturer at the Centre for European Studies there. In 2013–2014 he is a Marie Curie fellow at the Centre for European Studies of Lund University, Sweden. His publications include the books (in Polish) Auschwitz as a Social Fact (2005) and Poles regarding Auschwitz and Jews (forthcoming) and articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is a founding member and member of the board of the European Association for Holocaust Studies.

The Kosciuszko Foundation invites us to join us for an afternoon of beloved operatic duets, popular arias and romantic art song with local, acclaimed artists Delia Zielińska and Viktoiya Koreneva. 

     JERZY POREBSKI KONCERT

Please join us for an enchanting evening of songs from the sea with Jerzy Porebski, legendary Polish master of the shanty.  

The Kosciuszko Foundation recommends

TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO IN OLD POSTCARDS AND DRAWINGS

By Vladimir Lihodedov

A book presentation at the Library of Congress

"An engaging and informative overview of a remarkable hero of two fraternal peoples, the Poles and the Belarusians, who fought not only for their freedom but also for the freedom of the Americans.  Kosciuszko's commitment to human rights, social justice, and national sovereignty is a lasting testimonial to his historical grandeur".

Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at 12:00 noon
European Division Conference Room, LJ-250

EASTER CONCERT 

presenting 

 Krystian Tkaczewski 

Featuring works by F. Chopin, W.A. Mozart, and

F. Schubert

SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2011

6 PM

Wine reception with Polish Easter treats will follow

TICKETS: $15

Please pay at the door with cash or check

The Kosciuszko Foundation and Ambassador Theater invite to evening dedicated to John Paul II poetry. With special guest Bogusław Jerke - an actor and a former member of Polish team of Radio Free Europe and Voice of America.

Book discussion with the author Bernadette McDonald. The event is co-sponsored by The Jan Karski Institute for Tolerance and Dialog.

In a story of beating the odds, Bernadette McDonald writes of triumph despite the political oppression faced by Polish climbers during the reign of the Iron Curtain.  Undeterred, these "freedom climbers" ruled the Himalaya and forever changed the face of alpinism.

The conference is sponsored by Lazarski University of Warsaw, Poland and Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and will be hosted at Georgetown University - Georgetown Conference Center, Salon H.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

The Kosciuszko Foundation and Polish Library in Washington, DC invite you to a magical evening of Christmas caroling followed by a reception with traditional Wigilia food. 

There will be two performances: December 10th & 17th, 2011 at 5 pm

TICKETS: $30 (children under 12 - $15)

Seating is limited. REGISTRATION ONLINE IS REQUIRED

For more information call 202-785-2320

The Kosciuszko Foundation Board of Trustees cordially invites you to a Fundraising Dinner Reception in of the Foundation's Activities in Washington, D.C.

With  Specia Guest

KAYA MIRECKA PLOSS

At The Kosciuszko Foundation
2025 O Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036



The Kosciuszko Foundation

Cordially invites you to

A lecture

REALITY THAT SURPASSES IMAGINATION: 

WHY DO I WRITE DOCUMENTARY PROSE?

By Henryk Grynberg

A novelist, poet, playwright and essayist. Laureate of many prestigious literary awards. Holocaust survivor.  Chronicler of the fate of the Polish Jews.

SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2011

4:30 PM

Free admission

Henryk Grynberg's books will be available for purchase and author's signing.

The Kosciuszko Foundation and
Ambassador Theater
 
Cordially invite you to
 
LITERARY CAFE
Love explained all...
                                    Milosc mi wszystko wyjasnila...
 
An Evening of Poetry and Music.Featuring poetry by John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla), K. I. Galczynski, M. Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska,
A. Mickiewicz and others.
 
With a special guest pianist

  IVO KALTCHEV
 
Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 7 pm
 
Admission $25 (Paid at the door)
To make a reservation click here

Frederic Chopin and Franz Liszt - Great Contemporaries of the Romantic Era. Friends, followers, opponents...?

Workshop style presentation with life demonstrations presented by Regina Romanowska - concert pianist, instructor, educator, chamber artist and distinguished interpreter of Chopin's music.

Free Admission

The Kosciuszko Foundation's Washington D.C. office will be part of the National History Bee and Bowl Championships.

Teams of high school students will be competing at museums and sites of historic importance in and around Washington, DC. These sites include THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION, the Smithsonian's Museum of American History, Mount Vernon, the Newseum, the International Spy Museum, and more. At each site, students will try to answer questions on all aspects of history from the Stone Age to events that took place just last year. Some of the questions at each site will focus particularly on the sort of history embodied by that site.  
 
Students competing at the Kosciuszko Foundation will need to be prepared to answer questions with the focus on Polish and Polish-American history. What an enjoyable way of spreading knowledge and awareness of our proud heritage!

The Kosciuszko Foundation and Washington International Piano Arts Council once again joined their forces to present to you outstanding performers: Christopher Shih and Thomas Yu.

Christopher Shih of Ellicott City, Maryland - Physician and pianist, winner of 2011 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, 2008 International  Competition for Piano Amateurs (Paris), 2007 Boston International Piano Competition for Exceptional Amateurs and 2006 Washington International Piano Amateurs Competition

Thomas Yu of Montreal, Canada - Winner of 2010 Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition (New York), 2009 Bösendorfer International Piano Competition for Amateurs (Vienna) and 2006 International Competition for Outstanding Piano Amateurs (Paris).

The Kosciuszko Foundation and The Jan Karski Institute invite you to book discussion and film screening with the authors Bernadette McDonald and Jerzy Porebski.

Georgetown University

Reynolds Family Hall, Room 133

Map   

(Parking located within close proximity of the venue)

Tel: 202-785-2320

FILM TRAILER

 Freedom Climbers tells the story of the extraordinary Polish adventurers who emerged from under the blanket of oppression following the Second World War to become the world's leading Himalayan climbers. At a time when Polish citizens were locked behind the Iron Curtain, these intrepid explorers found a way to travel the world in search of extreme adventure in Alaska, South America and Europe and the highest and most inspiring mountains of the world. Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nepal became their second homes as they evolved into the toughest Himalayan climbers the world has ever known.

PĄCZKI WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ALL DAY AT KF!

Preorder larger quantity at 202-785-2320 by 12 pm Monday, Feb., 13

End the Carnival Polish Style! Fat Thursday (Tłusty Czwartek) with Pączki Feast and a lot of music fun with  NINA JANKOWICZ - one of the most multitalented young people on the face of the earth! Nina is Master's student at Georgetown University's Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies by day, fitness guru by early morning, and musician by night. She is also a KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION SCHOLAR ! Her influences are as varied as Joni Mitchell, Ben Folds, Lady Gaga, and musicals, in which she enjoyed performing since she was 12. You can find her music on iTunes and at http://ninajankowicz.bandcamp.com.

Poetry Reading with the Poet. The book will be available for purchase and author's signing.

Join us for an evening with award-winning poet, essayist, and critic, Jehanne Dubrow. She is the author of four poetry collections, including most recently Red Army Red, Stateside, The Hardship Post, From the Fever-World, The Promised Bride.  

 The daughter of American diplomats, Dubrow was born in Italy and grew up in Yugoslavia, Zaire, Poland, Belgium, Austria, and the United States. Red Army Red is set in Eastern Bloc Poland where she spent seven years of her childhood and adolescence. The book explores the tensions, humor, and ironies one finds when stuck between opposing ideologies in a changing world and when Poland lurched seemingly overnight from a censored, hardship-ridden society to a free market economy. Red Army Red delivers a nuanced view of momentous historical events that have been depicted in poetry almost exclusively by European writers. As the 25th anniversary of the fall of communism approaches, Jehanne Dubrow brings an American sensibility to these memories of time spent behind the Iron Curtain.

The book will be available for purchase and author's signing.

Piotr Chmielinski – scientist, traveler, and one of the world's greatest river explorers will talk about his adventures at KF in DC. In 1979, together with other members of his university's kayaking club, Piotr began an expedition to run the rivers of South America. Over two years they explored 23 rivers, 13 of which had never been run before. Most famously, they completed the first descent of Colca River that carves the world's deepest canyon –Colca Canyon in Peru. The Colca is twice as deep as the Grand Canyon with the walls rise to heights of 3200-4200 meters. This achievement earned Piotr a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.

In 1986 Piotr Chmielinski became the first (and so far the only) man in the world to conquer all 7000+ km of Amazon River in a kayak. His whole expedition was later featured in US bestseller Running the Amazon by Joe Kane. Piotr was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records for a second time.

Chmielinski graduated from AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow and is now an owner of HP Environmental – a consulting firm specializing in chemical and microbiological analysis of air and water pollution. Piotr is also a founder of Canoandes foundation dedicated to promoting geographical exploration among young people.

RSVP: 202-785-2320 or thekfdc@gmail.com

Kick the sailing season off right with Krzysztof Malinowski, of Polish sea music fame. Born in Poland's lake region of Warmia and Mazury, Krzysztof now lives in Canada.  He is a sailor, artist, master of the guitar and author of many ballads of adventure in the rhythm of the tide. He takes part in music festivals in Poland, Canada and the US, and has collected numerous awards. His work was documented so far on two CDs: "Gdzieś na Wielkim Morzu" and "Pytania". Krzysztof's unique, warm personality combined with his masterful performance on guitar and harmonica will make the show truly unforgettable.  We look forward to this exquisite musical feast and hope you will join us! 

Tickets $15 (Please pay at the door with cash or check)

RSVP 202-785-2320 or thekfdc@gmail.com

There are two more performances scheduled during Krzysztof's US Concert Tour:
March 17, 2012, 7:30 pm - Druch Studio Gallery, 920 Brunswick Ave., Trenton, NJ. More information at 609-532-3676
March 18, 2012, 5:00 pm - Notre Dame of Maryland University, 4701 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD. More information at 443-695-4799

Washington International Piano Arts Council
and
The Kosciuszko Foundation

Welcome you to the

Spring Piano Concert Series Part II

Presenting

TZVETAN KONSTANTINOV 
Pianist

Featuring works by J. S. Bach, F. Schubert, F. Chopin, S. Rachmaninov

Saturday * May 21, 2011 * 1:30PM

Informal Tea follows

The Kosciuszko Foundation

2025 O Street, NW Washington, DC

ADMISSION IS FREE

Donations welcome and membership to
The Kosciuszko Foundation and WIPAC encouraged
RSVP: wipac@verizon.net or thekfdc@gmail.com 202-785-2320

EXPLORING POLISH CULTURE

The Kosciuszko Foundation in Washington, DC  and the Ambassador Theater invite children to  summer camp of cultural exploration through theater and art.

Students will take a trip with The Locomotive by Julian Tuwim, through the famous stories and fables of Jan Brzechwa, and others.
Acting, games, music and art, will help children stimulate their imagination and improve their  speaking and movement skills. During a 10 day program, art and acting teachers will work with students on the final show presented on the last day of the camp.

JULY 25 - AUGUST 5, 2011

The Kosciuszko Foundation

2025 O Street, NW | Washington, DC 20036

Camp runs Monday-Friday 9AM – 3PM (Early Drop Off and Extended Day Available 8-9AM and 3-5PM)

Three Age Groups: 4-6, 7-9 and 10 and up

For more information and to register please click here or email summercamp@aticc.org

The Kosciuszko Foundation in Washington, DC warmly recommends:

THE BIRD

A new one-man play by John Feffer presented as part of the 2011 Capital Fringe Festival

Goethe Institut Mainstage
815 7th St. NW
Washington, DC 20001

For tickets, schedule, and more information visit www.capitalfringe.org

The Bird - in search of adventure in Poland 1989, a young man discovers a female assassin, a Jewish skinhead, a mysterious bird, and the end of innocence. John Feffer plays seven characters in this performance drawn from his own experience living in Poland during its year of political upheaval.
The Bird combines three intersecting stories. It's about a love affair gone horribly wrong, a character's search for his roots in the "old country," and a country's dramatic reinvention of itself. Through music, projections, and story-telling, The Bird looks at that pivotal point in a young person's life when everything seems possible and yet still somehow beyond reach.

The Kosciuszko Foundation and the Washington International Piano Arts Council will host Semi-Final Round of the 9th Washington International Piano Artist Competition.

The competition is open to all amateur pianists 31 years and older. Artist from around the world  will have a chance to compete for honors, distinctions, and cash awards in the summer of 2011 in the Capital City of Washington, DC.

First Prizewinner gets $1,000 cash prize and a solo "debut recital" at The Kosciuszko Foundation. This year's competition offers special awards ($250 each) for the Best Performance of classical music, programming etc. at the discretion of the jurors.

For more information about the competition and how to apply visit www.wipac.org

The Kosciuszko Foundation

Warmly Invites you to

The Splendor and Variety of Moods in Music
A Music Performance and Commentary

By

JERZY SAPIEYEVSKI
Composer/Pianist, Professor of Music at American University in Washington D.C.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2011 AT 5 PM

2025 O Street NW | Washington, D.C. 20036

Admission $15
(Please pay at the door with cash or check)

RSVP thekfdc@gmail.com or 202-785-2320

To find out more about the artist and his work visit www.musichappens.com

Click on "More Information" below to read more about the program.

Washington International Piano Arts Council

and the Kosciuszko Foundation

Proudly present

FRANCIS CONLON
Pianist 
Juror of Festival of Music, Music Professor at George Washington University

Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 1:30 pm

Informal tea reception follows

WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL PIANO ARTS COUNCIL

AND THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION

Present

ALI MUSHTAQ
First Prize Winner of 2011 Festival of Music and the 9th Washington International Piano Arts Competition

Admission is free

Informal tea reception follows

The Kosciuszko Foundation
2025 O Street NW
Washington, DC 20036

Polish Library

&

The Kosciuszko Foundation

Warmly invite children in our community
 
to
 
BIBLIOTEKA DZIECIOM
Morning of music, storytelling, singing and more. This time we invite all children for a theater workshop with the actress Hanna Bondarewska

Biblioteka Dzieciom is a initiative of the Polish Library volunteers. One Saturday of the month, we invite all the children to the Kosciuszko Foundation for a storytime and a puppet theater. It is a great opportunity for children to learn polish through games, songs, poems and storytelling!

 
***Program is designed for children age 6 and under***
 
Saturday, May 14th, 2011
10:30 AM - 12 PM
 
 
The Kosciuszko Foundation
2025 O Street NW | Washington, DC

The Kosciuszko Foundation and Ambassador Theater invite you to an evening of poetry and music in celebration of 100th Birth Anniversary of Noble Prize Laureate.

 
Washington International Piano Arts Council
And
 The Kosciuszko Foundation in Washington, DC
warmly invite you to

THE WIPAC OPENING PIANO CONCERT SERIES PART I

proudly presenting

VISCOUNT THURSTON
First Prize Winner of WIPAC 2010 Festival of Music and the 8^th Washington International Piano Competition


www.wipac.org

Saturday, March 5th, 2011
1:30 PM

The Kosciuszko Foundation
2025 O Street NW Washington, D.C. 20036

Champagne reception before concert and informal tea reception after the concert

ADMISSION IS FREE
Donations welcome and membership to
 the Kosciuszko Foundation and WIPAC encouraged

RSVP necessary, please email wipac@verizon.net or thekfdc@gmail.com

IN COOPERATION WITH AMBASSADOR THEATER

An evening celebrating life and work of a Polish avant-garde artist Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (aka WITKACY).With a special guest Professor Mark Rudnicki. Presentation of Witkacy's best known works and staged reading.

Free admission. Please register here

THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION
AND AMBASSADOR THEATER

Cordially Invite You to Join Us in Celebrating           International Women' s Day
 

TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2011 at 7 pm

An Evening of Poetry and Music with a glass of wine
 
Readings from famous Polish Poets
Wislawa Szymborska, Maria Pawlikowska Jasnorzewska and others.
 
With a Special Guest

Holly Karapetkova

Her newly published Book of Poetry
Words We Might One Day Say
will be available for purchase and to be signed by the author
 
The Kosciuszko Foundation
2025 O Street NW | Washington, D.C. 20036
 
Admission: $25
RSVP: thekfdc@gmail.com
Tel: (202) 785-2320

In cooperation with Roanoke Valley Sister City, The Kosciuszko Foundation in Washington, D.C. cordially invites to a special celebration of music. We are pleased to host a group of talented, young musicians from the Frederick Chopin School of Music in Opole, Poland, performing famous Chopin's polonaises, waltzes and etudes.
Please join us with warm welcome for our Polish guests! 

saturday, september 18^th, 2010

The Kosciuszko Foundation will commemorate 66^th Anniversary of Warsaw Uprising this year with a special screening of "Legacy of the White Eagle". A film  and a book of the same title chronicles an experience of a young freedom fighter during the WWII.  It is based on memoirs of Dr. Julian Kulski, a war hero who will be present that evening sharing his inspiring story.

The Kosciuszko Foundation in Washington, DC celebrates Constitution Day this year with special Concert of Chopin's Music. Please join us for this extraordinary evening of music.

May 3, 2010 at  7 pm

Georgetown University, Gaston Hall

Regina Romanowska - Graduate of Moscow State Conservatory, inspired Romantic and distinguished F. Chopin's music interpreter will play famous Chopin's mazurkas, waltzes and etudes

Kosciuszko Foundation is pleased to introduce a new initiative.  Each first Thursday of the month we will host a lecture with life demonstration dedicated to history and theory of music.

Learn more about classical music, its styles, genres, composers, their times and historical periods in music.

FREDERIC CHOPIN: HIS TIME AND CONTEMPORARIES

Mystery of Chopin's music interpretations

Thursday, November 4^th, 2010

7:00 pm

Presented by

Regina Romanowski – concert pianist, instructor, educator, chamber artist and distinguish interpreter of Chopin's music

Suggested donation $10

In cooperation with Ambassador Theater, The Kosciuszko Foundation Office in DC cordially invites You to join the celebration of 125th Anniversary of Witkacy's Birth.

Special Staged Reading of

Polish Heritage Day at

the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center

Kosciuszko Foundation is proud to be a part of the Polish Heritage Day hosted by The Pope John Paul II Cultural Center this fall.  Save the date and join us for a festival of Polish arts, dancers, music, storytelling, films, foods and more.

Pope JOHN PAUL II CULTURAL CENTER

3900 Harewood Road Northeast
Washington, DC 20017-1505

Polish Library & The Kosciuszko Foundation

Invite children in our community to

PUPPET THEATER

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, 2010

11 AM - 12 PM

2025 O Street NW, Washington, D.C.

(Program is designed for children age 6 and under)

Join us for  morning of music, storytelling, singing and a lot of fun.

Biblioteka Dzieciom is an initiative of the Polish Library in Washington D.C.  We invite all children for a story time and a puppet theater. It is a great opportunity for parents to introduce their children to reading in Polish.  It is also a chance to meet friends and have fun.

European Academy of Music and Art, Inc. and the Kosciuszko Foundation cordially invite to

Piano Concert

TRIBUTE TO IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI
Celebrating 150th Anniversary of His Birth

Presented by child prodigy siblings

OLIVIA LY AND JEFFREY LY
Students of Dr. Bella Eugenia Oster

***

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11^th, 2010

7:00 PM

Suggested donation $10

RSVP at 202-785-2320 or EMAIL

The Kosciuszko Foundation
2025 O Street N.W.
Washington, D.C., 20036

HALLOWEEN PUPPET THEATER

On Saturday October 30th The Kosciuszko Foundation welcomed children from our community for puppet theater and story telling brought by volunteers from the Polish Library in Washington, DC. Biblioteka Dzieciom is an initiative of the Polish Library  and a great opportunity for parents to introduce their children to reading in Polish.  It's also a chance to meet friends and have fun.

EVENT PHOTOS

The Kosciuszko Foundation is proud to host in collaboration with the Polish Embassy at its Washington, DC office:

Join us for a magical evening of Christmas storytelling and caroling followed by a reception with traditional Polish Wigilia food. Let's listen and sing along the most beautiful Christmas carols from all around the world and enjoy some pierogi, borsch with dumplings and more.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010

 4:30 PM

The Kosciuszko Foundation

2025 O Street NW

Washington, DC 20036

TICKETS:  $25 ($20 Kosciuszko Foundation members and students)

RSVP by December 13th, 2010.

via email to thekfdc@gmail.com or call 202-785-2320

Please pay at the door with cash or check.

TRAVEL TIPS: MAP

Street parking is limited, but there are parking garages available  on 20th and 21st streets between M & N Streets.  KF's building is just a short walk from the Dupont Circle Metro Station on the Red Line. For more travel information about Metro, visit www.wmata.com

Date to follow

The Kosciuszko Foundation in Washington DC invites you to an

Art Show Opening by Polish-American painter

Helen Covensky, Polish/American (1925 - 2007),

mother of a critically acclaimed documentary film maker

Aviva Kempner

Ms. Kempner will talk about her mom's work as well as about her owb creative endeavors in film and television.

Professor Emmanuel Thorne will discuss his father Leon Thorne's book,

"It Will Yet Be Heard",

a war survivor's memoir. Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer once described Dr. Leon Thorne's memoir as a work of "bitter truth" that he compared favorably to the works of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Proust. Out of print for over forty years, this lost classic of Holocaust literature now reappears in a revised, annotated edition, including both Thorne's original 1961 memoir Out of the Ashes: The Story of a Survivor and his previously unpublished accounts of his arduous postwar experiences in Germany and Poland.

MAGDALENA ADAMEK'S

INVITATION TO DANCE

POLONAISES, MAZURKAS, AND WALTZES

BY GREAT  ROMANTIC  POLISH COMPOSERS

Tickets - SOLD OUT

THIS IS A FREE EVENT, HOWEVER WE ASK FOR A $10 DONATION TO PARTIALLY COVER THE COSTS OF REFRESHMENTS.

Traditionally Polish snacks will be served. The guests will also have an opportunity to taste a very special drink -

THE KOSCIUSZKO BRIDGE COCKTAIL 

Join us for two lectures by Polish and American historians on aspects of Poland and America's World War I history, accompanied by a concert of music by the virtuoso and statesman Ignacy Jan Paderewski. 

Before and during World War I, Poland's condition was treated as an internal matter for Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary. Thanks to numerous and strong military, social, cultural as well as diplomatic efforts, Polish independence was suddenly reconsidered by the Great Powers. The United States played an increasingly large role in this process, particularly after entering the War in April 1917. The phenomenon of a European nation torn apart into three partitions for over a century was so unique and unprecedented that peace-loving US President Woodrow Wilson included Polish case into his famous Fourteen Points--his vision for a European settlement after the War. Meanwhile, the pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski became one of the most recognized Poles in the US and embarked on a new career in diplomacy. The cooperation of these two men, strengthened by the help of many other supporters of American-Polish rapprochement on both continents, succeeded in securing an independent Poland and laid the groundwork for the countries' modern relationship, as well as pro-American sentiments among throughout the following century.

Meanwhile, the residents of Buffalo, New York were mobilized for action in Europe and on the home front during World War I. For Polish-Americans, the focus was not only on the US war effort, but also on providing support for Poles in the combatant countries in Europe. They also advocated for Polish independence. Dr. Francis E. Fronczak (1874-1955) played a leading role in relief efforts in Buffalo for Polish war victims. As an officer in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, he provided medical care for the Polish Army in France. A long-time friend of Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Dr. Fronczak was also appointed a member of the Polish National Committee in Paris in 1918. 

These presentations will be followed by a piano concert by pianist and harpsichordist Magdalena Baczewska, featuring original compositions by Ignacy Jan Paderewski. 

Pre-Valentine Weekend...see it with someone you love

Leonard Cohen, Kurt Weil, Jerzy Peterbuski

Laura Petravage, mezzo soprano

Wanda O'Brien-Trefil, piano

We invite all Ladies for a potluck party

on Saturday, March 10th

at 6 pm.

We will have an open mic - ready for those of you who would like to share your story with us. 

Please bring a dish to share, something to drink and come to celebrate WOMEN with our Polish-American community! 

Sit back, relax and enjoy!

PLEASE JOIN US FOR A FUN EVENING OF CAMARADERIE WHILE SHARING TOASTS AND INDULGING IN DELICIOUS POLISH FOOD

We invite you to a Debussy / Beethoven / Chopin  concert by Polish cellist Dariusz Skoraczewski and pianist Michael Sheppard

Sunday, April 22nd

@ 4 pm

KF Members: $20

Non-members: $25

The Polish Library in Washington DC and the Kosciuszko Foundation

invite you to:

PLAYING IN POLISH

BIBLIOTEKA DZIECIOM

It's Picnic Time!

Saturday, June 9; 10.30 -11.30 am

Parent's supervision required

The Kosciuszko Foundation

2025 O Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036

COME ENJOY A GREAT CONCERT WITH US! 

SUNDAY, JUNE 24TH @6 PM

SNACKS AND WINE WILL BE SERVED! 

Mateusz Smoczynski Quintet - Berek / Metamorphoses

Mateusz Smoczynski - violin, baritone violin
Rafal Sarnecki - guitar
Kuba Cichocki - piano
Matthias Pichler - bass
Sebastian Kuchczynski - drums

TICKETS: (pay at the door)

$30 General Audience

$25 KF Members

(Optional) RSVP: kfdc@thekf.org

Become a Member that day and receive a $5 discount. Membership forms will be available.

Join our Kosciuszko Foundation Family!  

Celebrating 100 Years of Poland's Independence

1918 - 2018

12 P.M. - 5 P.M. 

JOIN US FOR A DAY FILLED WITH MUSIC, HISTORY, TRADITIONAL POLISH FOOD, ART AND LOTS OF FUN!

You are cordially invited to

WIPAC FALL PIANO CONCERT

PART I

FRANK CONLON, PIANIST

Chopin, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy

Saturday, September 8th

1.30 -2.30 pm

Informal Tea Reception follows

Free Admition

Michal Woroch and Maciej Kaminski's  Wheelchair Journey

Three hundred and twelve days, two continents and fifteen countries, over 45 thousand kilometers and hundreds of hours behind the steering wheel – from one end of the world to the other!

Two friends, Michał Woroch and Maciej Kamiński in their wheelchairs, traversed both Americas, from Tierra del Fuego to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska, proving to themselves and to the world that disability does not close any path to dreams.

Their unusual trip named WheelchairTrip became a series of challenges, adventures, meetings, and joys, as well as limitations, fatigue, astonishment, and sometimes stress.

But there is absolutely no doubt that it was worth making this remarkable journey.

WheelchairTrip is a story full of inspiration, of overcoming barriers, about setting ever-greater goals and reconciliation with the fact that sometimes not everything is possible.

The great journey of Michał and Maciej is just coming to an end, and Washington, DC is one of its final stops. This creates an excellent opportunity to meet them and listen to their stories about the extraordinary experiences and reflections, illustrated with absorbing photographs from the route through South, Central and North America.

WheelchairTrip webpage:  http://www.wheelchairtrip.com/index_pl.html

JOIN US!

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED

Two  young Polish Jazz Stars in Concert:

Piotr Orzechowski & Kuba Wiecek

Sunday, October, 7th

@ 5 PM

Tickets:

General Audience $25

KF Members $20

Join our Kosciuszko Foundation Family that day and receive an additional $5 discount (New Members price $15)  

DR. RAYMOND JACKSON, Pianist

Washington International Piano Arts Council

PRESENTS

A PROGRAM OF WORKS BY

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN

(1810-1849)

Informal Tea Reception follows

The Kosciuszko Foundation 

2018 ANNUAL GALA DINNER &DANCE

CELEBRATING

100 YEARS OF POLAND REGAINING INDEPENDENCE

&

HONORING   LORETTA   SWIT

A JOURNEY BACK IN TIME TO THE 1920's

Please join us in celebration of 100 Years of Poland's Independence

(1918-2018)

at our Gala at the Mayflower Hotel.

We will invite you to travel back in time with us to the magical 1920's – so dressing for the era is welcomed and applauded! 

Some 1920's accessories will be available.

PLEASE SUPPORT  THE MISSION OF THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION  TO FOSTER GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN POLAND AND THE US!

COME TO GALA!

PLACE AN AD TO OUR GALA JOURNAL! 

SPONSOR A TABLE! 

MAKE A DONATION!

All profits will fund the cultural programming at the 

KF Washington DC Center!

Let's keep this Center going! 

Please join us to Carol together and to share a

Polish Traditional Holiday Meal! 

Sunday, December 16th

5 pm - 7 pm

The Polish Library in Washington, D.C.  &  The Kosciuszko Foundation

 Invite you to  BIBLIOTEKA DZIECIOM  Playing in Polish

Theme: Cats

We will talk, read and sing about cats.

Children are encouraged to dress like cats and cat-masks will be provided

Program  is designed for kids ages 5 years and under, and  it is in Polish

Biblioteka Dzieciom – Playing in Polish is a new initiative of the Polish Library and the Kosciuszko Foundation. We invite all the children for story time in Polish.  It is a great opportunity for parents to encourage their children to speak Polish. It's also a chance to meet friends and to have fun.

4 Pm - 5.30 PM

Door opens at 3.30 

Parent's supervision required

Snacks will be served

Please get involved!  Support this exciting project!

Join us on Saturday, February 9th - we will present the project and treat you to a short concert by the local participants. 

Chopin Piano Academy 2019 will take place March 1-3 and it is a three day intensive Master Classes with the acclaimed Chopin experts: Piotr Paleczny, Krzysztof Jablonski and Jeffrey Swann.

The selected six candidates will have a chance to practice and learn from the Masters. The classes will be open to public. 

More information: https://www.chopincompetitiondc.org/chopin-piano-academy/

The Lady Blanka Rosenstiel Endowed Lecture, featuring

a talk by Professor Wojciech Maksymowicz (Poland)

"Return to consciousness. Polish contribution to research on Minimally Conscious State Patients treatment. 

The Alarm Clock Clinic and Polish actress Ewa Blaszczyk"

We invite you for a romantic evening of music, letters and poetry from the love life of Fryderyk Szopen.

Performed by pianists: Martin Labazevitch and Jason Solunias

The Kosciuszko Foundation in Washington DC presents:

CHOPIN PIANO ACADEMY - Masterclasses

with three amazing and established pianists:

Piotr Paleczny

Krzysztof Jablonski

Jeffrey Swann

March 1 - 3 

The American-Friends of the University of Warsaw (AFUW)

cordially invites you to a special event 

"The Past and the Future" 

A meeting with UW alumna, writer, literature critic, and

lecturer Joanna Rostropowicz Clark 

together with her son, newly-elected US Congressional

Representative Tom Malinowski 

Dzien Kobiet! 

A Potluck at the Kosciuszko Foundation -- Ladies Only! 

Join us to Celebrate Us! 

It's became a tradition that we meet for an evening of sharing friendships and having fun, with great food and drinks.

Please come! 

JOIN US FOR A CLASSICAL NEW YEAR'S TREAT! 

The Kosciuszko Foundation in Washington DC invites you

to a

Violin Recital

by 

a Polish-born virtuoso

KINGA AUGUSTYN

Program:

TICKETS: 

General Audience $30

Kosciuszko Foundation Members $25

RSVP: kfdc@thekf.org

Reserve your tickets soon! Space is limited!

Light refreshments will be served!

This is a Polish Language Event

Join us for a meeting with two Polish authors who recently published the book

HYBRYDOWI POLACY

Andrzej Olas & Andrzej Targowski 

In Polish: 

Nowatorska koncepcja książki, dwóch autorów, zawiera niebanalne opowiadania Andrzeja Olasa z komentarze Andrzeja Targowskiego. Hybrydowy Polak to taki nasz rodak, który potrafi żyć, działać, odnosić sukcesy i porażki, a także być szczęśliwym w dwóch różnych środowiskach – czy to politycznych, czy obywatelskich – zarówno na obczyźnie, jak i w kraju, nie tracąc przy tym patriotycznej, ekonomicznej i innych więzi z ojczyzną. Tym samym jest on giętkim i sprytnym, a może i mądrym mieszkańcem różnych środowisk; ułatwia mu to przetrwanie, staranie się o lepszy byt. Uzyskuje w ten sposób zadowolenie z życia, którego z różnych względów, najczęściej politycznych i ekonomicznych, nie zapewnia mu życie w jednym środowisku. To obywatel świata, najczęściej z podwójnym obywatelstwem.

Please join us for an evening of songs by a Polish born singer Agata Kulis.

COME A LITTLE CLOSER 

Sunday, April 14th 

@ 5 PM

This is a free event 

but any donations appreciated! 

Please join us for the 5th Annual Polish Day at the Kosciuszko Foundation 

to celebrate the Polish Spirit with our community! 

• CONCERT BY AFRO-POLKA BAND
• HISTORICAL TRIVIA
• HISTORICAL EXHIBITS
• AUTHENTIC POLISH LUNCH

GET TOGETHER WITH

JERRY & THE PELICAN SYSTEM

We invite you to a concert by

Jerzy Maczynski - saxophon

and

Kuba Cichocki - piano

Saturday, September 7th @ 5 PM

It's a free concert. Donations welcome!

The Kosciuszko Foundation in Washington DC invites all KF

Members in the area for a Membership Mixer! 

This is an informal cocktail party on

Sunday, September 15 at 5 PM

Please join us in celebrating the Kosciuszko Foundation's mission of promoting Polish culture in the US.

Membership is a key! 

We want our Kosciuszo Foundation Family to grow and expand so please spread the word and bring a friend! 

On January 29th, 1919, the United States as the first country in the world officially recognized independent Poland. The diplomatic relations were established by US President Woodrow Wilson and Polish Prime Minister Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

To celebrate 100 Years of Polish-American Diplomatic Relations the Kosciuszko Foundation in Washington, D.C. will honor:

Polish Ambassador to the United States: PIOTR WILCZEK

American Ambassador to Poland: GEORGETTE MOSBACHER

As well as eight former American Ambassadors to Poland:

PAUL W. JONES (served 2015-2018)

STEPHEN MULL (served 2012-2015)

LEE A. FEINSTEIN (served 2009-2012)

VICTOR H. ASHE (served 2004-2009)

CHRISTOPHER R. HILL (served 2000-2004)

DAN FRIED (served 1997 - 2000)

THOMAS W. SIMON (served 1990 -1993)

JOHN DAVIS (served 1988 -1990)

WHEN: Saturday, November 2, 2019, 7:00 p.m. - Midnight

WHERE: The State Room, The Mayflower Hotel

                  1127 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington D.C. 20036

If you would like to make a room reservation, please call 877-212-5752 and request a group rate for the Kosciuszko Foundation. Rooms are limited. Cut-off date is October 18. 

To make a reservation online click HERE

TICKETS: $200

RAFFLE TICKETS: 1 for $50, 3 for $125, 5 for $200

CONTACT: (202) 785-2320; kfdc@thekf.org

LINK TO PHOTO GALLERY FROM THE 2019 KF GALA DINNER IN WASHINGTON DC

https://photos.app.goo.gl/BVnQNt5eSpQm3W556

Join us for an annual

Christmas Celebration:

Caroling together and sharing a traditional Polish holiday meal

MERRY CHRISTMAS!  WESOŁYCH ŚWIĄT!

Commemoration of

The Kosciuszko Foundation invites you to a conversation with

a Holocaust survivor Samuel Ponczak

and a First Counselor of the Political Section at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland,

Dr. Filip Jasinski 

The Polish Library in Washington DC and The Kosciuszko Foundation

invite you to:

Słoń a sprawa polska –

How Do Central Banks Manage Their Reserves?

From the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund

presentation by

Katarzyna Zajdel-Kurowska & Joanna Grochalska

From the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund

Please join us for a classical piano concert by:

James Bennett and Mikolaj Wozniak

Repertoire:

JAMES BENNET: (c.a. 25 min)

MIKOLAJ WOZNIAK: (c.a. 25 minutes):

Johann S. Bach             Prelude and Fuge in a minor DWKII  BWV 889

Wolfgang A. Mozart     Sonata in F Major KV 280 mov. 1 Allegro Assai , 2.Largo ,  3. Presto

Fryderyk Chopin           Ballade in F Major op.38

Franz List                        Gnomenreigen

SONGS OF LOVE, by Serge Rachmaninoff

Please join us for a performance by

Olga Orlovskaya (soprano) and Martin Labazevitch  (piano)

Repertoire

" Oh ,never sing to me again", " I wait for thee" , "A Dream","How
fair this spot", "The Soldier`s Wife", 'The Lilacs", "How Fair this
sport", "Before my window" ,"Night is mournful", "Loneliness","The
Answer","Day to Night comparing the Wind her way", "The Morn of Life",
"Daisies", "The pied Piper", "Dreams","To her","In my Garden at
Night", Spring Waters"

Admission:

Kosciuszko Foundation Members $30

General Audience $35

Due to rising concerns regarding the coronavirus infection risk, the Kosciuszko Foundation DC Chapter decided that the art show opening of Polish-Jewish artist Helen Ciesla and her granddaughter Piera Kempner will be postponed. 

 Our main concern is ensuring the safety and health of participants attending the event. We expect to host the event in the near future. We will notify you by email regarding the new date of the exhibition's opening. 

 We are truly sorry to take this action but also feel that it is a responsible and reasonable decision. 

 Thank you for understanding. 

INTERNATIONAL WOMENS' DAY

CELEBRATING GREAT WOMEN

ART SHOW OPENING

OF POLISH - JEWISH ARTIST

HELENA COVENSKY CIESLA

&

HER GRANDDAUGHTER

PIERA KEMPNER

Special Guest: an artist's daughter, a well established documentary film maker Aviva Kempner. Ms. Kempner will deliver a remembrance of her mother.

Dear Friends, 

due to the rapid spread of the Coronavisrus all scheduled events at the Kosciuszko Foundation in Washington DC are postponed. 

We will inform you about the new dates.

Stay safe and well! 

The Kosciuszo Foundation and Washington International Piano Council 

invites you for a piano recital

by  Natalia Kazaryan

Our Annual Ladies Only Social Gathering - Potluck

Sunday, March 15th @ 5PM

Please Come! Bring a dish or a drink to share and let's celebrate Us -Women! 

Details will be posted soon

Details coming soon

TICKETS:

KF MEMBERS $20

GENERAL AUDIENCE $25

ALEKSANDER DĘBICZ is one of the most versatile Polish pianists and composers.

 The starting point for his artistic activity is his improvisation and original music which is often combined with the repertoire of classic masters.

In 2015, his debut album, "Cinematic Piano" (Warner Classics) featured a series of 12 own compositions inspired by the art of film. Since then, he composed music for films, radio plays and theater, cooperating with Polish Theater in Warsaw or The Juliusz Słowacki Theater in Krakow, among others. Dębicz won an award for the best original music for the radio play („Anna Karenina" directed by Katarzyna Michałkiewicz) at the Dwa Teatry Festival 2019.

In 2018, he released his third album "Invention" (Warner Classics). In the album, Dębicz presented his interpretation of a set of J.S. Bach Inventions and Sinfonias and original compositions inspired by Bach and hip hop music. The album was nominated for Fryderyk 2019 award and gathered a number of highly enthusiastic reviews. In April 2019, a new track by Aleksander Dębicz was released, "The Union", composed on the occasion of the 15th Anniversary of Poland's accession to the European Union.

Aleksander Dębicz is not afraid of experiments, he works with DJs and graphic artists creating computer animations. This trend is not accidental – it expresses a changing approach to art and its role in the younger generation of creators and listeners.

Dębicz performs in a duet with cellist Marcin Zdunik with whom he has already developed several original programs based on classical music and improvisation. One of them was immortalized on a two-piece album, "Bach Stories", recorded for the Warner Classics label, which gathered exquisite reviews. The album was nominated for the Fryderyk 2018 award. The artist also regularly performs with saxophonist and composer Szymon Nidzworski.

Aleksander Dębicz, a graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in Prof. Elżbieta Tarnawska piano class, perfected his skills in International Master Classes working under the direction of world-renowned pianists and educators including: Robert Levin, Andras Schiff, Andrea Bonatta, Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń and Aleksei Orłowiecki. He has toured both in Poland and abroad (including Germany, France, Romania, Italy, Austria, Turkey).

During his career he won numerous awards, including: 1st place and a special prize for the best performance of Bach's works at the 15th international J.S. Bach piano competition in Gorzów Wielkopolski and Frankfurt (Oder) (2000), a special prize for the best performance of sonatas by Haydn at the 10th international piano competition in Bremen in Germany (2005), a special prize at the international music contest in Bucharest Romania (2006), he was a finalist at the International Piano Competition in Kitzingen, Germany (2003) and semifinalist at the 8th I.J. Paderewski International Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz (2010). In 2013, eclipsing the competition, he won the Transatlantyk Instant Composition Contest, the only one in the world contest in simultaneous film improvisation.

Chopin, Moniuszko, Ives, Barbar, Bernstein

More information coming soon

Details coming soon

In 2010, a beautiful townhouse in the heart of Washington DC which for almost 20 years served as an American Center for Polish Culture has been gifted to the Kosciuszko Foundation. Our almost 100 years old organization found its representation in the US capital.

Continue reading...

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT

An evening with John Pomfret, the author of

"FROM WARSAW WITH LOVE. Polish spies, the CIA, and the Forging of an Unlikely Alliance"

Books will be available for sale

FREE AND OPEN TO PUBLIC. REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF VACCINATION ARE REQUIRED

Free and open to the public. Seats are limited. Registration and proof of vaccination are required.

The discussion will follow.

The Kosciuszko Foundation in Washington DC invites you for a second part of a concert:

REMEMBERING WOJCIECH MŁYNARSKI

Singer: Waldemar Izdebski 

Pianist: Martin Labazevitch

The Kosciuszko Foundation Invites you to 

A VIRTUAL GALA CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF ACTING CAREER OF ZBIGNIEW ZAMACHOWSKI

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5TH @ 4 PM

Master of Ceremony: Omar Sangare

RSVP HERE: https://form.jotform.com/forms5000/kf-virtual-fund-gala-

The Kosciuszko Foundation invites you to an evening with

Prof. Z. Anthony Kruszewski and Prof. Beata Halicka, of the University of Adam Mickiewicz, the author of:

Borderland Biography

Z. Anthony Kruszewski in Wartime Europe and Postwar America 

RSVP: KFDC@THEKF.ORG

With great regrets, we have decided to cancel this year's Caroling event, scheduled for Saturday, December 18th at 6 pm.

Due to a growing number of Covid 19 infections, we felt it is a reasonable and wise decision not to expose people to unnecessary danger. Singing and eating together in a small space definitely increases the risk. 

I hope this decision will be met with understating and approval. 

WISHING ALL A HEALTHY AND JOYOUS HOLIDY SEASON! 

Please tune in to watch our program:

Highlights of the Kosciuszko Foundation 67th Chopin Piano Competition

a hybrid competition that took place online and in person in Washington, D.C. 

Details will be posted soon

Please tune in to watch the Highlight of the 67th Edition of the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition 

that took place in Washington DC between February 5th nd 27th in Washington DC

WATCH IT HERE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdXpQwN0TtI&t=1s

Please tune in on Friday, April 15th to watch a presentation by Jeffrey Prince, titled:

A King Who Created a Republic. Sigismund II Augustus and the Union of Lublin. 

With image selection by Zbigniew Kantorosinski

The program is co-sponsored by

the Embassy of the Republic of Poland

Please join us on Friday, May 8th at 2.30 pm for a

In House Chopin Concert:

Chopin For My Mother -

Mother's Day Celebration with music of Frederic Chopin

by Students from 

Labazevitch Studio

Free Event. Donations welcome!

Due to some personal issues we need to postpone the Babooshki Jazz Concert. The new date will be announced soon.

Please tune in for another segment of

Kosciuszko Foundation Quarantine Jazz

Babushka: Karolina Beimcik & Dana Vynnytska

with the guitarist Rafał Sarnecki

https://www.youtube.com/user/KosciuszkoTV

Babooshki is a music project created by a Polish vocalist and violin player Karolina Beimcik and Ukrainian singer/pianist Dana Vynnytska. Together they share a passion to find common ground between the neighboring countries of Poland and Ukraine on a cultural and musical level.

Their common history and traditions are stored in original and charming melodies. On the album "Będziemy się krężyli" we hear the traditional harvesting and Christening songs from various regions of Poland and Ukraine, such as Biłgoraj, Załuki village near the Belarusian border, and Polissya region that has preserved the most ancient relics of pre-Slavic and pre-Ukrainian culture. 

The musicians have made a return to the richness of old traditions and the heritage of their homes, giving the tradition an original musical style that combines elements of jazz as well as influences of world and classical music.

Please tune in on Friday, September 9th

for a

Piano Recital by

Pianist Magdalena Adamek

All Polish Composers: Szpilman, Nowowiejski, Paderewski, Zarebski, Chopin

Kosciuszko TV YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/KosciuszkoTV

or

Pay at the door:

2025 O Street., N.W.

Washington, DC 20036

Kuba Cichocki/Brandon Seabrook - "Brisk Distortions"

Jazz Concert

Two outstanding musicians from the New York jazz/avant-garde scene make up a duet that performs virtuosic improvisations and compositions by Kuba Cichocki. Their album, "Brisk Distortions", was chosen as one of the top recordings of 2021 by renowned "Cadence Magazine". The duo's experimental approach involves intense, dynamic interaction, dissonant textures, but remains open to more melodic, song-like compositions.

Kuba Cichocki - piano
Brandon Seabrook - guitar

Tickets: $20 KF Members

$25 General Audience

Andrzej Winnicki / Krystof MedynA Quartet

Second installment of the new series Kosciuszko Jazz at the Blues Alley Club in Washington DC - 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20007

One Show Only:

at 7 pm 

Read more and purchase tickets here

Please tune in for a program devoted to all Polish Nobel Prize Winners - those who are Poles (ethnicity) or Polish (citizenship).

The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed on "those who conferred the greatest benefit on humankind", first instituted in 1901. Since 1903, there have been eighteen Poles who were awarded nineteen Nobel Prizes. Poles have been the recipients in all award categories: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology and Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economy.

Details will follow.

CONCERT CANCELED!

Due to a sickness of the vocalist we need to cancel this concert. We are very sorry about this. 

Wishing Everyone Happy Halloween!

Disney Songs for All Ages! 

with Laura Petravage

Dress up in y0ur Halloween Costumes and join us for the magical evening with the ever-green Disney songs!

Dr. Laura M. Petravage, mezzo-soprano, is a choral conductor in the South Central Pennsylvania area. Dr. Petravage is an adjunct faculty member at Millersville University and Messiah College. She taught at George Mason University, Potomac Arts Academy, and American University.

She has performed as a soloist and chorister in the Rochester, New York, and Washington metro areas. Laura traces her Polish roots to her great grandfather, originally Piotrowicz, a Polish coal miner who emigrated to Pennsylvania. Dr. Petravage was 2nd Place Winner in the 2015 Marcella Kochańska Sembrich Vocal Competition, sponsored by the American Council for Polish Culture (ACPC) for singers of Polish descent.

Dr. Petravage completed her doctorate in choral conducting at George Mason.

University. She received her Master's of Music in choral conducting from the Eastman School of Music and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in vocal performance with a Minor in French language studies from American University. Dr. Petravage is fluent in French and German. She is a certified Kodaly specialist completing a degree in Music Education at Millersville University. She currently studies voice with Dr. Damian Savarino.

Please join us at the musical and verbal presentation:

 Chopin - A Distant Hero Against the Oppressor with

"Cannons Buried in Flowers".

A musical tale of the composer's struggle for Poland's independence through the power of his works

by pianist Martin Labazevitch

Tickets: 

General Audience $25

KF Members $20

Buy tickets online (link will follow up soon)

or

pay at the door

2025 O Str., N.W. Washington, DC 20036

RSVP: kfdc@thekf.org

We invite you to attend the third installment of the Kosciuszko Jazz Series - a project promoting Polish Jazz in the US Capital

Monday, November 14th at 7:00PM and 9:00PM

Kuba Cichocki, Piano & Bogna Kicinska, Vocal 

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE