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Polish and Fall Festivals Galore

image0038th Annual PolishFest ’09 at the Blessed Virgin Mary of Częstochowa Polish National Catholic Church through Sunday, September 27th.

Portland, Oregon’s Polish Festival 2009 on Failing Street between the Polish Library built in 1911 and St. Stanislaus Church built in 1907, both located on N. Interstate Avenue in Portland Oregon through Sunday, September 27th.

Polish National Catholic Church of The Good Shepherd’s Fall festival at 269 E. Main St., Plymouth,. Pennsylvania. The second Fall Festival will be held from noon-9 p.m. on Saturday, October 3rd. There will be ethnic food, homemade pies and cookies, games, crafts, a basket auction, and music by classic DJ’s. For more information, call 570-824-1560.

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Spaghetti dinner at Holy Cross Parish in Wilkes-Barre, PA

From the Times Leader: Holy Cross Polish National Catholic Church plans spaghetti dinner

A spaghetti dinner will be served from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, September 19th in the hall at Holy Cross Polish National Catholic Church, 23 Sheridan St., Wilkes-Barre. Takeouts will be sold. Tickets will be available at the door and proceeds benefit the church. Chances for a variety of baskets that will be raffled off can be purchased in advance from any committee member or at the dinner.

Some committee members from left, seated, are: Joseph Compton, chairman; and the Very Rev. Thaddeus Dymkowski, pastor. Standing: Cathy Morgan; Debbie Zlotnicki; Jodie Januszko; Sandy Jackson; Dolores Wodarczyk; Marion Ritsick; Arline Rosenko; Joseph Ritsick; and Martha Karweta.
Some committee members from left, seated, are: Joseph Compton, chairman; and the Very Rev. Thaddeus Dymkowski, pastor. Standing: Cathy Morgan; Debbie Zlotnicki; Jodie Januszko; Sandy Jackson; Dolores Wodarczyk; Marion Ritsick; Arline Rosenko; Joseph Ritsick; and Martha Karweta.
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Arts-2-gether: Call for Master Level and Field Teaching Artists

The New York State Alliance for Arts Education announces: Working Collaboratively To Ignite a Love for the Arts, A New York State Visual Arts Mentoring Program for Students with Special Needs

arts2getherFINAL_webCall for Teaching Artists: Visual Arts. Deadline November 1, 2009

The New York State Alliance for Arts Education is currently accepting applications from Master Level and New to the Field Teaching Artists to participate in the Arts-2-gether: The Big Brothers Big Sisters Program, a Visual Arts mentoring program for students with special needs.

Arts-2-gether (formally named Side by Side) is an art mentoring program uniquely designed for students with special needs, ages 7-21, who have been recommended by their school or organization as having an interest in participating in an expressive art-making experience.

Participating students will benefit from one-on-one interaction with their adult-mentors, and will also have the opportunity to socialize with other student-adult matches in a whole-group and inclusive environment.

Each Arts-2-gether program will be taught by a professional Master Level Teaching Artist, with teaching assistance from a New to the Field Teaching Artist.

Please see the following [pdf documents]:

Please send completed applications and/or inquiries to Sharon Scarlata by E-mail or call 518-486-7328 for more information.

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Attention Polonian Organizations

PolOrg is part of the Polish American Congress’ newest attempt at uniting the Polish American Community throughout the United States.

In a recent meeting among the officers and directors of the Polish American Congress, the PAC agreed to make PolOrg a part of the Polish American Congress. By partnering together, PolOrg will become a stronger, more focused, and more efficient resource for the Polish American Community and all of those involved in the growing and unparalleled resourcefulness of the World Wide Web.

PolOrg will undergo a redesign, providing key updates to the website to make it more focal in local searches as well as nationally oriented in scheduling events and collaborations.

Polonian Parishes and Organization wishing to be part of the PolOrg project now spearheaded by the Polish American Congress should contact PolOrg via their contact form and provide their contact e-mail address, permanent address, phone number, and the name of a contact person who can be reached regarding changes to your organization’s contact information and event planning. Responding organizations will be added to the current database of over 1,700 Polish and Polonian organizations throughout the United States.

Having an organization like the Polish American Congress ensure maintenance and effectiveness of the PolOrg website can be extremely beneficial to all organizations involved and create unity among the many different Polish organization in the United States.

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Call for Entries – 2009-2010 VSA arts International Young Soloists Award Program

2009-2010 VSA arts International Young Soloists Award Program

Call for Entries:

Since 1984, the VSA arts International Young Soloists Program has been seeking to identify talented musicians who have a disability. The VSA arts International Young Soloists Award is given annually to four outstanding musicians, two from the United States and two from the international arena. The award provides an opportunity for these emerging musicians to each earn a $5,000 award and a performance in Washington, D.C.

Attention Applicants:

All VSA arts United States affiliates implement their own International Young Soloists Award programs. Applicants living in New York State must send their entry materials to:

The International Young Soloists Award Program: New York State
The New York State Alliance for Arts Education/VSAarts
P.O. Box 2217
Albany, NY 12220

The application deadline is November 16, 2009.

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St. Albertus Fest in Detroit

From Creative Gene: 5th Annual St. Albertus Fest

The Polish-American Historical Site Association Inc. (PAHSA) would like to announce the fifth annual St. Albertus Fest on the campus of the Registered National Historic Site, St Albertus Church, located at 4231 St. Aubin at E. Canfield, Detroit. This year’s fundraiser is taking place on Saturday, September 19, 2009, from 12:00 p.m. —“ 12:00 a.m. The outdoor music festival is $5 and features two covered stages filled with music throughout the day with a focus on Detroit’s finest local bands and musicians. Polish food, beer, wine and beverages will be for sale as well.

This year’s festival will feature a recital by the Oakland University Classical Guitar Ensemble. The recital will take place inside the Church auditorium as the opening of the festival at 1pm. Following the recital the music will begin on the two stages which will be setup outside the Church under tented areas.

The festival includes an amazing collection of bluegrass and folk influenced musicians throughout the day including Detroit based groups The Run-ins, 9 Volt Hammer and Catfish Mafia. This year we’re also excited to have local greats the The Planet D Nonet wsg Charles “Buddy” Smith for the first time. Our good friend Gretchen Wolff will be performing again this year, along with local rock bands Man Fransisco, Dr. Doctor, The Replicas, Pigeon, Eyer Department and Best Idea Ever. Also, Chicago based group Essex Channel are traveling to Detroit in support of St. Albertus

St. Albertus was the first Polish [Roman] Catholic Church in Detroit (est. 1872) and the Heart of the area once known as —POLETOWN—. After its closure by the Archdiocese in 1990, a group of former Parishioners, Historians, and Preservationists established a 501-C3 non-profit under the name PAHSA, and reopened St. Albertus as a museum of cultural history.

PAHSA holds the St. Albertus Fest to remind the Detroit community that St. Albertus not only still exists, but is as beautiful and impressive as ever. For the past four years we’ve had musicians from a variety of backgrounds dedicate their time and talent to the festival in support of our cause. Please join us for the fifth annual St. Albertus fest, if you love Art, History, Architecture, Music, Food or even Beer then you don’t want to miss the St. Albertus Fest.

Gates open at 12:00 p.m., rain or shine, and live performances will run straight through from 1pm until 11:00 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door, 100% of the proceeds will go towards the Preservation of the St Albertus historic site. This event is all ages; beverages will be available for purchase, alcohol for those 21 and over. Traditional Polish food will be sold on the premises. Tours of the historic St. Albertus Church will be given throughout the day.

For further information and showtimes please visit their myspace page.

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I’m Keeping an Eye on You

Arizona State University Art Museum presents I’m Keeping an Eye on You from Sept. 19 – Dec. 12, 2009.

Gallery Talk with Curator John Spiak:
Friday, Sept. 18 at 11am

Season Reception:
Friday, Oct. 9 from 7-9pm

Through personal, established relationships, casual encounters, forced institutional interactions, or contact from a safe distance, we often overstep our boundaries. Whether we are conscious or not of our boundary breaking, we are all guilty at one time or another of intruding into other people’s lives and space. What may pass as uneventful for one individual may be the cause of great anxiety and fear for another. I’m Keeping an Eye on You explores the broad and lasting effects of our curiosity and intrusions upon others.

Artists featured in I’m Keeping an Eye on You include: Mounira Al Solh (Amsterdam/Beirut), Rachel Garfield (London),
Charlotte Ginsborg (London), Pia Greschner (Berlin), Myung-Soo Kim (Tempe), Yaron Lapid (London), Jeff Luckey (New York/Berlin), Johnna MacArthur (Los Angeles), Michael Mohan (Los Angeles), Corinna Schnitt (Hamburg).

I’m Keeping an Eye on You premiered as a Video Project Space in December of 2008 at Aqua Art Miami, Wynwood

For more information please contact:

Arizona State University Art Museum
Tenth Street and Mill Avenue
Tempe, AZ 85287-2911
t. 480-965-2787

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Enrollment Open for 2010 Poetry Out Loud Competition

Poetry Out Loud is a national program through National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) that encourages high school students to learn about great poetry as they memorize and perform notable poems in a series of competitions that begin in the classroom and will culminate with national championships in Washington, D.C. in April 2010.

Poetry Out Loud

For complete details on how to bring this program to your school visit Poetry Out Loud.

The deadline to register schools to participate is November 6, 2009.

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Congratulations Fr. Lavery

From the Observer-Reporter: Sacred Heart church installs pastor

Phillip M. Lavery recently was installed as pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish National Catholic Church in Canonsburg.

Bishop Thaddeus Peplowski of the Buffalo-Pittsburgh Diocese of the Polish National Catholic Church presided at the installation, and auxiliary Bishop John Mack of Holy Trinity PNCC, Washington, assisted.

Lavery was ordained a priest in 1988 after studying at the Vatican for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, and his first full-time assignment began in July 1989, when he was named parish assistant at St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church in Canonsburg.

He served in Canonsburg for several years, and one of the highlights of his service there was the establishment of an annual Italian Mass and Procession on the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Lavery also was actively involved in the Canonsburg-Houston Ministerium.

Lavery and his wife, Heather, joined the Polish National Catholic Church soon after their marriage in 1997, and they were active at Holy Family Church in McKeesport.

Lavery began doing hospice ministry in 2001 with Odyssey Healthcare, and in 2004, he was named director of Bereavement and Spiritual Care Services for Harmony Hospice and Palliative Care.

He has served many years as a replacement priest for parishes in the Southern Deanery of the Buffalo-Pittsburgh Diocese and along with his wife established Father Lavery Ministries, a worldwide Web ministry.

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Liturgy and Worship Workshop in Latham, NY

The Blessed Virgin Mary of Częstochowa Polish National Catholic Church in Latham, New York will be hosting a Liturgy and Worship Workshop given by Father Francis DesMarais, pastor of the Western Orthodox Community of St. Gregory of Rome (Orthodox Catholic Church of FranceYes, I know their situation and the question of Canonicity.) in Albany, New York.

The workshop will be held at the parish on Tuesday, September 1st at 6:30pm. All are welcome.

My pastor has known Fr. DesMarais for years and the presentation should be thought provoking and enjoyable. Fr. DesMarais prepared an English translation and adaptation in booklet form on the Divine Liturgy of Saint Germanus of Paris along with Prof. William Carragan.

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