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SUMMARY:Polish Literature in English Reading Group - February 2026
DESCRIPTION:This Way for the Gas\, Ladies and Gentlemen\, Tadeusz Borowski\, \n1959 (1976)\, 180 pp. Short Stories Link \nA canonical work from the postwar Polish literary corpus and thus thought of as required reading\, this collection of short stories provides the reader with the opportunity to think and rethink about what it is to be human\, through our humanity and inhumanity.  We will also explore individual and collective memory in our discussion. \nGoogle Meet meeting details will be emailed to individuals who register using the button below. \nThis event is free to attend\, but if you’d like to support our reading group and help cover costs\, we invite you to make a donation. \n    \n\n\nEvery contribution makes a difference!
URL:https://pacim.org/event/polish-literature-in-english-reading-group-february-26/
LOCATION:Google Meet\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:PACIM Events,Virtual Programming Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="PACIM":MAILTO:office@pacim.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260318T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260318T190000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260224T010305Z
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SUMMARY:Polish Literature in English Reading Group - March 2026
DESCRIPTION:To the Letter\, Tomasz Różycki\, 2016 (2023)\, 127pp. Poetry Link \nA collection of modern lyrical poetry\, mostly quarterns\, that provide a modern post-communist perspective on Polish life\, longing\, and suffering.  Pick your favorite to read for the group. \nGoogle Meet meeting details will be emailed to individuals who register using the button below. \nThis event is free to attend\, but if you’d like to support our reading group and help cover costs\, we invite you to make a donation. \n    \n\n\nEvery contribution makes a difference!
URL:https://pacim.org/event/polish-literature-in-english-reading-group-march-2026/
LOCATION:Google Meet\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:PACIM Events,Virtual Programming Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="PACIM":MAILTO:office@pacim.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260520T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260520T203000
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SUMMARY:Polish Literature in English Reading Group - May 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Polish Complex\, Tadeusz Konwicki\, 1977 (1984)\, 211 pp. Surrealist Novel\nThis novel was translated into English within a few years of being published and presages conditions in Poland in the 1980s (or reflects those that already existed).  A mixture of surrealism and the absurdity of the everyday\, through which we will revisit what we thought we knew about Poland and the forging of Polishness through the fire of suffering.  Where possible we will compare with the surrealism of Witkacy from the previous month. \nGoogle Meet meeting details will be emailed to individuals who register using the button below. \nThis event is free to attend\, but if you’d like to support our reading group and help cover costs\, we invite you to make a donation. \n    \n\n\nEvery contribution makes a difference!
URL:https://pacim.org/event/polish-literature-in-english-reading-group-may-2026/
LOCATION:Google Meet\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:PACIM Events,Virtual Programming Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="PACIM":MAILTO:office@pacim.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260617T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260617T203000
DTSTAMP:20261008T025209
CREATED:20260529T191509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T191509Z
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SUMMARY:Polish Literature in English Reading Group - June 2026
DESCRIPTION:With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i mieczem) by Henryk Sienkiewicz\nWe are pleased to announce that we will begin reading the Trilogy by Henryk Sienkiewicz this summer.  Based on a consensus with the group\, we will start with the first volume\, With Fire and Sword and continue to meet on Wednesdays\, with slight variation.  Here is the reading schedule based on the 1991 Kuniczak translation (chapters provided if you are using a different version): \n6/17:  1-398 (Chapters 1-26) \n7/29: 399-694 (Chapter 27-47) \n8/19 695-1137 (Chapters 48-79) \nWe will watch the film at the end of the summer. \nGoogle Meet meeting details will be emailed to individuals who register using the button below. \nThis event is free to attend\, but if you’d like to support our reading group and help cover costs\, we invite you to make a donation. \n    \n\n\nEvery contribution makes a difference!
URL:https://pacim.org/event/polish-literature-in-english-reading-group-june-2026-2/
LOCATION:Google Meet\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:PACIM Events,Virtual Programming Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="PACIM":MAILTO:office@pacim.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260729T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260729T203000
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SUMMARY:Polish Literature in English Reading Group - July 2026
DESCRIPTION:With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i mieczem) by Henryk Sienkiewicz\nWe are pleased to announce that we will begin reading the Trilogy by Henryk Sienkiewicz this summer.  Based on a consensus with the group\, we will start with the first volume\, With Fire and Sword and continue to meet on Wednesdays\, with slight variation.  Here is the reading schedule based on the 1991 Kuniczak translation (chapters provided if you are using a different version): \n6/17:  1-398 (Chapters 1-26) \n7/29: 399-694 (Chapter 27-47) \n8/19 695-1137 (Chapters 48-79) \nWe will watch the film at the end of the summer. \nGoogle Meet meeting details will be emailed to individuals who register using the button below. \nThis event is free to attend\, but if you’d like to support our reading group and help cover costs\, we invite you to make a donation. \n    \n\n\nEvery contribution makes a difference!
URL:https://pacim.org/event/polish-literature-in-english-reading-group-july-2026/
LOCATION:Google Meet\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:PACIM Events,Virtual Programming Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="PACIM":MAILTO:office@pacim.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260815T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260815T170000
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SUMMARY:Polish Picnic 2026
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendar for Saturday\, August 15\, and join us at Huset Park in Columbia Heights for Polish Picnic 2026! \nThe event is organized by PACIM\, Sister Cities International Columbia Heights\, and the Polish Saturday School\, and will feature: \n🎶 Live music and traditional dance performances by Craig Ebel & DyVersaCo Polka Band\, Joe and Jerry Band\, and Dolina Polish Folk Dancers. \n🖼️ Exhibition of paintings by Teresa Cieńska-Hollanek. \n🍽️ Delicious Polish cuisine (individual plates or combos) and nonalcoholic Polish beer or raddler available for purchase (BYOB*) \n\nBigos (Hunter Stew)\nGołąbki (Cabbage Rolls)\nPierogi\nGrilled Kiełbasa\nSzarlotka (Apple Cake)\n\n🎈 Entertainment for all ages\, including: \n\nGames\, arts\, and crafts\nSplash pad\nPlayground\n\n🤝 Participation by many local organizations and community groups \n…and much more! \nTentative schedule: \n11:00 AM Ceremony honoring American and Polish soldiers at the 1944 USAAF Warsaw Airlift Memorial \n11:30 AM Food service and festivities start \n12:00 PM  – 2:00 PM Craig Ebel & DyVersaCo Polka Band ** \n2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Performance by Dolina Folk Dancers \n3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Joe and Jerry Band ** \nThe event is free and open to everyone. \nIf you are able to help at the event\, please contact us at office@pacim.org or just sign-up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0D45A4AC22A5FB6-57246920-polish#/ Volunteers will receive a discount for meal and beverage purchases. In addition\, those helping with food service will receive a PACIM-logo t-shirt** (while supplies last) to wear during the event and keep afterward. \n*  Citi Ordinance $10.201 prohibitions on consumption of alcohol in city parks do not apply to Huset Park on Fridays\, Saturdays\, Sundays\, or legal holidays between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. \n** Entertainment is partially funded by a grant from the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Chicago. \n*** PACIM custom t-shirts are printed and delivered by OOSHIRTS.
URL:https://pacim.org/event/polish-picnic-2026/
LOCATION:Huset Park\, 530 Mill St NE\, Columbia Heights\, MN\, 55421\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,PACIM Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260819T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260819T203000
DTSTAMP:20261008T025209
CREATED:20260529T192002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T192002Z
UID:7743-1787166000-1787171400@pacim.org
SUMMARY:Polish Literature in English Reading Group - August 2026
DESCRIPTION:With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i mieczem) by Henryk Sienkiewicz\nWe are pleased to announce that we will begin reading the Trilogy by Henryk Sienkiewicz this summer.  Based on a consensus with the group\, we will start with the first volume\, With Fire and Sword and continue to meet on Wednesdays\, with slight variation.  Here is the reading schedule based on the 1991 Kuniczak translation (chapters provided if you are using a different version): \n6/17:  1-398 (Chapters 1-26) \n7/29: 399-694 (Chapter 27-47) \n8/19 695-1137 (Chapters 48-79) \nWe will watch the film at the end of the summer. \nGoogle Meet meeting details will be emailed to individuals who register using the button below. \nThis event is free to attend\, but if you’d like to support our reading group and help cover costs\, we invite you to make a donation. \n    \n\n\nEvery contribution makes a difference!
URL:https://pacim.org/event/polish-literature-in-english-reading-group-aug-2026-2/
LOCATION:Google Meet\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:PACIM Events,Virtual Programming Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="PACIM":MAILTO:office@pacim.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260916T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260916T210000
DTSTAMP:20261008T025209
CREATED:20260821T220837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T220837Z
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SUMMARY:Polish Literature in English Reading Group - September 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer\nOriginally written in Yiddish by a Polish Jewish émigré\, this story recounts the experience of a Jew in the 17th century\, the period in which With Fire and Sword is set. Four years after the Chmielnicki massacres of the seventeenth century\, Jacob\, a slave and cowherd in a Polish village high in the mountains\, falls in love with Wanda\, his master’s daughter. Even after he is ransomed\, he finds he can’t live without her\, and the two escape together to a distant Jewish community. Racked by his consciousness of sin in taking a Gentile wife and by the difficulties of concealing her identity\, Jacob nonetheless stands firm as the violence of the era threatens to destroy the ill-fated couple. \nPACIM Library has a couple of copies of the novel\, as well as other books by the author\, available in both English and Polish. \nGoogle Meet meeting details will be emailed to individuals who register using the button below. \nThis event is free to attend\, but if you’d like to support our reading group and help cover costs\, we invite you to make a donation. \n    \n\n\nEvery contribution makes a difference!
URL:https://pacim.org/event/polish-literature-in-english-reading-group-september-2026/
LOCATION:Google Meet\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:PACIM Events,Virtual Programming Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261021T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261021T203000
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CREATED:20260926T211833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260926T211833Z
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SUMMARY:Polish Literature in English Reading Group - October 2026
DESCRIPTION:Monologue of a Dog by Wisława Szymborska\nArguably the best volume of poetry by this Nobel Prize-winning poet in a dual language edition that will allow us to read her in translation and compare back to the original. With humor\, irony\, and compassion\, she explores everyday moments alongside larger questions of history\, memory\, love\, and human existence. \nPick your favorite to read to the group. \nPACIM Library has a copy of the book\, as well as other books by the author\, available in both English and Polish. \nGoogle Meet meeting details will be emailed to individuals who register using the button below. \nThis event is free to attend\, but if you’d like to support our reading group and help cover costs\, we invite you to make a donation. \n    \n\n\nEvery contribution makes a difference!
URL:https://pacim.org/event/polish-literature-in-english-reading-group-october-2026/
LOCATION:Google Meet\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:PACIM Events,Virtual Programming Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="PACIM":MAILTO:office@pacim.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261027T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261027T190000
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CREATED:20261001T172528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261007T195134Z
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SUMMARY:Remarks on American Student Reactions to Visiting Poland
DESCRIPTION:What happens when American university students encounter Poland for the first time—not through textbooks or headlines\, but by walking its streets\, visiting its historic sites\, and standing where history actually happened?\n“Remarks on American Student Reactions to Visiting Poland” explores those powerful first impressions. Since 2013\, Professor Dorothy Pisarski of Drake University has led seven travel seminars to Poland\, accompanying Midwestern university students as they studied the Holocaust and World War II at the very places where these histories unfolded. Students encountered important sites and primary artifacts firsthand\, transforming distant history into something immediate\, human\, and unforgettable. Hearing how first-time American visitors respond to Poland offers a fascinating opportunity to see the country through fresh eyes while reflecting on what its history means to us today. \nIn a world of shifting truths and rising polarization\, history demands more than remembering—it demands that we encounter it. The most important classroom may not be on a university campus\, but on site\, in Poland\, where the echoes of the past truly inspire us to build a more compassionate and just future. \nJoin us for an engaging look at what American students discovered in Poland. \nRefreshments will be served. \nAddmission is free.
URL:https://pacim.org/event/remarks-on-american-student-reactions-to-visiting-poland/
LOCATION:Landmark Center — The Chief Justice Room #430\, 75 Fifth Street West\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,PACIM Events
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