PACIM

Carnival Ball
2025-12-09 17:30 (America/Chicago) | Midland Hills Country Club, 2001 Fulham Street, Roseville, MN, 55113, United States
Join PACIM for an unforgettable evening of elegance, celebration, and community as we bring together the vibrant spirit of Polish Carnival with the warmth and joy of Valentine’s season.
Please mark your calendar and plan to join us for this special night!

Carnival Ball
Come Celebrate Polish Tradition in Grand Style

Valentine’s Day — Saturday, February 14, 2026
Midland Hills Country Club • Saint Paul, MN
Three-course dinner • Music & Dancing • Surprises

Ticket price: $120 (PACIM member) • $125 (non-member)

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Annual Membership Meeting
2025-12-10 18:30 - 21:00 | Landmark Center — The Chief Justice Room #430, 75 Fifth Street West, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
The PACIM Annual Membership Meeting, including board elections, will take place on December 10, 2025. Detailed information about the agenda, election process, and candidates will be shared with members in a separate email. After the meeting, we’ll gather for an informal Christmas reception.

Polish Literature in English Reading Group - December
2025-12-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Google Meet, MN, United States
Joanne Asala (ed.), Polish Folklore and Myth, 2019, 118 pp., Medieval/Folk Tales, Link
This short collection of folklore and myths is light reading before the holidays. Folklore and myths are passed down from generation to generation.
Google Meet meeting details will be emailed to individuals who register using the button below.
This 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.

Every contribution makes a difference!

Carnival Ball
2026-02-14 17:30 - 2026-02-15 00:00 | Midland Hills Country Club, 2001 Fulham Street, Roseville, MN, 55113, United States
Join PACIM for an unforgettable evening of elegance, celebration, and community as we bring together the vibrant spirit of Polish Carnival with the warmth and joy of the Valentine’s season.
The ball opens at 5:00 PM with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Dinner will be served at 6:00 PM.
Dinner
A three-course dinner with your choice of main course:
Main Course Options

6-ounce Top Sirloin Steak with a wild mushroom glacé
Minnesota Chicken — Chicken breast stuffed with wild rice, dried cranberries & apples with morel mushroom cream sauce
Walleye Pike — lightly breaded and baked, served with lemon and tartar sauce

Accompaniments

Yukon Gold whipped potatoes
Amaretto-glazed mini carrots
Midland Hills salad
Warm rolls
Regular or decaf coffee, or hot tea

Dessert
A glass of red or white wine is included with the dinner. Cash bar available.
Hors d’oeuvres will be served before dinner.
Program

5:00 PM – Social Hour & Cocktails
6:00 PM – Dinner
7:15 PM – Presentation of the Outstanding Contribution to the Polish Community Award to Fr. Spencer Howe.
7:45 PM – Performance by the Dolina Dancers (tentative)
8:00 PM – Ball Opening with the Polonaise Dance
Raffle Drawing
Dancing until Midnight

Suggested dress code: suits or formal attire for men, and evening dresses or cocktail attire for women.

If you cannot attend the Carnival Ball this year, you can still support PACIM by helping offset event costs or contributing to our other programs through a charitable donation.
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Polish Literature in English Reading Group - February 2026
2026-02-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Google Meet, MN, United States
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen, Tadeusz Borowski,
1959 (1976), 180 pp. Short Stories Link
A 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.
Google Meet meeting details will be emailed to individuals who register using the button below.
This 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.

Every contribution makes a difference!

Polish Literature in English Reading Group - March 2026
2026-03-18 19:00 | Google Meet, MN, United States
To the Letter, Tomasz Różycki, 2016 (2023), 127pp. Poetry Link
A 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.
Google Meet meeting details will be emailed to individuals who register using the button below.
This 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.

Every contribution makes a difference!

Polish Literature in English Reading Group - May 2026
2026-05-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Google Meet, MN, United States
The Polish Complex, Tadeusz Konwicki, 1977 (1984), 211 pp. Surrealist Novel
This 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.
Google Meet meeting details will be emailed to individuals who register using the button below.
This 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.

Every contribution makes a difference!

Polish Literature in English Reading Group - June 2026
2026-06-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Google Meet, MN, United States
With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i mieczem) by Henryk Sienkiewicz
We 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):
6/17: 1-398 (Chapters 1-26)
7/29: 399-694 (Chapter 27-47)
8/19 695-1137 (Chapters 48-79)
We will watch the film at the end of the summer.
Google Meet meeting details will be emailed to individuals who register using the button below.
This 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.

Every contribution makes a difference!

Polish Literature in English Reading Group - July 2026
2026-07-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Google Meet, MN, United States

Polish Picnic 2026
2026-08-15 11:00 - 17:00 | Huset Park, 530 Mill St NE, Columbia Heights, MN, 55421, United States
Mark your calendar for Saturday, August 15, and join us at Huset Park in Columbia Heights for Polish Picnic 2026!
The event is organized by PACIM, Sister Cities International Columbia Heights, and the Polish Saturday School, and will feature:
🎶 Live music and traditional dance performances by Craig Ebel & DyVersaCo Polka Band and the Dolina Polish Folk Dancers.
🍽️ Delicious Polish cuisine (individual plates or combos) and nonalcoholic Polish beer or raddler available for purchase:

Bigos (Hunter Stew)
Gołąbki (Cabbage Rolls)
Pierogi
Grilled Kiełbasa
Szarlotka (Apple Cake)

🎈 Entertainment for all ages, including:

Games, arts, and crafts
Splash pad
Playground

🤝 Participation by many local organizations and community groups
…and much more!
The event is free and open to everyone.
Check back here for more details, which will be published soon.
If you are able to help at the event, please contact us at office@pacim.org.
All volunteers will receive a discount code for meal 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.
* 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.

Polish Literature in English Reading Group - August 2026
2026-08-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Google Meet, MN, United States
