From the Minnesota JCC: In January 1945, ten-year-old Holocaust survivor Marcel Zielinski made a treacherous 60-mile journey on foot from Auschwitz-Birkenau to Kraków in search of his family. Decades later, 250 cyclists from 12 countries retraced his path in an empathetic mission called Ride for the Living, created and run by JCC Krakow. This documentary draws parallels between Marcel's harrowing experience …

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF45)* presents "Budapest Diaries" ("Dziennik z wycieczki do Budapesztu"), directed by Rafał Kapeliński. "Loosely based on an event from writer-director Kapelinski’s childhood, this poignant coming-of-age drama is set in 1981, as Poland’s political and economic crises worsen. It follows 11-year-old Irek and his beautiful mother Hanna on a bus trip from Poland to Hungary. …

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF45)* presents a film directed by Piotr Domalewski "The Altar Boys" ("Ministranci"). "Frustrated by the indifferent attitude of adults and Church institutions towards social injustice, a group of altar boys from a poor parish decides to implement their own plan for moral renewal. Armed with youthful rebellion and their own interpretation of the Bible, …

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF45)* presents a film directed by Piotr Domalewski "The Altar Boys" ("Ministranci"). "Frustrated by the indifferent attitude of adults and Church institutions towards social injustice, a group of altar boys from a poor parish decides to implement their own plan for moral renewal. Armed with youthful rebellion and their own interpretation of the Bible, …

On Saturday, May 2, 2026, at 7:00 PM, Holy Cross Catholic Church will host a concert in honor of Polish Constitution Day, presented on the eve of Poland’s historic national holiday commemorating the Constitution of May 3, 1791. The Holy Cross Choir and a chamber orchestra will perform a vibrant program of Polish sacred choral music spanning more than four …