Polonia Global Fund

Polish Community Center of Albany cordially invites everyone for our annual Fall Dinner & Dance!

Saturday November 29th, 2008 beginning at 7pm
$30 per person
Buffet dinner & after midnight snack
Entertainment by EKSTAZA Band
For reservation & information please call:
Dariusz Figiel 518-235-6001
Marian Wiercioch 518-235-5549
Margaret Leoniuk 518-221-6406

Polski klub w Albany NY zaprasza całą Polonię na zabawę!

“Ostatki”
Sobota 29 listopada 2008 — 7 wieczorem
cena biletu $30 od osoby w tym wliczony obiad i po pόłnocy (czerwony barszcz z przekąskami)
Bawimy się z orkiestrą EKSTAZA!

po bilety proszę dzwonic do:
Dariusz Figiel 518-235-6001
Marian Wiercioch 518-235-5549
Małgorzta Leoniuk 518-221-6406

Polish Community Center
225 Washington Ave Ext
Albany NY 12205
Telephone: 518-456-3995

The New York State Alliance for Arts Education, in partnership with Partners for Arts, Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County Education, Southern Tier Arts in Education Roundtable (STARR), and TST BOCES will present a day-long conference in Corning, NY: Bridging the Achievement Gap Using Art with Technology — A day-long conference for teaching artists and educators on Tuesday November 18, 2008 , 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Radisson-Corning, NY.

Addressing the achievement gap continues to be a high priority in our schools. Knowing that students are entering the classroom from varying demographic backgrounds, teachers and other school personnel are adjusting their instruction and the tools they use to try and meet the learning needs of their students. Technology is increasingly becoming part of the creative process both in and out of the classroom.

During this conference you will have the opportunity to choose from a variety of workshops discussing Media art and education. Facilitators include area professional artists, art educators and educators who have had extensive experience working in the Arts In Education field, and will provide a conceptual framework for integrating the arts using technology across the curriculum for all learners!

Discover how using media art in your classroom can be an effective and dynamic tool for teaching and learning in the classroom!

Should you wish to attend a PDF registration form is available for download.

Invite Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest into Your High School’s ELA Classrooms!

Register your school to participate in Poetry Out Loud!

Poetry Out Loud is a national program that encourages the study of great poetry by offering educational materials and a dynamic recitation competition to high schools across the country. Poetry Out Loud uses a pyramid structure. Beginning at the classroom level, winners will advance to the school-wide competition, then to the state capital competition, and ultimately to the National Finals in Washington, DC. More than 100,000 students are expected to take part in Poetry Out Loud this year!

Upon registration, teachers will receive dynamic teaching tools that will invoke students’ excitement about literature and poetry recitation, including sample lesson plans, audio CDs of poets reciting their own famous works, publicity materials for school competitions, and a DVD of winning student performances from the 2007 Poetry Out Loud National Finals.

If you would like to bring Poetry Out Loud to you school, download a registration form.

Registrations must be received by October 31st!

For more information about registration, contact Sharon Scarlata.

Via Poland in the Rockies, Wanda Koscia’s film, Battle for Warsaw will be shown in the following locations starting October 19th:

• Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 19, 2:30pm, Mississauga Central Library, Noel Ryan Auditorium, 301 Burnhamthorpe Road
• Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 20, 6:30pm, University of Toronto, Emmanuel College, 75 Queen’s Park Crescent, Room 001
• Chicago, October 22, 7:00pm, The Chopin Theater, 1543 W Division St., Chicago, IL 60642
• Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 26, 2:00pm, De Sève Cinema, Concordia University, 1400 de Maisonneuve West

Born in London of Polish parents, Wanda Koscia is a Producer/Director specializing in history and current affairs for the BBC. For over two decades she worked extensively across the former Soviet bloc on a number of major television series, including: The Struggles for Poland (1985), The Other Europe (1988), The Hand of Stalin. Leningrad (1989), The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1990), Death of Yugoslavia (1995), Tourists of the Revolution (1998). Other credits include Intelligence to Please part of Discovery series Why Intelligence Fails (2004) and several years on the BBC flagship history program, Timewatch. Also at the BBC she made over three hours of documentary films to accompany Dunkirk, a major factual drama. Her interviews were then made into an award winning documentary: The Soldiers Story. In 2005 she made a film about the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 (featuring an interview with her own mother who was a participant aged 16). The Battle of Warsaw was shown on Discovery Europe and the BBC. In the mid 1980s, Wanda spent a year at Radio Free Europe working in the Research Department’s Underground Publications Unit. During the 1980s she was active in the Solidarity support group in London.

From a comment posted by Alyson Milborn: M Gallery presents a new show “Translation”

M Gallery is pleased to present “Translation”, a group show featuring fanciful abstracts by new friends, new works by Patrick Milbourn and sculpture by revered artist, Lubomir Tomaszewski. The show is timely with Spring’s arrival as lively works emerge from the walls and metal figures seem to dance across the floor.

Tomaszewski’s dramatic sculptures can be found in museums and collections around the world. His work is a reaction to “over-intellectualized” modern art and its loss of emotion and mood. His goal is to broaden the strength of perception, always looking for beauty. He has pioneered this spirit into an artists group known as “The Emotionalists”.

There will be an Opening Reception on Saturday, April 19, 2008 from 6:00 – 8:00pm. The artists will be present. This event is brought forth for “Saturday Studios” when all galleries on Main Street will be open and welcoming friends and visitors.

This exhibition will run through May 13, 2008. M Gallery is located at 350 Main Street in Catskill, NY. More information is available at 518-943-0380.