On Thursday, April 20, 2017, the Institute and the Chopin Foundation of the United States hosted the annual EasterSpringtime party. And what a lively party it was! Among the 50 or so guests were some new faces, which we are always happy to see and meet. [gview file=”https://ampolinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/easter2016.pdf”]
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THE POLISH LECTURE SERIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 2016-2017
[gview file=”https://ampolinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/uofv2017.pdf”] During the 2016-17 academic year, UVA’s Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) organized three events as part of the Polish Lecture Series at UVA that focused on the theme of “Poland and the World.” The American Institute of Polish Culture has rightly pointed out that, “Poland has contrib- uted in important
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Report 2016-2017
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45th International Polonaise Ball, 2017, Dream Designs Bringing Times Honoring, Polish Architects & Engineers
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YULETIDE CHEER, Christmas 2017
The American Institute of Polish Culture and the Chopin Foundation of the United States ended another busy and successful year with their annual Christmas party on December 20, 2016. Over 80 people attended – members, contributors, volunteers, supporters and other long time friends. [gview file=”https://ampolinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/christmas2016.pdf”]
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BEAUTIFUL VOICES
On October 30, 2016, the University Chamber Choir from Poznan, Poland accompanied the delegation from Adam Mickiewicz University. Under the direction of Professor Krzysztof Szydzisz, the Choir has performed all over the world since 1992. The 24 members are university students, graduates and teachers who all share a passion for choral singing. [gview file=”https://ampolinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/beautifulvoices.pdf”]
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DANCE IN THEIR HEARTS
Having the opportunity to see young dancers in an array of costumes, skillfully performing several charming and lively arrangements to musical scores that ran the gamut from Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major to African drum beats, was a perfect way to celebrate International Dance Day on Saturday, April 29, 2017. [gview file=”https://ampolinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/danceintheir-heart.pdf”]
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AFTERIMAGE, Andrzej Wajda
The Miami Film Festival (MFF) has brought dozens of light and heavy, uplifting and intense, fanciful and realistic, joyful and gritty, and happy and soul-searing movies to Miami for over three decades. [gview file=”https://ampolinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/powidoki.pdf”]
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“Radiation” POLISH THEATRE AT FIU SOUTH CAMPUS…
Ever-tenacious in their desire to share Poland’s cultural history with young artists, Maria Nowotarska and Agata Pilitowska, two pioneers of the Polish-Canadian Theatre of Toronto, drove from their North Miami Beach hotel on November 10, 2016 to the Mitch Maidique Campus of Florida International University in order to share their life’s work in Polish theatre. [gview
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Bonsoir Monsieur Chopin
With a diverse demographic of students at FIU, it is important to become acquainted with socio-cultural differences in order to appreciate the similarities among populations around the world. One of the ways FIU does this is by co-hosting events with affiliated entities, such as The American Institute of Polish Culture (AIPC) in Miami who sponsor