Annual Report of the Permanent Chair of Polish Culture at Canisius College for September 2006 to December 2007
Film Festival- November 2007 at the Market Arcade - Polish Film Festival. Films presented included: The Immensity of (in)justice, Saviour Square, Gdansk Railway Station, Persona non grata, The Warrior, and Crown Witness.
Lecture- October 2007 - Wanda Slawinski: Ignancy Domeyko
Concert- October 2007 at the Montante Cultural Center – Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Persis Vehar performing the Chopin Fantasy on Polish Airs. (Co-sponsored with Arts Canisius)
Lecture- September 2007 at Montante Cultural Center – Lecture on Pope John Paul II by his biographer, George Weigel. Co-sponsored with the Global Study of Religion Christ & Culture Lecture Series
Dance Performance - Bialy Orzel – The White Eagle Polish Song and Dance Ensemble of Toronto, Ontario performance on October 20, 2006 at the Montante Cultural Center.
Library Exhibit - Exhibit on Pope John Paul II in the Bouwhuis Library throughout the month of October.
Film Festival - First Annual Polish Film Festival at the Market Arcade from November 9th-12th. Four contemporary films presented: The Collector, Still Alive, Jasminum, I'll Show You including a presentation and discussion by Marek Haltoff
Concert - Jacek Muzyk, principal French Hornist of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Igor Lipinski, accompanist, presented a French Horn Recital on March 11, 2007 at the Montante Cultural Center to benefit Polish Service Trip to a Polish orphanage in Zmiaca, Poland. An audience of approximately 200 allowed for a $1,610 donation toward the service trip.
Concert - A concert of sacred and classical music was presented by three generations of Polish Artists: Matthew Tworek, retired first violinist of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrienne Tworek-Gryta, well-known soloist and teacher at the Villa Maria Institute of music, and Emily Tworek-Helenbrook, 12-year old coloratura soprano and student of her aunt and Patricia Alexander was presented on April 22, 2007 in Christ the King Chapel of Canisius College.
Sponsorship - Eurosim Conference Sponsorship
Scholarships - Two scholarships awarded for study in Poland to Canisius students, Sheri Labenski and Kimberly Majewski.
Faculty Services - Conference for Dr. Margaret Stefanski, Polish language teacher at Canisius College.
Polish Library Support – Journals supplied to the Papal Academy of Theology in Krakow.
Subsidy – Assistance provided for the Polish Student Association for their activities.
Ongoing promotion of publications – Continuation of the sale and promotion of The Polonian Legacy of Western New York publication and the Polish Churches and Chapels in Western New York DVD.
Links to Other Polish Sites:
Polish Embassy in the United States
Jesuitis in Krakow
Polonia of the Eastern Lakes
Poland Main Site