The Polish Heritage Club Sept wrzesie ń Vol. 16, Issue 7 of Wisconsin – Madison 2017 The Year of Anniversaries Founded in 1979 as a WI non-profit organization to promote Polish Heritage through educational, cultural, charitable and social activities. PO Box 45438 Madison, WI 53744-5438 •http://www.phcwi-madison.org •Facebook •Email: [email protected] •(608) 831-8827 PHCWI LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Board of Directors CREECA Thursday LECTURES 4pm Thank you to everyone who participated in our Officers: summer activities! President 2017 Marge Morgan In particular, the club picnic was a great time as mumorgan55 @gmail.com members renewed old friendships and made VP/Pres-Elect 2017 new ones. Thanks to Stephen Pienkos, Butch Allan Patek [email protected] Luick, and Gloria Welniak for organizing the Secretary 2016-17 day. Special thanks to Irena Fraczek for bring- Anne Evans ing Professor Szybalski to join us and to Rosie navybrat706 @yahoo.com Meinholz for bringing the memory books that Treasurer 2017-18 so many enjoyed reviewing. Linda Cagle picture from:The Kosciuszko Foundation, New York [email protected] More activities are upcoming. The Kosciuszko lecture is on September 14. Past-President: Sept 14 WHO WAS THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO Given the limited parking on campus, don’t be Ryszard Zolnik 2017 afraid to car pool and share the experience with AND WHY SHOULD WE REMEMBER HIM – [email protected] TWO CENTURIES AFTER HIS DEATH? family and other club members. Speaker : Donald Pienkos, Professor At-Large Directors: Also, the Willy Street Festival is September 17, Emeritus of Political Science, UW-Milwaukee Odd year 2017-18: and members are always welcome (and needed) Stephen Pienkos to walk in the parade or to staff our booth. About the speaker: Donald Pienkos earned his stevepienkos@gmail .com PhD in Political Science from the University of Gloria Welniak So, with something always happening, I hope [email protected] Wisconsin-Madison in 1971 (with a focus on to see you at one or more our upcoming events. International Relations, Soviet Studies, and East Even year 2016-17: ~ Marge Morgan European Comparative Politics). He conducted Michelle Michalak [email protected] doctoral research in Poland with support from Laurie Ross the Kosciuszko Foundation of New York. From [email protected] 1969 until 2013, Pienkos was a professor in the You're invited, please save the dates! Department of Political Science at the University 1 Sept 9am 1 st Fri. Bkf. at Monona Gardens Facebook of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he taught Kasia Virgell 10 Sept 12:30 till sunset Polski Picnic on courses on Eastern European and Soviet Historian South side of Devils Lake State Park for all politics; he was also instrumental in organizing Don Wesolowski interested Polish traditions. Share your Polish the Russian and East European Studies and Membership Polish Studies programs at UW-Milwaukee. He Jane Dunn 831-8827 experience, share food, have fun in all forms! ~ Szymon Wozniczka 608-577-3897 has published on the Polish National Alliance Newsletter 233-3828 [email protected] and on Poland’s accession into NATO. Pienkos Editor Rose Meinholz phcwi NEWS@ gmail .co m 17 Sept 40 th Willy Street Fair - Food-Music-Fun has served as president of the Wisconsin Ronni Guski Visit and/or help at the club's booth. CONTACT: Division of the Polish American Congress. Basia Pulz Linda Cagle (608) 244-2788 [email protected] Pienkos was awarded the Officer’s Cross of Publicity Service from the President of Poland in 2010. Diane Michalski Turner 11 am parade - it's live-streamed 11-5 pm Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off Website Sept 21 THE POLITICS OF BUREAUCRATIC COR- ą Irena Fr czek 19 Sept Maria Pomianowska - see page 2 RUPTION IN POST-TRANSITIONAL EAST EUROPE *Watch for possible October Madison event* Speaker: Marina Zaloznaya, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Iowa Opportunities to volunteer: • The PHCWI Nominating Committee Location and Parking: requests nominees for the 2018 Board of Dir- 1155 Observatory Drive (at corner N.Charter St) ectors. Please contact Past-president Ryszard UW-Madison 206 Ingraham Hall Zolnik [email protected] 608-221-2238 Temporary parking options available on a space • The November Christmas Bazaar available basis for anyone to park on campus. is one of our major fundraising events. It's on https://transportation.wisc.edu/parking/visitor.aspx Nov. 4 this year, and your help is encouraged! *Publicity help is especially desired.* 2017 Polish Related Events page 2 Madison area: Stevens Point, WI 1st Fri Breakfast 9am Monona Garden Family Restaurant Barb L. (608) 238-9189 [email protected] Polish Kids Club www.facebook.com/PolishKidsClubMadison [email protected] st 10:30 Polka Mass at St. Stephens - harvest baskets blessing 1 Sun 3pm Polish Mass First Sunday of the Month 11:30-1:30 Broasted Chicken Dinner at Moose Family Center St Cecilia's, 603 Oak St. WI Dells (608) 254-8381 1-5pm Ponczkas and Pierogi, Golombki, P Sausage and Kraut UW-Madison Polish Students win.wisc.edu/organization/PSA 12-6pm - Leonard Zielinski & D St Band (wooden dance floor) www.polkapowwow.com www.polishheritageawareness.com 10 Sept 12:30-sunset Polski Picnic S. side of Devils Lake St. Pk 14 Sept 4pm CREECA Lecture Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko Milwaukee: 17 Sept POLISH HERITAGE CLUB at Willy St Festival POLISH CENTER OF WISCONSIN, Franklin, WI 17 Sept 10am -4pm Mushroom Madness - ADMISSION FREE 6-7 Oct Wisconsin Slavic Conference, UW-Madison 25 Sept 7pm Dr. James Pula, Kościuszko Lecture 4 Nov POLISH CLUB BAZAAR Asbury United Methodist, Univ. Ave. 12 Oct 7pm John Gurda, Milwaukee Lecture 22 Oct POLANKI's Soup Festival - RESERVATIONS NEEDED 4 Nov 7:30pm Richard Goode, piano recital includes Chopin UW-Madison Shannon Hall, 800 Langdon St. Two Rivers, WI: www.tworiversmainstreet.com/ethnic_fest/ 16 Sept 9-5pm 26th Annual Ethnic Fest "Come for the music 7 Nov 7 pm POLISH CLUB BOOK CLUB “Busia: Seasons on the Farm and dance (Syrena Dancers), enjoy the food and shop the with My Polish Grandmother” by Leonard Kniffel many vendors selling items from every continent. Join in the 19 Nov and 3 Dec Madison Polish Film Festival, UW-Madison celebration beginning with the parade of flags down Washington St. to the Central Park Bandstand. Stay all day 2 Dec POLISH CLUB WIGILIA Goodman Center RESERVATIONS REQ. breathing the refreshing sights & sounds." Genealogy: Dane County Genealogical Society www.dcags.org UW-Whitewater, Young Auditorium: FREE (ticket required) 4505 Regent St., Madison (chapel at junction with Segoe Rd) 19 Sept 4pm Maria Pomianowska and ReBorn 9 Sept 11am "Commission Records and how they could be http://www.uww.edu/youngauditorium/2017-wmf-maria-pomianowska useful in genealogical research. Presented by: Emil Hoelter Wisconsin Historical Society Processing Archivist, Library, Archives, and Museum Collections. Bring a guest!" WI Historical Society/Family Hx www.wisconsinhistory.org/ 7 Oct 9-4pm Drafting a Source Citation Without Anxiety $30 UW Memorial Library, Lecturer: George L Findlen, CG, CGL "Come learn how to write sources for the documents that we use most as genealogists! Workshop leader George L Findlen, "Maria is an outstanding multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and compo- CG, CGL will demonstrate how five basic components apply to ser from Poland, dedicated to string instruments both classic and every kind of document genealogists use." contemporary. Initially a cellist by training, Maria is also a masterful 4 Nov Advanced DNA: Adoption and Unknown Parentage sarangi player, and is renowned for resurrecting the suka and the 9 Dec Wisconsin Historical Society Collections and Services Plock fiddle (Polish instruments dating back to the Middle Ages). Among music groups inspired by traditional music, ReBorn is a very WI State Genealogical Society wsgs.org/index.php 27 - 28 Oct WSGS Fall Seminar - Best Western Eau Claire special ensemble. Four women belonging to 2 generations are playing reconstructed and formerly forgotten Polish knee chorda- WEBINARS at 7 pm: "Those that log in first will be admitted" phone fiddles. This is the only existing band using such instruments 19 Sept Third Coast: How the Great Lakes Shaped America in different sizes. Therefore the concerts of ReBorn give a unique "… The program will examine routes into and out of the Great Lakes such as the Erie Canal, railroad lines, and others. The roles that the opportunity listening to the sound of a past tradition, not to be lakes played in war and defense during the “Sixty Years’ War” will be heard anywhere else. Unusual is the fact that band was created only discussed. An examination of major ethnic groups that traveled in December 2015 but their CD "Voice of Suka" immediately found through the region including immigrants from the British Isles, itself on the prestigious British Songlines -Top of the World list 4/17." Germany, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, and others. The session Presented by Young Auditorium and Cultural Affairs in concludes with a survey of records useful for tracing Great Lakes partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York ancestors from census, naturalization, homestead, passenger lists, border crossings, and other records. " CLUB AND MEMBER NEWS Aug 13 PHCWI Picnic at Lakeview Park, Middleton SUNSHINE CORNER! Słoneczny K ącik You are welcome to share your news, stories, celebrations, birthdays, anniversaries. Sto lat! 9/4 Barbara Lomperski 9/25 Raina Haralampopoulos 9/6 Marie Revolinski 9/27 George & Eugenia Haralampopoulos 9/7 Michael Marshall 9/28 Sandra Schmidt & Doris Graiewski 9/9 Waclaw Szybalski 9/29 Michael Lomperski 9/20 Tony Ankowicz & Irene Swiggum 9/30 Linda Kriz & Marge Guthnek Happy Anniversary to: Perfect weather in a pretty park with lots of food and plenty 9/16 Jen H & Skip Benninghouse, 9/28 Patty & Steve Zaller of people to visit with = a recipe for another good club picnic.