Podkarpacka Philharmonic still lifting the rafters after 70 years
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Podkarpacka Philharmonic still lifting the rafters after 70 years

The Podkarpacka Philharmonic invites you to concerts at its headquarters in Rzeszów, where musicians will have been sharing their music for almost 70 years in 2024. The Artur Malawski Symphonic Philharmonic Orchestra of the Podkarpacie Philharmonic in Rzeszów has been very active in artistic activities not only in the country but also internationally for almost…

POLIN Award 2023
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POLIN Award 2023

Since 2015 POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews has been awarding and distinguishing people and organizations that demonstrate important, extraordinary actions, which significantly impact on social awareness of the history of Polish Jews and on building Polish-Jewish relations. The winners of the award are social activists who consistently work to preserve the historical…

Polish Flowers
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Polish Flowers

The new family-friendly exhibition at the National Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw is a journey through Polish observances, full of riddles and mysteries, where flowers take the lead and guide viewers through the seasons and everlasting cycle of life. In seven colorful exhibition rooms, representing different times of the year and different life stages of both…

Time for winter miracles
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Time for winter miracles

Christmas spirit’s already all around with the premiere of the Immersive Nutcracker, The winter miracle exhibition at Warsaw’s Fabryka Norblina. The E.T.A. Hoffmann’s fairy tale about love and kindness, which inspired Piotr Czajkowski to compose his famous ballet, is now available to both – the grown-ups and the youngest viewers in a completely new, spectacular…

EVOLVER at the Opera Gallery extended
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EVOLVER at the Opera Gallery extended

The spectacular VR experience EVOLVER presented in this year’s edition of BMW Art Club. The Future is Art, at the Opera Gallery of the Polish National Opera, has been extended due to its huge success and the relentless interest of the visitors. Closing date has been moved to December 17, with the additional admission reservations…

Wladyslaw and Lena Grochowski will receive this year's regional Nansen Award from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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For the first time, a prestigious UN award goes to Poland

Wladyslaw and Lena Grochowski will receive this year’s regional Nansen Award from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The couple, who live near Siedlce, are being honored for their role in helping war refugees from Ukraine. The prestigious award will be presented in person in Geneva and is the first to be awarded…

Attracting foreign students to Poland
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Attracting foreign students to Poland

Following the progress in the number of foreign students in Poland, Collegium Civitas’ Vice-Rector for International Relations Katarzyna Maniszewska spoke with Erol Dzhelik from Poland Weekly.  Are Polish universities active in attracting foreign students? Yes, they are. Not all of them of course, but there is a growing interest in internationalization among Polish Higher Education…

#SayHiToDiversity
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#SayHiToDiversity

Appreciating the multidimensionality of each person helps to build truly inclusive workplaces – ones where we feel safe and can fulfill our potential, which also contributes to the success of the organization.  On May 9, 2023, the nationwide social campaign #PowiedzCześćRóżnorodności was launched. Its initiators – the DEI Alliance Foundation and Better – joined forces…

WANDA TRACZYK-STAWSKA. FOT. A. KARCZMARCZYK, VAN DORSEN ARTISTS
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‘Remembering Together’ Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

This year’s 11th edition of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising social-educational campaign, also known as the ‘Daffodils campaign’ will mark the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising outbreak.  The campaign is hosted yearly by POLIN Museum, 1000-year history of the Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland. It encourages communities around the world to learn about the…

Young people in Poland

Young Poles’ approach to money

Young men more often than women are dependent on their parents, according to a study conducted by the National Debt Register. Young women, on the other hand, are more determined than their male counterparts to take jobs For 93% of young people aged 18 to 35, paid work is important, with 73% emphasizing that it…

Andrzej Polan

Merry Christmas, dear to all of us

Christmas is truly a special time. Most often causing panic at the beginning – what to do, cook, what to buy? But after a while this turns into calmer, controlled actions.  When we sit down, with memories from years gone by, we realize that the proverbial bowl is not the most important thing, nor a…

Magdalena Komar and the bees

Extraordinary works together with bees

The Polish artist who conquers Europe. Magdalena Komar creates extraordinary works together with bees. During the two years of the pandemic, Magdalena Komar immersed herself in the fascinating world of bees. The result of this endeavour is an extraordinary collective work with input from both herself and the bees. Unique bas-reliefs describe modern world experiences…