REALITY AND FANTASY: THE POLISH EXPERIENCE IN POETRY, MUSIC AND HISTORY

THE AMERICAN CENTER OF POLISH CULTURE

cordially invites you to an afternoon of readings (both poetry and prose), music, and commentary

REALITY AND FANTASY: THE POLISH EXPERIENCE IN POETRY, MUSIC AND HISTORY

on December 18, 2005 at 3:00 PM

at the Center, near Dupont Circle Metro, 2025 O Street NW Washington, DC 20036 ([map]). A reception will follow. tel. 202.785.2320 RSVP: assistant@polishcenterdc.org

A $10 donation will be appreciated.

Participants will include Professor Malgorzata Dabrowska, of Lodz University; Maxinne Rhea Leighton; and a string quartet. The American Center of Polish Culture is grateful to Dr. Joanna Petry-Mroczkowska for her kind assistance.

Malgorzata Dabrowska, professor at Lodz University and now a visiting professor at Rice University in Houston, will lecture on responses of American students to contemporary Polish poetry. Her lecture, "Mr. Cogito and Liz Taylor: Contemporary Polish Poetry in the Eyes of American Students," will include a reading of poems by Zbigniew Herbert, Wislawa Szymborska, and Czeslaw Milosz.

The string quartet will then play the first quartet of Stanislaw Moniuszko. Finally, Maxinne Rhea Leighton, Principal of Business Development, Beyer, Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP, will read from her children's book "An Ellis Island Christmas." The story reflects her father's experiences at the time he emigrated from Poland to the United States. "An Ellis Island Christmas" is an NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies and a Marion Vannett Ridgeway Honor Book.

Complimentary parking is available thanks to Colonial Parking at 1333 New Hampshire Ave, NW via the entrance on 19th Street. Please show this invitation to the garage attendant. For questions about parking, please call (202) 295-8200.

Monika Krol, Ph.D.
Executive Director
The American Center of Polish Culture

2025 O Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
tel. 202-785-2320
fax. 202-785-2159