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Wojtek Maslanka/Nowy Dziennik

An animation on the facade of the Polish Consulate in New York.

Wojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik

ARTS and CULTURE
polonia

How Polish Americans Marked the 40th Anniversary of Solidarity

By Wojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik | September 16, 2020

The 1980 August Agreements were the breaking point in the contemporary history of Poland and the harbinger of what followed: the downfall of the communist system in Eastern Europe.

Budget

Families Rally to Keep School’s Polish Dual-Language Program

By Wojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik | July 29, 2020

A hard-won program is slated for cuts because of COVID-19.

churches

With Parishioners’ Pictures on Pews, Polish Church Hosts Virtual Masses

By Wojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik | May 26, 2020

‘A mass said to the familiar faces feels so much different than one said to a bare camera,’ says the pastor at Holy Rosary Church in Jersey City.

Voices of New York

‘First Lady of Polish Americans’ Dies in New York at Age 107

By Wojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik | April 16, 2020

Walentyna Janta-Połczyńska was the last living member of Poland’s government-in-exile during World War II. She moved to New York in 1949.

Brooklyn

Two Longtime Polish Shops Close in Changing Greenpoint Retail Scene

By Wojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik | February 7, 2020

Popular grocery store The Garden and Polish butcher shop Sikorski Meat Market closed in 2019, but the neighborhood has also seen new Polish businesses open.

ARTS and CULTURE

Popular Polish TV Channel Disappears from Cable in the U.S.

By Wojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik | January 15, 2020

New York viewers of TVP Polonia can no longer access the station as a result of a legal dispute between its producer and its American distributor, Polish newspaper Nowy Dziennik reports.

Voices of New York

NYC Poles Host Festival Honoring Politician Who Fought for Poland’s Independence

By Wojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik | December 17, 2019

The local Polish-American community hosted the ‘Paderewski’s Days 2019’ festival in November, which celebrated composer and Polish statesman Ignacy Jan Paderewski with a series of concerts and lectures.

New Club in Queens Offers Connections, Resources for Immigrant Seniors

By Wojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik | October 3, 2019

‘It is meant to be a place where people can get together, make new friends, chat and forget about loneliness, illnesses and other problems,’ says the founder of the new club called Golden Age, or Złoty Wiek in Polish.

Greenpoint Gallery and Community Hub for Polish Art Hosts Final Exhibit

By Wojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik | September 17, 2019

Gallery A.R, known as one of the few places to regularly exhibit art by Polish and Polish-American artists, hosted its final exhibit in August after six years in the neighborhood.

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