Wojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik, Author at City Limits

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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.

ByWojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik 5 minRead time

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Jul 2020

Education

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

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

ByWojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik 6 minRead time

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May 2020

ARTS and CULTURE

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

‘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.

ByWojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik 3 minRead time

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Apr 2020

Uncategorized

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

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.

ByWojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik 3 minRead time

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Feb 2020

Economy

Two Longtime Polish Shops Close in Changing Greenpoint Retail Scene

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.

ByWojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik 6 minRead time

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Jan 2020

ARTS and CULTURE

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

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…

ByWojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik 4 minRead time

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Dec 2019

ARTS and CULTURE

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

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.

ByWojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik 3 minRead time

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Oct 2019

Uncategorized

New Club in Queens Offers Connections, Resources for Immigrant Seniors

‘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…

ByWojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik 4 minRead time

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Sep 2019

ARTS and CULTURE

Greenpoint Gallery and Community Hub for Polish Art Hosts Final Exhibit

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.

ByWojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik 5 minRead time

Wojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik

How Polish Americans Marked the 40th Anniversary of Solidarity

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

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

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

Two Longtime Polish Shops Close in Changing Greenpoint Retail Scene

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

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

New Club in Queens Offers Connections, Resources for Immigrant Seniors

Greenpoint Gallery and Community Hub for Polish Art Hosts Final Exhibit

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