New Christmas CD
Polish in Buffalo
Broadway Public Market: Buffalo's Most Famous Food Address - 999 Broadway
Vintage Photo of St. Stanislaus and the Surrounding Neighborhood on Buffalo's Eastside
The Batalion Burza at the 2011 Polish Heritage Festival
St. John's Eve Ritual at the Adam Mickiewicz Library & Dramatic Circle
(612 Fillmore Ave) in Buffalo, New York
The Harmony Polish Folk Ensemble at Buffalo's Rediscover Amherst Street Festival in Black Rock
Buffalo's North District Common Council Member Joseph Golombek, Jr. made a guest appearance with he Harmony Polish Folk Ensemble at Buffalo's Rediscover Amherst Street Festival in Black Rock
Organ and altar at the the Church of
the Assumption on Amherst Street
These photos show the Polish Heritage Dancers participating in a dożynki (harvest festival)
celebration at Our Lady of the Rosary Polish National Cathedral in nearby Lancaster, New York.
Polonia Music
Adam Mickiewicz Library & Dramatic Circle, Inc.
Thanks to the efforts of Adam Mickiewicz Librarian Mary Lanham, Greg Witul, and other dedicated volunteers, Buffalo's Adam Mickiewicz Library & Dramatic Circle rises like a phoenix. The Polish-American community (actually the entire community) will certainly benefit from their efforts. Thank you so much!
Brawo! Dziękuję!
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (December 24, 1798 – November 26, 1855) was a Polish (Polish-Lithuanian) poet, publisher and political writer of the Romantic period. One of the primary representatives of the Polish Romanticism era, a national poet of Poland, he is seen as one of Poland's Three Bards and the greatest poet in all of Polish literature. He is also considered one of the greatest Slavic language or European poets. He has been described as a Slavonic bard. He was a prominent creator of Romantic drama in Poland and has been compared both at home and in Western Europe to Byron and Goethe. - From Wiki
Happy Dyngus Day, Buffalo! Get Ready!!!
Buffalo Dyngus Day - 2010
Buffalo Dyngus Day Parade 2011 - Part 1
CLICK HERE to view Part 2
St. Stanislaus Church Main Altar at Easter
St. Casimir Oratory Buffalo, New York
(716) 824-9589
St. Casimir (1459 - March 4, 1484) was a Prince of Poland and Lithuania known as an international peacemaker and crusader against poverty. Against his father’s will, he halted aggression against Hungary. He also modernized Poland’s infrastructure, updated the legal system and nurtured friendly relations with neighboring countries.
The Parish of St. Casimir in Buffalo was established in 1890. One year ago it was named an Oratory by Bishop Kmiec and is undergoing a renewal under the leadership of Fr. Czeslaw Krysa.
The church, named a Buffalo Landmark in 1977, is located at the corner of Cable, Casimir and Weiss Sts. in the Kaisertown (Kazimierzowo) neighborhood of Buffalo.
Wreath-Laying Ceremony in Honor of
General Casimir Pułaski
March 2, 2012
Everyone was grateful for the nice weather!
Polish-made supplies are now available for purchase. CLICK HERE
General Pulaski Wreathlaying Presentors:
• Stanley Pulaski Sr. (descendant) and family
• Chair of the Wreath-Laying Committee: Jerry Inda
• President of the General Pulaski Association: Brian Rusk
• Members of the Polish-American Veteran's Association
• Cheektowaga Town Supervisor: Mary Holtz
• Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 26th district: Kathy Hochul
• Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 27th district: Brian Higgins
• Erie County Sheriff: Timothy B. Howard
• Erie County Clerk: Christopher Jacobs
• U.S Bankruptcy Court Judge: Carl Bucki
• Erie County Judge: Michael Pietruszka
• New York State Senator: Tim Kennedy
• New York State Senator: George Maziarz
Sister Mary Felicia Golembiewski-Dove at St. Casimir Oratory EasterFest
Drowning Marzanna
The custom of drowning Marzanna (also known as Marzaniok, Morenam, Mór, Śmiertka, Śmiercicha), the symbol of winter, was most popular among youngsters in certain regions of Poland. Children would make a straw effigy dressed and throw it into a nearby river and rejoice in winter's departure and the advent of warmer weather. "Marzanna" was the name of the ancient pagan goddess of Death.
"Już wiosenne słonko wzbija się po niebie,
W tej wezbranej rzece utopimy ciebie."
"As the spring sun rises in the sky of blue,
In this swollen river we are drowning you!”
Buffalo's Electric Building was aglow in the national colors of Poland, white over red, to celebrate Dyngus Day 2012.
April 9, 2012
