Twin Cities Polish Festival

The new, updated 2013 volunteer application for the Twin Cities Polish Festival is now online. You may download it and fill out or use the online form to submit your application for volunteering at this year’s festival. Thank you for your willingness to volunteer!

Click here for more information and to view the forms.

The 2013 Twin Cities Polish Festival will take place August 10-11, 2013. Please come and help us celebrate the Festival’s 5th Anniversary. More news to come…

Kieran Wells/Wells Pianos hosted & sponsored the Chopin Celebration Concerts! Thank You Kieran!! The performers, a combination of adult professionals and young gifted pianists put on an incredible and sublime concert. Here is a link to a video of Emma Taggart, ten years old, performing at the 2012 Chopin Celebration Concerts.

What a GREAT weekend at the Twin Cities Polish Festival! Sending a big THANK YOU to all our Fans….who came to Dance, Eat, Laugh & Enjoy “All Things Polish”. It was fantastic to see people of all ages gathered together to celebrate.

Your participation made it the BEST Festival ever! See you Next Year…for the 5th Anniversary of the Twin Cities Polish Festival. We promise it will be even better than this year!!

Don’t forget to join us for a great time this year at the Polish Vodka Tasting taking place in the Stone Arch Bridge Cinema lobby. http://www.stanthonymaintheatre.com/. This is your opportunity to sample 8 delicious Polish vodkas including Sobieski. Cost is $10.00 per person. See you there!

Polish Vodka Tasting Schedule

Saturday, August 11:

• 1:00
• 3:30
• 6:00

Sunday, August 12:

• 1:00
• 3:30

The Twin Cities Polish Festival will have some interesting visitors this year along the banks of the Mississippi. Keep your eyes open for some Polish Winged Hussar re-enactors in full steel armor who will be mingling with the crowd.

The Polish Winged hussar was from the late 16th century to the early 18th the pinnacle of soldiery in Poland. Armed with a 5-meter lance, at least three different swords, sometimes a pair of pistols, and of course the ostentatious steel armor with tall wings mounted either on the saddle (in earlier times) or directly to the back of the armor, the sight of these knights alone was sometimes enough to send the enemy running.

Polish Film Lovers…For the 3rd year, the Twin Cities Polish Festival will feature the Twin Cities Polish Film Fest presented in partnership with The Film Society of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Seven days of award winning Polish films will be screened at the Stone Arch Cinema at St. Anthony Main. Movies selected for the Polish FilmFest are:

• Irena Sendler: In the Name of Their Mothers – Director: Mary Skinner
• The Officer’s Wife – Director: Piotr Uzarowicz
• Letters to Santa -Director: Mitja Okorn
• Harbour of Hope – Director: Magnus Gertten
• The Fearless Vampire Killers – Director: Roman Polanski
• Shorts Program 1 – Best of Lodz Filmschool – Director: Various | Year: 2010/11
• Shorts Program 2 – Best of Lodz Filmschool – Director: Various | Year: 2010/11

Visit the Film Society of Minneapolis/St. Paul web site at http://www.mspfilmsociety.org/content/2012polishfilmfest for more information.

The Ramada Plaza Minneapolis is offering a special room rate for the Twin Cities Polish Festival.

The Hotel is also providing a complimentary shuttle/van service to the Festival for its guests.

Complimentary shuttle service is available based on availability. Please see the front desk for reservations.

Mention the special Twin Cities Polish Festival room rate when making your reservation.

Book your reservation by 5:00 PM August 6, 2012 to qualify for this special rate.

To Reserve Your Room: Call 877-774-4315 or 612-331-1900.

Ramada Plaza Minneapolis
1330 Industrial Blvd. N.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55413
612.331.1900

Directions: Click here for directions.

Sign up by August 7, 2012 for the Twin Cities Polish Festival’s Polish Baking Contest. There will be 3 categories of traditional Polish pastries:

• Babka
• Makowiec
• Kolaczki

The Polish Baking Contest is open to everyone. You don’t need to be Polish or live in Minnesota. Click here for more information.