Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo by Ryan Glanzer

After a decade-long absence, the Twin Cities Polish Festival is back, bring­ing together Minnesotans to cel­e­brate Polish cul­ture and her­itage. The new first annual Twin Cities Polish Festival promises to immerse Minnesotans in “all things Polish”, pre­sent­ing a kalei­do­scope of unique cul­tural and edu­ca­tional dis­plays, food and top-notch entertainment.

Bring a blan­ket, take a seat on the lawn along the Old Main Street in Minneapolis, watch out­stand­ing musi­cal and dance enter­tain­ment, enjoy tra­di­tional foods and bev­er­ages, and just sim­ply have fun! Exhibits include:

• Contemporary Architecture of Warsaw — an exhi­bi­tion pre­sent­ing pho­tos of 20 of the most inter­est­ing prop­er­ties and archi­tec­tural details of build­ings built in the Polish metrop­o­lis dur­ing the last decade.
• John Rajtar — a rep­re­sen­ta­tive sam­pling of Polish folk art, includ­ing pisanki (painted Easter eggs) and wyci­nanki (paper cutouts). Staff and stu­dents of the Adam Mickiewicz Polish Saturday School will be on hand to talk about Polish folk art and its role in the tra­di­tional Polish culture.
• Polish Poster Art from the 1970’s and 80’s — ‘Read between the lines’ of a series of Polish posters that reflect the cre­ative, inno­v­a­tive and even satir­i­cal themes influ­enced by the ideas of Art Nouveau. These posters offer some­thing per­sonal about the artists and often involve social com­men­tary beyond the events being advertised.
• Awangarda Polish Lowland Sheepdogs — Polski Owczarek Nizinny The Polish Lowland Sheepdog is the national dog of Poland. The PON is a non-shedding dog with a dense under­coat that requires care­ful groom­ing. These dogs are nat­u­rally sus­pi­cious of strangers but are very pro­tec­tive of and ded­i­cated to their families.

There will be Polka and Cultural stages, a Chopin Celebration, and a whole lot more. For more infor­ma­tion visit the Twin Cities Polish Festival website.

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