Waterfalls and Urban History
Slavic Village residents have a new way to learn more about their community and the contributions of Polish immigrants to Cleveland. The Mill Creek Falls Neighborhood History Center opened at 8404 Webb Terrace in October. Visitors have come by to visit even during the coldest days of winter, but staff members are looking forward to […]
A Sybirak in America
Because many witnesses to dramatic events of the past often fail to leave any written record behind, a scholar of Polish history is often hampered in his quest to uncover the truth. And so is a lay person simply eager to learn about Poland from a personalized account. Eugene Bak set out to remedy the […]
The Making of Norma: Daughter of Oroveso
Vincenzo Bellini first saw the tragedy Norma by the playwright Alexandre Souret produced on a Parisian stage in 1831. Fascinated by the drama, Bellini soon employed it as the subject of his own opera by the same name, which he completed within three months of the theatrical performance. The romantic character of the work, brought […]
“We’ll not forsake the land of our people…”
We landed in America – you can’t measure our happiness. Great big city of New York, busy streets, bright neon lights. It was not easy getting here. We began planning this trip more than six months prior to arriving in USA. We decided to take advantage of the popular program “Work & Travel”. The idea […]
Poland’s Independence Day – November 11, 1918
On November 11, 1918, after 124 years of partition and oppression by the three contiguous empires, Austria, Germany (Prussia), and Russia, Poland regained her independence. The victorious allies-England, France, and the United States-celebrated November 11 as the Armistice Day, the day on which a long and bloody war finally ended. For Poland, November 11 meant […]