My introduction to the Polish American Cultural Center
My introduction to the Polish American Cultural Center came in the form of an exhibition opening. As part of my job, coordinator of the SPACES World Artists Program at SPACES gallery, I was hosting Polish artist Roman Dziadkiewicz. I wanted Roman to learn about Cleveland and to better understand what it means to be part […]
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw
A winter walk in Warsaw. Actually, a visit to just one site, but an important one – Plac Józef Piłsudski, or Józef Piłsudski Square. A colonnade, damaged during the war, rises from the square, a fragment of the fomer Saski Palace. An eternal flame and an honor guard of soldiers stands before it. Every Pole […]
Polish Mathematics in World Science
In the last issue of the Forum, we published the first part of this history of mathematics in Poland. The article below continues the topic with a description of the influence of Polish mathematics on world science. In any discussion of mathematics in Poland, one has to mention Professor J. Łukasiewicz, who created multi-valued logic. […]
Mado Kucharski – master of ikons
On a recent wintry Sunday afternoon, Cleveland’s Polish American Cultural Center members and guests had the opportunity to meet and talk with a unique artist visiting Cleveland from Krakow Poland. Icons and stained glass have been the passion of Mado Kucharska from the time she was a student at the College of Advanced Educational Studies […]
Legacy of Adam Grant
The tragedy of great artists, says Peggy Grant, is that they live only during the time that they work, and when they pass away, their creation dies with them if they have no one to pass on their way of seeing the world. She never wanted this fate to befall her husband, Adam Grant, and […]