Writer Piotr Siemion - First Guest of the Fall Season
On 28 September 2024 at 6pm, the Modjeska Art & Culture Club will have the pleasure of presenting a Polish writer, Piotr D. Siemion, a Warsaw-based novelist and translator, who also works as a corporate attorney. The event will be held in a private residence in Brentwood and will be open only to Club members and VIP guests of the speaker.
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
Helena Modjeska Art & Culture Club invites you to the screening of the documentary "Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski" with the participation of the film's producers Anna Dobrowolska and Irek Dobrowolski.
Polska i Brazylia - GraŻyna AuguŚcik and Paulinho Garcia
Modjeska Club has the pleasure to invite its members and guests to a unique jazz concert "Polska i Brazylia" by famous Polish jazz vocalist Grażyna Auguścik with guitarist Paulinho Garcia, originally from Brazil, now living in California.
Golden Awards for Lifetime Achievement
The Helena Modjeska Art and Culture Club is proud to present its new Golden Awards to two eminent Polish film directors, Jerzy Antczak and Jacek Bromski. The event for Modjeska Club members and VIP guests will take place on 9 March 2024 in Beverly Hills. The conversation with the awardees will be conducted by Katarzyna Śmiechowicz, actress and Vice President of the Modjeska Club.
Dr Dorota Lekka Presents "Wielka Droga" Film about 2nd. Corps of Gen. Anders (1946)
The Modjeska Art & Culture Club is honored to present in California a unique film made in 1946, Wielka Droga (The Great Way), with an introduction by Dr. Dorota Lekka from the National Film Archive in Poland.
Agnieszka Couderq and Her Novel about Polish Jesuit in China
Helena Modjeska Art & Culture Club is pleased to invite members and guests to a meeting with Agnieszka Couderq, author of a novel, The Last Envoy of the Ming Dynasty. Historical novel in two volumes.
Łukasz Yoder concert, Caroling with Olivia Kierdal
A concert by outstanding young pianist Łukasz Yoder, caroling with Olivia Kierdal and a Christmas party by the Helena Modjeska Art and Culture Club will be held at the residence of Helena and Stanley Kolodziey.
Papcio Chmiel Udomowiony
The Helena Modjeska Art and Club invites all members and guests of the Club to a special event on Saturday, November 18th, 2023 at 6:30 pm, for a hot dinner and conversation with Monique Chmielewska Lehman and Artur Chmielewski about their father Henryk Chmielewski and the presentation of their book, entitled Papcio Chmiel Udomowiony.
Zbigniew Nyczak Presents His Art
The Helena Modjeska Art and Culture Club is pleased to invite its members and guests to a meeting on Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 6 p.m. at Playa Vista - Centerpointe Club (6200 Playa Vista Dr, Playa Vista, CA 90094). A lecture about his art, richly illustrated with slides, will be given by the outstanding painter Zbigniew Nyczak, a long-time member of our Club.
50 YEARS OF ART AT MODJESKA CLUB
50 Years of Art: Artists of the Modjeska Club is an exhibit of artwork by five eminent Polish American painters and artists (here listed in chronological order, below by last name): Stanislaw Szukalski, Leonard Konopelski, Zbigniew Nyczak, Slawek Wisniewski, and Janusz Maszkiewicz.
Album 50-lecia Klubu Kultury im. Heleny Modrzejewskiej
The Club celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2021. The 50th Anniversary Ball was held on Sunday, October 10th, 2021 at the University Club of Pasadena.
The Helena Modjeska Art and Culture Club's 50th Anniversary Album (Album 50-lecia Klubu Kultury im. Heleny Modrzejewskiej) was edited by Maja Trochimczyk, Elżbieta Kański and Elżbieta Trybuś. The volume includes dozens of documents, essays and hundreds of photographs illustrating the history and achievements of the Club, Link to the free file, 380 pages in PDF format with color illustrations, can be found here:
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