MHS Multicultural Dinner 2009: Poland

The Manitoba Historical Society invites you to its 2009 Multicultural Dinner featuring the Polish community in Manitoba.

Tuesday, 24 March 2009

At the Polish Combatants’ Association - or Club 13 - at 1364 Main Street, between Cathedral and Bannerman. Parking is available in the parking lot of St. John’s Presbyterian Church on Bannerman (west side of Main Street).

The guest speaker is Magdalena Jurak Blackmore, a Polish language instructor at University of Manitoba who is about to defend her Master’s thesis in history, titled “The Second Generation of Polish Immigrants in Manitoba.”

Doors open by 5:00 p.m. with cocktail hour at 5:30 and dinner at 6:00 p.m. After dinner there will be a performance by the Iskry Dancers.

Enjoy traditional Polish dishes including meatballs, pork cutlets, chicken with mushrooms, hunter stew and cole slaw, as well as Polish pastries and beer.

Cost per person is $18.50.