Polish — The Cosmopolitan Review

L’viv and Let Live

by Vince Chesney × on October 14, 2010 at 8:30 am ×

In L’viv, Ukraine, one can find theatres staging elaborate ballet and opera, view priceless ancient icons, haggle at open air markets, & dine on fresh sushi at one of the trendier nightclubs.

A Young Canadian’s Love Affair with the Polish Language

by Asia Beattie × on October 14, 2010 at 6:30 am ×

Polish sounded like a waterfall & I understood nothing of the rushing sz, cz, rz, and rrr sounds. But the sounds of Polish intrigued me instantly.

2010 Vol. 2 No. 3 — Fall / Commentary

Former U.S. Ambassador: Poles Have a Basic Love of Liberty

by Irene Tomaszewski × on October 14, 2010 at 2:30 am ×

Former U.S. Ambassador to Poland Victor Ashe was the keynote speaker at the Poland in the Rockies 2010 official banquet, & spoke about the history & future of Poland.

2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Features

Kresy: First the Forest

by Irene Tomaszewski × on June 8, 2010 at 12:00 pm ×

For centuries, the biodiversity of the great forest of Poland’s eastern borderlands was the natural habitat for a diversity of cultures.

2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Features / Travel

A Son’s Pilgrimage to Monte Cassino

by Estanislao Oziewicz × on June 8, 2010 at 11:07 am ×

A pilgrimage is a journey to a shrine, holy place or any place of historical interest. Monte Cassino turns out to be all three.

2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Travel

Ruthenia, Galicia, Bieszczady: The Land of My Grandmothers

by Anna Tomascovic-Devey × on June 8, 2010 at 11:00 am ×

A 4-month long round-the-world adventure brings the author to the lands of her ancestors. Anna Tomascovic-Devey explores the mountain ranges, valleys, forests, and cities of Poland and Slovakia.

2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Films

CR Recommends Four Grand Documentaries

by Irene Tomaszewski × on June 8, 2010 at 10:40 am ×

• Children in Exile
• Modjeska, Woman Triumphant
• Nine Days That Changed the World
• The Soviet Story

2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Books

Books In Brief – Summer 2010

by CR × on June 8, 2010 at 9:15 am ×

• Code Name: Żegota: Rescuing Jews in Occupied Poland, 1942-1945: The Most Dangerous Conspiracy in Wartime Europe
• Warsaw Spring
• A Hint of Rain
• Quiet Hero

2010 Vol. 2 No.1 — Spring / Interviews / Music

Catching up with … Jan Lisiecki, pianist extraordinaire

by Kinia Adamczyk × on March 14, 2010 at 11:30 am ×

Jan Lisiecki on being a citizen of the world and on why he prefers music to math.

2010 Vol. 2 No.1 — Spring / Features / Interviews

Recovering a Stolen Childhood

by Justine Jablonska × on March 14, 2010 at 11:00 am ×

Wesley Adamczyk survived deportation to Siberia and exile to chronicle that journey in When God Looked the Other Way, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2004. His father, Jan Adamczyk, was one of tens of thousands of Polish officers killed in the Katyń massacre.