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Dear Members of the Polish Community and Dear Friends and Sympathizers,
You can learn about many things concerning the Polish community in Memphis from our web site. We would also like to invite you to take part in ourn annonymous survey. Its purpose is to get the feedback from the PAS Members and from others who might be interested in our Society and our activities. We encourage your comments, suggestions and ideas. Here are the links to the survey:

If you are not a PAS member yet, think about it, maybe you will consider signing up with our organization. If you want to learn more about PAS, read the bylaws, see the pictures, peruse the archives to learn about our past activities.

We hope to hear from you!

PAS Board of Directors
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Polish Films in Memphis

The Brooks Museum of Art screens award-winning independent films throughout the year in the Dorothy K. Hohenberg Auditorium. Unless otherwise noted, film tickets are $6 mem/$8 non-mem and free with a VIP Film Pass. On May 3, 2012 at 7 pm, you can see Roman Polanski’s latest film "Carnage", a black comedy based on the French play God of Carnage.

The Malco Ridgeway Four theater is currently showing "In Darkness", directed by Agnieszka Holland, showtimes are 1 pm, 4:05 pm, 7:20 pm - more info and film reviews are here.

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Saturday, May 12 - End of School Year at Polish School

The current school year will end on Saturday, May 12, 2012.  This is the 6th year since classes started at the Nicolaus Copernicus School of Polish Culture and Language in Memphis.  The end-of-school year celebration will take place at the Bert Ferguson Center at 10:30 am.  As we do every year, the event will also commemorate the Polish Constitution of May 3rd and the students will celebrate Mother's Day and Father's Day.  Please join us and be proud of the achievements of our students – they will receive rewards for their hard work and show us their accomplishments.  Refreshments will be served.
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Prof. Jordan Zjawiony's Seminar - Part 2

On Friday, March 23, 2012, we had a pleasure to attend a second part of the seminar on the subject of psychoactive mushrooms and plants.  As the first part, the seminar was a great success.  The information presented by Prof. Jordan Zjawiony was very interesting and presented with humor and many anecdotes - we all had a great time learning about the psychoactive plants of the Americal.  Please see the pictures from the seminar.  Prof. Zjawiony graciously agreed to publish the presentation on our website for those who missed the seminar - click here to view it. (4 MB pdf file.)  See Prof. Zjawiony's web page at Ole Miss.
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New Year's Reception at the Embassy of Poland

Thanks to the active role of our organization and the activities of our School of Polish Language and Culture we received the attention of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington.  The Embassy showed interest in our Memphis community and contributed financially to our school. Polish Ambassador Rober Kupiecki invited PAS and Polish School representatives to attend a reception at the Embassy on January 27.  Our representatives who attended the reception had an opportunity to say farewell to old Consuls and meet the new ones.  We have great hopes for future cooperation - Consul Piotr Konowrocki already accepted our invitation to visit Memphis this year.  You can see pictures from the reception here.
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Bridge Club Meeting

The next meeting of the PAS Bridge Club will take place on Saturday, April 21, 2012, at 6 p.m. All interested in participating please contact Ania or Mirek Wozniak at 385-2881, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Animated "History of Poland"

The animated "History of Poland", created by the master of the Polish contemporary animated movies, was a hit at the 2010 EXPO in Shanghai.
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Info on Pensions and Social Benefits (Re-Published per Special Request)

Social Security:  Polish version of US regulations regarding pensions and retirement/disability benefits is located here: http://www.socialsecurity.gov/ - click "Other Languages" (top right-hand corner) & "Witamy Polish”.

Polish-American agreement about pensions and social benefits – detailed information is located here: http://www.zus.pl/default.asp?p=4&id=2402.

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Info on Tax Implications of Foreign Accounts

A Chicago newspaper Nowy Dziennik published an interesting article about tax implications of foreign accounts.  The article is in Polish and can be reached at this Internet address:  http://www.dziennik.com/articles/finanse/21384.
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