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Coming Together

Polish Presence In American Screen Images
2019-03-03 14:00:00 2019-03-03 15:00:00 America/Chicago Coming Together Niles-Maine District Library - Commons Meeting Room A&B

Sunday, March 03
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2019-03-03 14:00:00 2019-03-03 15:00:00 America/Chicago Coming Together Niles-Maine District Library - Commons Meeting Room A&B

Niles-Maine District Library

Commons Meeting Room A&B

Join Polish American author and educator Joseph Zurawski as he talks about the history of the Polish images on film and televisions screens and how Polish characters have changed through time.

Film clips will be shown to illustrated salient points.

This program is presented in part of the Coming Together in Skokie and Niles Township cultural initiative.

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