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The Polish American Association (PAA) (Polish: Zrzeszenie Amerykańsko Polskie) is a non-profit human services agency that serves the diverse needs of the Chicago immigrant community. Originally located in Polish Downtown , the PAA was founded as the Polish Welfare Association in 1922 by a group of prominent Polish businessmen and professionals ...
Much of 1950s Chicago Polish youth culture was captured in the 1972 musical Grease, in which the majority of characters had Polish surnames (Zuko, Dumbrowski, Kenickie); Jim Jacobs, who conceived Grease, based the musical on his real-life experiences in a Chicago high school. Much of the Polish-American nature of the musical was discarded when ...
The Polish American Historical Association (PAHA), founded in 1942, is a scholarly not-for-profit association dedicated to the study of Polish American history and culture. Originally a section of the larger Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America, PAHA soon became an independent organization.
These are articles on Polish Americans in Chicago and Polish American history of Chicago. Pages in category "Polish-American culture in Chicago" The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total.
The Polish National Alliance was founded on February 15, 1880, in Philadelphia under the influence of Polish patriot Agaton Giller. Its first president was Juliusz Andrzejkowicz. In 1886, the PNA inaugurated the first fraternal insurance program kind in the Polish-American community; by 2000 PNA members held over $800 million of insurance ...
There are also Polish American newspapers and magazines, such as the Dziennik Związkowy, PL magazine, [55] Polish Weekly Chicago, the Super Express USA and Nowy Dziennik in New York and Tygodnik Polski and The Polish Times in Detroit, not to mention the Ohio University Press Series in Polish American Studies, [56] Przeglad Polski Online ...
A Facebook ad aimed at Polish American voters made by Malinowski had initially appeared on the Polish-Americans for Biden page but now promises that Harris will defend both Poland and Ukraine from ...
While Polish Downtown is no longer the center of Chicago's Polish Community, its legacy is present in the businesses, restaurants, and historic buildings. Numerous prominent Polish-American cultural and civic institutions continue, from the Polish Museum of America to the Chopin Theatre and the Society for Arts.