Literary Events
Events by Glagolnitsata – all in Bulgarian and shared on the Glagolnitsata Facebook page
Events by The Readings from the Heart of Europe – the book club at the University of Washington, 2022
January 30, 2022, 5:00 PM
The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk, (translated into English by Christopher Moseley), Black Cat, 2015. With special guest Professor Guntis Šmidchens, director of UW’s Baltic Studies Program.
February 27, 2022, 5:00 PM
Soviet Milk, written by Nora Ikstena, translated from the Latvian by Margita Gailitis, Peirene Press, 2019.
March 27, 2022, 5:00 PM
The Orphanage, written by Serhiy Zhadan, translated by Reilly Costigan‑Humes and Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler. New Haven: Yale University Pressр 2021.
April 24, 2022, 11:00 AM
The Same Night Awaits Us All, written by Hristo Karastoianov, translated from the Bulgarian by Izidora Angel, Open Letter Books, 2018 – the author will be present.
May 22, 2022, 5:00 PM
Where You Come From, written by Sasa Stanisic, translated by Damion Searls, Tin House, 2021
June 26, 2022, 5:00 PM
FEM, written by Magda Carneci, translated by Sean Cotter, DEEP VELLUM, 2021
September 2022
Bessarabian Stamps: Stories, written by Oleg Woolf, translated from the Russian, by Boris Dralyuk, Phoneme Media, 2015
October 2022
The Books of Jacob, written by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft. Riverhead Books, 2022
Festivals
April 30, 2022
Seattle Cheta and Seattle Cheta – Youth participate in Verea Folk Festival in Chicago
May 28-30, 2022
Daniela teaches Bulgarian dance and Paneurhythmy and presents new poems during the Balkan Fest in San Diego (Memorial Day Weekend)
Community Events
June 4, 2022
Medena Pitka Children’s Folklore Program picnic (Kirkland, WA)
July, 2022 (TBD)
Seattle Cheta Annual picnic
December 10, 2022, 7:00 PM
“As in a Fairy Tale” – Seattle’s community Christmas concert, organized by the Bulgarian Cultural and Heritage Center of Seattle, Kirkland Performance Center
