Piast Institute

This upcoming Sunday, you're invited to an Open House celebrating Polish Heritage Month from 2:00–5:00 PM at our office - 11633 Joseph Campau, Hamtramck MI.

Come spend the afternoon connecting with others and discovering the many ways Polish heritage continues to influence our lives today. Our featured guest speaker, Magdalena Środek, will share her presentation, “The Influence of Polish Heritage in Today’s Culture and Home Life.”

There will be plenty to see, share, and enjoy, including Polish recipe sharing, beautiful handmade glass Polish ornaments for purchase by “Klassics by Kurtis,” and custom bracelets by Megan Miesik. Most importantly, there will be time to visit, reminisce, share traditions, and make new memories.

Our CEO, Virginia Skrzyniarz, had the pleasure of meeting and sharing some of the work that the Piast Institute does along with its Hamtramck Drug Free Community Coalition (HDFCC) with Metro Detroit Polonia leaders and the Consulate General in Chicago.

We will be participating in the annual Hamtramck Trunk or Treat on Wednesday, October 28th! We're accepting candy donations to hand out to trick or treaters before this event - feel free to drop off to us here at Piast Institute or ship directly to us at:
Piast Institute
11633 Joseph Campau
Hamtramck, MI 48212

Trunk or Treat | FREE
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Sign up as a host car here: https://tinyurl.com/HAMTORT
by October 23, 2026
📍Zussman Park at City Hall, 3401 Evaline, Hamtramck

Christmas is right around the corner! Not to worry, our friend Curtis Posuniak will be here this Sunday, September 27th from 2pm to 5pm for our Polish Heritage Month event. Come check out his beautiful hand-painted ornaments in person this weekend!

We're excited to invite you to our Annual Pancake Breakfast! Come join us (in costume!) Thursday October 29th from 10am - 1pm for breakfast and community.

We'll also be at the Hamtramck Trunk or Treat the day before at Zussman Park, Wednesday October 28th from 5pm - 6:30pm. Contributing candy is a great way to help support! You can bring a bag to our upcoming Polish Heritage Month event, or ship directly to us at the Piast Institute. Both these events are very popular and your support is appreciated.

🇵🇱✈️🧳 Reconnect With Your Polish Roots!

Young adults interested in exploring their Polish heritage should mark their calendars!

Applications for the Heritage Polonia program will open November 2026.

One of our staff had the pleasure of taking part in this program and absolutely loved the experience. Don't let this opportunity pass you by!

🇵🇱 Your last name is a passport.

For a lot of Polish-American families the connection thins out with each generation. The language goes first, then the holidays get smaller, and eventually all that is left is a surname people mispronounce and a vague sense that it mattered once.

Heritage Polonia exists to reverse that. We take young Polish-Americans back for eleven days and hand them the country itself: the institutions, the cities, the food, the history, and a cohort of people their own age carrying the same last-name story.

They come home different. Not nostalgic. Connected.

Applications for the 2027 cohort open in November 2026.

invites you to celebrate Polish Heritage Month with a special afternoon Open House filled with culture, creativity, conversation, and community.

Join us on Sunday, September 27, 2026, from 2:00–5:00 PM at the Piast Institute in Hamtramck. Whether your family has deep Polish roots or you simply enjoy Polish culture and traditions, this is an opportunity to come together and celebrate.

Our featured speaker, Magdalena Środek, will explore “The Influence of Polish Heritage in Today’s Culture and Home Life,” sharing how continue to be reflected in our families, homes, and everyday lives.

Guests can also enjoy:

Recipe sharing — bring a favorite recipe and share the traditions behind it.
“Klassics by Kurtis” — beautiful handmade for purchase.
Custom by Megan Miesik.
Conversation, memories, and community — because heritage is best celebrated together.

Have jewelry you no longer wear? Donate your unused jewelry to our fundraising and help support the Piast Institute's ongoing work in the Polish American community. What may be sitting forgotten in a jewelry box could become a treasure for someone else — while helping sustain programs that preserve Polish history, culture, and heritage.

Come for the culture. Stay for the memories. Help keep our heritage alive.

Sunday, September 27, 2026 • 2:00–5:00 PM
Piast Institute • 11633 Joseph Campau, Hamtramck, MI

The Piast Institute invites you to an Open House celebrating Polish Heritage Month on Sunday, September 27, from 2:00–5:00 PM at our Hamtramck location.

Come spend the afternoon connecting with others and discovering the many ways Polish heritage continues to influence our lives today. Our featured guest speaker, Magdalena Środek, will share her presentation, “The Influence of Polish Heritage in Today’s Culture and Home Life.”

There will be plenty to see, share, and enjoy, including Polish recipe sharing, beautiful handmade glass Polish ornaments by “Klassics by Kurtis,” and custom bracelets by Megan Miesik. Most importantly, there will be time to visit, reminisce, share traditions, and make new memories.

Turn Your Treasures Into Support

As part of the celebration, we're collecting unused jewelry for a special fundraising raffle benefiting the Piast Institute. Have jewelry you no longer wear? Donate it and help turn an unused treasure into support for our work preserving and promoting Polish American heritage and community.

Bring your family and friends and celebrate what makes Polish heritage special!

📅 Sunday, September 27, 2026
⏰ 2:00–5:00 PM
📍 Piast Institute, 11633 Joseph Campau, Hamtramck, MI

The library is open today until 2:00pm!