

This movie blends tender comedy, supernatural twists and heartfelt reflections on love and life! Life for Beginners reminds us that it's not enough to simply have life—the key is to truly live it.

Enjoy a captivating chamber concert by the award-winning Polish duo, violinist Karolina Mikołajczyk and accordionist Iwo Jedynecki. Recipients of Poland's most prestigious classical music award, they bring virtuosic imagination and genre-spanning flair to the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage.

Jack - Guitarist, Composer, and Educator & Diana - Dancer & Dance Educator of NYC Public Schools will present an unforgettable performance as part of the EU State of the Arts Night!
State of the Arts night is organized by the Delegation of the European Union, in partnership with the Hirshhorn Museum, to bring you a one-of-a-kind after-hours experience which brings together artists from across Europe and the United States for an evening of collaborative performances, interactive projects, and thought-provoking conversations. Make sure to stop by to check out the Polish-American performance of Jack & Diana!

Marcin Patrzalek is a Polish guitarist, composer, producer, and arranger, who is also a global leading young guitarist.
Marcin's music videos and performances amassed many hundreds of millions of views, and were discussed by publications such as: Rolling Stone, Classic FM, Guitar World, Metal Hammer, Billboard etc. His online audience is the biggest among young guitarists in the world, and among the top in the instrumental world at large. He won two major talent shows in Europe, and reached the semifinal in America's Got Talent, but continued to grow his audience exponentially in the years since.

In celebration of Andrzej Wajda's honorary Oscar, the National Gallery of Art screens his final film, *Afterimage*—a powerful biopic of avant-garde painter Władysław Strzemiński, a man who defied Stalinist aesthetics in post-war Poland.