Milwaukee Avenue dedicated in honor of Wojciech Seweryn

On Sunday, September 25, 2011, the Village of Niles and area Polish-Americans will honor the life and work of the late artist Wojciech Seweryn, sculptor and Patriot, who designed and created the Katyn Massacre Monument, located at the entrance to St. Adalbert Cemetery in Niles. Mr. Seweryn died in the Smolensk (Russia) air crash which took the lives of ninety-five other passengers including the President of Poland. The travelers were en route to Katyn Forest to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the massacre of 22,000 Polish military and intellectual leaders by killers of the Soviet Secret Police. Following a 9 am Mass at Chicago’s St. Hyacinth’s Basilica (3636 W. Wolfram Street, Chicago) there is a 12 pm ceremony at St. Adalbert (6800 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Niles) where there will be an official unveiling of a street sign naming the cemetery section of Milwaukee Avenue in honor of Mr. Seweryn. This event will also include the presentation of a plaque by Mayor Richard Ścigała of Tarnow, Poland, recognizing the contributions of the Tarnow born artist.

On Tuesday, September 27th, Mayor Ścigała will spend the day meeting with Niles officials and visiting the various public buildings and sites of Niles. The day will culminate in Mayor Ścigała’s attendance at the monthly Village Board meeting at 8 pm.

Ivo Widlak is withdrawing from public life of the Polish community

Ivo Widlak bezdomny i żebrze o pieniądze!

1 day to go – I’ve got it all here in my heart

About Author

Ivo Widlak

Ivo Widlak, born July 5, 1978 in Knurów, Poland - international press, radio and tv journalist. He started as a very young reporter at weekly newspaper “Przeglad Lokalny”. Then he started hosting TV show for children and teenagers called “Kleks” on TVP Katowice. The same year, in 1995, wrote scripts and hosted “5-10-15”, another show for children and teenagers on TVP1 on Telewizja Polska. Later he co-developed and co-hosted “Twoj Problem Nasza Głowa” on Telewizja Wisła later TVN (Poland). In 1998 he moved to Warsaw to co-host “Rower Błażeja” on TVP1 on Telewizja Polska. During his career he worked for Radio Puls in Gliwice and Radio ZET in Warsaw. In 2001 he moved permanently to Chicago, and in 2004 he created and hosted own talk show titled “Ivo na zywo” and produced and hosted daily news program on TVPChicago broadcasted on Channel 34 WJYS. He also has been an editor-in-chief of a couple of popular internet news websites in Polish language. President of the Polish Cultural Institute in Chicago.

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