July’s Free Second Sunday at the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures features members of the local Polish community sharing their heritage and traditions.

The Polish community has been hard at work on a new Polish Heritage Center in Panna Maria and will deliver updates on its status, hands-on crafts, and stories from the “Old Polish Quarter,” the neighborhood razed to build HemisFair.

The Polish Mazurka Dancers, led by 47-year Texas Folklife Festival veteran Genny Krause, will perform and teach their popular dances.