All Day

The Auschwitz Volunteer: Captain Witold Pilecki

Theatre Row 410 W. 42nd Street, New York

a monodrama directed and performed by Marek Probosz Tickets: $45 "It’s one of the most amazing stories to come out of World War II," said Terry Tegnazian, co-founder of Aquila Polonica, the publisher of Pilecki's autobiography and also a producer of the show. "His experience that he's written down gives the details and a view of what went on in…

Ongoing

The Decline and Fall of Empires: Habsburg and Ottoman

Remarque Institute 60 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor, New York

RSVP is required—please follow this link. Conference Program Friday, November 9 10:00–11:15: Opening Keynote Lecture: Herzl on the Acropolis: Greece and Israel as Post-Ottoman Projects Katherine E. Fleming Alexander S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Culture and Civilization   11:30–1:30: War and the End of Empire Mustafa Aksakal, Georgetown University, The Ottoman Empire at War Mark Cornwall, University of Southampton, Treason…

The American Art Fair

Bohemian National Hall 321 E 73rd St., New York

The American Art Fair opens American Art Week in New York, celebrating the Fair’s 10th year at Bohemian National Hall. Inaugurated in 2008, The American Art Fair is now the only one that focuses on American 19th and 20th century works. Opening hours: November 10-12, 12:00-6:00 pm November 13, 12:00 -4:00 pm For more information, please visit theamericanartfair.com. Organized by:…

100 For 100: Musical Decades of Freedom

Carnegie Hall 57th St. and 7th Ave, New York

Oratorio Society @ Carnegie Hall International Contemporary Ensemble ICE @ Roulette Intermedium 1918 marked a special moment in Polish history: after 123 years of absence from the map of Europe, deprived of statehood, and with its cultural identity endangered, Poland regained its independence. In celebration of that euphoric moment, a hundred years later on November 11, 2018, the Ministry of…

100 for 100: Musical Decades of Freedom

Roulette Intermedium 509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn

1918 marked a special moment in Polish history: after 123 years of absence from the map of Europe, deprived of statehood, and with its cultural identity endangered, Poland regained its independence. In celebration of that euphoric moment, a hundred years later on November 11, 2018, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland together with PWM…