L’Atelier des Enfants with Natalie Tual

Albertine 972 5th Avenue, New York

Children’s book author Natalie Tual will read and sing her whimsical springtime story, Bulle et Bob au jardin. There’s lots to discover when Bulle and Bob garden together…an earthworm: yikes! Oh, a ladybug! Let’s play a game with the vegetables! After hearing this tale, you will never garden again without singing the radish salsa!   From Albertine

Understanding the 2019 European Elections

La Maison Française (Columbia) Buell Hall, 515 West 116th Street, New York City

A Roundtable with Antoine Ripoll, Head of European Parliament Liaison Office with US Congress (Washington DC) and Ryan Meilak, EPLO Public Diplomacy & Communications Officer 2019 marks the 9th elections of the European Parliament (May 23-26). The European Union is facing challenges from all directions and from within its own borders: Immigration, Brexit, Russia, uncertainties with its relations with the…

From Macy’s to the Titanic -The Straus Family Legacy

Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street, New York City

The German-Jewish family that built Macy’s into an iconic retailer also left an indelible legacy in American politics and society, from the philanthropic work of the Educational Alliance to Isidor Straus’s time in the United States House of Representatives. In his lecture, department store historian Michael Lisicky will discuss how Isidor Straus built the Macy’s empire while his less known…

Black and Brown in Berlin: Notes from the African Diaspora

Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York City

Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Urban Democracy Lab at NYU present a panel discussion about "Black and Brown in Berlin: Notes from the African Diaspora" among Brittany Hazelwood, Nadja Ofuatey-Alazard, and Darryl Pinckney,which will be moderated by Christophe A. Koné. Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet Audre Lorde, who taught in Berlin from 1984 to 1992, recalled that, on the day the…

LGBTQ 10-Minute Plays from Around the World

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City

Rainbow Jubilee is a series of three events that Casa Italiana put together with its theater company in residence KIT to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. The events will feature LGBTQ theater respectively from Italy (February 25th), the US (March 25th) and from the rest of the world (April 15th): three events of live performance to discover how much…