The launch party for Al Andalus in New York, a zine produced by Molly Crabapple and students at NYU’s Hagop Kevorkian Center, will feature a performance by rapper Omar Offendum, speeches by Molly Crabapple, filmmaker Assia Boundaoui (The Feeling of Being Watched), professor Hisham Aidi (Rebel Music), and readings by workshop participants. This will be followed by a panel discussion…
Liberal democracies are fraying: fresh ideas and policies are needed to formulate a New Social Contract to ensure that peace and democracy survives and thrives. What moral, social and political ideals can guide us through these troubled times and into the future? Patriotism has reemerged as a rallying cry towards rebuilding a national consensus and restoring acceptable social and political…
with author Chiara Marchelli La memoria della cenere (NN Editore, 2019) by Chiara Marchelli The author in conversation with journalist Maria Teresa Cometto and Monica Rossi (CUNY) Elena is a writer who knows how to read stories on peoples faces. One night, she suffers an aneurysm in her New York home. She survives and, together with Patrick, decides to move…
1st Floor] A special, Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival’s Spring Weekend pre-festival benefit party. The Spring Weekend Soiree at Manhattan’s Bohemian Spirit Restaurant will feature discussions with directors of the upcoming stage readings, Adrian Alea, Edward Einhorn, Simona Maicanescu, Michael Piatkowski and Zishan Ugurlu, as well as short excerpts from the plays themselves. Guests will also enjoy the vibrant music…