Angela Schanelec in person February 7 & 8 German director Angela Schanelec’s films have a rhythm and tone all their own—mysterious yet moving, they unearth the metaphysics rumbling beneath the placid surface of everyday life. Her work with actors is like that of no other filmmaker, a radical approach to performance that draws on her own background in theater traditions…
February 11, 2020, 4:00-8:00pm –gallery talks in conjunction with the Portable Landscapes: Memories and Imaginaries of Refugee Modernism exhibit: 4:00 pm - Introduction by exhibition curators Inga Lace and Solvita Krese, Andra Silapetere and Katherine Carl. 4:20 pm - Judy Blum Reddy in conversation with curators Inga Lace, Solvita Krese, Andra Silapetere and Katherine Carl. 5:00 pm - Discussion about younger generation Latvian art…
Special Guest: Lella Costa 2020 marks the 100th birthday of Franca Valeri, the legendary Italian playwright and actress, the first to make a name for herself by writing and doing comedy in Italy. KIT - Kairos Italy Theater - and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò are celebrating women in comedy with three events: Women in Comedy in Italian Theater (February 11), Women in Comedy in Italian-American Theater (March…
Historian Joshua Teplitsky will introduce his new book about one of the world's largest collections of Jewish books, and the man who used his collection to cultivate power, prestige, and political influence. David Oppenheim (1664–1736), chief rabbi of Prague in the early eighteenth century, built an unparalleled collection of Jewish books and manuscripts, all of which have survived and are…