The Polish Cultural Institute and BAMcinématek present a four-day, six-film series of new films from Poland. Lineup includes the New York premiere of Malgorzata Szumowska's Body, which won Best Director at the 2015 Berlinale, and Summer Solstice (trailer above), directed by Michał Rogalski. For a full lineup, visit the Polish Cultural Institute's website or buy tickets from BAM. Most films…
Irish Screen America in association with Glucksman Ireland House NYC, presents their sixth annual film festival at New York University’s Cantor Film Center, September 30-October 2. Irish Screen America brings the very best in contemporary Irish cinema to New York. This three-day screening series will showcase critically-acclaimed contemporary Irish films and will host a selection of filmmaker Q&A’s, industry panel…
Legendary filmmaker and thinker Alexander Kluge comes to New York for a long weekend of events, including a soiree with literature, film, and music with special guest Ben Lerner at the Goethe-Institut (October 23), film screenings at Anthology Film Archives (October 22), and an evening of film and conversation as part of The Museum of Modern Art’s Modern Mondays series…
Irish Arts Center's eighth annual PoetryFest showcases an array of top poets from Ireland and the U.S. Come for three days of readings, conversations, and signings not only to celebrate the kinship between Irish and U.S. poetry, but also for some good old-fashioned conviviality in the intimate atmosphere of Irish Arts Center. This year, the festival continues to grow in…
Each year Festival Neue Literatur brings six of the most important emerging and established writers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland to New York City, where they join celebrated U.S. writers in a series of conversations and readings. 2017 marks the eighth installment of the festival, which will take place at venues throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn from March 2-5. This year’s festival theme, Queer…
Join us for an evening celebration! Flugelhorn player Oskar Stenmark will perform Swedish jazz and folk music with Billy Test on piano in Gilbert Court. Enjoy a prix-fixe Swedish tasting plate and old-fashioned Glögg in the Morgan Café, and curatorial gallery talks at 6 pm and 7:15 pm on the exhibition Treasures from the Nationalmuseum of Sweden. No Tickets or reservations…
So many Jewish traditions under one roof! Join us as we team up with our partner organizations at the Center for Jewish History for a Purim-themed March Mash-Up of family fun. Laugh along with a puppet show, enjoy storytelling from many lands, make colorful craft projects, sing-along to classic Jewish songs, and experience the delightful diversity of Jewish culture from…
Once again, KINO! delivers fresh German films to New York City, this year at a new uptown location, from April 6-12. Now in its fifth year as an independent festival, the program was curated by New York film professionals—distributor Meghan Wurtz, journalist Karl Rozemeyer, and festival consultant Marian Masone—who have selected a wide cross-section of high-quality, remarkable films that will challenge your views of the…
A Francophone literary festival, co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie to the United Nations and by the NYU Center for French Civilization and Culture, takes place at various NYC locations. Visiting authors include Yamen Manai, the 2017 recipient of the Prix des 5 continents. For full festival schedule, see nyu.is/5continents Events at La Maison Française of NYU…
Deutsches Haus at NYU presents an open-air concert in our courtyard to celebrate our 41st HAUS-FEST fearuting Timo Vollbrecht FLY MAGIC. Concert information Saxophonist Timo Vollbrecht returns to Deutches Haus' HAUS-FEST, this time alongside his quartet FLY MAGIC (with guitarist Keisuke Matsuno, bassist Martin Nevin, and drummer Nathan Ellman-Bell). Their new album, Faces in Places, is available on Spotify. About the musicians Timo Vollbrecht is a…