As though we weren't depressed enough, the folks at Festival Neue Literatur bring Nietzsche into the mix: Nietzsche says that humans alone laugh because we alone suffer so deeply that we had to invent laughter. How do writers use humor in their work to confront, navigate and come to terms with pain, trauma and crisis? What roles can literary humor…
Pedro Lenz Xaver Bayer, Sibylle Berg, Iris Hanika, Vea Kaiser, and Christopher Kloeble will give a sampling of their work with the help of some local actors. Come for the writing, stay for the snacks.
Let's talk humor. The Festival Neue Literatur, with Vea Kaiser, Christopher Kloeble, Pedro Lenz and Jenny Offill bring you this conversation: Wry, mordant, acerbic, irreverent, witty, devastating, redemptive: There are so many adjectives to describe different sorts of humor in literature. And in conveying the funny or absurd aspects of human predicaments and relationships, writers can also illuminate profound truths.…
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…
