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Songs of Devotion and Desire: The Music Heritage of Jewish Spain

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

Sephardic music from the 16th to the 20th centuries, by Alonso Mudarra, Wolf Simoni, Alberto Hemsi, Roberto Pla, Zhul Levy, and Paul Ben-Haim, performed by Heather Buck, soprano; Janice Meyerson, mezzo soprano; Valeriya Sholokhova, cello; Lorne Richstone, piano; with commentary by Dr. Raymond Scheindlin. Ticket Info: $18 general; $12 ASJM/AJHS/ASF/CJH members; $9 seniors, students at www.smarttix.com or 212-868-4444 Tickets: Available online  

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The Art of Traditional Easter Egg

Bohemian National Hall 321 E 73rd St., New York, NY, United States

Moravian folk artists from Breclav (Czech Republic), "malerecky" Marie Svigrova and Dagmar Benesova (a founder of Folk Academy), will discuss and present the art of traditional Easter egg decorating design and techniques. Please note that THIS IS NOT a classical workshop! But, we encourage you to bring your own supplies, paper, and markers to take notes. The artists will stop…

Talk: Tales of Two Americas

Albertine 972 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

America is a land of opportunity or is it? Join writer Kirstin Valdez Quade, poet Lawrence Joseph and author and publisher John Freeman as they discuss Tales of two Americas: Stories of Inequalities in A Divided Nation. This collection of short stories, poems, autobiographical texts offers us a framework to look at inequalities in the US in different terms, from different…

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French Literature in the Making: Frédéric Biegbader

La Maison Française (NYU) 16 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

FRÉDÉRIC BEIGBEDER Writer, literary critic, television presenter; author of Windows on the World (Prix Interallié); L’Égoiste Romantique; Au Secours pardon; Un Roman français (Prix Renaudot); Oona & Salinger in conversation with OLIVIER BARROT Writer, journalist, television producer and host, Un Livre un jour (France 3 and TV5); author of L’Ami posthume; Le Fils perdu; La Revue Blanche; Un Livre un jour, un livre toujours; Mitteleuropa; United States In French Books available for sale Florence Gould…

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Symposium: Threatened Heritage. Bears Ears, Chaco, and Beyond

Italian Academy (Columbia) 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Trump's recent decision to reduce Bears Ears—and continuing threats to the integrity of Chaco—represent a further assault on indigenous heritage and history in the United States. This symposium is intended to set out and to protest the scale of the potential for damage to these precious sites. Invited speakers include: Angelo Baca, Amalia Cordova, Sandy Grande, Carrie Heitman, Elizabeth Hutchinson, Honor…

Lecture/Panel: Nation Building: Why Some Countries Come Together While Others Fall Apart

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

To RSVP, please click here. Why is national integration achieved in some diverse countries, while others are destabilized by political inequality between ethnic groups, contentious politics, or even separatism and ethnic war? Traversing centuries and continents from early nineteenth-century Europe and Asia to Africa from the turn of the twenty-first century to today, Andreas Wimmer delves into the forces that encourage…

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Concert: AMEN AMIN AMAN: Jewish Music from Ancient Times until Today, from the Middle East to the West

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

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary celebrations of the creation of the Union for the Mediterranean and after the Conference "Perspectives on Sustainable Development Cooperation Towards the Eradication of Poverty and Youth Unemployment in the Mediterranean Sea Area”at the General Secretariat ONU, the concert “Amen Amin Aman” inaugurates the 2018 series of cultural events dedicated to the Promotion of…

Film Screening & Discussion. The Saline: In the Net

1201 International Affairs Building 420 W 118th St, New York City, NY, United States

Please join us for a screening of the documentary film The Saline: In the Net, a co-production of the Center for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro (CIN-CG) and TV Vijesti, followed by a discussion with one of its screenwriters, Milka Tadić Mijović. Run time: 38 minutes English subtitles The Saline: In the Net highlights the corruption that threatens to destroy one of the most important…

Germany’s Policy Towards European Integration: Still Muddling through or Leaping Forward

Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents "Germany's Policy Towards European Integration: Still Muddling Through or Leaping Forward?",  a lecture by Dr. Gabriele Abels, Jean Monnet Chair and professor of German and European politics at the University of Tübingen, Germany. The lecture will be followed by a discussion between Dr. Abels and Dr. Sheri Berman, professor of political science at Barnard College. Germany…

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The Albertine Book Club Reads ‘Incest’ by Christine Angot

Albertine 972 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Cécile David-Weill and Caroline Weber will moderate our group discussion on Christine Angot’sIncest, translated from the French by Tess Lewis (Archipelago Books). Incest relates the violent relationship Christine Angot had with her father and audaciously confronts its readers with one of our greatest taboos. Angot’s writing goes fast, strong and far, disrupts forms, framework, as well as mainstream literary codes. So much so…

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