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Making Money: Semiosis and Sociality in Fin-de-Siècle France – Laura Kalba

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

Laura Kalba is the 2016-17 laureate of the Wylie Prize in French Cultural Studies for Color in the Age of Impressionism: Commerce, Technology, and Art (Penn State, 2017). She is the Priscilla Paine Van der Poel Associate Professor of Art at Smith College. Derived from her new book project, Kalba’s lecture explores how the visual aspect of the Paris Bourse, freshly-minted coins, and…

Film: The Country Upside Down (Le Pays à l’envers)

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

A film by Sylvaine Dampierre (2009, 90 min.). Screening followed by Q&A with director Sylvaine Dampierre, Kim Hall, and Nora Philippe. To view the trailer, click here. This is part of the film series "Blackness in French and Francophone Film" organized by the Columbia Maison Française and co-sponsored by the School of the Arts. In this personal journey through the memory…

Holy Mass in Suffrage of Baroness Mariuccia Zerilli-Marimò

Catholic Center NYU 238 Thompson Street, New York, NY, United States

at The Catholic Center at NYU (238 Thompson St.) Three years ago, our founder Baroness Zerilli passed away. Every day here at Casa, the institution she nurtured with love, wisdom, and boundless energy, we feel the profound sadness of her loss. However, we continue to feel the joy and honor of being the custodians of Casa's mission, as she had…

Dior and His Decorators

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

Design historian Maureen Footer and fashion expert, TV producer, and award-winning author Marie-France Pochna will be discussing Footer’s latest book, Dior and His Decorators: Victor Grandpierre, Georges Geffroy, and the New Look (Vendome Press), the first in-depth account of the two Parisian interior designers associated with Christian Dior. Eloquently written and beautifully illustrated, it recounts the evolution of Dior’s aesthetic as a fashion…

James Carroll: The Jews, the Irish, and a Challenge to Catholic Anti-Semitism

Glucksman Ireland House NYU One Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Renowned author, James Carroll, presents, "The Jews, the Irish, and a Challenge to Catholic Anti-Semitism: A Boston Story". The sister of Cardinal Richard Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, was married (outside the Church) to a Jewish fellow named Dick Pearlstein. It was the 1950’s. On the Boston Common, Pearlstein heard the anti-Semitic preaching of Father Leonard Feeney, an ultra-conservative Jesuit. Pearlstein’s…

Italian Humanist Photography

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

In conjunction with the exhibition NeoRealismo Martina Caruso, Assistant Director for Art, Architecture and the Creative Industries at the British School at Rome, will discuss her recent book, Italian Humanist Photography from Fascism to the Cold War (Bloomsbury, 2016), with David Forgacs, Contemporary Italian Studies, NYU, and Maria Antonella Pelizzari, History of Photography, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. Co-sponsored with Grey Art…

Roman Romanyshyn: Miscellanea

Ukrainian Institute of America 2 East 79th Street, New York, NY, United States

Opening reception: Friday, November 16 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM The Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10075. Art at the Institute is delighted to present “Miscellanea,” an exhibition of color etchings by the Lviv-based Ukrainian artist Roman Romanyshyn. An opening reception for the artist will be held on Friday, November 16 from 6:00 to…

Film: Ouaga Girls

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

A film by Theresa Traore Dahlberg (2016, 80 min.). Screening followed by Q&A with director Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Abosede George, and Nora Phliippe To RSVP, please click here. To view the trailer, click here. Part of the film series "Blackness in French and Francophone Film" organized by the Columbia Maison Française and co-sponsored by the School of the Arts. A group of…

Kristof Kintera: Do Not Litter, Do Not Feed Birds and…

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

art exhibition opening | Freedom & Movement Festival Opening of the exhibition "Do Not Litter, Do Not Feed Birds and Do not push the Help Button (Yet)" showcasing Kristof Kintera's interpratation of NYC’s layers, relating Manhattan to an ant colony, decoding and transmuting his understandings into wall drawings. His movie called Hands Tools of Brain is about mass conversion into…

Europe Then and Now in Audio Drama

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

panel discussion | Freedom & Movement Festival This panel discussion will explore the role of audio drama in documenting and dissecting political events, the experience of bringing history to life through sound, and the challenges and pleasures of reaching new audiences. Moderator Sarah Montague, producer of PRI’s Selected Shorts and a frequent guest director with Play for Voices, will speak…