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Film: Makala

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

Emmanuel Gras, 2018, 96 min. To RSVP, please click here. Makala is an extraordinarily revealing and surprisingly gorgeous look at everyday life for a charcoal salesman in the Democratic Republic of Congo. French documentary filmmaker Emmanuel Gras follows 28-year-old Kabwita Kasongo through the entire process of making and selling charcoal: finding and cutting down a tree in the vast plains near his village…

New Fellows 2019-20

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

Fall 2019 and Spring 2020            Dušan Borić Nomis Foundation Fellow University of Cambridge (U.K.) On the move: prehistoric mobility and the spread of agriculture in Eurasia Alessia Mastrodonato Alexander Bodini Research Fellow in Developmental and Adolescent Psychiatry Columbia University: Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc., New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI; U.S.A.) Identifying the neural correlates of fear generalization during…

Film: Me and Kominski

Goethe-Institut New York 30 Irving Place, New York City, NY, United States

"You are famous. You wanted to be. Being famous means having someone like me." - Sebastian Zöllner Germany just before the turn of the millenium. Sebastian Zöllner (Daniel Brühl), art journalist and master of overconfidence, plans his big coup: a tell-all book about the legendary but nearly forgotten painter Manel Kaminski (Jesper Christensen), student of Matisse and friend of Picasso,…

The 9th Annual Chekhov Variety Show

City Winery NYC 155 Varick Street

Please join us for the 9th annual Chekhov Variety Show, NYC’s longest-running annual celebration of Anton Chekhov’s birthday. Click here to buy tickets. “Heroes are as necessary as the sun.” —Anton Chekhov This year’s event celebrates artist-heroes like Chekhov (one of history’s most effective prison reform advocates) and features a performance by free expression activist Mai Khoi, known as Vietnam’s Lady Gaga, Bjork…

$15 – $25

Coffeehouse Chronicle: Witkacy

La Mama Theater 66 East 4th Street (at Bowery & 2nd Ave), New York City, NY, United States

La Mama Theater and the Polish Cultural Institute New York in association with Adam Mickiewicz Institute and Martin E. Segal Theater Center present La Mama Theater Ellen Stewart Theater (The Annex) 66 East 4th Street (at Bowery & 2nd Ave) New York, NY 10003 Admission: FREE Why am I precisely this being and not some other? In this place in…

Opening Night of In Scena! 2019

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

In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY A night dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, featuring a special presentation and performance of the three finalist 10-minute plays from Kairos Italy Theater's competition (April 15, Casa Italiana). In ENGLISH. From the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo. 

Film: “Emilie Kempin-Spyri”: Film Screening and Talk by Rahel Grunder

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

Deutsches Haus at NYU, in partnership with the Consulate General of Switzerland New York and SALA (Swiss American Lawyers Association), presents a screening of the Swiss documentary Emilie Kempin-Spyri. Rahel Grunder, the film's director, will be present and speak about her film and the life of Emilie Kempin-Spyri. About the film: Emilie Kempin-Spyri. Written and directed by Rahel Grunder. Switzerland, 2015, 52. min, in German with…

From Europe with Love

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

SOLOMIYA IVAKHIV, violin • CAROL RODLAND, viola YVES DHARAMRAJ, cello • GILBERT KALISH, piano FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45; JANÁČEK: Violin Sonata; BOHDAN KRYVOPUST: Duma for String Trio (2018).* *World Premiere. Commissioned by the Ukrainian Institute of America in celebration of the 30th anniversary of MATI. Admission $25; Students & Seniors $10; UIA Members free.…

Renato Leotta

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

A Solo Exhibition at Casa Italiana and Magazzino Italian Art Foundation Renato Leotta April 30 - June 12, 2019 Mondays-Fridays 10-6 Magazzino Italian Art Foundation (2700 U.S. 9, Cold Spring, NY) NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (24 West 12th Street, New York, NY) Curated by Vittorio Calabrese, Director, Magazzino Italian Art Foundation Magazzino Italian Art Foundation and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at…

Galuppi and Mozart

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

and the Comic Finale What Makes It Italian? Discovering National Character in Music is a music listening and discussion group that meets at Casa Italiana and is open to everyone. Participation is free. The group is led by Gina Crusco, who guides listening at Bard LLI and Riverdale Y, and who has been music instructor at The New School and director…