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Screening and Book Presentation: The Lucky Star (La buona stella)

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

Mario Martella (1917-2014), Knight of Labour and recipient of the Gold Medal for Civil Merit, was recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum. He was an energetic, combative, and charismatic individual who only considered himself a lucky man, always protected by what he would call his "lucky star." Casa Italiana presents the English translation of…

“Bricks and Mortar:” A Conversation Between Clemens Meyer and Eric Jarosinski

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

Deutsches Haus at NYU and the NYU Department of German present a reading by the author and current DAAD Chair of Contemporary Poetics, Clemens Meyer, from his novel Bricks and Mortar (Im Stein), followed by a conversation with @neinquarterly's Eric Jarosinski. Bricks and Mortar is the story of the sex trade in a big city in the former GDR, from just before 1989 to the present day,…

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Exhibition Opening: Muse Muse

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

Opening of the exhibition "muse muse" emphasizing the relationship between curator and artist— muse muse, a muse muse, muse amuse, muse muse muse—the alliteration itself is almost inspiring. Special performance by Jahmal B Golden curated in by India Salvor Menuez and movie screening by NY Times favorite Nemo Librizzi, curated in by Theo Constantinou. While the trope of the artist…

Gaelic Mass

The Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral 263 Mulberry Street, New York City, NY, United States

The New York County Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral invite all to celebrate an: Irish-Language Mass Saturday, March 10, 12 p.m. Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral Mott Street between Prince and Houston Streets Father Andrew O’Connor of St. Mary’s Church in Manhattan will be the celebrant. Liturgical music will be performed on the Basilica’s historic…

The German-Jewish Cookbook

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

The mother-daughter team behind The German-Jewish Cookbook (Brandeis University Press, 2017), Gabrielle Rossmer Gropman and Sonya Gropman, discuss their historical and gastronomic exploration of German-Jewish cuisine with the Gefilteria’s Jeffrey Yoskowitz and historian Atina Grossmann (Cooper Union). This event will include a reception (Kosher dairy) with a tasting menu of items from the book: Berches (German-Jewish challa) Liptauer (a classic cheese spread with Hungarian origins) Krautsalat (cabbage slaw) Orangentorte (0range cake) Wine, Beer, and…

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Lecture: Aging Gracefully. Restoring Carpaccio’s Saint Ursula Cycle

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

A lecture by Melissa Conn, Director Venice Office, Save Venice Inc. How to best care for Carpaccio’s princess bride has occupied conservation professionals for nearly 500 years, from the first documented restoration treatment in 1521, to Save Venice’s current conservation efforts. Now housed in the Accademia Galleries, this 15th-century narrative cycle of nine canvases illustrating the story of Saint Ursula suffers…

The Receptionist: An Education at The New Yorker

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

In 1957, when a young Midwestern woman landed a job at The New Yorker, she didn’t expect to stay long at the reception desk. But stay Janet Groth did, and for twenty-one years she had the best seat in the house. In addition to taking messages, she ran interference for jealous wives checking on adulterous husbands, drank with famous writers at…

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The Hatred of Literature – William Marx & Ben Lerner

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

William Marx Writer, critic, professor of Comparative Literature, Université Paris Nanterre; author of La Haine de la littérature (The Hatred of Literature, Harvard University Press, 2018) Ben Lerner, respondent Poet, novelist, critic; MacArthur Fellow; author of No Art; Leaving the Atocha Station; 10:04; The Hatred of Poetry Eric Banks, moderator Director, New York Institute for the Humanities For the last 2,500 years literature has been attacked,…

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The Soviet Moral Gray Zone: From Kantian Deontology to Maternal Ethics in Vassily Grossman’s Everything Flows

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York City, NY, United States

 On Wednesday, March 21st please join us for “The Soviet Moral Gray Zone: From Kantian Deontology to Maternal Ethics in Vassily Grossman’s Everything Flows”, a talk with Ani Kokobobo from the University of Kansas. This talk is part of the Occasional Series, sponsored by the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. In this presentation, I consider the ethical…

Film/Panel Discussion: Jean Rouch and Modernity

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

To RSVP, please click here. To mark the 100-year anniversary of the birth of anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch, the Maison Française presents a selection of unfinished, unpublished films by the filmmaker, including “Monsieur Albert, Prophète” (Côte d’Ivoire, 1962-63) and “Moi fatigué debout, moi couché” (Niger, 1996-97). These will be presented and discussed by three specialists of Jean Rouch’s work. In…

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