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The Black Experience in French Cinema – Film Festival and Conference

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

Organized by Isabelle Boni-Claverie (French film director, screenwriter, visiting professor at NYU in Spring 2019) and Frédéric Viguier (Institute of French Studies, GSAS) Presented by Institute of French Studies and Cinema Studies APRIL 11 - COMING TO TERMS WITH THE COLONIAL EXPERIENCE The first film ever made by black people, Afrique sur Seine, was directed in 1956 by a group of African…

I’m Writing You from Tehran

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

Join Delphine Minoui as she presents I’m Writing You from Tehran (FSG; trans. Emma Ramadan), an unforgettable, moving view into an often obscured part of our world. Suffering the recent loss of her beloved grandfather and newly committed to a career in journalism, Delphine Minoui decided to visit Iran for the first time since the revolution―since she was four years…

Spring Musicale

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

The tradition of Sunday afternoon musicales continues as the spirited ArtsAhimsa ensemble returns for its ninth season with chamber works from the musical circle of Antonin Dvorak, exploring themes and variations originating from New York, Prague, and Vienna. The richly varied repertoire—ranging from solo instrument to quintet—will include Dvorak’s Humoresque Opus 101 nos. 1 and 7 (the latter arranged for…

L’Atelier des Enfants with Natalie Tual

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

Children’s book author Natalie Tual will read and sing her whimsical springtime story, Bulle et Bob au jardin. There’s lots to discover when Bulle and Bob garden together…an earthworm: yikes! Oh, a ladybug! Let’s play a game with the vegetables! After hearing this tale, you will never garden again without singing the radish salsa!   From Albertine

Understanding the 2019 European Elections

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

A Roundtable with Antoine Ripoll, Head of European Parliament Liaison Office with US Congress (Washington DC) and Ryan Meilak, EPLO Public Diplomacy & Communications Officer 2019 marks the 9th elections of the European Parliament (May 23-26). The European Union is facing challenges from all directions and from within its own borders: Immigration, Brexit, Russia, uncertainties with its relations with the…

From Macy’s to the Titanic -The Straus Family Legacy

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

The German-Jewish family that built Macy’s into an iconic retailer also left an indelible legacy in American politics and society, from the philanthropic work of the Educational Alliance to Isidor Straus’s time in the United States House of Representatives. In his lecture, department store historian Michael Lisicky will discuss how Isidor Straus built the Macy’s empire while his less known…

Black and Brown in Berlin: Notes from the African Diaspora

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

Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Urban Democracy Lab at NYU present a panel discussion about "Black and Brown in Berlin: Notes from the African Diaspora" among Brittany Hazelwood, Nadja Ofuatey-Alazard, and Darryl Pinckney,which will be moderated by Christophe A. Koné. Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet Audre Lorde, who taught in Berlin from 1984 to 1992, recalled that, on the day the…

LGBTQ 10-Minute Plays from Around the World

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

Rainbow Jubilee is a series of three events that Casa Italiana put together with its theater company in residence KIT to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. The events will feature LGBTQ theater respectively from Italy (February 25th), the US (March 25th) and from the rest of the world (April 15th): three events of live performance to discover how much…

Blaming the Victim

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

Stradella's "Susanna" 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 of Underworld…

Georgian Jews

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

At the Crossroads of Sephardic, Mizrahi, and Russian-Speaking Worlds: A Three-Part Learning and Cultural Series on the Greater Sephardic Communities of the Former Soviet Union Back by popular demand, the American Sephardi Federation’s Young Sephardi Scholars Series is excited to once again host a 3-part learning and cultural series about the Russian-speaking Jewish (RSJ) communities of the Greater Sephardic world.…

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