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Open House New York Weekend at the Ukrainian Institute of America

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

Take a tour of the Ukrainian Institute of America as part of the 17th Annual Open House New York Weekend, America’s largest architecture and design event. Saturday, October 19th: Free half-hour tours are offered at 10:30am, 11:30am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm, 4:30pm. Sunday, October 20th: Free open to the public access on a drop-in basis from 12:00-6:00pm. No tours offered on…

Open House New York 2019

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

For the fourth time, the New York City landmark Bohemian National Hall is opening its doors for guided tours, offering the rare opportunity to see not only the building mysteries but also a unique book presenting Alphonse Mucha's Slav Epic. LAST TOUR STARTS AT 5PM Open House New York is known locally, nationally and internationally for its free Annual OHNY…

Kvas Patriotism in Russia: Cultural Problems, Cultural Myths

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

In 1827 Russian poet Pyotr Vyazemsky (1792-1878) wrote in a letter from Paris: "Many see patriotism as unqualified praise of everything that is your own. Turgot called this "servant patriotism,” du patriotisme d’antichambre. In our country we could call it "kvas patriotism." Why move false patriotism out of the antechamber and into the realm of food and drink? This invocation…

Objectivity and the Humanities – Prospects for a New Realism: A Lecture by Professor Markus Gabriel

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

The NYU Department of German and Deutsches Haus at NYU present “Objectivity and the Humanities - Prospects for a New Realism,” a talk by Professor Markus Gabriel. Over the last decades, the humanities have come under pressure from the scientific worldview. To many, it seems as if the humanities provide us at best with less-than-objective knowledge claims. Arguably, there are…

Rose Désert: A Conversation with Violaine Huisman and Omar Berrada

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

Join Violaine Huisman and Omar Berrada as they discuss Huisman’s second novel, Rose désert, just published in France by Gallimard. In Rose désert, Violaine, depressed and approaching thirty, decides to cross the desert from Morocco to Sénégal. Throughout this unlikely and perilous journey, she reflects on loss and control. She mentally revisits her love affairs and explores her romantic and sexual awakening with…

Film Screening & Discussion. Oscar

Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room 420 W 118th Street, #1219 International Affairs Building, New York City, NY, United States

Join for a screening of the documentary film Oscar (2018), introduced by the directors Eugene Tsymbal and Aleksandr Smoljanskiand followed with a discussion moderated by Mark Lipovetsky and Daria Ezerova. Run time: 90 minutes This crowdfunded, award-winning project is the story of one of the most famous Russian artists, Oscar Rabin (1928-2018), who challenged the Soviet communist system and won. In 1974, he organized an open-air…

Le assaggiatrici

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

Rosella Postorino Casa Italiana hosts this book club that meets once a month to discuss contemporary Italian books in Italian. The Club is open to anyone and its purpose is to offer the possibility to practice the Italian language. Everybody is encouraged to speak. The group suggests the books, usually by contemporary Italian authors, that reflect the changes that have…

Lecture: Archives and Archivalities: Record-Keeping and Sovereignty in Early Modern Eurasia

Hagop Kevorkian Center 255 Sullivan Street, New York City, NY, United States

The ascendency of historical archival studies has re-focused attention on the relationship between record-keeping practices, the extension of authority across composite domains, and the redefinition of sovereignty between the fifteenth and the eighteenth centuries. Yet when positing the “archive” as an object of research, scholars dedicated to the history and evolution of documentary repositories also risk returning to culturalist modes…

Exhibit Opening. Sergei Volokhov: Theory of Reflection. Selections From The Kolodzei Art Foundation

Harriman Institute 420 West 118th St., New York City, NY, United States

Join the Harriman Institute and the Kolodzei Art Foundation for the opening reception of the exhibit Sergei Volokhov: Theory of Reflection. Selections from the Kolodzei Art Foundation. This exhibition features selected drawings from the 1980s by prominent Russian artist Sergei Volokhov. These imaginative drawings on specially prepared paper are contemplations by the artist on Russian history and his personal memories. Exhibit runs October 22…

Red Regatta

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

Presented by Save Venice This event is organized and presented by Save Venice. A lecture by Melissa McGill, artist Artist Melissa McGill will speak about her most recent public artwork, Red Regatta, an unprecedented series of large-scale choreographed regattas of traditional vela al terzo sailboats, hoisted with hand-painted red sails, that activated Venice’s lagoon and waterways last May through October 2019. This…