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…

Recovered Memory: New York and Paris 1960-1980

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

Journalist and photographer Frank Van Riper will discuss his latest book, Recovered Memory: New York and Paris 1960-1980 (just out in the U.S. with Daylight Books). Van Riper’s striking black and white photographs, spanning twenty years, coupled with his eloquent texts, capture the 20th-century romance and grit of New York more than half a century ago, and Paris, some forty years ago.…

David Witten, piano

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

Music of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968) Pianist David Witten has been described as a pianist "with that rare, elusive quality that charms and fascinates the listener." (Redondel, Milan, Italy) Witten's international career has included numerous concert tours in Ireland, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Europe, Mexico, South America, and China. As the recipient of a 1990 Fulbright Scholar award, Witten spent…

A World of Empires: The Russian Voyage of the Frigate Pallada

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

On Monday, November 19th, please join us for “A World of Empires: The Russian Voyage of the Frigate Pallada”, a book talk with Edyta Bojanowska. When American Commodore Matthew Perry famously sailed to open trade relations with Japan in 1852, a Russian expedition secretly on the same mission followed on the heels of his squadron. Serving as secretary to the…

Riso Amaro (Bitter Rice)

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

Giuseppe De Santis (1949) In conjunction with the exhibition NeoRealismo: The New Image in Italy, 1932-1960 Riso Amaro (Bitter Rice) (Italy, 1949, 109 min.) In ITALIAN with ENGLISH subtitles Directed by Giuseppe De Santis Starring Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling Introduced by Jenny McPhee, NYU. In Northern Italy’s Po Valley, an earthy rice-field worker (Silvana Mangano) falls in with a…