Antonio Tabucchi 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 taken…
Join us for a screening of Yury Shchekochikhin: His Life in Words and Deeds (2017), followed by a panel discussion. Golden Film Studio’s 40-minute documentary examines the life and work of investigative journalist and Duma representative Yury Shchekochikhin. An outspoken champion of democracy, free expression, and the rule of law during perestroika and in post-Soviet Russia, Shchekochikhin was famous for his…
Chava Rosenfarb (1923-2011) was one of the most prominent Yiddish novelists of the second half of the twentieth century. Born in Poland in 1923, she survived the Lodz ghetto, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen, immigrating to Canada in 1950 and settling in Montreal. The new book, Confessions of a Yiddish Writer and Other Essays by Chava Rosenfarb, compiled and edited by Goldie…
A Conversation with Mark Rucker The fifth Adventure in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin of this season features Mark Rucker, the stalwart American baritone who has sung leading Verdi roles at the Met, London, Vienna, Berlin and elsewhere, and is also one of the most important opera educators of our time, ably passing on his knowledge to future generations of singers. In ENGLISH. From the Casa…
Audre Lorde’s incisive, often-angry, but always brilliant writings and speeches defined and inspired the feminist, lesbian, Black, and women-of-color movements of the 1970s and 1980s in the United States. Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years, 1984 to 1992 documents a less-known chapter of Lorde’s life: her time in West Berlin and her influence on the German political and cultural scene during…
After 1945, abstract art exploded in the Arab world, announcing a new cultural renaissance. In this talk, Pepe Karmel, Associate Professor of Art History, NYU, will link the different varieties of Arab abstraction to their counterparts in the broader Middle East and in Europe—and discuss how these varieties served as vehicles for competing visions of Arab modernity rooted in histories…
The current success of Ilya and Emilia Kabakov as internationally renowned installation artists builds on Ilya Kabakov’s work in the Soviet Union. In this talk, Komaromi will explore Kabakov’s artistic relationship to both the Russian and Soviet cultural legacy and the western gaze. Specifically, she will show how Kabakov’s work with found “trash” objects in the 1980s is distinct from…
Go behind the stories and peer inside the archives at this new bi-monthly book discussion, led by Lauren Gilbert, Senior Manager for Public Services at the Center for Jewish History. The first session will feature a discussion of The Promised Land by Mary Antin, a celebrated 1912 memoir by a Russian-Jewish immigrant to Boston, followed by a show and tell…
The Annual Barra Ó Donnabháin Lecture will be given by internationally-renowned fiddler and the lead vocalist of Altan, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, who is recognized as a leading exponent in the Donegal fiddle style, and is considered one of the foremost singers in the Irish language. Mairéad will be discussing her life and works. Lecture in Irish and English. Mairéad was born and raised in the…
Two concerts and an opera premiere over four evenings Two concerts and an opera premiere performed over four evenings by a group of soloists bent on renovating the new-music experience in the 21st century, starting at the Italian Academy. February 19 at 7:30 PM: Convergences Concert featuring soprano Lucy Dhegrae Christopher Trapani: Convergence Lines Isabel Mundry: Dufay Bearbeitungen Elliott Carter:…