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Confessions of a Yiddish Writer and other Essays by Chava Rosenfarb

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

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…

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin

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

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…

Film: Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years, 1984-1992

Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office 275 Madison Ave #2114, New York, NY

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…

Lecture: Visions of the Modern: Abstraction in the Postcolonial Middle East

NYU Silver Center 32 Waverly Place, New York, NY, United States

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…

Ilya Kabakov and the Rubbish Heap of History

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

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…

People of the Book Club

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

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…

Annual Barra Ó Donnabháin Lecture: Mo Shaol agus mo Shaothar with Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh

Glucksman Ireland House NYU One Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

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…

A residency by Ensemble Échappé

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

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:…

Conference. The Holocaust in Yugoslavia and the Balkans

Deutsches Haus Columbia 420 West 116th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Join the Harriman Institute and the Kupferberg Holocaust Center for a two-day conference entitled "The Holocaust in Yugoslavia and the Balkans." Click here to register. PLEASE NOTE: Registration does not guarantee a seat. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first seated basis.   PROGRAM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 6:30 pm: Screening of documentary film Besa: Rescue in…

James Joyce’s Dubliners and Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man

Glucksman Ireland House NYU One Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Professor Garry Leonard (University of Toronto) leads this month’s James Joyce Society meeting. Talk followed by group discussion of Finnegan’s Wake. Further info on www.joycesociety.org Please note that this event may be filmed, captured on audio and/or photographed.  All events are supported by members of Glucksman Ireland House. Become a member.