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Bathsheba Demuth-The Value of Blubber: Soviet Whaling and the Cold War

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

Please join us on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 for a talk by Bathsheba Demuth of Brown University. This event is part of the Elihu Rose Lectures in Modern Military History and is co-sponsored by the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. This talk traces the history of whaling in the North Pacific from the early 1930s until the…

“Too Playful”

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

Rossini's "Stabat Mater" 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…

Pen Festival & The Guardian present: Meditations on War

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

How do we endure the memories of war, from whose ravages neither people, animals, nor the earth itself can escape? How do we reclaim what is left after war has destroyed lives, communities, buildings, and landscapes? How do we rebuild ourselves in the wake of ignominious battlefield defeats? Laurent Gaudé (Hear Our Defeats, trans. by Alison Anderson, Europa Editions), Sinan Antoon…

Film: Limestone Cowboy

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

Panorama Europe 2019 Film Festival. Director: Abigail Mallia, 2017, 115 min, Malta. A human story of a family grappling with the discomforting notion of a delusional parent who believes he has what it takes to run for the Malta's Prime Minister. Panorama Europe 2019, the eleventh edition of the essential festival of new and vital European cinema, co-presented by Museum…

The Last Day of Sun

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

In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY The Last Day of Sun (L’Ultimo Giorno Di Sole) Text & Music by Giorgio Faletti Directed by Fausto Brizzi Performed by Chiara Buratti Produced by Orlantibor A "novel on stage" by the late writer/actor Giorgio Faletti. Seven monologues and eight songs. The story of a woman who, before the end of the world, returns…

Alarums & Excursions: Perspectives on the European Union

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

Crisis after crisis has beset the European Union in recent years––Greek sovereign debt, Russian annexation of Crimea, unprecedented levels of migration, and the turmoil created by Brexit. From Paris to Berlin, London to Athens, European leaders have had to improvise on issues––problems of identity, sovereignty and solidarity––that the Union was never set up to handle and which threaten to engulf…

Book Launch: “Alarums & Excursions: Improvising Politics on the European Stage”

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

Crisis after crisis has beset the European Union in recent years – Greek sovereign debt, Russian annexation of Crimea, unprecedented levels of migration, and the turmoil created by Brexit. From Paris to Berlin, London to Athens, European leaders have had to improvise on issues – problems of identity, sovereignty and solidarity – that the Union was never set up to…

Le Conversazioni 2019

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

With Antonio Monda Antonio Monda (NYU) announces the theme of the 2019 edition of Le Conversazioni. Followed by a screening of the documentary Happiness directed by Francesco Zippel about the previous edition (2018) with Ian Buruma, Dave Eggers, David Mamet, Helen Oyeyemi, Benjamin Taylor, and Vendela Vida. Le Conversazioni is the international festival created by Antonio Monda and Davide Azzolini that takes place annually on…

Special Book Talk and Signing by The New York Times Bestselling Author Adam Higginbotham

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

The Ukrainian Institute of America is delighted to invite you to a special book talk and signing by The New York Times bestselling author Adam HigginbothamMidnight in Chernobyl:  The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster The Ukrainian Institute of America 2 East 79th Street (at Fifth Avenue) New York, NY 10075 Admission: $15  | UIA members: $10 BUY TICKETS The first…

$10 – $15

Al-Andalus in New York

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

The launch party for Al Andalus in New York, a zine produced by Molly Crabapple and students at NYU’s Hagop Kevorkian Center, will feature a performance by rapper Omar Offendum, speeches by Molly Crabapple, filmmaker Assia Boundaoui (The Feeling of Being Watched), professor Hisham Aidi (Rebel Music), and readings by workshop participants.  This will be followed by a panel discussion…