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Film Screening and Discussion: La grieta (The Divide)

King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square South, New York, United States

La Grieta (The Divide) by Irene Yagüe and Alberto García Ortiz (Spain, 2017, 76’) Following the local government’s sale of thousands of public apartments to foreign investment funds in 2013, many families living in Madrid were forced to leave their homes. This film takes a hard look and, despite the implicit drama, is not without humor when it comes to two…

Sciences of Empire/Post-Colonial States

La Maison Française (Columbia) Buell Hall, 515 West 116th Street, New York City, NY, United States

With Robyn d’Avignon and Justin Izzo “If we could today—without the burden or benefit of precedent, tradition, or institutional inertia—invent a field called ‘French and Francophone Studies,’ what would it look like?” - Laurent Dubois & Achille Mbembe Robyn d’Avignon is Assistant Professor of History at NYU. She is a historian and anthropologist of West Africa, with interests in natural resource extraction, scientific research,…

Music at the Maison Française (M@MF)

La Maison Française (Columbia) Buell Hall, 515 West 116th Street, New York City, NY, United States

A concert by Hana Mizuta and Lucie Ticho To RSVP, please click here. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011, Prelude; Schubert’s Impromptu No. 3, Op. 90; Fauré’s Papillon for Cello and Piano, Op. 77; Schubert’s “Schwanengesang”, D. 957, 4. Ständchen; Schubert’s Sonata in A minor for Arpeggione and Piano, D. 821. From Maison Française Columbia

50 YEARS LATER – A CONVERSATION ABOUT MAY 68 AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS

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

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a conversation between Prof. Claus Leggewie and Daniel Cohn-Bendit on "50 Years Later – A Conversation about May 68 and Its Repercussions." Daniel Cohn-Bendit, one of the main protagonists of the youth revolt between France and Germany, talks with the German political scientist Claus Leggewie about accomplishments, unintended effects and major omissions of the Sixties' revolt, about resistance today…

L’Atelier des enfants with Olivier Tallec (ABCs for kids)

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

Join us for an inventive game of ABCs with author and illustrator Olivier Tallec. In French. For kids ages 5 to 9. Free and open to the public with RSVP here. Follow on Facebook. Olivier Tallec graduated from the École Supérieure des Arts Appliqués Duperré in Paris. His work has appeared in many newspapers and magazines, and he has illustrated more than…

Centennial Heritage Festival

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

The two-day festival celebrates the traditional folk arts and two auspicious anniversaries: the Centennial of the founding of Czechoslovakia (1918) and the Millennial of the unification of the Lands of the Czech Crown, under Duke Oldrich (1018). Events include marionette theater performances, folk music concerts with Czech, Slovak, Moravian, Silesian, Roma and Rusyn folk songs (Feels Like Home), and folk…

From Khreshchatyk to Manhattan

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

RAVEL: Deux mélodies hébraïques: I. “Kaddisch” (Kaddish–Hymn of Praise), II. “L’énigme éternelle” (The Eternal Enigma); RICHARD STRAUSS: “Wir beide wollen springen” (We’re both about to leap for joy), “Wiegenlied” (Lullaby), “Schlechtes Wetter” (Terrible Weather), “Morgen” (Tomorrow), “Befreit” (Freed), “Cäcilie” (Cecily); KOS- ANATOLSKY: “Oi, ty divchyno, z horikha zernia (O, girl, kernel of the nut); SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major,…

Free – $25

Walking Tour: Celebrating 20 Years of the Straus Historical Society

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

The German-Jewish family that built Macy’s into an iconic retailer also left an indelible legacy in American politics and society. After the morning walking tour of Union Square and a pop-up exhibition of artifacts from Macy’s, the Titanic, and more, AJHS Executive Director Annie Polland will moderate a panel including Hasia Diner (NYU), Rabbi Joanna Samuels (Educational Alliance), Paul Kurzman (Straus Historical Society), and Niki Lefebvre (Natick Historical Society and…

$20

Exile and Creativity – The Artists

Italian Culture Institute 686 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States

The series continues with a panel discussion that explores the experience of two Italian artists: Corrado Cagli and Costantino Nivola, who fled Fascist Italy for America and whose experience of exile become a platform to reflect upon art, cross-fertilization, and creativity. Panelists: Giuliana Altea and Raffaele Bedarida. Costantino Nivola and Corrado Cagli came from very different backgrounds. Nivola, from rural…