Members’ Holiday Party 2019

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Join your fellow ASF Members for an exclusive holiday celebration at Scandinavia House with glögg, treats, and holiday music, including a special Saint Lucia procession! During this annual party for the entire family, the Children’s Center will also be open, and a holiday ornament workshop for families will take place in the library. The gallery will also be open for you to view the…

Russian Formalism: The Theory of Literary Estrangement and the Estrangement of Social Practices

Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room 420 W 118th Street, #1219 International Affairs Building, New York City, NY, United States

Please join us for a talk with Ilya Kalinin, Associate Professor at Saint Petersburg State University (Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences), and Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics. Radical socio-cultural transformation constituted the very material and style, the texture and technique, of Russian Formalism. Estrangement, shift, deformation, struggle between old and new genres, mutual antagonism of…

Art and the Anthropocene: A Talk by Claus Leggewie

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

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a talk by Professor Claus Leggewie (University of Giessen) on "Art and the Anthropocene," in which he will discuss the changes brought on by the new geological age of the Anthropocene and its impact on culture and the arts. About the event: Scientists argue that earth history has entered the Anthropocene, a geological age in which…

Tomorrow (Demain) – Documentary Film Screening and Q&A

La Maison Française (NYU) 16 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

The Center of Applied Liberal Arts (CALA) at the School of Professional Studies (SPS) and the Department of French Literature, Thought, and Culture present a screening of the film Tomorrow (Demain) hosted by filmmaker and scholar Leonard Cortana. Tomorrow is a French documentary about what individuals around the world are doing to help fight current environmental problems. It is being shown as part of CALA's international…

AIRNEÁL Na Nollaig

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

Irish language lecturer Pádraig Ó Cearúill hosts an evening of traditional music and song with NYU students and local musicians. All events are supported by members of Glucksman Ireland House. Become a member.  

Presentation, DJ: Czech Image Exhibition

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

Presentation of an internationally acclaimed traveling exhibition "Czech Image" featuring works of Czech and foreign students that deal with their perception of the Czech Republic. Discussion with the Deputy Director-General of the Czech Centers, Monika Koblerová, follows her presentation. The special evening will also include a live set by DJ Alyaz and refreshments. The project "Czech Image" includes an exhibition…

The Abdication Liv Ullmann: A Celebration

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Based on the powerful play by Ruth Wolff about Queen Christina, who abdicated the throne to convert to Catholicism, Liv Ullmann and Academy Award-winner Peter Finch (Network) star as a queen and cardinal who share a forbidden love in this compelling true story of lust and power. When Sweden’s Queen Christina decides in 1654 to give up her throne in order…

$12

Koliada and Music from the Carpathians

The Ukrainian Museum 222 E 6th Street, New York, United States

Yara Arts Group, under the direction of Virlana Tkacz, will stage a concert-theater event, “Koliada and Music from the Carpathians,” December 6 and 7 at 7:00 PM at The Ukrainian Museum, 222 E 6th Street in Manhattan. The Koliadnyky, an ensemble of winter song singers from the Carpathians, will sing traditional winter songs and perform brilliant troista instrumental music from…

Nordic Christmas Children’s Workshop

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Children and their parents/caretakers can experience how Scandinavians prepare for Christmas in this special craft day, which teaches how to make traditional holiday items such as woven hearts and yarn tomtar. The workshop also includes a brief candlelit Saint Lucia procession. From Scandinavia House. 

$15

Czech Christmas Afternoon

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

Czech Christmas festivities, with musical celebration featuring traditional Czech and American carols and a Christmas market offering Czech holiday specialties--cookies and mulled wine. Program: 4:00 PM | CHRISTMAS MARKET Featuring traditional Czech glass ornaments and decorations, chocolates and sweets, mulled wine and traditional Czech Christmas cookies 4:30 PM | CHRISTMAS CONCERT Czech and American Christmas carols. Featuring soprano Kristyna Kustkova…