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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…

Emancipation, Then and Now

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

For all their unquestionable importance, the Holocaust and the founding of the State of Israel now loom so large in modern Jewish history that we have mostly lost sight of the fact that they are only part of—and indeed reactions to—the central event of that history: emancipation. In his new book and in this lecture, David Sorkin (Yale) seeks to…

Commercial Rivalry and Diplomacy in the Eastern Mediterranean before the Northern Invasion

The European Institute at Columbia University 420 W 118th St #1205, New York City, United States

Featuring Özden Mercan, Bilkent Üniversitesi The European History & Politics Workshop is supported by the European Institute at Columbia University. The workshop will meet on select Mondays over the course of the academic year at Columbia University (Philosophy 302) from 12:00pm-1:30pm. Participants will discuss pre-circulated work-in-progress over a light lunch. Please note that these workshops are by invitation only. If you…

Book launching: Eleanor Foa’s Mixed Messages

Rizzioli Bookstore 1133 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

Eleanor Foa Dienstag in conversation with Meryl Gordon. In post-World War II America, who ever heard of an Italian Jew? No one. Journalist and author Eleanor Foa, born in Italy, raised in America, daughter of a brilliant father whose Italian-Jewish roots trace back to 16th-century printers, was proud of her exotic roots, yet knew little about her lineage. In 2006,…

Book Launching: Eleanor Foa’s Mixed Messages

Rizzioli Bookstore 1133 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

Eleanor Foa Dienstag in conversation with Meryl Gordon. In post-World War II America, who ever heard of an Italian Jew? No one. Journalist and author Eleanor Foa, born in Italy, raised in America, daughter of a brilliant father whose Italian-Jewish roots trace back to 16th-century printers, was proud of her exotic roots, yet knew little about her lineage. In 2006, accompanied by…

“Digital Warriors:” Women’s Activism in a Global Context

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

Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York present a screening of the DW documentary "Digital Warriors: Women Changing the World" and a conversation among the activists Masih Alinejad and Aissata Camara, and moderated by Radha Hegde, Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU. The conversation will focus on the evolution…