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Virgil’s Aeneid and the Destiny of Italy

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

Prof. Alessandro Barchiesi, NYU A lecture by Alessandro Barchiesi, Professor of Classics, NYU In his lecture, Professor Barchiesi will discuss various reactions and appropriations of the Aeneid in Italian culture, with an eye on the recurring problem of Italian national identity. Alessandro Barchiesi is a scholar of Roman literature and its modern reception. His new book project, The War for…

Exhibit: Ser Serpas: Against Attachment

Ludlow 38 38 Ludlow Street, New York, United States

Goethe-Institut Curatorial Residencies Ludlow 38 is pleased to present Against Attachment, the first institutional solo exhibition of the New York- and Zurich-based artist Ser Serpas in the United States. This installation stages a scene from the artist’s windowless apartment studio in New York, where Serpas lived, studied, and worked during her last year at Columbia University. The four newly commissioned sculptures…

The Neapolitan Language and Its “Accademia”

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

Meeting Massimiliano Verde "Neapolitan: more than a sentiment!" A language of art, culture, song, philosophy, genuine food and... "sapé campà!" Dr. Massimiliano Verde, president of the Neapolitan Academy will talk - in conversation with journalist Angela Vitaliano (Grazia) - about his work to promote this heritage that is also very present in the United States and will explain why this treasure…

Rick Moody Discusses Barthes’ A Lover’s Discourse

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

Author Rick Moody will discuss his own work as well as Roland Barthes’ essay A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments, an unconventional blend of literature and philosophy on the theme of love. Moderated by Adam Hocker, bookseller at Albertine. Rick Moody is the author of six novels and several non-fiction collections and books, including his most recent work Hotels of North America. His second memoir The Long…

Film: Makala

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

Emmanuel Gras, 2018, 96 min. To RSVP, please click here. Makala is an extraordinarily revealing and surprisingly gorgeous look at everyday life for a charcoal salesman in the Democratic Republic of Congo. French documentary filmmaker Emmanuel Gras follows 28-year-old Kabwita Kasongo through the entire process of making and selling charcoal: finding and cutting down a tree in the vast plains near his village…

New Fellows 2019-20

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

Fall 2019 and Spring 2020            Dušan Borić Nomis Foundation Fellow University of Cambridge (U.K.) On the move: prehistoric mobility and the spread of agriculture in Eurasia Alessia Mastrodonato Alexander Bodini Research Fellow in Developmental and Adolescent Psychiatry Columbia University: Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc., New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI; U.S.A.) Identifying the neural correlates of fear generalization during…

Film: Me and Kominski

Goethe-Institut New York 30 Irving Place, New York City, NY, United States

"You are famous. You wanted to be. Being famous means having someone like me." - Sebastian Zöllner Germany just before the turn of the millenium. Sebastian Zöllner (Daniel Brühl), art journalist and master of overconfidence, plans his big coup: a tell-all book about the legendary but nearly forgotten painter Manel Kaminski (Jesper Christensen), student of Matisse and friend of Picasso,…

The 9th Annual Chekhov Variety Show

City Winery NYC 155 Varick Street

Please join us for the 9th annual Chekhov Variety Show, NYC’s longest-running annual celebration of Anton Chekhov’s birthday. Click here to buy tickets. “Heroes are as necessary as the sun.” —Anton Chekhov This year’s event celebrates artist-heroes like Chekhov (one of history’s most effective prison reform advocates) and features a performance by free expression activist Mai Khoi, known as Vietnam’s Lady Gaga, Bjork…

$15 – $25

Coffeehouse Chronicle: Witkacy

La Mama Theater 66 East 4th Street (at Bowery & 2nd Ave), New York City, NY, United States

La Mama Theater and the Polish Cultural Institute New York in association with Adam Mickiewicz Institute and Martin E. Segal Theater Center present La Mama Theater Ellen Stewart Theater (The Annex) 66 East 4th Street (at Bowery & 2nd Ave) New York, NY 10003 Admission: FREE Why am I precisely this being and not some other? In this place in…

Opening Night of In Scena! 2019

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

In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY A night dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, featuring a special presentation and performance of the three finalist 10-minute plays from Kairos Italy Theater's competition (April 15, Casa Italiana). In ENGLISH. From the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo.