Directed by Jakov & Dominik Sedlar and Pravednica Ciganka, this 2016 short film tells the story of the only Gypsy woman honored by Israel as a "Righteous amongst the Nations." Ticket Info: $10 general at bpt.me/4333932 or 800-838-3006
We continue the conversation on poetry from the perspective of Spanish Jewish practitioners. Isabelle Levy, Tamar Menashe, and Raymond P. Scheindlin will read poems in some of the languages of Sephardi Jews and discuss the interconnected histories of secular Hebrew poetry of al-Andalus, the Judeo-Spanish romansas which drew upon Castilian and Galician-Portuguese tropes, and the contiguous poetic practices in Arabic…
Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a conversation between Professor Ulrich Baer (New York University) and Professor Amir Eshel (Stanford University) on Paul Celan’s visit to Israel in 1969 and on how Israel (past and present) could be seen through the poet's work. Photo of Paul Celan About the event: In 1969, the poet Paul Celan, who upended modern poetry with…
Roberto Scarcella Perino's Opera Comes to New York Composer Roberto Scarcella Perino's latest opera Furiosius, based on Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, with a libretto by Flora Gagliardi, will receive its American premiere in May, 2020. The composer will be giving a presentation of the work in the company of Professors Eugenio Refini (NYU) and Lina Bolzoni (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa), featuring…
Award-winning Norwegian novelist Dag Solstad joins us with author Rebecca Dinerstein for a book talk on his newest novel, an existential murder mystery titled Professor Andersen’s Night. On Christmas Eve, 55-year-old professor Pål Andersen sits alone in his living room, drinking coffee and cognac and lost in a train of thought, when he glances out the window and sees a man strangling a…
Please note: This event has been postponed. Commemorating the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt’s death, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik and Thomas Kaplan, philanthropist and private collector of the Dutch master’s works, discuss Rembrandt’s legacy.
Monday, November 18 at 7:30 pm Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Dweck Center 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238 The outcome is an image of Lwów that is, frankly, unsurpassed in its intellectual and emotional richness, in Polish or for that matter in any other language that I know. Timothy Snyder Thoughtful, insightful, exceptionally well researched and moving at…
Join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University for a presentation by Ola Hnatiuk of her book Courage and Fear (Academic Studies Press, 2019). Thoughtful, insightful, exceptionally well researched and moving at the same time, Courage and Fear is the book that plunges the reader into the depth of the history in one of the most contested places on the European map. The…
Marco Balzano Casa Italiana hosts this book club that meets once a month to discuss contemporary Italian books in Italian. The Club is open to anyone and its purpose is to offer the possibility to practice the Italian language. Everybody is encouraged to speak. The group suggests the books, usually by contemporary Italian authors, that reflect the changes that have…
The Polish Cultural Institute New York is proud to announce Portable Landscapes: Memories and Imaginaries of Refugee Modernism, a group exhibit to be opened on Tuesday, November 19, at The James Gallery, The CUNY Graduate Center. Curated by Inga Lace, Katherine Carl, Andra Silapetere and Solvita Krese, the exhibit is a part of the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art four-year…