Screening of two films by the recently deceased Czech-American film director Ivan Passer, a leading figure of the Czech new wave and a close friend and collaborator of the late Milos Forman. The film anecdote "A Boring Afternoon" (1964, running time 14 min), based on a story by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, captures an ordinary, dull Sunday afternoon in a…
EXILE highlights Jewish music as it shifted and melded with traditions in early modern Europe. The program takes as its starting point the rich musical cultures fostered by Jews in early modern Italy and their points of contact with non-Jewish traditions. From there, it touches on the influences of Italian, German, and English music and Jewish culture, highlighting Jewish musicians, the non-Jewish composers they influenced, and composers…
Jillian Porter explores energy—the “power to make work”—as a shaping force in Tolstoy’s fictions. From the psychic “safety valves” of War and Peace to the steam engines of Anna Karenina and the excesses of The Kreutzer Sonata, the nineteenth-century science of thermodynamics provided Tolstoy with a powerful store of metaphors for the workings of minds, bodies, and literary texts. How…
Clare Horgan, the celebrated south Kerry sean nós (old-style) Irish-language singer, will be joined at this concert by Mark Simos, a highly respected songwriter and a guitarist who has accompanied some of Ireland’s finest traditional musicians. Free admission to Members of Glucksman Ireland House and to all students/faculty with a valid NYU I.D. card. For non-members: $15 donation at…
Discover the beauty of the Irish language in a program designed for learners of all levels and led by NYU faculty and other language scholars. Free event. About the Instructors: A native of Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal, Pádraig Ó Cearúill grew up with Irish as his first language. After earning his Bachelor’s degree in Irish Language and History and completing graduate studies…
Every summer, aficionados of William Butler Yeats come from all over the world to enjoy two weeks of lectures, readings, and theater in Sligo, and to tour nearby ”Yeats Country.” Here is your opportunity to sample the Yeats International Summer School in New York. Further info on www.yeatssociety.org Please note that this event may be filmed, captured on audio and/or…
The delightful tradition of Sunday afternoon musicales continues with the tenth annual Spring Musicale. Featuring young talent as well as seasoned musicians, the program opens with a movement from Antonin Dvorak’s engaging first piano trio, performed by Juilliard pre-college students. The African-American spiritual “Deep River” follows, in an arrangement by Jascha Heifetz, played by violinist Lilit Gampel. Quartet 131 presents…
Please join us for a talk by Darryl B. Hill, Professor at the College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center, City University of New York. The historical record of the famous Russian physiologist Ivan P. Pavlov is filled with errors. Controversies center on arguments about his American visit, avoidance of his controversial support of research on children, the inaccurate portrayal…
He was the greatest escape artist who ever lived. Famous for jumping handcuffed off bridges, dangling upside down in a straitjacket, and breaking out of jails all over America and Europe, Harry Houdini was a death-defying, self-liberating, American superhero. Born Erik Weisz, he was also the son of a rabbi and a Jewish immigrant who escaped his impoverished childhood thanks…
Venue: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/955448448 In Spanish KJCC POETRY SERIES CURATED BY LILA ZEMBORAIN: No Budu Please, a bilingual reading by Wingston González and his translator Urayoán Noel. Presented by Lila Zemborain. This event will be held in Zoom. Meeting ID: 955 448 448 Link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/955448448 Wingston González is a text producer and member of the collective / literary show La Retaguardia. In…