A Concert for Caccini

The Fabbri Library of the House of the Redeemer 7 East 95th Street, New York, NY, United States

at The Fabbri Library of the House of the Redeemer Presented by Salon Sanctuary Concerts. This concert will take place at The Fabbri Library of the House of the Redeemer (7 East 95th Street) Tickets are available here. A limited number of free tickets are available to Members of Casa Italiana, who will receive a code via e-mail. Giulio il…

The American Art Fair

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

The American Art Fair opens American Art Week in New York, celebrating the Fair’s 10th year at Bohemian National Hall. Inaugurated in 2008, The American Art Fair is now the only one that focuses on American 19th and 20th century works. Opening hours: November 10-12, 12:00-6:00 pm November 13, 12:00 -4:00 pm For more information, please visit theamericanartfair.com. Organized by:…

The Auschwitz Volunteer: Captain Witold Pilecki

Theatre Row 410 W. 42nd Street, New York, NY, United States

a monodrama directed and performed by Marek Probosz Tickets: $45 "It’s one of the most amazing stories to come out of World War II," said Terry Tegnazian, co-founder of Aquila Polonica, the publisher of Pilecki's autobiography and also a producer of the show. "His experience that he's written down gives the details and a view of what went on in…

100 For 100: Musical Decades of Freedom

Carnegie Hall 57th St. and 7th Ave, New York, NY, United States

Oratorio Society @ Carnegie Hall International Contemporary Ensemble ICE @ Roulette Intermedium 1918 marked a special moment in Polish history: after 123 years of absence from the map of Europe, deprived of statehood, and with its cultural identity endangered, Poland regained its independence. In celebration of that euphoric moment, a hundred years later on November 11, 2018, the Ministry of…

100 for 100: Musical Decades of Freedom

Roulette Intermedium 509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY, United States

1918 marked a special moment in Polish history: after 123 years of absence from the map of Europe, deprived of statehood, and with its cultural identity endangered, Poland regained its independence. In celebration of that euphoric moment, a hundred years later on November 11, 2018, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland together with PWM…

Portraiture and Enslavement at the Thresholds of Emancipation (A Caribbean Meditation)

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

A talk by Agnes Lugo-Ortiz For more information, please click here. This talk will address the only two extant oil portraits of enslaved women produced during the periods of emancipation in the French- and Spanish-speaking Caribbean. By underscoring the conflictive political and ideological forces, affective dynamics, and aesthetic principles at work in their composition, it will focus on the conditions that…

The Silk Tallit Renaissance

American Sephardi Fereation 16 W. 16th St., New York, NY, United States

Presenters: Dora Piperno, Celeste Pavoncello Piperno, Rav Umberto Piperno Tasting of kosher Italian bottarga, wine and citron sweets from Calabria Organzied by the American Sephardi Federation, Centro Primo Levi, Talled Di Seta. Seating is limited and reservation is required: info@primolevicenter.org Many of us remember well the years Rav Umberto Piperno spent in New York: his enthusiasm, wisdom and tireless efforts to…

New Italian Migrations to the United States

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

with Editors Laura Ruberto and Joseph Sciorra New Italian Migrations to the United States Volume 1: Politics and History since 1945 Volume 2: Art and Culture since 1945 Edited by Laura Ruberto and Joseph Sciorra Vol. 1 Contributors: Ottorino Cappelli, Donna Gabaccia, Stefano Luconi, Maddalena Marinari, James S. Pasto, Rodrigo Praino, Laura E. Ruberto, Joseph Sciorra, Donald Tricarico, and Elizabeth…

Les Rétifs – Gerty Dambury

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

Guadeloupean novelist and theatre director Gerty Dambury will be in conversation about her novel Les Rétifs (Les Editions du Manguier, 2012) with Professor Judith Miller, of NYU's Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture. Based on an historical event, Les Rétifs follows a child as she waits for her father to return from the bloody construction worker's strike of 1967.  Dambury weaves a portrait of class, race,…

ITalYa – Island of Divine Dew

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

Jewish Music from Ancient Times until Today, from the Middle East to the West, through Italy Delilah Gutman, voice and piano Refael Negri, violin Program: Delilah Gutman/Anonymous Kyriah Yefeifiah, voice and violin - Shalom ben Yosef Shabbazi (1619-1720) Bezalel Aloni (1940 ca) Love Song, voice- Shir haShirim 8:6 (Cantico dei Cantici) Anonymous / Refael Negri Fire Dance, violin Delilah Gutman/…