Rossini's "Stabat Mater" What Makes It Italian? Discovering National Character in Music is a music listening and discussion group that meets at Casa Italiana and is open to everyone. Participation is free. The group is led by Gina Crusco, who guides listening at Bard LLI and Riverdale Y, and who has been music instructor at The New School and director of…
How do we endure the memories of war, from whose ravages neither people, animals, nor the earth itself can escape? How do we reclaim what is left after war has destroyed lives, communities, buildings, and landscapes? How do we rebuild ourselves in the wake of ignominious battlefield defeats? Laurent Gaudé (Hear Our Defeats, trans. by Alison Anderson, Europa Editions), Sinan Antoon…
Panorama Europe 2019 Film Festival. Director: Abigail Mallia, 2017, 115 min, Malta. A human story of a family grappling with the discomforting notion of a delusional parent who believes he has what it takes to run for the Malta's Prime Minister. Panorama Europe 2019, the eleventh edition of the essential festival of new and vital European cinema, co-presented by Museum…
In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY The Last Day of Sun (L’Ultimo Giorno Di Sole) Text & Music by Giorgio Faletti Directed by Fausto Brizzi Performed by Chiara Buratti Produced by Orlantibor A "novel on stage" by the late writer/actor Giorgio Faletti. Seven monologues and eight songs. The story of a woman who, before the end of the world, returns…
Crisis after crisis has beset the European Union in recent years––Greek sovereign debt, Russian annexation of Crimea, unprecedented levels of migration, and the turmoil created by Brexit. From Paris to Berlin, London to Athens, European leaders have had to improvise on issues––problems of identity, sovereignty and solidarity––that the Union was never set up to handle and which threaten to engulf…
Crisis after crisis has beset the European Union in recent years – Greek sovereign debt, Russian annexation of Crimea, unprecedented levels of migration, and the turmoil created by Brexit. From Paris to Berlin, London to Athens, European leaders have had to improvise on issues – problems of identity, sovereignty and solidarity – that the Union was never set up to…
With Antonio Monda Antonio Monda (NYU) announces the theme of the 2019 edition of Le Conversazioni. Followed by a screening of the documentary Happiness directed by Francesco Zippel about the previous edition (2018) with Ian Buruma, Dave Eggers, David Mamet, Helen Oyeyemi, Benjamin Taylor, and Vendela Vida. Le Conversazioni is the international festival created by Antonio Monda and Davide Azzolini that takes place annually on…
The Ukrainian Institute of America is delighted to invite you to a special book talk and signing by The New York Times bestselling author Adam HigginbothamMidnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster The Ukrainian Institute of America 2 East 79th Street (at Fifth Avenue) New York, NY 10075 Admission: $15 | UIA members: $10 BUY TICKETS The first…
The launch party for Al Andalus in New York, a zine produced by Molly Crabapple and students at NYU’s Hagop Kevorkian Center, will feature a performance by rapper Omar Offendum, speeches by Molly Crabapple, filmmaker Assia Boundaoui (The Feeling of Being Watched), professor Hisham Aidi (Rebel Music), and readings by workshop participants. This will be followed by a panel discussion…
Liberal democracies are fraying: fresh ideas and policies are needed to formulate a New Social Contract to ensure that peace and democracy survives and thrives. What moral, social and political ideals can guide us through these troubled times and into the future? Patriotism has reemerged as a rallying cry towards rebuilding a national consensus and restoring acceptable social and political…