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Dante and the Discourse of Race in 20th Century America

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

Allen Tate, Melvin Tolson, Robert Penn Warren, Ralph Ellison A lecture by Dennis Looney In this presentation Dr. Looney examines how the reception of Dante Alighieri--his biography and the Divine Comedy--contributes to the productive literary entanglement of several key figures of American literary life in the middle of the 20th century. Since 2014, Dennis Looney has served as director of the…

Midwives, Musicians, Soldiers, Rabbis:Whose Stories will become Jewish History?

Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Come join leading musicians, historians, and an award-winning novelist on March 12 to celebrate the release of The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 6: Confronting Modernity, 1750-1880, edited by Elisheva Carlebach. A lively discussion will explore “Whose stories will become Jewish history?” as Deborah Dash Moore, Elisheva Carlebach, Dara Horn, Itamar Borochov  bring to life through words and music the period…

$10

Film: Hiroshima, my love (Hiroshima mon amour)

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

A French actress filming an anti-war film in Hiroshima has an affair with a married Japanese architect as they share their differing perspectives on war. A classic black-and-white story of love, war, suffering and forgetfulness, which was sweated out of an affair between a French actress (Emmanuelle Riva) and a married Japanese architect (Eiji Okada) in the titular bomb-ravaged city.

Exhibition opening: The Genesis and Life of Opera Kata Kabanova

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

Opening of the exhibition "The Genesis and Life of Janacek's Opera Kata Kabanova" exploring the circumstances surrounding the creation and first staging of the opera in Brno in 1921. It also presents the history of productions of Janacek’s operas at the Metropolitan Opera and a series of paper collages by a Brno-based artist Vendula Chalankova featuring characters from Janacek’s operas…

Homage to Spring With Helge Antoni

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Internationally acclaimed Swedish pianist Helge Antoni presents a celebration of spring’s arrival through performances of works by C. Sinding, J. Sibelius, E. Grieg, W. Stenhammar, and T. Rangström. The concert includes pieces from Sinding’s Popular Song, Op. 32, Serenade, Op. 33, and Rustle of Spring, Op. 32; Sibelius’s Romance, Op. 24 and The Birchtree and The Fir Tree, Op. 75;…

$25

Aurora New Nordic Cinema: Female-Focused

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

FRI—March 13—7 PM $12 ($7 ASF Members) Series Pass $84 ($49 ASF Members) 106 minutes. In Finnish and Farsi with English subtitles. Purchase Tickets Purchase Series Pass Hard-partying Aurora dreams of escaping her rote life in Finnish Lapland for Norway, working as a nail technician while couch-crashing with a friend to save money. Meanwhile, Iranian refugee Darian is hoping to…

$12

Tribute to the late Ciaran Carson and launch of Frank Ormsby’s The Rain Barrel

Glucksman Ireland House NYU One Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Frank Ormsby, Ireland Chair of Poetry, will read from his newest collection, The Rain Barrel and will join in a launch and musical celebration of Ciaran Carson’s remarkable posthumous volume Still Life, with Paul Muldoon, Nick Laird, and other guests. Poet and editor Frank Ormsby grew up in rural Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. He was educated at St. Michael’s College and Queen’s…

Film Screening & Discussion. Bird Talk (Mowa ptaków)

Museum of the Moving Image 36-01 35th Avenue, Astoria, New York

Please join the Museum of the Moving Image and the Harriman Institute for the U.S. premiere of the 2019 film Bird Talk(Mowa ptaków), with director Xawery Żuławski and DP Andrzej J. Jaroszewicz in person. This event is part of the First Look 2020 festival. Tickets available on the Museum of the Moving Image website. Film runtime: 138 minutes. In Polish with English subtitles. Dir. Xawery Żuławski. DCP. With Sebastian Fabijański,…

$15

First Look 2020 Festival

Museum of the Moving Image 36-01 35th Avenue, Astoria, New York

sci-fi cult epic On the Silver Globe directed by Andrzej Zulawski followed by the masterclass with a cinematographer Andrzej J. Jaroszewicz and US Premiere of Bird Talk (Mowa ptaków) directed by Xavery Zulawski (in person), screenplay by Andrzej Zulawski, cinematography by Andrzej J. Jaroszewicz (in person) as part of First Look 2020 Festival Bird Talk – March 13th, 8PM On…

Already Dead. Feedback Loops Of Despair

Grace Exhibition Space and Gallery 182 Avenue C, New York, NY, United States

Grace Exhibition Space for International Performance Art Space and the Polish Cultural Institute New York present performance and exhibition by KUBA FALK Friday, March 6, 2020 - Sunday, March 15, 2020 exhibition on view March 6-15, 2020 Fridays-Sundays: 4PM – 9PM performances: March 6-8 & 13-14, 2020, 9PM GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE & GALLERY 182 Avenue C, New York, NY 10009…