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The St. Bernard Syndicate/Sankt Bernhard Syndikatet WAYWARD ENDEAVORS: COMEDIES FROM THE NORTH

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

In this new odd-couple comedy about the pitfalls of striking out into the economic frontier, subversive satirist Madd Brugger charts the course two hapless Danes’ scheme to sell Saint Bernards to China’s middle class. When overachieving bumbler Frederik hatches a plan to breed the animals in the lucrative Chinese pet industry, he finds an unexpected business mate in former classmate…

Rehearsal for Truth 2019: Audience (Czech Republic)

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

PLAY, TALKBACK, AFTERPARTY. "Audience" centers on a meeting between brewery manager Sladek and employee Vanek. While the manager is clearly opening too many beers and inducing binge drinking, it is less clear what he wants from Vanek. "Audience" (1975) is the first of Vaclav Havel’s partly autobiographical one-act plays known as the “Vanek Trilogy” (followed by Protest (1978) and Mistake…

LUCKY & DANCE OR DIE Performance and Film Screening with Charlotta Öfverholm

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

At this dual event with Charlotta Öfverholm, Scandinavia House presents the live performance Lucky (2018) and the film Dance or Die (2019). Charlotta Öfverholm’s entire adult life, as well as a large part of her childhood and early years, has been filled with the world of dance. As a performer and choreographer with some of the world’s most renowned artists, she has constantly strived…

Telling our Black and Brown Irish Stories Open House

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

Glucksman Ireland House opens its doors as a recording hub for Americans who celebrate being both Irish and black/brown. An oral historian will record with you, or facilitate the recording of a conversation between you and your friend, family member or colleague. RSVP to irish.stories@nyu.edu

Casa Afternoons

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

Recital for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano Casa Afternoons invite our neighbors and their families to enjoy the arts in a relaxed atmosphere. Recital for flute, clarinet, and piano Ginevra Petrucci, flute Kostja Kostic, clarinet Matthew Oden, piano Program: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Four waltzes Gabriel Faure (1855-1924) Morceau de Concours Sicilienne Matthew Oden (b. 1986) Anachronism No.1 Ernest Chausson (1855-1899) Andante et Allegro…

The Ukrainian Institute of America 2019 Gala

Ukrainian Institute of America 2 East 79th Street, New York, NY, United States

Cocktails & Silent Auction 6:00pm Musical Entertainment 7:30pm Dinner 8:00pm After Party 9:30pm Thank you for your interest in the Ukrainian Institute of America Gala.  Tickets are now SOLD OUT! Please contact our office at 212-288-8660 to be added to our waitlist.

On Sex, Race, Nation, Humanity: Reading Derrida’s Geschlecht III

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

This event focuses on a recently discovered text by the late Franco-Algerian philosopher Jacques Derrida. Geschlecht III, rediscovered in the Derrida archive and newly published in French (forthcoming in English), is the “missing” installment in Derrida’s four-part series on Martin Heidegger and the German word Geschlecht(meaning, among other things, “sex,” “race,” and “species”). Geschlecht III presents us with one of Derrida’s most sustained engagements with Martin Heidegger,…

Envisioning Ukrainian Literature 2019: Versions and Demarcations, Part II

Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room 420 W 118th Street, #1219 International Affairs Building, New York City, NY, United States

Join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute for a panel moderated by Mark Andryczyk featuring Olena Jennings, Alexander J. Motyl, Dzvinia Orlowsky, and Irene Zabytko. What are the different ways that Ukrainian literature can be defined in 2019? Literature written in the Ukrainian language? Literature written by citizens of Ukraine in any language? Literature written in Ukrainian outside of Ukraine? Literature…

The Resistance in Western Europe, 1940–1945 – Book Launch and Discussion

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

Featuring Olivier Wieviorka (author), École Normale Supérieure de Paris-Saclay; Robert O. Paxton, Columbia University; and Mark Mazower, Columbia University. Olivier Wieviorka talks about his newly translated book, The Resistance in Western Europe, 1940–1945 (Columbia University Press, 2019), a sweeping analytical history of the underground anti-Nazi forces during World War II. Featuring responses by Robert O. Paxton and Mark Mazower.

Rehearsal for Truth 2019: In Conversation, Havel in America

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

MODERATED DISCUSSION. Pavla Niklova, Director of Vaclav Havel Library Foundation (VHLF), has invited participants from the oral history collection Havel Conversations and authors of the new book Havel v Americe (Havel in America)—featuring interviews from the project—to share their experiences. The event will also honor the achievements of Ambassador William Luers, Director of the Iran Project and Adjunct Professor at…