From the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies.
Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a conversation between Prof. Claus Leggewie and Daniel Cohn-Bendit on "50 Years Later – A Conversation about May 68 and Its Repercussions." Daniel Cohn-Bendit, one of the main protagonists of the youth revolt between France and Germany, talks with the German political scientist Claus Leggewie about accomplishments, unintended effects and major omissions of the Sixties' revolt, about resistance today…
Join us for an inventive game of ABCs with author and illustrator Olivier Tallec. In French. For kids ages 5 to 9. Free and open to the public with RSVP here. Follow on Facebook. Olivier Tallec graduated from the École Supérieure des Arts Appliqués Duperré in Paris. His work has appeared in many newspapers and magazines, and he has illustrated more than…
The two-day festival celebrates the traditional folk arts and two auspicious anniversaries: the Centennial of the founding of Czechoslovakia (1918) and the Millennial of the unification of the Lands of the Czech Crown, under Duke Oldrich (1018). Events include marionette theater performances, folk music concerts with Czech, Slovak, Moravian, Silesian, Roma and Rusyn folk songs (Feels Like Home), and folk…
RAVEL: Deux mélodies hébraïques: I. “Kaddisch” (Kaddish–Hymn of Praise), II. “L’énigme éternelle” (The Eternal Enigma); RICHARD STRAUSS: “Wir beide wollen springen” (We’re both about to leap for joy), “Wiegenlied” (Lullaby), “Schlechtes Wetter” (Terrible Weather), “Morgen” (Tomorrow), “Befreit” (Freed), “Cäcilie” (Cecily); KOS- ANATOLSKY: “Oi, ty divchyno, z horikha zernia (O, girl, kernel of the nut); SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major,…
The German-Jewish family that built Macy’s into an iconic retailer also left an indelible legacy in American politics and society. After the morning walking tour of Union Square and a pop-up exhibition of artifacts from Macy’s, the Titanic, and more, AJHS Executive Director Annie Polland will moderate a panel including Hasia Diner (NYU), Rabbi Joanna Samuels (Educational Alliance), Paul Kurzman (Straus Historical Society), and Niki Lefebvre (Natick Historical Society and…
The series continues with a panel discussion that explores the experience of two Italian artists: Corrado Cagli and Costantino Nivola, who fled Fascist Italy for America and whose experience of exile become a platform to reflect upon art, cross-fertilization, and creativity. Panelists: Giuliana Altea and Raffaele Bedarida. Costantino Nivola and Corrado Cagli came from very different backgrounds. Nivola, from rural…
Born in Berlin, Margarethe von Trotta is considered one of the leaders of the New German Cinema movement. After studying Germanic and Romance languages in Munich and Paris (where she encountered the Nouvelle Vague and the films of Ingmar Bergman), von Trotta pursued a career in acting, working closely with Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Volker Schlöndorff. Starting with her first independent directorial…
Luis Garcia Berlanga’s black-comedy masterpiece of 1963, _El verdugo_ critiques Franco-era values through a macabre farce about an undertaker who marries an executioner’s daughter and reluctantly takes over her father’s job. Influenced by Italian neorealism, this caustic film depicts what Berlanga called “the invisible traps that society sets up for us”. A personal attack on both capital punishment and Fascist Spain, it…
Vivaldi and Falconieri (1586 – 1656) 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…