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Architecture Tour: Austrian Cultural Forum

Architectural historian Kenneth Frampton called the Austrian Cultural Forum, designed by Austrian architect and theorist Raimund Abraham (1933–2010), the most spectacular modern structure built in New York since the Seagram Building and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum. The Austrian Cultural Forum provides visitors the opportunity to tour the architectural landmark building in midtown Manhattan.

The Forest for the Trees

Awkward but idealistic teacher Melanie leaves her rural town and lover behind for a job in the city. Socially inept and sorely lacking in disciplinary skills, she is ill-equipped to deal with her unruly students and dismissive colleagues. She tries to befriend the infinitely more wordly Tina, her neighbor from across the street, who soon treats her with open hostility.…

Urban Poetry: St. Petersburg – New York

Please join us for an opening reception for the exhibit “Urban Poetry: St. Petersburg – New York.” with photography by Mark Serman. Exhibit on display October 19, 2016 – December 16, 2016, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. This show features an abridged collection of the photography of Mark Serman, with works spanning from his birthplace of Leningrad, U.S.S.R. to New York City, where…

The Tunnels

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a reading by the author Greg Mitchell from his recent nonfiction book The Tunnels: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill, followed by a conversation with acclaimed Germanist and author Eric Jarosinski. THE TUNNELS: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White…