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Based on Cătălina Florescu’s The Woman Who Kept Forgetting to Be Born adapted and directed by Matei StoianMemory fractures. Voices rise. One woman refuses to disappear. In a world shaped by silence, The Forgotten Woman” dares to speak. Romanian-American playwright

We are delighted to invite you to a special performance of The Pit, the haunting allegory by acclaimed Romanian-French playwright Matei Vișniec, hosted by the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York. Written in 1988 during the waning days of European communism, The Pit

We are back at the Rehearsal for Truth Festival, the NYC showcase of Central European theater advocating the anti-totalitarian values exposed by Václav Havel, with The Pit, a compelling drama by prolific Romanian playwright Matei Vișniec, which serves as a stark allegory

With the support of The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, Anca Poterasu Gallery returns to NADA New York to present recent photography and textile works by Aurora Kiraly and Megan Dominescu, which explore identity, perception, and social critique. Drawing on personal

Romanian author Mircea Cărtărescu, the winner of some of the most prestigious international literary awards, including The Dublin Literary Award (2024) and The Los Angeles Times Book Prize (2023), is making his much-awaited return to New York for a special soiree at the

March is the month of women in Romania and the U. S. and so it is at the Romanian Cultural Institute. We mark the most beloved days of the Romanian calendar – March 1, an exaltation of life renewed, and March 8, the universal homage to womanhood – with an unconventional

While foreign translations still make a fraction of the titles published in the US and the UK, the library of Romanian books in English is growing nonetheless and recently has been enriched with two perennial classics, Ciuleandra by Liviu Rebreanu (Cadmus Press) and Rakes

A new radio adaptation of one of the best plays by internationally acclaimed Romanian-French author Matei Vișniec made its debut as a radio theater piece at Trafika Europe Radio with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institutes in New York and London and University

Women writers dominate the literature written by Romanians in North America. Our literary series, turning the spotlight on this phenomenal wave of creativity, organized in partnership with Denver-based Bucharest Inside the Beltway, brings together the largest group of Romanian-American

Charismatic Matei Varga, beloved Romanian-American piano wizard, “the true heir of an incomparable pianistic tradition that includes Dinu Lipatti and Clara Haskil (The Enescu Festival News), makes a triumphant comeback to the RCI program with a collection of irresistible

Don’t miss the biggest descend of Romanian artists in New York City in the past years: A Room of One's Own, a project inspired by Virginia Woolf’s feminist manifesto and produced by Anca Poterasu Gallery and Catinca Tabacaru Gallery with support from RCI New York.

The biggest Romanian-American poetic contingent in years descends upon New York and Bucharest for two successive weeks of readings and performances hosted by popular dens of the spoken word scene. Organized in partnership with Bowery Poetry and the National Museum of Romanian