Andrei Codrescu Teaches “How to Live under Fascism” at the Romanian Cultural Institute
We are thrilled to host the launching event of Andrei Codrescu’s latest poetry collection, provocatively titled “How to Live Under Fascism”, a timely and brilliant poetic statement that confronts the specters of history with dark irony, lyrical defiance, and fierce
Radu Vancu at World Voices Festival
One of Romania’s most compelling literary voices is coming to the U. S. , and he’s bringing poetry that resonates across borders and generations. With our support, poet and scholar Radu Vancu takes part in this year’s PEN America World Voices Festival, joining a standout
Romanian-American Leonard Ursachi’s Public Art to Adorn East River’s Shore
We are pleased to announce the unveiling of Peace Like a River, a new public art installation by Romanian-American artist Leonard Ursachi, located near the main entrance of Hunter's Point South Park in Long Island City, Queens. The installation will be on view from
Fervent Cristina A. Bejan Launches Her Theater Collection Book in New York
Romanian Cultural Institute is proud to present, in partnership with The Drama Book Shop and Jay Michaels Global Communications, the launching of Finally Quiet. Four Plays from Bucharest to Washington, D. C. , the latest book by prodigious writer, academic, and thespian
Film Historian Adina Brădeanu on Forbidden Documentaries of the Stalinist Era
Oxford scholar Adina Brădeanu, one of our foremost film historians, tells the turbulent story in the Stalinist 1950s of the Sahia Studio, the documentary production outlet of communist Romania, at the Orphan Film Symposium, organized by the NYU Martin Scorsese Department
A Tragedy Revisited: The Iași Pogrom
Like every year, we mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day with a special event that highlights and examines painful moments related to the history of the Shoah in Romanian context. This year, when it is perhaps more relevant than ever in recent years to talk about
The Romanian Film Festival of Washington, D.C., 2023 | Reinventing Realism — New Cinema from Romania
Washington, D. C. , the capital of Romanian film in NovemberThe fourth edition of The Romanian Film Festival of Washington, D. C. (RFF 2023), our biggest cinematic event in North America, brings to the nation’s capital the most lauded recent productions of a cinema that
Iconoclast Domnica Rădulescu at Feraru Conferences Online
The next episode of the Feraru Conferences, our oldest online program, exploring relevant topics on both side of the Atlantic, puts front and center writer, playwright and academic Domnica Rădulescu, one of the most original and prolific Romanian-American authors, in a
A Bigger and Bolder “Romanian Weekend at The Wharf” Returns to Washington, D.C., July 7-9
Music, dance, food, wine, spoken word performances, and craft shows with a view!Launched in 2022 as a joint initiative of the Embassy of Romania to the United States and the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, “The Romanian Weekend at The Wharf” is the biggest Romanian
Doctors of Words: William Maz and Adrian Sângeorzan present their new novels at the RCI
Thrilling new Romanian books in EnglishTwo of the most prolific Romanian-American authors, both revered physicians with a passion for words, return to the Romanian Cultural Institute on June 23 to discuss and read from their most recent books. While different in subject
ZMEI3: A Very Romanian Affair
An evening of Rough Romanian Soul at an iconic D. C. venueZMEI3is a Romanian group formed in Berlin, Germany, which has been at the forefront of a radical renewal of Romanian music of the past decade. The name alludes to the supernatural creatures of Romanian folklore, the
ECO Solidarity returns to WantedDesign Manhattan in response to environmental and global war crises
ECO Solidarity, a collaborative initiative bringing together leading European designers and studios represented by EUNIC NY,the European Union National Institutes for Culture, returns to New York’s Javits Center between May 21-23, 2023, as part of ICFF + WantedDesign Manhattan.