Special Events

Back for its fourth dazzling edition, Romanian Weekend at The Wharf has firmly established itself as a beloved tradition and a crown jewel of Romania’s cultural diplomacy in the United States. This vibrant, multi-dimensional celebration—conceived, curated, and produced

This February, the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York is honoring one of the most iconic sculptors of all time with The Brâncuși Month in New York, a series of events celebrating Constantin Brâncuși’s enduring influence on various arts. Brâncuși’s impact on

We are proud to co-produce and present the world premiere of the first dramatization of one of the most powerful stories of the Holocaust, Norman Manea’s thought-provoking and utterly timely literary masterpiece, The Hooligan's Return. Adapted for the stage with her

National Culture Day 2025 | A tour-de-force starring Simona Măicănescu & Mircea FlorianJoin us in celebration of our National Culture Day with The Retreat, a tour-de-force one-woman show based on a work by legendary Marin Sorescu, one of Romania’s most revered literary

When, in 1969, Romania and the United States signed an accord to open a Romanian Library in New York and an American Library in Bucharest, it was a big deal indeed. In the complicated Cold War circumstances, the decision created a unique institution to manage the Romanian-U.

“Garden of Collective Futures”, a public art project initiated by nine members of EUNIC Cluster New York, features artists from ten European countries. In the first leg, the artists will create a collaborative mural design through a series of workshops under the creative

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

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

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

As the start of Putin’s abominable assault on Ukraine nears one year, join us in celebration of the courage and resilience of the Ukrainian people through visual art & spoken word. Presented in partnership with the Ukrainian Institute of America, SHATTERED: SYMBOLIC

We continue our exploration of the history of Romanian Jewry before and after the Shoah with an event (exhibition & talk) that honors the memory of the once thriving community of Suceava, Bukovina, northern Romania, which was decimated in the killing fields of Transnistria.

We are proud to partner with the Victims of Communism Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, and the Embassy of Romania to the United States for an evening of conversation and film that revisits the most seminal moment in Romania’s recent history, the Revolution of 1989, which