Traces: Contemporary Romanian Art
MON, September 8, 6-8 pm (through Oct 3) | Robert Else Gallery (Sacramento, CA) Traces: Contemporary Romanian Art The first exhibition of Romanian contemporary art in Northern California, Traces presents sixteen young Romanian artists who-sometimes straightforwardly and
Peca Stefan returns to Long Wharf
FRI, September 26 | Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT Peca Stefan's Gigantic returns to Long Wharf Theatre For three weeks in September, Peca Stefan will continue his collaboration with the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, CT in a workshop and staged reading of his
Writing, Reading and Teaching Literature across Borders
FRI, September 26, 7:00 pm | RCINY Auditorium Writing, Reading and Teaching Literature across Borders A presentation by Liviu Papadima and Calin-Andrei Mihailescu, focusing on the current trend among Romanians to also write for a potential foreign audience, on translation
Ada Milea and Alexander Balanescu in New York City
SAT, July 5, 9:30 pm | Joe's Pub Ada Milea and Alexander Balanescu in New York City US Premiere co-presented by Joe's Pub and the Romanian Cultural Institute Inspired by the classic Robinson Crusoe story, but with a twist, The Island is song-cycle based on the
Freedom for Lazy People!
WED, June 18, 7:30 pm (thru August 15 | RCINY - The Romanian Gallery Nuclear Fairy, IRLO & Omar While gentrification in New York and the politics of cleansing tend to erase legendary traces of graffiti that inspired artist all over the world, street art flourishes
RCI New York invites young composers to submit their works for a concert organized in New York. Deadline: June 15, 2008
The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York is inviting young composers to submit their works for a special concert at Merkin Hall, New York, on November 4, 2008 Deadline: June 15, 2008 The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York is organizing an extraodinary concert
Plan B Gallery at the Armory Show and RCINY
TUE, March 25, 7:30 pm (through May 11) | The Armory Show & The Romanian Gallery Selected for the second year in a row at the prestigious Armory Show in New York (March 27-30), Plan B Gallery is the first invited producer of the Takeover Gallery project. Through this
Stuff and Dough by Cristi Puiu at Film Forum
April 23 – May 6 | Film Forum The Romanian Wave continues with the release of Stuff and Dough, the debut feature by Cristi Puiu, critically acclaimed director of The Death of Mr. Lazarescu. Combining genres (the road movie, the buddy movie, the slacker story), he takes
The Missing Arm of Venus
SAT, May 3, 7 pm | KGB Bar MON, May 5, 7:30 pm | RCINY Auditorium Contemporary Romanian poetry in translation Do poets still exist? How do they make a living? Do they eat? Do they fly? Charles Bukowski wrote in one of his short stories about an American poet who decided
Shining through a Long Dark Night:
April 16-27 aprilie | Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater Featuring newly restored classic films by Lucian Pintilie, Liviu Ciulei, Iulian Mihu, Dan Pita and Mircea Daneliuc, alongside recent works by Cristian Mungiu, Cristi Puiu, Corneliu Porumboiu, Radu Muntean, and
Book launch> "Auntie Varvara's Clients" by Stelian Tanase
TUE, April 1, 4-6 pm | Harriman Institute, Columbia University Translated from Romanian by Alistair Ian Blyth and recently published by Spuyten Duyvil in New York, in the framework of RCI's Translation and Publication Support Programme, Stelian Tanase's book will
Performance & demo> The Wolcz Method in Commedia dell'Arte
SUN, March 23, 7 PM | Schapiro Theatre, Columbia University Actor and director Nicky Wolcz received the Distinguished Faculty Award from Columbia University. He is one of the most beloved professors at Columbia, also one of the most respected authorities in the world on