Thalassa
excerpt Dies iraeThey had loved each other since the second day, and in the days to come, as no one had loved before. Their love had been angelic and earthly both in one. Their souls had been suffused by heaven and brought almost to extinction by kisses with no end. They
Simpozion germano-român de muzicologie în Germania
La Oldenburg (Germania) s-a defăşurat recent cel de al 3-lea Simpozion germano-român de muzicologie din seria „Zwischen Zeiten/Shifting Timescu tema SIGISMUND TODUŢĂ ŞI ŞCOALA COMPONISTICĂ de LA CLUJ, coordonat de Prof. Univ. Dr. Violeta Dinescu (asistată de Joerg
Saviana Stănescu la Stockholm
La invitaţia Institutului Cultural Român de la Stockholm, scriitoarea Saviana Stănescu se va afla în Suedia cu ocazia premierei mondiale a piesei sale White Embers, tradusă în limba suedeză de Dan Shafran (titlu suedez: Vita Glöden). Premiera va avea loc pe data
The Tale Of All Tales (The Tale Of The Prick)
As the story goes, there once lived a farmer in a village. And the farmer went forth to sow some maize. Now it came to pass, as he was sowing, that the Lord Himself chanced to walk by, Saint Peter at His side. Now, it would have been right and meet for our Lord to hold His
The Tale Of Ionica The Fool
In a village, the story goes, there once lived a lad who had neither father, nor mother, nor any other kin; so obscure was his lineage, in fact, that for all we know, he may well have dropped there from the sky. As the boy was meek, long suffering and slow to speak, the
Defense Of The Editor B. P. Hasdeu
excerpts In connection with the press condemnation, instituted against Lumina by the prosecutor of the criminal court on account of the Emilia episode in the novel Damsel Mamuca, passed on June 3, 1863. Maxim: De nihilo nascitur historia. . . (Propertius: II, 1) Gentlemen,
Filmul românesc la Viena - Anunţuri ample în presa scrisă şi audiovizuală
ICR Viena organizează în perioada 5 – 9 noiembrie cea de a doua ediţie a Festivalului de Film Românesc, în colaboare cu Centrul Cinematografic Urania, cel mai vechi şi reputat cinematograf din capitala Austriei. Iniţiat în 2007, Festivalul de Film Românesc
"România dintre alte hotare”, primul forum al studenţilor români din străinătate se întruneşte la Bu
Institutul Cultural Român din Budapesta, în colaborare cu Romanian-Hungarian Intercultural Youth Society, organizează în perioada 7-9 noiembrie conferinţa internaţională a studenţilor şi tinerilor profesionişti români sub genericul „România dintre alte hotare.
What Mystery Love Is...
Around 1820, Barbu Paris Mumulean thus concluded one of his poems: Hankering I will not fade / Cupid cometh but in aid / thus in luxury I may / crave until I wilt away. In actuality, these verses word the ideal of a generation that sets out to inventory, and answer for,
Loosening The Lace
Time. Lighting. The artist. Coercion. An indefinable instinct (common sense?). Arousal. Prurient interest, as defined in the Roth or Miller tests. The function (sexual proxy) assigned by the individual viewer or reader. Beauty, shape, or truth versus lust. Communication
Do Something, Be Somebody
The experimental artist Grigorescu Ion has forged himself some time ago out of the painter Ion Grigorescu. Indeed, in Romanian it is rather unusual for an adult to put his family name before the forename. Customarily, this happens in official documents or in school registers,
Helen Of The Netherworld
And yon unwedded virgins…(Euripides, The Trojan Tragedy) This story commences in the Mounts of the Pindus. The dawn of the 20th century. Autumn: the time of wedlock. The Pindian event of the season: the wedding of beauteous Helen. Macedo-Romanian villagers called her