Baghdad, 1991. In the midst of the first Gulf War, a young Iraqi girl huddles with her neighbors in an air raid shelter. There, she meets Nadia. The two girls quickly become best friends and together they imagine a world not torn apart by civil war, sharing their dreams, their hopes and their desires, and […]
The fifth annual IAAC Literary Festival will take place in New York City on October 19th and 20th and will feature the work of authors from around the world, whose heritage lies in the Indian subcontinent as well as literary pieces that are inspired by India. Along with the addition of Poetry, IAAC will be expanding the Literary Festival to provide a platform for Children's Literature emanating from India […]
Monday Oct. 21 6:00pm-8:00pm NYU's Department of Performance Studies 721 Broadway, PS Studio, Room 612 New York, NY 10003
Mon, October 21, 2019 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM EDT King Juan Carlos I Center 53 Washington Sq S Auditorium New York, NY 10012
October 22 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 721 broadway New York, NY
Tuesday Oct. 22 6:30pm-8:00pm La Maison Française 16 Washington Mews
WOMEN AND MIGRATION: RESPONSES IN ART AND HISTORY Tuesday, Oct. 22 6:30pm-8:30pm Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, Flex Space 20 Cooper Square, 4th Floor
October 22, 2019 7:00 pm KJCC Auditorium // 53 Washington Square South, NYC
In the 1920s in New York the jazz cabaret was seen as offering what the writer Eric Walrond called “Africa undraped”, and its sound was the tom-tom. This talk will explore the period’s fascination with that instrument and with what it might signify, focusing on two texts entitled Tom-Tom, both of which offer to associate contemporary Harlem with “Africa”, in one or another of its manifestations.
The Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts Oct 23, 2019 | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
