Immigration & Women Events Calendar, November 2014
Written by Khatia Mikadze
Sunday, November 2 – 4pm-6pm
Talk – music & dance: Lecture Demonstration on Traditional Georgian Dance and Music
In Brooklyn: Actors Fund Arts Center, 160 Schermerhorn Street
Description: Georgian traditional singing and dancing are often enjoyed among friends and family, or in performance settings. This intimate program, presented by the Dancing Crane Georgian Cultural Center, brings you inside these arts to understand more of what you hear and see.
Suggested donation $15, click here for tickets
Wednesday, November 5 – 7pm-9pm
Film screening: “The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers”
In Manhattan: NYU Cantor Film Center, 36 E 8th Street, Theater 101
Description: Screening of critically-acclaimed documentary “The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers,” and conversation with Director Marissa Aroy, who was named one of the most influential Filipina women in the US in 2009. In this documentary, Aroy used archival footage and interviews with the Manongs and their families to delve into the history of Filipino farmworkers who joined forces with Chicano workers in 1965 and created the United Farmworkers Union. This event is co-sponsored by the Filipino American Museum, the Damayan Migrant Workers Association, and the Filipino American National Historical Society.
Free, RSVP here until November 3
Wednesday, November 5 – 6pm
Panel discussion: “Yes Means Yes: Understanding Sexual Violence on College Campuses”
In Manhattan: Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, 47-49 E 65th Street
Description: Recent reports of sexual assaults on college campuses have stirred a debate on masculinity, and sex and gender relations. This panel discussion will explore and discuss the roots of campus-based sexual violence, and strategies to address and prevent it.
Free, click here for more info and to RSVP
Thursday, November 6 – 1pm-5pm
Training: “Refugees, Resilience and Resettlement”
In Manhattan: Catholic Charities Community Service, 80 Maiden Lane, 13th Floor
Description: “How do we support refugees and asylum seekers to heal? How do we build resilient communities for our clients?” This training on psychosocial interventions will provide information and answers to these questions and more; it is designed to enable professionals working with refugees and asylum seekers to offer better mental health support to these populations, and respond more effectively to community needs.
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Thursday, November 6 – 5:30pm-7:45pm
Panel discussion: “Women Aren’t Funny: Debunking the Myth”
In Manhattan: Carolines on Broadway, 1626 Broadway
Description: As part of the 2014 New York Comedy Festival, Bonnie McFarlane, a Canadian comedian and writer who lives in today in New Jersey, will lead a discussion around her recent documentary, “Women Aren’t Funny: Debunking the Myth.” She will be joined by several women panelists who have made an impact on the world of comedy in television and film, and who will share their journeys as performers, writers and producers.
$15 to NYWIFT members and $25 to non-members, RSVP here
November 6-13 – Various times
Film festival: “8th Annual Other Israel Film Festival”
In Manhattan: The JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Avenue
Description: This festival aims to use film to foster social awareness and cultural understanding. It will feature a series of dramatic and documentary films and panel discussions about history, culture, and identity on the topic of minority populations in Israel, with a focus on Arab citizens, who make up about twenty percent of the country’s population.
Festival Pass $40, Tickets $12, click here for more info and to buy tickets
Friday, November, 7 – 7pm-9pm
Concert: Violin and Piano Works by Dvorak, Debussy, Janacek, Gershwin Turtle Bay Artist Series
In Manhattan: Em Lee Concert Hall, Turtle Bay Music School, 244 E 52nd Street
Description: An evening of Czech and American music performed by Cuban-American violinist Jacqueline Jove, and pianist Jessica Osborne.
Free, RSVP here
Thursday, November 13 – 7pm-10pm
Film screening: “Under My Nails,” 2014 International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival
In Manhattan: Leo C. Stern Auditorium at Mount Sinai Hospital, 1190 Fifth Avenue
Description: The International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival features films, panel discussions, and networking events on the subject of Puerto Rico, its people and Diaspora. This film, “Under My Nails,” relates the story of Solimar, a Puerto Rican woman who lives in New York and works in a nail salon. In her small Bronx apartment, she becomes obsessed with the violent sexual practices of her new neighbors, Roberto, a Dominican immigrant, and his Haitian-Dominican wife Perpetue.
Free, RSVP here
Saturday, November 15 – 6pm-10pm
Concert/Party: Encuentro NYC Colombian Music festival
In Manhattan: Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street
Description: Encuentro NYC Colombian Music festival presents a special birthday tribute to its founder, Pablo Mayor, a visionary pianist, composer, bandleader, and producer who has played a leading role in promoting Colombian music in the US. This special evening will feature more than 30 musicians and dance performers on stage, and various styles of Colombian music.
$25 at the door, or buy tickets online here
Sunday, November 16 – 1pm
Tour/Walk: Free Lower East Side Food Tours
In Manhattan: Meeting point at 137 E Houston Street
Description: The Lower East Side is constantly evolving – from its various lives as a merchant corridor, bohemian hub, and live music stomping ground. Its first incarnation was as an immigrant neighborhood – a veritable melting pot harboring a diverse roster of ethnicities. Take a food tasting tour to discover this fascinating neighborhood, its rich immigration past and multiple identities.
Free, RSVP here
Wednesday, November 19 – 8pm-9:15pm
Concert: Turkish-Armenian concert “Pearl Beneath the Sea”
In Manhattan: Kaufman Music Center at Merkin Hall, 129 W 67th Street
Description: This concert is a musical collaboration between two internationally acclaimed artists, Turkish singer Ahmet Erdogdular and Armenian-American composer Ara Dinkjian, along with a dance performance by whirling dervish Khadija Radin.
$30 for adults, $20 for students and seniors, RSVP here
Sunday, November 23 – 2:30pm
Talk/Discussion: Jewish Soul Food from Minsk to Marrakesh
In Manhattan: 92Y, 36 Battery Place (off site)
Description: Join a discussion with Janna Gur, who immigrated to Israel from the Soviet Union in the 1970s, about her latest cookbook on Jewish food. For more than two thousand years, Jews all over the world developed cuisines conform to Jewish dietary prescriptions (kashruth, holidays, Shabbat), but that also reflected influences from their neighbors and carried memories from their past wanderings.
$15, buy tickets here
Tuesday, November 25 – Workshop 5:30pm-7pm; Concert 7:30pm
Concert/Music: The NY Klezmer Series: Aaron Alexander & Friends
In Manhattan: Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, 30 W 68th Street
Description: Klezmer music is a musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern Europe. Russian, Romanian, Hungarian, and other Jewish immigrants brought Klezmer to the US in the late 19th and 20th century, where it met and assimilated American jazz and other musical traditions. This evening will feature a Klezmer instrumental music workshop, and a concert by several well-known Klezmer musicians.
Full night pass $35, concert $15, workshop $25, click here for more info
Ongoing exhibitions:
September 25 – March 01
“Waves of Identity: 35 Years of Archiving”
In Manhattan: The Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre Street
Description: Groundbreaking art exhibit examining Chinese American identity through the stories of the successive generations of Chinese immigrants in the United States.
Click here for more info
September 26 – April 19
“Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion”
In Manhattan: New York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West
Description: The exhibition explores the history of trade and immigration between China and the United States. Through stories of Chinese immigration from the late 18th century to the present, it raises the question of what it means to be an American.
$19 for adults, $12 for students, click here for more info
October 11 – February 8; opening reception on November 1, 4pm-7 pm
“Commonly Newcomer: Jewyo Rhii”
In Queens: Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Description: Being a New York City immigrant herself, Jewyo Rhii’s exhibition reflects on the insecurity, resentment, and vulnerability of a displaced individual’s daily struggles. Rhii seeks to incorporate this through sculptural installation, video, and drawing.
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October 15 – February 15
“Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao’s New York: Assembled Realities
In Manhattan: Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue
Description: This exhibition features more than 40 works by Jeff Chien-Hsing Lia, a Taiwanese artist who came to New York at 18 to study photography. Liao pushes the boundaries of traditional documentary photography and creates large-scale panoramic photographs of several of New York City’s landmarks, from the Grand Concourse and the 72nd Street Subway, to Coney Island and the old Shea stadium.
Click here for more info and to buy tickets
October 29 – December 17
“The Lineage of Vision: Progress through Persistence”
In Manhattan: Korean Cultural Service of New York, 460 Park Avenue, 6th Floor
Description:This exhibition, presented by the Korean Cultural Service of New York, shows the works of 15 Korean contemporary women artists based in New York City, displaying paintings, prints, photographs, video art, and more.
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October 31 – March 22
“Helena Rubinstein: Beauty Is Power”
In Manhattan: The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave
Description: As a businesswoman and arts patron, Helena Rubinstein, a Polish Jew, helped break down the status quo of taste by blending commerce, art, fashion, beauty, and design. Her innovative business and style ideas influenced a modern notion of beauty accessible to all. This exhibition, the very first of its kind, will bring together selections from Rubinstein’s famous collection, including works by Picasso, Matisse, Miró, Kahlo, and Nadelman, as well as her iconic collection of African and Oceanic sculpture, miniature period rooms, jewelry, and fashion.
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