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From Băița to the Met and Back: The Fabulous Story of Florica Zaharia

RCI USA

Dec 22, 2020
5 min

From Băița to the Met and Back: The Fabulous Story of Florica Zaharia

Who would have ever thought that there is such a strong connection between the small village of Băița, Romania, tucked comfortably in Transylvania, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York? Well, the mysterious link between these “parallel universes” is Dr. Florica Zaharia! Born in the village of Hărțăgani (part of Băița commune, Hunedoara County), in the Apuseni Mountains, Florica Zaharia grew up surrounded by a glorious landscape and by textiles, since all women in her

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Mircea Geoană and Mark Gitenstein on Diplomatic Relations between Romania and the U.S. Post-1989

RCI USA

Dec 21, 2020
1 min

Mircea Geoană and Mark Gitenstein on Diplomatic Relations between Romania and the U.S. Post-1989

Our series of events celebrating 140 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Romania and the United States continued on December 14, 2020 with a conversation with NATO Deputy Secretary-General Mircea Geoană and Ambassador Mark Gitenstein about the diplomatic relations between the two countries post-1989 and into the 21st century. Moderated by media executive and Alianța Board member John Florescu. With a brief historical overview by Professor Dennis Dele

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140 YEARS IN 140 SECONDS: Celebrating 140 Years of Romanian-American Friendship

RCI USA

Nov 23, 2020
1 min

140 YEARS IN 140 SECONDS: Celebrating 140 Years of Romanian-American Friendship

Direct and personal: The long Romanian-American friendship in people's own words We mark this year 140 years since the establishment of Romanian-American diplomatic relations, which have become, heightened at the level of a Strategic Partnership, one of the main anchors of our foreign policy. We are celebrating a relationship that has grown ever stronger by amplifying the voices of all those who, with myriad of everyday gestures, are giving a personal and immediate meaning to

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Queen Marie of Romania: The Ultimate American Tour

RCI USA

Nov 16, 2020
1 min

Queen Marie of Romania: The Ultimate American Tour

A special edition of the Feraru Conferences series, devoted to one of the most beloved and consequential personalities of Romanian history, Queen Marie, and to her triumphal 1926 visit to America. Beautiful and eloquent, adored by her subjects and glorified by the media, the great Queen embarked on a long, exhausting tour throughout the United States to capture the hearts and minds of the Americans and enhance Romania’s profile across the Atlantic. We revisited the history of

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Costin Petrescu: In Search of the American Works of a Romanian Painter

RCI USA

Aug 18, 2020
3 min

Costin Petrescu: In Search of the American Works of a Romanian Painter

Romanian cultural life paced out of a scarring WWI with vigor and determination. The unification of all Romanian provinces in 1918 unleashed tremendous societal energies and led to an increased international interest in the newly created state. Literature, art, social life thrived in the interwar years, which ushered an unparalleled internationalization and revamping of Romanian culture. In 1919, Romanian painter and academic Costin Petrescu (1872-1954) was sent on an officia

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140 Years of Romanian-American Diplomatic Relations

RCI USA

Jun 14, 2020
3 min

140 Years of Romanian-American Diplomatic Relations

140 years ago today, Romania and The United States established diplomatic relations, marking the beginning of a long, complex and fruitful association in all respects. While the Romanian-American relations are much older, going beyond diplomacy and political relations, we celebrate this day as the inaugural moment of a common journey that grew to become a crucial strategic partnership as a most solid anchor of security, stability, and development. Join us in exploring this lo

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Here to Stay: A Legation Becomes Embassy

RCI USA

Jun 1, 2020
3 min

Here to Stay: A Legation Becomes Embassy

Exactly 56 years ago, on June 1 1964, Romania and the United States decided to elevate their diplomatic relations to embassy level. The landmark decision came after years of sinuous political rapprochement in the complicated context of the Cold War and almost a century of proper diplomatic relations. Diplomatic relations between Romania and the United States were established on June 14, 1880 when U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed Eugene Schuyler as Diplomatic Agent

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RCI USA

May 13, 2020
5 min

The Lost War Against Mickey Mouse

Hollywood literally bursts into the Romanian cultural landscape in the first years after the First World War. In the 1920s, there are almost 30 film distribution companies that offer an audience with an already insatiable appetite for movies recent American premieres, in which shine the great stars of the silent era, such as Rudolf Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks or Mary Pickford. At the beginning of 1925, the famous The Thief of Baghdad or Charlie Chaplin’s The Pilgrim are alre

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Leon Feraru: The Invention of Romanian Cultural Diplomacy in the U.S.

RCI USA

May 8, 2020
4 min

Leon Feraru: The Invention of Romanian Cultural Diplomacy in the U.S.

Leon Feraru, who gives the name to our popular series of conversations, may be considered the founder of Romanian professional cultural diplomacy in the United States. Born Otto Enselberg/Inselberg in Brăila (a multicultural port on the Danube, at the time with a significant Jewish population) in 1887, Feraru was a poet, activist and professor of Romanian and French Studies at Columbia University and later at Long Island University, as well as a tireless promoter of Romanian

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Romania's First Public Diplomacy Hit in the United States

RCI USA

May 1, 2020
2 min

Romania's First Public Diplomacy Hit in the United States

For a long time, the international fairs, an invention of the industrial age, granted countries the most visible stages to showcase their identity, economic power, and cultural achievements. Until late in the 20th century, they offered the context for Romania’s biggest and most impactful programs of national promotion. Among these participations, few compared with the grandiose and memorable Romanian program at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, which opened exactly 81 years ago

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George Emil Palade: The Nobel Prize for a Romanian-American Scientific Trailblazer

RCI USA

Apr 24, 2020
3 min

George Emil Palade: The Nobel Prize for a Romanian-American Scientific Trailblazer

Another medical hero in our series is the Romania-born American cell biologist George Emil Palade, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1974. Palade was born in Iași, one of the oldest Romanian cities and an effervescent cultural and academic center, in 1912, as the second son of a university philosophy professor and a schoolteacher. He studied at the University of Bucharest’s Faculty of Medicine, where he showed a keen interest in the anatomy courses of Professor

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"The Exalted Vertigo": Jazz Frenzy Sweeps Interwar Bucharest

RCI USA

Apr 21, 2020
3 min

"The Exalted Vertigo": Jazz Frenzy Sweeps Interwar Bucharest

Jazz comes quite early to Romania, in the first years after the First World War, and soon establishes itself as one of the first forms of American culture that enjoys a massive and irresistible spread throughout the Romanian society. The other one is, obviously, Hollywood cinema. Already in the 1920s there are several places in Bucharest and other major cities where one can engage in the frenzied beat of the Charleston, Foxtrot or the Boston. Some of the contemporaries see ja

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RCI USA

Apr 6, 2020
3 min

The New World, in Romanian

As the Wallachians and Moldovans of the18th century and the first decades of the 19th century lived under Greek cultural influence, it was only natural that their first extensive information in their very own Romanian language had been taken mostly from Greek works, themselves translations of Western sources. These first accounts identify rather precisely the place of the two Americas on the world’s map, narrate an overall correct history of the New World and offer a collecti

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The Telephone Palace Skyscraper: “A shadow of Broadway on Calea Victoriei”

RCI USA

Apr 1, 2020
3 min

The Telephone Palace Skyscraper: “A shadow of Broadway on Calea Victoriei”

Today one of the most iconic buildings of Romania’s capital city, the Telephone Palace is the only enduring result of a bold architectural dream to transform Calea Victoriei (Victory Way) in a Romanian version of the famous Broadway. The building, erected between 1931-33, was met with mixed feelings by the people of Bucharest who saw in its elegant straight lines and tall silhouette both an architectural wonder and a reason for scandal. The Telephone Palace (Palatul Telefoane

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How Did Romanians First Learn about the New World

RCI USA

Mar 29, 2020
3 min

How Did Romanians First Learn about the New World

In the Romanian Provinces, Transylvanians are the first to learn about the New World. The earliest information on the amazing exploits of Columbus, Magellan and the conquistadors emerge already in the first decades of the 16th century and even before these novelties begin to circulate in the Kingdom of Hungary and Poland and in the Ottoman and Russian Empires. A humanist of Transylvanian origin, Maximilianus Transylvanus (cca. 1490-1538), publishes in 1523 one of the first, a

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RCI USA

Mar 25, 2020
2 min

The First Romanian in the Americas

We know little of this mysterious Transylvanian other than what the great Benjamin Franklin, who claims to have been his friend, reveals in a letter from 1755. A man of good education and many interests, Samuilă Damian (Samuel Domjen/Dömjen) was an intrepid Orthodox priest with a passion for traveling. In fact, his dream, quite unusual at the time, was to go around the world. To accomplish this feat, between 1744-45 he crossed Europe towards England passing through Germany, F

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20 hours ago
2 min

Romanian Award-Winning Filmmaker Anca Damian, Guest of Honor at Animation First Festival

Feature film / Talk / Exhibition Romanian film director, writer and producer Anca Damian will premiere her most recent film, the mixed...

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Jan 11
2 min

Once upon a Time in Bukovina

A commemoration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day Jewish elementary school, Suceava, 1919 We continue our exploration of the...

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Jan 4
2 min

Life & Love | A not-to-be-missed performance by Vlad Ivanov and Lucian Maxim

Special event in celebration of Romania’s Culture Day Our 2023 program kicks off with a stunning performance, created especially for...

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Dec 15, 2022
3 min

Wrapped in Myth: People, Customs and Landmarks in Traditional Romania

Special Event Photo by Sorin Onișor The National Day of Romania, feted on December the 1 st, ushers in a season of celebrations at the...

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Dec 7, 2022
4 min

Cosmin Manolescu’s “Private Bodies” Premiers in New York

Performative installation combining dance, video, and photography Photo by Georgiana Vlahbei Influential choreographer and cultural...

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Nov 28, 2022
1 min

Freedom on the Line: The Romanian Revolution of 1989

Panel discussion and documentary film screening We are proud to partner with the Victims of Communism Memorial Museum in Washington, DC,...

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Nov 28, 2022
2 min

”The Free Zone” Anniversary Album

A special vinyl marking the 25th year since the launching of the Strategic Partnership between Romania and the United States Released on...

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Nov 14, 2022
2 min

Ana Everling & Taraf de Chicago, An Electrifying Musical Melting Pot for the National Day of Romania

Gala Concert at Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center To mark the historical breakthrough that, more than a century ago, brought all Romanian...

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Nov 11, 2022
3 min

Romanian-American Poet Claudia Serea at European Literature Night 2022

ELN 2022: Literature in Times of Peace and War Romanian-American poet Claudia Serea joins fellow writers, translators and performers from...

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Nov 9, 2022
1 min

“HomeLands”: Cinema in Search of Belonging

The best of the newest film productions from Romania & Europe in a series of film screenings & events taking place both virtually & in...

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Oct 26, 2022
2 min

Illustrious Fine Arts Quartet & Guests Presents Rare Early Music by Enescu

An all-Enescu concert featuring the composer's seldom performed early works A permanent guest at the "George Enescu" International...

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Oct 19, 2022
3 min

“7 eMotions” – 7 / Fear

One writer and seven composers explore together seven powerful human affects Join us online for the last episode of the music &...

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Oct 18, 2022
2 min

Caius Dobrescu Taps into American Uniqueness

Looking for Americanness in both myths and humans In the last episode of our online series "My First American: Transatlantic Encounters...

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Oct 17, 2022
4 min

Two Pianists for an Evening of Passion

A program of all-time piano favorites at our next Enescu Soiree of New York With a program full of diversity and color which reveal their...

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Oct 12, 2022
3 min

“7 eMotions” – 6 / Happiness

One writer and seven composers explore together seven powerful human affects Join us online for a new episode of the music & literature...

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Oct 10, 2022
4 min

The Salon of Romanian-American Artists Opens with “House of Mirrors”

First Edition HOUSE OF MIRRORS Artists: Ioanida Costache, Noche Crist, Megan Dominescu, Serban Ionescu, books by Saul Steinberg Curated...

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Oct 8, 2022
2 min

Cristian Mungiu's "R.M.N." Premiers in the US at the 60th Edition of New York Film Festival

Romanian cinema on the Main Slate of the New York Film Festival The famed, ever-surprising director, whose R.M.N., a surgical examination...

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Oct 7, 2022
3 min

New York Believes in Multilingualism

An EUNIC NY event in support of Seal of Biliteracy Goethe-Institut together with the association of European cultural institutes in New...

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Oct 6, 2022
3 min

RCI New York Reads Adriana Carcu and Ioana Ieronim

New Romanian books in English Two of the most compelling Romanian authors living abroad, Adriana Carcu from Heidelberg, Germany, and...

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Oct 5, 2022
4 min

“7 eMotions” – 5 / Contempt

One writer and seven composers explore together seven powerful human affects Join us online for a new episode of the music & literature...

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Sep 28, 2022
4 min

“7 eMotions” – 4 / Surprise

One writer and seven composers explore together seven powerful human affects Join us online for a new episode of the music & literature...

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Sep 26, 2022
2 min

Marius Mihalache & Band in “Săftița”: The Timeless Love Songbook

An anniversary gala concert celebrating the Romanian-American Strategic Partnership Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 7 PM The John F. Kennedy...

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Sep 22, 2022
1 min

Autumnal Equinox – A Feminine Perspective

Three up-and-coming Romanian female artists showcased in New York The AUTUMNAL EQUINOX – A FEMININE PERSPECTIVE pop-up exhibition opened...

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Sep 21, 2022
3 min

“7 eMotions” – 3 / Sadness

One writer and seven composers explore together seven powerful human affects Join us online for a new episode of the music & literature...

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Sep 20, 2022
2 min

Elena Vlădăreanu and the Americans as Family

Photo by Andreea Lăcătuș In the next episode of our online series "My First American: Transatlantic Encounters and Portraits", where...

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Sep 14, 2022
4 min

“7 eMotions” – 2 / Anger

One writer and seven composers explore together seven powerful human affects Romanian Cultural Institute in New York and ISVOR Cultural...

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Sep 11, 2022
1 min

"25" Installation & Photo Exhibition: The Strategic Partnership Up and Close

Celebrating 25 years of Romania - United States Strategic Partnership Our newest exhibition, inaugurated during the UN General Assembly,...

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Sep 8, 2022
2 min

Ivan Gallery Presents Great Form Innovator Paul Neagu at Independent Art Fair New York

Iconic works by Romanian-British modernist maverick Paul Neagu (1938-2004) (Image: Portrait of Paul Neagu with one of his "Collector of...

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Sep 7, 2022
4 min

“7 eMotions” – 1 / Disgust

One writer and seven composers explore together seven powerful human affects Romanian Cultural Institute in New York and ISVOR Cultural...

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Aug 16, 2022
2 min

Romanian Summer of Dance at Battery Dance Festival

"Diagonal" & "Cain" (world premiere) - two unmissable shows by Linotip Company, Battery Dance & RCI New York We’re excited to join forces...

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Jul 19, 2022
3 min

Norman Manea 86: A Global "Happy Birthday!"

A celebratory three-part video, featuring 30 writers, academics, and diplomats Famous author and public intellectual, Norman Manea, one...

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Jul 12, 2022
2 min

Author and Screenwriter Florin Lăzărescu Remembers His American Mentor

In the next episode of our online series "My First American: Transatlantic Encounters and Portraits", where some of the best-known...

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Jun 29, 2022
2 min

Maestro Ioan Holender at the Feraru Conferences Online

The hard-won lessons of an exceptional lifetime in the arts Today's guest in the Feraru Conferences Online series is a powerhouse of...