Women, Eternal: A Double Celebration
Fri, Mar 08
|Romanian Cultural Institute


Time & Location
Mar 08, 2019, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
Romanian Cultural Institute, 200 E 38th St, New York, NY 10016, USA
About The Event
Join us for a celebration of women’s creativity and ever-surprising beauty in an evening of great music and visual arts. Let’s observe together two of the most beloved traditions of our calendar – the “Mărțișor” and International Women’s Day – with an irresistible program of sing-along classics, from Maria Tănase to Janis Joplin and everything in between, performed by soprano Dika Philosoph, singer-songwriter Cezar Giosan, guitarist Dan Purcea, and violinist Ramon Radosav.
And, as a timely gift, enjoy a sneak preview of “The Atlas of Beauty” Exhibition, opening at the United Nations at the end of March – a fabulous exploration of infinite forms of feminine beauty by photographic sensation Mihaela Noroc.
“Mărțișor”, a diminutive of the Romanian name of the month of March (pronounced [mərt͡siˈʃor]), refers to an old and very popular Romanian tradition of Roman origin and possibly even older. The name is also given to little talismans with…