BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ARCS Project - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:ARCS Project X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://arcsproject.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for ARCS Project REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20150101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161001T160000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161001T173000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20240131T003027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250108T211930Z UID:10000161-1475337600-1475343000@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Second Generation Photo-Essay Award DESCRIPTION: URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/second-generation-photo-essay-award/ LOCATION:Bellevue Library\, 1111 110th Ave NE\, Bellevue\, WA\, 98004\, United States CATEGORIES:Heritage,Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Second_Generation_Award_jpqxPZV.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161008 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161009 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230906T233422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250110T203151Z UID:10000062-1475884800-1475971199@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Cântec de leagan DESCRIPTION:O poveste despre Maria Tanase (Lullaby. A Story about Maria Tanase) URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/cantec-de-leagan/ CATEGORIES:Stage ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Maria_Tanase_Show__jmzcwt.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161011 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161012 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230907T042946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T214051Z UID:10000106-1476144000-1476230399@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Iuliana Pana reads from Rigla de Aur DESCRIPTION:Iulia Pană has a free reading and book signing event for her latest poetry volume Rigla de Aer. Reading will be in Romanian. \n  URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/iuliana-pana-reads-from-rigla-de-aur/ CATEGORIES:Literature ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/224-Rigla_.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161012 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161013 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230907T042912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T214124Z UID:10000105-1476230400-1476316799@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Iuliana Pana reads from Ebony Bones DESCRIPTION:Iulia Pană has a free reading and book signing event for her latest poetry volume Ebony Bones. Reading will be in English. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/iuliana-pana-reads-from-ebony-bones/ CATEGORIES:Literature ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/223-Ebony_Bones__Ti4uRYL.png.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161029T150000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161029T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230907T042826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240125T211210Z UID:10000104-1477753200-1477760400@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Meet Author Carmen Francesca Banciu DESCRIPTION:ARCS is proud to host renowned author Carmen-Francesca Banciu\, who is visiting Seattle to promote the recent publication of the English translation of “Mother’s Day: Song of a Sad Mother” and “Berlin is My Paris”. \nCarmen-Francesca’s novels are semi-autobiographical narratives about living in and leaving Romania. Part “Bildungsroman” and part autobiographical memoir\, “Mother’s Day” explores mother-daughter relations under the communist dictatorship in Romania and sparks dynamic questions about Eastern Europe\, work\, the woman artist\, and women’s relationships with one another. “Berlin is My Paris” describes the experiences of the immigrant artist grappling with a new language\, culture\, and writer’s block following the fall of Communism. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/meet-author-carmen-francesca-baciu/ LOCATION:Suzzallo and Allen Libraries\, 4000 15th Ave NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States CATEGORIES:Literature ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/243-Carmen_Francesca_Baciu.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161118 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161121 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230906T221745Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T064334Z UID:10000048-1479427200-1479686399@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Romanian Film Festival - 3rd Edition DESCRIPTION:The Romanian Film Festival Seattle\, "One Eye Laughing\, One Eye Crying: [be]longing"\, 3rd EditionFilmsDogs by Bogdan Mirică2016\, Thriller\, 104 minutes \n Roman returns to the land he has just inherited from his grandfather. Fully decided to sell this vast but desolate property\, he is warned by the local cop that his... \n Roman returns to the land he has just inherited from his grandfather. Fully decided to sell this vast but desolate property\, he is warned by the local cop that his grandfather was a local crime lord and his men will not let go of the land.. \n Read More\n \n   By The Railsby Cătălin Mitulescu2016\, Drama\, 88 minutes \n Radu has come back from Italy after an year and finds his wife totally changed. They spend the night trying to rediscover their selves. The distance has created distrust and... \n Radu has come back from Italy after an year and finds his wife totally changed. They spend the night trying to rediscover their selves. The distance has created distrust and confusion between them but Radu hopes for a new beginning. Music resounds beyond the railroad. The night was never that long. \n Read More\n \n Silent Weddingby Horațiu Mălăele2008\, Comedy\, 87 minutes \n In a small isolated village\, in 1953\, a wedding is interrupted by the news about the death of Stalin. Because any public celebration is forbidden\, they decide to turn the... \n In a small isolated village\, in 1953\, a wedding is interrupted by the news about the death of Stalin. Because any public celebration is forbidden\, they decide to turn the happy event into a silent wedding. Q&A with director Horațiu Mălăele \n Read More\n \n Why Me?by Tudor Giurgiu2015\, Drama\, 125 minutes \n Cristian\, a young idealistic prosecutor whose career is on the rise\, tries to crack a case against a senior colleague accused of corruption. The dilemma of choosing between his career... \n Cristian\, a young idealistic prosecutor whose career is on the rise\, tries to crack a case against a senior colleague accused of corruption. The dilemma of choosing between his career and the truth weighs heavily on his shoulders. Looking further to solve the case\, he enters a danger zone paved with unexpected and painful revelations. Q&A with director Tudor Giurgiu \n Read More\n \n Aliyah Dada by Oana Giurgiu2015\, Documentary\, 115 minutes \n A documentary about the Jewish people in Romania and their several migrations towards Israel\, across history and changing political frames - everything presented in a self-proclaimed dadaist style.Q&A with director... \n A documentary about the Jewish people in Romania and their several migrations towards Israel\, across history and changing political frames - everything presented in a self-proclaimed dadaist style. Q&A with director Oana Giurgiu \n Read More\n \n Happy Funeralsby Horațiu Mălăele2013\, Comedy\, 111 minutes \n It's about three lifelong friends. One evening\, all three of them go to a fortune teller and are told that they will die in a week\, on a specific day... \n It's about three lifelong friends. One evening\, all three of them go to a fortune teller and are told that they will die in a week\, on a specific day and in a certain way. Q&A with director Horațiu Mălăele \n Read More\n \n Mercy Streetby Ștefan Buzea\, Alexandru Buzea2016\, Animation\, 74 minutes The day when music stops. First stereoscopic 3D animation feature film ever made in Romania. GuestsHorațiu MălăeleFamous Romanian actor\, director and cartoonist\, Horațiu Mălăele\, was born in 1952\, in Targu Jiu. He had his first art exhibit in 12th grade. In 1975\, he graduated from the Institute of Theater and Cinema in Bucharest. He began his professional acting career on the stage of the National Theater in Piatra Neamt. He then moved to Bucharest and has performed at legendary theaters such as the Nottara\, Odeon\, Bulandra\, etc.\, where he has had many roles of great success. He started his career as a theater director with shows such as a Princely Feast by Theodor Mazilu\, The Flea by Georges Faydeau\, or Carlo against Carlo by Paul Ioachim\, for which he won the Romanian Comedy Festival Prize\, in 1994. He made his cinema debut in 1974\, in The Hidden Mountain. He also directed movies such as The Hat(2004)\, Silent Wedding (2008) and Happy Funerals (2013). He had over 30 art exhibits and published an autobiographical book called Horatiu about Malaele\, as well as Wanderings\, a collection of short episodes\, aphorisms\, and memories. Tudor GiurgiuMember of the European Film Academy\, Tudor Giurgiu is the founder and President of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF)\, the most prestigious film-related event in Romania. His directorial debut feature Love Sick was selected in Panorama section of 2006 Berlinale and awarded in several int’l festivals. His short Superman\, Spiderman or Batman (2011) won Best European Short at the 2012 edition of European Film Academy Awards. Tudor’s 2nd feature\, Of Snails and Men\, was awarded in Warsaw IFF and Valladolid IFF. Why Me?\, an unsettling legal thriller based on a real case of corruption in present-day Romania\, premiered in 2015 Berlinale Panorama. His most recent films are Libertate / Freedom (2023)\, a story inspired by real events that happened during the Romanian Revolution and Nasty (2024)\, a documentary about the Romanian tennis legend Ilie Năstase co-directed alongside Cristian Pascariu and Tudor D. Popescu\, which premiered as a Special Screening at Festival de Cannes in 2024. Oana GiurgiuA law and journalism graduate\, Oana Giurgiu directed television documentaries before working in film on Cristi Puiu’s 2005 Cannes Un certain regard winner\, “The Death of Mr Lăzărescu” and then on Kornél Mundruczó’s 2008 Cannes FIPRESCI winner\, “Delta”.\n\nShe produced three of Tudor Giurgiu’s films: “Love Sick” (Berlinale 2006\, Panorama); the 2012 Romanian box office hit “Of Snails and Men” (Warsaw IFF); and “Why Me?” (Berlinale 2015\, Panorama). She also produced Peter Strickland’s “Katalin Varga” (Berlinale 2009\, Silver Bear\, European Discovery of the year at European Film Academy Awards) and Cristi Puiu’s “Sieranevada” (Cannes 2016). Oana co-produced Hungarian titles “Eden”\, dir. Agnes Kocsis (Rotterdam IFF 2020) and “Spiral” (in post-production)\, dir. Cecilia Felmeri and the Slovak “The Servants”\, dir. Ivan Ostrochovsky (Berlinale 2020\, Encounters)\, and the Turkish “Before two Dawns” (in post-production)\, dir. Selman Nacar (working progress awards at Meetings on the bridge\, Istanbul IFF 2020\, and Antalia 2019)\, produced the greatest Romanian box office hit in recent years\, “Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time”\, which received ten Gopo Awards in 2019.\n\nAfter working on several television documentary productions\, she made her directorial debut with a feature-length historical documentary\, “Aliyah DaDa”\, screened in Astra Sibiu\, Jerusalem Jewish IFF\, alongside other Jewish festivals and screenings worldwide\, and recognized as Best Romanian Documentary at the Gopo Awards 2015\, now she just launched her new documentary “Occasional Spies”\, Special mention of the Jury at Astra Film Festival 2021. Monica FilimonMonica Filimon was awarded a PhD in Comparative Literature by Rutgers University. She is Associate Professor of English at Kingsborough Community College\, CUNY. She has published articles on French\, German\, and Romanian films. Her research focuses on the New Romanian Cinema\, its sources\, evolution\, and major representatives. Her first book Cristi Puiu: Ineffable Experiences of the Profane World was published by the University of Illinois Press in February 2017. She is currently working on a second book tentatively titled Corneliu Porumboiu: Notes on the Absurd. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-film-festival-3rd-edition/ CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/14714941_713618388790626_3546705829340270641_o.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161121T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161121T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230906T232955Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T102335Z UID:10000061-1479754800-1479762000@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:I'm A Blind Man/Sunt Un Orb DESCRIPTION:Born out of the artist’s need and desire to share his favorite poems with his public\, in his original interpretation\, the show will add new layers of meaning to well-known Romanian texts from Nichita Stanescu\, Emil Brumaru\, George Toparceanu\, Marin Sorescu\, Spiridon Popescu or Adrian Paunescu. Alongside poetry\, the artist will sprinkle his performance with music\, theater and lots of improvisation.We invite you to experience a powerful performance full of subtleties\, love\, humor\, contradictory feelings\, hope and laughter. It is a show that\, as the artist confesses\, “is not only about me\, but it’s about you\, too.” This performance will be in Romanian. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/im-a-blind-man-sunt-un-orb/ CATEGORIES:Stage ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/uitiqxiicefdpgsn0npr.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170317T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170317T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230906T221646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240129T204024Z UID:10000047-1489777200-1489784400@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Of Snails and Men - A Film by Tudor Giurgiu DESCRIPTION:  \n \n \nScreening by the Alliance Française de Seattle as part of series of events celebrating unique Francophone cultures. \nJoin us on Friday\, March 17\, 7-9 PM\, for the second film of the francophone series\, Of Snails and Men (2012)\, a comedy by Tudor Giurgiu\, with Andi Vasluianu\, Monica Bârlădeanu\, and Dorel Vișan. Selected by the American Romanian Cultural Society. \nScreening at l’Alliance Française de Seattle\, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N\, #204(the Good Shepherd Center)\, Seattle\, WA 98103. Subtitles in English. \nRSVP required to attend. \n Doors open 6:45 PM\nThis event is free for AFSeattle members. There is a $5 suggested donation for non-members.\nLight refreshments served. \n  URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/of-snails-and-men-a-film-by-tudor-giurgiu/ LOCATION:ALK Asphalt\, 12630 N 103rd Ave\, Sun City\, AZ\, 85351\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/714cb717c5e5ccefe3343e4c4945b678e63457014196be7a6c1b1be66d7ab354._RI_TTW_SX1080_FMjpg_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170325 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170326 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230906T232743Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230906T233732Z UID:10000060-1490400000-1490486399@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Comedia Remix DESCRIPTION:Legendary actor George Mihăiță\, together with theater critic and curator Cristina Modreanu\, are coming to Seattle to present a documentary about the Golden Age of Romanian theater. \n  URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/comedia-remix/ CATEGORIES:Stage ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/219-Comedia_Remix__DiR11t9.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170409 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170410 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230907T042510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230907T042510Z UID:10000101-1491696000-1491782399@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Club Piticot DESCRIPTION:Club Piticot invites all children of Romanian heritage at a creative workshop where they learn about Romanian Easter traditions and prepare for the arrival of the beloved Easter Bunny: In asteptarea Iepurasului. We are waiting for you\, your friends and family on April 9 between 4-6pm at Laurel Park Condominium 11200 NE 68TH St\, Kirkland\, WA 98033. (recommended for children between 3-12 years) The event will be mainly in Romanian. See you there! \n  URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/club-piticot-2/ CATEGORIES:Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/218-piticot-easter_x2u54TU.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170427 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170428 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230906T231450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T061439Z UID:10000059-1493251200-1493337599@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Dinu Lipatti 100th Anniversary Concert DESCRIPTION:Alexandru Tomescu (violin) and Angela Draghicescu (piano)\, pay tribute to the birth centennial of the legendary pianist\, in a concert featuring exquisite chamber works of Lipatti and other composers. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/dinu-lipatti-100th-anniversary-concert/ LOCATION:Kirkland Performance Center\, 350 Kirkland Ave\, Kirkland\, 98033\, United States CATEGORIES:Stage ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Angela_si_Tomescu_fuyp94.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170527 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170528 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230906T220931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240129T203011Z UID:10000045-1495843200-1495929599@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:ARCS Sponsors Romanian Films at SIFF DESCRIPTION:ARCS Sponsors Romanian Films at SIFF \nThis year ARCS sponsored the screening of Adrian Sitaru’s Fixeur (The Fixer). URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/arcs-sponsors-romanian-films-at-siff/ CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/the-fixer-tiff.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170603 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170604 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230907T042654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240129T234054Z UID:10000103-1496448000-1496534399@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Ion Creanga and His Literary Characters DESCRIPTION:Illustrations by Ary Murnu and Puppet Theater A 2-Day Celebration of International Children's Day. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/ion-creanga-and-his-literary-characters/ CATEGORIES:Heritage,Literature,Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/pasari.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170927T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171127T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20240129T233613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T131318Z UID:10000151-1506506400-1511802000@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Special Exhibit: Romanian Identity\, Royalty and Architecture DESCRIPTION:Free Opening Night Reception: Thursday\, October 5\, 5:30 PM \nThe exhibit “Romanian Identity\, Royalty and Architecture” offers a chronological survey of Romanian architecture from 1870s to 1948 with a focus on the Royalties’ contribution to the modernization of the country and creation of a national style. The edifices built during the reign of Carol I present both a young country’s desire to become visible internationally and the dynasty founder’s ambition to update Romanian architecture to European traditions. It was at the beginning of the 20th century that the capital Bucharest was called “The Little Paris”\, due to the French influence. After WWI\, King Ferdinand and Queen Mary sponsored the implementation of the national style in their effort to put Romania on the map of the world. The exhibit identifies Queen Mary’s contribution to Romanian architecture landmarks\, including her beloved Balchik Palace. The modern style developed during Carol II and continued by his son Michael round up the exhibit that is authored by three major architecture professors: Augustin Ioan\, Marius Marcu Lapadat\, and Ionel Stoicescu\, in collaboration with CREART\, Bucharest. \nAmerican Romanian Cultural Society is putting on this exhibit in collaboration with the UW Ellison Center for Russian\, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/special-exhibit-romanian-identity-royalty-and-architecture/ CATEGORIES:Heritage,Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Poster_R_Royalty_Seattle_2_Xy4J0SX-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171014 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171015 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230907T042356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250110T131146Z UID:10000102-1507939200-1508025599@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Club Piticot Storytime DESCRIPTION:Free Kids ages 3-13 Elizabeta Iliescu hosts storytime at the Bellevue Library for children ages 3-13. Club Piticot supports children and their families in developing communication skills in Romanian while also preserving cultural heritage. October features Halloween-themed games and stories including George Topârceanu’s “Ballad of a Tiny Cricket” and Adina Rosetti’s “Why do Witches Fly on a Broom and 10 Other Fantastic Questions.” Event in Romanian. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/club-piticot-storytime/ CATEGORIES:Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Club-Piticot2_HIgOCmG_oot8ea.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171110 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171111 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230906T231332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T002818Z UID:10000058-1510272000-1510358399@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Lucian Ban & Elevation: Songs From Afar DESCRIPTION:“Songs from Afar”(in collaboration with Earshot Jazz)\, a unique concert that will bring together 12 musicians from Romania\, New York\, and Seattle\, with rich and diverse musical backgrounds. \nCelebrating the music of Romania this concert event is an amalgamation of Transylvanian folk with jazz and improvisation. Featuring Lucian Ban’s ELEVATION Quartet; master saxophonist  Abraham Burton; Transylvanian singer Gavril Tărmure; and the Angela Drăghicescu Ensemble paying tribute to famed  composer George Enescu with a new arrangement of the Romanian Rhapsody. \nThis event sets off the 4th Edition of the Romanian Film Festival: “One Eye Laughing\, One Eye Crying: TALES FROM AFAR”\, celebrating the connection between cinema\, music and the other arts. \n  URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/lucian-ban-elevation-songs-from-afar/ LOCATION:Kirkland Performance Center\, 350 Kirkland Ave\, Kirkland\, 98033\, United States CATEGORIES:Stage ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Lucian_BAN_press_3_lxzgyv.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171117 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20240125T204531Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240125T204729Z UID:10000148-1510790400-1510876799@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Book Signing and Romanian Film Event - Cristi Puiu by Monica Filimon DESCRIPTION:New York-based film critic and professor Monica Filimon will sign copies of her new book Cristi Puiu (University of Illinois Press 2017) and deliver a talk about the beginnings of New Romanian cinema with a specific focus on the black comedy The Death of Mr. Lazarescu.  In Cristi Puiu\, Filimon explores the works of an artist dedicated to truth not as an abstract concept\, but as the ephemeral revelation of the fuller ungraspable world beyond the screen. (Event in English) Monica FilimonMonica Filimon was awarded a PhD in Comparative Literature by Rutgers University. She is Associate Professor of English at Kingsborough Community College\, CUNY. She has published articles on French\, German\, and Romanian films. Her research focuses on the New Romanian Cinema\, its sources\, evolution\, and major representatives. Her first book Cristi Puiu: Ineffable Experiences of the Profane World was published by the University of Illinois Press in February 2017. She is currently working on a second book tentatively titled Corneliu Porumboiu: Notes on the Absurd. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/book-signing-and-romanian-film-event-cristi-puiu-by-monica-filimon/ LOCATION:University of Washington\, 1410 NE Campus Pkwy\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States CATEGORIES:Film,Literature ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/movie-918655_1920.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171127 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171128 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230906T221455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240208T170358Z UID:10000046-1511740800-1511827199@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Romanian Film Festival - 4th Edition DESCRIPTION:The Romanian Film Festival in Seattle "One Eye Laughing\, One Eye Crying: Tales from Afar"\, 4th EditionWe are thrilled to present our special guests at the 4th edition of the Romanian Film Festival! Director Paul Negoescu (Two Lottery Tickets\, director Iulia Rugina (Breaking News)\, actress Ioana Flora (Breaking News & Back Home) from Romania; director Bogdan Darev (This Baba)\, singer Penka Encheva and producer Mary Sherhart from Seattle\, will attend Q&A sessions after the screenings\, moderated by film critic and author Monica Filimon ("Cristi Puiu"\, University of Illinois Press 2017). Pre-Event: Cântece de departe/Songs from Afar\, a concert that brings together Lucian Ban & Elevation Quartet from New York (jazz)\, Angela Drăghicescu (chamber music pianist from Seattle)\, and Gavril Țărmure (singer of Romanian Folk music from Bistrița) @ Seattle Art Museum on November 10\, 7:30 PM. FilmsTwo Lottery Tickets by Paul Negoescu2016\, Comedy\, 86 minutes \n Three men from a provincial town are in urgent need of money and decide to buy a lottery ticket. They win the lottery\, but soon after their ticket gets stolen.Q&A... \n Three men from a provincial town are in urgent need of money and decide to buy a lottery ticket. They win the lottery\, but soon after their ticket gets stolen. Q&A with director Paul Negoescu \n Read More\n \n Sieranevadaby Cristi Puiu2016\, Drama\, 173 minutes \n A doctor and his wife are having a family meal in Bucharest to mark the passing of his father when an argument about 9/11 breaks out and deteriorates into a... \n A doctor and his wife are having a family meal in Bucharest to mark the passing of his father when an argument about 9/11 breaks out and deteriorates into a settling of personal scores. \n Read More\n \n Breaking Newsby Iulia Rugină2017\, Drama\, 81 minutes \n While working on an in memoriam piece for a dead colleague\, a famous news reporter loses track of the TV story and becomes part of a father-daughter relationship with the... \n While working on an in memoriam piece for a dead colleague\, a famous news reporter loses track of the TV story and becomes part of a father-daughter relationship with the teenager left behind. Q&A with director Iulia Rugină and actress Ioana Flora \n Read More\n \n Scarred Heartsby Radu Jude2016\, Drama\, 141 minutes \n Emanuel spends his days at a sanatorium. Falling in love with another patient\, he narrates his and his fellow patients' attempts to live life to the fullest as their bodies... \n Emanuel spends his days at a sanatorium. Falling in love with another patient\, he narrates his and his fellow patients' attempts to live life to the fullest as their bodies slowly fade away\, but their minds refuse to give up. \n Read More\n \n   Back Homeby Andrei Kohn2015\, Drama\, 91 minutes \n Robert is a young journalist passing through a difficult period in his life. He returns to his native village for a day. One day to meet with his father\, with... \n Robert is a young journalist passing through a difficult period in his life. He returns to his native village for a day. One day to meet with his father\, with whom he has had a difficult relationship\, and with two former classmates: Petrică - his old best friend\, now married with children - and Paula\, his teenage sweetheart. The time has come for Robert to change his destiny. Q&A with actress Ioana Flora \n Read More\n \n This Bababy Bogdan Darev2014\, Documentary\, 31 minutes This Baba is the story of Bulgarian Voices singer Penka Encheva\, who was an extraordinary traditional singer as a young woman in her native country of Bulgaria. The Rest is Silenceby Nae Caranfil2007\, Drama\, 114 minutes \n In 1911-12\, the Romanian movie director Grigore Brezianu and the financial tycoon Leon Popescu made together the 2 hours long movie "Romania's Independence" - an as faithful as possible screen... \n In 1911-12\, the Romanian movie director Grigore Brezianu and the financial tycoon Leon Popescu made together the 2 hours long movie "Romania's Independence" - an as faithful as possible screen adaptation of the real Independence War that had been fought in 1877. Now\, "Restul e tăcere" tells us\, in a loose and half-fictionalized way\, the story of this movie making. \n Read More\n \n The New Gypsy Kingsby Liviu Tipuriță2016\, Documentary\, 59 minutes A look inside the world of Romania's super-rich Gypsy pop stars: a world of fast cars\, lavish houses\, and gangsters. GuestsPaul NegoescuBorn in 1984\, Paul Negoescu studied film directing at the national film school in Bucharest. His short films were selected in many international festivals (Semaine de la Critique\, Berlinale). His debut film\, "A month in Thailand"\, premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2012\, while his second feature\, "Two Lottery Tickets"\, became one of the most successful Romanian films at the box office. "The Story of a Summer Lover"\, his 3rd feature\, was distributed by Netflix in over 30 territories. Iulia RuginăIulia Rugină is a Bucharest based director and screenwriter. She has a BA and a MA degree in film and television directing at Bucharest’s National University of Theatre and Film (UNATC). In 2020 she completed a PhD on low budget cinema at the same university.\n\nShe has written and directed twelve shorts and three feature films\, among which Stuck on Christmas (2010)\, Love Building (2013)\, Dying from a Wound of Love (2014)\, Breaking News (2016). In 2018 she made her theater debut with the multimedia show Neverland\, which she wrote and directed. In 2020 she directed six of the eight episodes of the HBO Max series Ruxx.\n\nSince 2099 she is also actively involved in cultural management (through Control N\, the cultural NGO she has co-founded)\, and film education (through various projects she has participated in\, as a film tutor)\, having worked with professional screenwriters\, amateur filmmakers\, children\, ethnic minorities\, inmates and drug addicts.\n\nShe taught screenwriting at the National University of Theater and Film in Bucharest for 10 years\, before switching to script consultancy in national and international projects.\n\n  Ioana FloraOne of the most appreciated Romanian actresses\, appearing in films\, television\, on stage\, also having been awarded for many roles. Being a mother of two\, Ioana has been actively involved in children’s performances\, personal development workshops for both children and adults and training programs in film and theatre. Person not found Mary SherhartMary Sherhart is a Seattle-based musician who specializes in traditional singing from the Balkans. She is a performer\, teacher\, choir director\, producer\, board member and student. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-film-festival-4th-edition/ LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109 CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/211-RFF_2017-_cover_.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171209T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171209T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20240125T201120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240125T201354Z UID:10000147-1512820800-1512824400@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Ciprian Popescu - Meet the Author DESCRIPTION:Ciprian Popescu\, Romanian-language author based in Montreal\, will read from his awarded debut Mile End (2016\, Max Blecher Publishing House Romania). The book is a construction of 77 days about the new life as immigrant in Canada and the memory of the motherland. A previous text\,  Revolutia din departare/ The Revolution from Afar (2011\, Curtea Veche\, ed.C.Hermeziu)\, will also be discussed with former colleague in Romania and neighbor in Montreal\, ARCS member Alexandra Dorca. The author will sign books following the talk. (Event is free In Romanian) URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/ciprian-popescu-meet-the-author/ LOCATION:Bellevue Library\, 1111 110th Ave NE\, Bellevue\, WA\, 98004\, United States CATEGORIES:Literature ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/214-Ciprian_popescu.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180503 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180611 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230906T220720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T001724Z UID:10000044-1525305600-1528675199@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Romanian Films at SIFF 2018\, sponsored by ARCS DESCRIPTION:Thank you all for attending! URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-films-at-siff-2018-sponsored-by-arcs/ LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109 CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SIFF2018_Vertical_black_ckxtg1.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180602 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180603 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230907T042106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250113T122003Z UID:10000099-1527897600-1527983999@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Club Piticot DESCRIPTION:Free Kids ages 3-13 Let’s get together to celebrate International Children’s Day! Event in Romanian. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/club-piticot/ LOCATION:Redmond Library\, 15990 NE 85th St\, Redmond\, WA\, 98052\, United States CATEGORIES:Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Club-Piticot2_HIgOCmG_oot8ea.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180805T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180805T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230906T220317Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230906T220451Z UID:10000043-1533477600-1533484800@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Documentary screening and celebration DESCRIPTION:You are warmly invited to the final screening of the documentary “Romanian in Seattle”\, filmed during ARCS Summer Camp (July 23-Aug 4) with director Iulia Rugină and actress Ioana Flora. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/documentary-screening-and-celebration/ LOCATION:St. John the Baptist Romanian Orthodox Church\, 3749 W Behrend Dr\, Glendale\, AZ\, 85308\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/EDI_DSC_8676_s25hfe.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180915 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181002 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230907T042032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T135250Z UID:10000100-1536969600-1538438399@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Evaluation Day "Româna la Liceu" DESCRIPTION:The exact location will be anounced at a later date. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/evaluation-day-romana-la-liceu/ LOCATION:University of Washington\, 1410 NE Campus Pkwy\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States CATEGORIES:Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/highschool1_V0exhHw_axvtnb.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180922T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180922T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20240129T233031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240129T233031Z UID:10000150-1537610400-1537635600@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Romanian Cultural Festival DESCRIPTION:Romanian Cultural Festival – September 22 @Maryhill Museum of Art from ARCS Project on Vimeo. \nRomanian Cultural Festival \nARCS invites you to a unique event\, dedicated to Romania’s centennial anniversary\, celebrating the Great Union of 1918\, when the province of Transylvania joined Bessarabia and Bukovina to form the Romanian Kingdom. Romanians from Washington and Oregon States will commemorate key historical events that reshaped Romanian identity\, focusing on Queen Marie’s contribution to the outcome of World War I and the ensuing period of unequalled cultural effervescence in the region. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind opportunity to explore Romanian identity through space and time\, connecting two historical periods: the present and The Interbellum (inter-war) years\, associated with the birth of the modern state of Romania. \nVisitors will enjoy an all day feast of events\, such as the exhibition Romanian Identity\, Royalty and Architecture and two book launches: the bilingual English/Romanian photo album\, “The Queen and the Front” (2018) coordinated by Beatrice Todireanu and Anca Mizumschi’s essay collection “My Suspended Land” (2018). Folk dance and music performances by local groups and the Romanian Folkloric Ensemble Datina from Seattle\, with sample traditional Romanian fare and hands-on art for children will be offered as well. \nMore details: https://www.maryhillmuseum.org \nSponsors and Partners:  \nMaryhill Museum of Art\nAmerican Romanian Cultural Society\nThe Romanian Cultural Institute in New York\nThe Romanian Folkloric Ensemble Datina from Seattle\nThe Northwest Romanian Community\nThe Romanian American Society\nCultural Romania Association URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-cultural-festival/ LOCATION:Maryhill Museum of Art CATEGORIES:Heritage ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/204-maria_primary_test.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181002 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230907T041933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230907T041933Z UID:10000098-1538352000-1538438399@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Inauguration of the Romanian Center of Excellence ROACT (Romanian In Action) DESCRIPTION:Location to be determined URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/inauguration-of-the-romanian-center-of-excellence-roact-romanian-in-action/ CATEGORIES:Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/202-ROACT-FB_event_.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181102T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181104T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230906T220139Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240206T222218Z UID:10000042-1541181600-1541354400@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Romanian Film Festival - 5th Edition DESCRIPTION:The Romanian Film Festival (5th Edition): "One Eye Laughing\, One Eye Crying: Uncanny Worlds"November 2-4\, 2018\, SIFF Cinema UptownJoin us on an exploration of the blurred frontiers of reality through Romanian films\, celebrating the 5th Edition of the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle. In tune with the Halloween spirit of the first week in November\, take an imaginary journey to Romania\, and its "Uncanny Worlds". We plan to challenge values and beliefs in relation to the unusual\, unfamiliar\, ineffable\, incomprehensible\, unfathomable\, inscrutable\, or the unclear\, inviting you to a visual feast of mesmerizing film features and documentaries. You will find out that Romanian films\, more than ever\, reflect the uncanny aspects of reality\, history\, politics\, everyday life\, as well as spirituality\, folklore\, and traditions; in a word\, the uncanny essence of human nature. We have made history together: from one of the smallest venues in town with 93 seats (in 2014)\, we have upgraded the festival to the largest auditoriums @ SIFF CINEMA Uptown with 275 seats (between 2015-2017). From about 750 people attending the first edition\, last year we reached a record of approximately 2\,300 people\, including those who attended the pre and post events. From an ethnic film festival\, we have succeeded in making it a Seattle festival where people of all backgrounds watch internationally acclaimed films\, learn something about Romanian heritage\, and laugh and cry together proving that the festival has earned its title "One Eye Laughing\, One Eye Crying". Let us know if you would like to become our business partner ($1\,000 +) or sponsor ($500+). In case you decide to support our beautiful project and fundraising endeavors\, ARCS will acknowledge your contribution on all promotional materials – website\, Facebook\, poster\, flyers\, and before each screening. DO NOT MISS this one of a kind opportunity to gain more visibility\, grow\, have an impact\, and let your community know that you care and belong! All screenings will take place @ SIFF Cinema Uptown. The Opening Gala will take place at SIFF Film Center. Daniel Ursache's Exhibit will be @ A/NT Gallery. Please consult the map for more details. FilmsThe Wanderers\, The Quest of the Demon Hunter by Dragoș Buliga2017\, Drama/Horror/Thriller\, 106 minutesWhenNov. 2\, 2018 at 06:00 PM - 04 Nov. 2018 at 06:00 PM WhereSIFF Cinema Uptown SynopsisThe film follows famed ghost and demon hunter Louis (Armand Assante) as he takes on a new case in modern day Romania. Hired by the mysterious heiress of the Zalesky Castle\, the hardened American embarks on this adventure with an Israeli journalist (Lior Ashkenazi)\, two Korean reality television stars in search of sensational ghost stories\, and a young\, skeptical guide Sorana (Raluca Aprodu). As he starts hunting the evil lurking in plain daylight in the frightened community around the Transylvanian castle\, Louis faces one of the biggest challenges of his career and life. Untamed Romania by Tom Barton-Humphreys2018\, documentary\, 90 minutesWhenNov. 2\, 2018 at 06:00 PM - 04 Nov. 2018 at 06:00 PM WhereSIFF Cinema Uptown Synopsis"Untamed Romania" explores "one of the wildest and most beautiful parts of Europe"\, from the mysterious Danube Delta to the unknown Carpathian forests. Wolves\, bears\, and lynx roam the vast forests where almost all the original flora and fauna still exist left untouched since time immemorial. There is no other location of comparable size with such pristine nature in Europe. This unique documentary is narrated by award-winning Romanian film and stage actor Victor Rebengiuc. The Miracle of Tekir by Ruxandra Zenide2015\, Mystery/Drama\, 90 minutesWhenNov. 2\, 2018 at 06:00 PM - 04 Nov. 2018 at 06:00 PM WhereSIFF Cinema Uptown SynopsisUnmarried Mara has mysteriously fallen pregnant. This poses a problem for her fellow residents of the small fishing village on the Danube delta\, where Europe's second longest river enters the Black Sea\, and religion mixes with superstition like earth with water. Expelled from her village\, Mara finds employment at the nearby spa hotel Tekir where infertile women are treated with the sacred Danube mud. When her world collides with that of the well-to-do\, eccentric cosmopolitan Lili\, magic combines with power and tradition with modernity to become the answer to Lili's desire to have children – and Mara's "immaculate" conception. The Treasure by Corneliu Porumboiu2015\, comedy\, 89 minutesWhenNov. 2\, 2018 at 06:00 PM - 04 Nov. 2018 at 06:00 PM WhereSIFF Cinema Uptown SynopsisCosti leads a peaceful life. At night he likes to read stories to his 6-year-old son to help him sleep. Their favorite is Robin Hood\, and Costi sees himself as a similar hero - righter of wrongs and defender of the oppressed. One evening\, his neighbor Negoescu pays him an unexpected visit and shares a secret. He suspects that his great-grandfather buried a treasure in his garden at the time of the Communist takeover in the 1940s. If Costi hires a metal detector to help locate the treasure\, he will give him half of whatever they get. The two accomplices have one weekend to locate the loot and many obstacles in their path. With each layer of soil they unearth\, memories of the past and entire chapters of Romanian history come to light. Porumboiu’s film adds intricate touches of the uncanny to everyday life\, prompting us to question what unfathomable treasure we are hunting ourselves. Winner of A Certain Regard the 2015 International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Prize at Cannes. One Step behind the Seraphim by Daniel Sandu2017\, drama\, 150 minutesWhenNov. 2\, 2018 at 06:00 PM - 04 Nov. 2018 at 06:00 PM WhereSIFF Cinema Uptown   SynopsisThe feature tells the story of Gabriel (Stefan Iancu)\, a teenager who wants to be a priest and has been recently admitted to a theological seminary. Trying to fit in first\, he is fast to discover a world of fear and abuse. Lying\, cheating and betraying are things the freshmen have to master in order to survive their seniors’ constant bullying and the game of power and manipulation fed by a tough teacher (remarkably played by Vlad Ivanov). This caustic coming of age movie calls to mind boarding-school-set movies where oppression and brutality are widespread. After having taken 10 years to film\, "One Step behind the Seraphim" swept Romania’s Gopo Awards in 2018. It won 8 statuettes\, including the most important trophies: Best Film\, Best Film Director\, Best Script\, Best Debut Feature\, Best Leading Actor\, Best Picture and Young Hope\, together with the Award of the Romanian Society of Cinematographers. It also received the Audience Award at Transylvania Film Festival. This screening will be followed by a Q&A with special guest Daniel Sandu. There by Bogdan Darev2018\, documentary\, 90 minutesWhenNov. 2\, 2018 at 06:00 PM - 04 Nov. 2018 at 06:00 PM WhereSIFF Cinema Uptown Synopsis In 1995\, Seattle-based director and storyteller Bogdan was a teenager. He is now forty-one. After 23 years as an immigrant in the US\, Bogdan comes back to Bulgaria for the first time. Who will he meet and where will his memories take him? Is his feeling truth\, or is it just nostalgia? This screening will be followed by a Q&A with special guest Bogdan.   Miss Christina by Alexandru Mafte2013\, Mystery/Gothic Horror\, 101 minutesWhenNov. 2\, 2018 at 06:00 PM - 04 Nov. 2018 at 06:00 PM WhereSIFF Cinema Uptown Synopsis"Miss Christina" is the dramatization of a 1936 novella written by the famous Romanian author and historian of religions\, Mircea Eliade. Considered the first Romanian title of the Gothic genre\, the film brings its distinct supernatural touch\, being deeply rooted in East-European folklore and pagan mythology. It tells the love story between a human and the vampire-like character of a gorgeous young woman who died a violent death in the bloody peasant revolts in Romania in 1907. Known in Romanian as a moroior a strigoi\, Miss Christina comes back from the grave to seduce her niece's fiancé\, Egor (played by Tudor Istodor)\, during his first visit to the countryside family mansion. The lady of the house (played by Maia Morgenstern) worships her dead sister’s memory\, even to the detriment of her own daughter's sanity and safety. When Egor realizes that his fiancée's life is endangered by his unexplainable lust for Miss Christina\, he decides to fight the moroi. This screening will be followed by a Q&A with special guest Maia Morgenstern. Planeta Petrila by Andrei Dăscălescu2016\, documentary\, 80 minutesWhenNov. 2\, 2018 at 06:00 PM - 04 Nov. 2018 at 06:00 PM WhereSIFF Cinema Uptown SynopsisAs miners in the Romanian town of Petrila go down the mine for the last time\, artist and ex-miner Ion Barbu is working on his mission: preserving Petrila's coal mine as cultural heritage. But in accordance with EU agreements on the closure of the mine\, the authorities are committed to demolishing it completely. This would bring an abrupt end to a history with which the mining community still feels a deep affinity\, but one that doesn't appear to interest the politicians in the slightest. Barbu refuses to back down\, doing all he can to keep the memories of the mine and the identity of his hometown alive. He covers the mine buildings in murals and organizes performances\, street protests\, an underground theatre festival and a clandestine film. His resolve is a match for that of his opponents\, and his art\, which samples freely from art history\, is charged with an absurdism well suited to the situation. Nonetheless\, his actions prove to be more than just a frivolous protest; they become a channel for the collective mourning of a redundant industry. This screening will be followed by a Q&A with special guest Andrei Dăscălescu. D_love by Elena Beuca2018\, comedy/drama\, 96 minutesWhenNov. 2\, 2018 at 06:00 PM - 04 Nov. 2018 at 06:00 PM WhereSIFF Cinema Uptown SynopsisA couple with longstanding marital issues lands at LAX after a getaway in Europe. For a few years now\, Stefania has been working a job she detests and Dan hasn't worked at all. Their palpable strain is only made worse when a Danish vagabond asks for a ride to the busiest freeway in Los Angeles. Stefania doesn’t want to have anything to do with the hippie looking wanderer\, but her husband Dan\, much to his wife's horror\, offers to bring this total stranger to their home. How will their encounter with this uncanny character affect their marriage? The director invites you on a 3 day journey\, seen through Stefania’s eyes\, to view and discover that desired change doesn’t always come in the package that we want or expect. This screening will be followed by a Q&A with special guest Elena Beuca.   Guests\nMaia MorgensternLegendary Maia Morgenstern has often been described as the "symbol of Romanian theater and film" (Florin Mitu\, AMOS News). Born in a Jewish family in Bucharest\, she studied at the Film and Theatre Academy and went on to become a member of the repertory companies of three prominent Romanian theater organizations — the Piatra Neamț National Theatre (1985 – 1988)\, the State Jewish Theatre (1988 – present) and the National Theatre (1990 – present). She made her film debut in 1983 with Too Hot for May/ Prea cald pentru luna mai. Since then she has appeared in dozens of Romanian feature films\, as well as several international productions\, including the English-language Nostradamus (1994)\, starring F. Murray Abraham and Tchéky Karyo; the Hungarian-language Siódmy pokój (1995) \, the English/Greek language Ulysses’ Gaze (1995)\, in which she co-starred with Harvey Keitel\, and the French language feature Marie\, Nonna\, la vierge et moi (2000). Morgenstern also took on a role in the USA Network TV movie Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000). She is probably best known for the role of Mary\, mother of Jesus\, in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ(2004). She performed her role in Aramaic\, but unlike the other actors in the cast of the film\, she simply memorized her lines phonetically. In Romania\, she has been nationally known since her 1992 role as Nela in Lucian Pintilie’s Balanța/ The Oak\, set during the waning days of Communist Romania.\n\nDaniel SanduI was born in Piatra-Neamț\, in 1977. I've always loved watching movies. During communism\, thanks to my parents\, I saw many American movies on videotapes. In high school\, I thought I wanted to become a priest\, so I entered the theological seminary. There I discovered that I actually wanted to work in the world of film. I studied film at Media University. After I got my license\, I worked in television as a screenwriter and director of sitcoms. In 2009\, due to the economic crisis\, the sitcoms abruptly ceased to be produced. In fact\, all TV features stopped. So I started making short films\, with the little money I had.  My friends also helped me out. I started getting a few awards at film festivals which gave me more courage to work on my first feature film - One Step Behind the Seraphim (2017). It took me about 10 years to finish\, from the moment I had a deal with the producer\, until the day the film was released. In the meantime\, among other things\, I had written the script of my new film – The Father Who Moves Mountains - a film that I made in about 6 years\, produced by Cristian Mungiu (Mobra Films). During this time\, I worked on my other future projects.\n\n \n\nAndrei DăscălescuAndrei Dăscălescu is an established Romanian documentary film director\, cinematographer and editor. His first two feature documentaries\, Planet Petrila (2016) and Constantin and Elena (2008) have won prestigious awards (including awards at IDFA and Sarajevo Film Festival)\, have been selected in major international film festivals across the world (IDFA\, San Francisco\, Vancouver\, Krakow\, DocLisboa\, Docaviv\, Sarajevo\, Montpellier etc.). Andrei was nominated 4 times and won "Best Documentary Award" in 2018 at the Gopo Awards (the Romanian equivalent to Academy Awards) with his documentary\, Planet Petrila. His third documentary\, Holy Father (2020) premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival\, where it won the Jury Award. It also won the Audience Award at Astra Film Festival (Sibiu\, Romania)\, the Best Director Award at Qara Film Festival (Almaty\, Kazakhstan) and has been screened at festival such as Black Nights Tallinn\, Magnificent 7 Belgrade\, Go East Wiesbaden\, Trieste Film Festival\, Zagreb Dox and others). He is the founder and owner of FilmLab production company since 2007.\n\nElena BeucaElena Beuca grew up in a small farm town in Transylvania\, Romania. After graduating from Law School in Bucharest and working in real estate for a few years\, she became interested in the entertainment industry and decided to move to Hollywood. Elena studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She studied with Ivanna Chubuck\, the famous acting coach for Charlize Theron\, Halle Berry\, Brad Pitt. She has appeared in the HBO comedy series "Enlightened"\, the Fox Network action drama "Gang Related" and Nickelodeon's "Victorious". Elena has always loved a good challenge\, so when a friend introduced her to the 168-film festival (making a short film in a week ) she decided to jump in and direct her first short film. She loved it so much\, that she decided to do it again and again and again.. D-love is her first feature film. She is currently working on another feature film that will be shot in the fall in South Carolina.\n\nVivian HuaVivian Hua (華婷婷) is a writer\, filmmaker\, and organizer who is fascinated by synthesizing divergent schools of thought. She is the Executive Director at Northwest Film Forum\, a co-founder of the civil rights film series\, The Seventh Art Stand\, and Editor-in-Chief of the socially-conscious long-form arts publication\, REDEFINE. Much of her work unifies her interest in the metaphysical with her belief that art can positively transform the self and society.\n\nMaryna AjajaProgrammer/selector since 1997 for SIFF (Seattle International Film Festival)\, a twenty-five day film festival of over 400 films\, that includes features\, documentaries\, archival films\, animation\, experimental\, short films\, and film forums. Ajaja is a writer and a poet and specializes in films from Eastern/Central European\, Russia\, Baltics\, Central asia\, and Caucuses. Born in Hollywood\, she makes her home in Seattle\, Washington since 1969.\n\nDaniel UrsacheDaniel Ursache is an illustrator\, painter\, print-maker and graphic designer. He was born in Romania\, in Turnu Severin\, a Romanian city on the northern bank of the Danube. He was raised in Constanta\, ancient Greek and then Roman colony on the Black Sea coast\, explored geology in Iasi\, the former capital of the Moldavian kingdom and studied fine arts in Timisoara\, briefly the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 2004 he got stranded on the island of Montreal\, in the middle of St. Lawrence river and did his post-graduate studies there. He has exhibited his work in Canada\, Romania\, Poland\, Yugoslavia\, Holland\, Germany and Italy. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-film-festival-5th-edition/ LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109 CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/203-733142792.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181103T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181103T220000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20240130T004534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T082433Z UID:10000156-1541275200-1541282400@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Uncanny Figments: Art Exhibit by Daniel Ursache DESCRIPTION:For the celebration of the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle (5th edition)\, we are thrilled to share the work of an outstanding guest and artist\, Daniel Ursache. Daniel has designed all our festival posters since the first edition and many other visual materials that have enchanted our audience. His exhibition\, Uncanny Figments\, will be hosted by A/NT Gallery throughout November. The Opening and Visiting the Exhibit are FREE of charge. \n  \nA/NT Gallery\nNovember 3\, 8pm\n305 Harrison St\,\nSeattle\, WA 98109 \n  \nABOUT THE ARTIST\nDaniel Ursache is an illustrator\, painter\, printmaker and graphic designer. He was born in Romania\, but has lived in Montréal since 2004. He has exhibited his work in Canada\, Romania\, Poland\, Yugoslavia\, Holland\, Germany\, UK and Italy. \nDaniel Ursache’s Itinerary\, in his own words: \nborn accidentally in Turnu Severin\,\na Romanian city on the northern bank of the Danube \nraised in Constanta\, ancient Greek and then Roman colony on the Black Sea coast \nexplored geology in Iasi\,\nthe former capital of the Moldavian kingdom \nstudied fine arts in Timisoara\, briefly the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire \ngot stranded on the island of Montreal\,\nin the middle of St. Lawrence river and did\nhis post-graduate studies there \ngot lost in the Great North \nfound his way out of Whitehorse\, Yukon\nafter two years and returned his brushes to Montreal \nstill traveling… URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/uncanny-figments-art-exhibit-by-daniel-ursache/ LOCATION:A/NT Gallery CATEGORIES:Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/43148707_1135754819910312_5721745845364195328_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190518T173000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190518T183000 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20240124T203953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T015918Z UID:10000144-1558200600-1558204200@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Readings from the Heart of Europe DESCRIPTION:"In the deeps are the violence and terror of which psychology has warned us. But if you ride these monsters deeper down\, if you drop with them farther over the world's rim\, you find what our sciences cannot locate or name\, the substrate\, the ocean or matrix or ether which buoys the rest\, which gives goodness its power for good\, and evil its power for evil\, the unified field: our complex and inexplicable caring for each other." – Annie Dillard\, "Teaching a Stone to Talk." We are thrilled to share the news about Readings from the Heart of Europe\, a group initiated by various scholars from the University of Washington and representatives from the local Central and Eastern European community\, including ARCS. Our first meeting was on May 18\, 2019 when we discussed the master work of a Romanian Jewish author\, Max Blecher.  You can read our blog here.  More About Readings from the Heart of EuropeWHAT?Conceived of by a Seattle-based group of avid readers deeply convinced of the value that literature – storytelling – can bring to our lives\, Readings from the Heart of Europe proposes to focus on texts of the highest quality\, even if they are not (yet) widely recognized as such in our overwhelmingly Anglo-American-centered society.  Each month’s text will be available in a published English translation. The texts featured in Readings from the Heart of Europe are drawn from the among the greatest 20th and 21st-century masterpieces of Austria\, Belarus\, Bosnia\, Bulgaria\, Croatia\, Czech Republic\, Estonia\, Hungary\, Latvia\, Lithuania\, Moldova\, Montenegro\, North Macedonia\, Romania\, Serbia\, Slovakia\, Slovenia and Ukraine.    WHY?In a world of ever-proliferating\, ever-accelerating\, artificially driven mass distraction\, individuals are at heightened risk of losing their center.  Reading from the Heart of Europe invites you to join other adventuresome readers in an ongoing series of monthly readings and discussions in which we propose to explore great works of imaginative literature whose unifying purpose is to strengthen that center.  As revitalizing as a strenuous workout\, more outwardly directed than meditation\, and as deeply satisfying as a reunion with a wise and benevolent old friend\, encounters with these exceptional books can change and shape lives.  These books and their writers present few illusions.  Throughout the 20th century their societies endured the catastrophic consequences of ideologies of the right and the left\, emanating from West and East – whether of ethnic and national tribalism or egalitarianism at gunpoint.  Now\, in the 21st century\, new and resurgent economic and religious dogmas add new layers of rigidity and polarization for the uncertain to cling to.  What better guides to consult now than the testimonies of some of the world’s most exceptional writers\, whose lived experience has given them immunity to ideologies of any stripe\, and whose work explores the spectrum of human experience with striking immediacy.  WHEN?As the pandemics takes over our social lives\, we will find inspiration and build new friendships online. We will meet on zoom generally on Saturday afternoons or Sunday mornings. Past eventsMondegreen by Volodymyr RafeyenkoFeb. 26\, 2023 at 05:00 PM (online)Registerhere. Join us for a discussion of Mondegreen by Volodymyr Rafeyenko\, translated by Mark Andryczyk.Buy the book here. \n The novel tells the story of Haba Habinsky\, a refugee from Ukraine’s Donbas region\, who has escaped to the capital city of Kyiv at the... \n The novel tells the story of Haba Habinsky\, a refugee from Ukraine’s Donbas region\, who has escaped to the capital city of Kyiv at the onset of the Ukrainian-Russian war. His physical dislocation—and his subsequent willful adoption of the Ukrainian language—place the protagonist in a state of disorientation during which he is forced to challenge his convictions. Written in a beautiful\, experimental style\, the novel shows how people—and cities—are capable of radical transformation and how this\, in turn\, affects their interpersonal relations and cultural identification. \n Read More\n \n  Bessarabian Stamps: Stories by Oleg WoolfSept. 25\, 2022 at 05:00 PM (online)Register here. Join us for a discussion of Bessarabian Stamps: Stories by Oleg Woolf and translated from the Russian\, by Boris Dralyuk\, Phoneme Media\, 2015.Buy the book here. \n Reminiscent of Bruno Schulz’s Street of Crocodiles\, Oleg Woolf’s Bessarabian Stamps — a cycle of sixteen stories set mostly in the village of Sănduleni\, in the Republic of... \n Reminiscent of Bruno Schulz’s Street of Crocodiles\, Oleg Woolf’s Bessarabian Stamps — a cycle of sixteen stories set mostly in the village of Sănduleni\, in the Republic of Moldova— is a vivid\, surreal evocation of a liminal world. Sănduleni’s denizens are in permanent flux\, forever shifting languages\, cultures\, and states\, in every sense of the word. With a warm\, Bessarabian irony recalling one of Eastern Europe’s long-forgotten regions\, the Stampsexplore what it means to live on the edges of empires\, which rise and fall while Sănduleni abides. \n Read More\n \n  Where You Come From by Saša StanišićMay 22\, 2022 at 05:00 PM (online)Register here. Join us for a discussion about Saša Stanišić's latest book\, Where You Come From\, translated by Damion Searls\, Tin House\, 2021.Buy the book here. "Inventive\, funny and moving. . . . Damion Searls’s translation does justice to Stanišic’s dry wit and linguistic playfulness\, and captures the tense undercurrents building throughout the book". —The New York Times Book Review Winner of the 2019 German Book Prize  About the Author: Saša Stanišic was born in Višegrad (Yugoslavia) in 1978 and has lived in Germany since 1992. His debut novel\, How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone\, was translated into thirty-one languages; Before the Feast was a bestseller and won the renowned Leipzig Book Fair Prize. The Same Night Awaits Us All by Hristo KarastoyanovApril 24\, 2022 at 11:00 AM (online)Register here.Join us for a discussion with special guest Hristo Karastoyanov\, author of The Same Night Awaits Us All\, translated from the Bulgarian by Izidora Angel\, Open Letter Books 2018. Buy the book here. “Karastoyanov’s novel is set in Bulgaria in the 1920s\, but also invokes the spirit of John Lennon\, and brings to mind Dostoevsky’s Demons with its anarchists and assassins\, lighthouses\, zeppelins\, and synthesis of modernist narrative techniques and Balkan storytelling.” —Berliner Zeitung Winner of the 2014 Helikon Award for Bulgarian Novel of the Year Prize  About the Author: Hristo Karastoyanov is a multi-award winning contemporary Bulgarian novelist\, playwright\, and political essayist whose work has been translated into English\, Turkish\, and German. All seven of his novels have been shortlisted for the prestigious Helikon Award. The Orphanage by Serhiy ZhadanMarch 27\, 2022 at 05:00 PM (online)Register here. Our March reading honors the work of one of Ukraine’s most successful novelists and poets\, Serhiy Zhadan.  Buy the book here. The Orphanage (Internat)\, originally published in 2017\, is Zhadan's highly acclaimed war novel\, depicting life in an unspecified frontline region in the early periods of the war in Donbas\, telling the story of ordinary lives during the most dangerous days in Europe’s recent history.  Chosen as one of “Six Books to Read for Context on Ukraine” by the New York Times  Selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the “20 Best Books of 2021” “A nightmarish\, raw vision of contemporary eastern Ukraine under siege. . . . With a poet’s sense of lyricism . . . [Zhadan] unblinkingly reveals a country’s devastation and its people’s passionate determination to survive.”—Publishers Weekly\, starred review Soviet Milk by Nora IkstenaFeb. 27\, 2022 at 05:00 PM (online)Register here. Join us to discuss Soviet Milk written by Nora Ikstena and translated from the Latvian by Margita Gailitis\, Peirene Press\, 2019. Buy the book here. \n This novel considers the effects of Soviet rule on a single individual. The central character in the story tries to follow her calling as a... \n This novel considers the effects of Soviet rule on a single individual. The central character in the story tries to follow her calling as a doctor. But then the state steps in. She is deprived first of her professional future\, then of her identity and finally of her relationship with her daughter. Banished to a village in the Latvian countryside\, her sense of isolation increases. Will she and her daughter be able to return to Riga when political change begins to stir? \n Read More\n \n The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus KivirähkJan. 30\, 2022 at 05:00 (online)Register here: https://washington.zoom.us/j/95068638451Join us for our first meeting in 2022! We will discuss Andrus Kivirähk's The Man Who Spoke Snakish (translated into English by Christopher Moseley)\, with special guest Professor Guntis Šmidchens\, director of UW's Baltic Studies Program.  Buy the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Spoke-Snakish/dp/0802124127/ About the book:A best seller in the author's native country of Estonia\, where the book is so well known that a popular board game has been created based on it\, The Man Who Spoke Snakish is the imaginative and moving story of a boy who is tasked with preserving ancient traditions in the face of modernity. Set in a fantastical version of medieval Estonia\, The Man Who Spoke Snakish follows a young boy\, Leemet\, who lives with his hunter-gatherer family in the forest and is the last speaker of the ancient tongue of snakish\, a language that allows its speakers to command all animals. But the forest is gradually emptying as more and more people leave to settle in villages\, where they break their backs tilling the land to grow wheat for their "bread" (which Leemet has been told tastes horrible) and where they pray to a god very different from the spirits worshipped in the forest's sacred grove. With lothario bears who wordlessly seduce women\, a giant louse with a penchant for swimming\, a legendary flying frog\, and a young charismatic viper named Ints\, The Man Who Spoke Snakish is a totally inventive novel for listeners of David Mitchell\, Sjón\, and Terry Pratchett. When the Birches Leaf Out Up There by Breda SmolnikarDec. 12\, 2021 at 11:00 AM (online)Register  Here. Join us for our December reading\, When the Birches Leaf Out Up There by Breda Smolnikar. \n After you register\, you can pick up a free copy of Breda Smolnikar's book When the Birches Leaf Out Up There at the University of Washington Allen Library information desk... \n After you register\, you can pick up a free copy of Breda Smolnikar's book When the Birches Leaf Out Up There at the University of Washington Allen Library information desk (in the ground floor lobby) weekdays through Friday\, December 10\, anytime between 9am and 5pm. Please give your name to the staff person at the desk to receive your free copy. \n Read More\n \n White Shroud by Antanas ŠkėmaNov. 7\, 2021 at 05:00 PM (online)Register for a zoom link Here. Join us for our November reading\, White Shroud by Antanas Škėma. Widely acclaimed as Lithuania's great modernist novel\, White Shroud by Antanas Škėma will be our book for discussion on Sunday\, November 7\, at 5:00pm Pacific time over Zoom\, with our special guest Prof Violeta Kelertas (U. of Illinois-Chicago)\, one of America's leading experts on Lithuanian literature. E-book and print editions are available at Amazon.   Or direct from the publisher\, Vagabond Voices in Scotland. "A Spare Life": A Conversation with Author Lidija Dimkovska & Translator Christina E. KramerJune 27\, 2021 at 10:00 AM (online)Once you register HERE by filling out this form you will receive a zoom link that will allow you access to all our meetings. Our next discussion will feature the novel "A Spare Life" by the Macedonian writer Lidija Dimkovska (published in Macedonian 2012; in English 2016). We are very pleased to announce that the author\, Dimkovska\, and the novel's translator\, Christina E. Kramer\, will attend as special guests. You can purchase "A Spare Life" on Amazon Please note the time for this two-hour online event:10am-12pm- Pacific Time Zone7:00pm-9:00pm- if you're logging in from a Central European Time Zone. About the author:Poet\, novelist\, and translator Lidija Dimkovska was born in 1971 in Skopje\, Macedonia and lives in Ljubljana\, Slovenia. In her native language she has published six books of poetry\, three novels\, and one American diary\, and has edited three anthologies. Her books have been translated in more than fifteen languages. She has participated in numerous international literary festivals and has been a writer-in-residence in London\, Berlin\, Vienna\, Graz\, Salzburg\, Krems\, Tirana\, and Split. Since 2017 she has been president of the jury for Slovenia’s Vilenica International Literary Prize. The American Poetry Review featured her work in a special supplement in 2003. In 2005 she attended the International Writing Program in Iowa\, and Ugly Duckling Press published her first collection of poetry in English\, Do Not Awaken Them with Hammers\, in 2006. in 2012 Copper Canyon Press published her second book of poetry pH Neutral History\, which was shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award\, and in 2016 Two Lines Press published her novel A Spare Life\, longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award. Dimkovska’s translator\, Christina E. Kramer\, has received a National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowship for her third novel\, Grandma Non-Oui. About the translator:Christina E. Kramer is a professor emerita at the University of Toronto\, Canada. She has published numerous articles relating to Balkan linguistics and Macedonian grammar (Univ. of Wisconsin Press). She has translated a number of novels\, including A Spare Life by Lidija Dimkovska\, Freud's Sister by Goce Smilevski\, and three novels by Luan Starova My Father's Books\, The Time of the Goats and The Path of the Eels. Her translation of Fear of Barbarians\, by Petar Andonovski\, will be published in August 2021. The Tiger's Wife by Téa ObrehtMay 23\, 2021 at 04:30 PM (online) Join us for our May reading\, The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht. Once you register by filling out this form - you will receive a zoom link that will allow you access to all our meetings.You can get the book HERE.  About the novel:“Spectacular . . . [Téa Obreht] spins a tale of such marvel and magic in a literary voice so enchanting that the mesmerized reader wants her never to stop.”—Entertainment Weekly  "Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend\, loss\, and love\, Téa Obreht\, the youngest of The New Yorker’s twenty best American fiction writers under forty\, has spun a timeless novel that will establish her as one of the most vibrant\, original authors of her generation." (Amazon) Read more about the book Here. About the author: Téa Obreht was born in Belgrade\, in the former Yugoslavia\, and grew up in Cyprus and Egypt before eventually immigrating to the United States. Her debut novel\, The Tiger’s Wife\, won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction\, and was a 2011 National Book Award finalist and an international bestseller. Her work has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Non-Required Reading\, and has appeared in The New Yorker\, Harper's\, The Atlantic\, Vogue\, Esquire and Zoetrope: All-Story\, among many others. She was the recipient of the Rona Jaffe fellowship from the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library\, and a 2016 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. She was a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree\, and was named by The New Yorker as one of the twenty best American fiction writers under forty. She splits time between Wyoming and Texas\, and currently serves as the Endowed Chair of Creative Writing at Texas State University in San Marcos.  Chronicle in Stone\, by Ismail KadareApril 25\, 2021 at 04:30 PM (online) Once you register by filling out this form - you will receive a zoom link that will allow you access to all our meetings. Join us for our April reading\, Chronicle in Stone\, by Ismail Kadare from Albania. You can get the book HERE.  About the novel:"Masterful in its simplicity\, Chronicle in Stone is a touching coming-of-age story and a testament to the perseverance of the human spirit. Surrounded by the magic of beautiful women and literature\, a boy must endure the deprivations of war as he suffers the hardships of growing up. His sleepy country has just thrown off centuries of tyranny\, but new waves of domination inundate his city. Through the boy’s eyes\, we see the terrors of World War II as he witnesses fascist invasions\, allied bombings\, partisan infighting\, and the many faces of human cruelty—as well as the simple pleasures of life. Evacuating to the countryside\, he expects to find an ideal world full of extraordinary things\, but discovers instead an archaic backwater where a severed arm becomes a talisman and deflowered girls mysteriously vanish. Woven between the chapters of the boy’s story are tantalizing fragments of the city’s history. As the devastation mounts\, the fragments lose coherence\, and we perceive firsthand how the violence of war destroys more than just buildings and bridges." (Amazon) Read more about the author at this link.  S.: A Novel about the Balkans\, by Slavenka DrakulićMarch 28\, 2021 at 04:30 PM (online) Join us for our March reading\, Slavenka Drakulić's "S.: A Novel about the Balkans".Once you register by filling out this form - you will receive a zoom link that will allow you access to all our meetings:https://forms.gle/oJgxYmbFkpQoF9aa8Where you can get the book:https://www.amazon.com/S-Slavenka-Drakulic/dp/0670890979"S. may very well be one of the strongest books about war you will ever read. . . The writing is taut\, precise\, and masterful." —The Philadelphia EnquirerAbout the novel:"Set in 1992\, during the height of the Bosnian war\, S. reveals one of the most horrifying aspects of any war: the rape and torture of civilian women by occupying forces. S. is the story of a Bosnian woman in exile who has just given birth to an unwanted child—one without a country\, a name\, a father\, or a language. Its birth only reminds her of an even more grueling experience: being repeatedly raped by Serbian soldiers in the "women's room" of a prison camp. Through a series of flashbacks\, S. relives the unspeakable crimes she has endured\, and in telling her story—timely\, strangely compelling\, and ultimately about survival—depicts the darkest side of human nature during wartime. "S. may very well be one of the strongest books about war you will ever read. . . .The writing is taut\, precise\, and masterful." (Goodreads) Sweet Darusya by Maria MatiosFeb. 28\, 2021 at 04:30 PM (online) Join us for our February reading\, "Sweet Darusya\, A Tale of Two Villages"\, by Maria Matios from Ukraine\, with special guests\, co-translators Michael M. Naydan and Olha Tytarenko. Once you register by filling out this form - you will receive a zoom link that will allow you access to all our meetings:https://forms.gle/oJgxYmbFkpQoF9aa8 Get the book on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Darusya-Tale.../dp/1947980939 About the novel: "Matios’s novel Sweet Darusya\, initially published in Ukraine in 2003\, has been read\, studied\, researched\, and written about worldwide—mostly in academic circles. The question remains\, however\, why it took over a decade for its English translation to appear. In my opinion\, not only the complexity of the text made it a daunting task for a skilled translator to undertake but also the challenge of communicating in another language a deeply seeded trauma of Ukraine and its people\, masterfully portrayed by Matios." Natalia Cousineau\, World Literature Today About our special guests:Michael NaydanHe is Woskob Family Professor of Ukrainian Studies at The Pennsylvania State University and works primarily in the fields of Ukrainian and Russian literature and literary translation. He received his BA and MA degrees from The American University and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has published over 50 articles on literary topics and more than 80 translations in journals and anthologies. Of his more than 40 books of published and edited translations\, some of his most recent include Nikolai Gumilev’s Africa (Glagoslav Publishers\, 2018); Yuri Andrukhovych’s cultural and literary essays\, My Final Territory: Selected Essays (University of Toronto Press\, 2018); and Abram Terz’s literary essays\, Strolls with Pushkin and Journey to the River Black (Columbia University Press\, 2016). In 2017 he published his literary essays in Ukrainian translation in the volume\, From Gogol to Andrukhovych: Selected Literary Essays (Piramida Publishers). He has also published a novel about the city of Lviv Seven Signs of the Lion (Glagoslav Publishers\, 2016)\, which also appeared in 2017 in Marianna Prokopovych’s Ukrainian translation under the title Sim znakiv leva (Piramida Publishers). He has received numerous prizes for his translations including the George S.N. Luckyj Award in Ukrainian Literature Translation from the Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Studies in 2013. Olha TytarenkoShe received her BA and MA in English from Ivan Franko National University in Lviv\, Ukraine\, her MA from The Pennsylvania State University\, and her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto with a specialty in Russian literature. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Practice of Russian at the University of Nebraska. With Michael Naydan she has co-translated Iren Rozdobudko’s novel The Lost Button (Glagoslav Publishers)\, Abram Terz’s Strolls with Pushkin and Journey to the River Black (Columbia University Press)\, Maria Matios’ novel Sweet Darusya: A Tale of Two Villages\, and Yuri Vynnychuk’s novel Tango of Death (the latter two with Spuyten Duyvil). Bohumil Hrabal (Czech): Mr Kafka and Other Tales from the Time of the Cult; and All My CatsJan. 31\, 2021 at 04:30 PM (online) Join us for our first reading in 2021 on January 31. We will read two books by the Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal: Mr Kafka and Other Tales from the Time of the Cult; and All My Cats Paul Wilson\, the translator of these two books will join us for the discussion. Both books can be fond on Amazon Dreams and Stones\, by Magdalena Tulli with translator Bill JohnstonNov. 29\, 2020 at 11:00 AM (online)Register here to receive a zoom invite.  Join us for another engaging discussion of Eastern and Central European literature! We will talk about Magdalena Tulli's book "Dreams and Stones" with our special guest\, translator Bill Johnston.  About the book:"Dreams and Stones is a small masterpiece\, one of the most extraordinary works of literature to come out of Central and Eastern Europe since the fall of communism. In sculpted\, poetic prose reminiscent of Bruno Schulz\, it tells the story of the emergence of a great city. In Tulli’s hands myth\, metaphor\, history\, and narrative are combined to magical effect. Dreams and Stones is about the growth of a city\, and also about all cities; at the same time it is not about cities at all\, but about how worlds are created\, trans- formed\, and lost through words alone. A stunning debut by one of Europe’s finest new writers." (goodreads) About the translator:https://archipelagobooks.org/book_translator/johnston-bill/ You can find the book here. OR on Amazon.  Blinding/Orbitor by Mircea CărtărescuAug. 30\, 2020 at 11:00 AM (online) On August 30\, at 11 a.m.PDT we’ll share our impressions of Blinding\, by Mircea Cărtărescu\, and joined by the book translator Sean Cotter.Sean Cotter's translation of Cărtărescu's Blinding was a finalist for The Best Translated Book Award in 2014. https://messybooker.wordpress.com/2014/04/23/blinding-mircea-cartarescu-translated-by-sean-cotter-best-translated-book-award-2014/The book is available as an e-book from the publisher directly:https://archipelagobooks.org/book/blinding-book-one/Or from Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Blinding-Mircea-Cartarescu/dp/193574484 Newcomers: Book Two by Lojze KovačičSept. 27\, 2020 at 11:00 (online)  Mark your calendars and plan to join us for an engaging discussion on Lojze Kovačič’ s Newcomers: Book Two\, with our special guest\, translator Michael Biggins. You can get the book in different formats from Archipelago Books: https://archipelagobooks.org/book/newcomers-book-two/Or from Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Newcomers-Book-Two-Lojze-Kovacic/dp/193981040X/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=Michael+Biggins&qid=1597011540&s=books&sr=1-8"In this second part of the famous Slovenian writer’s autobiographical novel\, the narrator details the dangers and humiliations of his boyhood living in occupied Slovenia in the Second World War. The second part of Lojze Kovačič’s autobiographical novel\, considered by some to be the most important Slovenian novel of the 20th century\, describes his half-German family’s life in Ljubljana during the Second World War. The young protagonist Bubi is a perpetual outsider – exiled from Switzerland in 1938\, his family returns home to Ljubljana\, where their half-German background makes them stick out in local society. Reeling from the loss of his home in Switzerland\, and surrounded by a language he can’t quite master\, Bubi confronts the challenges and humiliations of growing up in a strange environment. Narrated with uncanny naïveté\, the novel flits between memories of tenderness and shocking violence as Bubi navigates friendship\, family\, and his burgeoning sexuality in a land under hostile occupation." (Archipelago Books)  Newcomers: Book Two by Lojze KovačičSept. 27\, 2020 at 11:00 (online)  Mark your calendars and plan to join us for an engaging discussion on Lojze Kovačič’ s Newcomers: Book Two\, with our special guest\, translator Michael Biggins. You can get the book in different formats from Archipelago Books: https://archipelagobooks.org/book/newcomers-book-two/Or from Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Newcomers-Book-Two-Lojze-Kovacic/dp/193981040X/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=Michael+Biggins&qid=1597011540&s=books&sr=1-8"In this second part of the famous Slovenian writer’s autobiographical novel\, the narrator details the dangers and humiliations of his boyhood living in occupied Slovenia in the Second World War. The second part of Lojze Kovačič’s autobiographical novel\, considered by some to be the most important Slovenian novel of the 20th century\, describes his half-German family’s life in Ljubljana during the Second World War. The young protagonist Bubi is a perpetual outsider – exiled from Switzerland in 1938\, his family returns home to Ljubljana\, where their half-German background makes them stick out in local society. Reeling from the loss of his home in Switzerland\, and surrounded by a language he can’t quite master\, Bubi confronts the challenges and humiliations of growing up in a strange environment. Narrated with uncanny naïveté\, the novel flits between memories of tenderness and shocking violence as Bubi navigates friendship\, family\, and his burgeoning sexuality in a land under hostile occupation." (Archipelago Books)  Fox\, by Dubravka UgrešićJuly 26\, 2020 at 11:00 AM (online) On July 26\, at 11 a.m.PDT we’ll share our impressions of Fox\, by Dubravka Ugrešić\, and joined by the book translator Ellen Elias-Bursać. This book is available as an e-book from the publisher directly (Open Letter) https://www.openletterbooks.org/collections/dubravka-ugresic/products/fox Or from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Fox-Dubravka-Ugresic/dp/1940953766/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Ugresic+fox&qid=1593737396&sr=8-1 The Physics of Sorrow\, by Georgi GospodinovJune 28\, 2020 at 11:00 AM (online) Join us for an engaging discussion of Georgi Gospodinov's The Physics of Sorrow. We are thrilled to have his translator Angela Rodel as a special guest.You can get the e-book direct from the publisher. Here is a praiseful New Yorker review of the book.    The Land of Green Plums\, by Herta MüllerFeb. 8\, 2020 at 04:00 PM (online) You are cordially invited to join us for our second meeting of the new year\, on February 8! We will read The Land of Green Plums\, by Nobel laureate Herta Müller\, a Romanian-born German novelist\, poet\, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature.You can find the book on Amazon or at your local store: https://www.amazon.com/Land-Green-Plums-Novel/ URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/readings-from-the-heart-of-europe/ LOCATION:University of Washington\, 1410 NE Campus Pkwy\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States CATEGORIES:Literature ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/265-Readings_-_cover_final__HTqDIe4.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190715 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190727 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230907T041832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T053117Z UID:10000097-1563148800-1564185599@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:ARCS Summer Camp 2019 - ROMANIAN ROLE MODELS DESCRIPTION:American Romanians\, find your Hollywood vision of Romania! Become a movie star\, a screenwriter\, a director\, cinematographer\, editor\, producer and present your film to the world! \nBe the star of your own story of discovery! You will act in film scenes\, design your set and costumes\, shoot your story like a pro and learn basic acting\, script-writing\, directing and filmmaking skills. You will learn about Romanian super-heroes who changed world history with their courage\, vision and talent\, such as Queen Marie of Romania\, Ana Aslan\, Geta Brătescu\, Henri Coandă\, Petrache Poenaru\, Constantin Brâncuși and many others. \nWe are inviting you to join us on an amazing field trip to Maryhill Museum\, the only museum dedicated to Queen Marie’s visit to the Pacific Northwest in 1927. The field trip will take place on Saturday\, July 20. A guided visit and fun activities will help you discover the Queen Marie collection! The field trip is optional and the cost is not included in ARCS Summer Camp fee. \nIf the film industry makes you dream\, this is an ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME opportunity to work closely with Romanian specialists in the field\, award-winning actress Ioana Flora and director Iulia Rugină. As an exciting addition to our program\, this year you will have access to Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) editing lab and staff\, who will join ARCS team to help you finalize your films. And most of all\, you’ll HAVE GREAT FUN and make new friends! EMBRACE your identity\, LET the world know about YOUR story as a Romanian American\, BE a source of inspiration for all the children with bilingual and bicultural heritage! \nYour entire family will come together at the end of the camp to watch your films on the big screen and celebrate your talent! Your films will be present at the 6th edition of the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle! \nWho It’s For \nWe welcome Romanian speaking children and youth between the ages of 8-12\, willing to attend different activities for 4 hours a day\, for a total of 10 days with a weekend break. (Course limit: 20 students \nMemories from ARCS Summer Camp 1st Edition \n \nWe need volunteers to help us coordinate our the following SUMMER CAMP activities: \n\nLogistics:\n\nHelp with the sign-in & sign-out sheets and contracts\nHelp out during class time\nHelp out setting up and cleaning up the facility\nBring drinks and snacks\nHelp organize the final screening and celebration\n\n\nPhotography:\n\nTake pictures\nEdit Pictures\n\n\n\nYou can email Otilia Baraboi at otilia.baraboi@arcsproject.org if you have specific questions or register online if you would like to volunteer (deadline June 15). \nRegistration Form URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/arcs-summer-camp-2019-romanian-role-models/ CATEGORIES:Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img1_xtull9.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190925 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191207 DTSTAMP:20260403T224903 CREATED:20230907T041543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T090036Z UID:10000095-1569369600-1575676799@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Romanian Literature\, Art\, And Film Course DESCRIPTION:Initiated by two dedicated scholars\, Otilia Baraboi and Ileana Marin\, Romania Transformed is funded by the American Romanian Cultural Society. The tuition fees from the Romanian in the High School program and part of the campaign for the Romanian Film Festival\, alongside private donors\, make this course possible. Thank you\, we could not have done without your support!  \nCourse Description: Romanian Literature\, Art\, And Film: One Century Of Cultural Transformations \nSituated at the border between the East and West\, Romania embodies the co-existence of cultural paradoxes informing major artistic trends and ideologies during the last 100 years. The course investigates the roots of surrealism\, dadaism\, theatre of the absurd\, as well as practices of resistance against totalitarian regimes\, and women’s roles in forging a new democratic society. The students will learn about New Romanian Cinema and will have the unique possibility to attend the 6th edition of the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle at SIFF Cinema Uptown (November 15-17) and meet with Romanian film directors and actors. Taught in English\, no knowledge of Romanian is required. \nOtilia Baraboi\, Ph.D.\notilia.baraboi@arcsproject.org \n\n\nBefore coming to Seattle in 2000 from Romania\, Otilia worked as a literary journalist and published short-fiction\, translations and articles. She holds university degrees in French and English literatures from Romania\, Switzerland\, and the US. She has a Ph.D. on the politics of translation from the University of Washington\, where she taught French language and literature for 17 years\, and where she is currently co-teaching a course on Romanian literature and film. In 2013\, she co-founded ARCS and was President of the Board for five years before becoming ARCS’ first Executive Director. For Otilia\, ARCS has been a wonderful opportunity to remain connected with the vibrant culture of her birthplace\, while contributing to the artistic and cultural vitality of the Pacific Northwest. As part of her work\, Otilia has been managing the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle and ARCS community-based school for Romanian heritage students\, as well as more than 300 cultural and educational events over the past 9 years. Her priorities are to create sustainable\, community-building programs and partnerships\, as well as develop ARCS’ brand identity in accordance with its mission and values. Most of all\, Otilia hopes that her work will have a direct\, long-lasting impact on the ways in which future generations will define\, celebrate and pass on their heritage. Otilia is also the President of the Ethnic Heritage Council of the Pacific Northwest and a board member of Romanian United Fund. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-literature-art-and-film/ LOCATION:University of Washington\, 1410 NE Campus Pkwy\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States CATEGORIES:Education,Heritage ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/peles_castle_romanian_castles-__vgtbju.webp END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR