Can We Remember What Matters? A Photography Exhibit by Gabriela Cociuba
We are happy to inaugurate our series of community storytelling events with a photography project by Romanian American artist Gabriela Cociuba. As we draw close to the 30 year anniversary of the Romanian Revolution, we hope that Gabriela's "recycled" photographs will trigger engaging discussions about the ways in which we fabricate our memories. What are […]
Workshops, Romanian Language and Culture Classes 2020
Are you interested in stimulating your children's creativity, nourish their bicultural and bilingual heritage? The Center of Excellence ROMANIAN IN ACTION (ROACT) offers innovative virtual classes and workshops for children, youth and adults with Romanian background or with an interest to learn Romanian. Our teaching methods are based on the core principles of Heritage Language Education that […]
A Particular Beauty: Romanian Folk Clothing
Maryhill Museum of ArtWe are proud to sponsor Maryhill Museum of Art Exhibit: "When she was Romania’s crown princess (1893–1914), Marie of Edinburgh (later Queen Marie of Romania) began wearing peasant-inspired clothing from the country’s eastern provinces — a fashion trend long promoted by Elisabeth of Wied, Queen of Romania, and her court. A Particular Beauty draws from Maryhill’s collection […]
Virtual Cinema of Eastern Europe
Welcome to Virtual Cinema of Eastern Europe! Since we cannot gather in theaters anymore, we will bring to you unforgettable cinematic stories that will quench your curiosity and longing for far away lands. Our program offers a retrospective of the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle, together with other Eastern European Films that are not accessible to the large […]
Romanian Film Festival in Seattle -7th Edition
THE ROMANIAN FILM FESTIVAL, 7TH EDITION: “One Eye Laughing, One Eye Crying: Resilient Together” WHEN: NOVEMBER 13-22, 2020 The 7th edition of the Romanian Film Festival will be like no other. Our amazing story for the past six years will go on in a new creative format, responding to our vital need to stay […]
Remembering Roma Enslavement and Private Screening of "Letter of Forgiveness" by Alina Șerban
ARCS and our partners ARCHER-American Romanian Coalition for Human and Equal Rights invite you to virtually attend the special event "Remembering Roma Enslavement." The event is a recognition and celebration of 165 years of Roma Emancipation. The event "Remembering Roma Enslavement" consists of two parts. In the first half hour Otilia Baraboi, Executive Director at American Romanian Cultural Society […]
Romanian Heritage Language School 2021
Are you interested in stimulating your children's creativity, nourish their bicultural and bilingual heritage? Our Romanian Heritage Language School offers innovative virtual classes and workshops for children, youth and adults with Romanian background or with an interest to learn Romanian, nationwide. Our teaching methods are based on the core principles of Heritage Language Education that nourish bilingualism and […]
Mărțișoare Workshop 2021
Join us for a spring celebration -Mărțișor, March 1st. Mărțișor is an old tradition celebrated all over Romania every year, on March 1st, also widely spread in Bulgaria and the Balkans. The name Mărțișor is a diminutive of March (Martie in Romanian). It is believed that the person who wears the red and white string […]
Dor by Mari Calai – Virtual Book Launch
Online"Dor" it is being said, is one of those untranslatable Romanian concepts. Roughly meaning “longing,” Dor is the title of Mari Calai’s latest book. As Lynn Radeka noted, “the book is a visual journey through images that evoke a sense of longing,” in other words, "Dor" is Mari’s visual attempt to illustrate this very Romanian […]
Cadence: Video Poetry Festival 2021
Verse meets visuals in Cadence: Video Poetry Festival at Northwest Film Forum, April 16–25! Celebrate National Poetry Month with a pass to this online festival featuring five thematic showcases of recently created video poetry focused on identity, belonging, and calls for racial justice, as well as a feature length film poem! Tickets are sliding scale […]
Romanian Explorers Celebrating Earth Day
Join us for a discussion celebrating Earth Day with our special guests Luminița Cuna (writer, explorer) and Ioana Cozmuța (researcher at NASA). Find out more about their pioneer spirit, amazing careers and fascination for uncharted territories on Earth and out of space. Luminița Cuna founded Maloca Communities, a grassroots support organization that supports indigenous communities […]
Story Time – An Evening of Children’s Tales
OnlineWe have the pleasure of inviting you to “Story Time – An Evening of Children’s Tales” featuring authors and illustrators originally from Romania and the Republic of Moldova. The virtual event is being organized to mark Children’s Day, celebrated on this day in Romania and Moldova and will feature Valentina Popa from New York, Angela Chirilă from […]