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American Romanian Collage: A Photography Exhibit by Daniel Man and Gabriel Ghizilă

American Romanian Collage brings together two cultural spaces that for many seem quite different. By alternating photos from Romania and the US, Gabriel Ghizila and Daniel Man suggest that there are ways in which we can use our understanding and knowledge of one culture to adapt, make sense, and finally build a bridge to the […]

Book Club: Filip Florian, The Days of the King

Roy Street Cafe

“Joseph Strauss (a dentist and bachelor, client of the Eleven Titties brothel and of Der Große Bär beer cellar) leaves Prussia in the spring of 1866 and follows a captain of dragoons to Bucharest, where the officer is to ascend the throne as prince of the United Principalities of Romania. War is imminent in central Europe, but the company […]

Romanian Film Festival – 1st Edition

SIFF Film Center

ARCS is proud to inaugurate the first Romanian Film Festival in Seattle: One Eye Laughing, One Eye Crying!This fall, ARCS has succeeded in organizing the first Romanian Film Festival in the Pacific Northwest, One Eye Laughing, One Eye Crying, as part of an effort to disseminate Romanian contemporary culture. The festival, in partnership with The Romanian […]

Wanderlands of Perception: A Photography Exhibit by Gabriela Cociuba

Gabriela Cociuba was born and raised in Romania. She moved to the United States in her teens. She studied French and international studies at the University of Washington. While in school she traveled in different parts of the world through study abroad programs. The pictures explore the difference between being a visitor and a foreigner, […]

Book Club: M. Kundera – The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Our Book Club: The Caravan of Eastern European Books Milan Kundera’s mostly read novel worldwide, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, explores Prague in the late 1960s and 1970s, a period of great political turmoil, when personal histories of passion, artistic and existential struggles were crushed and reshaped by History’s “Grand March”, as he entitles one […]

Book Club: Kiki Skagen Munshi, Whisper in Bucharest

We are delighted to let you know that we will be reading and discussing Whisper in Bucharest by Kiki Skagen Munshi.  The author will be present for our discussion.About the Author and the book: After several jobs in academia, Kiki Shaken Munshi embraced a career in diplomacy. During the 80s she served as a foreign service officer in Nigeria, […]

Rumenye! Rumenye!

One of Radu Gabrea's most celebrated documentaries, 'Rumenye! Rumenye!' retraces the inseparable connection between Jewish, Romani (Gypsy) and Romanian culture, through Klezmer music. The director will be present for Q/A  

Romanian Film Festival Seattle- 2nd Edition

SIFF Cinema Uptown 511 Queen Anne Ave N, Seattle, WA

Romanian Film Festival Seattle, 2nd Edition: Tales of ResistanceThis year's edition of the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle celebrates Romania's cultural, ethnic and religious diversity within a society where personal, unforgettable stories have challenged and altered the course of history. Through our selection of comedy-dramas, documentaries, and animation, you will discover the internationally praised 'New […]

Dialogue with self: Art Exhibit and Workshops with Ramona Popliuc

                Celebrate the beginning of the holiday season and join us for this unique ocasion! Artist Ramona Popliuc from Romania will display a few of her latest paintings in her show entitled "Dialogue with self" at Ocean Gallery and Art School, owned by Romanian artist Doina Cociuba-Terrano. Join […]