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SUMMARY:Tethered to the Unexpected
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a poetry reading and discussion with poet Roxana Cazan about her latest book "Tethered to the Unexpected".Guest speakers: Clara Burghelea and Domnica RădulescuModerator: Otilia Baraboi Register HERE. Tethered to the Unexpected is a lyrical treat despite its grim truth. Roxana Cazan offers a loving\, lasting tribute to familial bonds though "some days the windows / don't withstand the rain." [...] Beyond a body in decline\, Roxana's unassuming voice explores her grandmother's life\, tethered to her own\, attempting to close the "distance / between home and crib."– Ken Hada\, author of Contour Feathers Read more about Roxana Cazan's book on her website.Buy the book HERE. Event organized by ARCS in partnership with Arizona American-Romanian Cultural Collaborative (ARCC)\, Immigration Research Forum\, Bucharest Inside the Beltway\, Romanian United Fund\, and Romanians of DC\, with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in NY/USA GuestsRoxana CazanBefore teaching at the University of Oklahoma\, Roxana L. Cazan taught literature\, creative writing\, and women's studies courses at Saint Francis University in Pennsylvania. She is an interpreter and translator of Romanian and a poet. Her poems have been featured in Poets Reading the News\, The Windsor Review\, Cold Creek Review\, Construction Literary Magazine\, Glass Lyre Press\, Adanna Literary Journal\, Watershed Review\, The Portland Review\, Harpur Palate and others. Her full-length poetry books are The Accident of Birth (Main Street Rag 2017) and Tethered to the Unexpected (Alien Buddha Press 2022).\n\nRoxana’s scholarly work focuses on ethnic and postcolonial literature and women’s studies and has appeared in Neophilologus\, Women’s Studies Quarterly\, Comparative Literature Studies\, Studies in American Jewish Literature\, American Journal of Undergraduate Research\, and Demeter Press. A chapter is forthcoming in Remembering Kahina: Women\, Representation and Resistance in Post-Independence North Africa\, Routledge.\n\nShe is the co-editor of the anthology\, Voices on the Move: An Anthology by and about Refugees\, Solis Press\, 2020. Clara BurgheleaClara Burghelea is a Romanian-born poet with an MFA in Poetry from Adelphi University. Recipient of the Robert Muroff Poetry Award\, her poems and translations appeared in Ambit\, Waxwing\, The Cortland Review\, and elsewhere. Her second poetry collection\, Praise the Unburied\, was published with Chaffinch Press in 2021. She is Poetry Co-Editor of the museum of americana and Review Editor of Ezra\, An Online Journal of Translation. Domnica RădulescuDomnica Rădulescu is an American writer of Romanian origin\, living in the United States where she arrived in 1983 as a political refugee\, having escaped the communist dictatorship of her native Romania. She settled in Chicago where she obtained a master’s degree in Comparative literature and a PhD in Romance Languages from the University of Chicago. She is the Edwin A. Morris Professor of Comparative Literature at Washington and Lee University.\n\nRadulescu is the author of three critically acclaimed novels\, Train to Trieste (Knopf 2008 &2009)\, Black Sea Twilight (Transworld 2011 & 2012) and Country of Red Azaleas (Hachette 2016) and of award-winning plays. Train to Trieste has been published in thirteen languages and is the winner of the 2009 Library of Virginia Fiction Award.\n\nRadulescu received the 2011 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and is twice a Fulbright scholar.\n\nRadulescu also published fourteen non-fiction books\, edited and co-edited collections on topics ranging from the tragic heroine in western literature to feminist comedy\, to studies of exile literature to theater of war and exile\, refugee art\, and two collections of original plays. Two of her plays\, Exile Is My Home and The Town with Very Nice People were runners up for the Jane Chambers Playwriting award in 2012 and 2013. Dream in a Suitcase. The Story of an immigrant Life  is her first memoir and it has been released from  Austin Macauley Publishers in December 2021.\n\n 
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SUMMARY:Paris Chansons
DESCRIPTION:Paris Chansons returns to the beautiful Triple Door in Seattle on Saturday\, November 5th\, with a NEW\, exciting show!  Featuring original renditions of favorites from Aznavour\, Dassin\, Piaf\, Brel\, Macias\, Adamo\, Dalida to Zaz & Stromae PLUS some of the most beautiful Italian & Eastern European and Balkan classics! \nTWO concerts: 5:30PM & 8:30PM \nYou can see video clips and get your tickets here: \nhttps://tickets.thetripledoor.net/eventperformances.asp?evt=1602 \nParis Chansons is an exciting French band with an international twist based in Los Angeles! They are known for their original renditions of French favorites from Aznavour\, Dassin\, Piaf\, Macias\, Adamo\, Dalida\, all the way to contemporary artists like Zaz. Their exhilarating performances are punctuated with gypsy jazz standards as well as classics in Russian\, Italian\, and other languages. \nThree multilingual singers bring an unparalleled diversity to their shows. Julia Kantor\, originally from the Ukraine\, lived and studied in France where she discovered in French music a soul connection that still imbues every performance. She entrances from the stage with a sultry voice and dynamic presence. Together with her husband\, Jacob\, a Russian-born singer/songwriter\, they launched Paris Chansons. Max Cohen grew up in Morocco steeped in French music\, particularly the songs of Enrico Macias. Max’s rich velvety tone delivers beautifully nuanced renditions of his favorites\, complete with a signature North African lilt. \nSuperb musicianship anchors the ensemble\, effortlessly moving from jazzy improvisation to slow-burning balladry to blistering gypsy fervor. All seasoned pros\, the musicians are Jeff Lams on piano\, Adam Cohen on upright bass\, Endre Balogh on violin\, Sinclair Lott on drums and Jacob Kantor on guitar. Paris Chansons takes you an a journey without leaving your seat (except\, of course\, to dance!)\, a spectacular celebration of French and international music that brings the world that much closer.
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/paris-chansons-3/
LOCATION:The Tripple Door\, 216 Union St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98101\, United States
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SUMMARY:GiveBIG 2022
DESCRIPTION:Give BIG 2022 supports WA-based non-profit organizations providing needed services\, fighting for a better world\, caring for the environment\, and expanding our horizons through art\, culture and learning. ARCS is proud to participate in this campaign for the fourth time. Encourage your friends\, family\, and co-workers to join you in supporting ARCS to offer access to Romanian heritage\, education and culture locally\, and at the national level through our virtual programs. \nDonate here to support ARCS: https://www.wagives.org/organization/arcsproject \nThanks to your generosity\, we would like to raise $3500 to partially cover the move-in costs in our new location at the MLK Community Center in Seattle\, as well as our rebranding process that includes new logo to accommodate other locations in the US\, and new web design for our education and film pages. \nStay tuned in May as we launch our amazing new logo and web design!
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SUMMARY:Mail-Order Family
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion with author Irina VanPatten about her latest book "Mail-Order Family".Moderator: Ileana Marin Register HERE. Mail-Order Family\, a proud 2nd Place Award Winner at The Spring 2022 BookFest (Book Festival) in the Humor/Non-Fiction/True Stories/Memoir Category is an unlikely love story that doesn’t follow the usual rules\, and even defies geography. It’s a story about difficult times but also one of triumph and hope\, even when people are literally two worlds apart! Read more about Irina VanPatten's book on her website.Buy the book Here. Event organized by ARCS in partnership with Arizona American-Romanian Cultural Collaborative (ARCC)\, Immigration Research Forum\, Bucharest Inside the Beltway\, Romanian United Fund\, and Romanians of DC\, with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in NY/USA GuestsIrina VanPattenIrina VanPatten is an American Pacific Northwest writer born in a small Eastern European country called Moldova. Her writing style marries the best of these two worlds. She draws from the rich roots of her culture but bakes her own American literary cake with a blended sense of humor: sharp yet warm; edgy yet tender. She brings her perspective of past life experiences from behind the Iron Curtain\, creating a unique blend of East versus West points of view in her writing.\n\nHer most recent book is Mail-Order Family - a Silver Award winner at the Spring 2022 BookFest book festival in a very tough category True Story/Memoir which had a lot of competition this year. Mail-Order Family is a humorous\, charming and relatable tribute to Irina’s family’s resilience and a heartfelt love story about two misfits literally two worlds apart.\n\nShe also writes on immigration subjects. She is the author of the book Welcome to America\, Welcome Home\, which is based on multiple interviews with American immigrants of different backgrounds and cultures. Experts\, lawyers\, professors\, activists\, refugees\, and asylum seekers share their personal stories and reveal the hardships of those who try to assimilate and succeed in America.\n\nHer other passion is writing for the English-Romanian language magazine Hora in America\, which focuses on stories from Romanian and Moldovan communities but lately included also the Ukrainian community\, reporting on personal stories of the Ukrainians dealing with the war at home.\n\nShe volunteers as a translator for the Northwest Immigration Rights Project\, collaborating with the division that takes on cases under the Violence Against Women Act and signed up with World Relief to host refugee families from Afghanistan and now is ready to host Ukrainian refugees too.\n\nIrina VanPatten’s website: https://irinavanpatten.com/\n\nMail-Order Family can be purchased from the author directly from the author’s website at:\n\nhttps://irinavanpatten.com/mail-order-family\n\nOr on Amazon at:\n\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Mail-Order-Family-Irina-VanPatten/dp/1598493108/ref=sr_1_1?   Ileana Marin\, Ph.D.Ileana Marin teaches interdisciplinary courses at the University of Washington in Seattle and at the Center of Excellence in Image Studies at the University of Bucharest. Her long-standing academic career on both sides of the ocean has given her the opportunity to establish contacts between Romanian and American scholars\, artists\, and institutions. She\, thus\, initiated the first UW Exploration Seminar to Romania\, and to Eastern Europe\, and opened the fund for Romanian Studies\, hoping that Romanian language will be taught regularly in Seattle. With a BA in Romanian and a PhD. in Comparative Literature from the University of Bucharest (2000)\, and one in Textual Studies from the UW (2011)\, Ileana is a strong believer in the power of education and bilingualism. In ARCS\, she advocates the expansion of the Romanian language programs in the US and for disseminating the most recent Romanian cultural achievements. On her agenda as president\, Ileana Marin has two major tasks: board development and recruitment to ensure the successful implementation of ARCS mission through meaningful programs.
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