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SUMMARY:Ferenike by Doina Ruști
DESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooks from Homeland\nOur next read for the book club is Ferenike by acclaimed novelist Doina Ruști\, who will join our virtual discussion! \nSigned copies of the Ferenike (in Romanian) are available for purchase. Scroll down to get yours! \nAbout the bookFerenike is a confessional\, autobiographical novel built on the idea that no choice is entirely subjective. There exists a demon of grand History — a force that\, for Eastern Europe\, has always been a subtle architect of both individual and collective decisions. In the essential reality\, every choice is orchestrated. \nHaving as a starting point a childhood event\, the novel gradually outlines experiences related to our present. Every insignificant deed has consequences\, generates other events and a new perspective of the past. This premise leads to a gripping and powerful story about the discreet role that any individual has in the metamorphoses of great history. \nAn autobiographical novel\, Ferenike is also an experiment researching confession\, from its mystical to histrionic or manipulative areas\, with the stated intention of reminding the world that\, beyond intention\, there’s always the force of the storyteller. \nPlease RSVP below to receive the zoom link. \nDoina RuștiDoina Ruști is „a writer of the first rank in today’s literature"\, in the words of Nicolae Breban \, and „a writer of great talent and intuition”\, as Norman Manea has described her\, distinguished by a powerful and vibrant style. Her novels and short stories have received major awards\, been translated into several languages\, and are studied in schools\, enjoying wide critical recognition. Her work is marked by the blending of the fantastic with stark social realism. Her landmark novel is The Ghost in the Mill (2008)\, a powerful fiction about Romanian communism\, included in the post-communist neo-Gothic both in J. A. Weinstock’s Routledge encyclopediaand in Studies in Gothic Fiction (Zittaw Press). Thematically complementary\, Ferenike (Humanitas\, 2025) is her most personal novel\, a political and autobiographical fiction about memory\, guilt\, and feminine resistance. Equally acclaimed is Lizoanca at Eleven (2009)\, a novel about child prostitution\, whose style was compared by Western critics to Camus’s The Plague (Il Libero)\, and which has been included in several European academic programs\, among them the Doctoral School of the University of Barcelona. The Phanariot Trilogy—The Phanariot Manuscript\, The Book of Perilous Dishes (Mâța Vinerii)\, and Homeric—has enjoyed wide popularity. These novels explore the 18th-century Balkan imagination in an original\, fabulatory mode that reinterprets history. Mircea Muthu devoted a chapter to her work in his volume Romanian Literary Balkanism. Among these\, The Book of Perilous Dishes is the most widely translated\, published in English in London (2022)\, recommended by EUFestival and featured by the Historical Novel Society.  Her distinctions include the Writers’ Union Prize (Bucharest Association\, 2007)\, the Romanian Writers’ Union Prize for Prose (2008)\, the Ion Creangă Prize of the Romanian Academy (2009)\, and the Hungarian Writers’ Prize (Budapest\, 2018) for Best Translated Book. Website: www.doinarusti.ro\n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n📌 June 6 at 10amvirtual discussion with author Doina Ruști \nPlease RSVP below to receive zoom link. \nAbout the author
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SUMMARY:Beginning Romanian 1 (Adults) - Summer Course
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nThis class is designed for students with no prior knowledge about Romanian Language\, but who have been exposed to Romanian culture and are interested to learn its language. It is an introductory Romanian Language course\, where students will learn the simple present tense\, greetings\, numbers\, dates\, time\, and other simple grammar. As a result\, students will be able to participate in a 2-way conversation and will know the basics of writing and delivering speeches. Groups of 4-5 students / 60 min\, weekly. \nScheduling\nTime: To Be Determined – We will work with students to find the best times and days that work for you. Please fill out the registration form to let us know your availability.  \nPayment\nTuition for this course includes 10 classes on Zoom (60 minutes each). \n\nScholarships\nWe offer scholarships to families in need. Please email us at contact@arcsproject.org prior to registration if you would like to be considered.
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/beginning-romanian-1-adults-summer-course26/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Adult Courses,Education,Language Classes
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SUMMARY:Beginning Romanian 1 (Adults) - Summer Course
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nThis class is designed for students with no prior knowledge about Romanian Language\, but who have been exposed to Romanian culture and are interested to learn its language. It is an introductory Romanian Language course\, where students will learn the simple present tense\, greetings\, numbers\, dates\, time\, and other simple grammar. As a result\, students will be able to participate in a 2-way conversation and will know the basics of writing and delivering speeches. Groups of 4-5 students / 60 min\, weekly. \nScheduling\nTime: To Be Determined – We will work with students to find the best times and days that work for you. Please fill out the registration form to let us know your availability.  \nPayment\nTuition for this course includes 10 classes on Zoom (60 minutes each). \n\nScholarships\nWe offer scholarships to families in need. Please email us at contact@arcsproject.org prior to registration if you would like to be considered.
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SUMMARY:Sun-kissed: A Photography Group Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:How does the summer light feel? Is it golden and nostalgic? Is it blindingly bright? Does it linger on sticky fingers after a melted ice cream? As you soak in the beauty\, energy and memories along the way this season\, let your photographs speak what words cannot. \nARCS is delighted to invite local and national photographers to participate in a group exhibition\, celebrating the joy of capturing sun-kissed moments! This is the first in our new series\, Through your Eyes. \nStart getting inspired\, but let photography be part of the journey\, not the destination. Come back in August and submit up to 3 images you feel are honest representations of the many layers of summer. \nWe will print the images for a group show at Gallery 4500 in Seattle and each one will be made available for purchase. A portion of the proceeds will go to the photographers. More details to come when registration opens. \nAll work must be created by the person submitting. Due to copyright considerations no AI work is permitted. \nDates: \nAugust 1-20: Submissions openSeptember 7: The photography exhibition starts at 4500 GallerySeptember 12: Opening reception \nRegistration:Each participant can submit up to 3 digital photographs to be featured in our group show at Gallery 4500 in Seattle. We will print them on premium photographic paper and each one will be made available for purchase. \nWhen submitting work\, participants will choose whether they want their photograph(s) to be printed as 8x10" or 11x14" images.$15 for an 8x10" print and $25 for an 11x14" print. After submissions open on August 1st\, please register at the link provided and then send your image(s) to submissions@arcsproject.orgRegistration payment must be made before submitting images. \nUpcoming photo walks for teensWe are happy to offer opportunities for teens interested in photography to create images for the group exhibition and/or to submit to ARCS Journal! Participation in a local outing is not required to register for the group show in the fall\, however it is required to submit to ARCS Journal as part of a local showcase. Please RSVP below. \nJune 27\, 6:30-8:30pm at the Botanical Garden in Bellevue\, WAJuly 12\, 6:30-8:30pm at Juanita Bay Park in Kirkland\, WA \nSign up for the newsletter to receive more announcements regarding the Sun-kissed photography exhibition! \n\n\n\n\n                         Subscribe             * indicates required             Email Address *First Name Last Name Language RomanianEnglish
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LOCATION:Private: Gallery 4500\, 4500 9th Ave NE\, Ste 300\, Seattle\, WA\, 98105
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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