ARCS Project

Book Club: Filip Florian, The Days of the King
2014-02-20 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | 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 of a special tomcat, a guardian angel of sorts, helps him to overcome all dangers. In Bucharest, Joseph will meet and fall in love with an attractive nanny, while the prince distances himself from the dentist, seeking to erase all stains from his past, particularly his involvement with a beautiful blind prostitute. But unbeknownst to him, she has given birth to a baby boy with a suspiciously aristocratic nose . . . Nations are invented and dissolved overnight, kingdoms are for sale, Bucharest grows from a muddy pigsty into an elegant capital city, and love turns everything upside down in The Days of the King. “

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American Romanian Collage: A Photography Exhibit by Daniel Man and Gabriel Ghizilă
2014-01-24 19:00 - 22:00 | WA
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 other.
We are happy to announce that our cultural organization ARCS (American Romanian Cultural Society) will have its first event this year on Friday, January 24, together with Bucharest Drinking Team. There will be live Romanian music and dance, as well as a digital photography exhibit by two Romanian American artists, Gabriel Ghizila and Daniel Man, entitled “American Romanian Collage: Places/Things/People”.
