Russian American Cultural Center

Oleg Lekmanov: Presentation of the book Giraffe Dreams of Clouds

Олег Лекманов: **Презентация книги Жирафу снятся облака.**

Thursday, February 13, 19:00 - 20:30 PM

200 West 86 Street, NYC

Thursday, February 13, 19:00 - 20:30 PM

Readings from Jan Probstein's new books - a translation of Gertrude Stein's "Stanzas in Meditation" and a bilingual book of poetry by Charles Bernstein.

RACC Presents:

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 5:00 - 6:30PM

Yorkville Library, Meeting Room 222 E. 79th Street (btw 2nd and 3rd Ave) New York, NY 10075)

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 5:00 - 6:30PM

Yorkville Library, Meeting Room 222 E. 79th Street (btw 2nd and 3rd Ave) New York, NY 10075

Alexander Sirotin-Lakhman, author of the recently published book "Jewish Theater Says Goodbye... But Doesn't Leave..."

Russian-American Cultural Center presents:

Yorkville Library, Meeting Room
222 E. 79th Street (btw 2nd and 3rd Ave) New York, NY 10075

Event Date:

Wednesday, Oct 16 2024, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

The program will be in Russian.

Wednesday, Oct 16 2024, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Russian-American Cultural Center presents:

Russian-American Cultural Center proudly presents: Emil Draitser - Laughing All the Way to Freedom: Americanization of a Russian Emigre

Emil Draitser - Laughing All the Way to Freedom: Americanization of a Russian Emigre

Tuesday, September 17th, 2024, 4:00 - 5:30PM

Yorkville Library, Meeting Room 222 E. 79th Street (btw 2nd and 3rd Ave) New York, NY 10075

Tuesday, September 17th, 2024, 4:00 - 5:30PM

Yorkville Library, Meeting Room

Russian American Cultural Center presents A Poetry Reading by Vladimir Efroimson

When: Wednesday, May 1, 5:00-7:00 PM

Where: Yorkville Library, Meeting Room 222 E. 79th Street (btw 2nd and 3rd Ave)
New York, NY 10075

Wednesday, May 1, 5:00-7:00 PM

Yorkville Library, Meeting Room 222 E. 79th Street (btw 2nd and 3rd Ave) New York, NY 10075

A poetry reading by Marina Tëmkina to celebrate the publication of the artist book Boys Fight with drawings by Michel Gérard

Join us on Wednesday, April 10th, at the Yorkville Library as the Russian American Cultural Center presents author Marina Temkina

Wednesday, April 10, 5:00-7:00 PM

Yorkville Library, Meeting Room 222 E. 79th Street (btw 2nd and 3rd Ave) New York, NY 10075

Women's History Month 2024. Blanche Walsh: The Forgotten Mother of Hollywood

Blanche Walsh: The Forgotten Mother of Hollywood

(A story with a unique Russian twist)

The Legacy Program: A series of conversations

Presented by John Bradin, Educator, Writer, Talk Show Host and Director,

The Blanche Walsh Project

When: March 25, 6:30 PM

Where: ZOOM

Monday, March 25, 2024

Russian American Cultural Center via ZOOM

Evening of Remembrance of Lev Rubinshtein. Вечер памяти Льва Рубинштейна

Tuesday, February 20, 8:00 PM

IATI Theater

The Legacy Program: A series of conversations. Lenny Neyman: Polina Khentova – The Unknown Amazon of the Jewish Avant-Garde.

The Legacy Program: A series of conversations.

Lenny Neyman: Polina Khentova – The Unknown Amazon of the Jewish Avant-Garde.

When: Monday, December 18, 2023, 7:00 PM

Where: ZOOM - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86274072823

In Russian

December 18, 2023 7PM

Zoom

Above the Abyss: Apocalyptic Visions in Photography

Join us on Wednesday, December 13th at 5PM at the Yorkville Library as the Russian American Cultural Center presents William Brumfield, Professor of Slavic Studies and Sizeler Professor of Jewish Studies at Tulane University, who discusses the photography of Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944), his own photographic project, "Lost America", and the peculiar nature of photography as an art form.

December 13, 2023 5PM

Yorkville Library

A reading by Larissa Shmailo from the newly released book

Join us on Wednesday, September 13, at the Yorkville Library as the Russian American Cultural Center presents author Larissa Shmailo, who will read poetry from her new collection, Dora / Lora. The book is a harrowing account of the Ukrainian Holodomor (mass starvation of the 1930s), and the role of Ukrainian collaborators in the Nazi death camps, seen through the lens of one family's experience.

Wednesday, September 13, 2023 | 5:00-7:00 PM

Yorkville Library | Meeting Room 222

A poetry reading by Valery Chereshnya

Please join us as the Russian American Cultural Center presents a poetry reading on May 14 via Zoom. Valery Chereshnya is the author of six books of poetry (“Own Time”, 1996; “Wasteland”, 1998; “Shift”, 1999; “Whisper of Akaki”, 2008; “Recognition”, 2018), and numerous publications in the journals “New World”, “October”, “Friendship of Peoples”, “Postscriptum”, etc.

Sunday, May 14, 2023 | 2:00 PM ET

via Zoom

"Memory, speak!" Meeting with Alla Doubrovskaia

Women's History Month | Alla Dоubrovskaia will share her thoughts on memoirs as a genre of prose, and will also read excerpts from memoirs about Igor Efimov, Lev Danovsky, Masha Vorobieva on Sunday, March 12 via Zoom. In Russian. Video available via YouTube

Sunday, March 12, 2023 | 6:00 PM

via Zoom

Dukor. A Memoir by Daniel Charney | Translated by Michael Skakun

Michael Skakun, author of the book "On Burning Ground" (Macmillan/St. Martin's Press) will talk about his new work - an English-language translation of "Dukor: A Memoir" by the noted Yiddish writer, Daniel Charney, as well as the once flourishing world of pre-war Belarusian Jewry. Join us on March 15th at the Yorkville Library. Video available via YouTube

Wednesday, March 15, 2023 | 5:30-7:00 PM

Yorkville Library Meeting Room

Centuries Encircle Me with Fire: Selected Poems of Osip Mandelstam. A Bilingual English–Russian Edition

Please join us as the Russian American Cultural Center presents a bilingual reading by Ian Probstein from the newly released book on May 3. This collection, compiled, translated, and edited by poet and scholar Ian Probstein, provides Anglophone audiences with a powerful selection of Mandelstam's most beloved and haunting poems. Both scholars and general readers will gain a deeper understanding of his poetics, as Probstein situates each poem in its historical and literary context.

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 | 5:30-7:00 PM

Yorkville Library Meeting Room

The Art of Translation: Dialogues

Program #8. Irina Mashinski - Sasha Dugdale

Sunday, December 11, 2022

A series of conversations in the RACC movable studio: the author and host Irina Mashinski in dialogue with masters of the ancient art of translation, as they reflect on their work.

Sunday, Dec 11, 2022 | 2 PM EST

RACC Movable Studio, New York

The Art of Translation: Dialogues

Program #7. Irina Mashinski - Peter France

Saturday, December 3, 2022

A series of conversations in the RACC movable studio: the author and host Irina Mashinski in dialogue with masters of the ancient art of translation, as they reflect on their work.

Saturday, Dec 3, 2022 | 2PM EST, 7PM (UK)

RACC Movable Studio, New York

The Art of Translation: Dialogues

Program #6. Irina Mashinski - Robert Chandler

Saturday, November 26, 2022

A series of conversations in the RACC movable studio: the author and host Irina Mashinski in dialogue with masters of the ancient art of translation, as they reflect on their work.

Saturday, Nov 26, 2022 | 12:30 PM EST

RACC Movable Studio, New York

The Art of Translation: Dialogues

Program #5. Irina Mashinski - Grigory Starikovsky

Sunday, November 13, 2022

A series of conversations in the RACC movable studio: the author and host Irina Mashinski in dialogue with masters of the ancient art of translation, as they reflect on their work. (in Russian)

Sunday, Nov 13, 2022 | 2:00 PM EST

RACC Movable Studio, New York

The Art of Translation: Dialogues

Program #4. Irina Mashinski - Lars Kleberg

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

A series of conversations in the RACC movable studio: the author and host Irina Mashinski in dialogue with masters of the ancient art of translation, as they reflect on their work.

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

RACC Movable Studio, New York

The Art of Translation: Dialogues

Program #3. Irina Mashinski - Peter Daniels

Friday, June 10, 2022

A series of conversations in the RACC movable studio: the author and host Irina Mashinski in dialogue with masters of the ancient art of translation, as they reflect on their work.

Friday, June 10, 2022

RACC Movable Studio, New York

The Art of Translation: Dialogues

Program #2. Irina Mashinski - Mary Jane White

Monday, May 23, 2022

A series of conversations in the RACC movable studio: the author and host Irina Mashinski in dialogue with masters of the ancient art of translation, as they reflect on their work.

Monday, May 23, 2022

RACC Movable Studio, New York

The Art of Translation: Dialogues

Program #1. Irina Mashinski - Dmitri Manin

Thursday, May 19, 2022

A series of conversations in the RACC movable studio: the author and host Irina Mashinski in dialogue with masters of the ancient art of translation, as they reflect on their work.

Thursday, May 19, 2022

THE ONLINE LAUNCH OF IRINA MASHINSKI'S BOOK OF ESSAYS

Book of Reflections. Thirteen Postcards and a Letter (in Russian)
Ирина Машинская. Книга отражений. Тринадцать открыток и одно письмо (онлайн презентация)

Sunday, Feb 13, 2022 | 11 am EST or 7 pm Moscow time

Natalia Efroimson - Reading from her novel "In That Country" and an unpublished book

Наталия Эфроимсон - Читает главы из своего романа "В той стране" и новой ненапечатанной книги - Dec 12

Sunday, Dec 12, 2021 | 6:00 PM EST

via Zoom

Eighth Annual Oleg Woolf Memorial Readings

and launch of The Cardinal Points Journal Vol.11 on Dec 15

Wednesday, December 15, 2021 | 2:00 PM EST

via Zoom

“We Trample on Our Dusty Stars”: The Poetry of Russian Los Angeles

Boris Dralyuk - Translations of five Russophone Angelenos and original poems from his forthcoming collection, My Hollywood.

Thursday, October 7, 2021 | 3:00 PM ET

via Zoom

Meeting with Liana Alaverdova (Лиана Алавердова) - reading and discussion

author of the book "Nepokhozhie na nas Amrikantsy" (Americans not Similar to Us)

Sunday, Aug 15, 2021 | 12 - 2 pm EST

via ZOOM

Bilingual Poetry and Prose Reading by Nina Kossman (Нина Косман)

Featuring Nina Kossman - a bilingual writer, poet, translator of Russian poetry, painter, and playwright on April 7

Wednesday, April 7, 2021 | 3:00 PM ET

via ZOOM

Book Launch: IN THE JAWS OF THE CROCODILE by Emil Draitser

Emil Draitser, professor emeritus at Hunter College, in conversation with Yasha Klots about his new book, "In the Jaws of the Crocodile" on Feb 3

Wednesday, Feb 3, 2021 | 6:30 PM EST

via Zoom

Meeting with Moscow poets Ivan Akhmetyev and Tatiana Neshumova

Featuring translator J. Kates and Julia Nemirovskaya on Feb 18

Thursday, February 18, 2021 | 3 pm ET, 12 pm PT, 23 pm MT

via ZOOM

Contemporary Women's Prose - ZOOM meeting & discussion 2

Featuring short stories by Natalia Efroimson

Sunday, December 20, 2020 | 1:30 PM EST

Virtual ZOOM meeting

Bilingual Poetry Reading by Julia Nemirovskaya

Julia will read scattered poems and excerpts from her three latest series, "The Trashed Objects", "The Twelve," and "The Forest Fires."

Thursday, December 17, 2020 | 6 PM EST

Virtual ZOOM meeting

Book Launch. They Will Understand Us in 100 Years. Lazar Khidekel

Join us on Nov 23 for the launch of this bilingual book, published alongside the first solo exhibition of brilliant artist and visionary architect work in Belarus.

Monday, November 23, 2020 | 12:00pm EST

Zoom Webinar and YouTube Live

Contemporary Women's Prose - ZOOM meeting & discussion

Featuring: Yulia Nemirovskaya, Natalia Efroimson and Alla Dubrovskaya

Monday, November 2, 2020 | 6 pm

Virtual ZOOM meeting

Alla Dubrovskaya

"Cities Where I Am No Longer" - reading of selected prose on April 8th

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Yorkville Library, Meeting Room

Ian Probshtein

Russian-American poet, scholar, and translator of poetry will present an annotated edition of Complete Plays and Poems of T. S. Eliot on March 23

Monday, March 23, 2020 | 5:30 PM

Yorkville Library, Meeting Room

Seventh Annual Oleg Woolf Memorial Readings

a two-part event featuring Grigory Starikovsky, Vladimir Druk and Lev Fridman. Hosted by Irina Mashinski on March 3

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 | 5:30 pm

Yorkville Library, Meeting Room

FAREWELL, MAMA ODESSA book presentation

Award-winning author Emil Draitser will discuss the fascinating topic of the modern-day exodus and the Soviet Jewry Movement on Feb 13

Thursday, February 13, 2020 | 6:30 PM

Shakespeare and Co Bookstore

Alexander Veytsman will read in Russian and in English

Please join us as the Russian American Cultural Center presents a bilingual reading by Alexander Veytsman on Nov 6

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 | 5:00 - 6:45 PM

Yorkville Library, Meeting Room

Maxim D. Shrayer reading

Please join us on November 18 for a reading by Maxim D. Shrayer, internationally acclaimed author.

Monday, November 18, 2019 | 5:30 - 7 PM

Yorkville Library, Meeting Room

Anton Yakovlev Reading Translations of Sergei Yesenin

Please join us on Oct 23 at the reading by Anton Yakovlev of Translations of Sergei Yesenin from his book 'The Last Poet of the Village'.

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 | 5:30 -7:00 PM

Yorkville Library, Meeting Room

A Bilingual Poetry Reading by Alexander Militarev

New translations into Russian of Emily Dickinson's, Rudyard Kipling' poems, Shakespeare's sonnets and the original verse (in Russian) on Sept 4.

Wednesday, September 4, 2019 | 5:30 PM

Yorkville Library, Meeting Room

A Bilingual Reading by Pavel Lembersky

Pavel Lembersky, a New York based Russian American author, will read in Russian and in English on Sept 25

Wednesday, September 25, 2019 | 5:30 - 7:00 PM

Yorkville Library, Meeting Room

The Red Daughter: A Novel

Novelist John Burnham Schwartz to speak on his new book - sweeping historical novel is inspired by the remarkable life of Svetlana Alliluyeva.

Thursday, May 16, 2019 | 6:30 PM

Member's Room

A Bilingual Poetry Reading by Anna Halberstadt

A Bilingual Poetry Reading by Anna Halberstadt from her new poetry collection in English and Russian on May 29

Wednesday, May 29, 2019 | 5 - 7 PM

Yorkville Library

The Nuclear Saga: Heroes and Villains by Genrikh Golin

Book presentation

Monday, April 29, 2019 | 5 - 7 PM

Yorkville Library

6th Oleg Woolf Memorial Reading & Farewell to Storony Sveta

Saying good-bye to the Storony Sveta Literary Journal and the launch of the 18th and final issue

Saturday, March 30, 2019 | 2 PM – 4:30 PM

Tompkins Sq. Library

Vadim Zhuk

He has, as they say, long arms. Therefore, better come yourself. Otherwise we are not responsible for it.

Sunday, April 28, 2019 | 6 PM

Russian Samovar

From Russia with Love: a Sly Bang book party

presentation by Larissa Shmailo

Monday, May 13, 2019 | 5 - 7 PM

Yorkville Library

THE 7TH ANNUAL COMPASS AWARD CEREMONY AND READING

Dedicated to the Poetry of MARIA STEPANOVA

Tuesday, February 5, 2019 | 7 PM – 9 PM

249 W 60th Street

Cardinal Points Journal - Vol 8 Launch

dedicated to the memory of Alexander Arkad’evich Galich

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 | 6:00 PM

Cornelia Street Cafe

Russia's Forgotten Role in the Birth of Hollywood

Celebrating 2018 Immigrant Heritage Month | A talk by educator, author and talk show host John Bredin

Wednesday, June 20, 2018 | 1 PM

Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library

Adventures of Little Yaga and Her Friends

Celebrating 2018 Immigrant Heritage Month | A talk by children's book author L.B. O'Milla

Friday, June 22, 2018 | 3 PM

Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library

Cardinal Points Journal - Vol 7 Launch

presented by the StoSvet Literary project and the Russian American Cultural Center

Thursday, April 19, 2018 | 5:30 PM

Tompkins Square Library

Children's Literature Discussion

Olga Bukhina - translator, writer, literary critic, children’s literature specialist will discuss topics in contemporary Russian-language children's literature.

Tuesday, May 15, 2018 | 5:30-7:30 pm

Tompkins Square Library

Delaver [Delaware] by Irina Mashinski

New York launch of her new poetry collection

Sunday, February 25th, 2018 | 6 PM

Tolstoy Lounge @ The Russian Samovar

Book signing by L.B.O’Milla

An exciting new adventure classic with an unforgettable combination of American fantasy elements and Russian folklore enjoyable for middle graders through adults.

Tuesday, June 20, 2017 | 6:30 - 8:30 PM

St-Petersburg Global Trade House

Lee Dugatkin - Power Point presentation and book signing

Russian scientist Lyudmila Trut and biologist and historian of science Lee Dugatkin tell the inside story of the science, politics, adventure and love behind it all.

Tuesday, June 6, 2017 | 6:30 - 8:30 PM

St.Petersburg Global Trade House

THE 6TH ANNUAL COMPASS AWARD CEREMONY AND READING

Dedicated to the poetry of BELLA AKHMADULINA

Saturday, April 29, 2017 | 1 PM

POETS HOUSE (Elizabeth Kray Hall)

DP DISPLACED PERSON - book presentation by Margarita Meyendorff

Margarita Meyendorff’s journey is thrillingly personal yet universal-the journey we all take, to find our true selves and safe haven.

Thursday, March 30, 2017 | 6:30 - 8:30 PM

St. Petersburg Global Trade House

TO LAUGH OR NOT TO LAUGH - a talk by Emil Draitser

What a satirist could and what he couldn’t lampoon in the tightly controlled Soviet media? What would happen to him if he slipped?

Thursday, March 23, 2017 | 5:30 - 8:30 PM

Hunter College

Cardinal Points Journal - Vol 6 Launch

presented by the StoSvet Literary project and the Russian American Cultural Center

Sunday, March 5, 2017 | 5 - 7 PM

The Uncle Vanya Café

LIBERATION CHILD - Book presentation by Eleonore Dupuis

Reading and discussion of her book about the children of WWII occupation/liberation and the search for their fathers.

Thursday, February 23, 2017 | 6:30 - 8:30 PM

St-Petersburg Global Trade House

Anonymity in Art (an open discussion)

Presented by the StoSvet Literary Project and Russian American Cultural Center. Moderator - Irina Mashinski.

Sunday, January 15, 2017 | 1 - 3 PM

Word Up Books

Fourth Annual Oleg Woolf Memorial Readings

Presented by the StoSvet Literary Project and Russian American Cultural Center. Featuring Tomas Venclova, Valzhyna Mort and Vasil Makhno. Hosted by Irina Mashinski.

Thursday, December 8, 2016 | 8 PM (getting together starting @ 7 PM)

Uncle Vanya Cafe

AVANT-GARDE TEXTILES: DESIGNS FOR FABRIC by Julia Tulovsky

Please join us for a book-signing and reception with Julia Tulovsky and Tatiana Kubensky, for Julia Tulovsky’s new book, Avant-Garde Textiles: Designs for Fabric.

Wednesday, November 2, 2016 | 6:30 – 8:30 PM

St. Petersburg Global Trade House

TO LAUGH OR NOT TO LAUGH A talk by Emil Draitser, Professor Emeritus, Hunter College

Presented in English

Thursday, November 10, 6:30 - 8:30 PM

St-Petersburg Global Trade House

A bilingual poetry reading and book signing by Dmitry Garanin

Russian American Cultural Center is pleased to announce:

Tuesday, May 10, 7:00 pm

ПРЕЗЕНТАЦИЯ 16-ОГО ВЫПУСКА «СТОРОН СВЕТА»

Литературному проекту “СтоСвет” – 10 лет

Thursday, May 5 2016 8pm Четверг 5 мая, 8ч. вечера

Литературному проекту “СтоСвет” – 10 лет

THE 5TH ANNUAL COMPASS AWARD CEREMONY AND READING

Dedicated to the Poetry of BORIS SLUTSKY

Saturday, March 12, 2016, 1 PM

POETS HOUSE (Elizabeth Kray Hall)

THE DECEMBRIST MOVEMENT AND ITS IMPACT UPON RUSSIA'S PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

ДЕКАБРИСТЫ И ДЕКАБРИЗМ ВЧЕРА, СЕГОДНЯ, ЗАВТРА

MONDAY DECEMBER 14, 2015, 6pm

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Third Annual Oleg Woolf Memorial Readings. The launch of the English edition of Oleg Woolf’s Bessarabian Stamps

The StoSvet Literary Project, the Russian American Cultural Center and Poets House present.Translated by Boris Dralyuk and Hosted by Irina Mashinski.

Saturday, December 5, 2015 @2PM

Poets House, The Elizabeth Kray Hall

A Reading by Eugene Ostashevsky and Zarina Zabrisky

Russian American Cultural Center presents: Poetry by Eugene Ostashevsky and fiction by Zarina Zabrisky, in their only New York appearance this year.

Wednesday, November 11, 6-8pm

Poets House

The SLASH series 8 / Journalists. An evening of poetry and reflection.

The curator of the series – Irina Mashinski, Producer – Regina Khidekel

Tuesday, 2 June 2015 6.:30 PM

Uncle Vanya Café

The Slash Series 7/Artists

The curator of the series – Irina Mashinski, StoSvet editor Producer – Regina Khidekel, RACC director

Thursday, April 30, 2015 7.00 PM

The SLASH Series 7/Artists

Russian Poetry in Translation

The Heyman Center welcomes Russia-born poets

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 6:15pm

The 4th Annual Compass Award Ceremony and Cardinal Points Journal Vol 4 Launch

presented by StoSvet Literary Project, MadHat Press and Russian-American Cultural Center

Saturday, January 17, 2015 | 4 PM

POETS HOUSE (Elizabeth Kray Hall)

Alexander Matlin 2 = 1 book presentation

Alexander Matlin will read short stories and poems from his new book "2=1".

TBA November 2014

The Second Woolf Memorial Readings

The StoSvet Literary Project and RACC present the readings dedicated to the generation of Russian-American poets born in the late 1960s and 1970s.

Saturday, December 6, 2014 | 6:30 PM

Russian Bookstore No.21

The Art of Translation by Eugene Sokolovsky

Reading in Russian and English and conversation about encounters with Igor Guberman and translating his poetry.

December 18, 2014 | 6:30 PM

Rustico Café

Susan Gold | Norilsk: A Tale of Suspense in the Time of the Oligarchs

Susan Gold reading from her new novel, set in Soviet Russia after Perestroika reveals gross corruption, sweeping betrayal, and a metals deal in palladium gone bad.

December 10, 2014 | 6:30 PM

Russian Bookstore No.21

The SLASH series/ Season 3: Poets/ Interpreters: Bakhyt Kenjeev, Irina Mashinski, Ian Probshtein & Gennady Rusakov

Poets/teachers, poets/architects… Our series is about the word to the right of the slash. On April 29, the word is “interpreters”.

Tuesday, 29 April 2014 , 7 pm | Вторник, 29 апреля 2014, 7:00 вечера

Russian Bookstore No.21

The SLASH series/ Season 3: Poets/ psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers: Dana Golin, Boris Ilyin, Marina Temkina & Anna Halberstadt

Poets/teachers, poets/architects… Our series is about the word to the right of the slash. On May 10, the word is “psychologists”.

Saturday, May 10, 2014 , 6:30 pm | Суббота, 10 мая 2014, 6:30 вечера

Russian Bookstore No.21

Laughing All the Way to Freedom: Social Functions of Jewish Humor of the Modern-Day Exodus

An inspiring talk about the crucial social role of Jewish humor at the time of the modern-day exodus of Jews from Russia by Hunter College professor Emil Draitser.

Friday, May 9th, 2014 | 7 pm

Hunter College, City University of New York

Presentation of Irina Mashinski’s new book, Ophelia and the Trowel

Irina Mashinski is a poet, the author of nine collections of poetry and translations

Tuesday, February 18, 2014 | 7:00PM

Uncle Vanya Cafe

2014 Compass Translation Award: Arseny Tarkovsky Competition

This year’s Compass Award competition is dedicated to the poetry of Arseny Tarkovsky (1907-89).

Accepting submissions from February 15 through July 31, 2014

Yuri Kruman, Reading from Debut Novel, "Returns and Exchanges"

Reading from a debut novel "Returns and Exchanges" by Yuri Kruman.

January 22, 7:00 PM

Russian Bookstore No. 21

2013 Maria Petrovykh Competition

The third Compass Award contest (2013) was for translations of Maria Petrovykh (1908-79)

January 28, 2014 at 7:30 pm

Twenty-First Century Russian Poetry: The Anthology Launch Reading

A reading from a new online anthology of works by 50 contemporary Russian poets, edited and with a preface by Larissa Shmailo, celebrating poetry and translation.

December 11, 2013, 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Cornelia Street Café

Presentation of "1983," a New Book by Anthony Saidy

Welcome to “1983, a Dialectical Novel” – the new book from Anthony Saidy which imagines an alternative storyline to the final decades of the Soviet Union.

November 12, 2013, 7:00 PM

Russian Bookstore No.21

Marina Rubin's "Stealing Cherries" Book Launch Celebration

Stealing Cherries by Marina Rubin - Literature with an Adrenaline Rush. Today’s short attention span literature, a book for all seasons and people.

October 24, 2013, 7:30 PM

JCC Manhattan

A Russian Psyche: The Poetic Mind of Marina Tsvetaeva

In this engaging and penetrating study, Alyssa Dinega Gillespie focuses on Tsvetaeva's poetry, rediscovering her as a serious thinker.

June 2013

Librarians / The SLASH Series / Season 2

An evening of poetry and reflection. Our series is about the word to the right of the slash.

May 23, 2013

Russian Bookstore No.21

The Jews of Pinsk

Celebrate the publication of The Jews of Pinsk, 1881-1941, the most comprehensive history of a single Jewish community in any language.

May 5, 2013

Museum at Eldridge Street

Cyborgs / The SLASH Series / Season 2

An evening of poetry and reflection. Our series is about the word to the right of the slash.

February 27, 2013

Russian Bookstore No.21

2012 Compass Translation Award

The second annual Compass Award contest is dedicated to the translation of poetic works of Marina Tsvetaeva.

January 12, 2013

Poets House, Elizabeth Kray Hall

RACC Literary Series: Alexander Militarev

New translations into Russian of Emily Dickinson's poems and Shakespeare's sonnets and the original verse (in Russian).

November 27, 2012

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Emil Draitser, From Here to Wherever

На кудыкину гору: Одесский роман | From Here to Wherever: An Odessa novel

November 20, 2012

Russian Bookstore No.21

Joseph Brodsky | Stephen Spender Prize

Congratulations to Boris Dralyuk and Irina Mashinski - First Place winners for Field Hospital by Arseny Tarkovsky!

November 2012

Stephen Spender Trust

HIAS' 130th Anniversary

Come celebrate HIAS' 130th Anniversary... and your success! Join us as we launch HIAS' new book: "HIAS@130: 1+30, the Best of myStory."

April 22, 2012

Center for Jewish History

The SLASH Series: / Doctors

Второй вечер из новой серии SLASH: Врачи. An evening of poetry and reflection.

April 19, 2012

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Dmitry Kuzmin: A Reading from Recent Work

Presented by St. Petersburg Review, Cardinal Points Literary Journal and Russian American Cultural Center.

April 18, 2012

Russian Bookstore No. 21

The Last Futurist Panel, The Bushwick Starr

The title of this festival, 0, 2012: The Last Futurist Lab is a reference to 1915's "0, 10: The Last Futurist Exhibition"...

March 19, 2012

The SLASH Series: / Teachers

Does it really matter what a poet does besides writing, how he/she earns a living? Do poets working in the same field have anything in common?

March 16, 2012

Russian Bookstore No.21

Red Shambhala

For all those interested in the secret machinations that often occur behind political movements, this program is for you!

January 25, 2012

Rubin Museum of Art

Four Lives of Ruth Zernov

Mark Serman presents Four Lives of Ruth Zernova - a collection of memoirs by friends, family and colleagues of the writer.

December 8, 2011

Russian Bookstore No.21

In Memory of Oleg Woolf

An Hour and a Half of Poetry, Songs, and Translation

October 30, 2011

The Bowery Poetry Club

Pavel Lembersky 2011

A reading (in Russian) from a newly released book В пятьсот веселом эшелоне, Franc Tireur Publishing.

September 22, 2011

Russian Bookstore No.21

The Scarlet Fever

The Unlikely Connections Series: Irina Mashinski - Poet, Writer, and Cardinal Points Editor.

May 19, 2011

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Join us for an evening that will honor the memory of Holocaust victims and affirm our hopes for a better and more humane world.

May 3, 2011

Mid-Manhattan Library

Oleg Atbashian

Presentation of the book, "Shakedown Socialism," and discussion with the author, exploring and explaining why socialism cannot work.

April 27, 2011, 7:00 PM

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Freud and Stalin in Mexico

Join us for this discussion about the clash between psychoanalysis and Stalinism in Mexico during the 1930s.

March 25, 2011

Instituto Cervantes at Amster Yard

Samuel Menashe and Ilya Bernstein Poetry Reading

Samuel Menashe's most recent collections of poems are New and Selected Poems (Library of America, 2005) and an expanded edition of the same book, New and Selected Poems.

March 22, 2011

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Russian-Israeli Art: Then and Now

RACC and Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York present "Russian-Israeli Art: Then and Now."

February 9, 2011

The Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts

Rachel Polonsky

Presentation of Polonsky's newly released book, "Molotov's Magic Lantern," which explores the people, places, and ideas from Russia's past.

January 12, 2011, 7:00 PM

Idlewild Books

Alexander Rashin

Evening and book signing with a scientist and history author.

December 15, 2010

Russian Bookstore No. 21

The Jewish Conundrum in World History

The Jewish Conundrum in World History.

October 22, 2010

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Alexander Matlin, Satirist, Poet and Writer

Alexander Matlin lives in the USA since 1974. Before emigrating from the Soviet Union, his short stories and topical satires were published in the Crocodile Magazine in Moscow.

September 29, 2010

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Emil Draitser, Romeo Spy

Stalin's Romeo Spy. The Remarkable Rise and Fall of the KGB's Most Daring Operative.

May 6, 2010

Nicole Brun-Mercer

In her own words, Nicole Brun-Mercer: "The Golden Ring takes place in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and the historic "golden ring" cities Vladimir and Suzdal.

April 21, 2010

Globetrippin Bookstore

Susan Gold

A presentation of Susan Gold's memoir The Eyes Are the Same about childhood in Poland and Ukraine during the WWII as seen through a child's eyes.

April 20, 2010

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Jonathan Brent

Stalin's Last Crime: The Plot Against the Jewish Doctors, 1948-1953.

March 2, 2010

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Philip Pomper

Philip Pomper was born in Chicago and attended the University of Chicago, where he specialized in modern European history and Russian history.

February 9, 2010

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Vladimir Druk

The Disposable Birds compilation includes selected verses and poems spanning end of 1970s through 2008.

January 26, 2010

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Meet Robert Chandler

Please join NYRB Classics and translator Robert Chandler for a READING and RECEPTION in celebration of the publication of Everything Flows by Vasily Grossman.

January 21, 2010

Ginor Remez

Foxbats over Dimona: The Soviets' Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War, An interactive discussion series "Memory and History."

October 29, 2009

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Alexander Militarev Poetry Reading

Reading of poetry from his collection of original verse in Russian and translations of poetry from English and Spanish.

October 20, 2009

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Donen Sosin

Homage to the memory of Aleksandr Galich at 90, with words by Drs. Gene Sosin and Gloria Donen Sosin, who both knew Galich personally.

October 15, 2009, 6:30 PM

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Pavel Lembersky

The bilingual reading from a newly released book A Unique Occurrence.

September 15, 2009

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Dmitry Golynko

The Russian American Cultural Center of New York and St. Petersburg Review enthusiastically sponsor a poetry reading of Dmitry Golyanko.

May 18, 2009

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Alexander Matlin

Alexander Matlin lives in the USA since 1974. Before emigrating from the Soviet Union, his short stories and topical satires were published in the Crocodile Magazine in Moscow.

May 13, 2009

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Meet the Writer, Nobert Evdayev

Book and art documentary presentation.

January 28, 2009

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Meet the Writer: Bakhyt Kenjeev

Bakhyt Kenjeev is a frequent participant of major international festivals.

November 30, 2008

Russian Samovar (upstairs)

Bella Hobbs

Presentation of an International video/literature/translation project: The Poet's Address - St. Petersburg

May 27, 2008

Russian Bookstore No. 21

5th Annual Immigrant History Week

Marina Temkina "Reading from the recent book Canto Immingranto."

April 16, 2008

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Genrikh Golin: "Einstein and Russia"

March 3, 2008

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Alexander Genis

Literary critic and essayist, Genis writes on the lives, food and social customs of the world.

January 20, 2008

Central Library

Matvei Yankelevich and Eugene Ostashevsky

Matvei Yankelevich and Eugene Ostashevsky: "reading of works by Daniil Kharms and the Oberiu."

January 16, 2008

A Public Space

Vlandimir Gandelsman

Liberty Prize is the first-ever award established specifically for the purpose of recognizing and honoring people who have made an outstanding contribution to the Russian-American culture.

2008

Emil Draitser: Reading and Book Signing

Emil Draitser will present his newly published (University of California Press) book entitled Shush! Growing Up Jewish Under Stalin.

2008

Laura Williams: The Stork's Nest

The story of the transformation of a city-raised, Cornell-educated American to someone who could survive in virtual isolation from the civilized world.

2008

Olga Isaeva

Writer, journalist, laureate of the Russian America contest, and participant of the Moscow Poetry Biennale 2007...

December 27, 2007

Russian Bookstore No.21

Vladimir Solovyov

Vladimir Solovyov Reading from new controversial book: "Post Mortem: The Banned Book on Joseph Brodsky" (in Russian).

October 17, 2007

Russian Bookstore Club

Alexander J Motyl: Meet the Author

New Novel about "Andrei" Warhol by Alexander J. Motyl.

October 10, 2007

The Harriman Institute, 12th Floor, International Affairs Building

Alexander Kushner, Meet the Writer

RACC Literature Series, "Meet the Writer: Alexander Kushner."

September 30, 2007

Kings Bay YM-YMHA

A Living Memorial to the Holocaust

Museum of Jewish Heritage and The Russian American Cultural Center are pleased to announce a joint event series.

June 8, 2007

Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust

Gary Shteyngard in Manhattan

Gary Shteyngard Author of: "The Russian Debutante's Handbook" and others The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan.

June 8, 2007

Celebrate Immigrant History Week in NYC

BESA ME MUCHO by Mariam Yuzefovskaya at the Russian Book Club.

April 22, 2007

Russian Book Club

Literature and Genealogical Investigation

Alexei Bayer and Valery Bazarov.

April 16, 2007

Russian Bookstore No. 21

Tides + DJ Spinozas Dozen Release Reading

Genya Turovskaya's poetry chapbook The Tides and Eugene Ostashevsky's poetry chapbook DJ Spinoza's Dozen have both just been released by Octopus Books.

March 19, 2007

Russian Bookstore No.21

Michael Skakun

Michael Skakun discusses issues of exile, displacement, identity, and surviving extremity in this presentation: "At the Mind's Limit: Exile, Memory, and Identity."

February 14, 2006, 6:00 PM

Bowery Poetry Club