THIS THURSDAY, APRIL 23rd @ 7 PM:
Fred Jerome and Rodger Taylor
Present
Einstein on Race and Racism:
Einstein and Robeson on Witherspoon Street
Come meet Fred Jerome and Rodger Taylor, author's of "Einstein on Race and Racism" (Rutgers University Press, 2005).
They will speak about their book, about the Einstein overlooked by biographers, and the Bronfman Center Gallery exhibition inspired by their work.
This is a unique opportunity to explore the newest Bronfman Center exhibit, if you've not yet had the chance, and also to meet two incredible authors in an intimate setting.
For more information, please contact Erica Frankel, Bronfman Center Arts Coordinator, at (212) 998-4122, or email erica.frankel@nyu.edu to RSVP.
On April 5-6th, 2009, we challenged NYU filmmakers to create an upload a short film within 24 hours. The catch? They were REQUIRED to incorporate 3 criteria....criteria that would remain a mystery until the clock started the competition at 9:00 EST on April 5th.
Their instructions?
1. You must incorporate the Jewish Passover song "Dayeinu"
2. You must include the spoken line "One person's trash is another person's baggage."
3. And you must include atleast one scene in a coffee shop.
We are proud to announce the winners, Andrew Raab and John Albano, for their film "Movie Day," which follows the two as they frantically try to check the requirements off their list as they compete for eternal Caffeine-Fueled GLORY! Unsurprisingly, hilarity ensues. Watch it here, or visit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpAoLNSCJdM
The Caffeine-Fueled Flicks Festival is brought to you by the 2009 New York Jewish Student Film Intensive hosted by the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at NYU.
BAGGAGE is a multi-media new consciousness event starting at the Bronfman Center in New York City! Students from all walks of life will be invited to come and bring nature friendly or bio-degradable materials to create metaphoric representations of their own Louis Vuitton, first to be anonymously displayed a week later in the Bronfman Center Lounge, and then a week after that, destroyed by fire, burial, or mailed far away (but not to your parents because they gave you your BAGGAGE and have plenty of their own, so no sense in sending it back to them). All BAGGAGE participants will contract with themselves to create a beautiful, meaningful piece of art or craftwork, to make peace with the past as best as possible at that time, and to destroy their BAGGAGE in an environmentally friendly way the following week.
Participants are also invited to bring items for the craft making time- remember, one person's trash is another person's BAGGAGE. That's right- letting go is a huge part of many Jewish traditions and rituals. For example, we cast away our 'sins' into the water with tashlich during the High Holidays. Similarly, however, we are encouraged in many instances to "never forget"....the Holocaust, our past, our traditions, etc. It's an interesting and conflicting paradox but not irresolvable...
Important BAGGAGE Dates:
Friday, April 3rd- Artist Shabbat at the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life, 8:30pm-10:30pm
Saturday, April 4th- evening: build, 9:00pm at Bronfman
April 12th-bringing in BAGGAGE and installing it, 3:00pm
Thursday, 16th- BAGGAGE, the opening ---with wine and cheese!, 7:00pm
For more information, or to RSVP, please email Erica Frankel, Arts Coordinator at the Bronfman Center, at (212) 998-4122 or erica.frankel@nyu.edu.
