EuropeanDream 06 Kickoff at the NY Public Library - September 19th 200k
Here’s a Press Release for an interesting opening on September 19th, 2006 at the NYPL:
“The European Dream Festival is coming to Town!
Come celebrate the opening of the festival at
The Invisible Symposium at LIVE from the NYPL
Tuesday, September 19, 2006, 7:00 pm
The Celeste Bartos Forum of The New York Public Library
(Enter at 42nd Street near 5th Avenue)
Admission: $15; $10 library donors, seniors, and students
Call Smarttix: (212) 868-4444 or www.smarttix.com
E-mail sign up www.nypl.org/live  Info: (212) 930-0571
With
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Union Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy (TBC)
Super Model Helena Christensen
Ambassador Fernando M. Valenzuela, Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Commission to the United Nations
Consul Generals and Directors of cultural institutions from 23 European countries
The Invisible Symposium
American actors, in a staged reading, will render the intriguing reflections of European intellectuals on the present dilemmas facing the European Union. Curated by Jakab Orsos, Director of the Hungarian Cultural Center in New York, and Paul Holdengräber, Director of Public Programs, LIVE from the NYPL. Texts edited by Roger L. Conover, MIT Press.
Moderated by Charles Grodin
Wardrobe by Uncle Kimono, designed by John Malkovich
Wine by the European Wine Council; food by Le Pain Quotidien
With major support by Altria
I may also cover this opening for ArtNYC. We will see!


