Saramago´s Week in NY
During the last week of October, Arte Institute in collaboration with José Saramago Foundation, will promote a week of events that intend to honor and celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Literature Portuguese Nobel Prize winner, José Saramago.
October 25 – Angelika Film Center, 8.30 pm
Screening of the documentary “José & Pilar” by director Miguel Gonçalves Mendes
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October 27 – Anthology Film Archives, 9.45 pm
Iberian Screening – Portuguese and Spanish Short Films
October 29 – Instituto Cervantes, 6.30 pm
– “The Characters Meet The Author” Lecture with Pilar del Rio and Jorge Vaz de Carvalho
– Screening of videos from the Opera Blimunda
October 30 – Poets House, 6.30 pm
– Reading Saramago with Pilar del Rio, Jorge Vaz Carvalho and guests
actresses reading “Women in Saramago”
– Photography Exhibition “Saramago by João Francisco Vilhena”
– Jazz Concert Malus
– Reception
November 1 – Rutgers University, New Jersey – Dana Room Auditorium, 6 pm
– “Women in Saramago” – Reading by Portuguese actresses and Pilar del Rio
– Jazz Concert
Saramago´s Week in New York is sponsored by The Lisbon Consortium, Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Consulares e Comunidades Portuguesas, Instituto Camões, Instituto Cervantes, Carvi Hotel, Adega Mayor and Rutgers University. Media partner: 24 horas.
The event is made possible through Poets House’s Literary Partners Space Sharing Program.