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Nov. 9 & 10 - The End and the Beginning: The Revolutions of 1989 and the Resurgence of History
Nov. 10 - Book Launch: Dracula is Dead
Nov. 12 - How to Legally Work or Stay in the US | Cum putem sta sau lucra legal în SUA
Nov. 19 - 21 - CORA Annual Meeting 2009
Nov. 22 - Alegeri prezidenţiale: România 2009
Nov. 25 - Romanian Happy Hour
Dec. 9 - Enescu - Brahms: European Encounters
Dec. 31 - Revelion 2010
*** The End and the Beginning: The Revolutions of 1989 and the Resurgence of History
Date: Monday, November 9 & 10, 2009
Location: University of Maryland, College Park | Woodrow Wilson Center
Address: Stamp Student Union Building, Margret Brent Room, Collage Park
Address: 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
The Center for the Study of Post-communist Societies and the Romanian Cultural Institute will organize the conference "The End and the Beginning: The Revolutions of 1989 and the Resurgence of History” in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, History and Public Policy Program, the Embassy of Romania to United States of America, and Georgetown University´s Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service. The conference is part of a multi-year project (started in 2007), envisaged by Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu to provide, by means of reflecting on watershed moments of post-1945 history, an overview of the global dynamics characteristic for the 20th century and its lessons and impact upon the 21st. The conference will also be commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The first day of the conference proceedings will take place on the University of Maryland – College Park campus in the Stamp Student Union Building at Margret Brent Room , from 8.30 am until 4 pm. The second day of the conference proceedings will be organized at the Auditorium of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars ( Ronald Reagan Building , One Woodrow Wilson Plaza , 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW , Washington , DC ) from 8.45 am until 5.30 pm.
The organizers of the event aim to create a discussion framework that situates the 1989 phenomena both regionally and globally. Rather than pursuing a case study approach, they wish to achieve an interdisciplinary, multi-angled big-picture of this turning point in contemporary history. The disappearance of the communist regimes in this region and the political experiments ingrained to those years reopened the conversation on the meaning of democracy, liberalism, civil society, egalitarianism, nationalism, and indeed revolution.
The conference will feature renowned scholars, journalists, and policy-makers from Europe and the United States including: Lee H. Hamilton, President & Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Mircea Mihăieş, Vice-President, Romanian Cultural Institute; Dr. C. D. Mote, President of the University of Maryland; H.E. Adrian Vieriţa, Ambassador of Romania to the U.S.A.; Senator Jim Rosapepe, Former U.S.A. Ambassador to Romania; Gale Stokes, Rice University; Lavinia Stan, St. Francis Xavier University; Jeffrey Isaac, Indiana University in Bloomington; Cătălin Avramescu, University of Bucharest; Ioan T. Morar, Journalist; Vladimir Tismăneanu, University of Maryland; Bogdan Cristian Iacob, Central European University; Iulia Moţoc, New York University; and Emil Hurezeanu, Journalist.
Detailed schedules of the conference including all the speakers are available here: http://www.bsos.umd.edu/GVPT/conference/1989/
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*** Book Launch: Dracula is Dead
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: Embassy of Romania
Address: 1607 23rd Street, NW, Washington, DC
Ambassador and Mrs. Adrian Vieriţa invite you to the Romanian Embassy to join the former United States ambassador to Romania Jim Rosapepe and his wife, award-winning journalist Sheilah Kast, for the launch of their new book "Dracula is Dead: How Romanians Survived Communism, Ended it, and Emerged Since 1989 as the New Italy." The reception also marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtin. Jim and Sheilah look forward to seeing you and personally signing your copy of the book.
"Dracula is Dead" takes the reader on a tour of an amazing land—beyond Dracula, beyond orphans, beyond Communism, to the vibrant culture, unique history, and 21st Century skills which define modern Romania . You’ll travel to Bucharest, the capital city once called “the Paris of the East,” where centuries old Orthodox Christianity thrives in tandem with cutting-edge IT; to Maramureş in the north, where the Holocaust took a great toll on the once vibrant Jewish community that included Nobel Prize-winner Elie Wiesel; to Transylvania, home not just to Vlad Ţepeş, the real-life Dracula, but to the historic struggles between Romanians and Hungarians, now at peace; and to fascinating spots in-between.
Along the way, you’ll meet people, famous and unknown, who have made Romania—people like King Michael, who in World War II at age twenty-two led a coup to unseat a fascist dictator, only to be forced into exile by the Communists; Ion Iliescu, both a leading figure during Communism and Romania’s first democratically elected president; and Judith Katona, a young woman like many who went abroad to study after the Revolution but returned to create the new Romania.
More than a travelogue or memoir, "Dracula Is Dead: How Romanians Survived Communism, Ended It, and Emerged since 1989 as the New Italy" presents Romania through American eyes, taking you with Jim and Sheilah as they discover a remarkable country of boundless hospitality, brilliant skills, and a bright future in a peaceful Europe. As a strong, creative, charming, democratic nation following years of dictatorship and isolation, Romania really is the new Italy .
About the Authors:
Sheilah Kast is a veteran journalist, well known to viewers of PBS, ABC, and CNN and to listeners of National Public Radio. For ABC, she reported on the collapse of Communism from Moscow and Tbilisi , and covered Hillary Clinton’s first trip to Eastern Europe . She currently hosts AARP’s weekly newsmaker cable TV show, Inside E Street, as well as her own daily magazine show on WYPR, the public radio station in Maryland .
Jim Rosapepe represented the United States as ambassador to Romania from 1998 to 2001, bringing to the job experience in American government and business, as well as in the former Communist world. He currently heads an investment firm active in the US and Europe and serves the boards of several funds investing in Eastern Europe and other emerging markets. He has written about economic and security issues in Europe in The Wall Street Journal, The Baltimore Sun and The Harvard International Review. Jim and Sheilah have been married since 1983 and live in College Park , Maryland
Since, under international rules, books may not be sold on diplomatic property, please go to www.draculaisdead.com/dc and buy the book online. Your copy will be available at the reception, where Jim and Sheilah will sign it.
To RSVP please send an email to rsvp+1110@draculaisdead.com. For more information, to learn about other Book Signing events in New York City , Bucharest , London and Baltimore and to buy a copy, please visit: http://www.DraculaIsDead.com
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*** How to Legally Work or Stay in the US | Cum putem sta sau lucra legal în SUA
Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: Embassy of Romania
Address: 1607 23rd Street, NW, Washington, DC
ASTROM, the Association of Romanian Students and Young Professionals from the Washington, DC area is happy to announce the start of a new series of lectures and professionals series on Thursday, November 12 at 6:30 pm with a seminar on "How to Legally Work or Stay in the United States." This new series of lectures is designed to address issues of interest to the Romanian students and young professionals, to allow for structured meetings with visiting officials from Romania or the Republic of Moldova and to foster a better dialogue within the community and with officials from the local embassies and consulates.
The first seminar on "How to Legally Work or Stay in the United States " is co-hosted by the Romanian Embassy in Washington , DC located at 1607 23rd Street, NW . The Romanian Ambassador to the United States , H.E. Adrian Vieriţa will welcome those in attendance and will introduce the guest speaker, Mr. Gabriel Ciucur Vine one of the most renowned Romanian lawyers from the Washington , DC area working in immigration law. Mr. Vine will address the specific concerns of Romanian students, young professionals and others related to student, work and travel visas. He will give an overview of the H1B visa procedure, EB2 and EB3 process, the PERM Labor Petition Process, Family Petition process and Green Card application. He will also address adjustment/or change of status issues and give a brief overview of the latest developments in immigration law and of the proposed changes in legislation pending before the U.S. Congress. A Q & A session will follow.
Mr. Vine, himself an immigrant originally from Bucharest , Romania , came to the United State in 1985 at the age of 14. He received his BA in Political Science from California State University , Fresno and his Juris Doctorate from the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington , DC . After graduation he worked as an Assistant District Attorney for the City of Philadelphia and later joined the Jacobs, Abod & Caruso, Law Firm in Rockville , MD. In 2002, along with Mr. Arman Partamian he formed Vine and Partamian Law Firm. He is currently owner and managing partner of the Vine Law Firm, LLC where he represents numerous individuals and organizations in immigration matters. He is a member of the Maryland Bar Association, Montgomery County Bar Association, American Bar Association, Washington, DC Bar, and American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Seating is limited so please RSVP by Tuesday, November 10 to astrom@astromdc.org. For any additional questions please feel free to contact Bogdan Banu at 202.531.8776.
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Asociaţia Studenţilor şi Tinerilor profesionişti ROMâni, ASTROM are plăcerea să anunţe o nouă serie de seminare şi lecturi care vor debuta joi, 12 noiembrie începând cu ora 18:30 cu o prezentare mai amplă despre “Cum putem sta sau lucra legal în Statele Unite ale Americii.” Această iniţiativă este menită să adreseze subiecte de interes pentru studenţii şi tinerii români, să ofere un cadru structurat de discuţii atât cu oficiali români cât şi cu cei din Republica Moldova aflaţi aici în vizite de lucru dar şi să conducă la un dialog mai activ în sânul comunităţii noastre şi cu reprezentanţii ambasadelor şi consulatelor din zonă.
Acest prim seminar despre “Cum putem sta sau lucra legal în Statele Unite ale Americii” este organizat în parteneriat cu Ambasada României la Washington şi va avea loc în incinta acesteia aflată la 1607 23rd Street, NW. Excelenţa sa Ambasadorul României în SUA dl. Adrian Vieriţa va deschide această întâlnire şi îl va introduce pe dl. Gabriel Ciucur Vine unul dintre cei mai cunoscuţi avocaţi români din zona Washington , DC specializat pe probleme de emigrare. Dl. Vine va adresa în prezentarea sa teme de interes pentru studenţii, tinerii dar şi alţi români legate de vizele de călătorie, studii şi muncă şi va pune un accent special pe problemele legate de viza de muncă H1B, procesele EB2 şi EB3, procesul pentru obţinerea petiţiei de muncă PERM, procedurile legate de întregirile de familie sau de obţinerea permisului de şedere permanentă (cartea verde - green card). Dl. Vine va discuta şi ajustările sau schimbările de la un statut la altul (de ex. trecerea de la viza de student la alte vize) şi va trece în revistă ultimele noutăţi pe aceaste teme din domeni cât şi diferitele propuneri legislative care se află în prezent în dezbatere în congresul american. La finalul prezentări va răspune întrebărilor celor prezenţi.
Dl. Gabriel Ciucur Vine este originar din Bucureşti şi a emigrat în Statele Unite în anul 1985 la vârsta de numai 14 ani. A absolvit Universitatea de Stat din California – Fresno cu o diplomă în Ştiinţe politice şi Colegiul de drept Washington al Universităţii americane din Washington , DC . După absolvire dl. Vine a lucrat ca şi Procuror adjunct pentru oraşul Philadelphia iar mai târziu a activat în cadrul firmei de avocatură din Rockville , MD Jacobs, Abod & Caruso. În anul 2002 împreună cu dl. Arman Partamian au pus bazele unei noi firme de avocatură Vine & Partamian, iar în prezent este managerul propriei sale firme de avocatură Vine Law Firm, LLC unde reprezintă interesele a numeroşi clienţi, fie ei persoane fizice sau juridice, pe probleme de emigraţie. Dl. Vine este membru la Asociaţilor de Barou din Maryland , Montgomery County , Washington , DC cât şi a Asociaţiei Baroului American şi a Asociaţiei Avocaţilor de Emigraţie.
Având în vedere capacitatea restrânsă a săli vă rugăm să vă confirmaţi participarea la acest eveniment până la data de 10 noiembrie la adresa de poştă electronică a ASTROM astrom@astromdc.org sau on line pe pagina noastră de pe Facebook pe care o puteţi accesa la adresa: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2205051195. Pentru detalii suplimentare vă rugăm să îl contactaţi pe Bogdan Banu la 202.531.8776.
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*** CORA Annual Meeting 2009
Date: November 19 - 21, 2009 at 1:00pm
Location: Hilton Garden Inn
Address: 8301 Boone Boulevard, Vienna, VA
The Congress Of Romanian Americans (CORA), an organization dedicated to promoting the interests of the Romanian community in the Nation´s Capital and to further the cooperation between the governments of the United States of America and Romania , is holding its annual meeting on November 19 - 21, 2009 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Vienna, Virginia .
Among the speakers invited to take part in this year´s meeting are the Romanian Ambassador to the United States, H.E. Adrian Vieriţa; William Schlickenmaier, from the White House´s National Security Council; US Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-chairman of the Helsinki International Human Rights Committee; Mark Meyer, Esq., a highly recognized Harvard attorney; Paul Goble former analist on Eastern Europe for the Central Intelligence Agency; former U.S. Ambassador to Romania James Rosapepe who will introduce his new book "Dracula is Dead;" and many others.
For the latest informatinon on this year´s schedule and to download a registration form please visit CORA´s website at: http://www.romanianamericans.org
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*** Alegeri prezidenţiale: România 2009
Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009
Time: 7:00am - 9:00pm
Location: Embassy of Romania
Address: 1607 23 Street, NW, Washington, DC
La 22 noiembrie 2009 va avea loc scrutinul pentru alegerea Preşedintelui României. La acest scrutin poate vota orice cetăţean român cu drept de vot aflat în străinătate, respectiv care are domiciliul sau reşedinta în străinătate sau care se află ocazional în străinatate (inclusiv turiştii), care a împlinit, inclusiv până în ziua alegerilor, vârsta de 18 ani. Alegatorii care în ziua votării se află în străinătate votează după ce declară în scris, pe propria răspundere, că nu au mai votat şi nu vor mai vota la acest tur de scrutin.
Potrivit legii nr. 370/2004 pentru alegerea Preşedintelui României, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, actele de identitate pe baza cărora cetăţenii români care se află în străinătate vor putea vota la alegerile prezidenţiale sunt următoarele: cartea de identitate, cartea de identitate provizorie, buletinul de identitate ori paşaportul diplomatic, paşaportul diplomatic electronic, paşaportul de serviciu, paşaportul de serviciu electronic, paşaportul simplu, paşaportul simplu electronic, paşaportul simplu temporar şi titlul de călătorie.
Cetăţenilor români care nu deţin acte de identitate româneşti sau care se află în posesia unor documente expirate li se sugerează să se prezinte din timp la sediile reprezentanţelor diplomatice ale României din SUA, pentru a obţine acte de identitate valabile.
Informaţii suplimentare privind organizarea alegerilor prezidenţiale sunt disponibile pe următoarele pagini de Internet:
- Ministerul Afacerilor Externe, la secţiunea "Alegeri prezidenţiale 2009": http://www.mae.ro/index.php?unde=doc&id=40633
- Ambasada României la Washington : www.roembus.org
- Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă: http://www.roaep.ro/ro/index.php
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*** Romanian Happy Hour
Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Time: 6:00am - 9:00pm
Location: The Muse
Address: 717 6th Street, NW, Washington, DC
The Association of Students and Young Professionals from Romania (ASTROM) would like to invite you to our last Romanian Happy Hour of the year on Wednesday, November 25 from 6:00 until 9:00 pm at The Muse, one of DC’s newest and most fashionable clubs. Located across the street from the Verizon Center at 717 6th Street, NW , The Muse is only a short walk from the Chinatown-Gallery Place Metro stop on the Red, Green and Yellow lines. For this event we have reserved the entire second floor and you will have the opportunity to enjoy not only Romanian music but also Moldovan Wines and Champaign and pălincă. Please note that this happy hour is 18 to party 21 to drink.
As always, please remember to bring your business cards and contact info for an opportunity to meet fellow students studying in the Washington , DC area and a chance to network with young professionals working at the numerous companies or organizations downtown.
Suggested donation: $3.00
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Asociaţia Studenţilor şi Tinerilor Profesionişti din România (ASTROM) are plăcerea să vă invite la ultima întâlnire a "orei vesele" româneşti din acest an care va avea loc miercuri 25 noiembrie între orele 18-21 la Muse unul dintre cele mai noi şi mai la modă cluburi din Washington, DC. Muse (717 6th Street, NW) se află peste drum de Centrul Verizon şi nu departe de de staţia de metrou Chinatown-Gallery Place accesibilă de pe liniile roşie, verde şi galbenă. Pentru acest eveniment am rezervat în întregime etajul doi şi promitem o seară cu muzică românească, vin şi şampanie moldovenescă şi chiar nişte pălincă. Intrarea este permisă celor peste 18 ani, vânzarea băuturile acoolice numai celor peste 21 de ani.
Ca de obicei sperăm să profitaţi de această ocazie pentru a face cunoştiinţă cu numeroşii studenţi români care studiază la universităţiile şi liceele din zonă şi pentru a discuta cu tinerii profesionişti care lucrează la firmele şi organizaţiile din Washington . Nu uitaţi şă vă aduceţi cărţile de vizită.
Sugerăm o donaţie de 3 dolari.
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**** Enescu - Brahms: European Encounters
Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Time: 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Location: Kennedy Center
Address: 2700 F Street, NW, Washington, DC
The Romanian Cultural Institute is pleased to present two internationally acclaimed Romanian musicians on an international tour, in a concert that brings the work of the brilliant Romanian composer George Enescu to a worldwide audience. In this program, Enescu´s music is beautifully complemented by two sonatas of Brahms. These two titans of chamber music met in late 19th century Vienna and Brahms became, in his final years, one of the young Enescu´s greatest influences.
Remus Azoiţei - Violin
Romanian-born violinist Remus Azoiţei graduated from the Bucharest Conservatoire, Daniel Podlovski’s class, then studied with Itzhak Perlman and Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School in New York , where he got his Master’s Degree, as well as with Maurice Hasson at the Royal Academy of Music in London . Following his London debut at Wigmore Hall in 2004, the Sunday Express wrote that "he delivered a memorable program in front of a packed Wigmore Hall, and had the crowd cheering. He is one fine musician." Remus Azoiţei has appeared in the Music Festivals of Yokosuka, Cambridge , London , Heidelberg , Paris , Santander , Munich and Bucharest , among many others. In the 2009 “George Enescu” Festival in Bucharest he performed as soloist of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France , conductor Dmitri Kitaenko. In 2007 Remus Azoiţei released together with pianist Eduard Stan the entire repertoire for violin and piano by George Enescu, a world premiere project. Launched by Hanssler Classics on 2 CDs, this collection has immediately attracted international acclaim. Alongside his busy concert schedule, Remus Azoiţei has an active teaching career. He was appointed violin professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London in 2001, becoming the youngest ever violin professor in the history of this institution. He is playing on a 1753 Niccolo Gagliano violin from the Academy Collection.
Eduart Stan – Piano
Pianist Eduard Stan was described as an "enormously sensitive pianist with an extraordinary flexible culture of touch, perfect technique as well as a great understanding of music" by the German Weser-Kurier. After Karl-Heinz Kammerling noticed his talent he went on to study with Arie Vardi at the Academy of Music and Drama in Hanover , where he obtained his Master´s Degree. He later benefitted from the advice of Herbert Blomstedt, Matthias Goerne, Karl Engel, Boris Berman and Paul Badura-Skoda. Eduard Stan has appeared at festivals including Massenet ( France ), Mid-Europe (The Czech Republic), Bourglinster (Luxemburg), Brunswick Classix ( Germany ) and the Festival of Romanian Music ( Romania ) and won top prizes at important international competitions in Cologne , Hamburg and Brunswick . He has performed across Europe and the US , his concert calendar including the Berlin Philharmonie, Musikhalle Hamburg , Salt Lake City Temple Square and PUC California. Eduard Stan has been a teacher at the Lubeck Academy of Music between 2000-2007. As the founder and artistic director of the Enescu-Festival Heidelberg/Mannheim, he was awarded in 2005 the Enescu Medal from the Romanian Cultural Institute for his merits as a promoter of Enescu´s music. Together with violinist Remus Azoiţei, he recorded the entire repertoire for violin and piano by George Enescu, a world premiere project in two CD volumes, released by Hänssler Classics in 2007.
Program:
- Enescu - Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor "Torso"
- Brahms - Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
- Brahms - Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in A major. Op. 100
- Enescu - Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor, Op. 25
The concert will last approximately 2 hours: part one - 41 min.; intermission - 25 min,; part two - 46 min. Tickets are available from the Kennedy Center: $15.00 - $30.00.
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*** Revelion 2010
Date: Thursday, December 31, 2009
Time: 9:00 pm - 4:00am
Location: St. Andrews ´s Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Address: 15100 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD
Biserica Ortodoxă Română Sfânta Cruce din Alexandria, VA vă invită să petreceţi venirea noului an alături de ei şi să degustaţi faimoasele bucate româneşti.
Revelionul este organizat în sala de festivităţi a bisericii ucrainiene, 15100 New Hampshire Avenue, Siver Spring, MD unde a avut loc şi festivalul şi se va desfăşura între orele 9:00 pm şi 4:00 am. Pentru mai multe informaţii vă rugăm să accesaţi pagina web a bisericii la www.sfantacruce.org.
Vă rugăm să vă confirmaţi participarea până la data de 15 decembrie la telefon (571) 230-9515 - Ioana Luţai sau la (703) 615-1807 - Teodora Lăzărescu-Borneas. Intrarea este de $75 de persoană sau $140 de cuplu iar copiii de până la 14 ani au intrarea gratuită. Plata se face numai în numerar (cash) sau cec pe numele Bisercii Sfânta Cruce. Biletele vor putea fi ridicate fie de la biserică fie în seara evenimentului de la intrare.
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