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The Week in Translation

Lorca in New York: A Celebration: the largest-ever festival in North America celebrating the work of acclaimed Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca. With more than two dozen events throughout Manhattan, it focuses on the brief but prolific period (1929-1930), during which Lorca came to New York and wrote one of his most significant works, Poet in New York.

what: Poet in New York: Reading Lorca
Join us as special guests who have devoted much time to reading, writing about and translating Lorca, recite favorite passages from Lorca’s Poet in New York. With Paul Auster, Aracelis Girmay, John Giorno, Wayne Koestenbaum, Rowan Ricardo Phillips,Mónica de la Torre, Frederic Tuten, and more. 
when: Monday, June 10, 8pm
where: The Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church
more info: http://ow.ly/kwL1W

what: Amancio Prada: Ode to Federico García Lorca (Concert)
Guitarist, vocalist, and composer Amancio Prada, acclaimed for his soulful settings of classic and contemporary poetry, performs “Los sonetos del amor oscuro” & “otros poemas gallegos” written by Federico García Lorca, as well as poems by Rosalía de Castro. In Spanish (The English translation of the poems will be provided).
when: Tuesday, June 11, 7pm
where: Instituto Cervantes
more info: http://ow.ly/kwL1W

what: Federico García Lorca: Poetry in Drawing
A discussion with Richard Flood, Senior Curator of The New Museum and Philippe Vergne, Director of Dia Art Foundation.
when: Wednesday, June 12, 6pm
where: Queen Sofía Spanish Institute/684 Park Avenue
more info: http://ow.ly/kwL1W

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Lorca in New York: A Celebration: the largest-ever festival in North America celebrating the work of acclaimed Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca. With more than two dozen events throughout Manhattan, it focuses on the brief but prolific period (1929-1930), during which Lorca came to New York and wrote one of his most significant works, Poet in New York.

what: Poet in New York: Reading Lorca
Join us as special guests who have devoted much time to reading, writing about and translating Lorca, recite favorite passages from Lorca’s Poet in New York. With Paul Auster, Aracelis Girmay, John Giorno, Wayne Koestenbaum, Rowan Ricardo Phillips,Mónica de la Torre, Frederic Tuten, and more. 
when: Monday, June 10, 8pm
where: The Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church
more info: http://ow.ly/kwL1W

what: Amancio Prada: Ode to Federico García Lorca (Concert)
Guitarist, vocalist, and composer Amancio Prada, acclaimed for his soulful settings of classic and contemporary poetry, performs “Los sonetos del amor oscuro” & “otros poemas gallegos” written by Federico García Lorca, as well as poems by Rosalía de Castro. In Spanish (The English translation of the poems will be provided).
when: Tuesday, June 11, 7pm
where: Instituto Cervantes
more info: http://ow.ly/kwL1W

what: Federico García Lorca: Poetry in Drawing
A discussion with Richard Flood, Senior Curator of The New Museum and Philippe Vergne, Director of Dia Art Foundation.
when: Wednesday, June 12, 6pm
where: Queen Sofía Spanish Institute/684 Park Avenue
more info: http://ow.ly/kwL1W

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