Current and Upcoming Events

• Lera Auerbach, writer, composer, and artist, reads an excerpt from her book "Mirror," published by Virgola Press.
  

  Russian-American Cultural Center presents:

  Lera Auerbach, writer, composer, and artist, reads an excerpt from her book "Mirror," published by Virgola Press.

  Event Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2026. 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm  Event Venue: Yorkville Library, Meeting Room 222 E. 79th Street, New York, NY 10075

• Lina Haber and Glenn Schwartz — Presentation of the new book A Refusenik's Odyssey
  

  Russian-American Cultural Center presents:

  Lina Haber and Glenn Schwartz — Presentation of the new book A Refusenik's Odyssey

  Event Date: Wednesday, October 7, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm  Event Venue: Yorkville Library, Meeting Room 222 E. 79th Street, New York, NY 10075

• A bilingual presentation of Dina Perepelitsky’s new book, How We Ate Our Grandmother («Как мы съели свою бабушку»). The book is illustrated with works by her twin sister, Elena Kimelblat.
  

  A bilingual presentation of Dina Perepelitsky’s new book, How We Ate Our Grandmother («Как мы съели свою бабушку»). The book is illustrated with works by her twin sister, Elena Kimelblat.

   

  Event Date:

  Wednesday, October 28, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

  Event Venue:

  Yorkville Library, Meeting Room
  222 E. 79th Street, New York, NY 10075

• The Last Avant-Garde: Kotlyarov-Tolsty’s Vivrism in Mail Art and Letters
  

  RACC and the Harriman Institute at Columbia University

  present an exhibition curated by Regina Khidekel:

  The Last Avant-Garde: Kotlyarov-Tolsty’s Vivrism in Mail Art and Letters

  October 26 - December 16, 2026

• NEW - RACC Diaspora & Art Film Festival presents Monument (a film by Bryan Singer)
  

  Monument

  Film by Bryan Singer

  USA | 2026 | 113 Min | English, Hebrew, Arabic, French

  Admission is Free, Please RSVP below

   

• NEW - RACC Diaspora & Art Film Festival presents: Premiere: In Pursuit of Dovlatov by Maxim Kravchinsky (w/ Q&A)
  

  RUSSIAN ONLY - В погоне за Довлатовым (ECG, 2025)
  2025 Канада, 55 мин

  Язык: русский
  Вопросы и ответы

• NEW - William Brumfield Soviet Jewish Architects from Avant Garde to Empire
  

  The workshop will examine the role of Jewish architects in two antithetical stylistic tendencies in Soviet architecture from the 1920s to the early 1950s.

• NEW - RACC Diaspora & Art Film Festival presents: Ira Eduardovna: THE IRON ROAD and TONGUE BEHIND TEETH (screenings and conversation)
  

  Our exciting annual Film Festival returns with a screening of both THE IRON ROAD and TONGUE BEHIND TEETH by Ira Eduardovna