Current and Upcoming Events

• Alexander Sirotin presents his new book: From Somewhere Over There To Somewhere Over Here.
  

  Yorkville Library, Meeting Room 222 E. 79th Street (btw 2nd and 3rd Ave) New York, NY 10075

  Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

• RACC Diaspora Film Festival: See it first in New York City - BAD SHABBOS by Daniel Robbins
  

  BAD SHABBOS by Daniel Robbins

  Comedy ‧ 2024 ‧ 1h 24m

  SPECIAL Q&A WITH STAR JON BASS and DIRECTOR DANIEL ROBBINS

   

  Quad Cinema, 34 W. 13th Street New York, NY 10011

  Thursday, May 22nd, 7:15 pm

• RACC Annual DIASPORA Film Festival VISHNIAC by Laura Bialis Produced by Nancy Spielberg & Roberta Grossman
  

  VISHNIAC by Laura Bialis 

  Produced by Nancy Spielberg & Roberta Grossman

  Documentary | USA | 95 min | Language English

   

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

  Event Date: May 21st, 4:30 – 6:30 PM Free Admission.

• Four Artists Michel Gérard and Marina Tëmkina, Dr. Emil Silberman and Christopher Squier
  

  Exhibition Dates:

  May 17 – June 1

  Events:

  Saturday, May 17

  6–9 pm - Opening reception

  7 pm - Poetry reading

  Saturday, May 31

  Slide presentation

  “Who Is Michel Gérard?”

  Regular exhibition hours :Saturdays, 4–9 pm Sundays, 3–7 pm

• RACC Annual DIASPORA Film Festival
  

  RACC Annual DIASPORA Film Festival Presents 2 screenings of FOUR WINTERS followed by Q&A with Director Julia Mintz.

  New Plaza Cinema 35 W 67th St, New York, NY 10023

  Sunday, April 27th at 5:00pm  Q&A with Director Julia Mintz following screening at 7:10pm

• Emil Draitser presents his new book: Chekhov on Brighton Beach - The History of One Generation in Stories and Essays
  

  Emil Draitser presents his new book: Chekhov on Brighton Beach - The History of One Generation in Stories and Essays

   

  Event Venue:

  Yorkville Library, Meeting Room
  222 E. 79th Street (btw 2nd and 3rd Ave) New York, NY 10075

  Event Date:

  Postponed

• Oleg Lekmanov: Presentation of the book Giraffe Dreams of Clouds
  

  Oleg Lekmanov: Presentation of the book Giraffe Dreams of Clouds

  Олег Лекманов: Презентация книги Жирафу снятся облака.

  Thursday, February 13, 19:00 - 20:30 PM

  200 West 86 Street, NYC

• Vitual Grand Tour Museum Grigory Zlotin and Ilya Bernshteyn, the authors of the book The Vanished Metropolis. Исчезнувший метрополис.
  

  Russian - American Cultural Center proudly presents:  Vitual Grand Tour Museum Grigory Zlotin and Ilya Bernshteyn, the authors of the bookThe Vanished Metropolis. Исчезнувший метрополис.  

  Thursday, February 13 7:00 - 8:30 PM

  200 West 86 Street, NYC