News and Events

SPRING 2010 LLC EVENTS

LLC Foreign Film Festivals & Local Cultural Events

Language Conversation Groups

Language Clubs

LLC Newsletters

If you have tents you're not using and can donate, take them to Fine Arts room 223 by 2/23/10. The tents donated will be sent to Haiti to serve as temporary housing while the Haitian people rebuild. Merci! What's LLC's connection to Haiti?

Interested in singing in French? Join the LLC French Chorus, Chant Plein, as it learns and performs French and Francophone songs. The group meets Mondays 7-8pm in HU290 (when classes are in session). All levels of French and musical ability are welcome, student to emeritus (no auditions). Interested instrumentalists are also welcome. For more information, contact Cynthia Fox (cf301@albany.edu).

Readings in Medieval Latin: Students and faculty who already have been introduced to Classical Latin and are interested in learning Medieval Latin are invited to join Professor Marshall of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures to read selections at informal meetings next semester Thursdays 7-9pm in HU271 starting 1/21/09. The first text is The Bayeux Tapestry. For more information or to discuss possible future reading material, contact Pat Marshall (pcmarshall@albany.edu or 442-4147).

The Evening of the Arts Thursday 2/18/10 7:30pm in HU354 will showcase LLC's many talented artisans and performers from the full spectrum of the arts (oratory, culinary, dance, musical, photography, painting, sketching, woodworking, beading and more). This event is open to all LLC faculty, staff, and graduate students (family and friends are welcome to attend). For more information, or to participate, contact Amy Savage at as5665@albany.edu.

Francophone Day 3/9/10 for all University in the High School students interested in French. A great one-day French immersion experience on the UAlbany campus. More details coming soon!

Mark your calendar to join LLC for a special Quebecois music talk and demonstration by David Graham Thursday, 3/25/10 4-5pm. More details coming soon.

Save the date! LLC's Annual Conference is coming 4/16/10. This year's theme is "Writing in/as/on Exile." Please see the call for papers (deadline 12/20/09) for more information or contact Ilka Kressner (ikressner@albany.edu). See you there!

The 15th Annual Olympiada of Spoken Russian for students from across NY State will convene on the UAlbany campus this spring (date TBD). Students enjoy a day of Russian immersion and competition showcasing their Russian skills. Winners go on to compete nationally and internationally.

The Center for Language and International Communication (CLIC) is now in its third year of an ongoing telecollaborative venture with the Université de Haute Alsace where students at both institutions regularly reinforce newly acquired language skills through real-time web interactions. UAlbany students bolster their French skills for half the class and Alsace students their English skills for the other half, while each learns of the other's culture and daily activities interacting via the CLIC computers' webcams. Students benefit greatly from the one-on-one interactions and the resulting laughter says volumes about how seeing their counterparts in the other country makes language learning even more enjoyable. To learn about opportunities the CLIC may have for you, visit www.albany.edu/CLIC, stop by the CLIC in HU311, call 442-4113 or email clic@albany.edu.

Recent editions of the LLC Newsletter are online. If you receive a mailed newsletter, but prefer to help us "go green," email jmacmillan@albany.edu with your request.

Several Language Conversation Groups meet regularly during the academic year (suspended over breaks and summer) to speak the language and enjoy time together conversing in informal settings.

ARABIC: For students wanting to discuss and practice Arabic, meetings will be Tuesdays 3:45-4:30pm in HU113. Contact Lauren Parker (lp945385@albany.edu) for specific meeting dates.

GERMAN: Deutsche Kaffeestunde for anyone interested in the language and culture of German-speaking Europe, meet Thursdays 11:30am-12:30pm in the Campus Center cafeteria near Au Bon Pain when classes are in session, contact: kp151786@albany.edu or ug284636@albany.edu

ITALIAN: Tavola Italiana to practice your Italian speaking skills, contact: pk972178@albany.edu

RUSSIAN: See Russian Learner's Club info below, contact: tsergay@albany.edu

SPANISH: Spanish Table, La Mesa Española: a great opportunity to practice conversational Spanish in a no stress setting. First meeting 2/18/10 at noon outside the U Boosktore in the Campus Center, contact: elansing@albany.edu

Se Habla Espanol: Students get-together to speak in Spanish (moderate level), contact: Xiomelkiz Obijo at (518) 442-5920 (sponsored by Office of Residential Life)

Language Clubs

The French Club, Cercle français welcomes all Francophiles! Next meeting: Monday 2/8/10 3pm in HU131. For more information contact jmacmillan@albany.edu.

Interested in Italian? Join the Italian Club, La Dolce Vita at UAlbany! Starting again 1/26/10 the club meets each Tuesday evening 8:15pm (when classes are in session) in the group study section of the main library (1st floor to the right near the widow). For more information contact club president Jennifer Minehardt at jm978175@albany.edu.

A new Latin Club is in the works. For more info contact Professor Pat Marshall (pcmarshall@albany.edu).

Join the Russian Learner's Club! It's for anyone interested in Russian language, history, politics, geography, literature, and culture. Both new learners and native speakers are welcome to come enjoy conversation and tea, Russian style. Meetings are Fridays 3-4pm in HU131 (when classes are in session--the club resumes 1/29/10). Questions? Contact Professor Timothy Sergay (tsergay@albany.edu). Dobro pazhalovat'!

SPRING 2010 FILMS/LOCAL CULTURAL EVENTS

LLC's FOREIGN FILM FESTIVALS

The theme for this spring's International Film Festival is (In)Visibility.  We will question the representation of the visible as well as the invisible at different scales. From the individual to a group in society, being visible, invisible or too visible entails a particular situation or a crisis between the subject and its environment. Can cinema transform the invisible into the visible? What forms and aesthetics are used in such an attempt? What effect does it cause? It will be particularly interesting to consider this question through international films, films that are less visible in a way. Films will be Mondays (as below) 7:30-9:30pm in HU354.

2/8/10-The Moustache (La Moustache)-The "...psychological mystery begins innocently enough, with a scene of domestic chatter that prepares you to bask in one of those sexy, bittersweet marital comedies that is a hallmark of sophisticated French cinema. Then, by degrees, it subverts those expectations to spiral down a rabbit hole of ambiguity and doubt. Either its protagonist, Marc Thiriez (Vincent Lindon), a successful, happily married architect, is dangerously delusional, or he is the victim of an elaborate conspiracy to undermine his sanity. ...it is a surreal reflection on perception...." -Stephen Holden, The New York Times (2005, France, 86 minutes, in French w/ English subtitles)

2/22/10-More details coming soon!

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A German Film Festival is being planned for spring 2010 Tuesdays (as below) at 7:00pm in HU354.

2/9/10-The Comedian Harmonists (Ein Vokalensemble erobert die Welt)-"When Harry, a struggling but highly imaginative funnyman forms a singing group with an unusual group of friends, "The Harmonists" go on to become an overnight sensation in prewar Germany. But as their wave of success inevitably collides with the nationa's changing political tide, the group's members are forced tro face unprecedented challenges that will try their wills and test thier loyalty."-DVD cover (1997, 115 minutes, in German with English subtitles)

2/23/10-The Promise (Das Versprechen) - More info coming soon!

3/16/10-Goodbye Lenin

3/23/10-Run Lola, Run (Lola rennt)

UPCOMING EVENTS of interest in the area include:

INTERNATIONAL

Oscar Nominated Short Film Festival of 2010 - 2/26/10 Spectrum 8 Theatres “present this compilation of Oscar nominated shorts. These are provocative, thought-provoking and often ground-breaking short films from all around the world. The films will be divided into two programs: an Animated Program and a Live Action Program.” from www.spectrum8.com/coming/index.html. For details, contact Spectrum 8 Theatres, 290 Delaware Ave, Albany, 449-8995 or www.spectrum8.com.

ARABIC

Three Cups of Tea Thursday 3/18/10 7:30pm in the UAlbany Performing Arts Center Recital Hall (fee $10-15, 442-3997 or www.albany.edu/pac/). A one-person theatrical rendition of the true life adventures and experiences of Greg Mortenson in promoting peace through education in remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

FRENCH

Paris - 2/9/10-2/11/10 "...a professional dancer suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant [to] save his life, his sister with three children and no husband, moves in to his place to care for him." (from Proctor's Theater) (film in French w/ subtitles, 130 minutes, 2008) at Proctor's Theater, 432 State Street, Schenectady (518) 346-6204.

GERMAN

The White Ribbon - 2/19/10 “The story concerns strange accidents in a small village in the north of Germany that gradually take on the character of a punishment ritual. Who is behind it all? The village schoolteacher observes, investigates and little by little discovers the incredible truth. Are we being asked to consider whether these events heralded something that would explode years later with the rise of Nazi Germany? Did these events contain the germs of the tragedies that followed?” from www.spectrum8.com/coming/index.html. Winner, Golden Globe Best Foreign Film, Palme d’Or, 2009 Cannes Film Festival, and nominated for 2 Academy Awards. (2009, 144 mins, German as well as Italian, Polish and Latin with English subtitles, dir Michael Haneke).Showing at Spectrum 8 Theatres, 290 Delaware Ave, Albany for more info 449-8995 or www.spectrum8.com.

ITALIAN
Monteverdi's L’Orfeo, one of the first operas (performed in 1607). Follows the story of Orpheus and Eurydice. Sung in Italian. 1/26/10 2pm & 7:30pm at Proctor's Theater in Schenectady. For more details: http://www.proctors.org/events/5342.

Don Giovanni, Capital Opera's concert version of Mozart's opera. Sung in Italian. 3/5/10 7pm, UAlbany Performing Arts Center. For details visit: http://www.albany.edu/pac/.

RUSSIAN

The New Russia Cultural Center is hosting a Winter Festival 2/13/10 12-6pm at the Washington Armory (195 Washington Ave, Albany). Cost: adults $7, children $3 (<5 free). For more info or to volunteer visit www.newrussiacenter.org/winter_festival.htm.

The Last Station - 2/26/10 “… a true story, both dramatic and humorous, that covers the themes of passion, love, family, greed, intrigue, conflict and revolution. …focuses on 2 contrasting love stories - the extraordinary relationship between [Russian writer Leo] Tolstoy and his wife of 48 years, the immensely impassioned Sofya, and the burgeoning love between Valentin, Tolstoy’s idealistic young private secretary, and Masha, a teacher equally committed to the writer's values. ...a gripping climax as Tolstoy nears the end of his life at a remote little railway station in the Russian countryside.” from www.spectrum8.com/coming/index.html. Filmed in Germany, Russia, UK. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards. (2010, 112 mins, English, dir Michael Hoffman). Showing at Spectrum 8 Theatres, 290 Delaware Ave, Albany for more info 449-8995 or www.spectrum8.com.

SPANISH

Los abrazos rotos - 1/25/10-2/5/10 Broken Embraces is "...a story of amour fou, dominated by fatality, jealously, the abuse of power, treachery and a guilt complex. The protagonists of the film are shooting a comedy." The star and producer are lovers, but the director and star fall in love and the producer's son spies on the director and star for his father. "The elements of the film are typical of a comedy, but Broken Embraces is a drama with very dark touches, more like a 50s thriller." (from Spectrum 8) (film in Spanish w/ subtitles, 127 minutes, 2009) at Spectrum 8 Theaters, 290 Delaware Ave., Albany, (518) 449-8995.

PAST EVENTS - SPRING 2010

Faculty expert speakers from across the campus and special guest speaker Fr. Joseph Philippe visiting from Fondwa, Haiti spoke at the Haiti Forum Wednesday, 2/3/10, 4-6pm in the Performing Arts Center Recital Hall (uptown campus) to a full house. Topics included Haiti history, humanitarian work, an eyewitness account of the earthquakes, current needs, and what UAlbany is doing to help (Times Union article). For more information, contact Professor Eloise Briere. For UAlbany's library guide to Haiti, images and the UAlbany student visit images, visit http://libguides.library.albany.edu/haiti.

FALL 2009 EVENTS

The LLC Department Holiday Gathering was held Tuesday 12/8/09 230-5pm in HU354. Chant Plein and the Russian Learner's Club performed muscial selections in French and Russian, respectively, there were German poetry readings, and a wonderful buffet of treats to share from Basque pastel de arroz to Quebec tourtiere to German stollen and a wide selection of traditional holiday favorites.

LLC recently donated 105 books (mostly French, Spanish and English, some with CDs and lesson plans) to the Vilbrun Community Research Center, Inc. (www.vcrclibrary.org), a newly formed organization of Haitian immigrants planning to establish a library in Carrefour, Haiti, just outside the capital, Port-au-Prince. One of the poorest countries in the world with an estimated 80% living in poverty, almost half of Haiti’s 9 million residents are illiterate. Just one more way LLC is bringing the world within reach. If you’re interested in donating library materials to a good cause, visit www.adoptalibrary.org or email adoptalibrary@aol.com for more information. Your unused books have the potential to open worlds to others!

The fall 2009 LLC Grad Student Meetings (open only to LLC graduate students) were 9/25/09, 10/16/09, 11/20/09.

The Russian Learner's Club and the Russian Program hosted very special lecture Wednesday 11/18/09 2:30-4 pm in Humanities 354. Guest speaker Anna Isaakovna Sternina, an eyewitness to the Blockade (or Siege) of Leningrad 9/8/41-1/27/44, presented a living history. This lecture, free and open to the public, was in the speaker’s native Russian with Professor Timothy Sergay consecutively interpreting into English. Professor Sergay has a recording which can be borrowed by UAlbany faculty/students who were unable to attend.

LLC invited all interested in French art and literature of the 20th century to a presentation of a new video and "Introduction to the Work of Jean Cocteau," with guest lecturers and creators of the video, David Gullentops (Director, Cahiers Cocteau and Professor of French, Free University of Brussels) and Ann Van Sevenant (Professor of Philosophy, Ecole Superieure d'Anvers and Research Coordinator, University of Brussels) Wednesday 11/11/09 in HU354 5:45pm-8:00pm. Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) was a poet, novelist, playwright, artist, filmmaker (and boxing manager), who incarnated the artistic avant-garde of the first half of the 20th century. His friends and associates included Marcel Proust, Pablo Picasso, Jean Marais and Édith Piaf.

The annual Festival of Nations (http://festivalofnations.net) was at the Empire State Convention Center, downtown Albany Sunday 11/1/09 12-5pm.

A taste for French and Spanish medieval music was available at the Medieval Faire Saturday 10/24/09 10am-5pm at the Cathedral of All Saints (Episcopal Cathedral on South Swan in Downtown Albany). Spanish instructor Jack Ishman’s group, the Bleecker Consort, played a series of Medieval Spanish (Alfonso el Sabio and Llibre Vermell) and French (Trouvere and Montpellier Codex) songs as well as pieces from the original Carmina Burana (not the Orff version, but what he based his piece on) from 12:30-1:15pm. A variety of other musical groups and performers, demonstrations in Medieval fighting by the Society for Creative Anachronism and many vendors were also there. Admission: $10 adults, $8 students. For more info 456-1342.

Languages are good for the heart! LLC's walk team (Jean-Francois Briere, Janna Harton, Maria Keyes, Patricia Keyes and Aida Torres-Horwitt) joined other UAlbany faculty, staff and students, UAlbany's mascot, band and cheerleaders in supporting and raising funds for the American Heart Association's Heart Walk at the Crossings at Colonie Saturday, 10/17/09.

LLC's 2nd annual fall clothing drive for the Capital City Rescue Mission ended Friday 10/16/09 with several boxes of clothes (a couple car loads!). Many thanks to all our faculty, staff and students for their generous donations and helping those in need in the Capital area!

Many students and community members enjoyed opportunities to visit with our many departments, enjoyed a variety of presentations, and met faculty and students at UAlbany Day Saturday 10/10/09. The Center for Language and International Communication (CLIC) hosted a teleconference with another university in France at noon in HU354 to showcase how it interfaces technology with language learning.

The Discover Grad School Fair was held 10/12/09 3-6pm in the SEFCU Arena on the UAlbany uptown campus. Representatives from 35 schools in the region were available to discuss their programs.

For globetrotters or globetrotter wannabes UAlbany’s Study Abroad Fair was held 9/23/09 11am-3pm in the Lecture Center Concourse and provided information on 65+ programs abroad where students can earn credits for a semester, year, or summer/winter session--great immersion opportunities to learn about other cultures, people and languages.

Russian East European Studies and Political Science hosted Crime and Punishment and Tattoos, Monday, 9/21/09, 4:05-5:35pm in Lecture Center 2. Film-maker Alix Lambert (The Mark of Cain) and criminal justice expert Joseph Serio (Investigating the Russian Mafia) spoke about working with the Soviet police, cracking the criminal tattoo code, making a documentary film, and more.

Monday 8/10/09 at 7:30 PM University at Albany professor and historian Jean-François Brière hosted the Guilderland Public Library Book Club discussion of Champlain's Dream by David Hackett Fischer. For more information visit the library website. Professors Eloise Briere and Cynthia Fox have also presented at the library. Their talks, A Brief History of the French in North America" and "The French Language as it Persists in the Northeast Today" were recorded and are available in the library's collection.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM FESTIVALS/AREA EVENTS- FALL 2009

COMING OF AGE INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES films Monday nights at 7:30pm in HU 354.

9/21/09-The Kite Runner-An Afghan man returns to his homeland many years after fleeing the Taliban and immigrating to the United States in order to repay a debt of betrayal to a childhood friend. This inspiring story of friendship is based on the best-selling novel by Khaled Hosseini. (Directed by Marc Forster, USA, in English/Dari/Pashtu/ Urdu/Russian, 128 minutes, 2007)
10/5/09-Monsieur Ibrahim-Momo, a teenage orphan living in a working class neighborhood in 1960s Paris, finds his few friends among the neighborhood prostitutes. However, he is soon befriended by a wise shopkeeper who takes him on a life-changing voyage of self-discovery. (Directed by Francois Dupeyron, France, in French/Turkish, 95 minutes, 2003)
10/19/09-Kikujiro-While Kikujiro accompanies an 8 year old orphan named Masao on a journey to meet his mother, their journey through the Japanese country side brings them into contact with some strange and questionable characters. (Directed by Takeshi Kitano, Japan, in Japanese, 121 minutes, 1999)
11/2/09-Dole (Money)-In Gabon's capital city, Libreville, a group of adolescents relies on the structure of gang life inspired by American hip-hop culture in the face of decaying family and social structures. Will this lifestyle bring them the riches they hope for, or will they fall victims to a life of violence? (Directed by Imunga Ivanga, Gabon/France, in French, 79 minutes, 2000)

11/16/09-Viva Cuba-When Jorgito and Malu discover that Malu's mother will remarry and leave Cuba, the two friends leave Havana and travel across the island to stop Malu's father from letting her leave. (Directed by Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti and Iraida Malberti Cabrera, Cuba/France, in Spanish, 80 minutes, 2005)

ARABIC

The Day I Became a Woman (Roozi Ke Zan Shodam) 10/16/09 7:30 pm Page Hall, 135 Western Ave, UAlbany Downtown Campus. Award winning film telling the story of 3 Iranian women through childhood, marriage and old age. (Persian with English subtitles, Iran, 2000, 78 minutes, Dir. Marzieh Makhmalbaf--NY State Writer's Institute Classic Film Series www.albany.edu/writers-inst/)

A Celebration of Rumi 10/21/09 7:30pm UAlbany Performing Arts Center Recital Hall (free, but ticket required, 442-3997 or www.albany.edu/PAC). Music, dance and readings (Farsi and English) celebrate the 13th century Islamic poet and mystic.

DUTCH

Hudson 400, an art exhibition, talks, concert and conference series 9/13/09-12/1/09 celebrating this 400th anniversary, sponsored by the University at Albany and the University at Albany Foundation. For specific events, visit www.albany.edu/outreach/hudson_400/hudson_400_events.html.

Hudson River Fair Fairs & festivals commemorating Albany's Quadricentennial and featuring a Dutch encampment, food, tours on the Halfmoon, blacksmiths, Dutch Settlers Society, Eba Theatre's dance "Henry Hudson & His River," singers Nanna & Ankie from the Netherlands, performances by Skip Parsons Riverboat Band and Albany Pro Musica, and more. At Riverfront Park, Albany, Saturday, 9/26/09 Noon-6pm.

Local artist Len Tantillo presented a Quadricentennial Lecture on “The Legacy of New Netherland: Dutch Influences on the Early Development of New York” at the Albany Public Library (161 Washington Avenue) on Sunday, 9/27/09 at 2pm. Celebrated for his paintings depicting maritime history of the Hudson River, his work blends visual storytelling with a sense of adventure to share the area’s rich history. Tantillo was the subject of a national public television documentary called “Hudson River Journeys” and his latest artwork is part of a permanent exhibition of Dutch architecture in colonial America at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. FREE. http://www.albanypubliclibrary.org/news/?p=191 427-4303

FRENCH

The UAlbany Emeritus Center’s Modern Plays and Playwrights series explores major late 19th and early 20th century dramas, their style, form, language, themes, influence and relevance. Sessions include the following (with film excerpts or staged readings) in room 433 UAB, 1215 Western Ave. For more info 437-4970 or ray@indieadvisor.com. All are welcome.

• No Exit, Monday, 11/16/09, 2-4 pm (J-P Sartre France 1944) with Ray Ortali, LLC French Professor Emeritus - Free but registration required--email ray@indieadvisor.com.

Foreign Film Festivals

Each semester LLC hosts foreign film showings FREE and open to the public in a variety of languages (with English subtitles). You're invited to enjoy an evening "abroad" with us and to participate in discussions with LLC faculty and students following the films (a list of completed fall series are below under "Past Events"). We look forward to seeing you there!

The GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL features award winning, thought provoking, and moving, not-be-to missed films the following Tuesday nights at 7pm in Humanities 354.

10/6/09 - Sophie Scholl-The true story of a bold 21 year-old anti-Nazi activist with the underground resistance organization, “The White Rose” and how conscience won over law (2005, German with English subtitles, Academy Award Best Foreign Film nominee, 117 mins)
10/20/09 - Rosenstrasse-In 1943 Nazis, sending Jews to concentration camps, imprisoned hundreds of Jewish husbands in a factory. Their defiant Aryan wives stood outside in the cold winter to win their freedom. (2003, German with English subtitles, Best Actress Venice Film Fest 2003, Best European Film David di Donatelo Awards 2004, Best Cinematography Bavarian Film Awards 2004, 136 mins, PG-13)
11/3/09 - The Counterfeiters-The true story of Salomon Sorowitsch who lost his easy, but crooked life of forgery to a concentration camp. Moral struggles ensue when faced with making a deal to print fake money to fund the Nazi war effort or perish. (2007, German, French with English subtitles, Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 99 mins, R)
11/17/09 - Downfall-Hitler’s downfall from the perspective of his secretary, Traudi Junge (2004, German, with English subtitles, Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Film, 155 mins, R)
12/1/09 - The Lives of Others-In highly political Berlin Wall East Germany, secret police monitor everyone except a select few like pro-Socialist playwright Georg Dreyman, but that changes when his girlfriend becomes an object of desire for someone in government and then everything changes for all 3. (2006, German with English subtitles, Oscar-winning Best Foreign Language Film 2006, 138 mins, R)

Salvete! The GREEK & LATIN FILM FESTIVAL welcomes you to participate in a wide range of screenings related to the classics from comedy to drama this year. Films will be in 7:15pm in HU354 starting with:

10/27/09 - Mel Brooks' HISTORY OF THE WORLD, Part I-A fast-moving comedic depiction of world history--prehistory through the French Revolution with a stop in ancient Rome. (1981, English, 92 mins, R)
More classics to follow!
Gladiator coming soon, check with pcmarshall@albany.edu for details.

ITALIAN

Puccini's La Boheme 9/24/09 4pm/7:30pm Proctor’s Theatre, Schenectady (fee $12, 346-6204 or www.proctors.org). Tragic love story opera set in Paris, 1830.  In Italian with English subtitles. 115 minutes.

Don Giovanni 10/22-23/09 7pm UAlbany Performing Arts Center Main Theatre (fee $5-10, 442-3997 or www.albany.edu/PAC). Mozart's opera sung in Italian premiered in 1787 an is a mix of comic and dramatic.

RUSSIAN

The UAlbany Emeritus Center’s Modern Plays and Playwrights series explores major late 19th and early 20th century dramas, their style, form, language, themes, influence and relevance. Sessions include the following (with film excerpts or staged readings) in room 433 UAB, 1215 Western Ave. For more info 437-4970 or ray@indieadvisor.com. All are welcome.

• Three Sisters, Monday, 9/21/09, 2-4 pm (A Chekhov Russia 1900) with Toby Clyman, LLC Russian Professor Emeritus -- Free but registration required--email ray@indieadvisor.com.

Dvorak's Slavonic Dances 11/15/09, 3pm UAlbany Performing Arts Center Recital Hall (fee $4-8, 442-3997 or www.albany.edu/PAC). Composed in 1878/1886.

This fall's UAlbany Emeritus Center’s Film Forum International Series meets in room 433 UAB, 1215 Western Ave. For more info 437-4970 or ray@indieadvisor.com. All are welcome.

• The Mirror, Monday, 9/14/09, 2 pm (A Tarkovsy Russia 1975)
• The Sacrifice, Monday, 10/19/09, 2 pm (A Tarkovsy Russia 1986)
• Siberian Lady Macbeth, Monday, 11/9/09, 2 pm (A Wajda Poland 1962)
• Camera Buff, Monday, 11/30/09, 2 pm (K Kieslovski Poland 1979)
• A Short Film about Killing, Monday, 12/14/09, 2 pm (K Kieslovski Poland 1988)