ICR london newsletter This is a listing of events organised by the Romanian Cultural Institute in London, ‘single-handedly’ or in partnership. Full details at www.icr-london.co.uk. ICR/the Romanian Cultural Institute is Romania’s official organization for international partnership programmes in arts and culture. Read a bit more about our life & plans in the UK, and get to know us even more by joining our events! Many thanks for your support and friendship in what is soon going to be our first year in London . Today's message: There are many ways to look at Romania’s communist past: in dark anger or nostalgic longing or with a dry ironic smile; with lucid analysis of its absurdity & hardship; in a burst of burlesque laughter or in jubilation of a newly-found creative freedom. This fortnight’s ICR events cut across all of this and more through the voices of some of Romania’s leading artists. Look closer; theirs are great stories! What's on: 19 March, 6 pm: Romanian video-art - Our selection of experimental, documentary and narrative videos by some of the best Romanian contemporary artists will be screened at the opening lecture by philosopher Zygmunt Bauman at the London Festival of Europe. Where: Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand WC2R ORN, London. Admission: free. 20 March, 2.30 pm: Periferic - A Biennial on the Edge - Presentation by Romanian artist Matei Bejenaru at the London Festival of Europe, section Looking East: Contemporary Art from Eastern Europe. How are artists from Eastern Europe negotiating their new European identity? Panel debate with: Sarah Wilson, Olga Mala, Pavel Lesszkowicz and Tomek Kitlinsky. Where: Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand WC2R ORN, London. Admission: free. 21 March, 7 pm: The Third Language - Celebration of 50 years of the Treaty of Rome and the World Poetry Day. Romanian poet Ioana Ieronim joins NewStages reading event featuring poetry from 35 European nations. Partnership between European Commission, European Parliament and the Romanian Cultural Institute in London. Where: Romanian Cultural Institute, 1 Belgrave Square, London. Admission: free. 22 March, 1.30 pm: Cultural Heritage - Seminar about the role of the built heritage in the social integration and citizenship. A partnership project between the Romanian NGO Transylvania Trust, the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (UK), the National Office of Cultural Heritage (Hungary) and the Romanian Cultural Institute in London. Where: Romanian Cultural Institute, 1 Belgrave Square, London. Admission: free. 22 March, 7 pm: Young Romanian Musicians in London - The Institute becomes the host of St Martin-in-the-Fields series of Young Romanian Musicians in London and opens with Romanian student musician Victor Nicoara's piano concert. Where: Romanian Cultural Institute, 1 Belgrave Square, London. Admission: free. 25 March, 7.30 pm: Ins and Outs in Eastern Europe - Presentation by Romanian sociologist Calin Cotoi at the London Festival of Europe, Contested Borders, Contested Values section. Is there a single European identity or set of values? Can those values be defined by borders? Panel debate with: Kirsty Hughes, Kalypso Nicolaidis, Maurice Fraser. Where: London School of Economics, Old Theatre, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE. Admission: free. 28 March, 6.30 pm: Ryna - We have invited film director Ruxandra Zenide to present and do Q&A at the screening of her award-winning film at the New Europe Film Festival, Edinburgh. A disturbing film about traditional values and social suppression in rural post-communist Romania. Where: Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh. Tickets: 0181 228 2688. 31 March, 6.30 pm: 12:08 East of Bucharest (A fost sau n-a fost) - Screening at the New Europe Film Festival, Edinburgh of Corneliu Porumboiu's debut feature film which won the Camers D'Or award at Cannes Film Festival in 2006. Where were you when the Romanian Communist regime collapsed? The film is the tragi-comic attempt by three "heros" to find an answer. Where: Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh. Tickets: 0181 228 2688. 29 March - 4 April: Romania 21 & Peca Stefan @ NSDF - Award-winning young Romanian playwright Peca Stefan will run an international workshop and reading of Romania 21, his mock-irreverent play about Romania's journey into the EU, at the National Student Drama Festival. Where: Spa Complex, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Want to attend? Please contact ICR if you would like to attend any of the above events. Your feedback matters! Thank you. Romanian Cultural Institute 1 Belgrave Square, SW1X 8PH, London T 0207 752 0134; M 0791 902 2796; E office@icr-london.co.uk; W www.icr-london.co.uk