Consul General of News

The 3rd annual Japan Parade in New York City will be held on Saturday, May 11, beginning at 1pm.

Meron Reuben,​ Consul General of Israel to New England, speaks following the Opening Night of Golda's Balcony at the Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre at the Emerson Paramount Center. See photos from the production.

Archaeology Now, the Houston affiliate of Archaeology Institute of America, presents Poetry and Music: Gilgamesh, An Ancient Voice, the final installment of the series of cultural events this fall titled the Senan Shaibani Marsh Arabs Project.

American conductor James Conlon has been awarded Austria’s Cross of Honor for Science and Art (Österreichische Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst). Learn more about Conlon here!

YOSHIKI's feature documentary film YOSHIKI: Under the Sky had its L.A. premiere at the Chinese Theatre later that evening. The film is YOSHIKI's directorial debut, and features powerful live performances by The Chainsmokers, St. Vincent, Sarah Brightman, Scorpions, Jane Zhang, Lindsey Stirling, Nicole Scherzinger, and more.

Join South Street Seaport Museum in celebrating Chilean Independence Day with Fiestas Patrias aboard the 1885 tall ship Wavertree. Enjoy traditional Chilean dancing, music, and food on Pier 16. Don't miss this cultural celebration on September 17, 2023.

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A special fundraising exhibition Yadigâr 'memento' - The Textiles and Handicrafts of Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey, took place on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica.

Opening Night for the 18th Annual South East European Film Festival, took place on Thursday, April 26th, at the Writer's Guild Theater. The competition festival will run through May 3rd and showcases movies from this culturally rich area in East and Southeast Europe with a selection of features, documentaries, and short films.

The Drama League has launched its digital archive of the 2022-2023 International Directors Summit, which united eight world-class directors from around the globe for a series of conversations about the changing nature of their work.

Building on the great success of last year’s inaugural Japan Parade, the 2nd annual Japan Parade in New York City will be held on Saturday, May 13, beginning at 1PM.

On Saturday, May 6, Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College will present its inaugural Cinco De Mayo family celebration “Viva El Cinco De Mayo: Festival Del Son” at the 2,000-seat Colden Auditorium.

The Colburn School's Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices,  a unique Colburn resource that encourages greater awareness and more frequent performances of music by composers whose careers and lives were destroyed by the Nazi regime, brings important repertory back to life through four upcoming performances that feature the works of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Arnold Schoenberg, Franz Schreker, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Herbert Zipper.

Rabbi David Baron announced that the Beverly Hills Temple of the Arts at the Saban Theatre will present a Pre-Passover Shared Heritage of Freedom Shabbat Service featuring Special Guests, the Apage International and Global Choir under the direction of Marianne Lewis and Sinan Kuzam, Consul General of Türkiye in Los Angeles.  

Teatro Grattacielo, in partnership with the Consulate General of Greece in New York, will present an intimate showing of select arias from the repertoire of Maria Callas on Friday, March 17, 2023. 'The 10 Faces of Maria Callas' is Teatro Grattacielo's first event of the 2023 opera season, and it will celebrate the 100th birthday of the legendary Greek-American soprano.

Origin Theatre Company presented the Closing Ceremony of Origin 1st Irish 2023, at the Irish Arts Center, 726 11th Avenue, on Monday January 30.  Go inside the ceremony in new photos.

The Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia in New York, Mr. Winanto Adi, hosted the official announcement that Asa Pentas Mahakarya Academy will be presenting Camp Broadway® in their new home in Jakarta, Indonesia, beginning in 2023.

In fall 2023, New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust will launch its first exhibition developed for elementary school-aged students. Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark will commemorate the 80th anniversary of one of the most effective episodes of mass resistance in modern history. 

The Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia in New York, Mr. Winanto Adi, hosted the official announcement that Asa Pentas Mahakarya Academy will be presenting Camp Broadway® in their new home in Jakarta, Indonesia, beginning in 2023.

Actor-Producer Malik Yoba and Playwright David Heron are celebrating the success of their recent staged reading production of Heron's award winning courtroom drama Against His Will, held at the world famous Apollo Soundstage in New York on Monday, November 7.