Four Seasons Lodge at the Jewish Film Festival 08
For 25 summers a spirited group of Holocaust survivors have gathered at ‘Four Seasons Lodge’ in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Inspired by their camaraderie, and with closure of the Lodge on the cards, New York Times journalist Andrew Jacobs spent three months recording them with a team led by documentary pioneer Albert Maysles (Grey Gardens). Brimming with delight, heartbreak and black comedy, Four Seasons Lodge reminds us not to waste a single moment.
Showing on Sunday 16th November at 4pm, and on Wednesday 19th November at 3pm, at the Odeon Swiss Cottage.
For more information, visit the Jewish Film Festival website.
20 November 2008, 7pm
A lecture by Richard Dyer as part of the Wiener Library/Leo Baeck Institute FilmTalk series. The talk will examine the interactions between Jews and African-Americans in popular culture, focusing on the films The Jazz Singer (1927) and Dirty Dancing (1987).
at The Wiener Library, 4 Devonshire Street, London, W1W 5BH
Admission is free, but please email to reserve a place, or ring 020 7636 7247
13 January 2009, 7pm
Part of the lecture series, “1938-2008: Legacies and Lessons in post-war Austria”, organised by the Austrian Embassy London, in co-operation with the Wiener Library and the Austrian Cultural Forum London.
at The Austrian Residence, 18 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8HU
Admission is free, but please email to reserve a place, or ring 020 7636 7247
11 February 2009, 7pm
Part of the lecture series, “1938-2008: Legacies and Lessons in post-war Austria”, organised by the Austrian Embassy London, in co-operation with the Wiener Library and the Austrian Cultural Forum London.
at The Wiener Library, 4 Devonshire Street, London, W1W 5BH
Admission is free, but please email to reserve a place, or ring 020 7636 7247
19 February 2009, 7pm
Lecture: Atrocity in War: British and American Experiences
by Professor Joanna Bourke (Birkbeck)
A lecture by Professor Joanna Bourke as part of the 2008-9 Wiener Library/Birkbeck Lecture Series. For further details, please click here.
at Lecture Theatre B34, Birkbeck, Malet Street, London, WC1 7HX
Admission is free. Doors open at 6.40pm. First come, first seated.
3 March 2009, 7pm
Lecture: “The legacy of Nazi-expropriation in Austria: The impact of the Historical Commission on research and restitution”
by Clemens Jabloner, discussion moderated by Alice Teichova
Part of the lecture series, “1938-2008: Legacies and Lessons in post-war Austria”, organised by the Austrian Embassy London, in co-operation with the Wiener Library and the Austrian Cultural Forum London.
at The Austrian Cultural Forum, 28 Rutland Gate, London, SW7 1PQ
Admission is free, but please email to reserve a place, or ring 020 7636 7247
18 March 2009, 7pm
Lecture: Renoir’s La Grande Illusion (1937). An Ambiguous Masterpiece
by Martin O’Shaughnessy (Nottingham Trent University)
A lecture by Martin O’Shaughnessy as part of the Wiener Library/Leo Baeck Institute FilmTalk series. The talk will examine the ambiguities in the film La Grande Illusion (1937).
at The Wiener Library, 4 Devonshire Street, London, W1W 5BH
Admission is free, but please email to reserve a place, or ring 020 7636 7247
1 April 2009, 7pm
Lecture: “An attempt at justice: New research on NS-trials in Austria after 1945”
by Winfried Garscha, discussion moderated by Stephen Tyas
Part of the lecture series, “1938-2008: Legacies and Lessons in post-war Austria”, organised by the Austrian Embassy London, in co-operation with the Wiener Library and the Austrian Cultural Forum London.
at The Wiener Library, 4 Devonshire Street, London, W1W 5BH
Admission is free, but please email to reserve a place, or ring 020 7636 7247
15 April 2009, 7pm
Lecture: Explaining the Rise and Fall of Fascism
by Professor Michael Mann (University of California, Los Angeles)
A lecture by Professor Michael Mann as part of the 2008-9 Wiener Library/Birkbeck Lecture Series. For further details, please click here.
at Lecture Theatre B34, Birkbeck, Malet Street, London, WC1 7HX
Admission is free. Doors open at 6.40pm. First come, first seated.
12 May 2009, 7pm
Lecture: “Changing minds and building institutions: political developments in Austria since 1945”
by Anton Pelinka, discussion moderated by Professor R Luther
Part of the lecture series, “1938-2008: Legacies and Lessons in post-war Austria”, organised by the Austrian Embassy London, in co-operation with the Wiener Library and the Austrian Cultural Forum London.
at The Austrian Residence, 18 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8HU
Admission is free, but please email to reserve a place, or ring 020 7636 7247
9 June 2009, 7pm
Memories of Survival: The Starachowice Factory Slave Labor Camps
by Professor Christopher Browning (University of North Carolina)
A lecture by Professor Christopher Browning as part of the 2008-9 Wiener Library/Birkbeck Lecture Series. For further details, please click here.
at Lecture Theatre B34, Birkbeck, Malet Street, London, WC1 7HX
Admission is free. Doors open at 6.40pm. First come, first seated.
30 June 2009, 7pm
“New Life on the ‘Mazzes Island’? Jewish life in Austria post 1945”
Lecture by Chief Rabbi Paul Eisenberg
Part of the lecture series, “1938-2008: Legacies and Lessons in post-war Austria”, organised by the Austrian Embassy London, in co-operation with the Wiener Library and the Austrian Cultural Forum London.
at The Austrian Residence, 18 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8HU
Admission is free, but please email to reserve a place, or ring 020 7636 7247
For past events please click here.