Biblioteca
New ACS Course! Begins June 29th! Peggy Guggenheim’s Life of Art
Designed for high intermediate and advanced speakers of English, this course is an exploration of the life and work of one of the 20th century’s most influential artistic personalities, the art collector Peggy Guggenheim. Practice English while learning more about midcentury art and artists! Featuring a class visit to the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Questions to be
Inside the Wyeths with Curator Timothy J. Standring: Recap and Thanks
Last Friday, June 1oth, the International Institute and the American Cultural Studies Program presented a talk by Dr. Timothy Standring, curator of the exhibition “Wyeth. Andrew and Jamie in the Studio,” currently ongoing at the Museo Thyssen-Bronemisza. The event was attended by more than seventy people, and made for an entertaining and intellectually stimulating evening. Dr. Standring
CINE FORO SOBRE CINE AMERICANO – ASPECTOS A CONSIDERAR DURANTE LA VISUALIZACIÓN DE LA PELÍCULA PARA EL POSTERIOR DEBATE: EL GRAN TORINO
Gran Torino es la última película dirigida, producida y protagonizada por Clint Eastwood. Realizada en el 2008, desde entonces Eastwood no ha parado de hacer cine, pero ya sin aglutinar estas tres facetas. Nacido en 1930 y todavía en activo, Eastwood supone el profesional del cine americano vivo más importante de su generación, así como
CINE FORO SOBRE CINE AMERICANO – ASPECTOS A CONSIDERAR DURANTE LA VISUALIZACIÓN DE LA PELÍCULA PARA EL POSTERIOR DEBATE: CORTINA DE HUMO
Una de las películas más importantes del director Barry Levinson. Nacido en Baltimore en 1942, empezó como periodista, trabajando después como actor y realizador televisivo; comenzó a dirigir para el cine en 1982, y sobresalió con éxitos como El secreto de la pirámide (Pyramid of Fear, 1986), producción de Steven Spielberg sobre la adolescencia de
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE – SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “SWEAT” BY ZORA NEALE HURSTON
This month we turn back to the past for Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat,” first published in 1926. Hurston is best known for her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, which was published in 1937, and which explores many of the same themes put forth in “Sweat” in much the same style. Hurston’s use of eye
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE ON POETRY AND PROSE POETRY – POEM OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “DIVING INTO THE WRECK” BY ADRIENNE RICH
This month we’re going deep into the realms of poetry with Adrienne Rich’s “Diving into the Wreck” (1973). Rich was an accomplished poet by the age of 22, winning the prestigious Yale Younger Poets Prize in 1951. Much of her early poetry is characterized by an adherence to formalist poetic traditions and has been described
Diseña la camiseta del Campamento Urbano 2016 “Summer in the City” y gana una semana gratis
¡Gana una semana GRATIS en nuestro Campamento Urbano Summer in the City del Instituto Internacional! Envía un diseño original que muestre lo divertido que es un campamento de verano y que incluya las palabras “Summer in the City 2016″* (27 de Junio – 29 de Julio 2016) y podrías ganar una semana GRATIS
Nuevo Mini-Curso ACS: SWINGLISH!
Programa de Estudios Culturales Norteamericanos (ACS) | Primavera 2016 ¡Aprende Inglés y Swing a la vez! En este mini-curso: Aprenderás la técnica y pasos básicos del Swing. Conocerás la cultura e historia del baile y la música Swing en los Estados Unidos. Ampliarás el inglés relacionado con el baile y el Swing, así como otros temas más generales. El nivel recomendado de inglés
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE ON POETRY AND PROSE POETRY – POEM OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “FILLING STATION” BY ELIZABETH BISHOP
Stopping off at Elizabeth Bishop’s “Filling Station” (1965), to reflect on the beauty of everyday life. Published in 1965, the poem contains a number of unfamiliar or uncommon words, which make it seem to belong to an even earlier time: taboret (i.e., small table or stool), monkey suit (i.e., uniform), hirsute (i.e., hairy). Saucy (i.e.,
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE – SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “IN THE CEMETERY WHERE AL JOLSON IS BURIED” BY AMY HEMPEL
We return to the late 20th century with this month’s story, Amy Hempel’s “The Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried.” This story was first published in 1983, and it is Hempel’s first and most widely anthologized. It serves as a poignant example of Hempel’s minimalist style and deep tenderness, features that have marked much of
