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Tuesday October 16, 2012
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Kafka’s Last Story: An Evening of Film and Theater
Category :: Lecture
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Tuesday, October 16, 7:00 pm
$11, Discounted $10
Franz Kafka’s will requested that “everything I leave behind me…be burned unread.” Part detective story, adventure tale and artistic re-imagining, this film crosses geographic, cultural and chronological boundaries to follow the fate of Kafka’s invaluable writings and papers. In addition to the film we’ll enjoy a theatrical reading of excerpts from Kafka’s Metamorphosis by Theater J’s Delia Taylor.. 2011, Israel/Germany, documentary, 53 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles.
Followed by a Presidential debate viewing party at 9:00 pm!
The Washington DCJCC presents the annual Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival, October 14-24. The Festival includes 15 events, with celebrated authors and scholars including Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon speaking on his latest book, Telegraph Avenue: A Novel and Nobel Prize-winner Eric Kandel in conversation with The New York Times columnist David Brooks.
The Festival also includes an evening of film and theater focused on Franz Kafka, biographer William Mann on Barbra Streisand’s electrifying rise to fame, a local author fair and a day of storytelling, crafts and fun for children including Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Tickets and a full event schedule are available at washingtondcjcc.org/litfest, or call (202) 777-3251 for more information.
$11, Discounted $10
Franz Kafka’s will requested that “everything I leave behind me…be burned unread.” Part detective story, adventure tale and artistic re-imagining, this film crosses geographic, cultural and chronological boundaries to follow the fate of Kafka’s invaluable writings and papers. In addition to the film we’ll enjoy a theatrical reading of excerpts from Kafka’s Metamorphosis by Theater J’s Delia Taylor.. 2011, Israel/Germany, documentary, 53 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles.
Followed by a Presidential debate viewing party at 9:00 pm!
The Washington DCJCC presents the annual Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival, October 14-24. The Festival includes 15 events, with celebrated authors and scholars including Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon speaking on his latest book, Telegraph Avenue: A Novel and Nobel Prize-winner Eric Kandel in conversation with The New York Times columnist David Brooks.
The Festival also includes an evening of film and theater focused on Franz Kafka, biographer William Mann on Barbra Streisand’s electrifying rise to fame, a local author fair and a day of storytelling, crafts and fun for children including Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Tickets and a full event schedule are available at washingtondcjcc.org/litfest, or call (202) 777-3251 for more information.
For More Information:
Address:
1529 16th Street NW
City:
Washington, DC
Zip/Postal:
20036
Contact Name:
Washington DCJCC
Phone:
(202) 777-3251
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