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ROCX is proud to represent Romanian culture, food and films as part of Alliance Francaise Festival de la Francophonie. Join us as we celebrate french influenced cultures from around the world, while showcasing the best of Romania.
Friday, March 14th @ 6:30 pm Soirée commune - Kick Off Evening Admission $25 / students $10 / free for children 5 and under Click here to register. Thursday, March 27 @ 6:30 pm Soirée Roumanie Free Admission Click here to register. Please be sure to get tickets in advance as space is limited. |
Holiday Fundraiser 2012
December 8th, 2012 @ 6:30 pm
Dank Haus, Lincoln Square
4740 North Western Ave
Cocktail Hour and Hors d'Oeuvres
(menu includes surprise delicious traditional Romanian dishes; cash bar)
Silent Auction and Raffle for Fantastic Gifts
(paintings, cruises, massages, spa and photo shoot packages - you name it, it's on our list!)
Exciting Special Entertainment Program
(Vox Maris, RoAct Theater, Christmas Carols, Banat Poems and Folk Songs)
End the Evening with a Bang - Dance Party!
Dank Haus, Lincoln Square
4740 North Western Ave
Cocktail Hour and Hors d'Oeuvres
(menu includes surprise delicious traditional Romanian dishes; cash bar)
Silent Auction and Raffle for Fantastic Gifts
(paintings, cruises, massages, spa and photo shoot packages - you name it, it's on our list!)
Exciting Special Entertainment Program
(Vox Maris, RoAct Theater, Christmas Carols, Banat Poems and Folk Songs)
End the Evening with a Bang - Dance Party!
Porn. 1989. A Butterfly.
Friday, Nov 9th at 8pm
ROCX is partnering with Theatre Y (www.theatre-y.com) to present a special evening of theater followed by a wine reception and an intimate discussion with the artists on November 9th, 2012 at 8pm. Additionally, it will be our honor to host a very special guest for the evening, the playwright and director of the Cluj Hungarian Theatre, Andras Visky.
Set in Romania, in the months just preceding the 1989 revolution, “PORN” is one of the first plays to use the newly released secret police files of the Ceausescu regime as its chief source. The author was inspired by things that happened to people very close to him and the play was born out of the merging of two real stories. Time and again they transform into fiction, not just because time becomes history, but because of the extremely terrifying “virtuality” of the very end of the 1980s.
As always, Visky’s work is simultaneously rooted in a very specific time and place, extraordinarily personal, and profoundly universal. It speaks about the “pornography of politics” and the theft of life, with the poetry and childlike belief, or disbelief, for which Visky’s writing is known. It follows the untamable freedom of one simple woman, the stray children who feast with her, and the men that find her perfect, crazy, or dangerous. It is an unbridled romp through the unavoidable dictatorships of civilized society.
In Remembrance of the Revolution.
Which Revolution?
The Revolution.
ROCX is partnering with Theatre Y (www.theatre-y.com) to present a special evening of theater followed by a wine reception and an intimate discussion with the artists on November 9th, 2012 at 8pm. Additionally, it will be our honor to host a very special guest for the evening, the playwright and director of the Cluj Hungarian Theatre, Andras Visky.
Set in Romania, in the months just preceding the 1989 revolution, “PORN” is one of the first plays to use the newly released secret police files of the Ceausescu regime as its chief source. The author was inspired by things that happened to people very close to him and the play was born out of the merging of two real stories. Time and again they transform into fiction, not just because time becomes history, but because of the extremely terrifying “virtuality” of the very end of the 1980s.
As always, Visky’s work is simultaneously rooted in a very specific time and place, extraordinarily personal, and profoundly universal. It speaks about the “pornography of politics” and the theft of life, with the poetry and childlike belief, or disbelief, for which Visky’s writing is known. It follows the untamable freedom of one simple woman, the stray children who feast with her, and the men that find her perfect, crazy, or dangerous. It is an unbridled romp through the unavoidable dictatorships of civilized society.
In Remembrance of the Revolution.
Which Revolution?
The Revolution.
Fanfara Ciocarlia, the Ultimate Balkan Funk Party in Chicago!
Tuesday, September 25 at 6 pm
City Winery Chicago
ROCX is partnering with City Winery to present Fanfara Ciocarlia to Chicago audiences. Fanfara Ciocarlia is one of the world's foremost Gypsy brass band, and they have gone on to create a furious Balkan funk that has set the planet dancing.
Even by world music standards, the success of Fanfara Ciocarlia comes out of leftfield: the band members were peasant farmers and factory workers, men who played at weddings and baptisms for extra lei yet were not lautari (the caste designating professional Gypsy musician in Romania ).
Rooted in the soil of their native Moldavia, the music Fanfare make is relentless in its tempo and ferocious in delivery, music powered by great spirit and a desire to include everyone in the party.
They rave, they roar, they rage! Wherever and whenever Fanfara Ciocarlia blow their cheeks, nobody stands still – no matter how cool they pretend to be! Their instruments, bearing the marks of the previous decades, have lost their shine and gained their own patina. With them Fanfare Ciocarlia set off a musical firework display, displaying an unbelievable talent for intricate rhythms and dizzy tempos. Traditional Romanian dances and rhythms from Turkey, Bulgaria and Macedonia are played on horns, trumpets, clarinets and timpani.
Come join us as we dance the night away! Use the promotional code "ROCXCW" when purchasing your tickets to let them know you're with ROCX!
More about Fanfara Ciocarlia here.
Personal note:
We fell in love with Fanfara Ciocarlia when we heard their music in the great Romanian movie Asfalt Tango. Listen to our favorite soundtrack song here.
City Winery Chicago
ROCX is partnering with City Winery to present Fanfara Ciocarlia to Chicago audiences. Fanfara Ciocarlia is one of the world's foremost Gypsy brass band, and they have gone on to create a furious Balkan funk that has set the planet dancing.
Even by world music standards, the success of Fanfara Ciocarlia comes out of leftfield: the band members were peasant farmers and factory workers, men who played at weddings and baptisms for extra lei yet were not lautari (the caste designating professional Gypsy musician in Romania ).
Rooted in the soil of their native Moldavia, the music Fanfare make is relentless in its tempo and ferocious in delivery, music powered by great spirit and a desire to include everyone in the party.
They rave, they roar, they rage! Wherever and whenever Fanfara Ciocarlia blow their cheeks, nobody stands still – no matter how cool they pretend to be! Their instruments, bearing the marks of the previous decades, have lost their shine and gained their own patina. With them Fanfare Ciocarlia set off a musical firework display, displaying an unbelievable talent for intricate rhythms and dizzy tempos. Traditional Romanian dances and rhythms from Turkey, Bulgaria and Macedonia are played on horns, trumpets, clarinets and timpani.
Come join us as we dance the night away! Use the promotional code "ROCXCW" when purchasing your tickets to let them know you're with ROCX!
More about Fanfara Ciocarlia here.
Personal note:
We fell in love with Fanfara Ciocarlia when we heard their music in the great Romanian movie Asfalt Tango. Listen to our favorite soundtrack song here.
Recital Eminescu - Ion Caramitru si Aurelian-Octav Popa
Sunday, July 8th at 7 pm
Brandenburg Room at the DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
4740 North Western Avenue, Chicago, IL
Free admission - please RSVP
The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York in partnership with the ROmanian Cultural eXchange (ROCX) and the Romanian Consulate in Chicago is pleased to present to Chicago audiences EMINESCU, a special event of poetry and music performed by legendary actor Ion Caramitru and clarinetist Aurelian-Octav Popa.
This tour is in Romanian only.
ICR New York are placerea de a prezenta publicului romanesc din SUA pe legendarul actor Ion Caramitru acompaniat de clarinetistul Aurelian-Octav Popa intr-un recital extraordinar EMINESCU in limba romana, ce include selectii din manuscrisele de poezie, proza si filosofie ale lui Mihai Eminescu. Cei doi artisti revin in Statele Unite dupa succesul deosebit repurtat in 2011 de turneul organizat de ICR New York in randul comunitatilor romanesti din New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Montreal si Toronto, succes care a marcat si includerea spectacolului in repertoriul Teatrului National din Bucuresti.
Anul acesta ICR New York va oferi diasporei romanesti din Statele Unite ocazia sa se intalneasca din nou cu Ion Caramitru si poezia lui Eminescu intr-un turneu extins pe coasta de vest a SUA, ce va include reprezentatii in New York, Easton CT, Chicago, Los Angeles si San Francisco.
Spectacolul va avea loc in Chicago duminica, 8 iulie, incepand cu orele 7 pm, la DANK Haus German American Cultural Center si este organizat in colaborare cu ROmanian Cultural eXchange (www.romanianculturalexchange.org) si cu sprijinul Consulatului General al Romaniei la Chicago.
IMPORTANT
Spectacolul se desfasoara in limba romana
Intrarea este libera in limita locurilor disponibile. Rezervari prealabile sunt necesare.
Brandenburg Room at the DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
4740 North Western Avenue, Chicago, IL
Free admission - please RSVP
The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York in partnership with the ROmanian Cultural eXchange (ROCX) and the Romanian Consulate in Chicago is pleased to present to Chicago audiences EMINESCU, a special event of poetry and music performed by legendary actor Ion Caramitru and clarinetist Aurelian-Octav Popa.
This tour is in Romanian only.
ICR New York are placerea de a prezenta publicului romanesc din SUA pe legendarul actor Ion Caramitru acompaniat de clarinetistul Aurelian-Octav Popa intr-un recital extraordinar EMINESCU in limba romana, ce include selectii din manuscrisele de poezie, proza si filosofie ale lui Mihai Eminescu. Cei doi artisti revin in Statele Unite dupa succesul deosebit repurtat in 2011 de turneul organizat de ICR New York in randul comunitatilor romanesti din New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Montreal si Toronto, succes care a marcat si includerea spectacolului in repertoriul Teatrului National din Bucuresti.
Anul acesta ICR New York va oferi diasporei romanesti din Statele Unite ocazia sa se intalneasca din nou cu Ion Caramitru si poezia lui Eminescu intr-un turneu extins pe coasta de vest a SUA, ce va include reprezentatii in New York, Easton CT, Chicago, Los Angeles si San Francisco.
Spectacolul va avea loc in Chicago duminica, 8 iulie, incepand cu orele 7 pm, la DANK Haus German American Cultural Center si este organizat in colaborare cu ROmanian Cultural eXchange (www.romanianculturalexchange.org) si cu sprijinul Consulatului General al Romaniei la Chicago.
IMPORTANT
Spectacolul se desfasoara in limba romana
Intrarea este libera in limita locurilor disponibile. Rezervari prealabile sunt necesare.
ROCX Career Workshop - May 31st, 2012
ROCX is organizing its first ever career development and networking skills workshop. Let ROCX help you direct your success!
Business networking has been an underlying premise of our encounters, realizing it can be a complicated art. We will impart lessons learned the hard way throughout the years of experience in our careers.
Join us as our team of panelists discusses everything we wish we had known: preparing for interviews, choosing schools, writing resumes, career and industry insights, and getting connected.
Connect with us on Facebook and Linkedin to learn more about our panelists, the company or institution they represent, and professional opportunities.
Industries Represented: Academia, Consulting, IT/Engineering, Financial Services, Entrepreneurship, Law, Health Care, Recruiting, Psychology, Law, and more.
Companies & Institutions: IBM Consulting, University of Chicago, Loyola University, Indiana University, Gelber Trading, Thoughtworks, Intellis LLC, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, and more.
Click here for workshop details and registration! http://rocxyourcareer.eventbrite.com
Business networking has been an underlying premise of our encounters, realizing it can be a complicated art. We will impart lessons learned the hard way throughout the years of experience in our careers.
Join us as our team of panelists discusses everything we wish we had known: preparing for interviews, choosing schools, writing resumes, career and industry insights, and getting connected.
Connect with us on Facebook and Linkedin to learn more about our panelists, the company or institution they represent, and professional opportunities.
Industries Represented: Academia, Consulting, IT/Engineering, Financial Services, Entrepreneurship, Law, Health Care, Recruiting, Psychology, Law, and more.
Companies & Institutions: IBM Consulting, University of Chicago, Loyola University, Indiana University, Gelber Trading, Thoughtworks, Intellis LLC, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, and more.
Click here for workshop details and registration! http://rocxyourcareer.eventbrite.com
ROCX meeting President Traian Basescu at the NATO Summit 2012
Ahead of the NATO Summit 2012, Traian Basescu met with representatives of the Romanian community in Chicago. The 200 people participating at the presidential reception that took place at the historical Drake Hotel, included local Romanian-American organizations such as the Romanian Cultural Exchange, local press and representatives of the Romanian community. The event provided Romanians from Chicago the opportunity of having an open dialog with the president. Topics of interest to the Diaspora as well as related to Romania's foreign policy were discussed.
The delegation accompanying President Basescu for the NATO Summit 2012 in Chicago included: General Staff Chief Stefan Danila, Foreign Affairs Minister Andrei Marga, National Defense Minister Corneliu Dobritoiu, presidential advisers Cristian Diaconescu, Iulian Fota and Iulian Chifu, State Adviser Eugen Tomac, Foreign Affairs Ministry's Secretary of State Bogdan Aurescu.
NATO 2012 Athletic Crossroads: Connecting the World Through Sports
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Wahington Park, Chicago
Free Admission
World Sport Chicago and the Chicago NATO Host Committee, will host a youth soccer and basketball tournament in honor of the 25th NATO Summit on Saturday, May 12th, 2012 at Washington Park in Chicago's Hyde Park community.
Teams from across Chicago ages 11 to 13 will play under the name of a country participating in the Summit and have the opportunity to learn about the culture and people that they represent. The event will connect yourth to the Summit and will celebrate Chicago's international community and love of sport. ROCX will be hosting the Romanian booth at the event.
Soiree Roumanie at Alliance Francaise - Film Screening
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
6:30 p.m.
54 W. Chicago Avenue
Free Admission; In Romanian with English subtitles
ROCX is proud to host the Romanian Soiree as part of Alliance Francaise's Festival de la Francophonie. Please join us for a glass of wine and the screening of "The Silent Wedding" (2008) directed by the renowned actor Horatiu Malaele, starring Meda Andreea Victor, Alexandru Potocean and Valentin Teodosiu.
Synopsis: In 1953, the wedding of a young couple continues silently after the whole country is mourning the death of Stalin. The screenplay is based on a true story which took place in a small rural village in Romania.
"Film très personnel, très Malaeleen. On rit, on réfléchit, on ne pleure pas mais l'envie de pleurer vous vient parfois" Costa Gavras
Please note that although the event is free, there is limited seating and therefore you need to make a reservation with AF at the following link (bottom of the page).
6:30 p.m.
54 W. Chicago Avenue
Free Admission; In Romanian with English subtitles
ROCX is proud to host the Romanian Soiree as part of Alliance Francaise's Festival de la Francophonie. Please join us for a glass of wine and the screening of "The Silent Wedding" (2008) directed by the renowned actor Horatiu Malaele, starring Meda Andreea Victor, Alexandru Potocean and Valentin Teodosiu.
Synopsis: In 1953, the wedding of a young couple continues silently after the whole country is mourning the death of Stalin. The screenplay is based on a true story which took place in a small rural village in Romania.
"Film très personnel, très Malaeleen. On rit, on réfléchit, on ne pleure pas mais l'envie de pleurer vous vient parfois" Costa Gavras
Please note that although the event is free, there is limited seating and therefore you need to make a reservation with AF at the following link (bottom of the page).
Festival de la Francophonie - Kick-off evening
Friday, March 09, 2012
6:30-9:00 p.m.
54 W. Chicago Avenue
Adult $15/Children up to 12, $5
On the Kick-Off Evening to the month-long festival, join a very diverse crowd of various ethnicities and sample delicacies from Belgium, Canada, France, Quebec, Romania, Switzerland, and Vietnam offered by ROCX in collaboration with our partners: Alliance Francaise, the French-speaking consulates, governments and associations of Chicago. Enjoy the Cabaret with singer/comedian Noemi Schlosser from Belgium and the amazing French Jazz Trio Flon Flon et Musette. And… pourquoi pas? Belt out your own version of La Vie en Rose and let your inner Celine Dion bust loose during the Karaoke de la Francophonie, back by popular demand. Prizes for the brave! And by all means, make sure to stop by the Romanian pavilion and say hello to the ROCXettes!
Tickets can be purchased from Alliance Francaise.
This event is sure to sell out, as it did the past years.
MATEI VISNIEC'S NEW PLAY AT TRAP DOOR THEATRE
Let's open the New Year with a great play by Matei Visniec, the Romanian playwright, poet and journalist now settled in Paris, working as a journalist at Radio France Internationale. Trap Door Theatre Presents…. The U.S. Premiere of… " the word progress on my mother’s lips doesn’t ring true"
Directed by: István Szabó K.
Purchase tickets: http://trapdoor.ticketleap.com/progress/
Learn more
3RD ROMANIAN FILM FESTIVAL IN CHICAGO!
May 27-29, 2011
Skokie Theatre
7924 Lincoln Ave., Skokie 60077
The Romanian Cultural Exchange (ROCX) is hosting the 3rd Romanian Film Festival in Chicago at the Skokie Theatre. As the L.A. Times quotes, "Romanians can't make a bad film. It's like, illegal in their country." We invite you to join the Romanian community, and foreign film enthusiasts alike in discovering the cinematic phenomenon that left a fierce impression on film festivals all over the world. Help ROCX make that impact in Chicago.
The festival will expose you to international award winning feature films as well as shorts and documentaries. Special guest actors and directors will be joining us from Romania to comment on their work and provide insights.
Early bird tickets are now available for sale on the festival page!!!
Learn more
SOIREE ROUMANIE at Alliance Francais
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 @ 6:30 pm
Alliance Francaise - Chicago
54 W. Chicago Ave entrance
Free admission
Alliance Francaise in partnership with ROCX invites you to the Romanian Soiree as part of the Festival de la Francophonie. Join us for the screening of Nae Carnfil's “The Rest Is Silence", described by Variety as “an intelligent crowd-pleaser made with affection for its characters and era” and for a glas of french wine.
Sinopsys: In 1911-12, the Romanian movie director Grigore Brezianu and the financial tycoon Leon Popescu made together the 2 hours long movie "Romania's Independence" - an as faithful as possible screen adaptation of the real Independence War that had been fought in 1877. Now, "Restul e tacere" tells us, in a loose and half-fictionalized way, the story of this movie making.
Please register for the event with Alliance Francaise!
Alliance Francaise - Chicago
54 W. Chicago Ave entrance
Free admission
Alliance Francaise in partnership with ROCX invites you to the Romanian Soiree as part of the Festival de la Francophonie. Join us for the screening of Nae Carnfil's “The Rest Is Silence", described by Variety as “an intelligent crowd-pleaser made with affection for its characters and era” and for a glas of french wine.
Sinopsys: In 1911-12, the Romanian movie director Grigore Brezianu and the financial tycoon Leon Popescu made together the 2 hours long movie "Romania's Independence" - an as faithful as possible screen adaptation of the real Independence War that had been fought in 1877. Now, "Restul e tacere" tells us, in a loose and half-fictionalized way, the story of this movie making.
Please register for the event with Alliance Francaise!
ROMANIA at the Festival de la Francophonie
Friday, March 4, 2011 @ 6:30 - 9:00 pm
Alliance Francaise - Chicago
54 W. Chicago Ave entrance
Children $5, Adults $15 - SOLD OUT!!!
Djembé, raclette, grio, gauffre, tourtière, poutine, thiou… Don’t know what these words mean… or taste like? Come and find out!
ROCX is proud to have Romania represented on the kick-off evening of a month-long festival organized by Alliance Fracaise, celebrating French-speaking people from over 50 different countries. Come to sample delicacies from Romania, Belgium, Canada, France, Morocco, Québec and Switzerland, meet people from all over the world on the dance floor with DJ Lady D spinning La Francofonie, a mix of classics, hits and techno-ethnic. And… pourquoi pas? Belt out your own version of La Vie en Rose and let your inner Céline Dion loose during the Karaoke de la Francophonie. Prizes for the braves! The Romanian pavilion will be sponsored by generous local Romanian businesses such as:
Dana Catering - Transylvanian Cuisine - (transilvania-catering@yahoo.com)
Chimney Cake Island - kurtos colac - (chimneycakeisland.com)
Casa Dracula
Pre-register early with Alliance Francaise! Places are limited and this program sells out every year.
Alliance Francaise - Chicago
54 W. Chicago Ave entrance
Children $5, Adults $15 - SOLD OUT!!!
Djembé, raclette, grio, gauffre, tourtière, poutine, thiou… Don’t know what these words mean… or taste like? Come and find out!
ROCX is proud to have Romania represented on the kick-off evening of a month-long festival organized by Alliance Fracaise, celebrating French-speaking people from over 50 different countries. Come to sample delicacies from Romania, Belgium, Canada, France, Morocco, Québec and Switzerland, meet people from all over the world on the dance floor with DJ Lady D spinning La Francofonie, a mix of classics, hits and techno-ethnic. And… pourquoi pas? Belt out your own version of La Vie en Rose and let your inner Céline Dion loose during the Karaoke de la Francophonie. Prizes for the braves! The Romanian pavilion will be sponsored by generous local Romanian businesses such as:
Dana Catering - Transylvanian Cuisine - (transilvania-catering@yahoo.com)
Chimney Cake Island - kurtos colac - (chimneycakeisland.com)
Casa Dracula
Pre-register early with Alliance Francaise! Places are limited and this program sells out every year.
'AN EVENING OF VISKY' - Presented by Theatre Y
Friday, October 29, 2010 @ 7:00 pm
1837 S. Halsted in Pilsen
For one night only, Theatre Y is taking over the Chicago Art Department gallery space to create an immersive evening of theatre, dance, visual art, food and drink, merriment and conversation in celebration of their friend from Transylvania András Visky. Based in Chicago with roots in Romania, Theatre Y creates spaces for international dialogue through theatre. Your presence is cordially requested for Theatre Y's annual fundraising event.
Performing their way from one corner to the other, up the stairs, up the walls, upside down and all around and accompanied by a live gypsy band, the Theatre Y ensemble will present an audacious and transcendent collage of excerpts from Visky's plays Disciples, Juliet, I Killed My Mother and Backborn throughout the evening. Join them to dance, talk and break bread with them. Tickets are $25 at the door.
Learn more
1837 S. Halsted in Pilsen
For one night only, Theatre Y is taking over the Chicago Art Department gallery space to create an immersive evening of theatre, dance, visual art, food and drink, merriment and conversation in celebration of their friend from Transylvania András Visky. Based in Chicago with roots in Romania, Theatre Y creates spaces for international dialogue through theatre. Your presence is cordially requested for Theatre Y's annual fundraising event.
Performing their way from one corner to the other, up the stairs, up the walls, upside down and all around and accompanied by a live gypsy band, the Theatre Y ensemble will present an audacious and transcendent collage of excerpts from Visky's plays Disciples, Juliet, I Killed My Mother and Backborn throughout the evening. Join them to dance, talk and break bread with them. Tickets are $25 at the door.
Learn more
'DIASPORA VOTEAZA' - Vino la Dezbatere!
Octombrie 24, 2010 - Această iniţiativă face parte din campania “Diaspora votează”, un proiect care îşi propune să rezolve o deficienţă majoră pentru cetăţenii români cu drept de vot: accea de a participa efectiv la procesul democratic al alegerilor.
Pe parcursul lunii octombrie se vor desfăşura dezbateri similare în 15 oraşe din 11 ţări (Belgia, Canada, Franţa, Germania, Marea Britanie, Olanda, Polonia, San Marino, Spania, SUA şi Ungaria). Scopul acestora este de a obţine un feedback detaliat de la cei direct implicaţi, care să surprindă situaţia reală a procesului electoral în străinătate. Analiza dezbaterilor va fi integrată în cadrul unui document de politici publice, lucrare care va fi prezentată în cadrul celei de-a treia conferinţe anuale a GRSPSociety (Asociaţia Globală a Studenţilor şi Tinerilor Profesionişti Români) Bucureşti, 25-28 noiembrie. Aici se vor întâlni membri şi colaboratori ai organizaţiei cu parlamentari români şi lideri de opinie din sfera non-guvernamentală, obiectivul final fiind acela de a înainta o propunere legislativă concretă care să treacă de Parlament.
Teme de dezbatere
• Temele vor fi dezbătute în ordinea menţionării lor. Se vor aloca 15 minute pentru fiecare temă. Pentru introducere şi concluzii se vor aloca câte 20 de minute. Trebuie luat în considerare faptul că în cazul unor teme este posibil ca discuţia să depăşească timpul alocat.
• În cazul în care moderatorul apreciază că discuţia a devenit redundantă sau irelevantă, dezbaterea asupra respectivei teme trebuie încheiată şi se va deschide discuţia la următoarea temă.
Introducere - Dezbaterea va începe printr-o scurtă prezentare de către moderator a justificării dezbaterii (cu referire la situaţia actuală a participării la vot a românilor din afara graniţelor ţării) şi a tematicii celor două părţi ale dezbaterii
Partea I – Facilitarea participării la vot pentru românii aflaţi în afara graniţelor ţării în ziua alegerilor
Tema 1. O serie de comentatori au argumentat faptul că la ultimele alegeri prezidenţiale din România, câştigătorul a fost decis de voturile românilor din afara graniţelor României. În acest context o serie de politicieni dar şi comentatori au ridicat problema legitimităţii dreptului cetăţenilor români care nu trăiesc în România de a vota. Cum aţi răspunde unei astfel de provocări?
Tema 2. Dacă ar fi mai uşor pentru românii din străinătate să voteze credeţi că interesul lor pentru participarea la vot ar creşte semnificativ in comunitatea dumneavoastra? De ce da? De ce nu?
Partea II – Aspecte tehnice şi legislative ale schimbării modalităţii de vot pentru românii aflaţi în afara graniţelor ţării în ziua alegerilor. Care este cea mai eficientă abordare? Votul poştal, votul electronic sau doar creşterea numărului de secţii de votare aflate în afara graniţelor României?
Tema 1. Prezentarea votul prin corespondenţă. Discuţie cu privire la potenţialele avantaje şi dezavantaje
Tema 2. Prezentarea votul electronic. Discuţie cu privire la potenţialele avantaje şi dezavantaje
Tema 3. Orice schimbare în sistemul de vot actual necesită rezolvarea unor dificultăţi tehnice semnificative şi ar solicita un efort susţinut din partea instituţiilor publice din România. Acest motiv a fost invocat poate cel mai des împotriva introducerii votului prin poştă sau electronic. Ce opinie aveţi despre argumentul invocat?
Pe parcursul lunii octombrie se vor desfăşura dezbateri similare în 15 oraşe din 11 ţări (Belgia, Canada, Franţa, Germania, Marea Britanie, Olanda, Polonia, San Marino, Spania, SUA şi Ungaria). Scopul acestora este de a obţine un feedback detaliat de la cei direct implicaţi, care să surprindă situaţia reală a procesului electoral în străinătate. Analiza dezbaterilor va fi integrată în cadrul unui document de politici publice, lucrare care va fi prezentată în cadrul celei de-a treia conferinţe anuale a GRSPSociety (Asociaţia Globală a Studenţilor şi Tinerilor Profesionişti Români) Bucureşti, 25-28 noiembrie. Aici se vor întâlni membri şi colaboratori ai organizaţiei cu parlamentari români şi lideri de opinie din sfera non-guvernamentală, obiectivul final fiind acela de a înainta o propunere legislativă concretă care să treacă de Parlament.
Teme de dezbatere
• Temele vor fi dezbătute în ordinea menţionării lor. Se vor aloca 15 minute pentru fiecare temă. Pentru introducere şi concluzii se vor aloca câte 20 de minute. Trebuie luat în considerare faptul că în cazul unor teme este posibil ca discuţia să depăşească timpul alocat.
• În cazul în care moderatorul apreciază că discuţia a devenit redundantă sau irelevantă, dezbaterea asupra respectivei teme trebuie încheiată şi se va deschide discuţia la următoarea temă.
Introducere - Dezbaterea va începe printr-o scurtă prezentare de către moderator a justificării dezbaterii (cu referire la situaţia actuală a participării la vot a românilor din afara graniţelor ţării) şi a tematicii celor două părţi ale dezbaterii
Partea I – Facilitarea participării la vot pentru românii aflaţi în afara graniţelor ţării în ziua alegerilor
Tema 1. O serie de comentatori au argumentat faptul că la ultimele alegeri prezidenţiale din România, câştigătorul a fost decis de voturile românilor din afara graniţelor României. În acest context o serie de politicieni dar şi comentatori au ridicat problema legitimităţii dreptului cetăţenilor români care nu trăiesc în România de a vota. Cum aţi răspunde unei astfel de provocări?
Tema 2. Dacă ar fi mai uşor pentru românii din străinătate să voteze credeţi că interesul lor pentru participarea la vot ar creşte semnificativ in comunitatea dumneavoastra? De ce da? De ce nu?
Partea II – Aspecte tehnice şi legislative ale schimbării modalităţii de vot pentru românii aflaţi în afara graniţelor ţării în ziua alegerilor. Care este cea mai eficientă abordare? Votul poştal, votul electronic sau doar creşterea numărului de secţii de votare aflate în afara graniţelor României?
Tema 1. Prezentarea votul prin corespondenţă. Discuţie cu privire la potenţialele avantaje şi dezavantaje
Tema 2. Prezentarea votul electronic. Discuţie cu privire la potenţialele avantaje şi dezavantaje
Tema 3. Orice schimbare în sistemul de vot actual necesită rezolvarea unor dificultăţi tehnice semnificative şi ar solicita un efort susţinut din partea instituţiilor publice din România. Acest motiv a fost invocat poate cel mai des împotriva introducerii votului prin poştă sau electronic. Ce opinie aveţi despre argumentul invocat?
'JULIET'- Play by Transylvanian Writer Andras Visky
Sunday, September 26 2010 @ 3:00 pm
Royal George Theatre Center
1641 N Halsted St., Chicago
$20 Admission when mentioning the ROCX Discount Code
BYOB cocktail party to follow the performance
In an exclusive performance for the ROCX audience, Theatre Y presents Andras Visky's play 'Julie' Sunday September 26th at 3pm. Melissa Hawkins stars in Visky's biographically-based tour de force, directed by Karin Coonrod, who staged the critically acclaimed production of the Visky"s "I Killed My Mother" earlier this year. This riveting 90-minute solo work subtitled "A Dialogue About Love," is the story of how a woman's enduring love is tested while she is imprisoned with her children with no chance of survival. Plays International Magazine says "without a gram of sentimentality, 'Juliet' still reminds us that crocuses bloom-even in the snow. "Juliet" documents the true story of the parents of Transylvanian writer Visky. In 1939, his father fled Romania for Hungary, where he was to meet his future wife. After World War II, they decided to return to Transylvania, by then, part of Romania. Acting in opposition with the dictatorship Visky's father was sentenced to 22 years in prison by the Communist authorities for crime of "organization against socialist public order," and his wife and seven children were deported to the Romanian gulag a thousand kilometers from their home. Visky was only two years old at the time.
To purchase tickets, please call the theatre box office at 312.988.9000 or visit www.theroyalgeorgetheatre.com.
Royal George Theatre Center
1641 N Halsted St., Chicago
$20 Admission when mentioning the ROCX Discount Code
BYOB cocktail party to follow the performance
In an exclusive performance for the ROCX audience, Theatre Y presents Andras Visky's play 'Julie' Sunday September 26th at 3pm. Melissa Hawkins stars in Visky's biographically-based tour de force, directed by Karin Coonrod, who staged the critically acclaimed production of the Visky"s "I Killed My Mother" earlier this year. This riveting 90-minute solo work subtitled "A Dialogue About Love," is the story of how a woman's enduring love is tested while she is imprisoned with her children with no chance of survival. Plays International Magazine says "without a gram of sentimentality, 'Juliet' still reminds us that crocuses bloom-even in the snow. "Juliet" documents the true story of the parents of Transylvanian writer Visky. In 1939, his father fled Romania for Hungary, where he was to meet his future wife. After World War II, they decided to return to Transylvania, by then, part of Romania. Acting in opposition with the dictatorship Visky's father was sentenced to 22 years in prison by the Communist authorities for crime of "organization against socialist public order," and his wife and seven children were deported to the Romanian gulag a thousand kilometers from their home. Visky was only two years old at the time.
To purchase tickets, please call the theatre box office at 312.988.9000 or visit www.theroyalgeorgetheatre.com.
A step forward: Reforming the Romanian Educational System
Debate over the new Romanian Education Law
Chicago, IL, May 2010 – The Romanian Cultural Exchange (ROCX) in collaboration with the Global Romanian Students and Young Professionals Society (GRSPSociety), invites you to attend a public debate regarding the new Romanian Education Law on Friday, May 7th at 6:30pm. Downtown location to be determined.
GRSPSociety is also collaborating with the Romanian Students Union (USR) (www.uniunea.ro) to organize a series of public debates concerning the new Romanian Education Law in the main big cities of US (Boston, Washington DC, New York & Chicago) and Europe (London, Bruxelles, Amsterdam, Budapest & Paris). The purpose of these public debates is to bring together the opinions and suggestions of as many Romanian Students and Young Professionals who live abroad as possible and to send the feedback to the decision makers in the Romanian Government and Parliament.
The Romanian Students Union (USR) is also organizing debates in 29 cities of Romania. The feedback of these debates will be included in a report and handed in to the officials and decision makers during the National Students Congress, which will take place on the 13th of May in Bucharest.
Your opinion matters!
To register for the debate, please go to Registration Form.
About Romanian Students and Young Professionals (GRSPSociety)
GRSPSociety isan open network of organizations and individuals committed to advancing Romania's development and modernization through civic involvement and professionalism. GRSPSociety has members in 12 countries and is currently expanding to include more students, professionals, and relevant groups.
www.grspsociety.org
Information regarding the Romanian Education Law
www.unpasinainte.edu.ro/
www.edu.ro/
www.gov.ro/upload/articles/106509/legea-educatiei-nationale.pdf
GRSPSociety is also collaborating with the Romanian Students Union (USR) (www.uniunea.ro) to organize a series of public debates concerning the new Romanian Education Law in the main big cities of US (Boston, Washington DC, New York & Chicago) and Europe (London, Bruxelles, Amsterdam, Budapest & Paris). The purpose of these public debates is to bring together the opinions and suggestions of as many Romanian Students and Young Professionals who live abroad as possible and to send the feedback to the decision makers in the Romanian Government and Parliament.
The Romanian Students Union (USR) is also organizing debates in 29 cities of Romania. The feedback of these debates will be included in a report and handed in to the officials and decision makers during the National Students Congress, which will take place on the 13th of May in Bucharest.
Your opinion matters!
To register for the debate, please go to Registration Form.
About Romanian Students and Young Professionals (GRSPSociety)
GRSPSociety isan open network of organizations and individuals committed to advancing Romania's development and modernization through civic involvement and professionalism. GRSPSociety has members in 12 countries and is currently expanding to include more students, professionals, and relevant groups.
www.grspsociety.org
Information regarding the Romanian Education Law
www.unpasinainte.edu.ro/
www.edu.ro/
www.gov.ro/upload/articles/106509/legea-educatiei-nationale.pdf
THE SEDUCTIVENESS OF THE INTERVAL
Sunday, May 02- June 27 2010
5811 S. Ellis Ave, Bergman Gallery, Cobb Hall 418,
Chicago, IL 606037
Free Admission
You are cordially invited to The Seductiveness of the Interval, a project hosted by the Renaissance Society from University of Chicago in collaboration with the Romanian Cultural Institute. Presented initially at the Romanian Pavilion of the 2009 Venice Biennale, the work of the three Romanian artists--Stefan Constantinescu, Andrea Faciu and Ciprian Muresan--is exhibited in a two-story architectural structure designed by studio BASAR specifically for that purpose. Together, the artists explore themes of exile, the human capacity for cruelty, and hope. Although the artists' works are distinct in terms of form and content, they are united by a structure conceived as a stage set where the viewer is invited to reflect on the individual works and the viewing experience itself.
The opening reception of The Seductiveness of the Intervalat Chicago’s Renaissance Society and discussions with the artists will take place on Sunday May 2, 2010 at 4pm. The event is free of charge and open to the public. For additional information please visit www.renaissancesociety.org
5811 S. Ellis Ave, Bergman Gallery, Cobb Hall 418,
Chicago, IL 606037
Free Admission
You are cordially invited to The Seductiveness of the Interval, a project hosted by the Renaissance Society from University of Chicago in collaboration with the Romanian Cultural Institute. Presented initially at the Romanian Pavilion of the 2009 Venice Biennale, the work of the three Romanian artists--Stefan Constantinescu, Andrea Faciu and Ciprian Muresan--is exhibited in a two-story architectural structure designed by studio BASAR specifically for that purpose. Together, the artists explore themes of exile, the human capacity for cruelty, and hope. Although the artists' works are distinct in terms of form and content, they are united by a structure conceived as a stage set where the viewer is invited to reflect on the individual works and the viewing experience itself.
The opening reception of The Seductiveness of the Intervalat Chicago’s Renaissance Society and discussions with the artists will take place on Sunday May 2, 2010 at 4pm. The event is free of charge and open to the public. For additional information please visit www.renaissancesociety.org
POST-COMMUNIST ROMANIA: An American Perspective
Friday, March 19th 2010 @ 6:30 pm
737 N Michigan Ave, Olympia Center, Suite 2050, Chicago, IL 606011
Free Admission
Limited seats. We require all participants to sign up.
Book Launch featuring ALAN ELSNER's recent novel: 'ROMANCE LANGUAGE'
Romanian Cultural Exchange (ROCX) invites you to attend Post-Communist Romania: An American Perspective, a book launch presented by distinguished author Alan Elsner. Mr. Elsner will be presenting his latest novel, ‘Romance Language’, a novel that is part love story, part historical drama, part coming-of-age, set in modern-day Romania, with tails of 1989 when the country struggled under its communist regime.
Alan Elsner is a journalist with Thomson-Reuters and a writer with a fascinating personality. Throughout his career, Alan experienced the most amazing cultures, witnessed wars, terrorism and natural disasters. His career exposed him to a wide range of politicians and individuals including Presidents of the United States, Secretaries of States and innumerous activists. Autographed Books $15.
PHOTO EXHIBITION by JENNIFER OKRAY
We are also delighted to have Jennifer Okray participate to the event by debuting with a series of pictures taken in Romania as part of the independent photojournalism she performed in Eastern Europe. Learn more
737 N Michigan Ave, Olympia Center, Suite 2050, Chicago, IL 606011
Free Admission
Limited seats. We require all participants to sign up.
Book Launch featuring ALAN ELSNER's recent novel: 'ROMANCE LANGUAGE'
Romanian Cultural Exchange (ROCX) invites you to attend Post-Communist Romania: An American Perspective, a book launch presented by distinguished author Alan Elsner. Mr. Elsner will be presenting his latest novel, ‘Romance Language’, a novel that is part love story, part historical drama, part coming-of-age, set in modern-day Romania, with tails of 1989 when the country struggled under its communist regime.
Alan Elsner is a journalist with Thomson-Reuters and a writer with a fascinating personality. Throughout his career, Alan experienced the most amazing cultures, witnessed wars, terrorism and natural disasters. His career exposed him to a wide range of politicians and individuals including Presidents of the United States, Secretaries of States and innumerous activists. Autographed Books $15.
PHOTO EXHIBITION by JENNIFER OKRAY
We are also delighted to have Jennifer Okray participate to the event by debuting with a series of pictures taken in Romania as part of the independent photojournalism she performed in Eastern Europe. Learn more
ROCX at the Boston Conference of Global Romanian Students and Young Professionals 2009
Liana Sava and Anca Paunescu have participated in the second Global Romanian Students and Young Professionals Society (GRSPSociety) Conference. The event took place in Boston, at the Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, between the 4th and the 6th of December, 2009. Over 75 participants from around the world shared their views about Romania's future and presented their plans on how their ideas could be implemented by partnering with GRSPSociety.
The conference hosted high-profile key-note speakers and panelists from the non-profit sector, academia, business and mass-media.
The main focus of the conference were the Working Groups (Democracy and Participation, Education and Research, Culture and Arts, Business and Finance, Administration and Public Policy, International Migration, Romania's Image Abroad, International Development and Healthcare and Medical Research) which, by the end of the conference, proposed a series of projects which will be implemented over the course of 2010.
For more details about the conference and how you can get involved, please visit http://www.grspsociety.org/projects
The conference hosted high-profile key-note speakers and panelists from the non-profit sector, academia, business and mass-media.
The main focus of the conference were the Working Groups (Democracy and Participation, Education and Research, Culture and Arts, Business and Finance, Administration and Public Policy, International Migration, Romania's Image Abroad, International Development and Healthcare and Medical Research) which, by the end of the conference, proposed a series of projects which will be implemented over the course of 2010.
For more details about the conference and how you can get involved, please visit http://www.grspsociety.org/projects
ROCX at the grand opening of the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
On October 16th 2009, the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry opened its doors to welcome their new members. The event took place at the Romanian Heritage Center in Niles. ROCX was present at the ribbon cutting ceremony amongst several hundred participants such as representatives of the Romanian Consulate at Chicago, TVR International, New York Magazine, Hungary’s Consul in Chicago as well as numerous other leaders of the Romanian Community.
To obtain additional information regarding the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry please visit: http://www.rocci.us/
To obtain additional information regarding the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry please visit: http://www.rocci.us/
ROCX on official visit to Cotroceni
Andra Munteanu, founder of the ROCX organization has been part of a 14 member delegation invited in September 2009 to Bucharest by the Secretary of State Eugen Tomac. Mr. Tomac is the Chief Relations Officer for Romanians Abroad within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania. The main topic discussed during the four day visit, was improving the relations between the Institutions of the Romanian State and the Romanian Communities within the United States.
"In urma cu doar doua saptamani Domnia Sa Eugen Tomac a vizitat comunitati romanesti din marile metropole americane New York, Chicago si Los Angeles unde a avut intalniri cu reprezentanti ai unor organizatii social-culturale si ale mass-mediei romanesti din SUA la Consulatele Generale ale Romaniei din aceste orase. Intrucat concluzia Secretarului de Stat Tomac a fost aceea de a intensifica dialogul cu o parte din acesti lideri, Domnia Sa a invitat 14 din acesti lideri si reprezentanti romano-americani la Bucuresti pentru trei zile de sedinte de lucru cu liderii institutiilor statului roman. "Una din preocuparile majore ale politicii externe ale Romaniei si ale Departamentului pentru Relatiile cu Romanii de Pretutindeni este consolidarea relatiei acestuia cu comunitatile romanesti din afara granitelor tarii" a declarat ministrul Secretar de Stat Tomac in invitatia sa adresata acestor reprezentanti.
In scurta sa vizita in SUA, domnul Tomac a explicat reprezentantilor comunitatii romanesti ca in putinele luni pe care Domnia Sa le-a avut la dispozitie de la preluarea acestui departament si pana in prezent, prioritatea sa a constituit-o romanii ce traiesc in tarile invecinate Romaniei, insa a sosit acum timpul ca si romanii din SUA sa fie pusi pe agenda oficiala de lucru si sa identifice care ar fi necesitatile prioritare.
"In urma cu doar doua saptamani Domnia Sa Eugen Tomac a vizitat comunitati romanesti din marile metropole americane New York, Chicago si Los Angeles unde a avut intalniri cu reprezentanti ai unor organizatii social-culturale si ale mass-mediei romanesti din SUA la Consulatele Generale ale Romaniei din aceste orase. Intrucat concluzia Secretarului de Stat Tomac a fost aceea de a intensifica dialogul cu o parte din acesti lideri, Domnia Sa a invitat 14 din acesti lideri si reprezentanti romano-americani la Bucuresti pentru trei zile de sedinte de lucru cu liderii institutiilor statului roman. "Una din preocuparile majore ale politicii externe ale Romaniei si ale Departamentului pentru Relatiile cu Romanii de Pretutindeni este consolidarea relatiei acestuia cu comunitatile romanesti din afara granitelor tarii" a declarat ministrul Secretar de Stat Tomac in invitatia sa adresata acestor reprezentanti.
In scurta sa vizita in SUA, domnul Tomac a explicat reprezentantilor comunitatii romanesti ca in putinele luni pe care Domnia Sa le-a avut la dispozitie de la preluarea acestui departament si pana in prezent, prioritatea sa a constituit-o romanii ce traiesc in tarile invecinate Romaniei, insa a sosit acum timpul ca si romanii din SUA sa fie pusi pe agenda oficiala de lucru si sa identifice care ar fi necesitatile prioritare.
In cursul zilei de miercuri 30 septembrie a.c. delegatia romano-americana a avut prima sedinta de lucru la sediul Ministerului Afacerilor Externe cu domnul Secretar de Stat Eugen Tomac si directori din cadrul acestui departament. Apoi cei 13 reprezentanti au fost invitate la sediul Societatii Romane de Televiziune pentru a se intalni cu presedintele acesteia si membri ai consiliului director precum si conducerea TVR International. In seara aceleasi zile, delegatia romano-americana a fost primita de presedintele Romaniei la Palatul Cotroceni unde acestia au avut un dialog deschis cu Presedintele Traian Basescu.
Pentru urmatoarele doua zile liderii romano-americani au programate intalniri cu Premierul Emil Boc, Presedintele Camerei Deputatilor Roberta Anastase, Presedintele Senatului Mircea Geoana, Ministrul Afacerilor Externe Cristian Diaconescu, precum si cu Prea Fericitul Patriarh al Bisericii Ortodoxe Romane.
[...]Departamentul pentru Relatii cu Romanii de Pretutindeni a invitat anterior acestei delegatii romano-americane, lideri ai comunitatilor romanesti din Moldova, Ucraina, Italia, Spania si Germania. Aceste intalniri avand loc in fiecare luna incepand cu luna aprilie a.c.
Steven V. Bonica - Redactor Sef, Romanian Tribune"
Pentru urmatoarele doua zile liderii romano-americani au programate intalniri cu Premierul Emil Boc, Presedintele Camerei Deputatilor Roberta Anastase, Presedintele Senatului Mircea Geoana, Ministrul Afacerilor Externe Cristian Diaconescu, precum si cu Prea Fericitul Patriarh al Bisericii Ortodoxe Romane.
[...]Departamentul pentru Relatii cu Romanii de Pretutindeni a invitat anterior acestei delegatii romano-americane, lideri ai comunitatilor romanesti din Moldova, Ucraina, Italia, Spania si Germania. Aceste intalniri avand loc in fiecare luna incepand cu luna aprilie a.c.
Steven V. Bonica - Redactor Sef, Romanian Tribune"