About this Event
IN SARDINIA, IN NEW YORK is a celebration of Sardinian songs and stories coming to New York City! Join us on Sunday June 2, 2024 at 4:15 pm for a day filled with music, visual arts and culture from the beautiful island of Sardinia. Immerse yourself in the rich traditions and vibrant history of this unique region through live performances and engaging storytelling. Don't miss this opportunity to experience the magic of Sardinia right here in the heart of New York City!
In a small village like Bonorva, in Sardinia, what strikes most are the small stories; those stories that everyone can tell, to which everyone can add something important. The story of the Paulicu Mossa Choir is one such tale, a very simple story born out of a passion for Sardinian singing. At the initiative of some members of the brotherhood choir, in 1997 it was decided to establish a choir dedicated to popular traditions. Perhaps it was the novelty, or perhaps the idea of spending some time together, but on September 2, 1997, many gathered to form the Choir.
The Paulicu Mossa Choir is a fundamental artistic element for the cultural season of the MusaMadre project. It is the link that connects tradition and innovation, it is the voice of Bonorva that constantly engages with guest artists at Rebeccu, and above all, it is the artistic expression of a community that wishes to promote its territory in the world through poetry, harmony, brotherhood, and the beauty of the arts.
Jeff Biggers is an award-winning historian, journalist and playwright. Author of ten books, his work has appeared on National Public Radio and Public Radio International, and in the New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, Atlantic Monthly, Huffington Post, Salon, The Nation, Al Jazeera, Brick Magazine (Toronto) and Il Giornale (Italy). As a playwright and performer of monologues, he appears at theatres, festivals, conferences and schools. Based in Iowa and Italy, Biggers has worked as a writer, performer and educator across the United States, Europe, India, and Mexico.
Beyond its fabled beaches, reconsidering how its unique history and ways have shaped Italy and Europe today, Biggers explores how travelers must first understand Sardinia and its ancient and modern history to truly understand the rest of Italy.
“At last, a grand companion to the mysterious and enchanting island of Sardinia. Known to most travelers for its beaches, Sardinia’s complex archeological heritage extends back to Neolithic times. Jeff Biggers, the consummate traveler/ scholar, starts in beautiful Alghero and begins exploring the entire island, delving into the rich traditions of music, arts, dialects, crafts, and literature. Along the way, he and his family revel in local lore, festivals, food, and wine. Written with verve and love, In Sardinia is the book I’ll be taking on future trips.” –-Frances Mayes, New York Times bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun“In Sardinia passionately recounts Biggers’ discovery of a place long considered out of time and history. With an agile writing style but one that reveals the extensive research behind the text, In Sardinia takes the reader on a discovery of an island-as-a-continent, its rich historical heritage as well as its increasingly vibrant contemporary cultural life.” — Maria Bonaria Urban, author of Sardinia on Screen“A deeply satisfying dive into the Sardinian soul, but at the same time the writing is so spare and essential – almost as if Biggers somehow reflects the silences and spaces of the island as well. Every page taught me something new about Sardinia’s literature, legends, landscape, icons and customs. A moving book which traces the contours of the terrain and hears its ancient voices. A magnificent achievement.” —Tobias Jones, author of The Po: An Elegy for Italy’s Longest River
“In Sardinia is an indispensable and necessary international guide. To discover a Sardinia still little known outside the national borders and to reveal its multiform riches and diversity. It is no coincidence that this opens with the Ogliastra artist Maria Lai and closes with the poet of Desulo, Montanaru, just as it is no coincidence that, in this almost intimate text, the many “Sardignias” are represented through a kaleidoscopic variety of languages and cultures, landscapes and knowledge, sounds, tastes and encounters. In Sardinia is an unmissable journey that starts from an inner story to be shared with the vast world. A journey capable of filling that profound void, which makes that stone thrown into the Mediterranean a teeming patch of land yet to be revealed.” — Paolo Fresu, legendary Italian jazz musician and composer
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Center at West Park, 165 West 86th Street, New York, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 150.00
