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SWISS PULSE IN NEW YORK
Kick off New York Design Days NYCxDESIGN with a free virtual screening of the acclaimed documentary Gateways to New York (2018) on May 13 at 8pm. The film by Martin Witz tells the story of Swiss bridge builder Othmar H. Ammann who moved to New York as a young engineer and created some of New York’s most famous icons. The George Washington Bridge, one of his greatest visionary suspension bridges, will celebrate its 90th anniversary this fall. Join us for welcome remarks before the film by Ambassador Markus Börlin, Consul General of Switzerland in New York, Gareth Brennan, president / founder of Eventscape, and Kyle Bergman, AIA, founder of ADFF, and stick around after the screening for a live conversation with Avinash Rajagopal, editor-in-chief of Metropolis, Kai-Uwe Bergmann, FAIA, partner at BIG and Claire Weisz, FAIA, Founding Partner at WXY.
Image: © NYCxDESIGN
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WOMEN / CREATE! - A FESTIVAL OF DANCE
PRESENTING INNOVATIVE VOICES OF WOMEN CHOREOGRAPHERS
Passion Fruit, a New York-based Street Dance Theater and educational company founded by Haitian-Swiss dancer and choreographer Tatiana Desardouin, will be showing their piece “Dance Within Your Dance” as one of the 2021 participating artists of the WOMEN / CREATE! - A Festival of DanceThe festival premieres virtually from New York Live Arts on May 20 at 7:30pm and runs through May 23. Join them online!
Image: © Loreto Jamlig / IG: @still1
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PUERTO RICO EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL
VIRTUAL SCREENINGS MAY 5 TO 27, 2021
The Consulate General of Switzerland in New York and the Honorary Consulate of Switzerland in Puerto Rico have joined the Spring 2021 Digital Edition of the 12th Puerto Rico European Film Festival to present three Swiss film entries. Enjoy the virtual screenings of Amur Senza Fin (Hide and Seek, Christoph Schaub, 2018); Just Kids (Christophe Blanc, 2020); and Platzspitzbaby (Needle Park Baby, Pierre Monnard, 2020). The films will be screened in their original language with English subtitles, except for Just Kids with Spanish subtitles. Click below to learn more and access your digital passes!
Image: © Platzspitzbaby film still via Festival de Cine Europeo de Puerto Rico
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MIX HAPPY HOUR COCKTAILS
WITH CHEF YANNICK GERMANIER
With the return of warmer and longer days, after work happy hour season is in full swing. Follow along as Chef Yannick shows us how to make two easy cocktails with a Swiss twist to welcome back the Spring-- a spiced pear sour and ovomaltine float. 
Image: © Yannick Germanier
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MEET AWARD-WINNING POET JOSÉ-FLORE TAPPY
AND CELEBRATE NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
In celebration of National Poetry Month, listen to award-winning Swiss poet José-Flore Tappy in conversation with her literary translator John Taylor in this latest episode of the podcast series French Forays. Her most recent book of poems Trás-os-Montes won the 2019 Prix Suisse de Littérature, the highest Swiss literary distinction, and will appear in English in May with MadHat Press. This episode is fully bilingual (French-English). Stay tuned for three more Swiss episodes coming soon!
Image: Felix Imhof © UNIL
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SWITZERLAND IN NYC
A GUIDE TO SWISS SITES
Earlier this month we celebrated NYC’s Immigrant Heritage Week with a week-long scavenger hunt exploring Swiss culture and history in the city. If you missed out on the contest, we are excited to announce a self-guided version! Click on the link below to download your copy.
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JOSEPHINE ERNI RECOMMENDS
PARRISH ART MUSEUM
My name is Joséphine Erni, I’m from Lucerne and I started at the Swiss Business Hub USA as an intern in September 2020 and recently joined the team as Office Manager. My pick is the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, NY. The museum was designed by the Swiss architect duo Herzog & de Meuron. Located on a beautiful meadow in the Hamptons, Herzog & de Meuron drew inspiration from the surrounding barns for the design of the building. I highly recommend taking the two-hour trip to Southampton in late summer and stop by the beautifully designed museum to see the great art exhibitions! The museum is currently open with two exhibits on view.
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