Americas Society will kick off its Spring 2014 Visual Arts exhibition with guest curators Georgia de Havenon and Alicia Lubowski-Jahn.
Exhibition Opening - Unity of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt and the Americas
7:00 pm
Lunch: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson on the Western Hemisphere-Asia Relationship
12:00 pm
Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere Roberta Jacobson will discuss goals and plans of relations between Asia, Latin America, and the United States.
Business Implications of Brazil's New Anti-Bribery Law
8:00 am
Proponents argue the legislation encourages trade, while others are skeptical of the law’s wide scope and harsh penalties.
A Conversation with Juan Gabriel Vásquez and Jess Row
7:00 pm
Award-winning Colombian author Juan Gabriel Vásquez will speak at Americas Society about his new work.
Concert: Nicholas Mariscal
7:00 pm
Music of the Americas will present cellist Nicholas Mariscal in a solo recital at Americas Society.
Guatemalan Writers: Journeys Toward Daylight: New Narratives
7:00 pm
Join Americas Society for a discussion and fiction reading with four prominent Guatemalan writers.
Book Launch – Cuba Then: Rare and Classic Images from the Ramiro A. Fernández Collection
6:00 pm
The book celebrates more than a century of Cuba’s intensely colorful history with 250 never-before-published photos.