January 13th
Little Cow at globalFEST

"Hungary's hottest export since gulash!" (Funkhaus Europa) Little Cow is an exuberant mix of Gypsy-tinged ska/rock/funk pop songs. This January they will perform in the prestigious globalFEST, the U.S.'s leading showcasing event for artists performing a huge range of styles from around the world.

When: Sunday, January 13th, 7:00pm
Where: Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003
Admission: $40. For ticket information, visit: www.globalfest-ny.org or call (866) 448.7849

January 18th
Modern Romanticism: Two Concerts at HCC

Hungarian Cultural Center, AMP, and pianist Renate Rohlfing present two concerts that connect works by Romantic and modern composers. “Modern Romanticism” proposes that contemporary classical music should not isolate itself from the canonical masterpieces of the past; rather, traditional classical music and its contemporary progeny should mutually contextualize each other.

The first concert presents Beethoven's exuberant late sonata and Schumann's madness-tinged folk fantasies with the modernist exploration of form and sound in the works by Kagel, Ligeti, and Webern. The second concert centers on Ligeti's monumental Horn Trio, here presented with Brahms' first violin sonata and a new composition by Derek Muro for horn trio.

When: Friday, January 18th, 7:00pm
Where: Hungarian Cultural Center, 447 Broadway, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10013
Admission: $10 suggested donation

January 24th – March 8th
Random Utterness

The first installment of a two-part group exhibition, Random Utterness presents works by New York-based artists of Hungarian origin. The exhibition brings together established and emerging artists using a wide range of media. The X-ray-based works of Agnes Denes, the projected paintings of George Peck, and the gestural drawings of Tamás Vészi (bridging printmaking with the radiographic image, and painting with video projection or drawing) investigate how images can be translated and reconfigured from one medium to another. The photographs of Sylvia Plachy and Mónika Sziládi explore places and people, transforming urban life into fragmented landscapes and people into frozen, still-life objects.

When: Opening: Thursday, January 24th, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Open hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm
Where: Hungarian Cultural Center, 447 Broadway, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10013
Admission: Free