This Week at The Wolfsonian-FIU‏

THIS WEEK AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU



SPECIAL EVENT
Wednesday, January 23, 7pm
WOLF PACK DESIGN NIGHT—Join Wolfsonian founder Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. and curators Marianne Lamonaca and Sarah Schleuning for an evening that includes a tour of Fashioning the Modern French Interior, cocktails, conversation, and dinner in The Dynamo Café. RSVP required: 305.535.2631 or thea@thewolf.fiu.edu. $40 for members; $50 all others.

PUBLIC TALK
Thursday, January 24, 7pm
"A CHANCE TO CUT IS A CHANCE TO CURE"—John Heartfield's photomontages have impacted filmmaking and graphic design. Experimental filmmaker Mark Boswell addresses Heartfield's influence on "agit-prop" cinéastes. Free to members and students; $10 all others.
FILM
Friday, January 25, 7pm
MENSCHEN AM SONNTAG / PEOPLE ON SUNDAY (1929, Germany, Robert Siodmak, semi-documentary, 73 min, b/w, silent, 16 mm, German with intertitles)—Gleefully unaware of the war to come, this story of four working class Berliners features amateur actors portraying their actual jobs. Copresented with the German Consulate General Miami. Free.

SPECIAL EVENT
Saturday, January 26, 12pm
BRUNCH/BOOK SIGNING—David Rieff, son of author and intellectual Susan Sontag, recounts his mother's battle against cancer in his profound book, Swimming in a Sea of Death: A Son's Memoir. Brunch at 12 pm. Talk and book signing follow at 1 pm. RSVP required: 305.535.2631 or thea@thewolf.fiu.edu. $24pp, plus tax and tip.