Calendar of American Culture in the UK

Citizen Kane

Orson Welles' masterpiece Citizen Kane is finally back on the big screen - from 30 October at BFI Southbank, London, Filmhouse Edinburgh, Glasgow Film Theatre and Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle.
For further venues and to watch the original trailer please see http://www.e-flier.co.uk/BFI/citizenkane/trailer.html

from 30 October 2009

Nine months of the Obama administration: Its meaning domestically and internationally

The Eccles Centre at the British Library offers a rare opportunity to discuss the new U.S. administration with Sander Levin, a knowledgeable, experienced and highly influential U.S. Congressman.
Further information available on the British Library's website

23 November 2009

Thanksgiving Day Service at St. Pauls

The U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Louis B. Susman, would like to invite everyone to a special Thanksgiving Day Service at 11 a.m. on Thursday, November 26th at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.  The event is free and open to all. You can read the Ambassador's invitation letter here.

The event will be a non-denominational, American-style service, organized by the American Church in London (ACL).  ACL’s Reverend John A. D’Elia will be reading the sermon and a volunteer American choir will be singing hymns.  Ambassador Susman will also be giving remarks.

No tickets are needed for the service this year, but each person may be required to pass through a metal detector and have bags searched. Given the high level of security, it is important to arrive at the Cathedral early. Photography in the Cathedral is not permitted. Mobile phones should be switched off. The doors open at 9:45 a.m. Please plan to arrive no later than 10:30 a.m.

Entry will be via the west end of the Cathedral. Closest Tube stop: St. Paul’s (Central line). For more information please visit www.stpauls.co.uk.

26 November 2009
Starts 11am.

The Purcell Singers conducted by Mark Ford

The programme will feature a concert of American Choral Music: Copland In The Beginning and Four Motets; Whitacre When David Heard and Sleep; Barber Reincarnations and Angnus Dei; Lauridsen Ave Maria, Les Chansons des Roses (1-4) and O Magnum Mysterium.

Venue: St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London SW1
Tickets are £12 (£10 concessions) and can be booked via the www.ticketweb.co.uk or by calling 0844-477-1000. Tickets will also be available on the door.

Saturday, 28 November 2009
7.30pm

Interfaith Leadership in a Religiously Diverse World
By Eboo Patel

The U.S. Embassy in London invites you to a lecture by Eboo Patel, Executive Director, Interfaith Youth Core.

Eboo Patel is the founder and Executive Director of the Interfaith Youth Core, a Chicago-based institution building the global interfaith youth movement. He was recently appointed by President Obama to the Advisory Council of the White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, where he is working to realize the President’s priority of interfaith cooperation. He is the author of Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation. Eboo holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship.
He writes The Faith Divide, a featured blog on religion for The Washington Post and has also written for the Harvard Divinity School Bulletin, the Chicago Tribune, The Clinton Journal, The Review of Faith and International Affairs, The Sunday Times of India and National Public Radio. Eboo serves on the Religious Advisory Committee of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Committee of the Aga Khan Foundation USA. He has spoken at the TED Conference, the Clinton Global Initiative, the Nobel Peace Prize Forum and at universities around the world.
Eboo is an Ashoka Fellow, part of a select group of social entrepreneurs whose ideas are changing the world; was named by Islamica Magazine as one of ten young Muslim visionaries shaping Islam in America; was chosen by Harvard’s Kennedy School Review as one of five future policy leaders to watch; and was most recently selected to join the Young Global Leaders network of the World Economic Forum.
The lecture will be held at:

Friends House, Large Hall
173 Euston Road
London, NW1 2BJ

14 December 2009
6pm – 7:30pm

Inherit the Wind

At London's Old Vic Theatre Trevor Nunn directs an outstanding cast including Kevin Spacey in Lawrence and Lee's gripping, relevant drama, one of the great American plays of the twentieth century. Inspired by the famous Scopes 'Monkey Trial' this fascinating slice of American history is played out in a thrilling courtroom drama.
Further information available on the Old Vic's website

18 September 2009 – 20 December 2009

Annie Get Your Gun

Wild West musical comedy at the Young Vic. Jane Horrocks, Julian Ovenden and multi-prize winning director Richard Jones unite to present a revival of Irving Berlin's great hit song-fest.

Further information available on the Young Vic's website

3 October 2009 –
02 January 2010

The Great American Seasonal Songbook

World renowned singer songwriter, David Martin, who penned the timeless Barry Manilow classic ‘Can’t Smile Without You’ will sing with Louisa Parry accompanied on piano by M.D Andy Rumble songs by Colle Porter, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Rogers & Hammerstein and Rogers & Hart and others. A fine entertainment for the festive season.

Tuesday - Saturday at 8.15
Matinee Thursday, Saturday & Sunday at 3.30pm
Venue: New End Theatre, Hampstead
Tickets £22.50, concession £19.

For further information and to book tickets please call 0870-033-2733 or visit www.newendtheatre.co.uk

08 December 2009 -
10 January 2010

Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting

The first major UK retrospective to focus exclusively on the paintings of the Los Angeles-based artist Ed Ruscha, one of the most influential and pioneering American artists of the past half-century.

Venue: Hayward Gallery, SouthbankLondon
For more information visit the Southbank website.

14 October 2009 – 10 January 2010

John Adams Focus

The Barbican's John Adams Focus features six Adams works in six performances.
For more information on the 6 performances in the John Adams Focus visit the Barbican website.

February 2010- July 2010