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Imagining Little Paris: The Jewish Jazz Age of Interwar Kovno
12 June 2025, 6:30 pm–9:30 pm
In person lecture and IJS Summer party
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All | UCL staff | UCL students | UCL alumni
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Sara Benisaac
Location
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UCL campus, exact room location to follow after registrationGower StreetLondonWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
In that brief shining moment when Kaunas was the capital of Lithuania, classically trained Jewish musicians, Jewish Jazz bands and singers drew crowds into the elegant hotels, restaurants and bohemian cafes. Using historical photographs, vintage recordings and original paintings, Aimee Birnbaum RI will evoke the flourishing cafe society life of interwar Kaunas between the World Wars.
About the Speaker
Aimee Birnbaum
Aimee Birnbaum is a native New Yorker living in London. She has a BSc in Education and graduated from The Museum School of Fine Arts , Boston, USA . Elected to the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours she exhibits annually at Mall Galleries. Invited to European City of Culture, Kaunas in 2022 , her work on interwar Kaunas musical culture toured Lithuania in 2022.