Using a novel as a launching pad, Ticket To… explores a nation through its history, cuisine and culture at The Greene Space in New York City.

This month, we travel to Rwanda through the lens of Scholastique Mukasonga’s Our Lady of the Nile. Twenty five years after one of the most devastating genocides in history, the novel sends us to an all girls boarding school in Rwanda and initiates a conversation about the racial tensions and post-colonial political landscape that turned neighbor against neighbor, schoolchild against schoolchild.

The evening will include a discussion, a taste of a Rwandan delicacy and a live performance. Guests to be announced.

Reading the assigned novel in advance of the event is highly recommended, but not at all required to enjoy the show.

Purchase tickets here.

The event is available as a livestream.

Ticket To...Explore the World with THE ALIGNIST

Using a novel as a launching pad, Ticket To… explores a nation through its history, cuisine and culture at The Greene Space in New York City.

This month, we travel to Colombia through the eyes of Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s The Sound of Things Falling with host  Beenish Ahmed, founder of The Alignist book club and subscription service. She’ll talk with Vásquez about his portrait of a young academic in Bogota.

The evening will also include:

• A conversation about the rise of drug smuggling in Colombia and the violence that followed with Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, author of There Are No Dead Here and former co-director of the Americas Program of Human Rights.

• A cultural discussion with actor Germán Jaramillo (Narcos), who is also director and founder of Teatro Libre in Colombia and ID Studio Theater in the Bronx, and Pablo Mayor a composer, musician and founder of Folklore Urbano.

• A dance and music improvisation with dancer and choreographer Daniel Fetecua Soto of Limon Dance Company, and founder of Pinta’o Dance Company; and Pablo Mayor.

• A performance by indie pop band Salt Cathedral, whose music fuses island summer sounds with distinct electronic beats.

Reading the assigned novel in advance of the event is highly recommended, but not at all required to enjoy the show.

Purchase tickets here. Use the offer code ALIGNIST for $10 off.

Available for live streaming.