On the occasion of Veterans Day 2019, Mr. Yves Wantens, General Delegate of the Government of Flanders to the USA, kindly invites you to the Annual Flanders Remembers Concert on November 6, 7pm. Enjoy Shelter by Revue Blanche, and featuring readings from War and Turpentine by award-winning author Stefan Hertmans.

Doors open at 6:30pm. The performance will be followed by a reception. Submit your RSVP by October 30.

One hundred years ago, the United States was engaged in Flanders Fields during the First World War. It was the arrival of fresh American troops that enabled the Allies to turn the tide of war and force the Central powers to sue for peace. No art form is as strongly associated with warfare than music. World War I in particular, inspired a considerable number of highly engaged compositions. Rousing marches accompanied soldiers to the battlefield and a clarion call gave the signal to attack. Behind the front line, however, music was also a form of therapy, offering consolation and distraction, aiming to keep the atrocities of war at a distance.

"Shelter," literally meaning "bunker," also carries warmer connotations such as "protection" and a "safe haven." While some composers suspended their writing activities, others were inspired by the war experiences to compose music expressing a spectrum of contrary emotions. To a great number among them, the cruelties and traumas of the war undoubtedly proved a lifelong influence. Revue Blanche will bring their personal, heartfelt accounts to a contemporary audience with music by Ravel, Debussy, Granados, De Falla, Eisler, and Gurney.

This program will be brought to you in collaboration with Stefan Hertmans, who will be reading from his highly acclaimed and frequently awarded novel War and Turpentine, which was selected as one of The 10 Best Books of 2016 by The New York Times.

The New York Institute of Technology will screen the award-winning documentary Almost Sunrise on November 7, 4:30-8pm. 

There will be a networking opportunity beginning at 5pm and light refreshments will be served. The film screening will start promptly at 6pm. Following the film, there will be a panel discussion concerning Moral Injury & the Moral Ambiguities of War.

Get tickets here. Donations of Women's Hygiene & School Supplies will be accepted.

Panel members include:

Leslye Moore, National Director, Project Welcome Home Troops

Yvette Branson, Clinical Psychologist & Coordinator of the VITAL Initiative VA NY Haborside Healthcare System

Bryan Adams, Assistant Director, Rutgers Office of Veteran & Military Programs & Services

Ashley Dent, Air Force veteran, President of the New York Institute of Technology’s Student Veteran Organization

The film follows two Iraq veterans, Tom Voss and Anthony Anderson, both tormented by depression for years after they returned home and pushed to the edge of suicide. The two embark on an extraordinary journey – a 2,700-mile walk across the country from Wisconsin to California, in order to reflect on their haunting experiences of war and to ultimately, save themselves.

Arts in the Armed Forces holds their 11th Annual Broadway Show on November 11. Enjoy a staged reading of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. 

Free reception begins at 5:30pm. Performance begins at 7pm, with a Q&A with the cast and creative team following at 9pm.

The entire event is free for veterans, current servicemen and women, military families and caregivers (proof of service required).

Tickets are available here.

Each military guest may bring a plus one, who does not have to be military. There will not be any civilian tickets available at this year's performance. 

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, Spectrum, Smithsonian Channel, and the CBS Veterans Network present a screening of The Memphis Belle on October 30. Doors open for a reception at 6:15pm, and the screening begins at 7pm, with a panel to follow.

RSVP here.

IAVA's 2019 Heroes Gala will be another exciting evening of patriotism and inspiration, occurring on November 7, 6:30pm, just days prior to Veterans Day at the Classic Car Club at Hudson River Park’s Pier 76 in New York City, an exciting venue that exemplifies the modern, innovative IAVA brand.

As the premier veteran support event of the year and the cornerstone of an historic Veterans Week in New York, the annual Heroes Gala is also the single largest fundraiser for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), sustaining their critical, best-in-class programs throughout the year.

Register here.

The Bob Woodruff Foundation and the New York Comedy Festival present the 13th Annual Stand Up for Heroes on November 4, 8pm. It’s New York’s biggest night of hope, healing, and laughter, featuring Ronny Chieng, Hasan Minhaj, John Oliver, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Stewart and special guests.

Intended for mature audiences only. Wear business attire or military dress uniform.

Purchase tickets online here.