Romanian Islands in North America

You might be able to find something you're looking for that is not in my list, by querying the Romanian Yellow Pages or looking in the Romanian-American Yellow Pages.

Christian links

Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America and Canada (ROAAC: under Romanian Orthodox Church). Directory. Arhiepiscopul Nicolae si noua arhiepiscopie (5410 N Newland Ave, Chicago, IL)
Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America (ROEA: under Orthodox Church in America diocese). Directory.
Romanian Baptists of America. Directory: Western US, Eastern US, Canada & Australia.
Various Romanian-American Churches (orthodox, baptist, pentecostal, etc)
Pagini Ortodoxe Româneşti

Clubs, Associations, Info, etc

Canada

Toronto, ONT: Alianta Romanilor Canadieni
Windsor, ONT: Clubul Luceafărul, Romanian club that organizes literary gatherings and concerts (since 1994).
Vancouver, BC:
- Romanian Community Center (Centrul Comunitar Romanesc) organizeaza Festivalul Romanesc pe 1 decembrie (din 2001)
- Holy Trinity Parish (Parohia romana ortodoxa "Sfanta Treime")
Montreal, QC: Asociatia Romana din Canada, Movement de Solidarité Québec-Roumanie (MSQR), Fundaţia Română din Montreal, Centrul Comunitar Roman Canadian
Hamilton, ONT: Asociaţia Culturală Română. Loc de întâlnire: Câmpul Românesc, 401 Vest, Hwy 6 Sud, Concession 10 East sau QEW Vest, 403 Nord, Hwy 6 Nord, Concession 10 East. Treceti de Balaclava School, pe dreapta, si ajungeti la intrarea la Câmpul Românesc, pe stânga, marcat de o piatra mare vopsita in rosu, galben si albastru.
Kitchener, ONT: Romanian Cultural Centre-Banatul, 2150 Bleams, Kitchener, ON N2E 4K5, 519.570.0172

USA

Romanian Embassy in USA's list of Romanian-American communities and consulates.
Romanian Student Associations in North America and around the world
Cambridge, MA: Romanian Student Association at MIT
Gainesvilla, FL: Romanians at UFL (University of Florida)
Niles, IL: Romanian-American Network
Atlanta, GA: Consiliul Mondial Român
McLean, VA: Congress of Romanian Americans
North Olmstead, OH: Union and League of Romanian Societies of America
Boston, MA: Honorary Consulate , Harbor Tower 1, 85 East India Rowe, 4H, Boston MA 02110 Tel:(617) 624-0228 Fax:(617) 624-0154
Andover, MA: Romanian Roots Association
Detroit, MI: Honorary Consulate, 613 Abbott St, Detroit, MI 48226. Business Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00-12:00; 13:00-15:00 Phone: (313)-442-1320 Fax: (313)-965-4827
Los Angeles, CA: Consulate General, 11766 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 560, Los Angeles, California, 90025 Telephone: 310-444 0043; Fax:310-445 0043 consulat@romanian.org.
New York, NY: Consulate General Dr. Eugen SERBANESCU, Consul-General, 200 East 38th Street, New York, NY 10016 Phone: 212-6829122 Fax: 212-9728463 mail@romconsny.org
Costa Mesa, CA: Romanian American Council, 3107 Mace Ave. #D, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, consiliu@usa.com.
Jackson, MI: Romanian American Heritage Center, 2540 Grey Tower Road, Jackson, Michigan 49201,(517) 522-8260, FAX: (517) 522-8236
Washington, DC: Romanian American Chamber of Commerce
Pompton Plains, NJ: Romanian-American Committee for Private Property
Provo, UT (map it): Club "România"
Oakland, CA: Casa Româna
Flushing, NY: Banatul Social Club, 1701 Palmetto Street, Flushing, NY 11385 (718) 386-5188
New York: Romanian Cultural Institute (address), 200 East 38th St, New York, NY, 212-687-0180.
Portland, OR: Little Romania.
Seattle, WA: NW Romanian Community.
Seattle, WA: Pagini Româneşti.

Learning Resources, Classes & Academic Programs

UCLA's Language Materials Project list of North American institutions that teach

Center for Applied Linguistics: Romanian language proficiency examinations.

Toronto, Canada: Şcoala românească, Milne Valley M.S. 100 Underhill Drive, M3A 2J9

Huntington, IN: Society for Romanian Studies at Huntington College.

Quincy, MA: Romanian Studies at Eastern Nazarene College.

Bloomington, IN: Romanian Studies at Indiana U.

Seattle, WA: Romanian Courses at U of Washington.

Provo, UT: LING 450 - History of the Romanian Language was offered not long time ago at Brigham Young U. Check with the French and Italian Dept on future offerings.

New Orleans, LA: Romanian Courses at U of New Orleans.

Fairfax, VA: Romanian Internet Academy at George Madison U.

Eugene, OR: ANTH 607 East European Ethnography, DANC 179 Balkans & East Europe (and more offered through REESC at U of Oregon.

Charlottesville, VA: Romanian Folklore at U of Virginia.

Tempe, AZ: FLA 394 Intermediate Romanian at Arizona State U.

Washington, DC: REES 465 Romania and the Romanians in the Modern World at Georgetown U.

Pittsburgh, PA: HIST 0200: East European Civilization (1,2) at UPitt.

Columbus, OH: Romanian Minor Program and Romanian Courses (see also Rodica Botoman) at Ohio State U.

Los Angeles, CA: "ROM 101C/D Elementary/Advanced Romanian" & "ROM 152 Survey of Romanian Literature" (all Romanian classes) at University of California, Los Angeles.

Museums

Philadelphia: Romanian Museum, 1606 Spruce St. 215.732.6780.
Pittsburgh: Romanian Classroom at U. of Pitt.
Detroit: Romanian Room at Wayne State U.
Cleveland: Romanian Ethnic Art Museum (maintained by St Mary's Romanian Orthodox Church, see library also), 3256 Warren Rd, Cleveland, OH, 216-941-5550.
Goldendale, WA: Mary Hill Museum of Art, 35 Maryhill Museum Drive, Goldendale, WA. 509-773-3733. See some Queen Marie regalia and old (Russian) Orthodox icons in her own gallery in the permanent collections.

Libraries

Cyberspace: Biblioteca româneasca virtuală
Toronto, ON: Biblioteca romanească "George Bacovia", 91 Barrington Ave, Toronto, 416.505.7008. Joi, 6-8:30PM. Asociatia Romană "Decebal".
Stanford, CA: Romanian Collections at the Hoover Institution Archives
New York: Adrian Mihai's Videos part of his Romanian Echoes.
Bloomington, IN: Indiana U's collection of Romanian books.
Houston, TX: Rice U's collection of Romanian books. Here is a their online catalog: LIBRIS.
Austin, TX: Romanian film collection at U of Texas
Philadelphia, PA: Temple U's collection of Romanian books (PC601-872).
Washington, DC: Romanian books at American University Library.
Chicago: "Mircea Eliade" Romanian Library, 5153 N Ashland, Chicago, IL opened on April 22, 1996 with the help of the Romanian Freedom Forum and closed sometime before 8/2000. Romanian Library and Cultural Center opened Dec 7th, 2002 but no details are given (besides pretty pictures from the opening) and the Book Club seems unfinished half a year later!
Cleveland: Romanian Ethnic Arts Library (also maintained by St Mary's Romanian Orthodox Church, see museum also), 3256 Warren Rd, Cleveland, OH, 216.941.5550.
Pittsburgh: UPitt's Slavic and East European Film Collection has Romanian movies: same as OSU.
Columbus: OSU Library, 1858 Neil Ave, Rm 300, 614-292-8959, has 850+ books in Romanian or about Romania, Romanian newspapers(Eastern European and Slavic Studies - rm.312), Romanian movies (Pintilie's Oak and Unforgettable Summer, Stone Wedding, and a documentary). You can search the OSU library with OSCAR (telnet ). Example: an author search for M. Eminescu returned 52 items and 7 for G.Coşbuc! Note: All searches return items that could be found in other Big T(elev)en libraries; items which are not local are accesible only to Big T(elev)en students and faculty...
If you got time on your hands here is a pointer to libraries across the globe!

Barnes & Noble searches on books related to Romania.

Amazon.com searches for:

music related to Romania.

North American diaspora media

(see another list here)

TV and Radio

Boca Raton: Romania-International Romanian Voice of Florida (since 1999; live stream)
Chicago:
- TV: Din aprilie 1994, Romanian Christian TV transmite emisiunea Faţă în faţă pe canalul 23 în fiecare sâmbătă la 5PM, pe TLN la 5:30AM şi pe TV68 în San Francisco la aceiaşi oră. Contact: 773-286-0007.
- 1430AM (WEEF): Mioriţa (Sun 8-8:30am), Rom Baptist Church (Sun 8:30-9am), Romanian Time (Sun 9-9:30am, with Eugen Bârsan), Voice of Romania (email, 312-296-8333, Sat 12-1pm with Mike Martini)
- Radio Valahia, Chicago, IL, broadcasts on AM 750Khz (WNDZ).
New York:
- Romanian Voice TV [rvtv@earthlink.net], 45-51 39th Place, Sunnyside, NY, 718-784-0100, media group that provides Romanian news 30 min segments (also aired on the I-Channel sometimes) . Director: Vasile Badaluta.
- Dacia TV: Queens Ch 57 QPTV (Monday 6:30pm-7:30pm & Sunday 5:30pm-6:30pm), Manhattan Ch 34 MNN (Friday 11am-11:30am). Founder: Dr Napolean Savescu. Director: Nick Bunea. 718-932-1700.
Detroit: Romanian Radio Hour, vineri de la 9-10pm pe 690 (WNZK). Director C-tin Bodea, 248.366.3079, 21700 Northwestern Hwy Tower 14, Suite 1190, Southfield, MI 48075.
Montreal:
- Programme roumain (514-790-0251), emisiune radio de 30 minute miercurea la 23:30 pe CFMB/1280AM.
- Adhoc Roumanie, emisiune TV defuncta (1999-2005) pe canalul CJNT în limba româna în cooperaţie cu TVRI.
Ottawa: 60 minutes of Romanian programming since May 1998, ROMAGAZIN 2000 on CHUO (89.1FM) every Tuesday between 15-16 hours. Address: CHUO pt. Ro-Magazin 85, University Private, camera 227 Ottawa, Ont., K1N 6N5. Fax: (613)562-5848 romagazin@canada.com
Seattle:
- RoClub, livestream of intl dance music, etc.
- Ultima Oră - 60 minutes of Romanian programming or KLIFE (1590Khz on AM radio) between 11 and 12 every Saturday evening. Contact: Last Hour Ministries 877-871-0444 or 206-777-0080.
Toronto:
- Mioriţa -1540Khz (CHIN)- 30 min. Sunday 3:30pm (producer: Maria Cojocaru; dinainte de 1992)
- Nostalgia - 60 minutes of news and music on internet or CHKT radio station (1430Khz on AM radio) starting Jan 1, 2000 on Saturdays at 21:00 (still broadcasting in Dec 2006).
- Omni1 TV has a 30-min segment of Romanian programming entitled Noi, Românii (We the Romanians).
Edmonton: Asociaţia Română pt Radio: Emisiune săptămânală în direct CKER 101.9FM Sa 8-9AM 780.438.1019 - since 19.08.1989, Vasile Constantinescu (aceeaşi emisiune înregistrată & folk music: Eugen Baboi & Marius Batu from C21ETV).
Vancouver: Romanian Memories on CJVB 1470AM Su 6PM (on internet) presented by St. Michael Romanian Canadian Society, Ion Antica, 604.331.9559.
USA/Canada: Canalul TVRI este prezent în SUA si Canada si prin intermediul satelitului standard: MPEG 2/DVB (FAQ). Românii din aceasta parte a lumii vor putea astfel sa urmareasca (24 de ore din 24), programul canalului international al Televiziunii publice Române. Programul contine: jurnale de stiri, emisiuni informative din domenii de interes (economie, legislatie, turism, sanatate), divertisment, arhiva de aur a televiziunii, meciuri din campionatul national de fotbal, patru filme românesti pe saptamâna, piese de teatru si multe altele. Programul este gratuit. Pentru informatii suplimentare vizitati site-ul GlobeCast WorldTV (canalul 505).

Print media

Acasă (since 2007), 35 Longwood Ave, Richmond Hill, ON. 905-482-1838, 647-427-5939
Actualitatea (since 2002), 7 Roanoke Road, Toronto, ONT. Redactor: Cătălin Floroiu.
Agenda Romanească (since 2007), Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo/Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Alternativa (since 2003), 10 B Leaside Park Dr, Toronto, ON, 416-467-5857
Atheneum (since 2001?), revista de cultura si informatie a romanilor din Vancouver, BC.
Clipa (since 1990), PO Box 4391, Anaheim, CA 92803, 714-826-0550 or 758-8801 (FAX 9632), Revistă independentă de informaţie socio-politică şi culturală. Director: Dwight Luchian Patton
Columna, 11584 SE Linwood Ave, Milwaukie, OR 97222, Fax: 503-659-0044.
Curentul Internaţional (since 1999), 117 S Main St, Mishwaka, IN 46544, 219.259.0010, fax 219.256.7130, director: Marian Oprea. redactor-sef: Titel Folea.
Cuvântul Românesc, Hamilton, ONT, Canada. Monthly. Editor: George Bălaşu.
Doina (since 1997), 4080 Cote Ste Catherine #17, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1E3, Canada. Magazin al femeilor românce.
Faptu' Divers (since 1997), Ravi Press, 181 Barrington Ave, Toronto, ONT M4C 5N1, Canada, 416-691-6639 or 9447. Editori: Radu & Violeta Iatan.
Foaia , pt romanii din New England, Boston, MA.
Gândacul de Colorado (since 2001), PO Box 2521, Estes Park CO 80517. 970-222-4751. Fondat de Lucian Oprea.
Jurnalul Romanesc (since 2005), 2666 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON. 416-548-9869. noiromanii@rogers.com
Jurnal Tec Canada, Bucuresti:230-8421, Montreal:(514)369-6362, Vancouver:(800)335-5641
Luceafărul Românesc (since 1990), Box 1163, Station H, Montreal, PQ, H3G 2N1, Canada, 514-934-0450, fax 514-933-3903. Director Dan Fornade.
Lumea liberă românească (since 1988), PO Box 7640, Rego Park, New York, NY 11374, Phone/Fax: 718-997-6314. Editori: Dan Costescu/Cornel Dumitrescu, $55/yr
Lumea Românească , Grand Rapids, MI.
Magazin Canadian, Toronto.
Meridianul Românesc, 330 N State College Blv Ste 107, Anaheim, CA, 714-991-4977.
Micromagazin, PO Box 56538, Sherman Oaks, CA 91413, 818-995-4924.
New York Magazin (since 1997), 102-02 65th Rd, Forest Hills NY 11375, 718-896-8383(FAX 8170). Director: Grigore L. Culian
Observatorul (din 1990), a digest of Romanian current events, (416)-929-7894, fax:(416)-465-9388,149 South Drive #1, Toronto, On. M4W 1S3, Canada. Director: Dumitru R. Popescu
Origini, PO Box 930698, Norcross, GA, 678-376-1117. Editor Gabriel Stănescu.
Pulsul Românesc, 925 Wilson Avenue, Suite 8, North York, ONT, M3K 1E8, 416-633-6818.
REACH, magazine for Romanian-American Christian youth, by ROYOUTH Ministries, P.O. Box 71682, Madison Heights, MI 48071. Since 2003.
România Liberă USA (was Actualitatea Românească 2000), 9269 Park Blvd, Seminole, FL 33777, 727-397-9661 ext 216
Romanian Christian TV, Chicago, IL.
Romanian Impact (monthly since 2001), Center Focus Publishing, 7847 Caldwell Ave, Unit D, Niles, IL 60714, 847.663.9690. Redactor Sef: Steven Bonica.
Românul Canadian (since sept 2003), Toronto, Ont. Publisher: Leonard Vulpe.
Romanian Tribune (weekly since 2002), 7847 N Caldwell Ave, Niles, IL, 847.663.9690, redactor sef: Steven Bonica, published by Center Focus Publishing.
Romanian Voice Newspaper (Cuvântul românesc), 865 Scenic Dr, Hamilton, ONT L9C 1H7,905.387.1832
Romanian Journal (since 1997,$50/yr) [rvtv@earthlink.net] , 45-51 39th Place, Sunnyside, NY, 718-784-0100. Director: Vasile Badaluta.
Solia Herald, Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America newspaper.
Tribuna Noastră (since 1998), 1538 Sherbrooke Ouest, bureau 305, Montreal, QC H3G 1L5, 514.937.4473. Editor: Federatia Asociatiilor Romanesti din Canada. Presedinte: Basile Gliga.
Universul (since 1984), PO Box 571115, Tarzana, CA 91357, 818-343-9168, fax 818-343-8272. Director Aristide Buhoiu.
Viaţa creştină (The Christian Life, din 1989), Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Church, Los Angeles. Editor: Rev. Fr. Constantin Alecse.
ZigZag Roman-Canadian (din 2005), 5045 MacDonald, Suite 16, Montreal QC. 514-489-1328
Zum Magazine, Raaphael Publishing House Inc, PO Box 701337, Flushing, NY 11370, 718-507-7535, publisher: Cristina Sprînceana.
Ziare.com: one of the most complete lists of all Romanian mass media.
US subscriptions: Magazin istoric($15/yr), Romania literară ($300/yr)

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