June 16th - Poetry recital & launch of CD & Book ‘Eminescu - Eternal Longing, Impossible Love' at the Romanian Embassy, Washington, DC, hosted by Ambassador Sorin Ducaru. Representatives of the US administration, Romanian Community, the academic milieu and mass-media attended the event. The show room also featured the exhibition “An American in Romania” by photographer Peter Kayafas, a segment of which presented photos with epitaph translations by A. G. Sahlean from their upcoming book 'The Merry Cemetery of Sapanta' .