Events - May, 17, 2012

Art/Photo/Design

Contemporary Art Forum: Critical Play—The Game as an Art Form

From Marcel Duchamp’s chess games to Lygia Clark’s puzzles, artists throughout the 20th century have adopted the structures and strategies of games. In recent years,...
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Legal/Politics/Economics

The True Gold Standard

From the time of Alexander Hamilton to Richard Nixon (with a time out for the Civil War), every American dollar was backed by gold and/or...
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Books

John Cheever at 100 – Michael Chabon, Ben Cheever, Susan Cheever, Blake Bailey and Alan Gurganus

On the occasion of John Cheever’s centenary, friends and family gather to remember him and read from his work. “There is a great, questing soul...
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Legal/Politics/Economics, Performing Arts/Film

Katie Couric

In the past two decades Katie Couric has blazed trails at all of the “Big Three” networks. Coanchor of NBC’s Today from 1991–2006—where her top-notch reporting skills...
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Legal/Politics/Economics,

CORPORATE PROGRAM: Trans-Pacific Partnership: Pros & Cons

The U.S. initiative for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) reflects political and strategic considerations rather than purely economic motivation. As a result, it is likely to...
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Books

An Evening with Two-Time Booker Prize Winning Author Peter Carey

Come and enjoy a night with Australian novelist Peter Carey while he reads from his new novel The Chemistry of Tears, a tale of technology...
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