Events - May, 31, 2012

Lincoln and Davis: Commanders-in-Chief

One president was a West Point-trained Mexican War veteran and a former Secretary of War. The other had virtually no military training except in a...

Books, History/NYC

Dan Rather: Summing Up

One of the country’s leading journalists, Dan Rather, has just written a memoir, Rather Outspoken: My Life in News (Grand Central Publishing), which comes out...

Art/Photo/Design

Roundtable Discussion: Raw/Cooked Artists

The art scene in Brooklyn has exploded over the past decade, becoming a magnet for talent and creativity from around the world. Four of the...

Art/Photo/Design

Vuillard: Decorative Paintings and Hidden Portraits

The Gertrude and David Fogelson Lecture Thursday, May 31 at 6:30 pm Join art historian Gloria Groom for an engaging discussion on the life and...

Food & Drink

Cheese and Culture: 9000 Years of Cheese

Paul Kindstedt, Professor of Food Science at the University of Vermont, will discuss the history of cheese and its place in Western Civilization. Find out...

Books

A Time-Traveler's Trip to Niagara: A Staged Reading

The second part of an ensemble-devised new play by America-In-Play inspired by William Dunlap's 1828 comedy, A Trip to Niagra; or, Travellers in America.

Performing Arts/Film

Daniel Bernard Roumain, Violinist Interviewed by Jonathan Batiste

Having carved a reputation for himself as an innovative composer, performer, violinist, and band leader, Haitian-American artist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) melds his classical music...

Performing Arts/Film