Events - June, 7, 2012

Book Expo & Penguin Books Present: How to Publish Your Book

The Strand will host a panel of publishing experts – editors, agents, authors – to talk about the publication process. How do you get an...

Art/Photo/Design

Rodin's Partiality: Fragmentary Bodies and the Gendering of Sculpture

Auguste Rodin inaugurated modern sculpture by leaving his visible mark on the figures he created and, by his use of fragmentation and the partial figure,...

Books, LGBTQ+

Dignity Presents Fr. Bernard Lynch

Fr. Bernard Lynch will discuss and sign copies of his new memoir, "If It Wasn't Love: Sex, Death and God." Q & A and reception...

Art/Photo/Design

When Margaret Met Moholy-Nagy: Margaret De Patta, The Chicago Bauhaus, and Modernist Jewelry

Founded in 1937 by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, the Chicago Bauhaus brought the cornerstones of the singularly influential German Bauhaus to the United States. The accomplished artists,...

Books

Tabloid City: A Novel with Pete Hamill

Legendary writer, journalist, and Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at NYU returns to discuss his newest novel. Chaos unfolds for a kaleidoscope of New York City characters in...

Legal/Politics/Economics

Can Wall Street Reinvent Itself?

After the financial collapse in 2008 and the ongoing scrutiny of their investing practices, Wall Street and New York's banking and financial industries are at...

LGBTQ+, Art/Photo/Design

Jeannine Tang and Reina Gossett: Love Revolution, Not State Collusion

As transgender issues, artists, and theory have received greater recognition in contemporary art discourses and institutions since the 2000s, activist Reina Gossett, art historian Jeannine...

Legal/Politics/Economics

Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power

As the world’s largest publicly traded oil and gas company, ExxonMobil’s annual revenues are greater than the economic activity of most countries, equivalent to the...

Performing Arts/Film, Books

Marc Dolan - Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock 'n' Roll

Marc Dolan, an associate professor of English, American studies, discusses his new book about Bruce Springsteen, which traces the journey of America's ever passionate singer-songwriter.

Performing Arts/Film, Books

Patti Smith - Banga

Books

What's in a Name? Imposters, Doubles and Identities

It is widely known that Mark Twain is the pen name of Samuel Clemens, but why did poet Sylvia Plath publish a book as Victoria...

Books, Art/Photo/Design

Sophie Blackall: Meet the Artist

Sophie Blackall will talk about her artwork and inspiration in creating her current exhibition, "Drawn From My Father's Adventures", as well as her illustrations from...