Events - June, 11, 2012

John Heilemann in Conversation with David Axelrod

How has President Obama fared during his first term, and will he win a second? Take a look back as the top political adviser, credited...

Books, Religion/Spirituality

Women's Self Expression in Religious Society - Talia Carner and Dr. Phyllis Chesler

Journey back in time to the Holy Land under the Ottoman Empire with Talia Carner’s novel Jerusalem Maiden, which depicts a woman’s struggle for freedom...

Books

Special Tribute to James Joyce With Pete Hamill and Malachy McCourt

Join authors and actors Pete Hamill, Malachy McCourt, Larry Kirwan, Jeffrey Frank, Aedin Moloney and others as they read from their favorite James Joyce masterpieces.

History/NYC, Film

Filming American Jewish History: A Conversation with Documentary Filmmaker Aviva Kempner

Documentary filmmaker Aviva Kempner will discuss her work making films about American Jews in a public conversation with University of Pennsylvania Professor Beth Wenger. Kempner...

Art/Photo/Design

Gallery Talks: A Closer Look at Edouard Vuillard

Educators and curators engage visitors in discussions about select works in the exhibition, Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890–1940.

Books

Bernadette Mayer & Matvei Yankelevich

Bernadette Mayer is an avant-garde writer associated with the New York School of poets. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and has spent most of...

Books

Thane Rosenbaum - The Stranger Within Sarah Stein

Thane Rosenbaum, the author of a number of adult novels, discusses his new work of teen fiction, The Stranger Within Sarah Stein, a story that...

Books

Chuck Klosterman - Visible Man

Performing Arts/Film

Talking of Noël Coward

An informal panel of past friends, performers, and others in discussion of Noël Coward's body of work. Moderated by Geoffrey Johnson, casting director of Broadway's three longest...