Events - July, 25, 2012

Quilts

Speaker: Elizabeth V. Warren, independent curator and author Quilts are made for many purposes, including the celebration of life’s passages and as a way to...

Legal/Politics/Economics, Books

Joseph E. Stiglitz - Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz shines a light on the 1% of Americans who control 40% of the nation's wealth and how they are...

Books

Jane Austen's Cults and Cultures - Claudia L. Johnson

Jane Austen is the inventor of the modern novel and an inspirational figure in English literary history. She is also venerated with wild intensity for...

Books

The Believer presents Karolina Waclawiak

Join The Believer in celebrating the launch of deputy editor Karolina Waclawiak’s debut novel, How To Get Into the Twin Palms. She’ll be in conversation with Ross Simonini,...

Books

Greenlight Poetry Salon

Created by Greenlight’s own Angel Nafis, Greenlight Bookstore’s quarterly poetry series, the Greenlight Poetry Salon, welcomes locally and nationally celebrated poets. This month poets Geoff...

Books, Food & Drink

Markets of Paris, 2nd edition: Food, Antiques, Crafts, Books, and More

For anyone planning a trip to Paris–or an armchair excursion–author Marjorie Williams takes us on a tour of the finest markets in Paris at the...

Legal/Politics/Economics,

Taming Globalization: International Law, the U.S. Constitution, and the New World Order

In collaboration with the New-York Historical Society and Oxford University Press, the Bryant Park Reading Room presents a series of lectures on popular topics to...

Art/Photo/Design

"Tastebreakers": Art in the Afternoon with Jessica Dickinson

View the artworks of Art of Another Kind through the eyes of this painter, interested in "markers of a space outside the verbal and within the visible."...

Books

ELLE Presents the 2012 Readers Prize Pick: Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann

Join Liza Klaussmann, the great-great-great granddaughter of Herman Melville, in conversation with ELLE Magazine’s Catherine Straut as they discuss the stunning debut Tigers in Red Weather. The first...

Books

Fifty Shades of Grey Panel

With Erica Jong (Fear of Flying, Sugar in my Bowl), Daniel Bergner (The Other Side of Desire), Ian Kerner (She Comes First, He Comes Second),...

Film

Films at the Schomburg: Reel Black Love

Come out to a free screening of the film and enjoy a great post discussion around image, love, and relationships. Filmmaker Darryl Pitts will lead...

Books, History/NYC

Lynn Sherr - Swim: Why We Love the Water

The renowned broadcast journalist and author examines the culture, history, challenges, and pleasures of her favorite recreational sport in this illustrated lecture. SWIM is Lynn...

Legal/Politics/Economics

Conversation on Economy + Performance by The Civilians

Sam Seder, comedian, writer, actor, director, producer and political talk show host of The Majority Report, moderates a conversation on banks, government, housing crisis & Occupy....

History/NYC, Film

The British Empire in Color, Part III

A documentary in three parts, The British Empire in Color provides an in-depth look at the history of the British Empire, considering the perspective of...