Events - August, 15, 2012

Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara - Revival from the Great East Japan Earthquake: Learning from John Manjiro

A lecture in Japanese with Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara of St. Luke’s International Hospital of Japan, entitled “Revival from the Great East Japan Earthquake: Learning from...

Legal/Politics/Economics

The Candidate: What it Takes to Win -- and Hold -- The White House

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...

Legal/Politics/Economics, Books

Michael Grunwald - The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era

Journalist Michael Grunwald, George Polk Award-winner for national reporting, makes the case in The New New Deal, that Obama's stimulus package was pivotal in the...

Art/Photo/Design

"Tastebreakers": Art in the Afternoon with Agnes Berecz

Looking at Art of Another Kind as a document of traveling pictures and ideas, the tour addresses the different modes in which abstract painting was practiced and...

History/NYC

Investigating the Merchant's House: Why Isn't the Fence Black Anymore?

The Museum is now engaged in implementing a house-wide series of restoration projects in an effort to present an even more authenticinterpretation of the house and...

Books, Food & Drink

Daisy: Morning, Noon and Night; Bringing Your Family Together with Everyday Latin Dishes

Growing up in her mother’s and grandmother’s kitchens, Daisy Martinez (TV's Daisy Cooks!) became an expert in traditional Latin-American cuisine. In this illustrated lecture, she “Daisifies”...

Film

David Cronenberg & Robert Pattinson

Award-winning director-writer-producer David Cronenberg (“A Dangerous Method,” “A History of Violence,” “Eastern Promises”) and actor Robert Pattinson (“The Twilight Saga,” “Water for Elephants”) discuss their...

Performing Arts/Film, Books

Molly Ringwald in Conversation With Deborah Treisman

Art/Photo/Design, Film

Monsoon: India's God of Life

A fascinating chronicle of how the wild animals of India cope with the hardship of summer, and how the arrival of the monsoon transforms their...

Science/Tech/Health

Martian Summer: Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen and 90 Days with the Mars Mission

In the summer of 2008, Martian Summer author Andrew Kessler spent three months living and working in mission control of the Mars Phoenix expedition, along with 130...

Legal/Politics/Economics

Conversation on Voter Suppression and Citizens United

Isaiah Castilla (Advocacy Programs Council, Alliance for Justice) moderates a conversation around voter suppression and Citizens United, the landmark Supreme Court case that granted corporations...

Legal/Politics/Economics, Art/Photo/Design

Super Models: Panel Discussion

As part of a continuing series of talks stemming from the recently published Super Models (GDNYC S/S 2012) about the often inscrutable relationship between business and art,...