Events - August, 22, 2012

Damn Yankees: Twenty-Four Major League Writers on the World's Most Loved (and Hated) Team

DISCOUNT: Thoughtlectuals can enter the code Thought822 at check-out and receive a 50% discount on this event ($6 tickets instead of $12). Click here to...

Art/Photo/Design

The Shipcarver's Art: Wooden Sculpture in 19th-century America

From about 1820 until after the Civil War, New York City was the largest shipbuilding center in the country. Its many shipyards supported a talented...

Books

Shadow Show: A Birthday Celebration for Ray Bradbury

Join us on the late, great Ray Bradbury’s birthday for a celebration of his life and work, and the launch of Shadow Show, a collection of...

Performing Arts/Film

Charlie Parker with Strings: A Conversation with Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Ashley Kahn

Noted multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and educator Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, who is commissioned for this year’s festival, will present his newly composed versions of the music from...

Books, Art/Photo/Design

Reading: Darger/Melville

The American Folk Art Museum presents a reading in conjunction with its exhibition Compass: Folk Art in Four Directions at the South Street Seaport Museum. Speakers: Kevin...

Legal/Politics/Economics,

Conversation on Foreign Policy & the Media

Jennifer Robinson, an Australian human rights lawyer, Legal Director for the Bertha Foundation in London, and former legal representative to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, joins...

Books

Victor LaValle & Kelly Link

Victor LaValle is the award-winning author of the novels The Ecstatic and Big Machine (which he read at Greenlight), and a collection of short stories, Slapboxing with Jesus. His new novel The...

Books

William Bryant Logan - Air: The Restless Shaper of the World

The author of Dirt and Oak brings to life this quickest, most sustaining, most communicative element of the earth.

Art/Photo/Design, Film

The Arid Heart

Staying alive in Asia’s barren heartland of desert and dry grasslands is a challenge, yet many animals prosper. This film explores life in the arid...

History/NYC, Film

Digital Dharma

Thoughtlectuals can receive 10% off tickets for the August 22 screening of Digital Dharma when they use the coupon code ‘THOUGHT’ with their advance ticket purchase....

Science/Tech/Health