Events - October, 3, 2012

Fraternité: French Artists from Revolution to Romanticism

The Revolution of 1789 transformed French art. Neoclassicism, embodied in the paintings of Jacques-Louis David, became the style of the day. This series explores the...

Art/Photo/Design

Washington Crossing the Delaware

The monumentality and iconic subject matter of the famed Emanuel Leutze painting make it the centerpiece of the new American Wing, where it now hangs...

Performing Arts/Film

The Life and Times of George Gershwin

All lectures include video and music, and are given by Cavaliere Ufficiale Aldo Mancusi, President and Curator of the Enrico Caruso Museum. YOU MUST MAKE A...

History/NYC

The Extraordinary Life of Josef Ganz: The Jewish Engineer Behind Hitler's Volkswagen

With Paul Schilperoord, a European journalist, science and technology writer, and car expert. In this visual talk, learn about the life story of Josef Ganz,...

Art/Photo/Design, History/NYC

The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation at The New School - Artists and Greenwich Village Series: Keith Haring

Two panels reminisce about the New Wave scene that filled the East Village and Lower East Side with astonishing art and music for a brief...

Books

Da Chen

Author of My Last Empress.

Legal/Politics/Economics

Joseph Stiglitz: Where Do We Go From Here?

Joseph Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University, the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics and a lead author of the 1995 IPCC...

Books

Park Views: Writes on Their Love Affair With Central Park

Central Park has long served as an antidote to urban chaos, providing inspiration for 38 million visitors a year—among them, naturally, a diverse array of...

Books

Stories on Our Mind

Readings to celebrate World Mental Health Day - Stories on Our Mind, selected works and excerpts by and about people living with mental illness. Author Alexandra...

Books, Art/Photo/Design

Lance Out Loud

The well-known mother of beloved artist and icon Lance Loud presents a moving portrait of her son, in partnership with visual artist Christopher Makos.

Art/Photo/Design

Artists and Greenwich Village: Keith Haring

Two panels reminisce about the New Wave scene that filled the East Village and Lower East Side with astonishing art and music for a brief...

Art/Photo/Design

"Dürer's Ambitions as a Young Draftsman," by Stephanie Buck, The Courtauld Gallery, London

The co-curator of Mantegna to Matisse will discuss the early figure studies of Albrecht Dürer, using as a starting point his pen-and-ink drawing of A Wise Virgin, executed...

Science/Tech/Health

SciCafe: The Whole-Life Catalog: Why and How We Should Map and Understand the Biosphere

Enjoy cocktails, cutting-edge science, and conversation at this popular after-hours series. Kick off the new season with Museum paleontologist and Provost of Science Michael J. Novacek. Dr....

Performing Arts/Film, Books

Richard Belzer - Dead Wrong: Straight Facts on the Country's Most Controversial Cover-Ups

LGBTQ+

Feeling Neoliberal: Homonormative Desires, Imperial Dreams

Lisa Duggan (Professor of American Studies and Gender and Sexuality Studies, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University) will explore the ways in which frameworks...

Art/Photo/Design

David Armstrong

Moderated by Phillip S. Block, the weekly Photographers Lecture Series brings together ten distinguished photographers and artists from all aspects of the field to present...

Art/Photo/Design

Architects in Conversation

Join visionary architect, MacArthur Fellow and National Academician Jeanne Gang, founder and principal of Studio Gang Architects, in this lively discussion about art and architecture....

Books, Science/Tech/Health

Is Technology Progressive? Steven Johnson in conversation with Sherry Turkle

In his new book Future Perfect, popular author and media theorist Steven Johnson argues that a new model of political change is on the rise, transforming...

Books

Lois Lowry with Anna Holmes and Lizzie Skurnick

All of Lois Lowry’s novels focus on one central theme: the importance of human connections. With this theme as a guide, Lois Lowry has written...

Legal/Politics/Economics

Presidential Debate Watch 2012

Debate season is upon us again, with Obama and Romney finally going head to head. Excited to watch the back-and-forth but worried Wolf Blitzer will...

Performing Arts/Film, Books

Kenny Rogers - Luck or Something Like It

Books

Yona Zeldis McDonough - A Wedding in Great Neck

Books

Readings from the Mind of Edgar Allan Poe: A Remembrance on his death on October 7, 1849

For the first time in decades, Edgar Allan Poe's works written in The Bronx will be publicly read out-loud. Dr. G. Hermalyn, historian, publisher,...

Books, Food & Drink

Baked: Matt Lewis & Renato Poliafito

Matt and Renato will be offering delicious nibbles from Baked to complement their presentation.

Books

John Robert Lennon with Ed Champion

In John Robert Lennon’s Familiar, a funny thing happens on the way back from a grave. Or not so funny -- Elisa Brown is returning from...

Legal/Politics/Economics

John Staddon on The Malign Hand of the Markets

Even after the global financial meltdown of 2008, economists have clung to Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hand” theory of an always self-regulating market that benefits private...

Books

Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power

Author Andrew Nagorski in conversation with longtime New York Times correspondent Richard Bernstein Told from the perspective of Americans living in Berlin in the 1920s...

Art/Photo/Design

Antonio Vega Macotela

Antonio Vega Macotela lives in Mexico City and Amsterdam. He graduated from The National School of Fine Arts ENAP-UNAM in 2001 where he began his public...

Art/Photo/Design

Sharon Salzberg + Josh Melnick

Sharon Salzberg, one of America's leading insight meditation teachers and author ofReal Happiness explores the human condition with artist Josh Melnick. Of his portraits of commuters in...

Performing Arts/Film

Peter and the Starcatcher - The Music Behind the Madness

Composer Wayne Barker and music director Marco Paguia discuss the role of music in Peter and the Starcatcher, and drawing inspiration from Edwardian pantomimes, sea shanties, anthems, and early musical theatre...

Origins of Traditional Palestinian Costume and Embroidery: A Talk by Hanan Karaman Munayyer

Special attention will be given to patterns and specific styles of historical importance, and to the influence of Arab textile arts and costume on medieval...