Events - October, 5, 2012

Ethics in Film - Unforgiven (1992)

Moderator: Chris Everett Retired gunslinger William Munny (Clint Eastwood) reluctantly takes one last job -- and even more reluctantly accepts a boastful youth (Jaimz Woolvett) as...

Art/Photo/Design

Alina Szapocznikow: A Symposium

Held in conjunction with the exhibition Alina Szapocznikow: Sculpture Undone, 1955–1972, this symposium presents new scholarship on Alina Szapocznikow’s two-decade-long career. Long influential in Poland, Szapocznikow’s compelling...

History/NYC

Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle To Save the World - Evan Thomas

Hear the startling account of how the underrated President Eisenhower saved the world from nuclear holocaust in the 1950’s. Facing the Soviet Union, China and...

Performing Arts/Film

On Ionesco

Please note: This talk takes place at the Rosenthal Pavilion at NYU’s Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South in Manhattan. Part of 30th Next Wave Festival...

Art/Photo/Design

Three Museums, One Collection: New Displays of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Art in Berlin

Andreas Scholl, Director, Antikensammlung (Collection of Classical Antiquities), Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Explore the world-famous Berlin Collection of Classical Antiquities, now presented in new installations...

Books

Will Schwalbe - The End of Your Life Book Club

Art/Photo/Design

Borges & Piazzolla in New York

The works of Jorge Luis Borges and Ástor Piazzolla are an important part of Buenos Aires’ distinctive artistic voice. Americas Society and TeatroStageFest celebrate these...

Performing Arts/Film, Film

The Rolling Stones Charlie Is My Darling - Ireland 1965

92Y presents a screening of the long-rumored but never released film of the Rolling Stones’ 1965 tour of Ireland, with rare and intimate footage documenting...

Immigration, Education and Opportunity Among Chinese Americans of Fuzhounese Descent

Over the last 25 years hundreds of thousands of new immigrants have been arriving in New York City from rural areas near Fuzhou, southeast China....

Art/Photo/Design

Lisa Kereszi's Joe's Junk Yard

Join Lisa Kereszi for a signing of her book Joe's Junk Yard.

Alternatives in Retrospect: Artist-run Spaces in the 1970s and 1980s

New York nurtured many alternative art spaces in the 1970s and 1980s, crucial venues for fostering community and supporting young artists. Reflecting both local concerns...

Performing Arts/Film, Books

Classic Stage Company and the Strand Present Chekhov's Ivanov: Translating and Adapting A Classic

Find out how a classic is translated and adapted. When you stage a classic, how do you decide to set it in a different time?...

Performing Arts/Film

Harlem in the Himalayas

Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer, and arranger Manuel Valera is at the forefront of contemporary modern jazz. He represents the next generation of great performers and composers....

Eros and Diaspora: Black Queer Formations and the History of Neoliberalism

Roderick A. Ferguson is professor of race and critical theory. He is the author of Aberrations in Black: Toward a Queer of Color Critique (2004) and the...