Events - October, 9, 2012
Books
Laurence Gonzales - Surviving Survival: The Art and Science of Resilience
In this illustrated talk, the author of Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why explores, how, after you have survived the crisis—trauma, disease, accident,...
Legal/Politics/Economics
Dr. Richard Soghoian with Paula Zahn: An Insider's Look at the Private School Crisis
A look inside the management and finances of private schools with insights from one of our most distinguished and experienced education leaders. How do you...
Religion/Spirituality, History/NYC
Emerging Metropolis: NY Jews in the Age of Immigration
Hear about New York’s transformation into a Jewish city at the turn of the 20th century. Annie Polland brings to life the urban tenements and...
Legal/Politics/Economics
Investigate This: Conversations with ProPublica - Dark Money Rises: The Influence of Nonprofits on Campaign 2012
While people are familiar with super PACs, few know the extent of spending and political activity by social nonprofits. This panel debates questions of disclosure,...
Art/Photo/Design
Water in Design
HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates is world-renowned as the “Number 1 Hospitality Design Firm” (Interior Design) and winner of six record-breaking awards (2010 Hospitality Design Awards). “Water...
Art/Photo/Design
Philip Levine and Andrew Moore, In Conversation
Inspired by Detroit, the greatest American industrial city of the 20th Century, Philip Levine and Andrew Moore will discuss their personal histories and creative evolutions...
History/NYC
In Search of First Contact: The Vikings of Vinland
The Vinland sagas are the earliest known narratives of first contact between Europeans and the native peoples of North America, and thus are a crucial archive...
Legal/Politics/Economics, , History/NYC
The First Female President of Guyana
Historian, author, professor and award winning filmmaker (Thunder in Guyana) Suzanne Wasserman talks about the life of Janet Jagan, an American women who became president...
Books
Zadie Smith in Conversation with Hari Kunzru
Zadie Smith presents her new novel, NW, with a reading and conversation with award-winning author and fellow Brit Hari Kunzru (Gods Without Men, The Impressionist).
Performing Arts/Film, Books
Atlantic Theater Company & Strand Book Store Present – Award Winning Playwrights Simon Stephens and Annie Baker in Conversation
We’re kicking off the series with two exciting award-winning playwrights in conversation. Olivier Award-winning British playwright Simon Stephens will join his acclaimed American colleague Annie...
Books
Hannah Tinti and Patrick Somerville
Patrick Somerville and Hannah Tinti will come together to talk about Somerville's new book This Bright River.
Books
Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe
Sean Howe talks about how a small company turned into a multibillion-dollar enterprise that gave us iconic heroes like Spider-Man and the X-Men.
Art/Photo/Design
Almost Anonymous & Ubiquitous: The Speculative Architecture of George & Edward Blum
In the 1910s and 1920s, the prolific architectural firm of George & Edward Blum worked closely with speculative builders to design a large number of...
Performing Arts/Film
Jazz Around the World - Africa
As early as the 1920’s jazz was traveling the world, influencing and being influenced by musical traditions on every continent. Join us as we explore...
Science/Tech/Health
Influenza, Swine Flus and the Vaccine
Doris Bucher, Ph.D., directs the New York Medical College lab that develops high-yield recombinant virus strains for the production of the world's annual supply of...
Sexual Violence and the Transmission of Trauma in South Sudan
Dr. Mike Anastario of the NYU Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality will discuss "Sexual Violence and the Transmission of Trauma in South...
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