Events - October, 10, 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

The Conservation of 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

How to Start Your Fashion Line

Melissa Hall, founder of The Emerging Designer, and a panel of fashion and retail experts discuss the nuts and bolts of producing and sourcing your...

Legal/Politics/Economics

Endtimes? Crises and Turmoil at the New York Times, 1999-2009

Daniel R. Schwarz, the Frederic J. Whiton Professor of English and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University, takes an in-depth look at ten...

Performing Arts/Film, Books

William J. Mann

Author of Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand.

Books, LGBTQ+

Merle Miller - On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual

Merle Miller's landmark, affirming 1971 article, "What It Means to Be a Homosexual," now in book form, is discussed by authors Charles Kaiser, who wrote...

Performing Arts/Film

Gods Like Us: Movie Stardom and Modern Fame

Ty Burr offers a history of stardom, from the dawn of cinema to the age of the Internet, with stops along the way to discuss...

Art/Photo/Design

Ethnographic Images in the Late Renaissance, East and West

With Joan-Pau Rubiés, International History, The London School of Economics and Political Science. Visit official site for registration.

Books

Author Talk: Steven Stern's Book of Mischief

Stern’s stories take readers from the market towns of Eastern Europe to a turn-of-the-century immigrant community in New York, and range from hysterical comedy to...

History/NYC

Raoul Wallenberg: The Centenary of a Hero

Each lecture, lasting about 50 minutes, will be followed by a question and answer period of 50 minutes. The lecture series is offered in cooperation...

Art/Photo/Design

A Night of Provocation with Eikoh Hosoe

Master photographer Eikoh Hosoe is known for his dark, metaphorical and provocative images. First emerging in postwar Japan as a member of the avant-garde movement, he produced Barakei (Ordeal...

Food & Drink

Heirloom Apples: A History & Tasting

Anne Mendelson, of the Culinary Historians of New York, will briefly describe the genetic mysteries of apples from their prehistoric origins in the western Asian...

Performing Arts/Film, Books

D.L. Hughley I Want You to Shut the F#ck Up: How the Audacity of Dopes Is Ruining America

Art/Photo/Design

Stephen Ferry

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...

Books

In Praise of Messy Lives: Katie Roiphe

In her new essay collection, In Praise of Messy Lives, Katie Roiphe turns her exacting gaze on some of the narrow-minded social conventions governing the way...

Performing Arts/Film, Books

Person Place Thing Live! with Randy Cohen & John Hodgman

The concept behind Randy Cohen’s public radio series Person Place Thing is simple: he invites notable figures from all genres and backgrounds to discuss one person, one...

Books

Chris Hedges - Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt

Books, Food & Drink

Adam Roberts & Guest Chefs

Adam Roberts presents Secrets of the Best Chefs: Recipes, Techniques, and Tricks from America’s Greatest Cooks with chefs Amanda Hesser and Jonathan Waxman.

Books

The Traveler's Handbook Launch Party

With an eye to filling a gap in traditional guidebook publishing, a collective of online writers and photographers passionate about travel are celebrating the launch of The...

Legal/Politics/Economics

New York and London: Future Forward for the Capitals of Capital

New York and London have competed for generations for the title of global capital of capital, but today's volatile global economy makes for an uncertain future....

Art/Photo/Design

Helen Drutt English: Rooms of Revelation: Environments of Contemporary Crafts

Helen Drutt English – a renowned gallerist, educator, curator and leading authority on contemporary crafts – will discuss the evolution of crafts collections and show...

Art/Photo/Design

Vito Acconci

Vito Acconci’s design and architecture comes from backgrounds of writing and art. His poems in the late 60’s treated language as matter and the page as...

Books

East Coast Release Party For The Paris Review's New Anthology

Come join The Paris Review and Strand Book Store at the East Coast release party for Object Lessons: The Art of The Short Story, also featuring the release...

Books

Dana Johnson: Elsewhere, California

Dana Johnson will read from and discuss her debut novel, Elsewhere, California.

Books, Art/Photo/Design

Inside the Favelas: Rio de Janeiro - Douglas Mayhew, Glitterati

An unflinching portrayal of “the other side” of Brazil, this collection of photographs provides unique insight into life in Brazil’s infamous favelas.

Art/Photo/Design

Sheila Heti + Aimee Mullins

Aimee Mullins is an actor, athlete, and noted storyteller. She won a full academic scholarship to Georgetown University, where she double-majored in history and diplomacy, and...

Performing Arts/Film

Peter and the Starcatcher - Playing Peter Pan

Stage and screen star Sandy Duncan (Tony® nominated for her role as Peter Pan in the 1979 musical revival) joins Peter and the Starcatcher’s Adam Chanler-Berat (Peter), Celia Keenan-Bolger (Molly) and Matthew Saldívar (Black...

Film

The Essay Film

Sometimes referred to as “filmed philosophy,” the essay film originated in the 1920s and has increasingly come to be recognized as a distinct branch of...

Books

Extraordinary Lives: Francine du Plessix Gray

In her long and varied writing career, Francine du Plessix Gray has been a fascinating cultural figure. She was born in Warsaw, spent her childhood...