Events - October, 14, 2012

American Symphony Orchestra - Classics Declassified - Strauss's Alpine Symphony

After a dozen years focusing on opera, Richard Strauss returned to symphonies in a massive way with his opulent Alpine Symphony. Leon Botstein and the...

Performing Arts/Film

On Isadora Duncan: A Muse of Modernism - Lori Belilove and Beth Jucovy

Hear third-generation Duncan dancer Lori Belilove as she talks about the life and art of Isadora Duncan, the creator of modern dance. See a sampling...

Performing Arts/Film

Lang Lang in Conversation

Lang Lang is a superstar–as pianist, educator, advocate, philanthropist and more. Meet the man behind the keyboard in a revealing conversation about his career, his...

Art/Photo/Design

MoMA Lecture Series: Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000

This ambitious survey of 20th century design for children explores school architecture, clothing, playgrounds, toys and games, children’s hospitals and safety equipment, nurseries, furniture, and...

History/NYC

Ethics of Embedded Journalism

Judith Matloff, Columbia Journalism School; Santiago Lyon, director of photography, Associated Press; Quil Lawrence, NPR; Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times; moderated by Thorin Tritter, managing...

Performing Arts/Film, Art/Photo/Design

"Desire Caught by the Tail": A Play by Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso put down the brush and took up the pen in occupied Paris for four days in mid-January 1941 to write Desire Caught by the...

Performing Arts/Film

Creating Soundscapes: Rhythms in the Dance and Music of India

Explore the harmony and interplay of the auditory rhythms of Indian music and the kinetic rhythms of Indian dance. Learn to express rhythmic patterns using...

Art/Photo/Design

Curator's Talk

Associate Curator, Matthew Kirsch will lead a gallery discussion of Hammer Chisel, Drill: Noguchi’s Studio Practice and provide insights into Isamu Noguchi’s working process as seen through...

Books

"Beyond the Hippocratic Oath" with Granta and Villa Gillet

Patrick Ryan of Granta hosts this panel discussion comprised of writers from the US and France which tackles the question, “How do writers and philosophers approach healing...