Events - October, 16, 2012
Legal/Politics/EconomicsPaul Krugman
Hear America’s leading economic critic, Paul Krugman—winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, New York Times op-ed columnist, professor of economics and international...
Performing Arts/Film, Art/Photo/Design
How to Sharpen Pencils; A Practical & Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening for Writers, Artists, Contractors, Flange Turners, Anglesmiths, & Civil Servants
With craftsman David Rees. Have you got the right kind of point on your pencil? Do you know how to achieve the perfect point for...
Book Talk with Carrie Lobman, EdD
Please note: This event takes place at the Center for Worker Education, 25 Broadway, 7th floor. Dr. Lobman is an Associate Professor at the Rutgers University Graduate...
History/NYC
Michael Oren with Thane Rosenbaum
In the tradition of David Frost and Dick Cavett, novelist and Fordham law professor Thane Rosenbaum hosts conversations about the big ideas of our time...
Science/Tech/Health
Update On Breast Cancer: The Latest Research and Findings
Join us for this important evening as Dr. Larry Norton presents the latest findings in prevention, detection, research and treatment of one of the most...
, History/NYC
Former People: The Final Days of The Russian Aristocracy - Douglas Smith
Hear the electrifying story of how a centuries-old aristocracy, famous for its glittering wealth, its service to the tsar and empire and its promotion of...
Art/Photo/Design
On Mies van der Rohe
Capture Mies the man as well as his architecture from the perspective of those who best know both. Join art historian Franz Schulze and architect...
Performing Arts/Film, BooksJohn Taylor - In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death, and Duran Duran
Duran Duran bassist John Taylor hits New York for a signing of his newly released memoir In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death, and Duran Duran. With humor and honesty, Taylor...
Books
Orhan Pamuk
Part of 30th Next Wave Festival. Moderated by Lila Azam Zanganeh The Nobel Prize-winning writer Orhan Pamuk (Snow, My Name is Red) comes to BAM for the official...
Books, History/NYC
Three Tough Chinamen
Nineteenth century Chinese immigrants to America, the Moy brothers — Jin Kee, Jin Mun, and Jin Fuey, crossed lines and broke barriers. Tough men whose...
Books, Religion/Spirituality, History/NYC
City of Promises: The History of Jews in New York
Historians Deborah Dash Moore (University of Michigan), general editor of the City of Promises project, will be joined by historians Howard B. Rock (Florida International...
Art/Photo/Design
Fantastic, Ridiculous, Punk, and Passion: The Flight of Frank Moore's Painterly Hand in Dance, Performance, and Film Before AIDS
Please note: This event takes place at Tisch School of the Arts, 721 Broadway, Room 613. Roundtable conversation moderated by Richard Elovich, a medical sociologist at...
Legal/Politics/Economics
America's Unwritten Constitution
With Akhil Reed Amar, Linda Greenhouse (moderator). America’s written Constitution proclaims itself “the supreme Law of the Land,” but it only begins to map out the...
Books, Art/Photo/Design
Marina Abramovic In Conversation with Klaus Biesenbach and Marco Anelli
Join us for a closer look into one of Marina Abramovic’s latest works, “The Artist is Present” which is now documented in a book of...
Books
The World Without You
In his third novel, Joshua Henkin offers a portrait of the repercussions of faraway wars on people who usually consider themselves to be spectators. He discusses this...
Books
Craftwork: Robley Wilson
Legendary author and editor Robley Wilson will share his tips on craft for both emerging and more advanced writers.
Performing Arts/Film
Jazz Around the World - Israel
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...
Mother Machine
What does mothering mean in this age of biotechnological innovation and global transaction? How can we re-conceptualize the innate complexity, and diversity of maternal functions...
Books
Reclaiming the Jewish Narrative in Lithuania Today
Markas Zingeris, a distinguished Lithuanian-Jewish poet and writer, will speak about Lithuanian-Jewish relations since the fall of Communism. As former research coordinator for Lithuania’s Presidential...
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