Events - October, 17, 2012
Art/Photo/Design
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 Cone Sisters of Baltimore
The Cone sisters of Baltimore spent their lives in happy spinsterhood, travelling the world together. Their friends included Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and...
Art/Photo/Design
Washington Crossing the Delaware: Art in the Service of Politics
Emanuel Leutze's representation of a critical episode in the American Revolution has been associated with other key historical moments. For example, when it was painted...
Books
Stettenheim Literary Circle: "Salvage the Bones" by Jesmyn Ward
A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch’s father is growing concerned. A hard...
Performing Arts/Film
The Life and Times of Giuseppe Verdi
All lectures include video and music, and are given by Cavaliere Ufficiale Aldo Mancusi, President and Curator of the Enrico Caruso Museum. YOU MUST MAKE A...
Books
Artist Career Developement - Breakthrough
All of us struggle at one time or another with creative block. Inevitably striking at the worst moment, it can leave us feeling completely paralyzed....
Books
A Evening with David Mitchell
In a rare New York appearance, the wildly imaginative author of Cloud Atlas (to be released this fall as a film, starring Tom Hanks) and The Thousand Autumns...
Science/Tech/Health,
Helping Schools Transform Their Bully Societies into Compass
Jessie Klein, author of "The Bully Society: School Shootings and the Crisis of Bullying in America’s Schools" and Assistant Professor of Sociology/Criminal Justice at Adelphi...
Panel Discussion on the Political Future of Iran
Please note: This event takes place at the Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave. Distinguished Professor of Iranian and Middle Eastern history and politics, Ervand Abrahamian (Baruch College...
Performing Arts/Film
Broadway Musicals: From the Pages of the New York Times
Over the last century, The New York Times’s six leading critics have offered the most authoritative and influential commentary on the Broadway musical. Using those reviews,...
BooksChris Elliott
The comedian (Late Night With David Letterman, Get a Life) talks about his new book, Guy Under the Sheets: An Unauthorized Autobiography.
Art/Photo/Design
Constructing a Global Interior: The Imagery of Collections and Collecting in Seventeenth-Century Flemish Art
With Christine Göttler, Art History, University of Bern, Switzerland. Visit official site for registration.
Art/Photo/Design
"Leonardo's Mary Magdalene: An Ideal of Painting and the Power of Love," by Luke Syson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Leonardo da Vinci’s fragmentary sheet depicting Mary Magdalene—which will be included in the special exhibition Mantegna to Matisse—is among the artist’s most beautiful and least studied...
Books
Paul Auster & Irène Jacob
Friends and collaborators, Paul Auster, the prolific and award-winning author, and Irène Jacob, winner of the Best Actress Award at Cannes, present a special literary...
Art/Photo/Design
Cass Bird
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...
, History/NYC
The Political Future of Iran
Faculty, commentators, journalists and students with first-hand experience on Iran will present. Our guests will share their expertise to further the understanding of current events...
Performing Arts/Film
The Model Alliance - Sara Ziff and Susan Scafidi
Model Sara Ziff and legal scholar Susan Scafidi discuss The Model Alliance, a nonprofit advocacy group for American fashion models founded by Ziff in 2011....
Books, History/NYC
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
Author Rich Cohen (Tough Jews) in conversation with David Lipsky, contributing editor, Rolling Stone. Cohen’s page-turner traces the story of Samuel Zemurray as he goes from...
Food & Drink
Edible Selby
Join photographer Todd Selby and Mission Chinese’s Danny Bowien, Tartine Bakery’s Chad Robertson, and Blue Bottle Coffee’s Caitlin and James Freeman for a conversation on...
Art/Photo/Design, History/NYC
Voces: Framing Narratives
Join visual artists, historians, and community activists in a conversation that looks and listens to the images and voices of Puerto Rican communities in 1970s...
History/NYC
Investigating "Manhattan's Most Haunted House"
Dan Sturges returns for the latest installment in his popular lecture series. After a brief primer on the history of parapsychology (with a focus on...
Religion/Spirituality, History/NYC
Golden Menorah of the Arch of Titus Revealed
After the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE, the golden Menorah and other holy objects were taken to Rome as booty of the...
Performing Arts/Film, Books
We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy by Yael Kohen
Yael Kohen celebrates her oral history that traces the history of women in comedy—from Phyllis Diller to Tina Fey—with help from a panel of comedians...
Performing Arts/FilmPeter and the Starcatcher - The Design Superfecta
Playwright Rick Elice, director Roger Rees, and designers Donyale Werle (sets) and Paloma Young (costumes) discuss the creative process that led to their history-making design sweep of the 2012 Tony Awards. Each...
Legal/Politics/Economics
Protection of Urban Areas
Dr. Adam Hutter will offer a review of ongoing DHS research in progress at the NUSTL, and discuss the laboratory's unique role as the interface...
Performing Arts/Film, BooksGrace on Broadway: Elizabeth Gilbert
International best-selling author Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat Pray Love) will participate in a post-show conversation about the play as it relates to issues of faith directly following the...
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