Events - October, 23, 2012

Face Facts vs. Fiction - Debra Jaliman, MD

Discover why mom’s beauty secrets, home remedies for healing and cosmetic counter advice may do more harm than good for your skin. Test your own...

Performing Arts/Film, Books

Peter Criss - Makeup to Breakup

The former KISS band member talks about his new book, written with Larry Sloman.

Books

Tom Wolfe

Discussing his new book, Back to Blood.

Art/Photo/Design, History/NYC

Potters of Kâshân (Late 12th-Early 14th c.)

With Yves Porter, Islamic Art History, Université d’Aix-Marseille. Visit official site for registration.

Heritage Ball Honoree Program with Cesar Pelli, FAIA

Mr. Pelli was born in Argentina where he earned a Diploma in Architecture from the University of Tucuman. He first worked in the offices of Eero...

Science/Tech/Health

Our Energy Efficiency Paradox: Psychological Barriers to "No-Brainer" Solutions

Of all environmentally-relevant decisions, the adoption of technological solutions that provide greater energy efficiency would appear to be a "no-brainer," yet these solutions are vastly...

Art/Photo/Design

"The Mystery of The Polish Rider," led by Rika Burnham, The Frick Collection

Rembrandt’s Polish Rider is one of The Frick Collection’s most beloved yet enigmatic paintings, inspiring many theories about its subject, meaning, and history for generations...

History/NYC

New York Genealogical & Biographical Society Lecture Series: Social Networking for Family Historians

Explore using FaceBook, Google+, Blogger, Skype, You Tube, and other social media sites as a genealogist and family historian. These tools are made for family...

Art/Photo/Design

Ellen Wallenstein Artist Lecture

Ellen will be presenting a selection of portraits from personal projects, made over the last 25 years.

Halftime in America: Is a Competitive Renaissance Beginning?

With Nancy R. Lazar, David A. Moss, Robert Wolf, Byron R. Wien (moderator). The United States emerged as the world’s sole superpower after the collapse of the Soviet Union....

Books

Junot Diaz - This Is How You Lose Her

Film

Your Day is My Night: Film Excerpts and Live Performance

Join director Lynne Sachs for a conversation with her cast and crew as they present excerpts from their upcoming film-performance exploring immigrant life in a shift-bed apartment...

Books

Madeline Miller: The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller, winner of the 2012 Orange Prize, will read from and discuss her debut novel, The Song of Achilles.

Books,

Hip Hop Apsara by Anne Elizabeth Moore

Fulbright scholar Anne Elizabeth Moore celebrates the launch of her book that takes a look at the culture of Cambodia.

Performing Arts/Film

Jazz Around the World - South America

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

ITS: On Dynamics, Chaos, and Life

Mitchell J. Feigenbaum and Albert J. Libchaber, two leading minds of mathematical physicists, discuss chaos theory.

Performing Arts/Film, Books

Rod Stewart - Rod: The Autobiography

Books

Christopher Bollen and Jobie Hughes

Interview editor-at-large Christopher Bollen reads from his debut novel Lightning People and James Frey collaborator on I Am Number Four Jobie Hughes reads from his...

Books

Raoul Felder - Reflections in a Mirror: Of Love, Loss, Death and Divorce

Books

Book Launch: "Out of It" - Selma Dabbagh

In her debut novel,Out of It (Bloomsbury USA, 2012), British Palestinian writer Selma Dabbagh examines her people's tragic past and conflicted present through the prism of...

Books

An Evening with Romanian Jewish Author Norman Manea

Norman Manea, Romania's most famous contemporary author, twice has survived the grip of totalitarian regimes. No stranger to exile, he mines its complexities and disorientations...

Legal/Politics/Economics,

Shift in Global Trade Patterns

China has emerged as an economic giant with a comparative advantage in manufacturing due to its vast pool of relatively low-cost labor and foreign investment...

Books

Sex and the Single Girl: The Life and Legacy of Helen Gurley Brown

Helen Gurley Brown, longtime Cosmopolitan editor, was the most influential women’s magazine editor of her generation, and arguably, of all time. Cat Marnell, Moe Tkacik, Edith...