Events - November, 12, 2012

Three French Chefs: Conversations and Reminiscences

Join Jacques Pépin (food personality and cookbook author), André Soltner (former chef/owner of Lutèce) and Jean-Jacques Rachou (of La CÔte Basque fame) for this delicious...

Books

Bonnie Jo Campbell and Barbara Kingsolver

Bonnie Jo Campbell’s Once Upon a River is “an odyssey—full of adventure, heartbreak, terror and extraordinary beauty,” wrote Laura Kasischke. “Riveting and lyrical, familiar and mythical, a...

Books

Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame

With Franklin Foer, Marc Tracy, Jonathan Safran Foer, George Packer.

Books, LGBTQ+

Far from the Tree: Andrew Solomon

A gay child of straight parents, Andrew Solomon’s homosexuality was considered a diagnosed illness. As a journalist reporting on the growth of Deaf Pride in...

Legal/Politics/Economics,

The Urban Brain: How Cities Affect How We Feel, Think and Behave

In 2008, for the first time in human history, more than half of the world’s population was living in cities. The urban environment effects how...

Books

American Lady: The Life of Susan Mary Alsop

Rizzoli hosts Caroline de Margerie, member of the Conseil d’Etat and journalist Frances Fitzgerald, goddaughter of Susan Mary Alsop, at this book signing and reception.

Books, LGBTQ+

David Halperin With Michael Schiavi - How to Be Gay

Michael Schiavi, author of The Celluloid Activist, talks to David M. Halperin, a University of Michigan professor and pioneer in LGBT studies, about his provocative...

Performing Arts/Film

Sosua - Dare to Dance Together

Performance followed by a discussion with producer Victoria Neznansky and cast members. Produced by the YM&YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood, the SOSUA project brought...

Books, Food & Drink

Elizabeth Falkner & Melissa Clark

Elizabeth Falkner has moved east to open Krescendo, a Brooklyn based Pizzeria, leaving her San Francisco stomping ground in the dust after proudly opening Citizen...

Books

Design Rebels Unite: Is it Possible to Make a Difference and Make a Living?

More designers than ever want to do good, but in the real world, the details can become tricky. How do you pursue meaningful projects and...

Books

John Glassie & Ben Greenman

Known as one of the great intellects of his time, the eccentric 17th-century Jesuit priest, scientist and inventor Athanasius Kircher studied and wrote about everything...

Books

Celebrating Granta 121: The Best of Young Brazilian Novelists

Join legendary translator Gregory Rabassa, Granta Best Young Brazilian Novelist, J.P. Cuenca, and Granta editor John Freeman for a reading and discussion about the new Penguin...