Events - November, 15, 2012

Great Artists Play Politics: Goya, Degas, and Picasso

Some of the most powerful paintings of the past two centuries were created in direct response to contemporary political crises. These works were animated by...

History/NYC

The Fire Of Freedom: Abraham Galloway and the Slaves' Civil War

With David S. Cecelski, an historian who has written extensively on civil rights. Abraham H. Galloway (1837-70) was a fiery young slave rebel, radical abolitionist,...

History/NYC

The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire

Alexander the Great, perhaps history’s most commanding leader, united his empire through titanic will, but his death at 32 spelled the end of that unity....

Books

Tracy K. Smith and Dean Young

Tracy K. Smith’s Life on Mars won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2012. Here she “infuses her masterful gifts with wondrous intensity and tenderness,” wrote Terrance...

Food & Drink

Adventures In The Global Kitchen: Organic Wine

Sip wine with agronomist, vintner, and co-owner of Shinn Estate Vineyards Barbara Shinn as she discusses the fostering of organic and biodynamic-based winegrowing and the ways in...

Books

Wallace and Allen Shawn

John Cage's centenary is celebrated in this rare performance of Cage's 1989 How To Get Started - a collaborative experiment exploring improvisation and the origin of ideas....

Books

The Real and The Imagined: Talk and Reading with Etgar Keret

Hailed as the voice of young Israel and one of its most radical and extraordinary writers, Etgar Keret is internationally acclaimed for his short stories....

Art/Photo/Design

Design and Structure in Olfactory Art

Like other art forms, scent has seen an explosion of additional materials in which to work with. New raw materials have been created every year...

Books, Food & Drink

Rachael Ray in Conversation With Joy Behar

Rachael Ray is a New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty cookbooks including The Book of Burger. She is the host of the Food Network’s 30 Minute...

Performing Arts/Film, Books

Upstairs at the Square with Fred Armisen & Eleanor Friedberger

The creator/star of IFC's Portlandia discuss the show and the new book. With Eleanor Friedberger of The Fiery Furnaces.

Books

Melissa Francis - Diary of a Stage Mother's Daughter

Art/Photo/Design

Space Invaders Artists Talk

In collaboration with the City and Humanities Program. With Rachel Hayes and Rita MacDonald.

Books, Art/Photo/Design

Five Years of Unisex - Rad Hourani

Join Rad Hourani for a lively presentation of his unisex fashion creations. Since 2007, he has been designing clothing he describes as “gender-agnostic,” working mostly...

Art/Photo/Design

Linnaea Tillett: The Practice of Everyday Light

A talk by Linnaea Tillett on her early influences and her innovative approach to lighting design in the city, indoors and out.

Performing Arts/Film, Art/Photo/Design

Gallery Talk with Marshall Price

Marshall Price, co-curator of John Cage: The Sight of Silence, will give a gallery talk, sharing his own inspirations, insights and influences.

Books, History/NYC

Prof. Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh - Gender and Medicine in Ireland, 1700-1950

The essays in Gender and Medicine in Ireland, 1700—1950 examine the intersections between gender, medicine, and conventional economic, political, and social histories in Ireland between 1700 and...

Art/Photo/Design

Gallery Talk: John Yau and Jennifer Gross

Artist and poet John Yau, a longtime friend and peer of Richard Artschwager, joins exhibition curator Jennifer Gross for a gallery talk exploring Artschwager’s groundbreaking artistic...

Food & Drink

Mile End

In their new cookbook, the proprietors’ of Mile End put their indelible stamp on Jewish comfort food. Join Noah and Rae Bernamoff for a discussion,...

Books

Christine Schutt: Prosperous Friends

Renowned writer Christine Schutt will read from her new novel Prosperous Friends and talk about how the book came into being.

Art/Photo/Design

Jean-Frédéric Waldeck: A Nineteenth-Century Artist Painting Exotic Mexico

Jean-Frédéric Waldeck (1766-1875) grew up in France and claimed to have studied with Vien and David, the major founders of the Neoclassical movement in the...

Art/Photo/Design

Women in the Arts 2012

The Brooklyn Museum hosts its tenth annual Women in the Arts luncheon, honoring Yoko Ono. The program in the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium will...

Books

Magnificence by Lydia Millet

Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet reads and discusses her novel about a woman who reinvents her life after inheriting a mansion with a sprawling taxidermy...

History/NYC

In Search of Khaykl Lunski

Khaykl Lunski’s presence was felt in nearly every field of Vilna Jewish culture, far beyond his library work. In a way, Lunski was a link...

Performing Arts/Film, Books

David Henry Sterry

If you’ve ever been curious about burlesque but haven’t known where to go, or if you’re a big fan and want to see an amazing...

Books

Solid Objects Presents: Mac Wellman and Miranda Mellis

On Thursday November 15th, Solid Objects will present Mac Wellman, reading from his provocative choral play, Left Glove, and Miranda Mellis, reading from her novella, The Spokes. Plus, Long-Island...

Performing Arts/Film

Harlem Speaks - Ted Nash, Saxophonist

Grammy-nominated artist Ted Nash enjoys an extraordinary career as a performer, conductor, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Los Angeles, multi-instrumentalist Nash's interest in music...

Food & Drink

Art of the Restaurateur

Join Financial Times restaurant critic and author Nicholas Lander, restaurateurs Will Guidara (Eleven Madison Park, NoMad) and Maguy Le Coze (Le Bernardin) and famed hospitality interior designer...

Books

Granta - Introducing The Best of Young Brazilian Novelists

Designing the City After Superstorm Sandy

Superstorm Sandy has left us all wondering: what is the role of design in protecting our city against climate change? This fundraiser will feature thoughtful...