Events - November, 30, 2012

The Resilient City: The Economic Transformation of NYC in the 20th Century - Kenneth T. Jackson

In 1929, on the eve of the Great Depression, New York was the largest city in the world, with the busiest harbor and most productive...

Art/Photo/Design

Fantasy and Invention: Rosso Fiorentino and Sixteenth-Century Florentine Drawing

With Linda Wolk-Simon, Charles W. Engelhard Curator and Department Head, Department of Drawings and Prints.

Performing Arts/Film, Art/Photo/Design

Gallery Talk with Ray Kass

Ray Kass, co-curator of John Cage: The Sight of Silence, will give a gallery talk, providing insights and illuminations into this multi-dimensional show .

Art/Photo/Design

New Prints 2011/12: A Benefit Exhibition and Silent Auction

Celebrating the past two years of IPCNY’s New Prints Program, the exhibition will feature original prints in various styles and techniques by artists at all...

Why Socrates? Advocating a Philosophy of Resistance. A Conversation between André Glucksmann and Peter Engelmann

In the ever intensifying crisis of the west, philosophy is once again called upon. Yet what it is missing, according to Glucksmann, is the non-essential...

Books, Art/Photo/Design

Book Signing: Dawoud Bey's Harlem, U.S.A.

Join Dawoud Bey for a signing of his book Harlem, U.S.A.

Legal/Politics/Economics

Prevention Strategies Against Crime and Terrorism: Practice and Prospects

With David Kennedy, director, Center for Crime Prevention and Control, John Jay College, Naureen Chaudhury Fink, senior analyst, Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, New York...

LGBTQ+, Film

How to Survive a Plague

With post-screening Q&A with AIDS activist and the film's own Peter Staley. In honor of World AIDS Day, the Center is proud to offer a...

Art/Photo/Design

Byron Kim

Byron Kim is a painter whose work lies at the intersection of figurative, abstract, and conceptual art. The aesthetics of Kim’s work reflects a range of...

Performing Arts/Film, Books, Art/Photo/Design

Sheldon Harnick with Margery Gray Harnick and Kate Baldwin

Join Broadway legend and famed lyricist Sheldon Harnick with his actress/photographer wife Margery Gray Harnick to present their new book, The Outdoor Museum (not your...

Performing Arts/Film, Art/Photo/Design

Emergency Cheesecake

Curated by Wade Guyton and Jay Sanders, EMERGENCY CHEESECAKE will be an evening of performance featuring young, New York City–based artists. In their individual practices, these artists explore...

Books

Passwords: David Hinton on Classical Chinese Poetry

Drawing from the work in his new book of essays, Hunger Mountain: A Field Guide To Mind and Landscape, Hinton will discuss the conceptual world behind...