Events - December, 2, 2012

The 90-Second Newbery Film Festival with Kate DiCamillo, Jon Scieszka, Rita Williams-Garcia and James Kennedy

Enter the second annual 90-Second Newbery Film Festival, a national contest that celebrates the biggest award in children's literature by asking students across the country to...

Legal/Politics/Economics

Inside Israel: Winners and Losers

Foreign affairs expert Ralph Buultjens leads thought-provoking discussions on the international issues that affect us at home. Ralph Buultjens, a leading analyst of world affairs,...

Religion/Spirituality, History/NYC

Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times - Eyal Press

Study with and learn from the finest scholars and thinkers as you explore and take an in-depth look at contemporary Jewish issues and topics including...

Performing Arts/Film

WFAN's "The Schmoozer" - Steve Somers with Budd Mishkin

Look inside the career of WFAN’s Steve Somers, who has been part of New York’s 24-hour sports talk station since its inception in 1987. Somers’s...

History/NYC

Mummies and Money - Dr. Edward Bleiberg

In the ancient world just like today, you get what you pay for. The ancient Greek historian Herodotus visited Egypt in the fifth century B.C.E....

Books,

Games Without Rules - A Discussion About Afghanistan

Join Tamim Ansary, Sahar Muradi, and Zohra Saed for a discussion about the history and present day realities of Afghanistan, a country very much at the center...

Performing Arts/Film, Books

Yuval Taylor

Reading and signing Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy from Slavery to Hip-Hop.

Books

Richard Kramer in conversation with Daniel Mendelsohn

Richard Kramer's new novel These Things Happen is set in Manhattan and told through a cast of familiar, sympathetic voices. It's the story of Wesley, a bright,...

Film

Cat Scratch Fever with Lisa Duva in person

Playing like a witty, microbudget, Brooklyn homage to Celine and Julie Go Boating, Duva’s charming feature is about roommates who discover they can observe parallel universes...

Performing Arts/Film

"Talking about my generation": Jill Johnston and the Critic as Subject

Critical Correspondence is an online publication by Movement Research. For this program, Critical Correspondence coeditors Aaron Mattocks and Marissa Perel honor the celebrated writer and critic Jill Johnston,...

Legal/Politics/Economics, Performing Arts/Film

Tony Kushner & Rachel Maddow

Two of America’s leading progressives engage in a freewheeling conversation: Tony Kushner (Angels in America; Caroline, or Change; the Steven Spielberg film Lincoln) and Rachel Maddow (host...

History/NYC

The Hidden History of Post-Holocaust Displaced Persons

Beth Lilach, guest lecturer, is the Senior Director of Education and Community Affairs at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center in New York. She has...