Events - December, 11, 2012

Up on the Roof: New York's Hidden Skyline Spaces

For over thirty years, Alex MacLean, trained architect-turned photographer/pilot has documented the American landscape from the air. His remarkable photographs capture the surreal beauty of...

Science/Tech/Health

Mood Boosters & Mood Busters: Let Food Be Your Guide - Drew Ramsey, MD

Discover the link between how we eat and how we feel. Learn how changing your daily diet can help maintain a happy, well-balanced disposition and...

History/NYC

The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy

With David Nasaw. Joseph Kennedy was the patriarch of America’s greatest political dynasty. The father of John, Robert and Ted, Joe was an elusive figure...

Books

Building Stories: Chris Ware in conversation with Zadie Smith

Following the release of Ware’s Building Stories and Smith’s newest novel, NW—an exploration of a set of characters in a London neighborhood—the two will come together on LIVE’s...

History/NYC

The Importance of Being Lucky: Robert Morgenthau and World War II

In this unique conversation with Tom Brokaw, Robert M. Morgenthau tells the story of one remarkable man’s experience in World War II: his own. The grandson...

Food & Drink

Gran Cocina Latina

Mexicans, Colombians, Ecuadorians, Peruvians, Cubans and Guatemalans, among other immigrant groups, are quietly re-inventing a pan-Latin cuisine here in New York. Restaurateur, chef and author,...

Books, Food & Drink

Ina Garten - Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust

History/NYC

The History of the YIVO Library

This program will introduce to the public the fascinating history of the treasures of the YIVO Library and the often dramatic stories of their survival....

Books

Remembering Jean Améry (1912-1978)

Austrian born writer Jean Améry, who chose Brussels as his hometown after the Second World War, was one of the most distinguished essayists, cultural critics,...

Books, Art/Photo/Design

The Rise and Fall of the Printers' International Specimen Exchange

Matthew Young will speak about "The Rise and Fall of the Printers' International Specimen Exchange," a fascinating venture created in the late nineteenth century to...

Legal/Politics/Economics, Books

William L. Silber on Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence

A talk, reception and book signing with William Silber on his recent biography of Paul Volcker.

Witnessing Human Rights: Past, Present, and Future

Tim Pool, Journalist and Activist Lauren Wolfe, Director, Women Under Siege Project Moderator: Sam Gregory, Program Director, WITNESS This special evening celebrates twenty years of the international nonprofit organization WITNESS...

Legal/Politics/Economics, Books

Joan Walsh

The Salon columnist discusses her book, What's the Matter With White People: Why We Long for a Golden Age That Never Was.

Books, Food & Drink

Ricardo Cortes

Reading from and discussing A Secret History of Coffee, Coca & Cola.

Books, LGBTQ+, Art/Photo/Design

Cynthia Carr's Fire in the Belly - The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz

Author and art critic Cynthia Carr will offer up an exclusive presentation to New York audiences about artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz, whose video...

Books

Literary BFFs: Eliot Schrefer with David Levithan

Literary BFFs is a series hosted by David Gutkowski, aka Largehearted Boy, where authors are paired up with the people who know them all too...

History/NYC

As The World's Fairs Turn: At Home and Abroad

Designer Jack Masey and historian Robert Rydell will explore the history of world’s fairs and reflect on their future at home and abroad.

Books

Lunch Stories with Ian Frazier, Karen Russell, Danny Meyer, and Molly O'Neill

Writers Ian Frazier and Karen Russell and restaurater Danny Meyer tell favorite stories about lunch, with an introduction by Laura Shapiro and Rebecca Federman, the...

Books

Tracy K. Smith & Tina Chang

Come in from the fall chill and listen to two wonderful poets, who are also good friends, read from their latest work and then interview...

, Film

Jeremy Irons - Trashed Preview Screening

The Oscar-winning star of such films as Reversal of Fortune, The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Mission, Lolita, Dead Ringers and the TV series "The Borgias," Jeremy Irons is also a producer,...