Events - January, 8, 2013

The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court

From the moment Chief Justice John Roberts administered the Oath of Office at Barack Obama’s inauguration, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the White...

Art/Photo/Design

Variations in Black and White

Susan Galassi, Senior Curator, The Frick Collection will discuss Picasso’s life-long practice of submitting well-loved masterpieces to analysis and re-creation in idioms that were distinctly...

Books, Film

Jeff Bridges, Bernie Glassman - The Dude and the Zen Master

Jeff Bridges signs copies of his new book, The Dude and the Zen Master, co-authored with Bernie Glassman

Performing Arts/Film

Nas with Anthony Decurtis

Nas—poet, confessor, political firebrand, tongue-twisting genius. Ranked as one of the greatest and most influential rappers in history, Nas shares his remarkable story at 92Y....

Mahogany: The Costs of Luxury in Early America

With Jennifer L. Anderson, Assistant Professor of History at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. This visual talk traces the path of...

Books

Charles Dickens: Speaking in Pictures

William Moeck, exhibition curator and Nassau Community College, presents an illustrated lecture that explores Dickens’s ability to craft unforgettable characters.

Books

Regina Lee Blaszczyk Book Talk - The Color Revolution

When the fashion industry declares that lime green is the new black, or instructs us to “think pink!,” it is not the result of a...

Legal/Politics/Economics

Raoul Felder in Conversation with Liz trotta

Raoul Felder, one of America’s leading divorce lawyers, joins Emmy Award-winning TV journalist Liz Trotta to discuss the themes in his new memoir, Reflections in a...

Performing Arts/Film, Books

Michael Bush - The King of Style: Dressing Michael Jackson

Books

Love is a Canoe: Ben Schrank in conversation with Sarah Crichton

It’s been fifty years since Peter Herman wrote his classic guide to marriage and relationships, and he’s since grown skeptical of his earlier views. But...

Books, Film

Being Nick Flynn: Screening & Discussion

Nick Flynn’s award-winning memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City was a poetic account of Flynn’s reconciliation with his father, which begins when the elder Flynn wanders...