Events - January, 14, 2013

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Jewish Critique

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Jewish religion are both known for changing history. As we approach Martin Luther King Day, we explore a Jewish...

Books, Food & Drink

Dishing the Dirt with Dirt Candy

With Amanda Cohen, Ryan Dunlavey and Grady Hendrix, authors of "Dirt Candy: A Cookbook: Flavor-Forward Food from the Upstart New York City Vegetarian Restaurant." Dirt...

Art/Photo/Design, History/NYC

Kurt Schlichting Book Talk - Grand Central's Engineer: William J. Wilgus and the Planning of Modern Manhattan

In the centennial year of New York's great Grand Central Terminal, we celebrate the chief engineer of the New York Central Railroad, William J. Wilgus....

Science/Tech/Health

Near-Earth Objects With Don Yeomans

An impact by a large comet or asteroid has the potential to end civilization. Yet these near-Earth objects also offer tantalizing clues to the solar system’s origins...

Books

Robert Geddes

Robert Geddes will present his new book Fit: An Architect's Manifesto.

Legal/Politics/Economics, Religion/Spirituality

Between Validity and Truth Falls the Shadow: Law-talk and God-talk in Judaism

Rabbi Tucker has been the Senior Rabbi at Temple Israel Center in White Plains, NY since 1994. He was a member of the Committee on...

Books

The Bird That Swallowed Its Cage: Walter Murch and Lawrence Weschler

The works of Curzio Malaparte, an Italian journalist, novelist, diplomat and political exile, have been translated into English for the first time by film editor,...

Books

Luis Jaramillo & Mira Jacob

Winner of the Dzanc Short Story Contest, Luis Jaramillo’s story collection The Doctor’s Wife chronicles the small domestic moments, tragic losses, and cultural upheavals faced by three...

Performing Arts/Film, Books

John Pizzarelli With Budd Mishkin: World on a String: A Musical Memoir

New York 1's Bud Mishkin talks to John Pizzarelli about the guitarist's new memoir World on a String, and Pizzarelli will treat our audience with...

Books

Between the Lines: Ayana Mathis

Join author Ayana Mathis for a discussion of her debut novel, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie—an Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 pick that tells the epic story...

Film

Party Girl Screening with Parker Posey

Rent parties, raves, falafal love affairs, and the Dewey Decimal System: Though not even twenty years ago, the New York depicted in Party Girl really does feel...

Books