Events - January, 15, 2013

An Evening with Robert A. M. Stern and Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel

Two titans in the world of architecture and preservation sit down for a talk in conjunction with the exhibition The Landmarks of New York and discuss how...

Books

Brad Meltzer - The Fifth Assassin

Legal/Politics/Economics, Books

Fred Kaplan - Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War

Art/Photo/Design

Ramin and Rokni Haerizadeh with Vali Mahlouji

In self-exile since 2007, the Haerizadehs’ individual and collaborative practices comment on the contemporary condition of artists in Iran within the broader Middle East. Introduced...

Legal/Politics/Economics

A People's Guide to the Federal Budget

With Mattea Kramer, Senior Research Analyst at National Priorities Project.Bringing the Federal Budget Home.

Books

Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska

"I want for to be a person!" cries protagonist Sara Smolinsky, rebelling against her Orthodox father's concept of Jewish womanhood. Set in the 1920s LES,...

History/NYC

Useful Enemies: John Demjanjuk and America's Open Door Policy for Nazi War Criminals

John “Iwan” Demjanjuk was at the center of one of history’s most complex war crimes trials. But why did it take sixty years for the...

Religion/Spirituality, History/NYC

The Remarkable Story of the Shanghai Jewish Ghetto

How were 18,000 European Jews in Shanghai saved during World War II? Delve into this little known piece of history as famous siblings share their...

Books

Harper's Magazine presents Heidi Julavits, Rivka Galchen and Joshua Cohen: Experimental fiction panel

Haper's magazine and novelists Heidi Julavits, Rivka Galchen and Joshua Cohen discuss whether there is such a thing as "experimental fiction." The discussion will be...

Books

Chris Cahill

The Drug of Choice is a lush and lacerating debut collection. Christopher Cahill's poems are intensely seductive and inventively disquieting.

Books

Anna Goldfarb on Not Thinking Things Through

Anna Goldfarb will discuss her book, Clearly, I Didn’t Think This Through, her love of shorter men, the perils of first-time sexting, and more, followed by...

The Democratic Journey of Pakistan

In an address and discussion, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar of Pakistan will answer the most vexing questions facing the U.S. and South Asia. Can Pakistan win...

Books

Hoda Kotb - Ten Years Later

Today Show co-anchor and New York Times bestselling author Hoda Kotb talks about her new book, Ten Years Later, profiling six people who faced life-changing...