Events - January, 30, 2013

"Portrait as Trophy: Three Imperial Busts by Leone Leoni," by Jonathan Marsden, Royal Collection, London

Around 1555 the Duke of Alba commissioned three life-sized bronze busts by the great Italian Renaissance portraitist Leone Leoni: one of himself and the other...

History/NYC

An Anthropology of Goods in Mediterranean Europe, 1330-1450

With Daniel Smail, History, Harvard University.

Books

Author Readings: Quincy Troup, Amina Gautier and David Mills

Three award-winning authors team up for a night of powerful readings: Troupe, co-author of Miles: The Autobiography of Miles Davis, reads from his new book...

Legal/Politics/Economics, Books

Al Gore - The Future

Books

Dave Barry - Insane City

Books

Cabinet on Trial: A Magazine of No Qualities?

For more than a decade, Cabinet has published essays and artist projects that have ranged far and wide in topic and tone. To some, this breadth of...

Books, Religion/Spirituality, History/NYC

Reading Holocaust Literature

To mark the publication of Holocaust Literature: A History & Guide (University Press of New England), you are invited to a panel discussion with the authors, David...

Books

Eddie Huang in conversation with Chris Jackson

Immigrant, outsider, football fanatic, hip-hop lover and proprietor of East Village hangout and Taiwanese restaurant, "Baohaus." Eddie Huang's honest and hilarious new memoir, Fresh Off The...

History/NYC

Mad Women: The Other Side of Life on Madison Avenue in the '60s and Beyond

What was it really like to be a woman in the advertising business in the ’60s and ’70s—that “Mad Men” era of casual sex and...

Books, History/NYC

On Biography with Rachel Syme: Robert Dallek

Join former NPR books editor and contributing Time magazine culture critic Rachel Syme and prominent biographers to discuss the thrills and challenges of writing about...

Books, Film

Pride & Prejudice

A screening and discussion to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s novel.

Books

Writing a Novel With Blockbuster Potential - Jenny Milchman, Emily Winslow, Donald Maass, Janet Reid

Authors Jenny Milchman and Emily Winslow are joined by literary agents Donald Maass and Janet Reid for a panel discussion on Writing a Novel with...

Books

Largehearted Lit's 11th Anniversary Celebration

Join blogger/literary powerhouse David Gutowski in celebrating the 11th Anniversary of Largehearted Boy! The party will feature readings from Karolina Waclawiak and Jami Attenberg, music...

Books, Science/Tech/Health

Susan Cain - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking

Susan Cain opened a provocative conversation about personality and our culture with her much talked about book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That...