Events - January, 31, 2013

Suspended in Thin Air: The Future of the Circus in America

The American circus is now at a critical point, which is reflected in the growth of training schools and the increasing financial challenges of realizing...

Art/Photo/Design, History/NYC

Rogers and Rockwell: The Original Pop Artists

John Rogers, known as “the people’s sculptor,” was a pioneer of widely accessible art in the nineteenth century. Exploring themes ranging from the Civil War...

, Art/Photo/Design

The Politics of Displaying Islamic Art

As Western museums and other cultural institutions have begun to expand their collections and presentations of Islamic art in recent years, myriad issues have arisen...

2013 Dorothy Gardner Adler State of Anti-Semitism Lecture

Rabbi Wolpe is the spiritual leader of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles and was named America’s most influential rabbi by Newsweek in 2012.

Food & Drink, History/NYC

Rice: The Immigrant Grain

How and why did rice, primarily long grain white rice, arrive in the British colonies and become big business? Rice origins are Asian and West...

Performing Arts/Film, Film

The Outs

The team behind the acclaimed web show The Outs premieres the season finale and discusses the series' creation.

Science/Tech/Health

Diana Reiss

Cognitive psychologist and Hunter College professor Diana Reiss has spent 35 years researching the smartest animal in the sea—dolphins. Hear about her fascinating work with...

History/NYC

American Empire - 1945-2000

Join acclaimed historian Joshua Freeman for a compelling look at the movements and developments that propelled America to world dominance. Beginning in 1945 with the...

Books, Food & Drink

Eddie Huang

One of the food world’s brightest and most provocative young stars, Eddie Huang is the thirty-year-old proprietor of East Village hangout Baohaus, where people come to eat...

Books, History/NYC

Fred Coleman - The Marcel Network: How One French Couple Saved 527 Children from the Holocaust

Journalist and former Paris bureau chief for Newsweek, Fred Coleman tells the remarkable true story of a selfless French couple who rescued 527 Jewish children...

Art/Photo/Design

Raphael as a Designer for the Decorative Arts

Sir Timothy Clifford, eminent art historian and former director of The National Galleries of Scotland, will give an introduction to Raphael's designs for metalwork, textiles,...

Film

Brother's Keeper

With filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky in person for a post-screening Q&A. Before Paradise Lost and the West Memphis 3, Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky made...

Science/Tech/Health

Astronaut Jerry L. Ross

Join Jerry L. Ross, the most-launched astronaut in history, as he leads a free public discussion about his career with NASA, which spanned the entire...

Books

Sorry House Book Launch & Reading with Mira Gonzalez, Kool A.D., Giancarlo DiTrapano, and More

Poet Mira Gonzalez is joined by Kool A.D., Giancarlo DiTrapano, Spencer Madsen, Melissa Broder, Willis Plummer, and Marshall Mallicoat for a reading & celebration. Drinks,...

Books

Book Launch: Good Kids by Benjamin Nugent

Benjamin Nugent (author of American Nerd: The Story of My People) celebrates his novelistic debut, a romantic tragicomedy of love, class, and the people who...