Events - February, 5, 2013

Long Island

With Paul J. Mateyunas, author of "Long Island's Gold Coast" and "North Shore Long Island: Country Houses, 1890-1950."

Breath: The Healer Within - Patricia Bowden-Luccardi, LMT, CNMT

Breathing patterns can have a significant impact on mind and body health. Discover the unique healing power of the nose and evidence-based techniques to help...

Books

Tyrese Gibson, Rev Run - Manology: Secrets of a Man's Mind Revealed

Legal/Politics/Economics

Sonia Sotomayor with Thane Rosenbaum

The first Hispanic Justice on the high court, and a Latina with a compelling life story—raised in a Bronx housing project, educated at Princeton and...

Books

Jews Without Money by Mike Gold

Published during the first terrible year of the Great Depression, this fictionalized autobiography has long been considered the exemplary proletarian novel and an unrelenting indictment...

Legal/Politics/Economics

Bias and the Media: Can We Believe What We Read?

How accurately does the media portray the reality of Israel—its culture and society, the complex history of the Arab-Israeli conflict? How much impact does media...

ChinaFile Launch: Covering China Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Reporting on the fast-changing land that is China has long been an adventure and a challenge. To celebrate the launch of Asia Society's new online...

Books

How to Travel the World on $50 a Day: Travel Cheaper, Longer, Smarter with Matt Kepnes & Matt Gross

Join Matt Kepnes (aka Nomadic Matt) for a conversation about traveling out of the box with Matt Gross. As a travel writer for the New York Times Travel...

Books

Margot Berwin

Marking the release of Scent of Darkness: A Novel.

Science/Tech/Health

How to Create Your Own Humanoid: Robot Science Made in Japan

Have you ever made your own android? Dr. Ishiguro has. Leading international robotics researcher Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro, Director of the Intelligent Robotics Lab at Osaka University,...

Books

The New York Review of Books: 50 Years

Come Celebrate with John Banville, Mary Beard, Michael Chabon, Mark Danner, Joan Didion, Daniel Mendelsohn and Darryl Pinckney. Spend an evening with these contributors and...

Books

Teddy Wayne

Teddy Wayne’s first novel Kapitoil, won him the coveted Whiting Prize Now with his second book, Wayne delves into America’s monstrous obsession with fame. He does...

Art/Photo/Design

Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America with Curator Oliver Tostmann

One of Sweden's foremost artists Anders Zorn (1860 - 1920) was one of the leading and most celebrated artists during the Belle Epoch. Today, however,...