Events - February, 7, 2013

Should Jews Forgive General Grant?

Dr. Jonathan Sarna, author of When General Grant Expelled the Jews, will discuss the most egregious act of official antisemitism in United States history and the...

History/NYC

Grand Central, Grand Vision

More than a century ago, the New York Central Railroad married steel construction and electric train traction to a Beaux-Arts vision of the city that...

Performing Arts/Film

MetTalks: Parsifal

François Girard directs a new production of Wagner's final masterpiece with Jonas Kaufmann in the title role. Peter Gelb leads a conversation with Girard and...

Books

Charles Dubow - Indiscretion

From INSIDE NEW YORK - I associate the Upper East Side with Museum Mile and Gossip Girl. As many times as I’ve been thrift shopping,...

Legal/Politics/Economics,

Outlier States: American Strategies to Change, Contain, or Engage Regimes

This lecture examines the role of the United States as an enforcer against the development of nuclear weapons in the international community. In the Bush...

Science/Tech/Health,

Digital Occupation: Hi-Tech Infrastructures as Borders in Israel-Palestine

By Helga Tawal-Souri, Associate Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University.

Books

Emerging Writers/Contemporary Literary Landscapes: Fiction

Join us for the inaugural program in our new series on contemporary American Jewish writers, highlighting the work of both fiction and non-fiction authors in...

Science/Tech/Health

Addiction: A Family's Path to Recovery

As the survivor of multiple relapses and near-fatal experiences with his addiction to alcohol and other drugs, William Moyers knows what it’s like desperately to...

Performing Arts/Film, Religion/Spirituality,

The Lemba Jews of Zimbabwe

Modreck Maeresera of the Lemba Jewish community of Zimbabwe is coming to the United States for the first time! This event is his premiere in...

Art/Photo/Design

"FRICK BUYS A FREAK": Dagnan-Bouveret and the Development of the Frick Collection

In the final years of the 19th century, the American steel magnate and art collector Henry Clay Frick purchased two monumental religious paintings from the academic...

Books

The OkCupid Show: Stories of Love, Sex, and the Internet

A storytelling show about sex, love, and the internet. New York's best and brightest comedians, writers & actors spinning true tales, sordid and sweet, about...

Books

Teddy Wayne

Marking the release of The Love Song of Jonny Valentine: A Novel.

Legal/Politics/Economics, Books

Pussy Riot!: A Punk Prayer for Freedom

Eileen Myles, Laurie Weeks, Barbara Browning, Vivien Goldman, Johanna Fateman and Justin Vivian Bond read from their contributions to the new Feminist Press book Pussy...

Art/Photo/Design

Among Friends Featuring Thelma Golden and Glenn D. Lowry

Presented by the Friends as part of the series Conversations: Among Friends, this evening's program features a conversation between Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator,...