Events - February, 10, 2013

Performing Arts/Film

American Symphony Orchestra - Truth or Truffles

After the devastation of the First World War, Richard Strauss chose to write an escapist ballet filled with dancing candy and whipped cream. Hartmann, on...
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Books, History/NYC

Words are Freedom: Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Words are Freedom: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Douglass’s narrative is the most famous written account of an enslaved American...
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Books

Jews and Words: A Celebration of Jewish Writing, Language, and Expression

Featuring the panels “What We Talk about When We Talk about Jewish Culture” (James Young, moderator, Deborah Dash Moore, Adam Kirsch, Liel Leibovits); “Was Irving...
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Performing Arts/Film

Boris Berman: Music from The Russian Thaw Era

Join us to explore the music from a relative liberalization of the Soviet cultural policies in 1960s that became known as "The Thaw". Boris Berman,...
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Books, Food & Drink

Wenonah Hauter

Discussing her book Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America.
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Books, History/NYC

Jeanne Theoharis

Discussing the book The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, the definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examinging her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her...
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Film

Bush Mama

With director Haile Gerima in person Part of the series Changing the Picture, sponsored by Time Warner Inc. Dir. Haile Gerima. 1975/1979, 97 mins. 16mm. With Barbara-O,...
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