Events - February, 19, 2013

The Roar That Lies on the Other Side of Silence

Edmund Morris, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, is also a classically trained pianist and the author of Beethoven: The Universal Composer....

History/NYC

Lincoln, Douglass and the U.S. Colored Troops in Action

Under the terms of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Union Army began recruiting so-called “colored” troops for the first time—and the mere fact that they donned...

Books

Michael Hainey - After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story

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,...

Performing Arts/Film

Vera Wang - Fashion Icons With Fern Mallis

Delve into the inner workings and enigmatic culture of fashion, from the perspective of the industry’s most talented, successful and legendary personalities today—up close and...

Performing Arts/Film, Books

Peter Yarrow with John Platt

Peter, Paul and Mary touched the lives and hearts of tens of millions of people, won five Grammy Awards, produced thirteen Top 40 hits, and...

Art/Photo/Design

Degas, Miss La La, and the Cirque Fernando

Linda Wolk-Simon, Charles W. Engelhard Curator and Department Head of the Department of Drawings and Prints, will talk about the works and main themes in...

Art/Photo/Design

The Shimmer of Possibility: The Helsinki School and the Expansion of Photography

Lyle Rexer, professor at the School of Visual Arts and author of The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography (2009), discusses the Helsinki School’s...

History/NYC