Events - February, 27, 2013

Books

Jamaica Kincaid - See Now Then

The author of Annie John, Lucy, and The Autobiography of My Mother delves into her long-awaited new novel about a complicated modern family, featuring Mr. and Mrs. Sweet and...
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Art/Photo/Design

Italy's Extraordinary Art: From the Pantheon to St. Peter's

Dr. Janetta Rebold Benton is back by popular demand for her second season of lectures at the Schimmel after 30 years at the Metropolitan Museum...
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Art/Photo/Design

Italy's Extraordinary Art: From the Pantheon to St. Peter's

Dr. Janetta Rebold Benton is back by popular demand for her second season of lectures at the Schimmel after 30 years at the Metropolitan Museum...
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Legal/Politics/Economics

Brian Williams with Jonathan Tisch

Join Brian Williams as he talks to Jonathan Tisch about journalism and politics and the future of America. Brian Williams is the George Foster Peabody...
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Books

The Double Dream of Things: John Ashbery as a Poet and Collector in his Hudson Home

Karin Roffman’s talk will explore how John Ashbery’s life as a poet and a collector began simultaneously at the age of thirteen when Ashbery declared in...
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Legal/Politics/Economics

Some of My Best Friends Are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America

Tanner Colby, the author of "Belushi: A Biography" and the New York Times and Los Angeles Times bestseller "The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in...
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Art/Photo/Design

Artifex Press - Jim Dine, David Grosz, Sara Davidson - Sculpture, 1983-2012

Artifex Press the first company dedicated to the production of digital catalogues raisonnés, celebrates the release of Jim Dine: Sculpture, 1983-2012, a searchable, sortable interactive web publication detailing...
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Books,

Writing Through the Hard Times

What does it take to face the very worst life can throw at you, and still stand strong? In this panel, authors Judith Hannan and...
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National Day of Unplugging: Sabbath Manifesto

Email, texting, Facebook, Twitter—we’ve become so overwhelmed by technology that we can’t focus on anything for more than a few minutes without reaching for our...
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Performing Arts/Film

Hey Dummies: An Evening with the 30 Rock Writers

With Tina Fey, Robert Carlock and Colleen McGuinness. The Paley Center for Media welcomes the writing staff of 30 Rock—including head writers Tina Fey and Robert Carlock—to discuss the...
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David Shambaugh - China Goes Global

Join eminent China scholar David Shambaugh (Tangled Titans: The United States and China and Charting China's Future) in conversation with Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China...
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Books

Birdwaves, Time Traveling and Dream Harvesting: Contemporary Sci-Fi and Geek Culture

Join sci-fi authors Andri Magnason, Sean Ferrel, N.K. Jemisin and Stephen H. Segal for a night of science fiction madness, discussion, music, and book signings....
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Performing Arts/Film

The Beatles - A Trip Through Strawberry Fields

Composer/producer and Beatles expert Scott Freiman examines the revolutionary techniques used during the production of three Beatles masterpieces: “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “Penny Lane” and “A...
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, Film

A Place at the Table

The compelling new documentary film A Place at the Table examines how hunger poses serious economic, social and cultural implications for our nation. Hear the...
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Science/Tech/Health

National Day of Unplugging: Tech Titans Unplugged

With Dennis K. Berman, Greg Clayman, Tarah Feinberg, Caroline Waxler, Lacey Scwhwartz. Email, texting, Facebook, Twitter—we’ve become so overwhelmed by technology that we can’t focus...
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Food & Drink

Culinary Intelligence: The Art of Eating Healthy (and Really Well)

As a hedonistic food writer, Peter Kaminsky found himself facing a tough choice: lose weight, or suffer the consequences of twenty years of feasting. How...
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Film

I Do and I Don't: The History of Marriage in the Movies with Film

Film Historian Jeanine Basinger will discuss her brilliantly researched, thoughtfully drawn, witty new book I Do and I Don’t: The History of Marriage in the Movies....
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Books

A Public Space

Join APS, Tom Drury, Jessica Francis Kane, and Mark Bibbins, for readings and a discussion, moderated by Brigid Hughes.
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Science/Tech/Health

StarTalk Live!

With Neil deGrasse Tyson, co-hosted by Eugene Mirman. StarTalk Live! is an evening of space and fun hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosted by...
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