Events - March, 4, 2013

Private Gallery Tour - Italian Medieval Sculpture: Materials and Techniques

With Jack Soultanian, Conservator, Department of Objects Conservation. Technological advances of the last few decades have made it possible to determine more precisely the materials...

History/NYC

Lincoln's Hundred Days: the Emancipation Proclamation and the War for The Union

At the sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, this visual presentation seeks to restore the document’s reputation by exploring its evolution. Louis P. Masur, Professor of...

Legal/Politics/Economics

Jeffrey Sachs

“Probably the most important economist in the world” (New York Times) joins Claudia Dreifus to explore the biggest obstacles to getting the very basics —food,...

Books

Matt Gallagher - Fire and Forget: Short Stories

Roy Scranton, Matt Gallagher, Colby Buzzell and Siobhan Fallon on War Fiction Writing.

Performing Arts/Film, Books

Gregg Allman - My Cross to Bear

Books, Art/Photo/Design

Reading and Rereading Proust

To coincide with the exhibition Marcel Proust and Swann's Way: 100th Anniversary, Antoine Compagnon, Blanche W. Knopf Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, and...

Food & Drink

Classics from Bordeaux

Known for its châteaux and mastery in the art of grape blending, Bordeaux offers some of the most noble Merlots and Cabernet Sauvignons. Join Laura Maniec, co-founder...

Books

Kevin Cullen & Shelley Murphy

Journalists Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy discuss their new book Whitey Bulger, the riveting crime story about the most wanted fugitive of his generation.

Science/Tech/Health

Viewpoints: Art and Technology: Wendi Murdoch and Jerry Yang

Join a conversation between two internationally known entrepreneurs: Wendi Murdoch and Jerry Yang. Murdoch, a movie producer, collector of Chinese contemporary art and a co-founder of Artsy, a digital start-up...

Science/Tech/Health

Songs to Syntax: Cognition, Computation, and the Origin of Language

MIT Professor Robert Berwick discusses the evolution of human language and specifically how underlying syntax arose via the introduction of a single, surprisingly simple operation...

Books

The Sackett Street Writers' Workshop

Come out for one of the best reading series in NYC! The Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop at BookCourt features readings by talented SSWW members and...

Legal/Politics/Economics

President Clinton & Chelsea Clinton with Edward Norton

President Clinton and Chelsea Clinton discuss the life-changing work of the Clinton Foundation and the influence that the next generation of donors and activists will...