Events - March, 21, 2013

A Look at the Stars

Following Planetarium, join Columbia Astronomy Public Outreach director Summer Ash on the BAM Fisher Rooftop Terrace for an expert guided tour of the stars. Telescopes will...

Art/Photo/Design

Curator Led Tour of Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft, and Design

Discover the newly opened exhibition Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft, and Design with curator Lowery Stokes Sims as your guide. Illuminating the processes, concepts...

Legal/Politics/Economics

The Battle Over Health Care: What Obama's Reform Means for America's Future

Drawing on decades of experience in health care policy, health care delivery reform, and economics, this illustrated lecture provides a non-partisan analysis of the reform...

Performing Arts/Film, Art/Photo/Design

Tyondai Braxton: HIVE

Praised by the Washington Post as “one of the most acclaimed experimental musicians of the last decade,” composer and former Battles front man Tyondai Braxton performs the...

Food & Drink

The Grocer Extraordinaire

The city’s most famous grocer tells about his experience procuring gourmet foods for Fairway Market. A driving force behind the artisanal cheese industry, Steve Jenkins...

Performing Arts/Film

Shoe Obsession - Valerie Steele

Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, explores our culture’s fascination with extravagant shoes. Steele reveals some...

Books

Demetri Martin

Marking the release of his new book, Point Your Face at This.

Food & Drink

Adventures in the Global Kitchen: Foraging

Tama Matsuoka Wong, forager for Daniel, the renowned New York City restaurant of Daniel Boulud, and author of Foraged Flavor: Finding Fabulous Ingredients in Your Backyard or...

Books

Louisa Hall - The Carriage House

A gorgeous debut novel from an award-winning poet and world ranked squash player about an old moneyed family, facing the loss of the youthful talent...

Books

Sachi Parker

Discussing her book, Lucky Me: My Life With—and Without—My Mom, Shirley MacLaine.

Books

In Conversation: M. G. Vassanji & Elizabeth Nunez

M. G. Vassanji will sit down with author (and CFF board member) Elizabeth Nunez to discuss his latest book, The Magic of Saida and the writing life.

Books

Blake Bailey on Charles Jackson

Biographer Blake Bailey wrote a thoughtful, meticulously drawn portrait of John Cheever in his acclaimed Cheever: A life. Now, Blake Bailey dives into the compelling, complicated...

Art/Photo/Design

In Dialogue: Gregory Chaitin and Jeff Glassman

Gregory Chaitin and Jeff Glassman offer a dialogue between patterns. Chaitin is a mathematician whose work centers on the question of whether mathematics is mechanical...

Legal/Politics/Economics

2013 Mayoral Candidate Debate

92nd Street Y and The New York Observer bring together all the major mayoral candidates to discuss crucial issues of both local and national importance. From public...

Books

Louisa Hall

A gorgeous debut novel from an award-winning poet and world ranked squash player about an old moneyed family, facing the loss of the youthful talent...