Events - April, 3, 2013

Langston Hughes - Tales of Harlem

Tales of the streets of Harlem in the 20s and 30s by the lyrical master. With special guests.

The Provacative Fin de Siecle

The fin-de-siècle period in Europe gave rise to an avant-garde production that led to the birth of modernism. Explore radical painting, drawing, and sculpture by...

Art/Photo/Design

Robert Burley, Alison Nordström, Arezoo Moseni - The Disappearance of Darkness

In the brief time Robert Burley spent documenting the industrial infrastructure supporting analog photography, the world embraced a digital age. Suddenly a global population abandoned...

Performing Arts/Film, Books

Debbie Reynolds

“America’s Sweetheart” Debbie Reynolds discusses her life and career. Ms. Reynolds is a recording artist and the star of the films Singin’ in the Rain,...

Books

Leigh Newman & A.M. Homes

Enjoy an evening with writer/editor/memoirist Leigh Newman as she reads and discusses her engrossing memoir Still Points North with controversial novelist A.M. Homes author of such novels...

Science/Tech/Health

SciCafe - Tiny Conspiracies: Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria

Molecular biologist Bonnie Bassler researches a process called quorum sensing, in which bacteria communicate with one another to coordinate their behavior, and even to mount...

Books

Dana Sachs - The Secret of the Nightingale Palace

Moving back and forth across time and told in the voices of both Anna and Goldie, this is a searing portrait of family, betrayal, sacrifice,...

Performing Arts/Film, Science/Tech/Health

Brainwave: The Virtuoso

Tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain explores how rhythm is the most primal sense we humans possess with neuroscientist Seth Horowitz.

Books

Dana Sachs - The Secret of the Nightingale Palace

Moving back and forth across time and told in the voices of both Anna and Goldie, this is a searing portrait of family, betrayal, sacrifice,...

Science/Tech/Health,

Laundry Math, An Inside-Out View of the World With James Tanton

Mathematics exists all around us, but did you know that mathematical principles can even be found in your laundry? Using pants, shirts, and socks, popular...