Events - April, 24, 2013

Books

The Street by Ann Petry with Sapphire

The author of Push and other writers explore the gritty, emotional 1946 classic set in Harlem.
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Art/Photo/Design

Michael "KAVES" McLeer, Billy Burke, Sacha Jenkins - Skin Graf

Acclaimed graffiti artist turned tattooist Michael “Kaves” McLeer discusses his groundbreaking new book Skin Graf. He explores the relationship between graffiti and tattoo art, delving...
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Religion/Spirituality

Today I am a Woman: Stories of Bat Mitzvah Around the World

Discover how Judaism defines this important rite of passage in widely disparate settings. With Barbara Vinick and Shulamit Reinharz.
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Art/Photo/Design

Collecting Art for Love, Money and More

Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner have been art advisors and collectors for more than two decades. Recently, they pledged to donate over 800 works...
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Art/Photo/Design

Happiness? A Master Class with Stefan Sagmeister

Continuing his ten-year research into happiness, icon of graphic design, Stefan Sagmeister, presents an intimate master class. Further developed through a series of traveling exhibitions...
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What's Next? How to Create a Second Act that Matters - Marci Alboher, Kerry Hannon

Join two experts on career and workplace issues for an interactive session on how to craft a meaningful second (or third!) act. Learn where the...
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Science/Tech/Health, Food & Drink

The Art of Fermentation

Learn how simple it is to make your own kimchi, kefir, and sample other fermented delicacies with Sandor Katz, fermentation specialist and author of The Art of Fermentation. Joined by Eleanor...
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Books

Christina Baker Kline & Caroline Leavitt

Christina Baker Kline (Orphan Train) and Caroline Leavitt (Is This Tomorrow) will interview each other about their new novels.
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Books, Science/Tech/Health

Brainwave 2013: The Physicist (Is Time Real?)

We all know time isn’t real. Or do we? In his new book, Time Reborn, controversial theoretical physicist Lee Smolin takes on revolutionary scientific thinkers from Plato to...
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Performing Arts/Film

Matthew Weiner and the Women of Mad Men

Featuring January Jones, Jessica Paré and Matthew Weiner in conversation with Caryn James. What WAS that joke Betty made? What doesn’t Don get about Megan?...
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Film

A Special Shorts Event: The Battle of amfAR

In the darkest days of the AIDS pandemic, two women from very different walks of life unite to take a stand.  Two-time Academy Award®-winner Rob...
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Film

Tribeca Talks After the Movie: Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

This moving portrait of legendary comedian Richard Pryor chronicles his life from his troubled youth in Peoria, Illinois, to his meteoric rise as one of...
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Art/Photo/Design

Greg Blasdel on Paul D. Humphrey

Artist and curator Greg Blasdel discovered the work of Vermont self-taught artist Paul D. Humphrey, whose drawings are included in the current exhibition Women’s Studies. Blasdel...
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Science/Tech/Health

23rd Annual Environmental Lecture and Luncheon

This year's lecture, moderated by Lynn Sherr of ABC News' "20/20," will feature prominent conservation experts addressing island resilience, including the recovery of New York City and...
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Legal/Politics/Economics,

Myanmar's Economic Outlook: Prospects and Challenges

In recent years, Myanmar has undergone tremendous transformation. After decades of military rule and isolation, President Thein Sein's administration has initiated a series of political,...
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Books

J.M Ledgard

Pulitzer winner Lorraine Adams joins J.M Ledgard to discuss Submergence.
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Books

Rachel Kushner

In Rachel Kushner's second novel, The Flame Throwers, set predominantly in 1970s downtown New York, a young and impressionable heroine, Reno, falls in with a group of...
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