Events - April, 26, 2013

Ancient Near Eastern Seals & Tablets

Gallery talk with Sidney Babcock, Curator, Seals and Tablets.

An Evening with Dick Van Dyke

An Emmy, Grammy, SAG Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and People’s Choice Award winner, renowned actor, director, writer, singer and dancer, and icon Dick Van Dyke...

Books

Robert Polito - 12th Street Magazine

Science/Tech/Health

Brainwave: The Architect

Danish architect Bjarke Ingels + Salk Institute’s Tom Albright demonstrate why neuroscience should play an increasing role in design.

Performing Arts/Film, Art/Photo/Design

Fashion Fast Forward: Japanese Art Goes POP

An insider's look into contemporary fashion/design/street culture inspired by Japanese art through the millennia. Like the tastemaker merchants and artisans who shaped ukiyo-e culture, consider how populist...

Legal/Politics/Economics

Ira Katznelson on the American Racial Divide

The Institute for Retired Professionals (IRP) welcomes Ira Katznelson, formerly dean of The New School for Social Research and now Ruggles Professor of Political Science...

Books

Brünnhilde's Lament—The Mourning Play of the Gods: Reading Wagner's Musical Dramas with Benjamin's Theory on Music

Departing from Linda Watson’s interpretation of Brünnhilde in the last part of Götterdämmerung, Sigrid Weigel's lecture, Brünnhilde’s Lament—The Mourning Play of the Gods, discusses correspondences...

Books

The Lit Show: Heidi Julavits, Ben Greeman, Sam Lipsyte, & Mason Currey in Conversation with Joe Fassler

The Lit Show presents Daily Rituals, an evening of reading and discussion. Guests Ben Greenman, Heidi Julavits, and Sam Lipsyte read from their work and take...