Events - May, 2, 2013

American Symphony Orchestra - Hungary Torn

The Jewish population of Hungary suffered profound losses during the latter years of the Second World War. Many of its youngest composers met with tragic...

Art/Photo/Design

Glen Ligon with Kathy Halbreich

Glenn Ligon’s multi-media work explores issues related to race, sexuality, representation and language. He has had solo exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art,...

History/NYC

The Lenox Library: A Treasure House for Gilded-Age New York

The New York Public Library, which opened in 1911, had two predecessors--the Lenox on upper Fifth Avenue where the Frick Collection now stands and the...

Art/Photo/Design

Inspired by Landscape: The Women of the Hudson River School

Until recently, there has been little attention paid to the highly talented female contemporaries of Asher Durand, Frederic Church and Thomas Cole. Jennifer Krieger identifies these...

Books

Yeats's Graves: Last Poems, Death, and Afterwords

Prof. Marjorie Howes of Boston College discusses Nobel-winning poet and writer WB Yeats's later life and writing with "Yeats's Graves: Last Poems, Death, and Afterwords." Marjorie...

Books

Lauren Graham & Anna Quindlen

Discussing Graham's book, Someday, Someday, Maybe.

Performing Arts/Film

Sally Kellerman

In conversation With Tom Santopietro discussing her memoir, Read My Lips.

Books, Food & Drink

Sherri Shepherd - Plan D: How to Lose Weight and Beat Diabetes (Even If You Don't Have It)

Books

Joe Hill - NOS4A2

Books

Claire Messud: The Woman Upstairs

Widely acclaimed author Claire Messud will read from and discuss her latest novel, The Woman Upstairs.

Art/Photo/Design

Contemporary Art Forum: Art at Large: Artmaking in the Long View

The Contemporary Art Forum presents timely and innovative programs (lectures, conversations, and performances) that address pressing issues in contemporary art, and grow out of discussions...

Books, Film

Sorcerer with William Friedkin

Friedkin’s dream project was this loose take on Clouzot’s suspense classic The Wages of Fear, in which he fleshes out the characters’ backstories and ups the...

Books

Ken Kalfus with Keith Gessen

Ken Kalfus is the author of the short story collections, Thirst and PU-239 and Other Russian Fantasies, as well as two previous novels, The Commissariat of Enlightenment and A Disorder Peculiar...

Books

Christopher Hacker

Christopher Hacker launches his debut, THE MORELS, with an evening of reading and discussion, moderated by friend and fellow novelist, David Gordon (THE SERIALIST).