Events - May, 8, 2013

History/NYC

Grand Central's Engineer: William J. Wilgus and the Planning of Modern Manhattan

Few people have had as profound an impact on the history of New York City as William J. Wilgus. As chief engineer of the New...
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Art/Photo/Design

Willie Cole, Sebastian Errazuriz, Sarah Oppenheimer, Lowery Stokes Sims, Ursula von Rydingsvard - Against the Grain

This event is held in conjunction with the exhibition Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art Craft and Design, currently on view at the Museum of...
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Books

Daniel Dennett and Jim Holt

Philosophers Daniel Dennett & Jim Holt come together on the LIVE stage to discuss each other’s most recent work - Dennett’s Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for...
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Art/Photo/Design

Supply / Demand III

For their three part series of panel discussions accompanied by related performances and demonstrations, Supply / Demand, E.S.P. TV collaborates with ((audience)) and Harvestworks Digital Media Lab Center...
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Science/Tech/Health

Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates: The FDA's Caution is Hazardous to Our Health

For: Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Peter Huber, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute and Author Against: Dr. Jerry Avorn, Professor of Medicine, Harvard...
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Performing Arts/Film, Books

Nina Blackwood

Celebrating the release of VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave.
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Science/Tech/Health

Curiosity's Mission at Gale Crater, Mars with NASA's John Grotzinger

The successful August 5, 2012, landing of the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars represents an unprecedented achievement. The most complex spacecraft ever to land...
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Books

Andre Aciman

In his latest novel, Harvard Square, Aciman's Egyptian Jewish protagonist personifies the immigrant's tension between identity and aspiration. The author joins Tenement Talks for a conversation...
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Books

Lily Tuck

Winner of the National Book Award, Lily Tuck follows her acclaimed novel "I Married You for Happiness" with a story collection about lives tethered to...
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Legal/Politics/Economics,

Maintaining the Rise of the Global South

Governments around the world are increasingly competing in uncertain and fluid economic environments.  As a result, they are foregoing existing paradigms and turning to new...
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Books

SHARP: A Discussion of Women and Criticism

Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Pauline Kael... In spite of abysmal byline counts at many publications, the English-speaking world has a rich tradition of women critics...
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Art/Photo/Design

Ugo Rondinone

Over the past twenty years, Ugo Rondinone has produced a strikingly diverse body of work that encompasses multiple mediums, including sculpture, painting, drawing, photography, video, and curatorial...
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Mom+Social: A Global Movement of Mothers

Join Jennifer Lopez, Arianna Huffington, Christy Turlington, Glamour Editor-in-Chief Cindi Leive, Dr. Harvey Karp and others for a day-long event. Mom+Social is a special, one-day...
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