Events - May, 14, 2013

Paul Farmer

“Once you’ve seen Haiti though Paul Farmer’s eyes, you’ll never see Haitians, or any of the world’s poorest people, quite the same way again,” said...

History/NYC

The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy

David Nasaw, the Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Professor of History at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, tells the full story...

Art/Photo/Design

Commerce + Curation: Present

After museums stopped putting price tags in the galleries, many opened separate shops. These shops have grown to become branded, curated entities in their own...

Books, Food & Drink

Daniel Vaughn - Prophets of Smoked Meat

Books, History/NYC

Cronkite's War: His World War II Letters Home

Books

What Makes an Editor Keep Reading?

Editors, agents—and, for that matter, real-world readers—make snap decisions. What makes them keep reading? What are three things you want to establish immediately, regardless of...

Film

Frances Ha with Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, and Mickey Sumner

27-year-old aspiring dancer Frances (Gerwig) is career-less, romance-less, and directionless – but somehow manages to maintain a sunny optimism in Baumbach’s endearingly loose-limbed new comedy....

Risk Takers: National Geographic and the New Age of Exploration

In celebration of National Geographic’s 125th anniversary theme, The New Age of Exploration, photographers and explorers reveal the physical, personal, and political perils involved in pushing...

Books

That's That: A Memoir

Actor Josh Brolin interviews author Colin Broderick and discusses Broderick's memoir.

Books

Jimmy Connors

Marking the release of his new memoir, The Outsiders.

Books

T.J. English

The author of The Westies is joined by Slate Magazine's Justin Peters for a discussion of his non-fiction crime writing, including this new collection, Whitey's...