Events - May, 28, 2013

Bunch of Amateurs: A Search For the American Character

Jack Hitt, the author of "Off the Road" and a contributing editor to the "New York Times Magazine," "Harper’s," and public radio’s "This American Life,"...

LGBTQ+

Dan Savage

Dan Savage, author of the sex-advice column "Savage Love" and creator of the Emmy-winning "It Gets Better" campaign, has become a leading voice in debates...

Science/Tech/Health

Astronomical Phenomenon Revealed with Jackie Faherty

What types of astronomical phenomena are observable from Earth? In this program, Museum research scientist Jackie Faherty uses the power of the Dome’s Zeiss IX Projector and...

Food & Drink

Eat the City: Farming the Five Boroughs

On rooftops, in vacant lots and warehouses, New Yorkers are planting and harvesting a bounty of city-grown crops. A roundtable of local farmers, led by Eat...

Legal/Politics/Economics, Performing Arts/Film

Bryant Gumbel with Allen Grubman

Join the award-winning broadcaster as he discusses his career, his views on journalism, America and the world at large.

Science/Tech/Health, Film

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen with John Glassie

Monty Python alum Terry Gilliam’s retina-bewildering adaptation of Rudolf Erich Raspe’s tall tales—which defied the scientific certainties of the Age of Enlightenment—recounts the outlandish exploits of...

Legal/Politics/Economics, Performing Arts/Film, History/NYC

Tom Brokaw with Phil Donahue

The legendary newsman will revisit some amazing moments and sharing some personal stories from "The Brokaw Files," a new series that will air exclusively on...

Art/Photo/Design

"Show Up," The Cooper Union End of Year Show

The Cooper Union End of Year Show has marked its students’ transition from studios, laboratories and classrooms to the gallery from more than 150 years....