Events - May, 30, 2013

Elliott Holt and Michael Cunningham

Elliott Holt and Michael Cunningham come together to discuss Holt's debut novel, You Are One of Them.

Alice Walker & Eve Ensler

She’s been called a muse for our times; a writer with an extraordinary ability to both touch and propel the reader to action. As she...

Performing Arts/Film

Tony Bennett

One of the most well-known and beloved singers of our time, Tony Bennett is an American icon. Join the 92nd Street Y as he sits...

Art/Photo/Design

OLTREMAI by Lorenzo Mattoti

Lorenzo Mattotti, one of the world's foremost Italian contemporary artists, will be personally introducing his most recent work: OLTREMAI. 53 large format, black and white...

Books,

Carried in Our Hearts: Creating Families Across Continents

Join Dr. Jane Aronson, Elini Coffinas, Maggie Greenwalk and Shari Hershon as they discuss their book Carried in Our Hearts: Creating Families Across Continents. A...

Science/Tech/Health, Food & Drink

Cheers to Science! A Drinkable Feast of Beer, Biotechnology, and Archaeology

Brewing beer may be humankind’s first biotechnology, representing our earliest attempt to harness the power of living organisms. Dating back to 9000 BC, the craft...

Science/Tech/Health

Blow Hard Scientists: How Whales Are Unlocking Arctic Secrets

Researchers are racing to uncover the implications for the Arctic of rapidly vanishing polar ice – and they’re enlisting help from the very creatures that...

Science/Tech/Health, Food & Drink

The Taste of Science

We’re bringing scientists of varied disciplines together with leaders in culinary innovation for a program that is part science lab, part cocktail dinatoire. This multi-course...

Science/Tech/Health

Spooky Action: The Drama of Quantum Mechanics

In 1935, Albert Einstein and two colleagues published a landmark paper revealing that quantum mechanics allows widely separated objects to influence one another, even though...

Science/Tech/Health

Cellular Surgeons: The New Era of Nanomedicine

Pills the size of molecules to seek and destroy tumors. Miniscule robots performing surgery inside patients with a precision never before achieved. Nanobots, a billionth...

Science/Tech/Health

The Whispering Mind: The Enduring Conundrum of Consciousness

It’s an old question: what is consciousness? Today, sophisticated brain imaging technologies, clinical studies, as well as the newfound ability to listen to the whisper...

Science/Tech/Health

Ask Me Another

NPR and WYNC partner with the World Science Festival to create an exciting science-based episode of their wildly popular national show. Join host Ophira Eisenberg...