Jan. 22: Denzel Washington, Chagall Lecture, Elizabeth Gilbert & More

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Award-winning actors Denzel Washington and Diahann Carroll discuss the upcoming Broadway production and all-American classic drama A Raisin in the Sun. *Though tickets are currently unavailable, check availability in the days leading to the talk. When & Where: Friday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m. at The TimesCenter

NEW REVIEW
Fran Lebowitz in conversation with
Martin Scorsese at BAM
Manhattanite Fran Lebowitz sat down with friend Martin Scorsese on Jan. 19 for a candid conversation about New York politics, smoking, art and more at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Get sound bites from the night’s talk here. Photo: Rahav Segev

• Meet winner of the 2013 National Book Award for fiction James McBride for an evening of conversation and music. Friday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m. at the New York Public Library

• Join a roundtable discussion with artists who speak about the works of Chagall. Sunday, Jan. 267, 6:30 p.m. at the Jewish Museum

• Get ready for a night of laughs at Late Night on Lex with NYC comedians. Sunday, Jan. 26, 8:15 p.m. at 92nd Street Y

• Observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day with Ilie Wacs who grew up in Vienna and escaped with his family to Shanghai. Monday, Jan. 27, 11 a.m. at the Museum of Tolerance

• Join authors Isabel Allende and Elizabeth Gilbert as they discuss their new novels. Monday, Jan. 27, 8 p.m. at 92nd Street Y

• Learn about the Business of the NFL with Eric Grubman, executive VP of the NFL. Tuesday, Jan. 28, 6 p.m. at the Museum of American Finance

• See Mars and Mercury with the aid of new data by NASA that can be experienced on the museum’s dome. Tuesday, Jan. 28, 6:30 p.m. at the American Museum of Natural History

• Explore the relationship between music and movies at The Big Picture with clarinetist David Kakauer’s interpretations of the music of classics like Sophie’s Choice, The Pianist and more. Wednesday, Jan. 29, 7:30 p.m. at the Museum of Jewish Heritage

• Celebrate the American West at a presentation about Hollywood Western movies and representations of cowboys in paintings, sculptures and more. Sunday, Feb. 2, 3:45 p.m. at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Sit in on a lecture about Putin, Politics and the Winter Olympics by NYU professor Ralph Buultjens, a leading analyst of world affairs. Sunday, Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m. at the 92nd Street Y

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