From curators to collectors, from scholars to shop owners, these experts in the fine and decorative arts provide education, inspiration — or, at the very least, a good old vicarious thrill.
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No matter what age you are, autumn is inevitably associated with the advent of school and education. This quintet of lectures, tours, and screenings make for a fascinatingly mixed curriculum.
Get to know significant houses and buildings from the inside out, with these tours and lectures about places that play a key role in the history of NYC.
“Life begins all over again in the fall,” F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote. Complement your calendar with this cornucopia of offerings — a guide to the top talks, tastings, tours, and screenings in NYC this September.
In about a month, the New York Film Festival (Sept. 26-Oct. 12) unspools for the 52nd year on screens in and around Lincoln Center. Before sampling these jewels of contemporary cinema, get yourself in a movie-going mood with some goodies from Hollywood’s Golden Age — all playing at the 92nd Street Y.
Shady activities. Dark deeds. Scurvy types. Take a walk on the wild side with these talks, readings, and performances that describe immoral individuals, bad behavior, and events on the wrong side of the law.
New York Fashion Week (Sept. 4-11) is almost upon us — as the flurry of tent-building at Lincoln Center attests — and your runway show invitations still haven’t arrived. So annoying. Well, whether you make it to that hectic scene or not, there are plenty of delicious style-oriented symposia, special events, and exhibits in New York City over the next month.
In our information-overloaded world, things become dated very quickly. Yet, oddly enough, culture and literature from hundreds of years ago still speaks to us across the ages — sometimes in their original state, sometimes adapted. These upcoming NYC performances and lectures prove that art and artifacts dating as far back as the 1100s can be new again.
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Comedy suddenly seems in much shorter supply these days, with the recent loss of actor/comedian Robin Williams. (Scroll down to see our tribute to his genius.) While his rapier wits and reflexes are irreplaceable, there are others who can provide a little laughter in our lives. Ranging from stand-up to cerebral, these comic folks’ efforts are bound to make you smile.
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Some things just naturally go together: peanut butter and jelly, yin and yang, words and music. A variety of talks, lectures, and performances demonstrate all the glorious ways that spoken and sung sounds can complement each other.
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