No international vacation in your immediate future? No worries: These upcoming lectures, festivals and screenings are so evocative of exotic cultures and foreign lands, they’ll satisfy your wanderlust. We’re looking forward to stimulating takes on a rising megacity, the art of Edvard Munch and England’s Royal Household as seen from the inside. Read more
Summer is as ripe for art appreciation as it is for logging hours under a beach umbrella. Our picks for stimulating arts and crafts events in New York follow, with top talks and classes around town in the upcoming weeks. Many are alfresco, allowing you to enjoy natural and man-made beauty in happy juxtaposition. Read more
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
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Like the flowers and trees, musical and theatrical events flourish in springtime New York: a dazzling burst before everyone scatters for the summer, perhaps. Among the performing arts activities, here are a baker’s dozen of our picks—premieres or rare performances, uniquely stimulating talks and lectures—that go far beyond the usual song and dance. Read more
With its influx of fresh crops, it’s no wonder that spring is a favorite season for New York venues to serve up food festivals, tasty talks and other occasions for the culinary-minded. Herewith, a menu of events guaranteed to make your mouth water, from dinners with novelists to whiskey sipping and a Lower East Side block party. Read more
2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War, but that conflict’s finale became the overture to 100 years of strife—the bloodiest century in human history—and the birth of modern warfare, in all its cold-blooded, technology-driven manifestations. Covering this grim theme, but sounding some hopeful notes as well, are these upcoming war talks, performances and events, arranged in historical chronological order. Read more
April Fool’s has come and gone. We may have quickly had our fill of bylined pranks and bogus emails, but that doesn’t mean we don’t like a good laugh. Lighten up as the days get lighter with these seriously funny talks, screenings and tours that will stimulate the brain even as they milk smiles.
Spring has officially arrived (we’re cheerfully ignoring the forecasts), and what better way to commemorate it than with some twists on the classic idea of spring cleaning—talks, activities and events for renewing body, mind and environs in thought-provoking ways. Read more
This April Mad Men embarks on its seventh and final season. Before the cast and crew head off into their rerun afterlife, there’ll be plenty of opportunities for thinking about the show and the light it cast on a series of lost New Yorks. Catch show creator Matthew Weiner in talks all across the city, on top of events and specials that will help you hoist a double to the Mad Men final season. Read more
Happy New Year! No, we’re not a month off. February 19 marks the start of the traditional Chinese Lunar New Year, which in 2015 is the Year of the Ram (or Sheep or Goat, depending who’s doing your translation). Following are some ways smart ways to celebrate Chinese New Year in NYC. The festivities customarily run for 15 days, so we’ve included events that extend the party into March. Read more