Feb. 19: The Met’s Spark Talk, Spike Lee, Civil Rights Act & More
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Final Weekend: The first exhibition of its kind in the West, Silla: Korea’s Golden Kingdom at The Metropolitan Museum of Art traces the dynasty from its small beginnings to its rise as a powerful kingdom with the display of more than 130 artifacts. Its curators joined together last week to discuss the exhibition’s key pieces during the museum’s new Spark Conversation Series. Take the weekend to peruse the multimedia exhibition before it ends on Sunday, Feb. 23. Note that The Met is open until 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Mark your calendars for the next Spark Talk about Plato at The Met with novelist and philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein and her husband, acclaimed cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker. March 6, 6 p.m.
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 JUST ANNOUNCED Spike Lee in Brooklyn Spend an evening with Spike Lee, one of contemporary cinemas most celebrated figures, who will speak about his career, films and the cultural impact of his work at a free talk on the Pratt Institute’s Brooklyn campus. RSVP required. Up to 2 tickets may be reserved per person. When & Where: Tuesday, Feb. 26, 6 p.m. at Pratt Institute – Brooklyn Campus |
Top 10 Upcoming Lectures, Readings & Discussions in NYC
• Examine xenophobia in America and its impacts on Asians and Arabs at this book talk with moderator Sewell Chan, deputy editor, Op-Ed/Sunday Edition of the New York Times. Thursday, Feb. 20, 6 p.m. at the Museum of Chinese in America
• Learn how thousands of strangers impacted hunger in Ireland with famine expert and author Christine Kinealy, director of Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute. Thursday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m. at the Glucksman Ireland House NYU
• Join Emmy Award-winning writer Cindy Chupack (“Modern Family” and “Sex and the City”) as she introduces her new book on marriage. Thursday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m. at 92nd Street Y
• Discover how Native Americans and First Nations are using new media platforms in indigenous communities to help organize, entertain and advocate. Friday, Feb. 21, 5:30 p.m. at The New School
• See performances of the Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers with dance historian Doug Fullington who will present excerpts from the works of 19th-century French ballet master Marius Petipa. Sunday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m.; Monday, Feb. 24, 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Guggenheim Museum
• Honor the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by discussing New York’s unfinished struggle for racial justice and exploring the histories of NY activities, from Malcolm X to Ella Baker. Tuesday, Feb. 25, 6:30 p.m. at the Museum of the City of New York
• Let astrophysicist Jackie Faherty be your guide around our explosive universe. Tuesday, Feb. 25, 6:30 p.m. at the American Museum of Natural History
• Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage of 1913 with four experts who will discuss former First Mothers and their influence on the U.S. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 6:30 p.m. at the New-York Historical Society
• Sit down with Emmy Award-winning Randy Cohen who will ask former New York Times food critic Mimi Sheraton about her Person Place Thing. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 7 p.m. at Macaulay Honors College
• Hear how Pulitzer Prize winner Philip Schultz confronts his mother’s tragic history while he translated her diaries from the 1942 Jedwabne massacre, in conversation with poet Edward Hirsch. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 7 p.m. at the Museum of Jewish Heritage
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