Jan. 8: Norman Bel Geddes, Jeff Koons & More

The Curriculum is Thought Gallery’s weekly email newsletter highlighting the top 10 upcoming talks, readings and panel discussions.

I have seen the future: Dubbed by the New York Times as “the Leonardo da Vinci of the 20th century,” theater and industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes revolutionized designs for modern American, playing a significant role in the 1920s and ’30s. During one evening in December, Tony Award-winning stars of The Great White Way and curator of current exhibit Norman Bel Geddes: I Have Seen the Future at the Museum of the City of New York joined for A Night in the Spotlight. The exhibit is open now through Feb. 10 at the Museum of the City of New York.

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Talk: Jeff Koons at The Frick Collection

Join internationally acclaimed artist Jeff Koons who will discuss the importance of small-scale bronze tradition based on The Frick’s special exhibition: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Hill Collection. Free; first-come, first-served. When & Where: Thursday, April 24, 6 p.m. at The Frick Collection

Top 10 Upcoming Lectures, Readings & Discussions in NYC

• Meet sculptor Tony Feher and tour his retrospective exhibit on a curator-led tour. Friday, Jan. 10, 6:30 p.m. at the Bronx Museum of Arts

• Attend a panel discussion with Harvard’s director of human rights and social movements program and others to examine how to fight modern day slavery, human trafficking. Friday, Jan. 10, 7 p.m. at the Brooklyn Historical Society

• Join cosmologist Max Tegmark for a fascinating talk on physics, astronomy and mathematics and how they define our world and reality. Monday, Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m. at the American Museum of Natural History

• Peer into the private lives of New Yorkers with author Constance Rosenblum who will discuss her book Habitats: Private Lives in the Big City. Tuesday, Jan. 14, 6:30 p.m. at the Skyscraper Museum

• Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates shares his memoir, Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War, during his only New York City book tour stop. Tuesday, Jan. 14, 6:30 p.m. at the New-York Historical Society

• Pioneering TV anchors Jane Pauley and Tom Brokaw reunite to discuss their careers and offer advice for those searching for “something more” from their own careers. Tuesday, Jan. 14, 8:15 p.m., at 92nd Street Y

• Hear both sides at a lively debate: ObamaCare is Now Beyond Rescue. Wednesday, Jan. 15, 6:45 p.m. at Merkin Concert Hall

• Catch a film screening of the eye-opening documentary Wagner’s Jews about German composer Richard Wagner. Wednesday, Jan. 15, 7 p.m. at the Museum of Tolerance

• Join celebrated author and Manhattanite Fran Lebowitz for an evening of candid conversation. Friend Martin Scorsese will join for part of the talk. Thursday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m. at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

• Examine the lives of the old bohemian enclave, from Thomas Paine to Walt Whitman, with author John Strausbaugh who wrote The Village: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rogues. Tuesday, Jan. 21, 6:30 p.m. at the New-York Historical Society

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