Hillary Clinton on America at 250, a look at the de-individualization of fandom, and Marilyn Monroe at 100: just a few of the intriguing talks and presentations coming up in NYC this week.
MONDAY, JUNE 15
Delve into an effort to break free of paradigms of Blackness and masculinity with Emmy Award-winning director Phill Branch and his new memoir The Double Dutch Fuss. Greenlight Bookstore.
Sports business expert Gina Antoniello goes behind the jersey to look at de-individuation—the psychological phenomenon where the sense of self dissolves into a national collective. Join her in Williamsburg for The World Cup: Hive Mind, Fandom, & Collective Delusion.
Hillary Rodham Clinton looks at the state of American life at 250, global instability, “and the uneasy intersection of leadership, power, media, and public trust” with David Remnick at a live taping of The New Yorker Radio Hour. The 92nd Street Y, New York.
TUESDAY, JUNE 16
Norma Jeane Mortenson was born on June 1st, 1926. Join in a celebration of her mutual love affair with the camera at the Rizzoli Bookstore launch of Marilyn Monroe 100: The Official Centenary Book. A panel discusses the project, which brings together the work of 17 photographers spanning the early years to the final shoot.
Get a harbor-level view of 25 years of NYC waterfront reinvention, led by urban planner and tour guide Moses Gates. An Open House New York cruise runs from the west side of Manhattan to Long Island City and Sunset Park with up-close perspectives on the policy and planning behind the city of today.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17
Harvard political philosopher Danielle Allen shares her new book, Radical Duke: How One Aristocrat—and the American Revolution—Transformed Britain. Find her in conversation on Charles Lennox, the 3rd Duke of Richmond, and the radical ideas that shaped two worlds. Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.
THURSDAY, JUNE 18
Storyteller and cartoonist Anoush Froundjian examines how we navigate different cultures in America, and how we represent that interaction. Catch her in Tribeca for a talk about how people shape identity, inspired by Froundjian's interest in the Armenian experience in America.
In conjunction with current Poster House exhibition Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage and Screen, catch an after hours night of music and storytelling. Music director Robert Lamont and singer and actress Gabrielle Lee delve into the early years of American musical comedy, making connections between Tin Pan Alley, the New York stage, and the powerful contributions of Black creatives between 1890 and 1910.
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