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Lesson | Tai Chi in the Park


A tai chi class are for all ages and experience levels. Rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 am
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international more monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Five tours daily on the hour. less
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9:30 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history more of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Discussion | Beyond Dayton in Bosnia: Challenges of International Withdrawal


Sophia Sebastian of the London School of Economics and FRIDE in Madrid will speak. On May 14, a new crisis more emerged in Bosnia when SNSD Leader Milorad Dodik managed to pass a resolution in the Republika Srpska National Assembly designed to undermine some of the key accomplishments of the state building process that had been in place since the end of the war in 1995. Although the crisis was eventually averted on June 20, it demonstrated, yet again, the highly volatile nature of Bosnian politics and the inherent challenges faced by an international community that has grown impatient, frustrated, and is oblivious as to how to resolve the Bosnian quagmire. The country continues to show no clear signs of political reconciliation and there is a lack of commitment to the process of EU accession. Pressure from the international community for the reform of Dayton has increased in the past few years in the belief that a simpler institutional arrangement will give the state the required institutional capacity to comply with the EU accession process. All of the external efforts on constitutional reform, however, have failed thus far; mostly as a result of local ethnic power games. In this presentation Sofia Sebastian will discuss the recent dynamics involved in constitutional reform in Bosnia and explore the degree to which constitutional changes may serve as the means to resolve the political deadlock in this multi-ethnic country. less
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12:00 pm
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Jazz | The Gotham Jazzmen, Dixieland Jazz


This sextet is a staple of the New York jazz scene.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | “The Castle and its Kingdom”


Take a walk around the lands dominated by Belvedere Castle, situated high on Vista Rock. Visit the tiny more 55-acre realm on an eclectic tour of history and nature. Tour is approximately one hour. less
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12:00 pm
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Jazz | Daryl Sherman, Jazz Pianist


Sherman has been a fixture for many years playing Cole Porter's Steinway at the Waldorf-Astoria and recently more at the Algonquin Hotel Oak Room. She performs internationally at jazz venues, concert halls and her numerous recordings are in regular rotation on Cable TV's Music Choice and Sirius XM Radio. A frequent guest on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, she's also a favorite at St Peter's Midday Jazz Series and will be artistic director for a Lyrics & Lyricists program at the 92nd St.Y in February. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:15 pm
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Concert | “Bach at Noon”: Organ Works


Features the organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Tour | Downtown: Where New York Began Tour


A tour of Downtown — its history, architecture, and art, and its fascinating denizens. Tour includes more Federal Hall, the U.S. Stock Exchange, Trinity Church, Fraunces Tavern, U.S. Custom House, and Bowling Green. Led by a professional tour leader. Adults, please bring photo ID. less
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12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | Elissa Weiss, soprano & Lisa Sprargen, guitar


A Midday Music Concert.
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12:30 pm
$5 suggested donation

Concert | “Juilliard Artists in Concert”: Cellists Samuel Kunstler and Matthew Zalkind


Program: Samuel Kunstler, Cello: Bach: Suite I, BWV 1007, G major: I. Prelude II. Allemande III. Courante more IV. Sarabande V. Minuet VI. Gigue Matthew Zalkind, Cello: Bach: Suite VI, BWV 1012, D major: I. Prelude II. Allemande III. Courante IV. Sarabande V. Gavotte VI. Gigu less
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12:30 pm
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Discussion | 21 Artists in Conversation


On the eve of the fifth-season premiere of the Peabody Award winning PBS television series art:21-Art more in the Twenty-first Century, artists featured engage in a dynamic discussion about contemporary art, ideas, and the creative process, and offer a sneak preview of their upcoming segments. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history more of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present. less
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1:00 pm
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Screening | Documentary: Steve Lawrence and Phil Lucas' Vis à Vis: Native Tongues (2003)


Indigenous performing artists James Luna (Luiseño) and Ningali Lawford (Walmajarri) compare perspectives more on life and society, using dialogue via satellite, scenes of their performances, and video diaries to inform the conversation. less
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1:00 pm
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Screening | Documentary: Steve Lawrence and Phil Lucas' Vis à Vis: Native Tongues (2003)


Indigenous performing artists James Luna (Luiseño) and Ningali Lawford (Walmajarri) compare perspectives more on life and society, using dialogue via satellite, scenes of their performances, and video diaries to inform the conversation. less
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Lights, Camera, Ready for Action


Join Carl Capotorto and Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros as they share the secrets of writing for and working more in film and television. Learn the basics of scripting, dialogue, acting, and more. Capotorto is a Bronx native who is currently developing and writing a new series for HBO. Gersten-Vassilaros is a playwright working on a film, and is a member of the actor's studio. For all ages. less
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4:00 pm
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Author Reading | Viktor Mayer-Schönberger discusses his book Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age


Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Director more of the Information + Innovation Policy Research Centre. His research focuses on the role of information in a networked economy. Before coming to the LKYSPP he spent ten years on the faculty of Harvard¹s Kennedy School of Government. In addition to Delete, Mayer-Schönberger has published seven books, and over a hundred journal articles including Science. Delete argues that in our quest for perfect digital memories where we can store everything from recipes and family photographs to work emails and personal information, we’ve put ourselves in danger of losing a very human quality—the ability and privilege of forgetting. Our digital memories have become double-edged swords—we expect people to “remember” information that is stored in their computers, yet we also may find ourselves wishing to “forget” inappropriate pictures and mis-addressed emails. And, as Mayer-Schönberger demonstrates, it is becoming harder and harder to “forget” these things as digital media becomes more accessible and portable and the lines of ownership blur. Mayer-Schönberger examines the technology that’s facilitating the end of forgetting—digitization, cheap storage and easy retrieval, global access, and increasingly powerful software—and proposes an ingeniously simple solution: expiration dates on information. less
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4:00 pm
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Discussion | Tropical Agriculture and World Food Policy


With Pedro Sanchez, Director, Tropical Agriculture and Rural Environment Program; Director, Millennium more Villages Project; Senior Research Scholar, The Earth Institute, Columbia University, and Cheryl Palm, Senior Research Scientist, Tropical Agriculture and Rural Environment Program; Associate Director, Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development (CGSD); Science Director, Millennium Villages Project, The Earth Institute, Columbia University. less
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4:20 pm
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Discussion | After Kapuscinski: The Art of Reportage in the 21st Century


A public conversation on the ins and outs of long-form and literary journalism with Philip Gourevitch, more Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Lawrence Weschler, Suketu Mehta, Alastair Reid, Wojciech Jagielski and other leading reportage writers from the U.S. and abroad. less
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Lecture | How to Get Rich Without Knowing How: The Paradox of Development Economics


Professor William Easterly speaks. Development economists have had a long series of failures in attempts more to raise growth and promote rapid development. Yet economic development in the past half century happened anyway. This lecture discusses how some of the basic principles of economics help us understand this paradox and provide useful guidance on how to achieve economic development. less
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Concert | Listen to “The Auerglass,” a two-person pump organ


The Auerglass is a two-person wooden pump organ designed by the artist Tauba Auerbach with her friend more Cameron Mesirow of the band Glasser. The instrument cannot be played alone. It requires two people to play. One player has to pump in order for the other to play and vice versa. There is a four-octave scale that is divided so that each of the two players plays every other note. Auerbach and Mesirow will play a composition written specifically for the instrument. It combines music that Auerbach wrote as a child, songs from Glasser and new material. Ida Falck Øien, who creates the costumes for Glasser, has created special costumes with shifting states for the Auerglass players to wear. less
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5:00 pm
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Talk | What Makes a Good Financial Plan


Session 1 of a series of three programs for National Financial Planning Week.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Ailey II Dance Company


Ailey II, the second company of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, merges the spirit and energy of the more country’s best young dance talent with the passion and creative vision of today’s most outstanding emerging choreographers. Dynamic, virtuosic, and invigorating, Ailey II is one the most popular dance companies in the country. The company will perform Ailey Highlights (choreographed by Alvin Ailey), Splendid Isolation solo (choreographed by Jessica Lang), Hope (The Final Rise) (choreographed by Troy Powell), and When Dawn Come (choreographed by Christopher L. Huggins). Tables, chairs, and picnics are welcome on the lawn. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Discussion | Artists Allan McCollum and Josiah McElheny in Conversation


On the eve of the fifth-season premiere of the Peabody Award winning PBS television series art:21 — more Art in the Twenty-first Century, a conversation with Season Five featured artist Allan McCollum and Season Three artist Josiah McElheny will be preceded by a screening of McCollum’s segment. He is best known for creating large quantities of nearly identical-yet still unique-component objects, which then constitute a single work of art. Applying strategies of mass production to hand-made objects, McCollum’s labor-intensive practice questions the intrinsic value of the unique work of art. McCollum’s installations—fields of vast numbers of small-scale works, systematically arranged—are the product of many tiny gestures, built up over time. McCollum has had more than 100 solo exhibitions in Europe and the United States, where his work has appeared in major exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2009); Museum of Modern Art, New York (most recently in 2007); and the Guggenheim Museum, New York (2004), among others. He has also participated in many international exhibitions, most recently at the Bienal de São Paulo (2008). Recent solo exhibitions include Friedrich Petzel Gallery , New York (2009); Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston (2008); and Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva (2006), among others. McElheny creates finely crafted, handmade glass objects that he combines with photographs, text, and museological displays to evoke notions of meaning and memory. Whether recreating miraculous glass objects pictured in Renaissance paintings or modernized versions of nonextant glassware from documentary photographs, or extrapolating stories about the daily lives of ancient peoples through the remnants of their glass household possessions, McElheny’s work takes as its subject the object, idea, and social nexus of glass. Recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant (2006), a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (1995) and the 15th Rakow Commission from the Corning Museum of Glass, McElheny has had one-person exhibitions at the Henry Art Gallery , Seattle ; Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum , Boston ; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco ; and Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela. less
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Reading | Contributors read from EOAGH: A Journal of the Arts


Launch of Issue 5, with Emily Beall, Julian Brolaski, Thomas Fink, Paolo Javier, Vincent Katz, Dorothea more Lasky, Sueyen Juliette Lee, Kimberly Lyons, Uche Nduka, and Anne Tardos, as well as CUNY Graduate Center students Kate Broad, Louis Bury, John Harkey, Stefania Heim, Benjamin Miller, and Emily Moore. Hosted by Tim Peterson, Editor. less
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Opening Reception | Photography Exhibition: Fred Stein's Art of the Street / Art of Intimacy


Stein's photographs capture powerful images of the struggle and beauty of human life - images that transcend more the cultural moment: the romance of street life in 1930's Paris; the energy of New York in the 1940s during and just after World War II; and hundreds of compelling portraits of the most brilliant minds of the time. less
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Opening Reception | Photography: Eve Sonneman's La Cote D'Azur


An intriguing exhibition including a series of thirteen diptych color photographs will be on view. In more her most recent body of work, Sonneman turns her lens towards the South of France. As she presents the viewer with sequence shots of people engaged in leisure activities, the artist explores the notion of the landscape as witness to the passage of time. less
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Lecture | “Rebel Rebel: Anti-Style”


British musician-turned-fashion designer Keanan Duffty explores the ironic connections between fashion more and music. Duffty's celebrity clients have included David Bowie, the Sex Pistols, Avril Lavigne, and Sarah Jessica Parker, and he was regularly featured on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. A signing of his book, Rebel, Rebel: Anti-Style, will follow the lecture. less
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Talk | “The In-Between of Form and Content”


Designer, writer, curator and educator Abbott Miller is a partner at the international design consultancy more Pentagram and recently co-curated the exhibition "Design for a Living World" at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. less
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Poetry Reading | 2 Poets: Jill Bialosky / Susan Wheeler


Jill Bialosky is the author of the poetry collections The End of Desire, Subterranean and Intruder, and more her poems have appeared in journals such as The Paris Review, The New Yorker and The Atlantic Monthly. Susan Wheeler is the author of five books of poetry, most recently Assorted Poems, and a novel, Record Palace. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Witter Bynner Prize for Poetry from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has lived in the New York area for almost half her life. less
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Lecture | Among the Gently Mad: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books


With Nicholas A. Basbanes. A discussion of the manic pursuit of books, with a renowned author, known more for writing about books, bibliophiles, and various aspects of book culture, who has also worked as an award-winning investigative reporter, a literary editor, a lecturer, and as a nationally syndicated columnist. less
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Concert | An Evening with Stradivari: Violin and Piano Recital and World Premiere Screening


Ruth Palmer, violin (performing on the 'Yfrah Neaman' Stradivari, 1724); Alexei Grynyuk, piano; Sir more Richard Rodney Bennett, piano, special guest. Works by Veracini/Corti, Brahms, Ravel, Gwilym Simcock (US Premiere). Screening of the film In Search of the Messiah 50' Antonio Stradivari's instruments are now beyond the capability of even the most famous musicians to own. In Search of the Messiah follows Classical BRIT award winning violinist Ruth Palmer as she travels the globe in search of an instrument to play, revealing an extraordinary world of politics, deception, crime and passion. Featuring: Joshua Bell, Heinrich Schiff, James Ehnes and Steven Isserlis. less
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Digital Era, Part I: What’s Next?


Entertainment and technology expert Mark Ghuneim offers a crash course on how digital technology has more transformed all fields of the media industry. It's an insider’s view on the evolution of the digital media industries when Ghuneim sits down with Jack Myers, one of the media industry's leading visionaries, consultants and economic forecasters. less
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Talk | German director Maren Ade and German actress Birgit Minichmayr


On the occasion of the U.S. premiere of Everyone Else by Maren Ade at the New York Film Festival 2009, more this is a talk with the director and the leading actress Birgit Minichmayr. less
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Discussion | International Careers in the Private Sector


Intrigued by an international career? Ready for life with at least one foot across sovereign borders? more Are you a new job seeker or transitioning to a new career? This popular series provides an opportunity to meet international insiders who offer practical advice and share their real-life experiences. Everett Myers, moderator; international banker/investment banker and clinical assistant professor, CGA Nancy Abraham, vice president of documentary programming, HBO Marcela Manubens, senior vice president, Global Human Rights and Social Responsibility, Phillips Van Heusen, John Nelson, emerging markets banker and consultant. less
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Author Reading | John Elefteriades reads from his book Transplant


In this medical thriller, a top heart surgeon is kidnapped, seduced, and threatened with an unspeakable more loss -- all to make him perform a forbidden procedure. less
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Poetry Reading | MFA Poetry Faculty Reading


MFA Poetry faculty members Mark Bibbins, Elaine Equi, Jennifer Michael Hecht, David Lehman, Meghan O’Rourke, more Robert Polito and Paul Violi read from their work. Mark Bibbins received a Lambda Literary Award for his first collection of poems, Sky Lounge; his second collection, The Dance of No Hard Feelings, is forthcoming. Elaine Equi is the author of more than seven volumes of poetry, most recently, Ripple Effect: New and Selected Poems, which was nominated for a Griffin Prize. Jennifer Michael Hecht is the author of two books of poetry, Funny, which won the Felix Pollak Prize, and The Next Ancient World, which won the Poetry Society of America’s 2002 Norma Farber First Book Award. David Lehman has written several books of poetry and nonfiction, including The Last Avant-Garde: The Making of the New York School of Poets. He is the series editor of The Best American Poetry, which he initiated in 1988. Meghan O’Rourke is the author of the collection of poems Halflife. She is a poetry co-editor of The Paris Review and the literary editor of the online magazine Slate. Robert Polito’s most recent book is Hollywood and God. The Complete Film Writings of Manny Farber is forthcoming. Paul Violi is the author of eleven books of poems, including Overnight, The Curious Builder and Breakers, a selection of his longer poems. less
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Discussion | Panel discusses The Michelin Guide: New York City Restaurants 2010


The panel includes director Jean-Luc Naret, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Danny Meyer, Lee Schrager & Kate more Krader. Moderated by Mike Colameco. less
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Lecture | “Resplendent Serpent or Monster of Humanity? Tupaj Katari and the Communities of La Paz”


At a time when Latin America seems to have been swept by a radicalism drawing much inspiration from the more indigenous anti-colonial uprisings of the late 18th century, history professor Sinclair Thomson reviews the leader and circumstances of one such insurrection in the southern Andes. less
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Author Reading | Anne Elizabeth Moore reads from her book Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity


This book examines the corrosive effects of corporate infiltration into underground culture. Moore provides more hilarious and troubling interviews with perpetrators, victims, and not-so-innocent bystanders. Join her for reading from her book, and a screening of a short documentary about the "Unlympics," a spate of sporting events held in resistance to Chicago’s 2016 Olympic bid. less
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Workshop | Introduction to Meditation


Intended for all levels. No meditation experience necessary. The instructor is Sharon Salzberg, cofounder more of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. She has played a crucial role in bringing Asian meditation practices to the West. Call to confirm. less
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Author Reading | NPR's Sarah Vowell reads from her book The Wordy Shipmates


The popular NPR personality and author of Assassination Vacation returns to share her unique perspective more on America's first Puritan settlers. less
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Gallery Talk | Photographer James Welling discusses his work


Welling's career constitutes a comprehensive conceptual examination of the many forms of photography: more from documentary and staged to nonrepresentational. He was recently featured in the publication The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography. less
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Author Reading | Roz Savage discusses her book Rowing the Atlantic: Lessons Learned on the Open Ocean


In her new memoir, Savage details how she reinvented herself as a woman of adventure, becoming only the more fifth woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. less
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Discussion | After Kapuscinski: The Art of Reportage in the 21st Century


A public conversation on the ins and outs of long-form and literary journalism with Philip Gourevitch, more Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Lawrence Weschler, Suketu Mehta, Alastair Reid, Wojciech Jagielski and other leading reportage writers from the U.S. and abroad. less
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Author Reading | National Book Award winner Pete Dexter reads from his book Spooner


Dexter, author of Paris Trout, brings us his latest novel, the story of a lifelong tie between two men more -- a stepfather undertaking a lifelong struggle to salvage his stepson. less
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Concert | Katherine Meloan, organist & Brenda Brohn, flutist


"Postcards from around the World" – music and dance from South America, Italy, Germany, Ireland, and more America. less
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8:00 pm
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Performance | “Punch Up Your Life” Comedy Show


Hosted by Jessi Klein and Pete Holmes. Special guests TBA.
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