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New York attracts world's best minds to its shores: they come here to interact with each other at conferences and seminars, and while they are here they are often invited to give a talk, a lecture, to be a part of a public discussion. We at Club Free Time give you an opportunity to be a part of it: to watch how those best minds in the world work! Don't miss the opportunities that only New York City (NYC) provides!
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The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
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that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
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171 free talks, lectures, discussions in New York City (NYC) Fri, 04/03/2026 - and on...
In New York City, you can talk with and listen to the best minds in the world without spending a dime! Just take a look at free talks, lectures, discussion, seminars, conferences listed on this page below!
Lecture | Expert Shares Her Research on "Precarious Employment"
At this talk, Dr. Wen-Jui Han will present research related to precarious employment that points to a trap impacting low-income and marginalized communities. Since the 1980s, the global labor market -- including the U.S. -- has shifted toward precarious employment, characterized by instability, volatility, and unpredictability. Although such work is often portrayed as a temporary "stepping stone," longitudinal research spanning three decades reveals a different reality: for many workers, precarious employment becomes a permanent trap with serious health consequences that emerge in midlife and persist into later adulthood.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Apr 3
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Gallery Talk | Expert Insights into Heroes Tapestries
Celebrate the recent conservation treatment of the Julius Caesar tapestry from the Nine Heroes Tapestries by joining a talk to learn about the history and conservation of these unique textile works.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Apr 3
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Art & Exile: The Early Work of Author Peter Weiss
Join distinguished Scholar Frederic Schwartz for a talk exploring the early artistic and literary career of German author Peter Weiss. Focusing on his beginnings as a painter and his first writings in Swedish during exile, this lecture reveals how visual art and displacement shaped his later politically engaged work.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Apr 3
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Gallery Talk | Exploring Belonging Between Canvas and the Page
Artist Robin F. Williams and novelist Ottessa Moshfegh come together for a discussion on displacement, memory, and the boundaries of language. Williams’ paintings delve into raw psychological states, while Moshfegh’s fiction, inspired by her family’s migration from Europe and Iran to the U.S., examines alienation and the silence of inherited trauma. Their conversation connects visual and literary approaches to expressing fear and seeking belonging.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Apr 3
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Celebrate the Release of Chinatown Basketball Club's Floater: Blurring Basketball Lines
Enjoy a book talk and signing with Herb Tan in conversation with Eugene Kim on Floater: Blurring Basketball Lines. In this book, Chinatown Basketball Club celebrates its past 5 years (2019-2024) unique blend of competitive basketball and aesthetic experimentation, with essays contributed by Herb Tam, Lu Zhang, Reef (Harith Liew), Sean Catangui, Alex Zhang, Chiarina Chen and Dustin Lin.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Apr 3
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Scholar Shares Her New Book, Noble Sentiments and the Rise of Russian Novels: A European Literary History
Attend a talk by Hilde Hoogenboom (Associate Professor in the School of International Letters and Cultures at Arizona State University) on her new book, Noble Sentiments and the Rise of Russian Novels: A European Literary History. Moderated by Irina Reyfman. Noble Sentiments and the Rise of Russian Novels rewrites the history of nineteenth-century Russian novels. Hilde Hoogenboom examines how Russians created a new literature against substantial odds: 90 per cent of novels published in Russia through the 1850s were foreign. Using data from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century catalogues, Hoogenboom visualizes readers' large appetite for translated sentimental and sentimental realist novels, many by such internationally renowned women as Madame de Genlis, Sophie Cottin, and George Sand.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 6
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Lecture | UN Representative Discusses War in Ukraine from Estonia's Perspective
Attend a lecture by Ambassador Rein Tammsaar, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Estonia to the United Nations, in which he will discuss the war in Ukraine from Estonia's perspective. Moderated by Jenik Radon. Since 1994, Tammsaar has worked with Estonia's foreign affairs ministry.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 6
12:15 pm
Free
12:15 pm
Free
Discussion | Multi-Media Experience on Food, Art, & Black Agrarian Thought
Artist, chef, publisher, and author Bryant Terry explores the intersections of ancestral foodways, Black agrarian thought, community-based art practice, and food justice. Terry opens with a talk tracing the evolution of his two decades of work, illuminating how memory, land, and cultural resilience inform his creative and political commitments. He then performs Recipe for Staying Curious—a ritualized, recipe-shaped spoken-word piece that transforms kitchen practice into a framework for lifelong inquiry. Organized around intention, preparation, improvisation, iteration, and community, the performance invites participants to consider curiosity as both a discipline and a liberatory act. Following the talk, attendees will engage in a sensory exploration of spices and herbs—some sourced from regional farms—using touch, scent, and sound.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 6
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Scholar Explores 18th-Century Literature of the Afterlife
This talk (by Kate Tunstall, Professor of French at the University of Oxford) considers the powers of literature to accord or not accord an afterlife, and at what price. It focuses on two women: one, whose (alleged) last words were “Est-ce que je vis encore?” namely Julie de Lespinasse (1732-1776), known today as a salonnière and the author of a series of tragic love-letters; the other, Charlotte Bourette, formerly Curé (1714-1784), a café owner and prolific poet who remains completely unknown today. The talk juxtaposes the two women with the aim of bringing into clear focus what literature does, and what can be done with it.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 6
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Talk | Ask a Mathematician Anything! (Online!)
Join Dr. Arthur Benjamin for a one-hour interactive online session. Bring your questions about math, ideas, or curious concepts, and hear Dr. Benjamin share insights from his work as a mathematician, magician, NYT bestselling author, and TED speaker with over 50 million views.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 6
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Talk | Renowned Artist Mary Frank Discusses the Connection between Art & Earth
Renowned artist Mary Frank reflects on the seamless connection between the planet and its inhabitants. Through the product of her hands she explores both the majesty and tragedy of human existence. Sustained by nature's incomparable beauty, her advocacy and activism is as much a part of her art as paint, canvas and clay. Over the course of Frank’s career, she has worked in many mediums and materials, most notably with her monoprints, drawings, sculpture, painting and photography, and has been the subject of numerous solo museum and gallery exhibitions over the years. As described by art critic John Yau, Frank paints “elemental worlds largely inhabited by women (men, plants and animals) who are maenads, oracles, winged creatures and warriors –solitary and self-sustaining beings…(her) photographs of tableaus, which she assembles out of a variety of works she has made in different mediums, are all in pursuit of further defining the conditions of a mythic world.”
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 6
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Discussion | Artist & Curator Discuss New Book on Texas African American Photography
Attend a special conversation between artist Rahim Fortune and curator Nicole R. Fleetwood. The two will discuss Kinship & Community: Selections from the Texas African American Photography Archive (Aperture and Documentary Arts, 2026) and Fortune’s vivid new photographic essay that takes up the archive’s legacy and places it firmly in the present tense.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 6
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
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Discussion | Explore the History & Legacy of the Art of Photography
This conversation will examine the ways in which the market for 19th-century photographs has evolved over the past 45 years. In discussion with Darius Himes, the International Head of Photographs for Christie's, Kraus will reflect on the state of today's market, particularly for early photographs, and the opportunities available to collectors. When Hans Kraus began as a photography dealer in 1980, attention was focused on the upcoming 150th anniversary of photography in 1989. Fox Talbot's negative/positive process on paper and Daguerre's direct positive on polished silver were both revealed in 1839. Today, we face another moment of transition while looking ahead to the medium's bicentennial.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 6
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Getting Inside the Text: Architecture, Repair, and Social Practice
Architects Tatiana Bilbao, Anna Puigjaner, and Marina Otero Verzier discuss their new publication on repair as a creative and social practice that extends beyond architecture to include communities, ecosystems, and institutions.
Through conversation, the program explores repair as an evolving, collective process, illustrating how spaces are maintained, reimagined, and transformed through shared knowledge and collaboration across disciplines.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 6
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Mon, Apr 6
7:30 pm
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Lecture | Discover the Politics of Environmental Conservation in the Late Soviet Arctic (In Person AND Online!)
This talk will explore how the mechanical all-terrain tracks left on the tundra surface by geological prospectors, military personnel, and industrial workers in the late Soviet Arctic initially alarmed local Indigenous communities, then raised concerns among environmental conservationists, and ultimately became a key argument in transnational efforts to establish one of the first Arctic tundra nature reserves (known as a zapovednik in Russian) on the Taymyr Peninsula in 1978. To trace how these physical imprints on the ground scaled up into a global environmental concern, the author employs a metaphor used by Indigenous Nenets herders, who describe the tundra surface as an animal skin. This corporeal and tactile metaphor resonates with the visionary works on the biosphere that were formative for the academic conceptualization of planetary-level disruptions. The resulting entanglements of the local and the global in the politics of nature protection constitute the core of this research.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 7
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Hear from Librettist/Author/Dramaturg Aleksi Barriere
This event features a conversation with librettist, co-author, and dramaturg Aleksi Barriere about the upcoming 2026 Metropolitan Opera US East Coast premiere of Innocence, the final opera by his mother -- the late Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.
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Tue, Apr 7
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Launch: The Silver Fish by Former Security Official Connor Martin
Connor Martin (writer and former senior US national security official) launches his debut novel, The Silver Fish: A Thriller. Book synopsis: Journalist Danielle “Dani” Moreau has spent a lifetime trying to outrun the privilege she was born into. Fresh off a personal tragedy, she lands in Ghana to uncover corruption in the local oil industry. But when she crosses paths with James Aidoo, an idealistic young Ghanaian whose father is a local populist politician, Dani remembers what drew her to journalism in the first place: you go looking for a story, but when the real story appears, it’s never the one you expected. A twisty double-cross narrative, The Silver Fish opens with a spy operation going horrifically off course and takes the reader sprinting through crowded markets, darkened bars, bustling ports, and steaming jungle on the way to a startling conclusion. It will leave the reader shocked, moved, better-informed—and eagerly awaiting the next chapter in the story.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 7
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Experts Discuss New Book on Historical Viennese Design
Dr. Michelle Jackson-Beckett (MA History of Design & Curatorial Studies '13), Cooper Hewitt Library's Curator of Rare Books, for a talk about her recent book: Vienna and the New Wohnkultur, 1918-1938. Her book examines interior design exhibitions, press, and debates about modern living in interwar Vienna and analyzes the varied interpretations of modern domestic culture. Jackson-Beckett draws connections between interwar Viennese design culture and important concepts that appear more prominently later in the 20th century, such as user experience, spatial psychology, and environmental psychology.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 7
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Lecture | Scholar Explores the World of Serbian Surrealism & Its Legacy
This event is a lecture by Branislav Jakovljević, Sara Hart Kimball Professor of the Humanities at Stanford University, on Serbian surrealism and its legacy. Moderated by Aleksandar Bošković. If the Belgrade group, rarely discussed in international scholarly circles, can be said to represent the lost tribe of surrealism, it is because of its staunch commitment to the politics of what Georges Bataille called “essential surrealism.” Their passage from surrealist works to radical social action, exemplified most clearly in the anti-fascist struggle that several Belgrade surrealists joined during World War II, represents one of the key moments in the history of international surrealism. The case in point is Koča Popović, a founding member of the Belgrade surrealist group, who had a distinguished career as a military commander, first in the Spanish Civil War, and then in the guerilla struggle against the Nazi occupying forces in Yugoslavia, from which he emerged as Commander-in-Chief of the Yugoslav partisan army. This talk presents Popović’s war diaries as a unique realization of the ideal of the surrealist novel: without precursors or followers, leaving Literature behind, and aspiring toward other, non-scriptive, forms of writing.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 7
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Tony-Winning Performer, Author, & Music Journalist Share Their New Book, A Night at the Disco (+ Signing and Q&A)
Tony Award winner Melba Moore joins bestselling author Alice Harris and noted music journalist Christian John Wikane for their new book, A Night at the Disco, which celebrates more than 100 artists who shaped dance music from 1970-1979. Christian will interview Melba about her groundbreaking career, plus the legendary artists and music that created a phenomenon during the 1970s. A book signing will follow the Q&A.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 7
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Visual Artist Launches Her New Book, Praise House
Visual artist Adama Delphine Fawundu speaks with curator Mistura Allison about her new book, Praise House. Building on the notion of ‘praise,’ Adama Delphine Fawundu frames this book as a celebration of life. She honors the stories whisperedto her by her mother; she adorns her body in her grandmother’s textile work; she elevates the memory of various named and unnamed Black women of the diaspora and documents the iconic small Civil War era styled white wooded praise house on a patch of land off the side of a road in South Carolina not far from Beaufort creating an intimate body of work of color photography of an interconnected history.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 7
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Talk | Documentary & Portrait NYT Photographer Shares His Craft & Career
Attend a talk with Robert Kalman, New York-based documentary and portrait photographer. For over 40 years Robert Kalman has been making formal, large-format portraits of people he meets on streets across the globe. In addition to his large-format portraiture, he has worked as a freelance editorial photographer for regional newspapers and magazines in the U.S. His first job after university was as a news assistant to the managing editor of the New York Times. Robert is a frequent exhibitor in galleries across the U.S. Notable among his exhibitions: a collection of portraits of Nicaraguan villagers taken twenty years apart, wetplate collodion images of Confederate monuments, a series of ambrotypes of gay and lesbian bi-racial couples, dual portraits of dogs and their owners, transgender Israelis and transgender Panamanians. He is a Critical Mass Top 50 recipient, and he has published more than a dozen books of portraits. A special book arts edition of his latest book, a collection of American portraits entitled What’s it like for you to be an American? is touring four cities in 2026. Robert and his wife, Linda, live in New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 7
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Geography Expert Shares His New Book, Radical Cartography: How Changing Our Maps Can Change Our World
Hear a talk from Bill Rankin, on his research focusing on the intersection of science, technology, and geography, from the territorial scale of states and globalization down to the scale of individual buildings. He is particularly interested in the political effects of geographic knowledge—in mapping, the environmental sciences and technology, and methodological problems of digital scholarship, spatial history, and geographic analysis (including GIS). His new book, Radical Cartography: How Changing Our Maps Can Change Our World, is a historical, methodological, and practical exploration of data mapping.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 7
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
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Lecture | Portraits of Reality: The Art of Documentary Photography
Documentary portrait photographer Robert Kalman reveals his method for capturing authentic human stories. The talk includes case studies from projects and ethical considerations.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 7
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
Free
Tue, Apr 7
7:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Learn How a Historic Mansion Turned into a Museum
Join a museum educator for a brief gallery talk tracing how a Gilded Age mansion was transformed into a world-class art museum.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 8
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Read & Discuss the Poetry of Delmira Agustini
In this poetry discussion, the group will be reading selected poems of Delmira Agustini. Delmira Agustini was an early woman in Latin-American literature to deal boldly with the themes of sensuality and passion, and her poems have a force lacking from most Modernist poetry of the period. Her life ended tragically when she was murdered by her estranged husband Enrique Job Reyes, at age twenty-eight.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 8
4:30 pm
Free
4:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Six Co-Authors Discuss Their New Leadership Book, Trinity of Leadership: Learners, Thinkers, Tinkerers
Co-authors Trisha Beck and Denise Nelson Nash, along with contributing authors Sharon Counts, Parsons School of Design, Michael Miller, Herminio L. Perez, and Lucas Welter will discuss their new book, Trinity of Leadership: Learners, Thinkers, Tinkerers, which draws on decades of leading diverse teams, organizations, and communities through disruption and change. This conversation will be moderated by Jennifer Rittner, Parsons School of Design. Together, they bring leadership knowledge from across industries that's personal, practical, and useful.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 8
5:30 pm
Free
5:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Designers Celebrate Their New Book, Curiosity in All Things
Experience a gathering for design educators, students, creative thinkers, and the design-curious. This gathering will feature a conversation with Dora Drimalas and Caleb Kozlowski of Hybrid Design — a San Francisco-based multidisciplinary graphic design studio known for creating wonderfully engaging work across branding, identity, illustration, campaigns, packaging, retail, digital, and more. Dora and Caleb will celebrate their book Curiosity in All Things, speaking to its core theme and reflecting on how curiosity has shaped their creative practice, their studio, and their careers. The conversation will be followed by a signing.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 8
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Expert Shares His New Book, Yardstick Nation: The Metric System in America
Hector Vera (associate professor at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) presents his new book, Yardstick Nation: The Metric System in America, in conversation with Professor John Torpey (Graduate Center, CUNY) and Gustavo Rojas Garcia (NSSR). Using a historical-comparative approach and qualitative analysis of archival material, this work examines the trajectories of American scientists, engineers, politicians, and industrialists from 1787 to 1982, in their quest to establish a national system of weights and measures. It argues that to understand the unreachable distance between the United States and the metric system, we must consider the interaction between three structural elements: historical timing, state infrastructural power, and international economic integration.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 8
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | International Relations Experts Discuss War in Ukraine & Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare (In Person AND Online!)
Inspired by his book co-authored with Andrew Roberts, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare, David Petraeus, in conversation with NYU's Guy Sorman, will explain how the war in Ukraine is radically transforming the rules and methods of armed and hybrid conflicts—both current and future—and, as a result, how the West must adapt its weaponry and strategies.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 8
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Discussion | Visual Storytelling with Wabanaki Artists & Cultural Leaders
Wabanaki artists, cultural leaders, and partners lead an evening of visual storytelling and conversation about Tekαkαpimək Contact Station at Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, situated in the traditional and present-day homeland of the Penobscot Nation. Tekαkαpimək serves as an Indigenous-led model for place-based interpretation, cultural continuity, and the role of contemporary art in sustaining community resilience. Speakers will address how long-term relationships, community authority, and Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) frameworks made it possible to share language, stories, and site-specific knowledge within a permanent public space.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 8
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Talk | Explore the Relationship between Generative AI & Healthcare (In Person AND Online!)
This talk will explore how generative AI has developed and continues to evolve, with particular attention to its impact on health care—a domain where it inspires hope in some and fear in many others. About the Speaker: Since 2009, Dr. Humayun “Hank” Chaudhry has served as the President and CEO of the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), which co-manages the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) and represents the nation’s 69 state and territorial medical and osteopathic licensing boards.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 9
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Talk | Designer & CEO Discusses His Career in Retail Experience Design
Hear from Tom Philipson, the visionary founder and CEO of YourStudio, is an internationally celebrated leader in retail experience design and strategy, renowned for setting new standards of innovation at the intersection of creativity, technology, and human experience. Over the past 16 years, Tom has risen from a self-taught designer to a transformative force in global design, driving the success of industry giants like Nike, Google, Snap, and Netflix through his vision and leadership.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 9
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
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Lecture | Psychologist Discusses "Commonsense Psychology" & AI
This talk, by Moira Dillon (Assistant Professor of Psychology, NYU), explores the foundations of "commonsense psychology" by comparing how infants, adults, and AI systems infer intentions from actions alone. By pitting human intuition against state-of-the-art neural networks, this work tackles foundational debates across psychology, philosophy, and computer science — revealing the origins of intelligence, the divide between natural and artificial minds, and what it will take to build truly human-like, trustworthy AI.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 9
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Author & Translator Discuss Their New Novel, Sakura
Attend a conversation with author Kanako Nishi and translator Allison Markin Powell to celebrate Sakura, a heartwarming tale about familial love. The discussion will be moderated by Asha Lemmie and followed by a signing.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 9
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Lecture | Explore the Life of Artist/Author/Songwriter Romare Bearden
For this talk, you'll get a look into the life of Romare Bearden(1911-1988), who was an American artist, author, and songwriter. He also produced cartoons, oils, and collages. Joining the army on the European front during World War II, he returned to Paris after the war to study art history at the Sorbonne on the GI Bill. In the 60s, he pulled away from abstract art and took up figurative collage work. Bearden was a well-read man and vitally aware of social problems in the USA. His images compare Black rural life in the South, where he was born, to urban life in the North, where he lived.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 9
6:00 pm
$5, RSVP required
6:00 pm
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Lecture | Political Theorist Discusses Capitalism & Nature
In this talk, political theorist and writer Alyssa Battistoni explores capitalism’s persistent failure to value nature, arguing that the key question is not the moral issue of why some kinds of nature shouldn’t be commodified, but the economic puzzle of why they haven’t been. Capitalism consistently fails to place value on vital aspects of the nonhuman world, whether carbon emissions or entire ecosystems.
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Thu, Apr 9
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Writer & Cultural Critic Discuss New Book, Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America
Author Jeff Chang and cultural critic Bakari Kitwana to discuss Chang’s new publication Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America. This conversation will be followed by a book signing, where copies will be available for purchase. As the best-known martial artist and one of the most celebrated action stars ever, Bruce Lee is a global icon. He symbolizes swagger, strength, and the unbeatable spirit of the underdog. But in more than fifty years since his untimely death at age thirty-two, the legend has eclipsed the real man. During his lifetime, Bruce fought to be seen—from Hong Kong to Hollywood, Asian tenements to American ghettos, the lonely garret to the international screen.
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Thu, Apr 9
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Art Critic & Tech Writer Discuss New Book, The Society of the Screen
Attend a discussion between Martha Schwendener and Alexander R. Galloway on Schwendener's newly published book: The Society of the Screen: Vilém Flusser’s Radical Prescience. There will be a short presentation and a discussion, followed by a Q+A session. Martha Schwendener, Ph.D., is an art critic for The New York Times and a visiting professor at New York University. Alexander R. Galloway is a writer and computer programmer working on issues in philosophy, technology, and theories of mediation.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 9
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Mariam Rahmani Shares Her New "Profound" Novel, Liquid
Mariam Rahmani discusses her debut novel, Liquid. The Marriage Plot meets The Idiot in this brilliant debut, which tells the story of a young Muslim scholar stuck in the mire of adjunct professorship in Los Angeles who decides to give up her career in academia and marry rich, committing herself to 100 dates in the course of a single summer. “A wry, mercurial book about the horrors of being ‘on the market,’ both in romance and in academe . . . Profound, unanswerable questions . . . glitter at the edges of certain passages like shards of glass.” —New York Times Book Review “Both charmingly familiar and totally unpredictable, [with] the crispy edges of the most satisfying rom-com.” - The Atlantic
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Thu, Apr 9
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Writers & Scientist Discuss the Art & Science of Memory
Playwright and Alan Kanzer Writer-in-Residence Sarah Ruhl — author of Eurydice, Demeter in the City, Passion Play, etc.—and Columbia neuroscientist Daphna Shohamy discuss the art and science of memory. Moderated by Professor of the Arts and Dean Emerita Carol Becker.
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Thu, Apr 9
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Launch: American Han by Pushcart Prize Winning Author
Pushcart Prize winning author Lisa Lee shares her debut novel, American Han. Both deeply serious and absurdly funny, American Han is a story about striving and assimilation, difficult love, and family fidelity. A searing and probing portrait that challenges assumptions about the immigrant experience, Lisa Lee’s debut introduces a powerful new voice on the literary landscape.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 9
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Expert Insights into Heroes Tapestries
Celebrate the recent conservation treatment of the Julius Caesar tapestry from the Nine Heroes Tapestries by joining a talk to learn about the history and conservation of these unique textile works.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Apr 10
3:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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Talk | Psychoanalyst and Essayist Adam Phillips Discusses His Craft & Career
Hear from Adam Phillips, author of more than twenty books, most recently The Life You Want. He has been called "the best living essayist writing in English." He is a British psychoanalyst and essayist. Since 2003, he has been the general editor of the new Penguin Modern Classics translations of Sigmund Freud. He is also a regular contributor to the London Review of Books.
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Fri, Apr 10
4:00 pm
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4:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Curator & Art Dealer Celebrates His New Book, Impossible (+ Signing)
Attend a conversation with scholar, curator, and art dealer Francis Naumann to celebrate his new book, Impossible, the first about the love affair between Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins and artist and inventor Marcel Duchamp. The conversation will be followed by a signing.
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Fri, Apr 10
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Visual Arts Scholar Shares Her New Book, Trading Beauty: Art Market Histories from the Altar to the Gallery (+ Signing)
Enjoy a book presentation on Trading Beauty: Art Market Histories from the Altar to the Gallery by Valentina Castellani, followed by a conversation with Michael Cary, Director at Gagosian. This illustrated survey traces the evolution of the Western art market from the medieval era to the present day, examining how art and commerce have been inextricably linked throughout history. Castellani will give a short talk titled "Shaking Up the System: How Impressionism Uprooted Established Models of Taste, Market, and Consumption," after which she will be joined by Gagosian director Michael Cary for a conversation about Trading Beauty. Castellani will sign copies of the book, which will be available for purchase.
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Fri, Apr 10
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Art in Focus: Slow Observance and Conversation
Take a moment to slow down and connect with a single work of art through guided observation and group discussion. No background in art is needed--just curiosity and openness. This relaxed, welcoming program invites all adult learners to engage deeply with one piece at a time. Note: Space is limited; first-come, first-served. Stickers are distributed 15 minutes before the program starts.
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Fri, Apr 10
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Launch Party: The Dead Can't Make a Living by Ed Lin (+ Signing)
Asian American Literary Award-winner Ed Lin launches his new book, The Dead Can't Make a Living. This title is Ed Lin's big-hearted, eye-opening fifth installment in the fan-favorite Taipei Night Market series.
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Fri, Apr 10
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Book Club | Discuss Ayana Gray's I, Medusa
At this book club meeting, the group will be getting Greeky with Ayana Gray's I, Medusa! Synopsis: Meddy wants to leave her island life behind, that's why taking goddess Athena's proposition to become a priestess was a no-brainer. In Athens, as Athena’s favored acolyte, she gets her first tastes of purpose and power. But after a drunken night between girl and god ends in violence, Medusa is punished for a crime she didn't commit. Now she must embrace her new identity; not as a villain, but as a vigilante.
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Fri, Apr 10
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Embodied Archives: Black Femme Dance Writing Roundtable
A long‑form roundtable exploring Black femme dance writing and archival practice. Participants include scholars, curators, and writers discussing methodology, performance‑based research, and systemic challenges facing artists.
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Sat, Apr 11
12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Bestselling Author of School Nurse An Eunyoung Discusses Contemporary Korean Literature (+ Signing)
Experience a special literary conversation with Serang Chung, one of the most widely read and beloved voices in contemporary Korean literature. This program will present an in-depth conversation with the author about her creative process, her genre-defying approach to storytelling, and the themes that shape her work. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Sang-Keun Yoo and will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. Her genre-crossing works move fluidly between realism and the fantastic, illuminating everyday lives through vivid imagination and a keen sensitivity to the social worlds people inhabit. Blending warmth, wit, and an attentive gaze toward human relationships, her stories explore how people continue to care for one another even in uncertain and fragile times. Beyond the page, she has reached global audiences through the Netflix adaptation of The School Nurse Files and her contribution to Star Wars: Visions Season 2, “Journey to the Dark Head.” A limited number of complimentary copies will be available at the event on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Sat, Apr 11
3:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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Discussion | Death Cafe Discussion Group
An informal, group-directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. The purpose of Death Cafe is "to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives." This is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session.
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Sat, Apr 11
3:30 pm
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3:30 pm
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Discussion | Learn about the Art of Archiving
Come hear from three CUNY archivists about the exciting archival work that is happening at the Graduate Center. The speakers will discuss the differences between approaching sources as an archivist and a researcher.
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Mon, Apr 13
12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
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Discussion | Experts Discuss the Relationship between Digital Platforms & violence
Attend a conversation with Mariana Rosenblatt, Luke Barnes, and Tessa Harmon on how extremist actors across the ideological spectrum are exploiting digital platforms to respond to, amplify, and glorify violence. Against a backdrop of escalating political violence and deepening polarization in the United States, our report examines how extremist actors across the ideological spectrum are exploiting digital platforms to respond to, amplify, and glorify violence. Drawing on open-source intelligence collected between March and September 2025, the report traces how far-right, far-left, violent Islamist, and nihilistic violent extremist (NVE) communities use cross-platform strategies to recruit followers, justify violence, and sustain propaganda networks.
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Mon, Apr 13
5:30 pm
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5:30 pm
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Discussion | Celebrated Performers (Sutton Foster, Jeanine Tesori, & More) Reflect on Creative Relationships
As part of Lincoln Center's Visionary Artist celebration, composer Jeanine Tesori brings together a group of celebrated performers--including Emily D'Angelo, Sutton Foster, and Victoria Clark - for a conversation exploring the hidden connections that form between composers and the artists they write for. Together, they reflect on the deep creative relationships that shape musical works from the inside out, revealing how trust, dialogue, and artistic intuition fuel the collaborative process behind the scenes.
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Mon, Apr 13
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Egana Djabbarova Shares Her New Coming-of-Age Novel, My Dreadful Body
Egana Djabbarova discusses her dazzling debut novel, My Dreadful Body, a bookmabout a young woman’s vexed coming of age in a traditional Azerbaijani community in Russia, grappling under the weight of Muslim patriarchal norms and a debilitating neurological condition. The mysterious affliction leaves her unable to control her muscles, plagued by pain and speech disorders. Addressing each body part with the scrupulousness of a medical researcher, the narrator explores memories, traditions, and taboos related to her physical self. Egana Djabbarova unveils a hidden world in which illness unexpectedly facilitates her liberation from the fate of an arranged marriage she doesn’t want.
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Mon, Apr 13
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Historian/Curator Shares her New Book, Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis (+ Signing)
Enjoy a conversation with historian and curator Valerie Steele to celebrate her new book, Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis, a riveting exploration of how fashion can serve as the lens through which we see ourselves and how others see us. The conversation will be followed by a signing.
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Mon, Apr 13
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Journalists & Media Professionals Explore AI & Trust in Media
This Foreign Press Association, The New School, and The New York Times panel discussion will provide insights into what is being done to identify fake content and how technology can be used to rebuild trust. AI-generated misinformation, disinformation, and fake articles, images, and videos are eroding trust in the media and digital economy. Journalists and experts in the manipulation of digital images and content authentication will discuss the corrosive impact of deepfake/shadow content on trust in the media, the role of content provenance authentication to make the digital landscape safer, techniques and governance patterns to ensure responsible, human-in-the-loop AI use in the newsroom, and where the industry is heading. Following the panel discussion, there will be a Q&A.
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Mon, Apr 13
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Author Olga Ravn Discusses Her Craft & Career
Experience an evening with Olga Ravn, a Danish novelist and poet. In collaboration with Danish publisher Gyldendal she edited a selection of Tove Ditlevsen’s texts and books that relaunched Ditlevsen’s readership worldwide. Her novel, The Employees, was on the shortlist for the Booker Prize in 2021, and her novel, The Wax Child, was published in 2025.
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Mon, Apr 13
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Debut Author Shares Her New Novel, Honey in the Wound
Jiyoung Han in conversation with Eve J. Chung on her new book, Honey in the Wound. A lyrical and suspenseful debut novel about a mysteriously gifted Korean family confronting the brutality of the Japanese empire, Honey in the Wound is an epic tale of survival and the reclamation of power.
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Mon, Apr 13
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Lecture | Technology, Then and Now: Lessons from The Twilight Zone
Arlen Schumer examines the lasting significance of The Twilight Zone, exploring how its iconic stories still resonate in a world shaped by rapid technological advances. Created by Rod Serling, this revolutionary series combined science fiction, fantasy, and horror to address complex moral and social issues.
Through visual analysis and engaging commentary, Schumer showcases episodes that foresaw modern concerns about innovation, identity, and the human condition, demonstrating how these eerily accurate narratives continue to challenge and inspire audiences today.
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Mon, Apr 13
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Voices of Survival: Yom HaShoah Testimony & Remembrance (Online!)
In commemoration of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, join survivor and Speakers Bureau member Celia Kener for a special public event. This annual observance encourages people to remember those who were lost and honor the stories of those who survived.
Born in 1935 in Lvov, Poland, Celia was just a young girl when the German invasion in 1941 shattered her family's world. Her father was drafted into the Russian army, and Celia, her mother, and her extended family were forced into the ghetto. When her mother was selected for a labor camp, weekend visits became their only connection. Fearing she might not survive, Celia's mother made the heartbreaking decision to place her with a childless Catholic couple who could keep her safe.
Ms. Kener will share her story, followed by a Q&A with the audience.
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Tue, Apr 14
11:00 am
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11:00 am
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Lecture | Learn about Hsitorical Chamber Music & Instruments
This lecture and demonstration explores how the similarity of materials and sound production between historical keyboard and string instruments lead to performances in which the sounds of the instruments blend and balance more than performances on modern instruments. When combined with information about differences in the meaning of Classical-era notation, playing on historical instruments and equipment can result in chamber musicians making different interpretive decisions about tempo, affect, and phrasing, leading to performances that can be both vibrant and revelatory.
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Tue, Apr 14
12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
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Discussion | Legal Experts Discuss Asylum Seeking & International Law
For this panel, the Global Strategic Litigation Council and the Zolberg Institute on Migration & Mobility are delighted to bring together leading voices behind the amicus briefs submitted in support of people seeking asylum. These briefs from lawmakers, former government officials, human rights organizations, and more demonstrate how the policy has caused significant harm to asylum seekers and violates domestic and international law. Attend this timely discussion on:
The importance of this case to asylum seekers both in the US and beyond
Key insights from the amicus briefs
What comes next after the Court’s decision
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Tue, Apr 14
5:00 pm
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5:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Garden Apartments: Housing, History & Social Policy (In Person AND Online!)
In his new book Garden Apartments: The History of a Low-Rent Utopia, Joshua B. Freeman explains how a type of multifamily housing with idealistic origins became a common model, promoted by both public agencies and private developers.
Freeman highlights garden apartments, usually low-rise multifamily buildings surrounded by landscaped gardens, and highlights their significant influence on housing and social policy as they helped improve living standards for working people.
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Tue, Apr 14
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Award-Winning Writer Discusses Public Beliefs around the Apocalypse
This talk by writer Amitov Ghosh seeks to understand the thinking behind public interest in the apocalypse and what it signifies for the future of humanity. The world is currently in the grip of several intensifying crises: climate change, biodiversity loss, geopolitical instability, and so on. Given the scale of the disruptions that are already being felt around the planet, it is hardly surprising that many people have come to be convinced that an apocalypse is inevitable and requires active planning and preparation. This trend cannot be lightly dismissed, for it is being spearheaded by the founders of companies like Facebook and Google, that is to say, figures who are uniquely well-placed to stay abreast of all the latest information and research. It is well-known now that several billionaire tech entrepreneurs like Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, and Peter Thiel are preparing for an impending apocalypse by building enormously expensive and heavily fortified retreats on remote islands or in sparsely populated stretches of the United States and Canada. Not to be left behind, a bevy of America’s most popular stars, such as Taylor Swift and Tom Cruise, have also acquired cutting-edge apocalypse shelters. Nor are the ultra-rich the only Americans who are investing in doomsday retreats: so great is the demand that a new and rapidly growing industry has emerged to cater to it.
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Tue, Apr 14
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Expert Shares Political Analysis on US-Iran Conflict
Experience a conversation with historian, sociologist, and professor Behrooz Ghamari on the complex dynamics behind the US-Iran conflict. Drawing on two decades of political analysis, The Long War on Iran: New Events, Old Questions explores the history of US intervention in the region, focusing on the enduring sanctions imposed on Iran and the persistent perception of the Islamic Republic as a major obstacle to American power. Despite the repressive policies of the state, Iran has remained a vibrant society with active intellectual, cultural, and social justice movements. The book examines these internal changes and shifts in Iranian politics.
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Tue, Apr 14
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Pulitzer Prize-Winner Shares Her New Book, A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the American Revolution
Pulitzer Prize-Winning nonfiction author Stacy Schiff shares her recent book, A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the American Revolution. In this book, Schiff provides a dazzling narrative of Franklin’s time in France, one of the least-explored chapters of his life. In December 1776, Benjamin Franklin undertook the greatest gamble of his career. The American colonies had declared independence but were without money, munitions, or gunpowder. Amid great secrecy, Franklin crossed the wintry Atlantic to solicit aid from the French monarchy. He was 70 years old, without any diplomatic training, and possessing only the most rudimentary French.
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Tue, Apr 14
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Scholar Provides Critical Understanding of Current Immigration Landscape (In Person AND Online!)
Nancy Foner, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Sociology at Hunter College and Graduate Center, shares ideas from her book, Immigration: How the Past Shapes the Present. The past is critical to understanding current U.S. immigration. A new historical perspective shows that the stories, myths, and memories of the past color how we think of immigrants today. It also helps us understand contemporary nativism, distinguishes what is new from long-established patterns, reveals how legacies of earlier immigration shape the lives of present-day arrivals, and offers a fresh look at what lies ahead.
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Tue, Apr 14
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Experts Discuss "Climate Migration"
This panel brings together Anna Stilz (UC Berkeley, Political Science), Sunil Amrith (Yale, History), and Leah Zamore (Zolberg Institute/The New School) to examine how each scholar and practitioner engages climate migration in their own work, and to interrogate what the concept names, what it obscures, and what it does in practice. “Climate migration” is now a central term in public debate—but also a contested one. Does it clarify urgent forms of movement in a warming world, or flatten distinct causes, responsibilities, and policy responses into one expansive category? What makes mobility intelligible as a specifically climatic phenomenon rather than as a question of development, inequality, land, or labor? And how does this language shape politics--enabling political planning and solidarity in some contexts, while in others provoking fear-driven reaction?
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Wed, Apr 15
12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Learn How a Historic Mansion Turned into a Museum
Join a museum educator for a brief gallery talk tracing how a Gilded Age mansion was transformed into a world-class art museum.
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Wed, Apr 15
3:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Prize-Winning Author Shares Her New Novel, Tangerinn (+ Signing)
Celebrate the book Tangerinn by Emanuela Anechoum (translated by Lucy Rand), a resonant story of a woman's search for belonging and identity between cultures. Anechoum will be in conversation with Eduordo Andreoni, followed by a signing.
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Wed, Apr 15
3:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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Discussion | Talks & Performances on Interdisciplinary Nature of Indigenous Arts
Experience a day of talks and performances to accompany the exhibition Sovereign Acts III. Conceived and hosted by Curator Wanda Nanibush. The artists turn to a range of aesthetic strategies, including re-enactment, remixing, memorialization, mimicry, parody, masquerade, and portraiture, underscoring the interdisciplinary nature of Indigenous art. The exhibition explores the relationship between nineteenth century performing “Indians” and contemporary performance art. Indigenous artists have taken up this nineteenth-century history to create self-representations in photography, performance, video, and installation that challenge ideas of normative and static identity.
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Wed, Apr 15
4:00 pm
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4:00 pm
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Lecture | Cultural Anthropologist Shares His New Book, The Jewish Maghreb
This lecture will present multiple cases taken from Sami Everett's new book, The Jewish Maghreb, examining journeys of return among Algerian Jewish populations and their descendants, and exploring how these physical and metaphorical voyages illuminate complex relationships with homeland, memory, and identification. Dr. Samuel Sami Everett is an Associate Professor at the University of Southampton. He is a cultural anthropologist specializing in the historical-colonial and spatial-political dimensions of North African Jewish identification.
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Wed, Apr 15
4:10 pm
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4:10 pm
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Book Club | Read and Discuss The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
At this book club meeting, the group will discuss Doris Lessing's 1989 gothic horror story, The Fifth Child, which probes society's unwillingness to recognize its own brutality. Synopsis: Harriet and David Lovatt, parents of four children, have created an idyll of domestic bliss in defiance of the social trends of late 1960s England. While around them crime and unrest surge, the Lovatts are certain that their old-fashioned contentment can protect them from the world outside—until the birth of their fifth baby…
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Wed, Apr 15
4:30 pm
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4:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Scholars Disucss New Translation of Italian Novel, A Fictional Inquiry (+ Signing)
Enjoy a conversation with Chiara Benetollo (Center for Educational Justice), Alessandro Giammei (Yale University), and Iuri Moscardi (The Graduate Center, CUNY), in celebration of the first English translation of the championed Italian novel, A Fictional Inquiry, by Daniele Del Giudice, translated by Anne Milano Appel. The novel is a mysterious story of a narrator tracing the life of a long-dead writer, bringing to light the sublime connection between literature and life. The conversation will be followed by a signing.
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Wed, Apr 15
4:30 pm
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4:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Launch--Aqua: A Story of Water and Lost Dreams by Chiara Barzini (+ Signing)
Celebrate the launch of Chiara Barzini's Aqua: A Story of Water and Lost Dreams, which is a hybrid of memoir, travel and cultural history that explores how water altered LA and the history of film. Barzini will be in conversation with Lily Anolik and Katie Kitamura, followed by a signing.
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Wed, Apr 15
5:00 pm
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5:00 pm
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Discussion | Award-Winning Author Shares Advice on Writing for Young Readers
Enjoy anexciting, in-depth discussion on the creative process of writing for young people with award-winning, bestselling author, Erin Entrada Kelly.
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Wed, Apr 15
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Interview with Carnegie Hall-Featured Vocalist, Anna Tonna
Hear an interview with musician Anna Tonna, an acclaimed mezzo-soprano. Tonna is praised for her warm, agile voice and command of both standard and rare lyric mezzo repertoire. She has performed widely across Europe and the Americas at major festivals and venues, including Carnegie Hall, the Elbphilharmonie, and Teatro de la Zarzuela, and has been recognized with numerous awards and a Fulbright Scholarship.
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Wed, Apr 15
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Poet/Essayist Egana Djabbarova Shares Her New Novel, My Dreadful Body
Egana Djabbarova discusses her book, My Dreadful Body, with New York Times columnist and Director of Hofstra’s Institute for Public Humanities and the Arts, Rhonda Garelick. A dazzling debut novel about a young woman’s vexed coming of age in a traditional Azerbaijani community in Russia, grappling under the weight of Muslim patriarchal norms and a debilitating neurological condition. The mysterious affliction leaves her unable to control her muscles, plagued by pain and speech disorders, defying diagnosis. Addressing each body part with the scrupulousness of a medical researcher, the narrator explores memories, traditions, and taboos related to her physical self.
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Wed, Apr 15
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Coriolanus’s Beard: Exploring Textual Fragmentation & Gender Transition (Online!)
Dr. Miles Grier explores the importance of Coriolanus’s facial hair, suggesting that the character’s changing masculinity symbolizes larger themes of transformation and identity. This provocative lecture reinterprets Shakespeare’s Roman tragedy through a modern perspective of gender transition and textual fragmentation.
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Wed, Apr 15
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Lecture | Interdisciplinary Artist Sean Fader Discusses His Craft & Career
Hear from Sean Fader, a New York–based interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of photography, performance, installation, and emerging technologies. Through staged photographs, participatory encounters, and networked forms of display, his work examines how identity is performed and archived—especially within queer cultural practice—and how public memory is constructed, erased, or fought for in contemporary life. His projects often unfold across multiple platforms, including exhibitions, public interventions, and interactive digital layers, treating the photographic image as both evidence and event. Fader’s recent work includes Insufficient Memory, a long-term project that traces unmarked sites connected to anti-LGBTQ+ violence and asks what it means to remember when the archive is incomplete. Works from Insufficient Memory are in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum and the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. He is currently developing Queer American Memorials, a memorial initiative that places site markers embedded with NFC and augmented reality experiences, creating a living, distributed archive rooted in place and built with community participation.
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Wed, Apr 15
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Forum | City Leaders Discuss NYC's Affordability Crisis (In Person AND Online!)
Attend a discussion on solving New York City’s affordability crisis, which will require more than just tackling the soaring cost of living. City leaders will also need a plan for the other side of the equation—raising incomes, building wealth, and expanding pathways to the middle class—so that a lot more New Yorkers can afford to live here. This policy forum will advance concrete ideas, opportunities, and strategies for city and state leaders to address this side of the affordability crisis. Speakers will discuss specific steps that city leaders can take to help more New Yorkers achieve financial security, access well-paying jobs, grow businesses, build assets, save for retirement, and achieve upward mobility. Confirmed speakers include:
Council Member Eric Dinowitz, Chair, Committee on Education
Council Member Rita Joseph, Chair, Committee on Higher Education
Lauren Andersen, Vice Chancellor for Career Engagement & Industry Partnerships, CUNY
Debra-Ellen Glickstein, Executive Director, NYC Kids RISE
Reuben Ogbonna, Executive Director & Co-Founder, The Marcy Lab School
Justine Zinkin, CEO, Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners
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Thu, Apr 16
8:00 am
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8:00 am
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Discussion | Law Expert Discusses American Gerontocracy
Samuel Moyn, Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University, discusses American gerontocracy with Mira Siegelberg. As Americans debate President Biden’s infirmities and President Trump’s erratic behavior, we’ve neglected the bigger problem before us: a massive transfer of power and wealth to the oldest among us, and the curtailment of the prospects of the young. Even apart from the presidency, in legislatures, businesses, and the courts, the average leader’s age has risen dramatically. The elderly predominantly fund campaigns and dominate their agendas, often with the intent to block any challenge to their status. The tax code is rigged on their behalf, as is an economy geared to sheltering financial and housing assets. The United States was founded on the promise of generational renovation but has become an increasingly febrile country of old men. Fortunately, there is a problem to confront the consequences of the extension of life for our political order.
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Thu, Apr 16
5:00 pm
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5:00 pm
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Lecture | Antiquity Reimagined: Karl Lagerfeld’s Greek Obsession
Christophe Kone explores Karl Lagerfeld’s fascination with Ancient Greece. Using Chanel’s "The Modernity of Antiquity" 2017/18 Cruise collection as a starting point, the talk examines the recurrence of Greek Antiquity in Lagerfeld’s work for both Chloé and Chanel, as well as in the designer’s photography. Discover how the designer wove classical themes into modern fashion, creating a dialogue between ancient history and contemporary style.
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Thu, Apr 16
5:30 pm
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5:30 pm
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Discussion | Artist/Writer Discusses NYC's Artistic Movements of the 1980s & 1990s
Artist and writer Gregg Bordowitz will present a lecture followed by a conversation with Benoît Loiseau on the "French Theory" and New York's artists in the 80s and 90s. During the 1980s and 1990s, many New York artists felt a sense of permission granted by semiotic, structuralist, and post-structuralist theory read in English translations of works written in French by Roland Barthes, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and many others. The wide-spread effects of these readings were both energizing and limiting. Artist Gregg Bordowitz recalls that so-called “French Theory” suggested artistic methods that did indeed result in genuine alternatives to established contemporary gallery practices. These alternatives were claimed by both artists and activists, combining a variety of different approaches—including visual arts, writing, performance, street activism, and models for institution-building—that defeated inherited distinctions among disciplines. Are those developments relevant to present circumstances? What can we learn from the past?
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Thu, Apr 16
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Cartoonist Shares Her New Comic Memoir, Bury Me Already (It's Nice Down Here)
Attend a conversation with cartoonist and writer Julia Wertz to celebrate her new book, Bury Me Already (It's Nice Down Here), a comic memoir of pregnancy and motherhood in all of its pains and all of its joys. She will be in conversation with Roz Chast, followed by a signing.
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Thu, Apr 16
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Dance Artists Share a Discussion with Sara Rudner on the Craft
In this program, JodyMelnick and Wendy Perron, two dance artists who worked with Rudner in different decades, will present video excerpts of Sara Rudner in Tharp’s Eight Jelly Rolls, Bix Pieces, and The Catherine Wheel, as well as in her own works like Dancing Parttime, Heart Beat, and the 1999 version of the Dancing-on-View. Perron and Melnick will be in conversation with Sara Rudner (founding member of Twyla Tharp’s dance company) about her long dance life and the ways in which she challenged the conventions of concert dance.
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Thu, Apr 16
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Historical Researcher Explores the Life & Career of Gilded Age Artist Amalia Kussner
Author and historical researcher Kathleen Langone presents the full arc of artist Amalia Kussner's amazing life, many images of her stunning portraits, and some new research Ms. Langone has uncovered since publishing the Kussner biography. Throughout the latter half of the Gilded Age and up until WWI, Amalia Kussner was the sought after artist to render exquisite miniature portraits of many of the Who’s Who of that era. Her impressive list of portraits included, among many others: Edward VII, Mrs. Astor, Czar Nicholas II,Cecil Rhodes, and the Duchess of Marlborough (born Consuelo Vanderbilt). As she became more famous in the Edwardian Era, her popularity was compared with John Singer Sargent, and both their works were seen in the Royal Academy of Arts. But, paralleling her astonishing career, were scandals, such as a sudden and mysterious marriage in 1900, followed by a lawsuit whose contents were never revealed.
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Thu, Apr 16
6:00 pm
$5, RSVP required
6:00 pm
$5, RSVP required
Lecture | Scholar Discusses German Fascist Propaganda Films
This talk (by Ian Fleishman, Chair of Cinema & Media Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of Francophone, Italian & Germanic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania) seeks to excavate the ecological erotics of propaganda films produced by the Hitler Youth and Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Core. Common across these archives is pastoral imagery of homosocial bonding: strapping young men stripped to the waist while frolicking in nature or cheerfully laboring outdoors. Arguing that these images are intended in part to titillate, and tracing these tropes through the visual imaginary of contemporary nationalisms, the lecture will engage this media history to theorize the role of arousal in an eco-imperialist politics attracted to both racial and environmental homogeneity.
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Thu, Apr 16
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Club | Luddite Book Club--Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age by Vauhini Vara
This offline book club is a space for in-person conversation about the role technology plays in the world, where the group will be discussing Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age by Vauhini Vara. Synopsis: Using internet search history as raw material, explores the seduction and the danger of corporate-owned language machines. Through several deeply personal essays, attempts to answer the question, "could a chatbot write my memoir?"
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 16
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Book Launch: The Girl Who Watched the Trains Depart (+ Author Signing)
Enjoy the presentation of The Girl Who Watched the Trains Depart, the long-awaited English translation of the hit book by author Ruperto Long. This event will feature a conversation between the author and Professor Federico Finchelstein. Books will be available for sale and signing. Inspired by real events during World War II, this powerful novel weaves together stories of survival, resistance, and moral courage across Nazi-occupied Europe.
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Fri, Apr 17
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Gallery Talk | Expert Insights into Heroes Tapestries
Celebrate the recent conservation treatment of the Julius Caesar tapestry from the Nine Heroes Tapestries by joining a talk to learn about the history and conservation of these unique textile works.
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Fri, Apr 17
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Ethnographer/Anthropoligist Shares Her Research on Women's Labor, Sensory Politics, & Anti-Blackness
Laurian Bowles on Aluminum Pans, Fugitive Labor, and Affective Anti-Blackness in Accra. Laurian Bowles is a Black feminist ethnographer and cultural/visual anthropologist whose work examines women’s labor, sensory politics, and the affective dimensions of anti-Blackness across Africa and the diaspora. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in North America and Africa and also works with community-based and engaged research approaches.
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Fri, Apr 17
4:15 pm
Free
4:15 pm
Free
Lecture | Ethnographer/Anthropologist Shares Her Research on Labor & Anti-Blackness in Ghana
Black feminist ethnographer and cultural/visual anthropologist Laurian Bowles speaks on 'Aluminum Pans, Fugitive Labor, and Affective Anti-Blackness in Accra.' Bowles' work examines women’s labor, sensory politics, and the affective dimensions of anti-Blackness across Africa and the diaspora. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in North America and Africa and also works with community-based and engaged research approaches.
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Fri, Apr 17
4:15 pm
Free
4:15 pm
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Discussion | Art Talk with Francisco Costa
Francisco Costa, in conversation with Marc Karimzadeh, explores his illustrious career. Francisco Costa has been honored with awards for his work from the FIT Alumni Association, Parsons The New School for Design, and the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. In 2006, and again in 2008, the CFDA named him the Womenswear Designer of the Year. Costa assumed the role of Women’s Creative Director of Calvin Klein Collection after working directly with Calvin Klein and other top design houses including Gucci, Balmain Couture, and Oscar de la Renta.
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Fri, Apr 17
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Magician/Author Shares Her New Book on Historical Magician, Madame Adelaide Herrmann
Magician and author Margaret B. Steele brings magician Madame Adelaide Herrmann's story to life in multi-media homage featuring rare images from the Billy Rose Theatre Division, a video tour of Adelaide Herrmann's New York, and a performance of Adelaide Herrmann's signature magic effects with live musical accompaniment and sound effects. The presentation will conclude with a Q & A, after which Margaret will sign copies of her new book, Queen of Magic: The Wondrous, Unstoppable Adelaide Herrmann.
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Fri, Apr 17
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
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Conference | Explore Artistic Sustainability & Community
This event invites creative communities to connect through conversations and creative exploration focused on sustaining artists, designers, educators, and community members. The conference creates space to explore mental, physical, and creative well-being with special attention to the experiences and needs of artists and designers. This year’s theme, Sustaining Creative Lives, reflects a shared interest in exploring how creative practice, community care, and reflection support long-term artistic growth and well-being. This year’s breakout sessions will explore topics such as rest as a sustainable practice, letting go of stress, and understanding the power of artists in breaking down systemic barriers.
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Sat, Apr 18
9:30 am
Free
9:30 am
Free
Book Discussion | Historian Shares Her New Book, Paul Poiret: Inventing Modern Luxury
Attend a conversation between Mary Davis, author of Paul Poiret: Inventing Modern Luxury, and Leslie Camhi, essayist, cultural journalist, and literary translator. Book Synopsis: Long before Chanel or Dior became household names, French designer Paul Poiret (1879–1944) created the blueprint for modern luxury. Join historian and cultural critic Mary E. Davis and acclaimed writer Leslie Camhi (The New Yorker, Vogue) for a conversation about the legacy of this innovative genius, who transformed fashion into a comprehensive and elevated lifestyle enterprise. Drawing from Davis’s new book, Paul Poiret: Inventing Modern Luxury, the discussion will explore Poiret's revolutionary strategies, from linking fashion to fragrance and interior design to embracing modernist art and architecture. The talk will highlight his importance in establishing celebrity influencers and outrageous parties as requirements for a successful fashion brand, and will delve into other aspects of his towering cultural figure.
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Sat, Apr 18
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Talk | Areaware Studio Founder Discusses His Craft & Career
Enjoy a talk with Noel Wiggins, co-founder and president of Areaware. Noel Wiggins co-founded his design and manufacturing company, The Here After, in 1989. He went on to establish Areaware in 2005, where he is able to fuse his artistic sensibility with his strong business sense in an effort to promote emerging designers.
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Mon, Apr 20
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Joint Book Launch with UN Scholars
The Ralph Bunche Institute hosts a joint book launch event with the top experts on UN politics. Presenters:
Lukas Haynes, RBI Visiting Scholar, discussing Peace Through Power: FDR’s Military Leaders and the Pragmatism of the UN Charter
Tapio Kanninen, RBI Senior Fellow, discussing Revitalizing the United Nations: Making and Keeping the Peace
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Mon, Apr 20
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Choreographer & Historian Explore Personal History through Movement
In this event, choreographer Meredith Dincolo and historian Tara Zahra explore the artistic process and methodological challenges of researching and creating personal histories through movement. Can we “write” history through movement rather than words? What histories and knowledge do our bodies archive and express?
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Mon, Apr 20
5:30 pm
Free
5:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Explore the Photography of Michel Hurst
Enjoy a conversation with Chris Wiley, Nan Goldin, and Robert Swope to celebrate the debut book of late photographer Michel Hurst, Michel Hurst: Órale: Love and Death in Mexico City, a collection of photographs made in and around his adopted home of Mexico City over a period of 8 years.
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Mon, Apr 20
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Discussion | Panel Talk on Ballerina Alexandra Danilova Life & Art
Here to discuss prima ballerina Alexandra Danilova's many lives is a panel that represents these different aspects of “Choura,” as she was known. Patricia McBride, former NYCB principal, will discuss how Coppelia was set on her by Danilova; former NYCB principal Maria Calegari will talk about being Mme. Danilova’s student who was taught her favorite roles for Workshop productions; Kim Kokich, Danilova’s goddaughter, will speak of her relationship with Choura, and share her memories and anecdotes. Elizabeth Kendall, dance historian and author who has written about Danilova’s early years in two books about Balanchine, will moderate. Presented in conjunction with The George Balanchine Foundation.
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Mon, Apr 20
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Romantics Expert Discusses His New Book, Towards a Premodern Posthumanism (In Person AND Online!)
In this lecture, Professor Chad Cordova will be sharing insights from his recent book Towards a Premodern Posthumanism. What good is aesthetics in a time of ecological crisis? Toward a Premodern Posthumanism: Anarchic Ontologies of Earthly Life in Early Modern France shows that philosophical aesthetics contains unheeded potentialities for challenging the ontological subjection of nature to the human subject. Drawing on deconstructive, ecological, and biopolitical thought, Chad Córdova uncovers in aesthetics something irreducible to humanist metaphysics: an account of how beings emerge and are interrelated, responsive, and even response-able without reason or why.
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Mon, Apr 20
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Biographer Shares His Book, Devouring Time: Jim Harrison, A Writer's Life (In Person AND Online!)
Author Todd Goddard sits down to discuss his book Devouring Time: Jim Harrison, A Writer's Life, a definitive biography of one of America's most beloved writers, with prize-winning Irish novelist Colum McCann. Jim Harrison (1937-2016) was widely considered one of the finest voices of his generation. His twenty-one books of fiction and fourteen books of poetry influenced a generation of writers. Harrison helped to shape the course of contemporary American literature, revitalizing in particular the novella form, of which he was a recognized master.
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Mon, Apr 20
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Discussion | Discover Encores! Musical Theater Series, Talk with Creators
Explore Encores!, the Tony Award-winning series of musical theater revivals that have been happening for more than 30 years at New York's City Center. Michael S. Rosenberg (President and CEO) and Jenny Gersten (Vice President and Artistic Director of Musical Theater) reveal the storied past and dynamic future of Manhattan’s first performing arts center. And in keeping with the performance venue, rare performance clips will be shown. The guests will discuss how the Encores! series has evolved from its 1994 debut with Fiorello! to the record-breaking production of Chicago, to the upcoming La Cage Aux Folles. They will also dive into the "musical archaeology" required to restore lost scores, a process that allows audiences to hear works exactly as their creators intended.
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Mon, Apr 20
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | AI & Search Experts Share Their Book on Creativity, Twenty One Summers
Meet Derrick Connell, one of world's foremost experts in the areas of AI and Search, and one of the leading advisors to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on AI, and Thomas Werner, former NY Gallery owner, exhibiting artist, and author of the books The Business of Fine Art Photography and The Fashion Image, as they discuss their new book Twenty One Summers and the challenges creatives face. They will draw from their careers in the art and technology introducing processes and solutions from both fields. They will cover the following:
The challenge of consistently creating new work
Blind Spots that may be limiting your growth
Managing the business and creative sides of your career
Work/Life Balance
Time Management
The role of success and failure
AI in the arts and business
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Tue, Apr 21
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Book Discussion | Historian Discusses His Books On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century & On Freedom
Together with Jessica Pisano, NSSR Professor of Politics, Timothy Snyder (one of the world's foremost scholars of the history of Central Europe, Ukraine, the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust) discusses his two most recent books, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century and On Freedom.
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Tue, Apr 21
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Book Club | Poetry Discussion: Arab-American Poems
Participate with fellow poetry enthusiasts in unpacking the layered meanings of poetry through an informal group discussion. This month, celebrate Arab American Heritage Month with poems that explore the varied experiences and backgrounds of Arab writers in the U.S. Please note that contemporary poetry deals frankly with contemporary issues and all works discussed are artistic expressions selected for an adult audience.
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Tue, Apr 21
2:30 pm
Free
2:30 pm
Free
Book Club | Discuss The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Discuss The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon with likeminded readers. Book Synopsis: A young escape artist and budding magician named Joe Kavalier arrives on the doorstep of his cousin, Sammy Clay. While the long shadow of Hitler falls across Europe, America is happily in thrall to the Golden Age of comic books, and in a distant corner of Brooklyn, Sammy is looking for a way to cash in on the craze. He finds the ideal partner in the aloof, artistically gifted Joe, and together they embark on an adventure that takes them deep into the heart of Manhattan, and the heart of old-fashioned American ambition. From the shared fears, dreams, and desires of two teenage boys, they spin comic book tales of the heroic, fascist-fighting Escapist and the beautiful, mysterious Luna Moth, otherworldly mistress of the night. Climbing from the streets of Brooklyn to the top of the Empire State Building, Joe and Sammy carve out lives, and careers, as vivid as cyan and magenta ink.
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Tue, Apr 21
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
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Lecture | International Affairs Scholar Discusses Ukrainian Resistance over the Decades (In Person AND Online!)
In this talk, Eugene Finkel (Kenneth H. Keller Professor of International Affairs, Johns Hopkins SAIS) explores Russia’s centuries-long quest to dominate Ukraine, showing how imperial ambitions, nationalism, and Ukraine’s growing civic unity culminated in today’s war and its remarkable resistance. His book, Intent to Destroy: Russia's Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine, uncovers the roots of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Ukraine is a key borderland between Russia and the West, and, following the rise of Russian nationalism in the nineteenth century, dominating Ukraine became the cornerstone of Russian policy. The Russian Empire, USSR and Putin’s Russia had long used violence to successfully crush Ukrainian efforts to chart a separate path. Today’s violence is just a more extreme version of Russia’s past efforts. But unlike in the past, the people of Ukraine have overcome their deep internal divisions, and this rise of civic Ukrainian nationalism explains the successful resistance to the invasion.
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Tue, Apr 21
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
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Discussion | Writers Jia Tolentino & J. Mae Barizo Discuss Media, Performance, & Cultural Production
Enjoy a conversation with two of the most compelling voices in contemporary literature. A defining voice in cultural criticism–essayist, screenwriter Jia Tolentino joins author and multidisciplinary artist J. Mae Barizo (Director of the Riggio Writing and Democracy Program, Assistant Professor of Writing, NSSR) for a generative dialogue on media, performance, and cultural production. Together, they will explore the possibilities of the essay form, artistic process, and what it means to write and sustain a creative life.
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Tue, Apr 21
5:30 pm
Free
5:30 pm
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Discussion | Explore the Concept of Digital Colonialism
Experience a panel discussion on digital colonialism: the use of digital technology for political, economic, and social domination of another sovereign country or people. Science, technology, and infrastructure have always been crucial to colonial conquest, but today the United States controls a vast digital empire. Digital colonialism includes everything from transoceanic fiber-optic cables to cloud server farms, to social media platforms and AI-based surveillance services.
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Tue, Apr 21
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | How Citizen Action Shaped New York: The Battle for Gotham
Urbanist Roberta Brandes Gratz talks about her well-received book, The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs, exploring how New York City’s renewal came not from top-down initiatives but from grassroots, citizen-led efforts inspired by Jane Jacobs. Gratz looks at the city’s decline under Moses’s ambitious urban planning and the subsequent organic renewal that transformed neighborhoods and community life.
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Tue, Apr 21
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Architects Discuss How Design Form Shapes Cultural Production (In Person AND Online!)
Architects Michael P. Murphy and Billie Tsien have a conversation on how the forms and frameworks of architecture shape the ways we live, gather, and care for one another. Moderated by Spencer Bailey, co-founder of The Slowdown and host of the Time Sensitive podcast, the discussion will explore how practices can become more responsive, more exploratory, and more engaged with the realities of cultural production today; architecture as an agent for change; and the complex relationships between memory and the built environment.
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Tue, Apr 21
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Talk | Multidisciplinary Artist Kevin Cooley Discusses His Climate & Nature-Based Work
Hear a talk with multidisciplinary artist Kevin Cooley, whose practice centers on humanity’s volatile relationship with nature, environmental narratives, and climate change—engaging both local and global concerns. Fire has long been both a subject and a force in Kevin Cooley’s work—something he has observed, documented, and even orchestrated. But when he lost his home and studio in the Eaton Fire, it ceased to be just an artistic fascination and became an inescapable reality. In this talk, Cooley shares the journey that led him to publish The Wizard of Awe, starting with meeting a fireworks maker named Ken Miller. Miller’s life was defined by fire in ways both mesmerizing and tragic. Now, standing in the aftermath of the fire that changed his own life, Cooley confronts these themes from a new perspective. What does it mean to document destruction when you yourself are affected? How does an artist engage with disaster without becoming consumed by it? Cooley will discuss the unintended consequences of his work with Miller, the burden of witnessing, and the unexpected ways in which photography, storytelling, and personal loss intersect.
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Tue, Apr 21
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Talk | Climate Change-Focused Photographer Steve Giovinco Shares His Craft & Career
Enjoy a talk with Steve Giovinco, a Yale-educated artist using a meditative process to document sites of climate change. His work explores humanity's quiet presence within an endangered natural world, often capturing night landscapes in extreme darkness using long exposures. Giovinco’s photographs are collected by major institutions, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Yale University Art Gallery. He has exhibited widely in solo shows at the California Museum of Photography and Fotogalerie Wien, and in group exhibitions alongside artists such as Jeff Wall. A former Fulbright Fellow Alternate, Giovinco has received grants from the American-Scandinavian Foundation to photograph Greenland and fellowships from Yaddo, the Ucross Foundation, and the French Ministry of Culture.
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Tue, Apr 21
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
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Lecture | Fine‑Art Vision: The Ins and Outs of Contemporary Photography
Fine‑art photographer Steve Giovinco showcases his latest work and explores ideas shaping modern photographic practice. Join a discussion on aesthetics, technique, and artistic direction.
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Tue, Apr 21
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
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Discussion | Experts Discuss US Reproduction Crisis
Nancy Fraser and Wolfgang Streeck will discuss the causes of declining domestic fertility; the implications for labor supplies, tax revenues, and welfare services; and the impacts of increased migration on social integration. They will situate the fertility/migration nexus historically with respect to changes in labor markets, gender relations, family forms, consumer culture, and the general shape of capitalist life in wealthy countries. While migration is central to current political struggles, its relation to fertility has largely escaped notice. In all wealthy countries, a decades-long decline in fertility has become steeper in recent years. Everywhere, right-wing ideologues are trying to exploit the prospect of population decline.
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Wed, Apr 22
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Learn How a Historic Mansion Turned into a Museum
Join a museum educator for a brief gallery talk tracing how a Gilded Age mansion was transformed into a world-class art museum.
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Wed, Apr 22
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
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Lecture | Art Hsitorian Discusses the Life of the Marquis de Lafayette
Art historian Laura Auricchio (writer of The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered) disucsses the Marquis de Lafayette, who volunteered to fight the British under George Washington. Building on her major page-turning biography of Lafayette, Laura Auricchio asks her audience to see him as both more complicated and more human than these storybook monikers suggest. Lafayette lived between France and America, between monarchy and republic, between old and new, and was never fully at home on either side of these divides.
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Wed, Apr 22
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Discussion | Panel Talk: Experts Discuss the Future of Art & Architecture Educationj
This session brings together educators and cultural leaders who have spent years thinking about what art and architecture education is becoming and how these pressures shape students, teachers, and communities. Art and architecture schools are experiencing profound strain. Tuition and student debt continue to rise. Humanities programs contract. Public institutions face political pressures. Private institutions face financial precarity. The result is a learning environment that often feels unstable, overstretched, and increasingly disconnected from the social and economic realities that students and faculty face.
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Wed, Apr 22
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Helen Benedict Shares Her New Book, The Soldier’s House
Enjoy a reading and conversation to celebrate the release of The Soldier's House with the author, Helen Benedict. Kate Manning will join as the conversant. Helen Benedict has been writing about refugees and war for many years, both in her three most recent novels, The Good Deed (finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize), Wolf Season and Sand Queen, and in her 2022 book of nonfiction, Map of Hope & Sorrow: Stories of Refugees Trapped in Greece. In The Soldier’s House, Helen Benedict tells the story of an Iraq War veteran who saves the lives of his assassinated Iraqi interpreter’s widow, child, and mother by bringing them to his upstate New York home.
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Wed, Apr 22
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
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Talk | Interdisciplinary Artist, Filmmaker, & Educator Discusses His Craft and Career
Hear from Jules Rosskam, an interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, and educator. His work explores ethics, embodiment, and the relationship between form and politics, often focusing on trans experience through a trans lens. His work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Art Boston, the British Film Institute, Arsenal Berlin, Anthology Film Archives, Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Gene Siskel Film Center, Sundance Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, and dozens of LGBTQ film festivals worldwide. He has participated in residencies at Yaddo, ISSUE Project Room, Marble House Project, and PLAYA.
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Wed, Apr 22
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
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Discussion | Philosophy Scholars Cornel West & Simon Critchley Come Together for Spanning Dialogue
Two of the most provocative and wide-ranging thinkers of our time come together for a rare and searching dialogue. Cornel West — philosopher, activist, and prophetic voice in the American democratic tradition — joins Simon Critchley, philosopher and chronicler of the human condition, for an intimate and unscripted conversation spanning politics, ethics, faith, and the urgent questions of our moment.
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Wed, Apr 22
7:30 pm
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7:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Inside the Declaration of Independence and the Transatlantic Circulation of News
Join museum experts, including curators, conservators, scientists, and scholars, for an in-depth look at selected exhibition objects in the galleries. Gain new insights and hear untold stories from insiders in the Department of Drawings and Prints, and examine the artworks more closely. A Q&A will follow the talk.
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Thu, Apr 23
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
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Talk | Multidisciplinary Artist Explores Her Practice & Poetry (+Q&A)
Hear from multidisciplinary artist Pamela Sneed! Pamela currently has a show open at Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, Sacred and Profane. During the talk, Pamela will reflect on the show at Leslie Lohman as well as her other visual and performance work, speak about her multi-disciplinary practice, and give a poetry reading from a new manuscript titled 9:29 for George Floyd: poetry, criticism, protest, and mourning. The talk will be followed by a Q/A moderated by Professor Fred Moten.
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Thu, Apr 23
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Photographer Shares His New Book, Prince: Black, White, Color (+ Signing)
Enjoy a conversation with photographer Steve Parke to celebrate his new book, Prince: Black, White, Color, a collection of over 250 exclusive photographs of the iconic Prince. The conversation will be followed by a signing.
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Thu, Apr 23
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Award-Winning Author Jaquira Díaz Shares Her New Novel, This is the Only Kingdom
Jaquira Díaz, Assistant Professor of Writing at Columbia University and Lambda Literary Award Finalist, discusses her new novel, This is the Only Kingdom, with Edwidge Danticat, African American and African Diaspora Studies. Book Synopsis: When Maricarmen meets Rey el Cantante, beloved small-time Robin Hood and local musician on the rise, she begins to envision a life beyond the tight-knit community of el Caserío, Puerto Rico—beyond cleaning houses, beyond waiting tables, beyond the constant tug of war between the street hustlers and los camarones. But breaking free proves more difficult than she imagined, and she soon finds herself struggling to make a home for herself, for Rey, his young brother Tito, and eventually, their daughter Nena. Until one fateful day changes everything. Fifteen years later, Maricarmen and Nena find themselves in the middle of a murder investigation as the community that once rallied to support Rey turns against them. Now, Nena, a teenager haunted by loss and betrayal and exploring her sexual identity, must learn to fight for herself and her family in a world not always welcoming.
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Thu, Apr 23
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Discussion | Bestselling Authors Discuss Writing Stories on Immigration (In Person AND Online!)
Enjoy a panel discussion on writing stories about immigration across fiction and non-fiction with authors Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Grace M. Cho, and Ruben Reyes Jr., along with moderator Maria Hinjosa! New York City, a city founded by immigrants, has always been enriched by the groups and communities of immigrants who make up its population. This event will put modern stories of immigrants in dialogue with each other to highlight the experiences that make them unique while also highlighting commonalities between the experiences that immigrants face when entering the United States. The conversations will grapple with the dissonance of keeping one's sense of self while assimilating into a different culture.
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Thu, Apr 23
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Documentary Photographer Shares His Perspective on the Black Cowboy in America
Documentary photographer and videographer Brian Branch-Price brings his own historical perspective to the story of the Black cowboy in America. Brian will show and discuss his 30-year-plus project, focusing on this little-known facet of American culture. His photographs document the life of the Black cowboy from New York to California, at rodeos, trail rides, bull riding, and steer wrestling. Brian will also cover the Buffalo Soldiers, United States Army regiments composed exclusively of Black American soldiers, formed during the 19th century to serve on the American frontier. Brian will show you the importance and power of this marginalized, underprivileged group, including outlaws and lawmen, and the very story of the term “cowboy.”
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Thu, Apr 23
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Explore the Life & Work of Walter Benjamin with His Award-Winning Biographer (+ Book Signing)
Award-winning author Peter E. Gordon will present his new biography, Walter Benjamin: The Pearl Diver, and discuss the intersection of Benjamin's life and work with Dean Whiteside. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) is widely considered one of the most creative cultural critics of the twentieth century. Esteemed for his literary acumen and capacious imagination, he developed a unique style of criticism—his friend Hannah Arendt called it pearl-diving—that sought out fragments of redemption in the ruins of bourgeois civilization.
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Thu, Apr 23
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Hear about Homesick for a World Unknown, a Book on Ape Researcher George B. Schaller (In Person AND Online!)
Hear about Homesick for a World Unknown, in which Miriam Horn draws on thousands of pages from George B. Schaller's journals and letters, globe-spanning interviews, and two journeys into the field with the legendary scientist himself to trace his emergence as the founding father of modern wildlife conservation. Schaller and his wife, Kay, established a home in the jungle and came to share apes' rhythms and rules. After more than two years of immersive research--a groundbreaking methodology he would spend his life honing--Schaller transformed how the world viewed gorillas; they were not murderous brutes but tender creatures, and more like humans than any twentieth-century scientist had recognized. His mission to revolutionize our perceptions of wild animals would propel him across four continents and inspire generations of scientists.
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Thu, Apr 23
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Writer Che Yeun Discusses Her New Novel, Tailbone
Che Yeun in conversation with Sanaë Lemoine and Courtney Zoffness on her new novel, Tailbone. A fierce and gorgeous debut novel about a teenager who runs away from her abusive home to live in a boarding house for single women as a global financial crash threatens the people of Seoul.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 23
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Gallery Talk | Expert Insights into Heroes Tapestries
Celebrate the recent conservation treatment of the Julius Caesar tapestry from the Nine Heroes Tapestries by joining a talk to learn about the history and conservation of these unique textile works.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Apr 24
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Primatologist Discusses the Myth of Human Exceptionalism
Primatologist Christine Webb challenges myths of human exceptionalism—what these stories do, and why they matter now. Webb's work focuses on social behavior, cognition, and emotion in nonhuman primates, and she collaborates across the sciences and humanities on questions of moral status for other animals.
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Fri, Apr 24
4:15 pm
Free
4:15 pm
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Lecture | Philosophy Scholar Explores "Fascist Passions" throughout History (In Person AND Online!)
Judith Butler (Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy at The New School and Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley) explores "fascist passions". Fascist passions change historically. Yet some common features permit for them to be called fascist. The specific forms of sadistic exhilaration and revenge in operation now are passions undergone at psychic levels both involuntary and voluntary. They are also passionate reactions against social and legal movements and legal accomplishments that seek a restoration to forms of social hierarchy and exploitation (white supremacists, heteronormative, unrestrained capitalism).
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Fri, Apr 24
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Discussion | Photographer, Filmmaker, & Author Discusses Craft and Career
Photographer, filmmaker, and author Bruce Weber speaks with fashion designer and author Jeffrey Banks, exploring a legendary career behind the lens. Bruce Weber rose to international prominence in the early 1980s with images that combined classical styling with the visceral underpinnings of mood and sexuality. His ability to craft a sense of romance and drama created the central public images for fashion houses like Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Versace, and Abercrombie and Fitch, and earned him an enduring presence as a contributor to magazines at the very highest levels. Jeffrey Banks has had a long-standing menswear license in Japan and recently designed Jeffrey Banks Womenswear and Jeffrey Banks Home Décor for HSN.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Apr 24
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Book Club | Discuss Your Favorite Romance Books in a Group
Calling all romance book lovers! If you love romance or want to get into it, come to this romance book club! The group will be discussing everyone's favorite romance books, current reads, and more!
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 25
10:15 am
Free
10:15 am
Free
Book Discussion | Novelist Thrity Umrigar Shares Her New Mystery Book, Missing Sam (In Person AND Online!)
Enjoy a conversation with author Thrity Umrigar about her latest mystery novel, Missing Sam. Renowned for her "incisive prose and psychological depth" (The New York Times), bestselling novelist Thrity Umrigar joins us to discuss her latest novel, Missing Sam. This afternoon disucssion, moderated by author Naheed Phiroze Patel, delve into the book’s central themes: grief, our current political climate, and the queer immigrant experience, all within the skeleton of a thriller. Whether you're a longtime fan of Umrigar's earlier masterpieces, or discovering her work for the first time with Missing Sam, this conversation promises a deep dive into her craft of storytelling and her continued exploration of the resilience of the human spirit. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A session and book signing. Additionally, following the program will be a generative myster/thriller writing workshop with Alexa Wejko, Senior Editor at Soho Press.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 25
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Two Acclaimed Authors Share Their Books, Greenwich & Hollow Spaces
Kate Broad, author of Greenwich, in conversation with Victor Suthammanont, author of Hollow Spaces. Kate Broad is the author of Greenwich (St. Martin's Press), which was named one of People Magazine's Best New Books, a Vanity Fair Read, and an Amazon Editor's Pick for Best New Literature and Fiction. She is a Bronx Council on the Arts award winner for fiction and her writing has appeared in The Rumpus, No Tokens, Electric Literature, LitHub, and elsewhere. Victor Suthammanont is the author of Hollow Spaces (Counterpoint Press), his debut novel and a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2025. He also wrote the Audible Original, Little Surrenders.
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Sun, Apr 26
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | NYT Bestselling Author Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney Shares Her New Novel, Lake Effect
WNYC’s Alison Stewart and New York Times bestselling author Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney have a live conversation about her newest book, Lake Effect. The novel is a wry and tender portrait of two families forever changed by one lovestruck decision that will reverberate for decades. Written with Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s signature humor and insight, Lake Effect is a wise and probing look at love and desire, mothers and daughters, loss and grief, and what we owe the people we love most.
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Mon, Apr 27
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Bestselling Writer Julia Alvarez Discusses Her Craft & Career
A talk with poet, novelist, and essayist Julia Alvarez, moderated by author Rigoberto Gonzalez. Alvarez rose to prominence with the novels How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (1991), In the Time of the Butterflies (1994), and Yo! (1997). Her publications as a poet include Homecoming (1984) and The Woman I Kept to Myself (2004), and as an essayist, the autobiographical compilation Something to Declare (1998).
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Mon, Apr 27
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Art Historian/Curator Celebrates Her New Book, Lunch on a Beam (+ Signing)
Experience a conversation with author, art historian, curator, photographer, and consultant Christine Roussel to celebrate her new book, Lunch on a Beam, a portrait of the photographers, workers, community, city, and history of one of the most famous American photographs. The conversation will be followed by a signing.
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Tue, Apr 28
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Expert Breaks Down Peter Hitchcock's New Book, Seriality and Social Change
This event features a discussion with Jonathan Gray (Associate Professor of English at John Jay College-CUNY) on Peter Hitchcock's new book, Seriality and Social Change, which explores how it structures both knowledge and social change. Through a sweeping analysis that links literature and political economy, Hitchcock explores how serialized narratives frame, sustain, or even hinder movements for change. Does seriality mirror the mechanics of capitalism, or can it be a tool for subverting them? Engaging with this question across genres and forms, Seriality and Social Change invites readers to rethink how revolution is told and imagined over time.
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Tue, Apr 28
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Priya Parmar Shares Her New Novel, The Original
Novelist and playwright Priya Parmar will be in conversation with author Christina Baker-Kline about her new novel, The Original. Synopsis: When young Katharine Hepburn loses her beloved brother, she makes two decisions: She will become famous, and she will never let anyone hurt her again. Leaving home at twenty-one to pursue a career on Broadway, Kate is talent-spotted, screen-tested, and lured to Los Angeles, accompanied by her lover, Laura. Hollywood in the early 1930s is a town full of secrets. Everyone comes with a story. When Kate arrives in California to launch her film career, she leaves behind her East Coast marriage and icy patrician family to live and love on her own terms. Soon, she is scooped into the studio system and launched as a star—but stars must play by the rules and Kate, brilliant, bisexual, and strong-willed, refuses to conform.
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Tue, Apr 28
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Learn How a Historic Mansion Turned into a Museum
Join a museum educator for a brief gallery talk tracing how a Gilded Age mansion was transformed into a world-class art museum.
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Wed, Apr 29
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Fabulous Fountains of New York: Stories Behind the City’s Most Iconic and Hidden Waterworks
Stephanie Azzarone presents her new book, Fabulous Fountains of New York, with photographs by Robert F. Rodriguez, highlighting both celebrated and lesser-known waterworks across the city. The talk explores the stories behind these fountains, the people who created them, and what makes each one unique, bringing to life the artistry, engineering, and history that animate New York’s public spaces. The presentation will feature notable fountains, including those in Washington Square Park and Jackson Square Park, revealing surprising histories and the cultural significance of these urban landmarks.
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Wed, Apr 29
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Artist Shares Her New Book, Jenny Sais Quoi: Adventures in Vintage & Personal Style
Attend a conversation with Jenny Walton to celebrate the launch of Jenny Sais Quoi: Adventures in Vintage & Personal Style, a tasteful yet imaginative compilation of essays, photos, illustrations, and collages. The conversation will be followed by a signing.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 29
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Art, Experimentation, and Avant-Garde New York
Author John Strausbaugh discusses his new book on Marcel Duchamp, exploring how the artist’s time in New York reshaped modern art through experimentation, irreverence, and radical rethinking of artistic practice. Historian and activist Clayton Patterson joins him for a conversation on Duchamp’s enduring influence. Focusing on the artist’s transformative years, the talk examines how New York became a catalyst for Duchamp’s boundary-pushing work and continues to inspire generations of artists.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 29
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Bestselling, Award-Winning Historian Shares His New Book, The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II (In Person AND Online!)
This event is a discussion of David Nasaw's new book re-examining a damaged America after the war, The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II. Nasaw presents a complicated portrait, documenting the effects of little-understood PTSD, the doubling divorce rate, rampant alcoholism, women reverting to roles as housewives, and the racism that Black veterans faced. He illuminates a hidden chapter of American history — one of hardship, resilience, and a country in transition. Nasaw is a distinguished professor emeritus of History at the CUNY Graduate Center, bestselling author of The Last Million, and an award-winning biographer of William Randolph Hearst, Andrew Carnegie, and Joseph P. Kennedy. He speaks about the book with journalist, author, and television producer Frank Rich.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 29
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Book Club | Read & Discuss Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima
Enjoy a group discussion covering the historical novel Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima. Synopsis: The novel is set in the early years of the Taishō period with the reign of the Emperor Taishō, and is about the relationship between Kiyoaki Matsugae, the son of a rising up and coming rich family, and Satoko Ayakura, the daughter of an aristocratic family fallen on hard times.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 30
4:30 pm
Free
4:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | How Household Practices Sustained Jewish Culture (Online!)
Dr. Aranoff explores how Jewish cultural elements have been preserved over thousands of years, across different continents, upheavals, and exile. She suggests that the key to Jewish cultural survival lies in daily household life. Learn how everyday practices have helped sustain Jewish memory, identity, and culture over time. This talk highlights the spiritual and cultural importance of routine household activities, which are often overlooked in common narratives. It encourages reflection on how care, attention, and domestic work are passed down through generations.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 30
6:00 pm
pay-what-you-wish, registration required
6:00 pm
pay-what-you-wish, registration required
Book Discussion | NYT Bestselling Author of Tiny Beautiful Things, Cheryl Strayed, Explores Her Craft & Career
Hear from Cheryl Strayed, the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, which was made into an Oscar-nominated film. Her bestselling collection of Dear Sugar columns, Tiny Beautiful Things, was adapted for a Hulu television show and as a play that continues to be staged in theaters nationwide. Strayed's other books are the critically acclaimed novel, Torch, and the bestselling collection, Brave Enough, which brings together more than one hundred of her inspiring quotes. Her books have sold more than 5 million copies around the world and have been translated into 40 languages. Her award-winning essays and short stories have been published in The Best American Essays, New York Times, Washington Post Magazine, Vogue, and elsewhere. Strayed has also made two hit podcasts, Dear Sugars, which she co-hosted with Steve Almond, and Sugar Calling.
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Thu, Apr 30
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Scholar Shares Her New Book, The Ocean on Fire: Pacific Stories from Nuclear Survivors and Climate Activists
Anaïs Maurer, Assistant Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Rutgers University, discusses her new book, The Ocean on Fire: Pacific Stories from Nuclear Survivors and Climate Activists. In The Ocean on Fire, Maurer analyzes the Pacific literature that incriminates the environmental racism behind radioactive skies and rising seas. Maurer identifies strategies of resistance uniting the region by analyzing an extensive multilingual archive of decolonial Pacific art in French, Spanish, English, Tahitian, and Uvean, ranging from literature to songs and paintings. She shows how Pacific nuclear survivors’ stories reveal an alternative vision of the apocalypse: instead of promoting individualism and survivalism, they advocate mutual assistance, cultural resilience, South-South transnational solidarities, and Indigenous women’s leadership. Drawing upon their experience resisting both nuclear colonialism and carbon imperialism, Pacific storytellers offer compelling narratives to nurture the land and each other in times of global environmental collapse.
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Thu, Apr 30
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Lecture | Author & Historian Shares Her Research on German Role in the American Revolution
Author and historian Dr. Friederike Baer shares her groundbreaking insights into Britain's war against American independence, told from the perspective of the thousands of German soldiers that were hired by Britain in its war against the American rebels. Collectively known as Hessians, the men and accompanying civilians, including hundreds of women and children, spent extended periods of time in locations as dispersed and varied as Canada in the north and West Florida in the south. In this presentation, Friederike Baer highlights key experiences of these individuals drawn into a war on a distant continent against a people who had done them no harm, and she examines how their presence and actions left a lasting imprint on the story of America, an influence still felt 250 years later.
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Thu, Apr 30
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Bestselling Author Ruth Reichl Shares Her New Novel, The Paris Novel
Hear from bestselling writer Ruth Reichl—the former editor of Gourmet and New York Times restaurant critic, as she introduces her new novel, which is “nothing less than an absolute enchantment” (Nigella Lawson). When Stella’s mother dies, she leaves her daughter an unusual inheritance: a one-way plane ticket and a note reading “Go to Paris”. In the City of Light, Stella is forced out of her narrow New York comfort zone and into luxurious new French adventures. As the weeks—and many decadent meals—go by, Stella finds herself living as a “tumbleweed” at famed bookstore Shakespeare & Company, uncovers a hundred-year-old mystery in a Manet painting, and discovers an overwhelming passion for French cuisine. A “feast for the senses” (Oprah Daily), Reichl’s novel is a testament to living deliciously, taking chances, and finding your true home.
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Thu, Apr 30
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Conference | Exploring the Future of Creative Work in the Age of AI
This day-long convening brings together practitioners, legal scholars, social scientists, and students to investigate the present and future of creative work in an age of AI. We aim to bring together disparate conversations from the domains of design and fashion, film and philosophy, creative writing, and critical thought to create a platform from which to agitate for a future that creative workers want to see when it comes to emerging, powerful technologies. Organizers' ambition is to build toward a regional, NYC-based network of creative workers and scholars who share a stake in governing the future of AI and creative labor.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 1
9:30 am
Free
9:30 am
Free
Book Discussion | Art, Espionage, and Resistance: A New Book by Award Winning Author (Online!)
Author Michelle Young discusses her latest book, The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of World War II Resistance Hero Rose Valland. Drawing on newly uncovered documents, the book reveals the story of Rose Valland, a French museum curator who secretly documented Nazi art looting in Paris and passed critical intelligence to the Resistance, risking her life to help preserve cultural heritage. Praised as “a thrilling saga” by Publisher’s Weekly, this talk explores a powerful intersection of art, history, and wartime espionage.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 1
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Symposium | Sophie Rivera: Nuyorican Photography, Feminism, and Self-Representation
A two-panel symposium convenes artists, scholars, and historians to examine the life, work, and enduring legacy of pioneering photographer Sophie Rivera. The program explores Rivera’s vital contributions to Nuyorican visual culture, feminist photography, and the politics of self-representation in New York from the 1970s through the 1990s. The event aims to contextualize her practice within the broader landscape of American photography and identity.
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Fri, May 1
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
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Discussion | Bestselling Author Amitava Kumar & Others Discuss American History & Survival
Bestselling and critically acclaimed author Amitava Kumar (My Beloved Life) leads writers Leila Aboulela, Mohammed Hanif, and Nino Haratischwili in a discussion about capturing pivotal moments in a nation's history and exploring questions of witness, survival, and whose lives are valued.
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Sat, May 2
2:30 pm
Free
2:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Journalist Stephanie Fairyington Shares Her New Book, Ugly: A Letter to My Daughter (+ Signing)
Enjoy a conversation with Stephanie Fairyington to celebrate her newest book, Ugly, a moving account of queer motherhood and an insightful interrogation of what it means to wrestle with "self-described ugliness." She will be in conversation with Svetlana Kitto, followed by a signing.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 5
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Inside The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (Online!)
Professor Sid Ray, an experienced dramaturg, offers a deep dive into Julius Caesar ahead of the summer production. Expect a scholarly yet accessible exploration of the play’s political tensions, moral dilemmas, and timeless questions about public life. Ideal for newcomers and seasoned Shakespeare fans alike.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 13
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Book Launch--Kit Kemp: Design Stories (+ Signing)
Enjoy a conversation with author and global interior design icon, Kit Kemp, to celebrate the launch of her newest book, Kit Kemp: Design Stories, a stunning collection of interiors that reflect personality, revolutionize contemporary design, and break free from the ordinary. She will be in conversation with Jacqueline Terrebonne, editor-in-chief of Galerie magazine, followed by a signing.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 14
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Bonnie Friedman Shares Her First Novel, Don't Stop (In Person AND Online!)
Bonnie Friedman explores ambition, desire, and the dangerous pursuit of self-knowledge in her first novel, Don't Stop, which she'll discuss at this event with award-winning writer Dawn Raffel. Set in Brooklyn and Manhattan at the turn of the millennium, Don’t Stop is a bold, immersive debut that explores what happens when a woman dares to want more—of the world, of her body, of herself. Bonnie Friedman delivers a novel of transgression, transformation, and unapologetic longing.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 14
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Gallery Talk | Art in Focus: Slow Observance and Conversation
Take a moment to slow down and connect with a single work of art through guided observation and group discussion. No background in art is needed--just curiosity and openness. This relaxed, welcoming program invites all adult learners to engage deeply with one piece at a time. Note: Space is limited; first-come, first-served. Stickers are distributed 15 minutes before the program starts.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Jun 5
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Inside the Declaration of Independence and the Transatlantic Circulation of News
Join museum experts, including curators, conservators, scientists, and scholars, for an in-depth look at selected exhibition objects in the galleries. Gain new insights and hear untold stories from insiders, and examine the artworks more closely. A Q&A will follow the talk.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Jun 25
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
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