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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
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
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today!
82 free talks, lectures, discussions in New York City (NYC) Wed, 10/07/2026 - 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!
Book Discussion | Art Historians Discuss Their New Book, What Was America?
Elise Armani and Katy Siegel will be joined by Lauren O'Neill-Butler in a lively conversation about artists, communities, and citizens at a moment when art and culture were seen (and supported) as a civic good. Where is art going, who is it for, and what can it tell us about our world? To think these questions through, we might begin by looking back. Published this month, Elise Armani and Katy Siegel's book, What Was America? offers a prismatic view of American art and culture in the years leading up to the 1976 Bicentennial. Over ten years of planning, the Bicentennial inspired and supported an unprecedented culture boom across the United States, as artists, designers, performers, historians, writers, and participants of all kinds wrestled with the pressing issues of the day, including the environment, immigration, heritage, media, and what it means to be American. From individual artworks and blockbuster exhibitions to community quilts and time capsules, projects unfolded across wildly disparate venues, demographics, and geographies, eliciting mass participation in negotiating US history and imagining the nation's future. Many of the questions asked in 1976 resemble those of 2026, but the responses offered in that earlier moment make for an electric contrast with those of our own present--they also hold genuine potential for remaking our own future.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Wed, Oct 7
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Design Firm Founders Share The New Book, Post Company: Character Studies (+ Signing)
Jou-Yie Chou, Leigh Salem, and Ruben Caldwell celebrate their new book, a beautifully illustrated monograph conveying their firm's signature projects. The conversation will be moderated by Spencer Bailey, followed by a signing.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Wed, Oct 7
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Black Arts Salon with Visual Artists, Poets, Dancers, & More
Contributors to the publication Thinking from Black: A Lexicon, an expansive lexicon of words, terms, concepts, and ideas that takes the multiplicity of Black life as its point of departure, will use the exhibition, To Uncover and Reveal to the World, to activate a selection of keywords that engage both the exhibition and ethics of caring for and preserving Black life. The contributors are visual artists, poets, dancers, historians, writers, architects, painters, theorists, activists, anthropologists, filmmakers, educators, and musicians. Each has engaged with the idea of a lexicon of Black living and taken up the invitation to think from Black in relation to their own medium.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Thu, Oct 8
5:00 pm
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5:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Photographer & Educator Explores His Practices in Cameraless Photography, Ecology, and Environmental Research
An illustrated talk with Aindreas Scholz on cyanotype, ecology, and The Ecological Wetroom. Aindreas Scholz, a photographer, educator, and PhD researcher, leads an evening introducing his practice working across cameraless photography, ecology, and environmental research. Aindreas will trace the development of his practice from cameraless photography and climate-adapted cyanotype to his current PhD research and The Ecological Wetroom. He will explain why a research grant brought him to New York to study Anna Atkins holdings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York Public Library, and how this historical research connects to contemporary questions of ecology, water, chemistry and photographic responsibility. The talk will conclude with an introduction to The Ecological Wetroom, an evolving, evidence-based installation and research project that reimagines the photographic wetroom as a visible ecological system, offering an initial look at its findings and future directions.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Thu, Oct 8
5:00 pm
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5:00 pm
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Book Discussion | New York Times-Featured Author Shares Her Novel, The Original Daughter
Jemimah Wei in conversation with Vanessa Chan. In this dazzling debut, Stegner Fellow Jemimah Wei explores the formation and dissolution of family bonds in a story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Thu, Oct 8
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Artist & Poet Shares His New Memoir, How to Exi(s)t
A conversation with Truong Tran to celebrate his new book, an autobiography in reverse, and ultimately an examination of the volatile relationship between memory and the present moment.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Thu, Oct 8
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | The Life and Work of Francisco de Goya: bridging traditional Spanish art and avant-garde movements
Francisco Jose de Goya was well-versed in the best tradition of Spanish painting from El Greco to Velazquez; he is known as the last of the old masters and first of the moderns. In 1786, he became court painter to the Spanish Crown. A severe illness in 1793 left him deaf, after which there is a thread of violence and fear in his work. He became a prolific master of etchings and aquatint, expressing fantastic nightmares. He used humor, irony, and grotesque imagery to critique human nature and explore the subconscious. His dark, psychological exploration of the irrational deeply influenced later avant-garde movements, bridging traditional Spanish art and modern surrealism. He abandoned Spain to retire to Bordeaux in 1824 and died there at age 82.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Thu, Oct 8
6:00 pm
$5, RSVP required
6:00 pm
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Talk | Comparative Literature Scholar Discusses Literary Censorship in the USSR (In Person AND Online!)
For Banned Books Week, Yasha Klots of the Tamizdat Project helps shed light on smuggled literature that defied Soviet censorship and illuminates the enduring power of the printed word. Throughout the Soviet century, tamizdat (literally, "published over there," or abroad) comprised manuscripts rejected, censored, or never submitted for publication at home but smuggled through various channels across the Iron Curtain and printed elsewhere, with or without their authors' knowledge or consent. Until perestroika, when the curtain began to rust, these books were used as weapons on the cultural fronts of the Cold War. In this talk, Yasha Klots will speak about the history of tamizdat as a literary practice and political institution from the Cold War era to the present, when censorship and political repressions in Russia and Belarus have forced an increasing number of authors, publishers, and readers into exile, especially after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. He will also speak about the Tamizdat Project, a public scholarship initiative for the study of banned books from the former USSR and Easter Europe, as well as a small press and a philanthropic organization.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Thu, Oct 8
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Multidisciplinary Artist Shares His Work on Contemporary Black Life & Culture
Acclaimed Brooklyn-based artist Derrick Adams presents his work. His work celebrates and expands the dialogue around contemporary Black life and culture through scenes of normalcy and perseverance. Response by David Antonio Cruz, Assistant Professor, Visual Arts. Introduced by Kellie Jones, Hans Hofmann Professor of Modern Art, Art History and Archaeology.
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Thu, Oct 8
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Panel & Discussion on NYC Green Spaces with Horticulture Experts
This panel will bring together plant and nature experts to discuss how plants and gardens can enhance human health and well-being while providing solutions to mitigate the detrimental effects of climate chaos. Moderator, Richard Hayden, Senior Director of Horticulture for the High Line, and panelists Tami Lin-Moges, Director of the Cities Program in New York for The Nature Conservancy, and Uli Lorimer, Director of Horticulture for the Native Plant Trust, show a series of short presentations followed by a lively discussion and audience Q&A. This event takes place rain or shine—the event space is fully covered.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Thu, Oct 8
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Pulitzer Finalist Historian Discusses Her Latest Title
A discussion with Kim Phillips-Fein for her new book, Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight against Equality in America. Thai Jones will join as a discussant. About the book: A Pulitzer-finalist historian charts a 250-year-old intellectual and political tradition—the conviction that all Americans are NOT created equal.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Thu, Oct 8
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Thu, Oct 8
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Book Discussion | Rutgers University Historian Shares Her New Book, American Metropolis: The Making of Mexico City
Tatiana Seijas reveals how the everyday labor of vendors, artisans, transporters, and other essential workers transformed Mexico City into a great metropolis. During the 17th century, Mexico City was the largest city in the Americas. In her new book, American Metropolis, Tatiana Seijas, Associate Professor in the Department of History at Rutgers University, reimagines the city’s history through the lives of the people who built and sustained it. Drawing on archival research and written during her time at the library, Seijas brings together the stories of the countless workers who sold food, provided transportation and care, crafted goods, and supported the silver economy that fueled the region. She offers a new portrait of Mexico City as a cosmopolitan metropolis shaped by the workers whose labor made its growth possible.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Fri, Oct 9
2:00 pm
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2:00 pm
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Talk | Artists Discuss AI-Generated Images & War Photography (In Person AND Online!)
This roundtable takes a limited edition artist book, Seeing Against Seeing, as its central case study, bringing author/artist Alexey Yurenev into conversation with Bogna Konior and Fred Ritchin. They will examine how AI-generated images transform the conditions of war photography. Yurenev’s book, combines a bespoke GAN trained on WWII-era imagery with archival research and interviews, producing synthetic photographs that echo historical visual language while attempting to render what was never recorded: trauma, absence, and the psychological residue of war. Within this framework, Konior’s essay, "War in the Age of Infinite Evidence," provides a critical lens on the shift from evidentiary scarcity to saturation.
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Fri, Oct 9
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Bestselling Novelists Discuss Their Books Commenting on Italian Identity (In Person AND Online!)
Jennifer Anton, author of Under the Light of the Italian Moon, and Laura Morelli, author of The Keeper of Lost Art, discuss their novels and celebrate Italian Heritage in conversation with Lisa Ackerman. Under the Light of the Italian Moon tells the story of Nina Argenta, the daughter of a village midwife in a small mountain town in northern Italy, whose dreams of joining the man she loves in America are shattered by family duty and the rise of Mussolini. As fascism tightens its grip and World War II brings Nazi occupation to her village, Nina must summon extraordinary courage to protect those she loves. Inspired by the true experiences of the author's own family, the novel explores the enduring bonds of family, the resilience of ordinary women, and the choices that shape identity across generations. The Keeper of Lost Art by Laura Morelli tells the story of twelve-year-old Stella, coming of age in Tuscany 1943, in a world at war. When her mother sends her to safety with distant relatives at a villa in Tuscany, she finds them tasked with a great responsibility: hiding over 300 priceless masterpieces from the Uffizi Galleries. Inspired by the true story of the heroic efforts to safeguard Italy's cultural treasures during World War II, The Keeper of Lost Art is a sweeping and emotionally powerful tale of love, loss, and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Fri, Oct 9
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Club | Halloween-Themed Book Discussion: Monstrilio
Discuss Gerardo Sámano Córdova's debut novel in preparation for spooky month! For fans of Stephen Graham Jones, this novel stars a grieving mother, acting on the knowledge of an old folktale, who cut out a piece of her deceased eleven-year-old to revive him into a carnivorous Monstrilio. A thought-provoking meditation on grief, acceptance, and the monstrous sides of love and loyalty, Gerardo Sámano Córdova blends bold imagination and evocative prose with deep emotional rigor. Told in four acts that span the globe from Brooklyn to Berlin, Monstrilio offers, with uncanny clarity, a cathartic and precise portrait of being human.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Fri, Oct 9
7:00 pm
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7:00 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.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Sat, Oct 10
3:30 pm
free, no reservation required
3:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Photojournalist & Designer Shares His New Book, Eight Seconds: Legacy in Motion (+ Signing)
A conversation with Ivan McClellan to celebrate his new book, a stunning monograph, documenting African-American cowboy culture. He will be in conversation with Maria Soccor, followed by a signing.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Mon, Oct 12
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Literary Scholar Discusses Her New Book on Cultural History of Evil Women
A presentation by Eleanor Johnson of her new book, Monstrous Bitch: A History of Terrifying Women. About the book: How an ancient myth about a sexually voracious, baby-slaying, loudmouthed demoness became the defining misogynistic archetype of Western civilization.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Mon, Oct 12
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Prize-Winning Author Discusses Her New Literary Fiction Novel
Carol LaHines in conversation about her new book, Miracle Grow of the Mind. Miracle Grow of the Mind is a funny, heartbreaking exploration of parenthood, disability, medical bureaucracy, Big Agro, food allergies, and environmental pathogens. When Amy and Michael’ s son is born prematurely, they are thrust into a world of pediatric neurologists, sensory reintegration therapy, and endless evaluations.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Tue, Oct 13
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | New Yorker-Featured Artist Shares His New Memoir, Work in Progress (In Person AND Online!)
Made globally famous by his portraits captured on New York City's subways, artist Devon Rodriguez sits down with his editor Elizabeth Méndez Berry to discuss his memoir of growing up in the Bronx. In this memoir, he explains how his art, his grandmother, and his own relentless drive saved him from heart-wrenching circumstances and led him to redefine out-of-fashion realist portraiture as fresh and magical. Rodriguez writes with rhythm, verve, and an artist’s POV, painting a vivid picture of his native Bronx, the tattoos and rooftop graffiti that mesmerized him as a kid, and the teachers who saw his potential and nourished it.
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Tue, Oct 13
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Architecture Experts Discuss the Radical Architecture of the 1960s Back-to-the-Land Movement (In Person AND Online!)
Writers, critics, and documentarians discuss a past architectural movement. Half a century ago, a legion of young idealists--disillusioned with the governance and exploding consumer culture of 1960s America--dropped out of society and went "back to the land," in what proved to be the greatest urban-to-rural exodus in American history. The backwoods of Northern California became the movement's epicenter, where a patchwork of utopian communes sprouted, together with an experimental, deeply individualized approach to building design and construction. Author David Jacob Kramer and photographer Michael Schmelling's new book, Handmade Utopia: Back-to-the-Land Architecture in Northern California, documents the history, inspiration, and contemporary condition of these utopian communities. They will discuss the success--and failures--of this under-documented movement with experts in the field as well as one of the original back-to-the-landers.
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Tue, Oct 13
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Talk | UN Ambassador Discusses Heritage & History of Australia's Kakadu National Park
Mr. James Larsen, the Permanent Representative of Australia's Mission to the United Nations, will address the audience on the occasion of International Archaeology Day, the committee's most significant annual lecture of each series. Ambassador Larsen discusses the incredible heritage and history of the Kakadu region in Australia's Northern Territory. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kakadu National Park, inhabited by Aboriginal people for over 65,000 years, is recognized for both its outstanding natural ecosystems and its rich cultural landscape, including one of the world's greatest concentrations of rock art paintings.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Tue, Oct 13
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Vanity Fair & Vogue Featured Editorial Photographer Disucsses Her Artistic Journey
A talk by fashion and beauty photographer Lindsay Adler. Adler has risen to the top of her industry as both a photographer and educator. Based in New York City, her fashion editorials have appeared in such publications as Harper's Bazaar, L'Officiel, Marie Claire, Vanity Fair, and Vogue. As an educator, she is one of the industry's most sought-after international speakers, delivering keynote presentations at photography's most prestigious events. She is also the recipient of the United Nations Photographic Achievement Award in recognition of her contributions to the photographic industry.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Tue, Oct 13
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Rediscover the Life & Legacy of Ethel Kennedy with Her Daughter & U.S. Presidential Historian
Explore Ethel Kennedy’s life and legacy through a vivid, intimate new biography by her daughter, Kerry Kennedy. Kerry Kennedy’s new book combines firsthand memories and exclusive access to unpublished writing to take readers inside the life of an American icon. When Robert F. Kennedy was killed in 1968, his wife Ethel—then pregnant with their eleventh child—drew national attention for her grace, dignity, and commitment to furthering his work in human rights. But as her daughter Kerry witnessed, Ethel was much more than a dutiful wife and keeper of Robert's legacy of service. She was courageous, curious, compassionate, boisterous, and witty, always guided by faith and an instinct for speaking truth to power. Kerry speaks with U.S. presidential historian Douglas Brinkley about delving into her own memories, her family's recollections, and her mother's private papers to create an inspirational portrait of the woman who shaped her.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Tue, Oct 13
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artists Discuss the Current Art Ecosystem
In a conversation moderated by Eugenie Tsai, New York-based curator and writer, Jane Dickson and Julie Heffernan will discuss their works on view in the Shelter from the Storm exhibition. They imagine changes to the current art ecosystem that could further empower artists.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Wed, Oct 14
6:00 pm
free, reservations required
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | National Book Award Finalist Shares Her New Novel, American Hagwon (In Person AND Online!)
Min Jin Lee presents her new novel, a contemporary epic about ambition and moderation, lust and loyalty, personal dreams and familial duty. Min Jin Lee’s first novel since the bestselling Pachinko follows one family across decades and continents as they search in schools, jobs, churches, and beyond for meaning and success. Once comfortably middle class in Korea, John and Helen Koh and their three children—Bo, DH, and Mido—find their fortunes twisted and their lives upended, first by a shocking betrayal by John’s oldest friend, then by the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Desperately striving to regain their footing, they leave Seoul for Sydney and eventually settle in Southern California—where new vistas of opportunity open up for the children as their parents, strangers in a strange land, must adjust to a new life in which their experience and education mean little, and they set their sights on whatever it takes to provide for their children’s futures.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Wed, Oct 14
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Artistic Exploration of Historical Gender Flexibility with Artists & Historians
Sophia Club brings its unique blend of philosophy and performance to the stage. For this debut, New York–based choreographer, composer, and performance artist Kinlaw joins classicist Kristina Milnor and Byzantine historian Leonora Neville in an artistic exploration of gender flexibility in the long Roman Empire. From the early Etruscans to Byzantium in the East, discover the poets, princesses, and queer pioneers who broke binaries, claimed authority, and declared their desires in defiance of social norms. The Sophia Club is a global series of live philosophy events from Aeon Media, the publisher of Aeon and Psyche magazines. There are two ways to access this event: 1. General Admission, first-come first-served. Just show up! 2. Fast Track opening the Monday before the event at noon.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Wed, Oct 14
7:30 pm
free, fast-track available
7:30 pm
free, fast-track available
Conference | How U.S. Cultural Policy Shaped Austrian Modern Culture: Panels, Exhibition, Film Screening, & Concert.
A one-day conference exploring the influence of the United States on Austrian cultural life after 1945. In the aftermath of World War II, the United States exerted the strongest cultural influence among the four Allied powers that liberated Austria. As part of denazification efforts, culture and media became important tools for replacing Nazi elites and introducing Austrians to new international influences. From 1946 onward, these efforts increasingly intersected with the geopolitical reorientation of Austria toward the Western, US-dominated anticommunist camp.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Thu, Oct 15
9:30 am
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9:30 am
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Discussion | Architects, Politicians, & Activists Explore the Future of Urban Ecology in a Changing World
This conversation will explore different ways of effectively integrating ecological considerations into urban planning and design, preserve biodiversity in cities, protect species and their habitats, and transforming our built environments and landscapes to address the climate crisis, support the shift to a renewable economy, and grow more vibrant and resilient cities. Please review the venue's access requirements.
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Thu, Oct 15
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Experts Analyze the First Polls of Brazil's Presidential Election
Hear from experts who will analyze the first-round results and discuss what to watch next. Brazilians are voting in a highly polarized race to elect their next president. Incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro are neck-and-neck in most polls ahead of an expected runoff vote on October 25. The race has unfolded amid numerous scandals, continued tensions with the Donald Trump administration, and public concerns about crime, inflation, and affordability. Who is the favorite to win the race? What will the result mean for Brazil’s democracy, Latin America’s largest economy, and the right-wing wave that has swept much of Latin America?
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Thu, Oct 15
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | International Center of Photography (ICP)-Featured Artist Discusses Photography through Language and the Senses
Photographer and filmmaker Neal Slavin will be in conversation with artist and author M. Leona Godin. Book signings to follow after their discussion.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Thu, Oct 15
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Award-Winning Artist & Researcher Discusses Histories of Black American Print Publishing (In Person AND Online!)
A lecture by artist and designer, Kelly Walters, inspired by The Hampton Album and print culture at the turn of the century. Walters is an artist, designer, and researcher who engages with histories of Black American print publishing, material culture, and archival practice. Doors open at 6:00 PM. Talk starts at 6:30 PM and will be followed by a reception.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Thu, Oct 15
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Talk | BAFTA-Winning Actress from Fleabag, Andor, Killing Eve, & More Discusses Her Craft & Career
Star of the stage and screen, Fiona Shaw, introduced by Sarah Cole, Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts and Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature. Fiona Shaw is an Cork-born actor who has become one of Great Britain’s most celebrated stage and screen treasures. Appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), and awarded the Officier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government, she is renowned internationally for her contributions to dramatic arts.
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Thu, Oct 15
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Club | Luddite Book Club: Martyr Loser King by Saul Williams
Offline Book Club is a space for in-person conversation about the role technology plays in our world. This month's pick: Martyr Loser King by Saul Williams. About the Book: An Afrofuturist fable set in the coltan mines of East Africa during a global cyberattack. This graphic novel critiques technological exploitation while also imagining rebellion and the possibility of transformative change.
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Thu, Oct 15
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Weill Cornell Ob-Gyn Discusses Women's Health through Age
Susan Loeb-Zeitlin, M.D., FACOG, explores the role of hormones during midlife, including common changes women may experience and how these shifts can affect overall health and well-being, as well as how they can be treated. More About Hormones: Midlife Women Hormonal changes are a natural part of midlife for women, with shifts in estrogen and other hormones potentially affecting sleep, mood, energy, metabolism, bone health and overall well-being. Understanding these changes and the range of symptoms that may accompany them can help women make informed decisions about their health and explore strategies for managing symptoms and supporting healthy aging.
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Fri, Oct 16
11:00 am
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11:00 am
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Book Discussion | Anthropologist Shares Her New Nonfiction Title, Creative Ozone: Inside Westbeth’s Legendary Artist Community
Miriam Chaiken offers an intimate look at Westbeth Artists Housing, the legendary residence that shaped New York culture for more than 50 years. In 1970, the former Bell Telephone Laboratories in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village was transformed into Westbeth—an experiment in urban renewal that became the world’s largest and longest-running artists’ residence. From legendary photographer Diane Arbus to avant-garde theater pioneers like Joseph Chaikin and Gloria Miguel, Westbeth nurtured some of the most influential voices in contemporary art. In her book, Creative Ozone, Miriam Chaiken brings an anthropological perspective to her history of this groundbreaking community, where three of her family members lived. She draws on intimate interviews with multiple generations of Westbeth residents to explore how a former industrial building became a home for artists, creativity, and collaboration.
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Fri, Oct 16
2:00 pm
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2:00 pm
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Discussion | Writer, Scholar, & Artist on the Afterlives of Colonialism & Political Violence across Haiti and Its Diaspora.
Edwidge Danticat, Dantaé Garee Elliott, and Manuel Mathieu discuss their practices of engaging memory, migration, and history.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Fri, Oct 16
2:00 pm
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2:00 pm
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Discussion | Exploring the Idea of the Horizon & Disapora
Dejá Aaliyah Belardo joins artist Firelei Báez and writer and curator Gervais Marsh to discuss a site of movement, imagination, belonging, and artistic possibility across the Caribbean and its global diasporas.
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Fri, Oct 16
5:00 pm
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5:00 pm
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Book Discussion | National Book Critics Circle Award Winning Author & Editor of Bestsellers in Conversation
A conversation with Yahdon Israel and Claudia Rankine. The event will conclude with a reception/signing with books for sale. Yahdon Israel is a cultural steward, editor, and educator who helps cultural figures and institutions transform important ideas into lasting public impact. After more than five years as a Senior Editor at Simon & Schuster, where he edited award-winning and bestselling books, he founded The Compound Collective, a cultural strategy agency that partners with authors, artists, athletes, nonprofits, and cultural institutions to engineer cultural impact. Claudia Rankine is the author of eight books, including Just Us: An American Conversation, Citizen: An American Lyric, and Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Fri, Oct 16
5:00 pm
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5:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Explore Historical Furniture Traditions with Woodworker/Artist in a Museum
See the museum collection through an artist’s eyes. Hear the thoughtful perspective of woodworker and Vacheron Constantin Artisan in Residence Aspen Golann, and explore historical furniture traditions. Golann will speak in the exhibition Cottage Industry: The Val-Kill Furniture Shop, celebrating the groundbreaking enterprise, which was led by women and shaped by immigrant and rural craftspeople.
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Fri, Oct 16
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Pushcart Prize-Winning Novelist Shares His Latest Book, Passengers
Alexander Maksik celebrates his newest novel, the story of a father and daughter reckoning with each other, and with the looming collapse of the outside world. He will be in conversation with Michael Reynolds, followed by a signing.
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Fri, Oct 16
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Bestselling Author Shares Her New Book, The Florios of Sicily
An evening with writer Stefania Auci, in conversation with New York-based Italian journalist Simona Siri. Together, they will explore the creation of the Florio saga, the historical research behind Auci’s novels, and the way the story of the Florio family offers a lens through which to discover Sicily, its social and economic transformations, family relationships, ambition, and the remarkable women at the heart of the story.
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Sat, Oct 17
5:00 pm
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5:00 pm
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Lecture | Celebrate the Life of the Father of the Dadaist Art/Literature Movement
An event dedicated to the surreal work of Tristan Tzara. This year marks the 130th anniversary of his birth. Tristan Tzara (1896 - 1963) was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist, and performance artist best known as a founder and chief theorist of the anti-establishment Dada movement. Operating out of the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich during World War I, Tzara spearheaded a chaotic, nihilistic assault on traditional bourgeois culture and societal standards, which he viewed as complicit in the horrors of the war. Valery Oisteanu will present his view on the historical spiral of DADA through Romania, Paris, America, and globally. Tzara in Paris and his conflicts with Breton. The globalization of Dada and the American contribution have been continuous since 1913 till today.
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Sun, Oct 18
2:00 pm
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2:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Art Historian & Critic Shares Her 2025 Book on the History of Artists' Protests
Writer and editor Lauren O’Neill-Butler discusses her new book, The War of Art. Named a best book of 2025 by NPR, The War of Art tells the history of artist-led activism and the global political and aesthetic debates from the 1960s to the present. Artists in America have long battled against injustices, believing that art can, in fact, “do more.” The War of Art tells this history of artist-led activism and the global political and aesthetic debates from the 1960s to the present. In contrast to the financialized art market and celebrity artists, the book explores the power of collective effort — from protesting to philanthropy, and from wheat-pasting to planting a field of wheat.
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Mon, Oct 19
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | History & Film Scholars Discuss Portrayals of the Nuremburg Trials
Sylvie Lindeperg presents an illustrated lecture featuring the archival research for her award-winning book, Staging Nuremberg: How the United States and the Soviet Union Fought Over the Portrayal of Nazi Crimes (2026), Columbia University Press's translation of La Bataille des images (2021). Lindeperg will be joined in conversation by Annette Insdorf. Please review the venue's access requirements.
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Mon, Oct 19
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Hannah Arendt Award Winning Scholar Shares His New Book on Hannah Arendt's Life & Thought
A discussion with Roger Berkowitz on his new book, A World We Share: Hannah Arendt and the Power of Friendship in a Broken World. In conversation with Roosevelt Montas. About the book: A bold rethinking of politics through Hannah Arendt's life and thought, arguing that friendship--not truth--is the fragile but necessary foundation of democratic life
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Mon, Oct 19
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Book Club | Read & Analyze Poetry of Migration
Poetry enthusiasts unpack the layered meanings of poetry through an informal group discussion. Each session focuses on a theme that celebrates the diversity and range of the poetic form and contemporary poetry culture. This month, read poems that chart memories and histories of migration across the world. 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, Oct 20
2:30 pm
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2:30 pm
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Book Club | Poor Things Book Discussion
Dscussion of a postmodern, feminist novel inspired by Frankenstein, set in Victorian Glasgow, about a woman named Bella Baxter who is resurrected with the brain of an infant. Themes: Weird science, feminism, identity, the nature of reality, the relativity of truth, and the critique of Victorian patriarchy. Accolades: Winner of the Whitbread Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize.
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Tue, Oct 20
4:00 pm
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4:00 pm
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Talk | Architectural Historian Journeys through the Structural Remnants of Early New York
A virtual tour from the comfort of the this historic building to architectural landmarks - some of national importance, some unknown, scattered all over Manhattan Island. The number of pre- and post- Revolutionary structures surviving in The City That's Never Finished keeps growing. From a grand country mansion, to a farmhouse, taverns, townhouses, churches, and the earliest park in New York City, discover remnants of early New-York from one tip of Manhattan to the other.
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Tue, Oct 20
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Launch: Getting Even / Letting Go
Julian Tepper shares his new novel. About the book: On a single spring afternoon in New York City, Gene Mills—a once-successful writer now living on fumes—hosts friends in his apartment while waiting for an art auction that could change everything. The paintings on the block were made by his ex-wife, now a global art star. They depict her affair, her ambition, and the life she detonated when she left him. Gene believes selling them is justice. Or survival. Or both. Getting Even/Letting Go is a novel about what remains when intimacy turns transactional, and whether freedom can ever be purchased without exacting a final, private price.
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Tue, Oct 20
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Vanity Fair-Featured Writer Shares Her New Book on cultural icon Jane Birkin
Bestselling author Marisa Meltzer discusses the life, style, and legacy of a fashion star, as captured in her dazzling biography It Girl, in conversation with the chief fashion critic of The New York Times, Vanessa Friedman. Jane Birkin was synonymous with chic. Her effortless style and artistic legacy have been immortalized through her music and film career. And, of course, she was the inspiration behind one of the world's most coveted bags, the Hermes Birkin. But who was the real woman behind the it girl? Now, New York Times bestselling author Marisa Meltzer sheds new light on Birkin's enigmatic life and explores her profound influence on generations in a rigorously reported biography unlike any other.
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Tue, Oct 20
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Panel Exploring Architecture's Roles in the Dynamics of Fascism and Antifascism (In Person AND Online!)
A conversation about the historical links between architecture, fascism, and anti-fascism, and what the past can teach us about acting in the present moment. The history of modern architecture includes troubling and well-documented entanglements between architecture and fascism. Less well-known, but perhaps even more important today, are examples of antifascist design and organizing. In a time of rising authoritarianism, what can we learn from the histories of fascism and antifascism? The term "fascism" originated in Italy in 1919 before spreading across Europe, naming a range of populist political movements that exalted ethno-nationalism, militarism, centralized autocratic rule, and the rejection of liberal democracy. Since its birth, fascism has invited resistance efforts, both peaceful and armed, organized and informal. This panel will explore architecture's roles in the dynamics of fascism and antifascism, particularly as it takes form in cultural centers, housing, spaces of detention, and memorials.
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Tue, Oct 20
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Novella Discussion: Classic of Satirical, Feminist Horror, The Stepford Wives
The group is reading Ira Levin's 1972 book. About the Book: Joanna Eberhart, a talented photographer, wife, and young mother who suspects that something in the town of Stepford is changing the wives from free-thinking, intelligent women into compliant wives dedicated solely to homemaking. As her friends slowly transform, Joanna realizes the horrific truth.
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Wed, Oct 21
4:30 pm
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4:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Nw York Times-Featured Author Shares Her New Book, A Dead White: An Argument Against White Paint (+ Signing)
A conversation with Wendy S. Walters to celebrate her new book, a brilliant and razor-sharp work of cultural criticism examining what we take for granted in the abundance of white paint. She will be in conversation with Margo Jefferson, followed by a signing.
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Wed, Oct 21
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Pulitzer Prize–Winning Author Discusses Her New Novel, Music Against the Night, with Jennifer Egan
Yiyun Li discusses music, travel, grief, and ambition—subjects at the heart of her new novel. Li talks with Jennifer Egan about depicting two aspiring musicians in pursuit of success and bringing to life the sweep and dimension of the Romantic era. About the book: In Dublin, as the 18th century nears its end, a young virtuoso named John Field comes of age as his family nurtures visions of him becoming the next Mozart. His talent takes him to England, France, and Russia, where he becomes a famous pianist and composes dreamy, languorous melodies that enchant the night air. John calls them nocturnes, but the prodigy who immortalizes them is Chopin. Oceans away in French India, Adelaide Percheron has a startling rise of her own. Orphaned and raised by her grandmother, Adelaide is driven by her secret love of music and a desire to see the world. She engineers her exodus, escaping to Paris and later to Moscow, as Napoleon’s army sets out to conquer the continent. As John and Adelaide each try to chart a path between talent and genius, success and legacy, profit and passion, they must decide what, and even who, is worth sacrificing along the way.
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Wed, Oct 21
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Art Critic & Artist Explore Photography in the Age of AI
A conversation between Charlotte Kent and Danielle Ezzo about photography and AI from a historic, critical, and artistic perspective. Photography has always been troubled by its own expansion. From its inception, what it does and whether someone is doing it has been debated. It launched out of science experiments and landed in the field of art. Each new camera, lens, or product, from the daguerreotype to the Polaroid to the digital file, has renewed confusion and uncertainty about what the medium is, does, preserves, constructs, witnesses, and deteriorates. To what degree does a conversation about photography today devolve into the problems of "AI," and does "AI" need photography as a practice to define its lineage? Writing in The Brooklyn Rail, visual culture scholar and art critic Charlotte Kent traces these ambiguities to ask whether photography is the only appropriate lens to view this slippery emergent technology. Danielle Ezzo, an artist and writer whose practice is built within the territory that Kent theorizes, speaks to the embodied experience of straddling two media that are constantly connected yet often in conflict. Together, their live conversation will move between the historical and the material, the theoretical and the embodied to bring the paradigm shift into clearer focus.
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Thu, Oct 22
5:30 pm
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5:30 pm
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Book Discussion | James Beard Award-Winning TV Food Expert Shares Her New Book on Chinese Cuisine
Fuchsia Dunlop explores the magical complexity of one of the world's greatest cuisines. 'Fuchsia Dunlop has done more to explain real Chinese cooking to non-Chinese cooks than anyone', according to The New York Times. Dunlop, a four-time James Beard award winner and TV food expert (Chef's Table; Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown) has already explored Hunan cooking and Szechuan food with her large legion of readers. Now, in her latest book, she tackles the "five tastes" which a Chinese chef needs to be able to marshal harmoniously: salty, sweet, sour, bitter and pungent. The delectable result might be green beans with "strange-flavor" sauce, spicy peanut butter noodles, or a steamed fish that sings with citrus notes.
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Thu, Oct 22
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Photographer & Historian Explore the Dandy Subculture
Explore an inclusive landscape where dandyism belongs to anyone obsessed with masculine elegance, regardless of class, race, age, sexuality, or gender. For more than a decade, photographer Rose Callahan and writer Nathaniel Adams have explored the many meanings of dandyism through their acclaimed books I Am Dandy, We Are Dandy, and most recently, They Are Dandy. Far from a homogeneous relic of the past, contemporary dandyism offers a powerful means of asserting identity, embracing visibility, and challenging rigid societal norms. Rose Callahan is a photographer known for her evocative portraits that celebrate the transformative power of style, while Nathaniel Adams is a writer and historian with a focus on dandyism, subculture, and men's fashion. Books will be available for purchase. Dandy Style is highly encouraged!
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Fri, Oct 23
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Book Club | Discuss Your Favorite Romance Books with Fellow Readers
If you love romance or want to get into it, you're welcome at this romance book club! Attendees will be discussing their favorite romance books, current reads, and more!
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Sat, Oct 24
11:00 am
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11:00 am
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Discussion | How Art and Science Can Honor Indigenous Histories & Ecologies
Mohawk artist Alan Michelson and ecologist Eric W. Sanderson join together. They explore how art and science can surface and honor the Indigenous histories and ecologies embedded in contemporary New York, while considering strategies for recovering lost abundance.
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Sat, Oct 24
2:00 pm
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2:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Prizewinning French Author Discusses Her New Nonfiction Book, The Cavalier
Nathalie Quintane will be in conversation with translator Jonathan Larson and writer Catherine Taylor. About the Book: A Parisian ’68er embarks to the provinces to teach high school Philosophy but is soon driven out for “corrupting the youth.” Fifty years later, and teaching in the same French Alpine town, Nathalie Quintane delves into the scandal to probe the political order and the failures of a utopian generation. Since the 1990s, Nathalie Quintane has written more than 20 rigorous and genre-defiant works, each distinctive in scope and precision, critiquing everything from the literary marketplace and the education system, to fascization in France and abroad.
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Sat, Oct 24
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Lecture | Actor/Visual Artist Discussesthe Politics of Documenting War
Rabih Mroué explores the image politics of ISIS videos in contrast with videos shot by drones. Based on research material comprising recruiting videos secured by officers of the German Intelligence Services, Mroué asks not only what these videos reveal about their producers or the videos’ capacity to document killing, but also questions the politics inherent in dealing with these videos from the point of view of the state and society. Written and presented by Rabih Mroué Director: Rabih Mroué
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Sun, Oct 25
3:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Sculptural & Public Art Installation Artist Shares A Book of His Work
The first monograph on an artist whose theatrical sculptures elevate the grit and absurdity of everyday life into monumental, thought-provoking installations.
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Mon, Oct 26
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Broadway Producer (Just in Time, South Pacific, Oklahoma) Discusses the Far Reaches of Musical Theater
Ted Chapin discusses his unparalleled career in the arts. Ted Chapin is the ultimate Broadway insider--responsible for the revivals of South Pacific, The King and I, Carousel, Oklahoma, and The Sound of Music. As president of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, head of the "Lyrics and Lyricists" program at the 92NY, where he conceived the Broadway hit Just In Time, and as a leading producer, director, and author about all things Broadway, Chapin engages in a candid discussion with Daniel Okrent, editor and author of Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't Easy. They will talk about his life and why musical theatre continues to matter in the life of New York and beyond.
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Mon, Oct 26
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | National Book Award Finalist Shares Her Latest Novel, The Wilderness (In Person AND Online!)
Angela Flournoy discusses her acclaimed second novel about five Black women over the course of their twenty-year friendship. She will discuss her book with novelist and critic Vinson Cunningham. Desiree, Danielle, January, Monique, and Nakia are in their early twenties and at the beginning. Of their careers, of marriage, of motherhood, and of big-city lives in New York and Los Angeles. Together, they are finding their way through the wilderness, that period of life when the reality of contemporary adulthood—overwhelming, mysterious, and full of freedom and consequences—swoops in and stays. As these friends move from the late 2000s into the late 2020s, from young adults to grown women, they must figure out what they mean to one another—amid political upheaval, economic and environmental instability, and the increasing volatility of modern American life.
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Tue, Oct 27
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Photographer & Critic Discuss Their New Book, Bordeaux Chronicle
A richly woven portrait of Bordeaux―its wines, wine makers, and châteaux―pairing Peter Aaron’s photographs from 1969 and 2024 with Jane Anson’s wine expertise to illuminate the region’s dramatic evolution over the past 50 years
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Tue, Oct 27
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Choreographer & Dancer Shares Her Research on Marth Graham's Works
Virginie Mécène, a former Principal Dancer, will discuss her experience in the reconstruction of Graham's Panorama, Prelude to Action, and The Puritan Duet from American Document, and the process of reimagining lost dances. As a 2023-2024 Dance Research Fellow, Virginie Mécène presented her research project, Making New Dances Inspired by Lost Solos of Martha Graham: Revolt (1927) and Immigrant (1928) at the Jerome Robbins Dance Division’s Annual Symposium on January 26, 2024.
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Wed, Oct 28
1:00 pm
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1:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Halloween Screening of Interview with the Vampire (1994)+ Discussion with Anne Rice's Editor
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Anne Rice's legendary novel Interview with the Vampire, a book that forever transformed the modern vampire story. Victoria Wilson, Anne Rice's longtime editor and publisher who discovered and championed her extraordinary career, will share personal stories and insights into the author and the enduring legacy of her groundbreaking novel. The evening will continue with a screening of the iconic film adaptation, followed by an opportunity to purchase copies of the newly published 50th anniversary edition, featuring a new afterword by Anne Rice's son, author Christopher Rice. Film synopsis: A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
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Wed, Oct 28
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Launch Party and Book Signing for New WInter Holiday Memoir
Event introducing Oh Ho OH NO!: Twelve True Tales of Tinsel, Bedlam, and Unconditional Love. Author and Christmas maximalist Danny Lettieri in celebrating the official launch of his humorous memoir, Ho Ho, OH NO!: Twelve True Stories of Tinsel, Bedlam & Unconditional Love. Danny will read passages from the book in his inimitable style, and there’ll be wine and Christmas cookies for attendees. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
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Wed, Oct 28
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Multi-Media Artist Discusses the Work of National Medal of Arts Winning Abstract Artist
Nandi Loaf on Agnes Martin. Nandi Loaf is an artist living and working in the 21st century. Across installation, sculpture, painting, performance, and choreographed encounters, she examines the role of the artist and the means of artistic production.
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Wed, Oct 28
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Social Psychiatrist Shares Her New Book on the World of K-Dramas
A reading and conversation with Mindy Thompson Fullilove to celebrate the recent release of The Tao of K-Drama: Wise Narratives for a Troubled World. Maura Spiegel will join as a conversant. About the book: K-dramas--South Korean television series that have captivated audiences worldwide--are often described as addictive, immersive, and emotionally generous. But in The Tao of K-Drama, Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, argues that they are something more consequential: a global site of collective meaning-making, where hundreds of millions of viewers encounter shared narratives of rupture, endurance, and repair. Far from mere entertainment, K-dramas offer a sophisticated vocabulary for living with--and through--trauma.
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Wed, Oct 28
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Wangechi Mutu, MoMA-Featured Artist, Discusses Her Career
Renowned Nairobi and Brooklyn-based visual artist presents recent work, including film, sculpture, and installation at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Response by Rachel Grace Newman, Assistant Professor, African American and African Diaspora Studies.
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Thu, Oct 29
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Discover the New York City's Jazz Age History
Scholar Jonathan Ezra Goldman explores the overlooked people, places, and movements that shaped Roaring Twenties New York City. In his new book, Professor Jonathan Ezra Goldman brings to life a city defined by both extraordinary creativity and deep inequality through the stories of individuals whose experiences challenge popular ideas of the Jazz Age as a time of only wealth and celebration. Panoramic in scope but local in focus, Goldman examines major events such as the Harlem Renaissance and Prohibition through the lives of the people, places, and communities that shaped the era--from an all-female police platoon and an Arabic literary salon to Black amusement parks and lesbian cafes.
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Fri, Oct 30
2:00 pm
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2:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Spooky Halloween Book Talk: Author Shares Her New Crime Thriller
Author Kasey Lansdale to commemorate the release of her debut novel, First Chance. She'll be in discussion with award-winning author Alex Segura. Festivities will include readings, author Q&A, raffle giveaways, and more!
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Sat, Oct 31
12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
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Conference | Artists & Scholars Revisit the Legacy of the 1956 Congress of Black Writers and Artists (In Person AND Online!)
In 1956, the First Congress of Black Writers and Artists took place in Paris. It inaugurated the "postcolonial moment" in Europe and Africa, quickly followed by a lesser-known second one, in 1959 in Rome. To celebrate this 70th anniversary, attendees ask: what would a congress be today? Namely, how did the 1950's stakes evolved? which territorities, minorities and discourses have been left apart? what can these two Congresses teach us today and what can we add to them? Speakers/Artists:
Nelson Maldonado-Torres is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut and a leading voice in decolonial theory.
Nadia Yala Kisukidi is an Associate Professor at the NYU Department of French Literature, Thought, and Culture.
Grégory Pierrot is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Connecticut, Stamford, specializing in the cultural networks of the Black Atlantic.
Mame-Fatou Niang is a Professor of French & Francophone Studies and founder of the Center for Black European Studies and the Atlantic at Carnegie Mellon University. A scholar, filmmaker, and photographer, she co-directed the documentary Mariannes Noires and authored Identités françaises and Universalisme.
Junior Mintt is a Brooklyn-based drag artist, comedian, and Black trans activist, host of The Junior Mintt Show, an independent late-night program centered on Blackness, queerness, and radical positivity.
Brent Hayes Edwards is a Peng Family Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, affiliated with its Center for Jazz Studies. He is the author of The Practice of Diaspora, winner of the John Hope Franklin Prize, and Epistrophies: Jazz and the Literary Imagination.
Mistura Allison is an independent researcher, curator, and art historian based between London and Milan, currently Curator and Project Coordinator at Villa Romana in Florence. She is the founder of ashikọ, a research platform centered on contemporary diasporic visual and oral production from Africa and its diaspora.
Seumboy Vrainom is a French artist, writer, and self-described "digital shaman apprentice" whose work critiques colonial history through appropriated internet imagery and DIY video. An advocate for decolonial ecology, he is a contributor to the media outlet Histoires Crépues.
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Fri, Nov 6
10:00 am
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10:00 am
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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, Nov 14
3:30 pm
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3:30 pm
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Book Club | Book Discussion: Moon of the Cursed Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
Readers who enjoy horror and other dark literature are welcome to this in-person discussion. This meeting focuses on Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice. This month’s theme is: Native American Heritage. Moon of the Crusted Snow was originally published in 2018. With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds as the food supply dwindles. While the band council and a pocket of community members struggle to maintain order, an unexpected visitor arrives, escaping the crumbling society to the south. Soon after, others follow.
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Mon, Nov 16
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Johns Hopkins Bioethics Researchers Discuss Advances in Reproductive Technology
Speakers explore the promises, risks, and societal implications of a technology that could reshape the future of human reproduction. What if ordinary skin cells could be transformed into eggs or sperm? Scientists are exploring in vitro gametogenesis (IVG), a technology that could expand reproductive options while raising profound ethical questions. Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH is the Andreas C. Dracopoulos Director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the Levi Professor of Bioethics and Public Policy. His work focuses on the ethics of research, ethics and public health including global health, and ethics and emerging biomedical technologies. He speaks widely in the US and abroad, has published five books and over 160 articles, and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. Anna Mastroianni, JD, MPH, is Research Professor in Bioethics and Law at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. Her scholarship explores complex issues at the intersection of law, bioethics, public health, and health policy, with a particular focus on the challenges of research in pregnancy, genetic technologies, and family building through assisted reproductive technologies. She has published widely across these areas and is recognized for her contributions to major debates in bioethics and public policy.
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Thu, Nov 19
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Club | Luddite Book Club: The Last Human Job by Allison Pugh
Offline Book Club is a space for in-person conversation about the role technology plays in our world. This month's pick: The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World by Allison Pugh (2024). About the Book: Reveals connective labor as a particular kind of mutual recognition of each other's humanity, essential in so many professional relationships, whether teacher-student, coach-player, or doctor-patient. Questions whether this work can ever be replaced using “AI”.
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Thu, Nov 19
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Club | Reading & Discussing Dealing With the Dead by Alain Mabanckou
This book club will be reading and discussing a fiction book set in a new country every month, with a high priority on reading books in translation that are written by authors from the countries the group is visiting. This month: Congo. Dealing With the Dead by Alain Mabanckou, translated from French by Helen Stevenson! About the book: Abruptly deceased at the age of twenty-four and trapped forever in flared purple trousers, Liwa Ekimakingaï encounters the other residents of Frère Lachaise cemetery, all of whom have their own complex stories of life and death. Unwilling to relinquish their tender bond, Liwa makes his way back home to Pointe-Noire to see his devoted grandmother one last time, against all spectral advice. But disturbing rumours swirl together with Liwa's jumbled memories of his last night on earth, leading him to pursue the riddle of his own untimely demise. A phantasmagorical tale of ambition, community and forces beyond human control, Dealing with the Dead is a scathing satire on corruption and political violence by one of the foremost chroniclers of modern Central Africa.
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Fri, Nov 20
4:30 pm
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4:30 pm
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Book Club | Discuss Your Favorite Romance Books with Fellow Readers
If you love romance or want to get into it, you're welcome at this romance book club! Attendees will be discussing their favorite romance books, current reads, and more!
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Sat, Nov 21
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
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