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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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free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
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So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
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145 free talks, lectures, discussions in New York City (NYC) Wed, 03/04/2026 - 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 | A Violinist, Vocalist, & Dancer-Poet Celebrate Holocaust-Survivor Artist Boris Lurie
World-renowned violinist Ilana Zaks Nederlander honors the legacy of Holocaust survivor and artist Boris Lurie (1924-2008) and his NO!art movement through a program of works by Jewish composers whose lives were shaped by the Holocaust. Vocalist Beth Griffen, joined by dancer and poet Yehuda Hyman, performs an English rendition of Marieluise. A Report by Kerstin Specht, drawing connections between these artists' experiences and their enduring creative resilience.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Mar 4
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
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Discussion | Live Podcast Recording: Fashion and Fine Art in Conversation
Randy Cohen and Dr. Elizabeth Way, curator of costume and accessories, record an episode of Person Place Thing focused on the current exhibition. The conversation highlights three objects from the show and explores how they reveal the complex relationship between fashion and fine art.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Mar 4
5:30 pm
Free
5:30 pm
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Discussion | Award-Winning Journalist Discusses Her Psychiatry Takes in The New Yorker
Hear a talk with “Janet Malcolm’s successor,” Rachel Aviv, an award-winning journalist who writes about psychiatry at The New Yorker. She is also the author of Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories that Make Us. Her recent subjects include Oliver Sacks’ fabrication of patient narratives, the wrongful conviction of an accused rapist, the trauma of children facing deportation, the author Joyce Carol Oates, and a British nurse convicted of murdering seven babies based on questionable evidence.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Mar 4
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | CANCELLED!! Quiet Reading Meet Up
Bring a book or check one out of the library to read to yourself for one hour. After that, spend an hour socializing with those around you!
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Mar 4
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Jazz Expert Shares His New Book, Paris Blues: Painting Jazz
Enjoy a conversation with Robert G. O'Meally to celebrate his new book, Paris Blues: Painting Jazz, a series of ingenious oil paintings and collages created by consummate jazz painter Romare Bearden, exploring themes of Black American culture, jazz music, and the relationship between urban spaces and visual art. He will be in conversation with Frank Stewart, followed by a signing.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Mar 4
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Biographer Discusses Her New Book on Artist John Singer Sargent
Biographer Jean Strouse speaks about her book, Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers, In 1897, Asher Wertheimer, a British art dealer, began to commission John Singer Sargent's largest private project: twelve stunning portraits of his socially prominent Jewish family. The result was a significant and distinctive artistic series, as the Times' critic wrote: "more than a group of family portraits, and something besides a little set of great masterpieces of painting". In this incisive account, celebrated biographer Jean Strouse (Morgan: American Financier) portrays the intersection of two outsiders' lives -- Singer Sargent, an expatriate artist, and Wertheimer, a wealthy "Anglo-Jew"-- during England's Edwardian age, amidst "the dazzle and unease of a world in flux". Strouse, a winner of the Bancroft Prize, was the director of the famed Cullman Center at the New York Public Library from 2003 to 2017.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Mar 4
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Celebrate the New Tranlsation of Talking to the Girls: Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Experts (writers, photographers, journalists, scholars) discuss the English translation of Talking to the Girls: Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. A celebration of the publication of the Italian translation of Talking to the Girls: Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, edited by Edvige Giunta and Mary Anne Trasciatti, winner of the 2023 Susan Koppelman Award for Best Anthology in Feminist Studies and American Popular Culture. A powerful collection of diverse voices, Talking to the Girls brings together stories from writers, artists, activists, scholars, and family members of the Triangle workers. Nineteen contributors from across the globe speak of a singular event with remarkable impact. The story of the fire is of special relevance in Italy since about one-third of the workers who died in the fire were Italian immigrants, many of them first-generation.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Mar 4
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Learn about the History of Letterforms with Alphabet in Motion Author Kelli Anderson (In Person AND Online!)
Paper engineer and graphic designer Kelli Anderson reveals the technologies and philosophies that have shaped letterforms as captured in her immersive pop-up book, Alphabet in Motion, in this interactive evening also featuring her friend and collaborator Camilo Otero. Type history is often technical and always visual. It is therefore challenging to fully explain in text or in diagrams alone. The book's interactive features provide a sensory inroad for curious general readers to grasp how typography has transformed through history (and how lettering can convey a point of view or philosophical stance). A 128-page companion essay section includes an essay further contextualizing each pop-up. Alphabet in Motion puts the reader's hands, eyes and minds in touch with the meanings behind the typography that surrounds us in our homes, on our screens and on our streets. If you look carefully, you can see the history of the world―from the Bronze Age to the Information Age―in the microcosm of type.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Mar 4
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Discussion | Artists Discuss Art Practices for Political Imagination & Resistance
Enjoy a panel featuring artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme in conversation with Nicholas Mirzoeff (Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU). Together, the speakers will explore a range of multimedia art practices as sites of political imagination and resistance.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Mar 4
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Talk | Diving Into Ocean Currents & Climate
Join associate scientist Christopher Piecuch for an in-depth look at the Atlantic’s Gulf Stream, its influence on weather from Miami to Manchester, and recent findings suggesting the circulation might be weakening. Discover how decades of observations and recent dataset updates are transforming our understanding of ocean overturning, sea-level rise, and climate “whiplash.” For ages 21+ only.
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Wed, Mar 4
7:00 pm
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Talk | MOMA & Guggenheim-Featured Artist Lyle Ashton Harris Discusses His Craft & Career
Hear from Lyle Ashton Harris, who has cultivated a diverse artistic practice, ranging from photography and collage to video installation and performance art, examining the impact of race, gender, and desire on the contemporary social and cultural dynamic globally through intersections of the personal and the political. Harris has been widely exhibited internationally, and a solo exhibition spanning three decades of his work was most recently presented at the Queens Museum in New York in 2024.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Mar 4
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | National Book Critics Circle Prize Finalist Shares Her New Book, City Like Water
Dorothy Tse, in conversation with Elvia Wilk, shares her debut novel, City Like Water. A potent and disorienting new book by the author of Owlish, a National Book Critics Circle prize finalist. Lucid, nightmarish, and indelible, City Like Water is a wondrous and pointed message in a bottle from a city not so different from your own.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Mar 4
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Talk | Chief Brand Officer of The RealReal Discusses Her Career
Hear a talk with Kristen Naiman, Chief Brand Officer at The RealReal! Kristen is a storyteller and creative who joined The RealReal as Chief Brand Officer in January 2024. She is a life long lover of second hand, and has spent her career exploring style as a form of personal and cultural expression. She is the editor of Stuff: A New York Life of Cultural Chaos by Kim Hastreiter, a memoir and cultural history through the lens of one iconic New Yorker’s collection of stuff.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Mar 5
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Talk | IMAX CEO Discusses the Future of FIlm
Enjoy an exclusive session with IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond to explore how the company is redefining the theatrical experience through bold partnerships and cutting-edge tech. It's a rare opportunity to learn directly from a veteran architect of the global blockbuster business.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Mar 5
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Gallery Talk | Love, Desire, and Gender in Medieval Art
Discover how love, sex, and gender were represented in medieval art through a focused gallery talk. Experts guide small groups through select objects, sharing new insights, untold stories, and close-up perspectives on the works' craftsmanship, symbolism, and social context. Attendees can also ask questions and engage directly with the discussion.
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Thu, Mar 5
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Scholar Shares Her New Book, Signs of the Material World: Dostoevsky, Science, and the 19th-Century Novel (In Person AND Online!)
Experience Professor of Russian Language and Russian and Comparative Literature at Sarah Lawrence College Melissa Frazier’s book talk on her recent work, Signs of the Material World: Dostoevsky, Science, and the 19th-Century Novel! Drawing on Dostoevsky’s relationship with science, Signs of the Material World explores the literary impacts of nineteenth-century materialism. Dostoevsky’s scientific interlocutors range from Auguste Comte and the “vulgar” materialists to Charles Darwin, James Clerk Maxwell, George Henry Lewes, Charles Sanders Peirce, and the Russian Nikolai Strakhov; in literary terms, Dostoevsky writes in conversation with a wide range of contemporary writers across Europe and the United States, including Lev Tolstoy, Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Friedrich Schiller.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Mar 5
3:30 pm
Free
3:30 pm
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Discussion | Experts on Current Dissent & Solidarity Movements
Hear a panel of experts discuss the current state of dissent and people’s solidarity movements in the United States and abroad. Throughout the world, 2025 seemed to be a year of protest and dissent, whether through the ‘Gen Z’ movements of Kenya, Morocco, Nepal, Madagascar, and the Philippines, continued demonstrations globally against genocide in Gaza, or anti-ICE protests in the United States. By looking at histories and currents of international people’s solidarity movements - such as the Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organization prevalent in the 20th century or the more recent Sumud Convoy- we hope to continue a long-held discussion around the opportunities and challenges these organizations, movements, and philosophies present to people across the world. Unsurprisingly, many of these movements share similar language and goals, often targeting perceived increases in austerity, corruption, and authoritarianism. In some cases, these interlinkages have been intentionally defined as activists point to shared histories of colonialism, resistance, and collaboration, these dynamics not yet having been abolished.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Mar 5
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
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Discussion | Scholars Discuss the Information War & Media Landscapes (In Person AND Online!)
This event will bring together Obama Scholar Valeriia Kovtun and SIPA Professor Tamar Mitts for a timely conversation on how contemporary conflicts play out simultaneously through military force and the information environments that shape how events are understood. Drawing on Kovtun’s firsthand experience during Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and Mitts’s extensive research on the role that digital media and emerging technologies play in conflict, the discussion will examine how information flows in contemporary media ecosystems shape public perceptions in moments of crisis. The event will also explore emerging frontiers in wartime propaganda, including the growing use of AI-generated content and the challenges of detecting and countering synthetic media. Kovtun and Mitts will reflect on what these dynamics mean for democratic and authoritarian societies alike and how governments and civil society can build greater resilience against information manipulation.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Mar 5
4:15 pm
Free
4:15 pm
Free
Talk | Internationally Renowned Architect Discusses the Future of Humanist Design
Hear from Lisa Gray, FAIA, the founding partner and principal of GOA, an architectural practice based in New Haven, Connecticut that is internationally recognized for its integration of design, construction, and environmental research. GOA’s work spans institutional projects, infrastructure, and single-family homes, all grounded in principles of regenerative building. Lisa is committed to design excellence, environmental performance, and community engagement, combining deep research with collaborative client relationships to deliver work of lasting quality.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Mar 5
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Gallery Talk | Paper & Process: Exploring Print & Pulp Works
This discussion delves into the techniques, materials, and artistic decisions behind Chuck Close’s paper‑pulp creations and his broader print practice. Attendees will gain insight into the collaborative dynamics between artist and printer, as well as the historical context of Close’s engagement with the medium.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Mar 5
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
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Talk | Award-Winning Author Discusses the Future of Democratic Freedoms & German Literature
Award-winning author Daniel Kehlmann with respondent Professor Johannes von Moltke discuss the German literature and the evolution of restrictions on democratic freedoms. What constitutes the framework of a society in which perpetrators and victims are forced by circumstances to live side by side, and silence about the crimes becomes an imperative that is meant to make society’s very functioning possible?
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Mar 5
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Discussion | Deep Dive into Bad Bunny's Journey to Stardom
Enjoy a deep dive into Bad Bunny's rise to global stardom and his impact on Puerto Rican culture and resistance! Authors Díaz and Rivera-Rideau (creators of the “Bad Bunny Syllabus”) explore Bad Bunny’s place in a long tradition of infusing both joy and protest into music and honor the many evolving forms of daily resistance to oppression and colonialism that are part of Puerto Rican life. Hear about the exciting book launch of P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance! Through a series of original interviews that include artists like De La Ghetto, iLe, Jowell & Randy, Tainy, MAG, and others, this book traces Bad Bunny's career from his early days on SoundCloud to the release of DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS in January 2025. This book, authored by professors Vanessa Díaz and Petra Rivera Rideau and published through Duke University Press, utilizes Bad Bunny’s body of work and subsequent explosion as a global superstar to provide a deeper analysis of the past thirty years in Puerto Rican politics and history.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Mar 5
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Lecture | Economics Expert Explores the Social World of Money
J.W. Mason (Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College, City University of New York) asks, "Why is money so deeply misunderstood by the world it dominates—and what are the dangerous social implications of this misunderstanding?" The world of money has never been an impartial representation of the world of things. Instead, its existence in different forms—debt, capital, liquidity, and interest—increasingly shapes events in the real world rather than just reflecting them.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Mar 5
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Historian-Curators Share Their New Books Exploring American Art & Architecture
The work of historian-curators Gregory Dreicer (American Bridge) and Stephanie Sparling Williams (Toward Joy) invites people to view the history and culture of the United States in fresh ways. By focusing on the intersecting worlds of the multiracial and multiethnic America-makers who invented the iconography and infrastructure of the United States, Dreicer and Sparling Williams portray the figurative and literal construction of a nation. Dreicer explores the image of the US at home and abroad through architecture and bridge building—and the stories we’ve been told about them. Dreicer reveals who was involved in the prototyping of construction strategies that were called “American” and enabled the transformation of the designed environment on a global scale. Sparling Williams examines how historic American visual artists have shaped our perceptions of national identity and belonging through their creative practices. She also considers how institutional collections of American art are built, whose creative output has been valued historically, and how ever-diversifying contemporary audiences experience and make sense of those narratives within museum galleries today. Discussion and Q&A to follow.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Mar 5
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Lecture | Roots of Reform: Settlement Houses, Housing & Civic Change
Inspired by Betty Boyd Caroli’s new book A Slumless America, this panel examines how settlement houses sparked public‑housing reforms and continue to drive community‑led policy today. The discussion highlights the link between grassroots research, civic action, and affordable‑housing advocacy. Refreshments will be served.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Mar 5
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Discussion | Multi-Media Celebration of Black Women & Resistance (Biographer Discussion, Film Screening, Book Signing, & More) (In Person AND Online!)
This Women's History Month, partake in an event on Black women and resistance. Two authors will share work from their recently published books on Black feminist politics. Kenja McCray will discuss Essential Soldiers: Women Activists and Black Power Movement Leadership. Alexis Pauline Gumbs will present on Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde. The group will also be joined by two filmmakers who will screen brief excerpts of their films and engage in conversation. Yoruba Richen is the director of Field of Vision: Joan Little. Louis Massiah directed TCB - The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing. A book sale and author signing will take place after the event.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Mar 5
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Discussion | The Future of Public Safety in NYC (In Person AND Online!)
Experts discuss evidence-based approaches to making the city safer in the new mayoral administration. As Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration rethinks policing in New York City, this panel convenes leading scholars and practitioners to examine what cutting-edge research suggests about improving public safety through police-community interactions. These experts discuss what can be done regarding non-police responses to mental health emergencies, pedestrian stops, procedural justice, substance use crises, and more, when leading with innovation.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Mar 5
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Lecture | Russian Journalist/Playwright Shares Her Experiences with Political Censorhsip
In this lecture, journalist and playwright Anna Narinskaya will talk about what Zhenya Berkovich’s voice means in today’s Russia and beyond. On April 10, 2023, experimental director Zhenya Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petrichuk were arrested in Russia on charges of “justifying terrorism.” Russian authorities accused them of spreading terrorist propaganda through their play Finist, the Bright Falcon, which, through a documentary-style performance, attempts to understand what motivated the choices of Russian women, who met ISIS militants online and traveled to Syria to marry them.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Mar 6
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
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Discussion | Writing War and Its Aftermath (Online!)
An in-depth conversation with an award-nominated novelist and memoirist whose work examines war, displacement, and the lasting consequences of conflict. Drawing from both fiction and nonfiction, the discussion explores how personal experience, history, and storytelling intersect to shape narratives of modern warfare and its aftermath.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Mar 6
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
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Colloquium | Experts Discuss the Early History of Palestine
This event is a half-day colloquium curated by history doctoral students, an afternoon panel of early career historians of Palestine. Program: 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. — Panel discussion with Laura al-Tibi (Columbia University), Thayer Hastings (American University), Shireen Akram-Boshar (University of Houston), and Jeremy Randall (CUNY Graduate Center) 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m — Keynote Nasser Abourahme (Bowdoin College), the author of The Time Beneath the Concrete: Palestine Between Camp and Colony, in discussion with: Nadia Abu El-Haj (Columbia University)
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Fri, Mar 6
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Poet/Translator/Scholar Shares Her New Book, Poetry After Barbarism: The Invention of Motherless Tongues and Resistance to Fascism
Hear a talk from Poetry After Barbarism: The Invention of Motherless Tongues and Resistance to Fascism. Against a backdrop of xenophobic and ethnonationalist fantasies of linguistic purity, Poetry After Barbarism uncovers a stateless, polyglot poetry of resistance--the poetry of motherless tongues. Departing from the national and global paradigms that dominate literary history, poet, translator, and scholar Jennifer Scappettone presents a new book that traces the aesthetic and geopolitical resonance of "xenoglossic" poetics: poetry composed in the space of contestation between national languages, concretizing dreams of mending the ruptures traced to the story of Babel. As Fascist ideologies denied the reality of cultural admixture and the humanity of the stranger, poets Amelia Rosselli and Etel Adnan developed poetic, musical, and painterly strategies for tuning in to a more-than national "panmusic" rebuking the confines of the brotherhood and "tribe."
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Mar 6
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 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.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Mar 7
3:30 pm
Free
3:30 pm
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Talk | Expert Discusses China's Artificial Intelligence Landscape
This talk offers a comprehensive account of how law serves as a critical layer of infrastructure supporting China’s development of physical AI—systems embedded in and operating in the physical world. The discussion expands on Angela Huyue Zhang’s paper, The Sixth Layer: The Legal Infrastructure for Physical Artificial Intelligence in China. Zhang is currently conducting research on the regulation of artificial intelligence.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Mar 9
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
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Book Discussion | French Author Marc Levy Discusses Fiction Vs. Reality & His New Book, Symphony of Monsters
Marc Levy, the most widely read French author worldwide, discusses how reality informs fiction. How does reality inform fiction? Why are these political and humanitarian themes so central to Marc Levy’s books? What sources does he use? What impact can popular fiction have on the political awareness and beliefs of readers? How is erasing national and cultural identity a weapon of war? These are some of the questions that Marc Levy will address in conversation with Emily Hamilton, producer of four ground-breaking documentaries by Bernard-Henri Lévy on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. The talk will be introduced by Dora Chomiak, CEO of Razom, the largest U.S. nonprofit focused entirely on supporting Ukraine. Levy often uses fiction as a vehicle to explore large-scale contemporary political and humanitarian themes. His stories capture the fate of ordinary citizens seeking humanity, justice and love while facing wars, terrorism, dictatorships, cyberwarfare or environmental threats, to name a few of the themes he addresses in his books, based on meticulous research. “I write” he says, “so that no one can say they didn’t know."
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Mon, Mar 9
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Journalist/Film Programmer Shares His New Book, The World of Black Film (+ Signing)
Enjoy a conversation with Ashley Clark to celebrate his new book, The World of Black Film, a comprehensive survey of Black film from around the world. He will be in conversation with Vinson Cunningham, followed by a signing.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Mar 9
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Lecture | Learn about Visual Storytelling from Art Director/Graphic Designer
Hear from art director, graphic designer, and publisher renald Louissaint, whose practice sits at the intersection of editorial design, brand identity, and cultural archiving. Through his studio, Parallel, he leads two creative arms: Parallel Work, a design practice focused on publications, exhibitions, apparel, and typography; and Parallel Press, a publishing house dedicated to indexes, artist monographs, and catalogues. His passion for book design anchors much of his practice, where form, typography, and narrative converge to produce publications that function as both objects and archives. His work spans collaborations with institutions, brands, and independent artists, with projects ranging from large-scale books and cultural indexes to brand systems and experimental typography. Across all mediums, renald’s practice is driven by a commitment to visual storytelling that is both rigorous in form and expansive in scope.
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Mon, Mar 9
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Experts Share Perspectives on the Costs of War (In Person AND Online!)
Hear a panel discussion with Olga Rudneva (founder and CEO of the Superhumans Trauma Centre in Ukraine), Roksolana Yurchyshyn (child and adolescent psychiatrist), and Mary Jordan (documentarian), bringing together three perspectives on the hidden cost of Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine. Moderated by Mark Andryczyk. As questions about a prospective peace plan continue to circulate, Olga Rudneva, Roksolana Yurchyshyn, and Mary Jordan bring firsthand accounts of soldiers on the frontlines, Ukrainians coping with trauma, and rescued children from the Temporarily Occupied Territories. Together, their work paints the sweeping cost of war beyond the headlines and centers a conversation on what a just peace really means for Ukraine.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Mar 10
4:00 pm
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4:00 pm
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Talk | The Watermelon Woman Filmmaker Cheryl Dunye Shares about Her Craft & Career
Hear a talk with Cheryl Dunye, a Liberian-American director, producer, and writer who emerged as part of the “queer new wave” of young filmmakers of the 1990s. She has made over 15 films, including Mommy is Coming, The Owls, My Baby's Daddy, and HBO’s Stranger Inside, which garnered her an Independent Spirit award nomination for best director. Her feature film, The Watermelon Woman (1996), won the Teddy Award for Best Feature at the 1996 Berlin International Film Festival and was recently restored by Outfest’s UCLA Legacy Project for the film’s 20th anniversary. In 2015, Dunye’s multi-award-winning short film, Black Is Blue (2014), was named one of the top five “Must See Feminist Films” by IndieWire.
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Tue, Mar 10
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Lecture | Artist Gregg Bordowitz Discusses Anti-Fascist Art
Enjoy an evening lecture with artist Gregg Bordowitz. Based on Jean Genet’s literature, Bordowitz will highlight its importance and relevance to the anti-fascist struggle.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Mar 10
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Author Nicole Kelner Shares Her New Book, Quietest Places in New York City (+ Signing)
Enjoy a conversation with Nicole Kelner to celebrate her new book, Quietest Places in New York City: Finding Calm & Peace in Urban Chaos, an illustrated guide exploring the pockets of New York City to find quiet, stillness, and a connection to nature and the self. She will be in conversation with Abi Inman, followed by a signing.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Mar 10
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Symposium | Future Voices: City Council District 3 Candidate Forum (Online!)
Participate in a town hall where the four certified candidates for the vacant District 3 council seat discuss preservation, development, and planning priorities for the neighborhood. Attendees can pose questions during a moderated Q&A, and the session will be recorded for later viewing. The forum offers a direct look at each candidate’s vision ahead of the April 28 special election.
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Tue, Mar 10
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Scholar/Film Producer Disucsses the Future of Housing Policy with Researcher (In Person AND Online!)
Scholar and documentary film producer Howard Husock sits down with fellow researcher Nicholas Dagen Bloom to discuss how housing policy has failed the people it was designed to help, and how we can fix it, as explored in Husock's latest book The Projects: A New History of Public Housing. In his book, Husock traces the history of public housing to contemporary debates on the government’s role in the housing market. Through interviews with residents, he reveals how public housing transformed the lives of Americans and the physical faces of cities and towns. He ultimately critiques "repair and reform" efforts, making policy recommendations that address the core failings of public housing for the people it was once designed to help. Mapping out a better path for policy-makers, he lays a new foundation for upward mobility in America.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Mar 10
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Lecture | Capturing Performance: Culture & the Arts
Photographer Stephanie Berger shares insights into capturing live performances and cultural moments. Discussion covers workflow, lighting, and storytelling in performing-arts photography.
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Tue, Mar 10
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Journalist Shares Her New Book, Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth (In Person AND Online!)
Journalist and author Daisy Hernandez explores one of the most contested questions in contemporary American life: who belongs. In her new book, Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth, Daisy Hernandez braids memoir, history, and cultural criticism to reveal how citizenship functions less as a guarantee than as a narrative we tell about ourselves as a nation. Drawing on her own family's stories--a mother from Colombia and a father who fled Castro's Cuba--Hernandez's narrative is both national and personal, and it challenges us to reframe our understanding of what it means to be an American.
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Tue, Mar 10
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Architects, Designers, & Scholars Share How Space Affect Democratic Life
Learn how spaces—physical and digital—shape protest, participation, and democratic life. This event brings together Jilly Traganou, Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at Parsons School of Design, and Teresa Retzer, curator, writer, critic, and Artistic Director of The Mesh Festival in Basel, to reflect on how art, design, and curatorial practice respond to contemporary political conditions. Moving between research, pedagogy, and practice, the discussion asks how dissent is spatially produced, who gains access to platforms of visibility, and when cultural practice becomes explicitly political.
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Wed, Mar 11
12:15 pm
Free
12:15 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Scholar Shares her New Book, Disability, the Body, and Radical Intellectuals in the Literature of the Civil War and Reconstruction
English Professor Sarah E. Chinn discusses her new book, Disability, the Body, and Radical Intellectuals in the Literature of the Civil War and Reconstruction. During the Civil War, hundreds of thousands of men were injured, and underwent amputation of hands, feet, limbs, fingers, and toes. As the war drew to a close, their disabled bodies came to represent the future of a nation that had been torn apart, and how it would be put back together again. In her authoritative and engagingly written new book, Sarah Chinn claims that amputation spoke both corporeally and metaphorically to radical white writers, ministers, and politicians about the need to attend to the losses of the Civil War by undertaking a real and actual Reconstruction that would make African Americans not just legal citizens but actual citizens of the United States. She traces this history, reviving little-known figures in the struggle for Black equality, and in so doing connecting the racial politics of 150 years ago with contemporary debates about justice and equity.
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Wed, Mar 11
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Explore Empowerment of Women in Latin America
A group of Latin American feminist organizers discuss the current situation and challenges facing the empowerment of women in Latin America.
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Wed, Mar 11
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
Free
Book Club | Read & Discuss a W.B. Yeats Poem
Enjoy a poetry discussion on W.B. Yeats' poem, "Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen." Originally published in Irish journals in 1921 as "Thoughts upon the Present State of the World," and was later included with its current title in his 1928 volume, The Tower. The title of this poem is the year in which the Anglo-Irish War began. You can find a PDF copy attached to the linked page.
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Wed, Mar 11
4:30 pm
Free
4:30 pm
Free
Talk | Brooks Brothers CEO Discusses Fashion Business
The Gromek Institute for Fashion Business hosts a special conversation with Ken Ohashi, Brand CEO of Brooks Brothers.
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Wed, Mar 11
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Historian/Author Shares His New Book, Les Volontaires
Panel Discussion with historian/author Thomas Dodman, Carol Gluck, Mark Mazower, Emmanuelle Saada, and Joanna Stalnaker on the book Les Volontaires. Les Volontaires tells the extraordinary story and “family romance” of a young man who was raised to be Rousseau’s Emile, and of his philosophe adoptive mother and step sister–cum–future wife, through the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, and the early nineteenth century. Part micro-history, part social biography, this book explores ways and possibilities of writing a fragmentary history in a minor key. This event will take place in English.
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Wed, Mar 11
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Intermedia Artist Katherine Liberovskaya Discusses Her Craft & Career
Enjoy an interview with Katherine Liberovskaya, a Canadian intermedia artist based in New York whose work explores the intersection of moving image and sound through video, installation, and live performance. She is the artistic director of Experimental Intermedia NYC and has collaborated extensively with composers and sound artists, including Phill Niblock. In English and Spanish.
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Wed, Mar 11
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Quiet Reading Meet Up
Bring a book or check one out of the library to read to yourself for one hour. After that, spend an hour socializing with those around you!
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Wed, Mar 11
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Biographer Shares His New Book on Lin-Manuel Miranda (In Person AND Online!)
A discussion of a new biography of the Hamilton creator and influential musical storyteller, Lin-Manuel Miranda. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner's new book is an intimate and captivating exploration of Lin-Manuel Miranda's artistic journey, revealing how the creator of the Broadway musicals Hamilton and In the Heights found his unique voice and redefined musical theater. How did Lin-Manuel Miranda, the son of Puerto Rican parents from an immigrant neighborhood in Manhattan, rise to become the preeminent musical storyteller of the 21st century? Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist traces Miranda's path to becoming the winner of multiple Tonys and Grammys; a global chart-topper; and the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur "Genius" Grant. Pollack-Pelzner -- who has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The New York Times -- speaks about the book with Jennifer Schuessler, culture reporter for The New York Times.
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Wed, Mar 11
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Lecture | Explore Early Americanization in Italian Culture
In this presentation, Dr. Luca Cottini, Italian Studies professor at Villanova University, explores the early stages of the U.S. penetration in Italy from the 1880s to the 1920s, by tracing the cultural impact of travelers, the diffusion of American ideas in the Italian economic, financial, and cultural system, and the formation of an independent American subgenre in Italian literature.
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Wed, Mar 11
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Historian Discusses His New Book, America's Founding Son (In Person AND Online!)
The historian and bass player for The Avett Brothers revisits the life of John Quincy Adams, arguably America's greatest ex-president. John Quincy Adams was born nine years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and he died as the United States was sliding irrevocably toward Civil War. In between he was a foreign ambassador, secretary of state, sitting president, and finally ex-president and sitting congressperson. In America's Founding Son, Bob Crawford--best known as the bassist for the Grammy-nominated band The Avett Brothers--traces Adams's unparalleled life and career. He helped formulate the Monroe Doctrine, which was evoked as recently as the day Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was arrested. He is also the only ex-president to serve in Congress, where he confronted slaveholders and challenged the nation to live up to its founding ideals. Crawford talks to presidential historian Alexis Coe about John Quincy Adams's unlikely second act that reshaped not just his legacy but the country's.
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Wed, Mar 11
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Seeing the World Through Her Eyes: A Celebration of an International Painter
Acclaimed painter Josephine Halvorson presents an evening dedicated to the power of direct observation. Joining her are sculptor Mara Levine, who will demonstrate a live, site‑responsive clay study, and printmaker Ethan Roth, who will unveil a limited‑edition etching inspired by Halvorson’s recent work. Together, they explore how noticing, describing, and learning from the physical world fuels contemporary art practice.
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Wed, Mar 11
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Learn about Architecture of the Grace Farms' Famous "River Building"
Hosted by Toshihiro Oki, Grace Farms’ Architecture Advisor, previously of SAANA, and Chelsea Thatcher, Chief Strategic Creative Officer and Founding Creative Director, enjoy a visually stunning and uplifting presentation that digs into architecture, the arts, and Grace Farms’ Design for Freedom movement—the Foundation’s work to end modern slavery and create more grace and peace in the world. Situated on 80 acres in New Canaan, CT, Grace Farms is home to nature trails, restored meadows, and natural habitats. The centerpiece is the River building, named the “coolest building in Connecticut.” The sinuous building curves and bends up the landscape, capped by “The Sanctuary,” where acclaimed artists and musicians like Yo-Yo Ma and Joshua Bell inspire new perspectives and possibilities.
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Wed, Mar 11
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Discussion | 3 Scientists Discuss the Dark Universe
Three scientists in conversation on dark matter, dark stars, and the dark universe. Speakers: Elena Aprile (Centennial Professor of Physics; Director of the Italian Academy, Columbia University) On Dark Matter Janna Levin (Claire Tow Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Barnard College) On Black Holes Angela V. Olinto (Provost, Rutherfurd Professor of Astronomy and Professor of Physics, Columbia University) On the Dark Universe
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Thu, Mar 12
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Art Historian Shares Her New Book, Manet: The Great Works (+ Signing)
Enjoy a conversation with Kathryn Calley Galitz to celebrate her new book, Manet: The Great Works, a richly-illustrated exploration of Edouard Manet's greatest works and the groundbreaking artistic legacy he left behind. The discussion will be moderated by Mark Polizzotti and followed by a signing.
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Thu, Mar 12
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Crossing Shadows: A Night of Stories & Translation
Experience an intimate discussion with award-winning Mexican author Brenda Navarro and her translator Megan McDowell, moderated by Chase Harrison. They will explore the novel’s haunting themes of migration, loss, and identity, following a nameless narrator wandering Barcelona after her brother’s death in Mexico. The event will also preview the upcoming film adaptation featuring Diego Luna, scheduled for release in fall 2026. Attendees can stay afterward for a drinks reception to continue the conversation.
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Thu, Mar 12
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Explore the Art of Renaissance Painter Raffael
This talk will dive into the life of Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483-1520). Rafaello was a painter and architect who, with Leonardo and Michelangelo, forms the Trinity of the High Renaissance. He grew up in the civilized Court of Urbino, where his father was Court Painter and where Raphael developed poise and good manners.
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Thu, Mar 12
6:00 pm
$5, RSVP required
6:00 pm
$5, RSVP required
Lecture | Nightfall Rebels: Women Who Shaped the City’s Underground (Online!)
Join a virtual lecture that uncovers the vibrant history of female nightlife activists who turned taverns, speakeasies, and clubs into platforms for political ideas. The program spotlights iconic figures such as Billie Holiday, Norma Miller, Sylvia Robinson, and Patti Astor, showing how their performances and gatherings reshaped the cultural zeitgeist. The talk reveals how these women used nocturnal spaces to advance activism and forge new artistic movements.
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Thu, Mar 12
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Artists Discuss their Works Grounded in Refusal
This event showcases three scholar-artists’ aesthetic practice grounded in refusal: Pedro Lopez, Sahar Khraibani, and Hamed Sinno. Each engages deeply with forms of aesthetic making—in public space, against the white cube gallery, through DIY practices, and adhering to copyleft—as practices of refusal of colonial, cisheteronormative logics and of nominal inclusion into violent institutions. This event will also be a celebration of their new and/or ongoing work—Lopez’s Tear Basin in Prospect Park and accompanying manifesto-pamphlets, Khraibani’s book Anatomy of A Refusal, and Sinno’s solo performance, Poems of Consumption.
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Thu, Mar 12
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Discussion | Experts Discuss Franz Kafka's Drawings & Diaries
This event brings together translators, art historians and authors for a moderated conversation exploring Franz Kafka's extraordinary sensitivity to his visual world. Moving through early 20th-century Prague (its cafes, theaters, galleries, cinemas, and evolving urban landscape), Kafka cultivated distinct ways of seeing that shaped both his literary work and the drawings he created throughout his life, many of which have only recently been rediscovered. Through images and discussion, the speakers will examine what drew Kafka's attention, how he observed people, places, and objects, and how these visual practices resonate across his diaries, drawings, and writings. The conversation offers new perspectives on the relationship between image and language in Kafka's work and situates his visual imagination within the cultural and artistic contexts of Central European modernism.
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Thu, Mar 12
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Philosopher Shares His New Book about Tech & Life, The Score
At this talk, C. Thi Nguyen and Sam Anderson (staff writer at The New York Times Magazine and author of Boom Town) will discuss Nguyen's new book, The Score (Penguin, 2026), which The Guardian calls “a brilliant warning about the gamification of everyday life.” Likes. Friend counts. Spotify Wrapped stats. As tech suffuses our lives, metrics like these increasingly shape what we care about. Philosopher C. Thi Nguyen argues that these metrics are not just harmless fun: they quietly distort our values and, over time, who we are.
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Thu, Mar 12
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Forum | Musical Legend Nona Hendryx Leads Discussion on Contemporary Black Artistic Practice
Welcome to an intimate forum led by the musical legend and technological savant Nona Hendryx. Together, with a panel of creative minds and futurist spirits including Kate Freer, Mimi Lien, Miles Regis, and more to be announced, everyone will explore the threshold spaces between analog craft and digital innovation in contemporary Black artistic practice, revealing how ancestral technique and futuristic methodology can coexist and amplify one another. As immersive technologies, AI tools, and virtual spaces increasingly shape cultural production, these artists model approaches that refuse to abandon the material world while embracing digital fluency. Their practices offer crucial templates for maintaining creative agency, cultural specificity, and aesthetic integrity in an increasingly mediated landscape. Experience an exchange that moves between the philosophical and the practical, that interrogates both conceptual frameworks and the nuts-and-bolts of hybrid studio practice. 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.
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Thu, Mar 12
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Discussion | Discover the Writing of Agatha Christie with Authors of Agatha Christie Under the Magnifying Glass
Attend a special lunch event celebrating the release of Agatha Christie Under the Magnifying Glass: Close Readings of 12 Novels. In this illuminating presentation, authors and beloved instructors Margaret Boe Birns and Nicholas Birns share their latest collaborative research, which invites readers to look beyond the "whodunit." Drawing on decades of scholarship, the Birnses challenge the notion of Christie solely as a master of mystery. Instead, they reveal her as a profound thinker and literary modernist whose narratives reflect the deep social, cultural, and historical upheavals of 20th-century Britain. A light lunch will be served.
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Fri, Mar 13
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Arts & Culture Experts Discuss Design & the Human Body
In his book, Interface Frictions, Neta Alexander explores how ubiquitous design features in digital platforms reshape, condition, and break our bodies. Discussion: author Neta Alexander (Yale University), Anna McCarthy (Cinema Studies), and Whit Pow (Media, Culture, and Communication). Moderator: Faye Ginsburg (Anthropology / Center for Media, Culture & History.
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Fri, Mar 13
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Author Allison Pataki Shares Her New Novel, It Girl (+ Signing)
Enjoy a conversation with Allison Pataki to celebrate her new novel, It Girl, a sensational story of passion, drama, stardom, and the price of fame for America's sweetheart. Allison will be in conversation with Chloe Melas, followed by a signing.
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Fri, Mar 13
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Biographers Share Their New Book, Emilio Pucci: The Astonishing Odyssey of a Fashion Icon
Authors Terence Ward and Idanna Pucci discuss their book, Emilio Pucci: The Astonishing Odyssey of a Fashion Icon, with Ruth Ben-Ghiat, NYU. When people think of fashion designer Emilio Pucci, it is of his bright, swirling colors and easy, freeing fabrics, and everyone from Sophia Loren to Jackie Kennedy donning the eye-catching dresses that personify La Dolce Vita. What few know about Pucci, however, is that before creating his world-famous fashions, he played a critical role in the war against the Nazis, risking his life to smuggle out to the Allies one of the most important documents of World War II.
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Fri, Mar 13
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Photographer Lyn Goldsmith Shares Her Iconic Photos
Music photographer Lynn Goldsmith shares a special presentation of images drawn from ten of her photographic books, celebrating some of the most iconic figures in music history. The presentation will include photographs from Patti Smith: Before Easter After; Bruce Springsteen: Access All Areas; Springsteen and the E Street Band; The Police 1978-1983; KISS 1977-1980; the New York Times bestseller New Kids: Rock and Roll Stories; Rock and Roll Stories; Music in the '80s; and Rock and Roll. Goldsmith will discuss her purpose in creating books with leading publishers such as Taschen, Rizzoli, and Abrams, and explain how and why each book is conceived and designed with the fan in mind. She will also share personal stories and behind-the-scenes insights into many of the images, offering a rare look into the moments surrounding their creation. A limited number of books will be available for purchase and signing.
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Fri, Mar 13
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Book Club | Discuss Romance with Likeminded Readers
Calling all romance book lovers! If you love romance or want to get into it, come to the romance book club! We’ll be discussing our favorite romance books, current reads, and more!
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Mar 14
10:15 am
Free
10:15 am
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!
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Sat, Mar 14
10:15 am
Free
10:15 am
Free
Discussion | Harlem Swing Revival: From the Savoy to the Spotlight
Feel the rhythm and groove to the beat with authentic Harlem swing dances. Trace its origins back to the Savoy Ballroom and learn the iconic moves from the 1930s. Footage of legendary dancers like Frankie Manning will be featured. This dance dialogue includes Judy Pritchert, historian and dancer Mickey Davison, and dance historian Felix Lambert. Uncover the vibrant dance history of Harlem.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Mar 14
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Jounralist Eileen Stukane Shares Her Memoir, The House That Held Everything
Hear Eileen Stukane, author of The House That Held Everything, in conversation with Lani Steinberg,who wrote St. Luke's Thrift Shop: How Our Objects Tell Our Stories! The possessions of her departed relatives come alive in her hands, as author Eileen Stukane becomes a detective of the deceased in The House That Held Everything. In this first-person memoir, the author inherits the childhood home of a deceased cousin, and then opens a door to rooms filled wall to wall, floor to ceiling, with piled up items from years of secret hoarding, as well as from the disciplined collecting, of clocks, glassware, Asian porcelain, toy trains, and more. As she separates significant items from garbage, she peels apart and exposes the emotional underpinnings of hoarding, and makes sense of the difference between collecting and hoarding.
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Sun, Mar 15
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Scholar Discusses the "Theater of Perversity" in Art & Activism
CLAGS Scholar-in-Residence Kassandra Sparks will give a presentation on how fantasies of prostitution are staged in transactional BDSM sessions, and how sex workers mobilize these fantasies in their art and activism. Kassandra will draw on her ethnographic research on the BDSM sex economy in New York City as well her archival research on the history of New York dominatrixes.
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Mon, Mar 16
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Journalist Shares New Book on Democracy, Censorship, & Mass Surveillance: The Information State
Discover how the state uses censorship, mass surveillance, and algorithmic manipulation to shape your perceptions. Author Jacob Siegel in conversation with RBI's director (a) Eli Karetny. We're often told that disinformation is everywhere and that it's endangering our democracy. But what if the war on disinformation itself is really just a weapon to squash any and all legitimate dissent? The Information State is an incisive examination of how we reached the point where anything that contradicts the dominant narrative can be labeled dangerous disinformation. Tablet contributor Jacob Siegel charts how the technological infrastructure built to make society safer and more rational has steadily replaced democratic freedoms with systems of digital control. Commercial Internet applications now double as military-grade surveillance and influence tools. Government tech partnerships established after 2001 in response to the global war on terror took on a life of their own and now target Americans.
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Mon, Mar 16
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Egyptologist Discusses the Discovery of King Tut's Tomb
Enjoy an engaging talk with Egyptologist, Dr. Bob Brier, about one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time. Tutankhamun's tomb is one of the most famous archaeological finds of all time. The story concerning its discovery and treasures has been well documented. Less known, however, are the political dramas that surrounded the actual excavation. In this lecture, presented in collaboration with the American Research Center in Egypt/New York and its National Headquarters, world-renowned Egyptologist and Senior Research Fellow at Long Island University, Dr. Bob Brier, discusses Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon, and subsequently focuses on Pierre Lacau. The French Director General of the Service of Antiquities was instrumental in preserving the opulent burial remains in Egypt, except for the artifacts that were surreptitiously removed. Recently uncovered information shed additional light on the critical role Lacau played. But was he a hero or villain?
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Mon, Mar 16
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Talk | Psychoanalyst Discusses Freud's Ideas & Gender Conconforming Childhood
Enjoy a talk with writer and psychoanalyst M. E. O’Brien on the role of fantasies among trans and gender non-conforming children of belonging elsewhere as a form of what Freud called “the family romance.” Using material from trans first-person accounts with a focus on the experimental memoir of trans activist Cecilia Gentili, the essay explores the use of family romance fantasies in trans children reconciling their emergent experiences of gender with conflicting social expectations. The family romance offers a way of theorizing the subject’s encounters with the symbolic order as articulated in questions of gender difference and biological origins.
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Mon, Mar 16
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Journalist Shares Her New Book, Carole King: She Made the Earth Move
This presentation features a book talk by journalist and author Jane Eisner on Carole King: She Made the Earth Move, in which she traces the professional accomplishments and personal challenges of pop icon Carole King, exploring her unique contribution to American music.
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Mon, Mar 16
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Irish-American Poetry Discussion Circle
Participate with fellow poetry enthusiasts in unpacking the layered meanings of poetry through an informal group discussion. This month, celebrate St. Patrick's Day with poems from the tradition of Irish American poetry. 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, Mar 17
2:30 pm
Free
2:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Anthropologist Shares Her New Book, Against Innocence
Miriam Ticktin discusses her new book, Against Innocence, with Ruth Wilson Gilmore. In this timely and bold book, Miriam Ticktin explores how a concept that consistently appears as a moral good actually ends up creating harm for so many.
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Tue, Mar 17
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Authors Discuss Pivotal Figures in the Fight Against Book Banning (In Person AND Online!)
Attend a conversation about early attempts at book banning and the struggle to bring James Joyce's Ulysses to readers with authors Gayle Feldman of Nothing Random: Bennett Cerf and the Publishing House He Built and Adam Morgan of A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls: Margaret C. Anderson, Book Bans, and the Fight to Modernize Literature. Together, Feldman and Morgan will explore two pivotal figures who reshaped American publishing, challenged the boundaries of literary freedom, and fought for readers’ right to read.
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Tue, Mar 17
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Lecture | Learn about the Jewish Experience in New York & Vienna in the 1940s
This talk, by Marsha L. Rozenblit (the Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Modern Jewish History at the University of Maryland), will explore how Jews from Austria coped with American realities and used nostalgia for the Habsburg Monarchy as a way to adjust to their new lives in America. Jews who fled Nazi Austria after the Anschluss in 1938 went to many places, but primarily to the United States, where they tried to make new homes for themselves. In so doing, many of them imagined that democratic America resembled the old Habsburg Monarchy, with its tolerance for ethnic diversity. They even imagined that the American president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was like the beloved Habsburg Emperor Franz Joseph, and New York was like Vienna.
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Tue, Mar 17
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Book Launch: New Young Adult Fantasy Novel, Prodigal Tiger
Cross-platform storyteller Samantha Chong launches her new book, Prodigal Tiger, in conversation with author Kat Cho. This book is an action-packed YA contemporary fantasy debut that brings vibrant Malaysian folklore to life.
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Tue, Mar 17
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Lecture | St. Patrick's Day Talk: Distiller Shares the History of the Irish Drink poitin
Distiller Maura Clare speaks about the history of the Irish drink, poitin. Irish whiskey and stout are both renowned, but perhaps the most Irish of all the drinks is poitin, a super-strength clear Irish moonshine. Originally brewed in convents and monasteries some 1500 years ago, poitin later moved to Irish farms, where copper pots (poitin means “small pot”) were used to make the illegal liquor. The best poitin was grain-based. It’s now legal, and known as a trendy new mixer for hipster mixologists—and also as a symbol of Irish determination and defiance. The US brand Smuggling Nun was named after the founder’s cousin, Sister Mary, a Franciscan nun who smuggled poitin through customs in a bottle of holy water. Maura Clare, founder/owner of Smuggling Nun, will lead a St. Patrick’s Day lecture on the colorful history of poitin. A poitin-based cocktail will be available in the bar.
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Tue, Mar 17
8:00 pm
Free
8:00 pm
Free
Book Club | Discuss Pedro Páramo Novella with Likeminded Readers
Read and discuss Juan Rulfo’s 1955 book, Pedro Páramo, recently translated from the Spanish by Douglas J Weatherford. A landmark 1955 novel that follows Juan Preciado's journey to the ghost town of Comala to find his father, Pedro Páramo, only to discover the town is haunted by the voices and memories of the dead, revealing the tragic and tyrannical life of his father. A masterpiece of surrealism and magical realism, the novella is famous for its fragmented, non-linear narrative.
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Wed, Mar 18
4:30 pm
Free
4:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Filmmakers Share Their New Book, LAIKA: The Magic Behind the Stop Motion Dream Factory
Experience a conversation with LAIKA Studios' very own Deborah Cook and Nelson Lowry to celebrate the launch of LAIKA: The Magic Behind the Stop Motion Dream Factory, an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes glimpse at the preeminent stop-motion studio. The conversation will be followed by a signing.
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Wed, Mar 18
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Quiet Reading Meet Up
Bring a book or check one out of the library to read to yourself for one hour. After that, spend an hour socializing with those around you!
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Wed, Mar 18
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Fashion Expert Discusses Her Book, Fashion under Fascism (In Person AND Online!)
A discussion of themes from this landmark work on the intersection of politics and fashion under a fascist regime. Eugenia Paulicelli's pioneering work Fashion Under Fascism: Beyond the Black Shirt -- now in an updated edition -- explores the complexity of the cultural, political, and economic background that saw the beginning of the institutionalization of fashion during Italian Fascism. In her conversation with Rebecca Bauman, professor of Italian at the Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY, she examines the relationship between fashion and national identity and the subtle and sinister changes to the seemingly innocuous practices of everyday dress imposed by the regime. Newsreels of 1930s fashion shows, archival materials, and rare photographs accompany the discussion. Paulicelli is professor emerita of Italian, Comparative Literature, Film and Media Culture, and Women's Studies at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center, where she co-directs the Fashion Futures initiative.
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Wed, Mar 18
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Discussion | Experts Discuss the Economy of Philanthropy & Arts Patronage in American Culture
Experts explore the economy of philanthropy and patronage in American culture, and how they shape the performing arts and cultural institutions. They will refer to The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith's seminal text on economics and value, as well as the oratorio of the same name that the NY Phil is premiering that week by David Lang, a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music as well as The Marie-Josee Kravis Prize for New Music at the New York Philharmonic. Moderated by renowned ethnomusicologist, historian, and Juilliard faculty member Fredara Hadley, this discussion is scheduled to last one hour and will be followed by an audience Q&A. 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.
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Wed, Mar 18
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Editors & Contributors Share Their New Book, Older Jews and the Holocaust: Persecution, Displacement, and Survival (+ Signing)
The Claims Conference, the Leo Baeck Institute, and the editors and contributors of the newly published book have a discussion about the experiences of German and Austrian older adults during and after the Holocaust. How did older German and Austrian Jews experience the Holocaust? What do we know about care for older and aging survivors immediately after the Holocaust? How has this history informed the efforts of the Claims Conference on behalf of Jewish Holocaust survivors over the years? The volume editors and contributors, all Holocaust historians, will discuss these and other questions at the launch of their groundbreaking book that explores the multifaceted lives of elderly Jewish victims and survivors, Older Jews and the Holocaust: Persecution, Displacement, and Survival. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
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Thu, Mar 19
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Amber Guinness Shares Her New Cookbook, Winter in Tuscany (+ Signing)
Attend a conversation with food writer Amber Guinness to celebrate her cookbook,Winter in Tuscany, an exploration of Tuscany's culinary and cultural traditions. The discussion will be followed by a signing.
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Thu, Mar 19
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Club | Luddite Book Discussion on Enshittification by Cory Doctorow
This book club shighlights work on the topic of technology’s impact on our individual lives as well as society as a whole, followed by an open discussion to share recent experiences and observations. Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It by Cory Doctorow (2025) The new dirty word that describes the pattern behind digital platforms progressively getting worse and worse for users. But we don’t need to curse our fate; there may still be things we can do about it.
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Thu, Mar 19
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Tara Menon Shares Her New Novel, Under Water
Tara Menon (whose writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, the Nation, and the Paris Review) launches her book, Under Water, in conversation with Adam Ross (author of Mr. Peanut). This book is an intense, atmospheric novel about the devastating power of friendship, set against the backdrop of two cataclysmic events.
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Thu, Mar 19
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Riffs & Rebellion: A Night of Punk Memories
Join author Angela Jaeger for a vibrant reading from I Feel Famous: Punk Diaries 1977‑1981, where she recounts her coming‑of‑age in the heart of New York’s punk scene. Her memoir weaves together identity politics, downtown culture, fashion, and the raw energy of punk music, offering a fresh perspective on how style and sound shaped a generation. After the reading, Jaeger will field questions and discuss the interplay of fashion, media, and fandom in the era. Books will be available for purchase, and attendees are encouraged to embrace punk style for the event.
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Fri, Mar 20
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Expert Discusses Conformity in Casting & Performance
Dr. Ryan Donovan, writer of Broadway Bodies: A Critical History of Conformity, hosts a lecture on Broadway Bodies, how ability, sexuality, and size intersect with gender, race, and ethnicity in casting and performance.
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Mon, Mar 23
4:30 pm
Free
4:30 pm
Free
Talk | Discover How the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Affected the Current Workplace
Attend this event, two days before the anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, to talk about that historical event and about workplace safety and health today, both hazards and actions to keep workers safe. The Triangle Fire was a horrific event in which 146 garment workers died. It also gave rise to a movement for government inspection of factories and workplace safety nationwide.
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Mon, Mar 23
5:30 pm
Free
5:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Historian Shares Her New Book, People without History are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust
Dr. Anna Hájková, author of People without History are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust (2025), explains why the history of same-sex desire in the Shoah, that is, queerness among Jews persecuted by the Nazis for their race, has been excluded and marginalized, and how its return to our understanding of the Holocaust can offer an inclusive and feminist history of this genocide. Based on original and extensive archival research, Dr. Hájková's book offers groundbreaking insight into the queer history of the Holocaust. Dr. Hájková, Reader of Modern European Continental History at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom, will introduce her book – winner of a National Jewish Book Award – in conversation with Benjamin Carter Hett, Professor of History, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Content Advisory: This book talk includes sensitive material related to sexual violence, which may be distressing. Attendee discretion is advised.
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Mon, Mar 23
7:00 pm
pay-what-you-wish, registration required
7:00 pm
pay-what-you-wish, registration required
Book Club | Discuss Gina Chung's Short Story Collection, Green Frog
Enjoy an afternoon with fellow readers for lively discussion and thoughtful socializing! Book: Green Frog by Gina Chung. From the author of Sea Change comes a short story collection that explores Korean American womanhood, bodies, animals, and transformation as a means of survival.
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Tue, Mar 24
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Hear about Paolo Boccagni’s recent book Undoing Nothing: Waiting for Asylum, Struggling for Relevance
This discussion centers around Paolo Boccagni’s recently published book Undoing Nothing: Waiting for Asylum, Struggling for Relevance. Undoing Nothing unravels the concept of “nothing," through a beautifully-written ethnography situated in a temporary housing building for asylum seekers in northern Italy. While much has been written about the infrastructure of refugee camps, detention centers, shelters and temporary housing facilities for asylum seekers, Boccagni’s account centers of the lives of young men in their early twenties, mostly from West Africa, who have been housed for years in this temporary building while they wait for their asylum cases to be resolved, or for a stable enough job that will allow them to pay for their own housing while they wait for a decision about their migration status. A timely and important book that contributes to debates around temporality and spatial politics in contexts of mobility, and also raises significant questions about broader structures of exclusion within host societies.
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Tue, Mar 24
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Book Club | Discuss Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Attend a book club meeting where the group will discuss the novel Discuss Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. Summary: On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when Tinker Grey, a handsome banker, happens to sit down at the neighboring table. This chance encounter and its startling consequences propel Katey on a year-long journey into the upper echelons of New York society—where she will have little to rely upon other than a bracing wit and her own brand of cool nerve. With its sparkling depiction of New York’s social strata, its intricate imagery and themes, and its immensely appealing characters, Rules of Civility won the hearts of readers and critics alike.
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Tue, Mar 24
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Hear about Jewelry Industry Innovator William Goldberg with His Biographers (+ Signing)
Enjoy a conversation with Jackie Caradonio, Jill Newman, Eve Goldberg, and Saul Goldberg to celebrate The William Goldberg Way by Newman and Caradonio, a limited edition exploration of William Goldberg's industry-changing journey in the world of jewelry. The conversation will be followed by a signing.
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Tue, Mar 24
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Victorian Visions: A Century‑Old Artistic Society
Club historian Dr. Eugene Weise will explore the origins of a renowned artistic society founded by polymath Charles de Kay during the Gilded Age. He will share how a group of prominent New Yorkers established an innovative gathering space that has lasted for 127 years, located in a grand Victorian mansion on Gramercy Park. The talk discusses the society’s original purpose, its architectural beauty, and the enduring spirit that continues to inspire artists and patrons alike.
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Tue, Mar 24
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Art Historian Shares Her New Book on Artist Alice Baber (In Person AND Online!)
Art historian Gail Levin discusses her new book about artist Alice Baber with art critic and journalist Deborah Solomon. At the time of her premature death at just fifty-four, the paintings of Alice Baber (1928 - 1982) had already entered the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan, the Guggenheim, and the Whitney. How could such an accomplished and visionary artist then fall into near obscurity? In Gail Levin's Alice Baber: An Artist's Triumph Over Tragedy, the artist's fascinating story is finally revealed despite concerted efforts to consign her to oblivion. Levin's biography is a vital corrective to the history of American art and a thrilling opportunity for the next generation to experience Baber anew.
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Tue, Mar 24
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Explore Harlem's LGBTQ+ Ballroom Scene through the New Book, Ballroom: A History, a Movement, a Celebration
The Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality shares a special book talk featuring author Michael Roberson and his work, Ballroom: A History, a Movement, a Celebration. Bringing both an authoritative and entertaining sweep to this hugely important and influential cultural sensation, this book is filled with photos, interviews, and stories, presenting a captivating, well-documented narrative about not only how to survive but how to do so fashionably, glamorously, and in the company of one another.
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Tue, Mar 24
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Lecture | Beyond the Frame: Diving Into Photo‑Based Artistry
Artist Stacy Mehrfar discusses her experimental, photo-based practice and conceptual methods. Discover how image, material, and idea come together in contemporary art.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Mar 24
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Book Launch, Reclaiming the Internet: How Big Tech Took Control—and How We Can Take It Back
Celebrate the recent release of Reclaiming the Internet: How Big Tech Took Control—and How We Can Take It Back with the author, Olivier Sylvain. Justin Hendrix, CEO and Editor of Tech Policy Press, will join in conversation. Reclaiming the Internet is an indictment of how Big Tech cloaks ruthless commercial exploitation in the language of free speech. Olivier Sylvain, a leading legal scholar and former senior advisor at the Federal Trade Commission, exposes the incentives behind social media design, revealing how they trap users in cycles of addiction, misinformation, and harm—from fatal TikTok challenges to AI chatbot codependency.
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Tue, Mar 24
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | CBS Sunday Morning Correspondent Shares His New Book, Apple: The First 50 Years (+ Signing)
As Apple celebrates its 50th anniversary, CBS Sunday Morning correspondent David Pogue tells the story of this iconic company gleaned from 150 interviews that he conducted with the legendary figures who shaped Apple. All are featured in his new book, Apple: The First 50 Years. In this lecture, Pogue will be joined by tech journalists, Lauren Goode of Wired and Joanna Stern of The Wall Street Journal, for a conversation about Apple’s global impact and the challenges Apple may face as it enters its second half-century. Rizzoli Bookstore will be on site to sell copies of Apple: The First 50 Years, and Pogue will be available to sign books purchased on site following the discussion.
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Tue, Mar 24
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Information Designer Shares about "Data Humanism"
Hear a talk from Giorgia Lupi, an information designer and partner at Pentagram in New York. In 2011, she co-founded Accurat, an internationally acclaimed data-driven design firm with offices in Milan and New York, before joining Pentagram in 2019. Giorgia’s work is centered around her philosophy of Data Humanism.
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Tue, Mar 24
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Talk | Photo-Based Artist Discusses Her Craft
Photo-based artist Stacy Arezou Mehrfar discusses her craft and career. Stacy Arezou Mehrfar is an Iranian-American whose works address issues of place and belonging, memory and narrative, and the symbiotic relationship between the individual and the collective.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Mar 24
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Founder of the Equal Justice Initiative Shares His Work in Advocacy
Hear a talk featuring Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative. Mr. Stevenson will share insights from his remarkable career advocating for people who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced, and communities marginalized by poverty and unequal treatment. A renowned public interest lawyer and bestselling author of Just Mercy, which was adapted into a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan. Just Mercy led to the creation of the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice.
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Wed, Mar 25
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | A New Narrative of the Irish Famine Migration (Online!)
Award-winning author of Five Points and City of Dreams presents a comprehensive new history of the Irish who fled the Great Potato Famine and shaped America. The talk traces how, by 1855, a third of Manhattan’s adult population descended from the “Famine Irish,” whose resilience led to the election of four U.S. presidents despite facing harsh prejudice and hardships. By allowing these immigrants to share their own stories, the presentation highlights a legacy of determination, community, and unexpected success that challenges persistent myths of poverty.
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Wed, Mar 25
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Architecture Experts Discuss Generative AI & Architectural Design
Attend a panel conversation to celebrate the new book from MAP (Metropolitan Architectural Practice), Architecture x Architecture: A Dialectic, a critical dialectic on generative AI and architectural design within an interdisciplinary practice. The conversation will feature Katherine Lambert, Christiane Robbins, and Annabel Keenan, followed by a signing.
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Wed, Mar 25
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Explore the History of Bach Cello Suites
Enjoy a discussion of the history of the Bach Cello Suites with guest Edward Klorman, who will give a presentation on his new book, Bach: The Cello Suites. Edward Klorman is an award-winning author, violist, and scholar active at the intersection of music analysis, historical musicology, and music performance. He is Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Wed, Mar 25
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Gender Studies Scholar Addresses "Cancel Culture"
In this talk, Ben Trott (Director of Gender Studies and speaker of the Center for Critical Studies at Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany) addresses the material context of what has come to be known as “cancel culture”, paying particular attention to the political contestation of speech around gender and sexuality in the years that have followed the 2007 global economic crisis. He provides an alternative to the dominant account of the current culture wars around speech, gender and sexuality as conservative or reactionary “backlash” to liberal or left identity politics. And he explores the role of speech as a vehicle for political organisation in contemporary social and political conflicts.
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Wed, Mar 25
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Learn about the Policial Achievements of the Papunya Tula Artist Cooperative
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Papunya Tula Artists, enjoy a lecture by Dr. Fred R. Myers (Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, NYU) that discusses some of the social and political achievements of this important cooperative of Aboriginal Australian artists. Since 1973 Myers has served as one of Papunya Tula’s most prominent international advocates, authoring multiple books and edited volumes on Pintupi culture including Irriṯitja Kuwarri Tjungu’s catalogue. His talk will emphasize the artists’ role in sustaining and extending the Pintupi project of self-determination, and explore some of the social spaces created by their paintings.
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Wed, Mar 25
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Quiet Reading Meet Up
Bring a book or check one out of the library to read to yourself for one hour. After that, spend an hour socializing with those around you!
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Wed, Mar 25
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Visual Artist Andrea Cukier Discusses Her Craft & Career
Hear a bilingual talk with visual artist Andrea Cukier. Andrea Cukier is an Argentine visual artist and educator based in New York City, where she has lived and worked since 1998. Her work has been exhibited internationally and across the U.S., is held in major public and private collections, and she has received multiple Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance grants.
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Wed, Mar 25
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Discover Jane Goodall's (the legendary primatologist known as "the chimp whisperer") Legacy with Experts (In Person AND Online!)
Experts discuss what it means to study primates today, following in Goodall's path. Jane Goodall, the legendary primatologist known as "the chimp whisperer," died in 2025 at the age of 91. Looking back at her life and scientific contributions -- she studied the social lives of wild chimpanzees for over six decades and tirelessly advocated for their protection -- experts at CUNY discuss Goodall's legacy as a bioanthropologist and a conservation activist. Following in her path, what does it mean to study primates today, considering current ethical debates about great ape rights? Including researchers who knew Goodall, the panel features Kristen Andrews, professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center; David Lahti, associate professor of Biology and Psychology at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center; and Jessica Rothman, program director in Human Biology and professor of Anthropology at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center.
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Wed, Mar 25
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Talk | Artist Discusses His Craft & Career, Celebrating His New Book, Future Relic
Cross-discipline artist Daniel Arsham shares stories on his journey as a creative and offers advice that breaks through the mystique of the art world. The program, which celebrates the release of Arsham’s book Future Relic: Failures, Disasters, Detours, and How I Made a Career as an Artist, will offer practical tips for anyone pursuing an artistic career such as how to find gallery representation.
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Wed, Mar 25
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Expert Discusses 19th-Century Dreyfus Affair & Antisemitism
Dr. Andrew Kotick's lecture examines the Dreyfus Affair from a new perspective by exploring the laughter it provoked. The Dreyfus Affair was arguably the most famous political and judicial scandal of 19th-century France. It erupted in 1894 when the French officer Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935) was accused and convicted of being a German spy. Just two years after Dreyfus's conviction and exile, however, the accusations against him were revealed to be an antisemitic conspiracy. In the years that followed, his case went through several appeals, and in the summer of 1906, the verdict against him was overturned. Using satirical caricatures and drawings, Dr. Kotick investigates how visual humor shaped the emotional climate of the affair and contributed to making antisemitism a mass phenomenon. Based on examples taken from illustrated press, especially the popular weekly newspaper, Le Rire, Kotick shows how ridicule was used as a political weapon to influence public opinion, define belonging and exclusion, and reshape modern mass politics. By analyzing the visual culture of the affair, Kotick illustrates how laughter became one of the most effective forms of expression in political life.
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Wed, Mar 25
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Talk | Whitney Museum-Featured Artist Shares about His Craft & Career
Hear from artist EJ Hill, whose practice focuses largely on challenging the social aspects and systems that construct a body. He is not only interested in how bodies and subjectivities are formed, understood, and valued within different contexts, but also how they redefine the parameters that determine which of them are allowed to exist freely.
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Wed, Mar 25
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Conference | Learn about the Materialism of Italian Colonialism
Experts discuss the nature of colonial objects in Italian museums and in circulation. Italian museums and private homes hold a substantial number of objects intertwined with the history of colonialism. Their conservation raises questions about their cultural and political significance, alongside debates regarding their provenance and the practices surrounding their restitution. Furthermore, these objects still circulate widely — through auctions, marketplaces, and passed down through family inheritances. Despite this pervasive presence, the growing scholarship on Italian colonialism has not placed material culture at the center of analysis.
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Thu, Mar 26
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Discussion | Experts Explore the Future of China-Russia Relations
This discussion will delve into energy and broader economic ties, Russia’s potential role in conflicts involving China in the Indo-Pacific, and the joint promotion of (global) governance ideas. It will also address the realities of China’s and Russia’s presence and cooperation in the Arctic, as well as consequences of their deeper bilateral ties for China-Europe ties and China’s regional security interests in East Asia.
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Thu, Mar 26
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Book Club | Talk about Family Happiness by Laurie Colwin
Partake in a book club discussion and analysis of the novel Family Happiness by Laurie Colwin. From the acclaimed author of Home Cooking comes a heartfelt novel about a midlife crisis and a woman tired of being taken for granted—and a reminder that family, like happiness, can take many forms.
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Thu, Mar 26
4:30 pm
Free
4:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Architect Celebrates His New Book, Summer by the Sea (+ Signing)
Enjoy a conversation with Thomas A. Kligerman to celebrate his new book, Summer by the Sea, an exploration of the history and style of Rhode Island cottages. He will be in conversation with Read McKendree. The discussion will be moderated by Jenna Talbott and followed by a signing.
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Thu, Mar 26
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Historian Shares His New Book, Victimhood Nationalism
Hear a talk with global historian Jie-Hyun Lim, on her new book, Victimhood Nationalism: History and Memory in a Global Age. He examines how nations turn collective suffering into powerful nationalist narratives that continue to shape the world today. Across Global Easts, East Asia and Eastern Europe, victimhood nationalism has been a memory template to amplify nationalist conflicts, creating a vicious cycle of victimhood competition. Deeply thought-provoking, Lim’s book asks what happens when past trauma becomes a political instrument. Victimhood nationalism victimizes innocent victims differently again.
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Thu, Mar 26
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Scholar Shares His New Book, Racial Care: On Asian American Suffering and Survival
James McMasterpresents a special event celebrating his first book, Racial Care: On Asian American Suffering and Survival. In James McMaster's recently published monograph the category of "racial care" refers to "everything we do to sustain racialized subjects through whatever suffering may converge on their particular location within the white supremacist, anti-Black, and settler colonial capitalist order of the United States." This book talk will examine forms of racial care both as performance and in performance in order to shed light on how Asian Americans have endured contemporary life in the United States. James McMaster is an interdisciplinary scholar who analyzes twenty-first century American cultural production and social movements for what each can teach us about how minoritarian subjects have experienced moments of prolonged crisis in the United States
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Thu, Mar 26
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Echoes of Yiddish New York: A Literary Conversation
Join author Henry Sapoznik for a book talk on a richly illustrated survey of a century of Yiddish popular culture that thrived in the East Village, Bowery, and Lower East Side. Using thousands of newspaper articles and newly accessible archives, Sapoznik shows how Yiddish theater, music, architecture, cuisine, and journalism shaped the city’s social fabric. The discussion features the book’s interactive Google Map and rare photographs that bring forgotten places to life.
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Thu, Mar 26
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
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Discussion | Musical Legend Nona Hendryx and Artistic Luminaries (Performance & Conversation)
Groundbreaking musician, producer, author, and revolutionary creative force Nona Hendryx leads an innovative salon featuring artistic luminaries working at the intersection of art, technology, and Black imagination. This immersive evening of performance and conversation centers ancestral wisdom alongside cutting-edge innovation, where the boundaries between human creativity and machine intelligence blur into something entirely new. Hear about the evolving relationship with technology--from extended reality interfaces that reshape perception to the emergence of digital twins and cyborg aesthetics. Experience artists pushing the boundaries of human-machine collaboration, and engage with the urgent question: as we merge ever more deeply with our technological creations, what futures can we imagine and build? Featuring interdisciplinary artists, technologists, and visionaries experimenting with creative AI, biohacking, and immersive media, this event showcases the endless possibilities emerging from our increasingly symbiotic relationship with machines--while interrogating who gets to shape these futures and whose stories are told. 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.
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Thu, Mar 26
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Shoe Museum Curator Shares her New Book, Rough and Ready: A History of Cowboy Boots
Enjoy a conversation with Elizabeth Semmelhack on her newest book, Rough and Ready: A History of Cowboy Boots, a transformative compilation of iconic narratives, interviews, and images that showcase the evolution of the cowboy boot and how it's been shaped by American culture. The discussion will be followed by a signing.
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Mon, Mar 30
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Scientists Discuss the Worls of Conscious & Unconscious Thought
Explore the world of conscious and unconscious thought with Stefano Fusi (Professor of Neuroscience; Principal Investigator at the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University) in conversation with two Italian Academy Fellows.
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Tue, Mar 31
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | 1.8M-Follower YouTuber Shares His New Book, Great Art Explained (+ Signing)
Enjoy a presentation by James Payne to celebrate his new book, Great Art Explained, a wonderfully illustrated and comprehensive exploration of iconic artworks, based on Payne's YouTube channel of the same name. The presentation will be followed by a signing.
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Tue, Mar 31
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Club | Discuss the Mystery Novel The Darkest Night by Ann Cleeves
Participate in a book discussion with like-minded mystery readers of Anne Cleeves' novel, The Darkest Evening. Book Synopsis: On the first snowy night of winter, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope sets off for her home in the hills: Brockburn. As the blizzard traps the group deep in the freezing Northumberland countryside, Brockburn begins to give up its secrets, and as Vera digs deeper into her investigation, she also begins to uncover her family’s complicated past.
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Tue, Mar 31
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Lecture | Explore New York's Surviving 18th-Century Structures
In this talk, noted public speaker Anthony Bellov explores all the 18th Century remnants on Manhattan Island, clearly explains where these stalwart structures are located, and why they're important. Among the nicknames New York City has received through the years, one - "The City That's Never Finished" - describes New York's disregard of its past built legacy, demolishing it for the newer, bigger, taller, flashier. In this talk, Bellov, in acknowledgement of the 250th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, shares the survivors who have escaped the bulldozer and wrecking ball.
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Tue, Mar 31
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Physicist Reflects on His Travel Memoir, Before the Beginning (+ Author Q&A)
A physicist returns to his origins to rebuild a broken identity. Book talk followed by Q&A with author, Ernesto Mané. In 2010, the physicist Ernesto Mané, from the Brazilian state of Paraíba, embarked on a geographical and emotional journey to fulfill a long-held desire: to meet his paternal family in Guinea-Bissau. He emerges from those months profoundly transformed. Fifteen years later, now a career diplomat and a Guinean citizen, he gives literary form to his travel diary in Before the Beginning. In the words of Angolan writer and curator Kalaf Epalanga, who penned the book’s flap text, the work is a “rare achievement,” in which “the great African tragedy is narrated in the same register as authors such as Ta-Nehisi Coates or Mia Couto.”
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Mar 31
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Artist/Poet Discusses Her New MoMA Exhibition: A Living Poem
Artist and poet Sasha Stiles leads a conversation about A Living Poem, her debut solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, and why poetry is re-emerging as one of the most vital creative languages of our time. A Living Poem marks a milestone in contemporary art and culture by exploring poetry as a live, generative system, and one of humanity's earliest forms of technology. In dialogue with MoMA, Stiles reflects on the project's evolution from early concept to large-scale artwork, and previews how A Living Poem will continue to live on beyond the MoMA exhibition through future shows and A Living Poem: The Codex -- a generative artist book to be published in Spring 2026.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Mar 31
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Book Club | Discuss John Steinbeck's Cannery Row
Discuss Cannery Row by John Steinbeck with a group of like-minded readers! Book Description: "Cannery Row is a book without much of a plot. Rather, it is an attempt to capture the feeling and people of a place, the cannery district of Monterey, California, which is populated by a mix of those down on their luck and those who choose for other reasons not to live "up the hill" in the more respectable area of town. The flow of the main plot is frequently interrupted by short vignettes that introduce us to various denizens of the Row, most of whom are not directly connected with the central story. These vignettes are often characterized by direct or indirect reference to extreme violence: suicides, corpses, and the cruelty of the natural world.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 1
1:00 pm
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1:00 pm
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Talk | Visual Artist/Filmmaker Ohan Breiding Shares about His Craft & Career
Hear from Ohan Breiding, a Swiss-American visual artist and filmmaker raised in rural Switzerland, whose work has been exhibited at MASS MoCA, Arts and Letters, Hesse Flatow, and more. They are the recipient of the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, Puffin Award, A.I.R. Fellowship, Hellman Award, Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Award and a DAAD Award. Breiding is an Assistant Professor in the Art Department at Williams College and is represented by Ochi Gallery, Los Angeles.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 1
7:00 pm
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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
Free
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.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 11
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 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.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 21
7:00 pm
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7:00 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.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Apr 26
2:00 pm
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2:00 pm
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