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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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79 free talks, lectures, discussions in New York City (NYC) Mon, 10/19/2026 - and on...
In New York City, you can talk with and listen to the best minds in the world without spending a dime! Just take a look at free talks, lectures, discussion, seminars, conferences listed on this page below!
Book Discussion | Art Historian & Critic Shares Her 2025 Book on the History of Artists' Protests
Writer and editor Lauren O’Neill-Butler discusses her new book, The War of Art. Named a best book of 2025 by NPR, The War of Art tells the history of artist-led activism and the global political and aesthetic debates from the 1960s to the present. Artists in America have long battled against injustices, believing that art can, in fact, “do more.” The War of Art tells this history of artist-led activism and the global political and aesthetic debates from the 1960s to the present. In contrast to the financialized art market and celebrity artists, the book explores the power of collective effort — from protesting to philanthropy, and from wheat-pasting to planting a field of wheat.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Mon, Oct 19
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | History & Film Scholars Discuss Portrayals of the Nuremburg Trials
Sylvie Lindeperg presents an illustrated lecture featuring the archival research for her award-winning book, Staging Nuremberg: How the United States and the Soviet Union Fought Over the Portrayal of Nazi Crimes (2026), Columbia University Press's translation of La Bataille des images (2021). Lindeperg will be joined in conversation by Annette Insdorf. Please review the venue's access requirements.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Mon, Oct 19
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Hannah Arendt Award Winning Scholar Shares His New Book on Hannah Arendt's Life & Thought
A discussion with Roger Berkowitz on his new book, A World We Share: Hannah Arendt and the Power of Friendship in a Broken World. In conversation with Roosevelt Montas. About the book: A bold rethinking of politics through Hannah Arendt's life and thought, arguing that friendship--not truth--is the fragile but necessary foundation of democratic life
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Mon, Oct 19
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Pianter & Printmaker Discusses His Visual Language & Fluid Visual Realms
Ali Banisadr is an American artist whose expansive, intricately layered paintings, drawings, etchings, and sculptures move between chaos and composure. Drawing from autobiography, sonic memory and synesthesia, mythology, world history, the natural world, and collective memory, his work creates fluid visual realms in which figures, landscapes, and fragments of history emerge and dissolve, and images migrate and transform across time. His visual language synthesizes influences ranging from Persian miniatures and Venetian Renaissance painting to Symbolism, Abstract Expressionism, and Surrealism, while exploring painting as a space where memory, myth, history, and the subconscious can coexist.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Mon, Oct 19
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman Discuss New Monograph, Brilliant: Unexpected Art from Everywhere (+ Signing)
Writers on the myriad of contemporary artists creating groundbreaking artwork around the world. This event celebrates the new monograph, Brilliant: Unexpected Art from Everywhere, a comprehensive survey of 60 artists and their work, creative processes, and inspirations, many of which have not been published until now. Roxane Gay, who penned the epilogue in Brilliant, will be in conversation with her wife, leading design critic, podcaster, and writer Debbie Millman, about creativity and the theme of 'endings,' which she explores in the book. The conversation will be followed by a signing.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Mon, Oct 19
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Book Club | Read & Analyze Poetry of Migration
Poetry enthusiasts unpack the layered meanings of poetry through an informal group discussion. Each session focuses on a theme that celebrates the diversity and range of the poetic form and contemporary poetry culture. This month, read poems that chart memories and histories of migration across the world. Please note that contemporary poetry deals frankly with contemporary issues, and all works discussed are artistic expressions selected for an adult audience.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Tue, Oct 20
2:30 pm
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2:30 pm
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Book Club | Poor Things Book Discussion
Dscussion of a postmodern, feminist novel inspired by Frankenstein, set in Victorian Glasgow, about a woman named Bella Baxter who is resurrected with the brain of an infant. Themes: Weird science, feminism, identity, the nature of reality, the relativity of truth, and the critique of Victorian patriarchy. Accolades: Winner of the Whitbread Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Tue, Oct 20
4:00 pm
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4:00 pm
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Talk | Architectural Historian Journeys through the Structural Remnants of Early New York
A virtual tour from the comfort of the this historic building to architectural landmarks - some of national importance, some unknown, scattered all over Manhattan Island. The number of pre- and post- Revolutionary structures surviving in The City That's Never Finished keeps growing. From a grand country mansion, to a farmhouse, taverns, townhouses, churches, and the earliest park in New York City, discover remnants of early New-York from one tip of Manhattan to the other.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Tue, Oct 20
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Launch: Getting Even / Letting Go
Julian Tepper shares his new novel. About the book: On a single spring afternoon in New York City, Gene Mills—a once-successful writer now living on fumes—hosts friends in his apartment while waiting for an art auction that could change everything. The paintings on the block were made by his ex-wife, now a global art star. They depict her affair, her ambition, and the life she detonated when she left him. Gene believes selling them is justice. Or survival. Or both. Getting Even/Letting Go is a novel about what remains when intimacy turns transactional, and whether freedom can ever be purchased without exacting a final, private price.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Tue, Oct 20
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Historian & Curator Discusses His New Book, A Story of Gastronomy & Wine, with the Prince of Luxembourg (+ Signing)
A conversation with Pedro Correa Do Lago to celebrate his new book, a history of wine, gastronomy, and dining etiquette drawn from 150 rare documents in one of the world's great culinary archives. He will be in conversation with H.R.H. Prince Robert of Luxembourg, followed by a signing. An essential read for wine enthusiasts, epicureans, historians, and art lovers drawn to the enduring allure of gastronomy.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Tue, Oct 20
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Lambda Literary Award-Winner Shares Her New Novel, Needlemouth
K-Ming Chang in conversation with Alice Evelyn Yang. About the book: From the award-winning author of Bestiary, three cousins are forced to complete an impossible and violent task set by a vengeful demon. For readers of Akwaeke Emezi and Carmen Maria Machado, K-Ming Chang has crafted a reimagined coming of age novel that asks: what does it mean to become the monster instead of slaying it?
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Tue, Oct 20
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Vanity Fair-Featured Writer Shares Her New Book on cultural icon Jane Birkin
Bestselling author Marisa Meltzer discusses the life, style, and legacy of a fashion star, as captured in her dazzling biography It Girl, in conversation with the chief fashion critic of The New York Times, Vanessa Friedman. Jane Birkin was synonymous with chic. Her effortless style and artistic legacy have been immortalized through her music and film career. And, of course, she was the inspiration behind one of the world's most coveted bags, the Hermes Birkin. But who was the real woman behind the it girl? Now, New York Times bestselling author Marisa Meltzer sheds new light on Birkin's enigmatic life and explores her profound influence on generations in a rigorously reported biography unlike any other.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Tue, Oct 20
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Panel Exploring Architecture's Roles in the Dynamics of Fascism and Antifascism (In Person AND Online!)
A conversation about the historical links between architecture, fascism, and anti-fascism, and what the past can teach us about acting in the present moment. The history of modern architecture includes troubling and well-documented entanglements between architecture and fascism. Less well-known, but perhaps even more important today, are examples of antifascist design and organizing. In a time of rising authoritarianism, what can we learn from the histories of fascism and antifascism? The term "fascism" originated in Italy in 1919 before spreading across Europe, naming a range of populist political movements that exalted ethno-nationalism, militarism, centralized autocratic rule, and the rejection of liberal democracy. Since its birth, fascism has invited resistance efforts, both peaceful and armed, organized and informal. This panel will explore architecture's roles in the dynamics of fascism and antifascism, particularly as it takes form in cultural centers, housing, spaces of detention, and memorials.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Tue, Oct 20
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Novella Discussion: Classic of Satirical, Feminist Horror, The Stepford Wives
The group is reading Ira Levin's 1972 book. About the Book: Joanna Eberhart, a talented photographer, wife, and young mother who suspects that something in the town of Stepford is changing the wives from free-thinking, intelligent women into compliant wives dedicated solely to homemaking. As her friends slowly transform, Joanna realizes the horrific truth.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Wed, Oct 21
4:30 pm
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4:30 pm
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Wed, Oct 21
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Nw York Times-Featured Author Shares Her New Book, A Dead White: An Argument Against White Paint (+ Signing)
A conversation with Wendy S. Walters to celebrate her new book, a brilliant and razor-sharp work of cultural criticism examining what we take for granted in the abundance of white paint. She will be in conversation with Margo Jefferson, followed by a signing.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Wed, Oct 21
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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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!
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Wed, Oct 21
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Pulitzer Prize–Winning Author Discusses Her New Novel, Music Against the Night, with Jennifer Egan
Yiyun Li discusses music, travel, grief, and ambition—subjects at the heart of her new novel. Li talks with Jennifer Egan about depicting two aspiring musicians in pursuit of success and bringing to life the sweep and dimension of the Romantic era. About the book: In Dublin, as the 18th century nears its end, a young virtuoso named John Field comes of age as his family nurtures visions of him becoming the next Mozart. His talent takes him to England, France, and Russia, where he becomes a famous pianist and composes dreamy, languorous melodies that enchant the night air. John calls them nocturnes, but the prodigy who immortalizes them is Chopin. Oceans away in French India, Adelaide Percheron has a startling rise of her own. Orphaned and raised by her grandmother, Adelaide is driven by her secret love of music and a desire to see the world. She engineers her exodus, escaping to Paris and later to Moscow, as Napoleon’s army sets out to conquer the continent. As John and Adelaide each try to chart a path between talent and genius, success and legacy, profit and passion, they must decide what, and even who, is worth sacrificing along the way.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Wed, Oct 21
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Bon Appétit Editor Shares Her New Cookbook, East to East
Rachel Gurjar in conversation with Lucy Yu. About the book: A joyful celebration of the immigrant experience told through the universal language of food. Brimming with raw, beautiful storytelling and 101 Indian-inspired recipes that draw on a global pantry and burst with flavor, this immersive cookbook will fill your heart and table.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Wed, Oct 21
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Wed, Oct 21
7:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Art Critic & Artist Explore Photography in the Age of AI
A conversation between Charlotte Kent and Danielle Ezzo about photography and AI from a historic, critical, and artistic perspective. Photography has always been troubled by its own expansion. From its inception, what it does and whether someone is doing it has been debated. It launched out of science experiments and landed in the field of art. Each new camera, lens, or product, from the daguerreotype to the Polaroid to the digital file, has renewed confusion and uncertainty about what the medium is, does, preserves, constructs, witnesses, and deteriorates. To what degree does a conversation about photography today devolve into the problems of "AI," and does "AI" need photography as a practice to define its lineage? Writing in The Brooklyn Rail, visual culture scholar and art critic Charlotte Kent traces these ambiguities to ask whether photography is the only appropriate lens to view this slippery emergent technology. Danielle Ezzo, an artist and writer whose practice is built within the territory that Kent theorizes, speaks to the embodied experience of straddling two media that are constantly connected yet often in conflict. Together, their live conversation will move between the historical and the material, the theoretical and the embodied to bring the paradigm shift into clearer focus.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Thu, Oct 22
5:30 pm
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5:30 pm
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Book Discussion | MoMA-Featured Avant-Garde Artist Shares a New Monograph of Her Work, The Weather and Other Stories (+ Signing)
Pioneering multimedia artist Laurie Anderson and poet Paul Muldoon in conversation about more than forty years of Anderson’s work. They will celebrate her new monograph, featuring multimedia installations, performances, and recent projects. The conversation will be followed by a signing
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Thu, Oct 22
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Pushcart-Nominated Writer Shares Her New Book, Bone Symphony
Michelle Phuong Ho in conversation with Monica Sok. About the book: Bone Symphony mines the wreckage of colonialism and imperialist warfare in Vietnam and attempts to reassemble the bones. Told in three movements spanning lyric, documentary, and hybrid forms, Bone Symphony uncovers a world turned upside-down by war: evil is good, saviors are toddlers, children die before their mothers, and civil servants--like the poet's grandfather--become enemies of the state. The detritus of a shattered nation, family, and psyche serve as building blocks Ho rearranges with playful irreverence, giving rise to healing poetic turns. One can surrender not just to military powers, but to love. The prison cell where a dissident is held transforms into the womb of God
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Thu, Oct 22
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artists Discuss How Their Works Speak to One Another
In celebration of the exhibitions Arlene Shechet: She Said She Said, Torkwase Dyson: Seeing in Blue, and Lynda Benglis: KNOTTING, TYING, FOLDING, Torkwase Dyson, Nora Lawrence, and Sarita Dubin will participate in a conversation moderated by Katy Hessel. The conversation will center around each artist’s groundbreaking practice and the ways in which their works—from Benglis’s gestural forms to Shechet’s inventive sculptures and Dyson’s multivalent paintings—speak to one another across time and mediums.
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Thu, Oct 22
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | James Beard Award-Winning TV Food Expert Shares Her New Book on Chinese Cuisine
Fuchsia Dunlop explores the magical complexity of one of the world's greatest cuisines. 'Fuchsia Dunlop has done more to explain real Chinese cooking to non-Chinese cooks than anyone', according to The New York Times. Dunlop, a four-time James Beard award winner and TV food expert (Chef's Table; Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown) has already explored Hunan cooking and Szechuan food with her large legion of readers. Now, in her latest book, she tackles the "five tastes" which a Chinese chef needs to be able to marshal harmoniously: salty, sweet, sour, bitter and pungent. The delectable result might be green beans with "strange-flavor" sauce, spicy peanut butter noodles, or a steamed fish that sings with citrus notes.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Thu, Oct 22
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Kosovar Albanian Tea-Sharing Tradition: Exchange, Conversation, & Collective Reflection
Led by the New York–based artist-run initiative Brief Histories, this open conversation will reflect on how artist-led cultural spaces can uniquely respond to the needs of their communities. The session will take the form of Çaj Mali, a Kosovar Albanian tradition centered around the sharing of Albanian mountain tea—a caffeine-free herbal infusion made from wild ironwort (Sideritis), harvested at high altitudes in the Albanian Alps. Served within a social gathering, Çaj Mali offers a convivial setting for exchange, conversation, and collective reflection.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Thu, Oct 22
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Thu, Oct 22
7:00 pm
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Talk | Photographer & Historian Explore the Dandy Subculture
Explore an inclusive landscape where dandyism belongs to anyone obsessed with masculine elegance, regardless of class, race, age, sexuality, or gender. For more than a decade, photographer Rose Callahan and writer Nathaniel Adams have explored the many meanings of dandyism through their acclaimed books I Am Dandy, We Are Dandy, and most recently, They Are Dandy. Far from a homogeneous relic of the past, contemporary dandyism offers a powerful means of asserting identity, embracing visibility, and challenging rigid societal norms. Rose Callahan is a photographer known for her evocative portraits that celebrate the transformative power of style, while Nathaniel Adams is a writer and historian with a focus on dandyism, subculture, and men's fashion. Books will be available for purchase. Dandy Style is highly encouraged!
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Fri, Oct 23
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Book Club | Discuss Your Favorite Romance Books with Fellow Readers
If you love romance or want to get into it, you're welcome at this romance book club! Attendees will be discussing their favorite romance books, current reads, and more!
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Sat, Oct 24
11:00 am
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11:00 am
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Discussion | How Art and Science Can Honor Indigenous Histories & Ecologies
Mohawk artist Alan Michelson and ecologist Eric W. Sanderson join together. They explore how art and science can surface and honor the Indigenous histories and ecologies embedded in contemporary New York, while considering strategies for recovering lost abundance.
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Sat, Oct 24
2:00 pm
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2:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Prizewinning French Author Discusses Her New Nonfiction Book, The Cavalier
Nathalie Quintane will be in conversation with translator Jonathan Larson and writer Catherine Taylor. About the Book: A Parisian ’68er embarks to the provinces to teach high school Philosophy but is soon driven out for “corrupting the youth.” Fifty years later, and teaching in the same French Alpine town, Nathalie Quintane delves into the scandal to probe the political order and the failures of a utopian generation. Since the 1990s, Nathalie Quintane has written more than 20 rigorous and genre-defiant works, each distinctive in scope and precision, critiquing everything from the literary marketplace and the education system, to fascization in France and abroad.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Sat, Oct 24
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Lecture | Actor/Visual Artist Discussesthe Politics of Documenting War
Rabih Mroué explores the image politics of ISIS videos in contrast with videos shot by drones. Based on research material comprising recruiting videos secured by officers of the German Intelligence Services, Mroué asks not only what these videos reveal about their producers or the videos’ capacity to document killing, but also questions the politics inherent in dealing with these videos from the point of view of the state and society. Written and presented by Rabih Mroué Director: Rabih Mroué
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Sun, Oct 25
3:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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Discussion | AAPI Broadway Performers Discuss Their Struggles & Triumphs
Celebrating the Asian American and Pacific Islander theater veterans who have defied the odds to perform in five or more Broadway productions. Moderator Lainie Sakakura leads an insightful conversation with Albert Guerzon, Ann Harada, Emily Hsu, JoAnn M. Hunter, Darren Lee, Raymond J. Lee, Jodi Long, Jason Ma, J. Elaine Marcos, Alan Muraoka, and Thom Sesma. Together, they will share the struggles and triumphs of their multi-decade careers and share how they continue to thrive in today's theater landscape.
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Mon, Oct 26
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Sculptural & Public Art Installation Artist Shares A Book of His Work
The first monograph on an artist whose theatrical sculptures elevate the grit and absurdity of everyday life into monumental, thought-provoking installations.
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Mon, Oct 26
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Broadway Producer (Just in Time, South Pacific, Oklahoma) Discusses the Far Reaches of Musical Theater
Ted Chapin discusses his unparalleled career in the arts. Ted Chapin is the ultimate Broadway insider--responsible for the revivals of South Pacific, The King and I, Carousel, Oklahoma, and The Sound of Music. As president of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, head of the "Lyrics and Lyricists" program at the 92NY, where he conceived the Broadway hit Just In Time, and as a leading producer, director, and author about all things Broadway, Chapin engages in a candid discussion with Daniel Okrent, editor and author of Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't Easy. They will talk about his life and why musical theatre continues to matter in the life of New York and beyond.
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Mon, Oct 26
6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | National Book Award Finalist Shares Her Latest Novel, The Wilderness (In Person AND Online!)
Angela Flournoy discusses her acclaimed second novel about five Black women over the course of their twenty-year friendship. She will discuss her book with novelist and critic Vinson Cunningham. Desiree, Danielle, January, Monique, and Nakia are in their early twenties and at the beginning. Of their careers, of marriage, of motherhood, and of big-city lives in New York and Los Angeles. Together, they are finding their way through the wilderness, that period of life when the reality of contemporary adulthood—overwhelming, mysterious, and full of freedom and consequences—swoops in and stays. As these friends move from the late 2000s into the late 2020s, from young adults to grown women, they must figure out what they mean to one another—amid political upheaval, economic and environmental instability, and the increasing volatility of modern American life.
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Tue, Oct 27
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Photographer & Critic Discuss Their New Book, Bordeaux Chronicle
A richly woven portrait of Bordeaux―its wines, wine makers, and châteaux―pairing Peter Aaron’s photographs from 1969 and 2024 with Jane Anson’s wine expertise to illuminate the region’s dramatic evolution over the past 50 years
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Tue, Oct 27
6:00 pm
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Discussion | Wynton Marsalis and Peter Gelb Discuss Inspiration, Collaboration, & Cultural Legacy of American Jazz
Lincoln Center Visionary Artist Wynton Marsalis and Peter Gelb (The Metropolitan Opera) have a conversation on the influences of jazz across genres. Drawing from their distinct institutional and artistic perspectives, the panel explores how improvisation, composition, narrative, and tradition converge to inspire new works. This panel will explore the many routes of inspiration, collaboration, and cultural legacy--and what it means to build ambitious new work rooted in American musical histories.
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Tue, Oct 27
6:00 pm
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Talk | Choreographer & Dancer Shares Her Research on Marth Graham's Works
Virginie Mecene, a former Principal Dancer, will discuss her experience in the reconstruction of Graham's Panorama, Prelude to Action, and The Puritan Duet from American Document, and the process of reimagining lost dances. As a 2023-2024 Dance Research Fellow, Virginie Mecene presented her research project, Making New Dances Inspired by Lost Solos of Martha Graham: Revolt (1927) and Immigrant (1928) at the Jerome Robbins Dance Division's Annual Symposium on January 26, 2024.
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Wed, Oct 28
1:00 pm
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1:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Halloween Screening of Interview with the Vampire (1994)+ Discussion with Anne Rice's Editor
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Anne Rice's legendary novel Interview with the Vampire, a book that forever transformed the modern vampire story. Victoria Wilson, Anne Rice's longtime editor and publisher who discovered and championed her extraordinary career, will share personal stories and insights into the author and the enduring legacy of her groundbreaking novel. The evening will continue with a screening of the iconic film adaptation, followed by an opportunity to purchase copies of the newly published 50th anniversary edition, featuring a new afterword by Anne Rice's son, author Christopher Rice. Film synopsis: A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
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Wed, Oct 28
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Launch Party and Book Signing for New WInter Holiday Memoir
Event introducing Oh Ho OH NO!: Twelve True Tales of Tinsel, Bedlam, and Unconditional Love. Author and Christmas maximalist Danny Lettieri in celebrating the official launch of his humorous memoir, Ho Ho, OH NO!: Twelve True Stories of Tinsel, Bedlam & Unconditional Love. Danny will read passages from the book in his inimitable style, and there’ll be wine and Christmas cookies for attendees. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
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Wed, Oct 28
6:00 pm
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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, Oct 28
6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Multi-Media Artist Discusses the Work of National Medal of Arts Winning Abstract Artist
Nandi Loaf on Agnes Martin. Nandi Loaf is an artist living and working in the 21st century. Across installation, sculpture, painting, performance, and choreographed encounters, she examines the role of the artist and the means of artistic production.
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Wed, Oct 28
6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Social Psychiatrist Shares Her New Book on the World of K-Dramas
A reading and conversation with Mindy Thompson Fullilove to celebrate the recent release of The Tao of K-Drama: Wise Narratives for a Troubled World. Maura Spiegel will join as a conversant. About the book: K-dramas--South Korean television series that have captivated audiences worldwide--are often described as addictive, immersive, and emotionally generous. But in The Tao of K-Drama, Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, argues that they are something more consequential: a global site of collective meaning-making, where hundreds of millions of viewers encounter shared narratives of rupture, endurance, and repair. Far from mere entertainment, K-dramas offer a sophisticated vocabulary for living with--and through--trauma.
Manhattan, New York, NY
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Wed, Oct 28
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | MoMA-Featured Conceptual/Performance Artist Shares Her New Book
An evening with Marina Abramović to discuss her new book, Long Life, Short Stories. The famous artist in her own words and at her most revealing: a glimpse into Abramović’s inner world with personal stories and insightful musings paired with original drawings made especially for the book.
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Thu, Oct 29
6:00 pm
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Talk | Wangechi Mutu, MoMA-Featured Artist, Discusses Her Career
Renowned Nairobi and Brooklyn-based visual artist presents recent work, including film, sculpture, and installation at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Response by Rachel Grace Newman, Assistant Professor, African American and African Diaspora Studies.
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Thu, Oct 29
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Discover the New York City's Jazz Age History
Scholar Jonathan Ezra Goldman explores the overlooked people, places, and movements that shaped Roaring Twenties New York City. In his new book, Professor Jonathan Ezra Goldman brings to life a city defined by both extraordinary creativity and deep inequality through the stories of individuals whose experiences challenge popular ideas of the Jazz Age as a time of only wealth and celebration. Panoramic in scope but local in focus, Goldman examines major events such as the Harlem Renaissance and Prohibition through the lives of the people, places, and communities that shaped the era--from an all-female police platoon and an Arabic literary salon to Black amusement parks and lesbian cafes.
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Fri, Oct 30
2:00 pm
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2:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Fine Artist Discusses Art Book on the Rocky Films
A conversation with John Rivoli and Robert Bruzio to celebrate John's new book, The Fine Art of Rocky. Part art book and part retrospective of the first six Rocky films, this one-of-a-kind book invites fans to revisit the iconic franchise through artist John Rivoli’s collection of large-scale original paintings and iconic posters, showing this beloved character in a whole new light.
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Fri, Oct 30
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Spooky Halloween Book Talk: Author Shares Her New Crime Thriller
Author Kasey Lansdale to commemorate the release of her debut novel, First Chance. She'll be in discussion with award-winning author Alex Segura. Festivities will include readings, author Q&A, raffle giveaways, and more!
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Sat, Oct 31
12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Metropolitan Museum of Art-Featured Painter Shares His New Monograph (+ SIgning)
A conversation with one of the leading contemporary landscape painters. Eric Aho celebrates his new book, the first comprehensive monograph of his contemporary landscapes; four decades of artwork that both honors and furthers the tradition of painting nature. He will be in conversation with John Yau, followed by a signing.
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Mon, Nov 2
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Mon, Nov 2
7:00 pm
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Talk | Multidisciplinary Artist Dicusses His Practice & Materiality (In Person AND Online!)
A talk by artist Jeffrey Meris. Jeffrey Meris (b. 1991, Ayiti, raised in the Bahamas) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice engages with the relationship between materiality and larger cultural and social phenomena. Meris earned an associate of arts in arts and crafts from the University of the Bahamas, a bachelor of fine arts in sculpture from the Tyler School of Art, and a master of fine arts in visual arts from Columbia University. He has exhibited his work at the Amon Carter Museum; David Kordansky, Los Angeles, and more.
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Tue, Nov 3
3:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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Talk | MIT Museum Professional Shares Interactive Projects Currently in the Works
What if a museum worked less like a warehouse for finished objects and more like a lab where the experiment is still running? Ann Neumann is the Director of Galleries and Exhibitions at MIT Museum, and led its 2022 move into a new 56,000-square-foot space in Kendall Square. Ann will walk the group through the multiple interactive projects she's shepherded at the MIT Museum. These projects work as prototypes for engaging the public with technologies like CRISPR, machine learning, and sensory neuroscience. Through it all, she asks: can a museum work as infrastructure for public experimentation, rather than simply a room we walk through? Ann is a strategic museum leader, designer, and curator. She’s the recipient of numerous awards for her work and was named a Lollop Museum Influencer in 2024.
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Tue, Nov 3
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Journalists Share Their Books on Boundary-Breaking Art & the Ongoing Fight To Defend Creative Freedom
Martha Wilson and Anne Turyn present two groundbreaking publications documenting 1970s-1980s New York Avant-Garde performance and bookmaking. Artist and Franklin Furnace founder Martha Wilson will discuss her new book, Back to the Present: 50 Years of Free Expression with Franklin Furnace, a 50th-anniversary celebration of the legendary arts institution Franklin Furnace. This visually rich volume captures five decades of boundary-breaking art and the ongoing fight to defend creative freedom. Further, it chronicles stories by individuals from arts groups across the U.S.A. who also fought in the Culture Wars of the Reagan 80s. Anne Turyn, a New York-based fine art photographer, will share Top Stories, a prose periodical that she edited and published from 1978 to 1991. Over the course of twenty-nine issues, it served as a pivotal platform for experimental fiction and art through single-artist issues and two anthologies. Primarily featuring female artists, though in Turyn’s words a few men “crept in as collaborators."
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Wed, Nov 4
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Minds behind Storied Architecture Studio Share Their Book, JSa: Built in Mexico City (+ Signing)
A conversation with Aisha Ballesteros, Benedikt Fahlbusch, and Javier Sánchez, partners and principals of JSa, to celebrate their new book, a comprehensive overview of the firm's most prominent projects that helped it become one of Mexico City's leading architectural practices. The conversation will be followed by a signing.
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Wed, Nov 4
6:00 pm
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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, Nov 4
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Emerging Photographers Share Their Work of Self-Discovery
Alicia Hansen, photographer and founder and CEO of NYC Salt, discusses the mission and impact of the nonprofit arts organization. Founded by Hansen in 2005 as an after-school program in Washington Heights, NYC Salt engages, inspires, and empowers New York City youth through photography instruction, mentorship, and college-preparatory guidance. Hansen will explore how the camera serves as a catalyst for self-discovery and career opportunity. The event will feature students and alumni presenting their work, showing how these emerging photographers use the lens to cultivate agency, belonging, and identity while documenting their families, communities, and cultures.
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Wed, Nov 4
7:00 pm
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Lecture | Princeton Archeologist Discusses the Traveling Craftsmen of Ancient Greece
The designs of Greek temples, with their recognizable Doric and Ionic columns, spread widely in the ancient Mediterranean and Black Sea in the 6th and 5th centuries BCE. The dissemination of these architectural forms depended on highly mobile stone masons, who cross-pollinated design ideas as they worked far from home. Sam Holzman- Assistant Professor of Art & Archaeology at Princeton University- presents a talk that surveys a range of evidence for the mobility of ancient builders, from inscribed records to new lead-isotope analysis.
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Thu, Nov 5
7:30 pm
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7:30 pm
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Conference | Artists & Scholars Revisit the Legacy of the 1956 Congress of Black Writers and Artists (In Person AND Online!)
In 1956, the First Congress of Black Writers and Artists took place in Paris. It inaugurated the "postcolonial moment" in Europe and Africa, quickly followed by a lesser-known second one, in 1959 in Rome. To celebrate this 70th anniversary, attendees ask: what would a congress be today? Namely, how did the 1950's stakes evolved? which territorities, minorities and discourses have been left apart? what can these two Congresses teach us today and what can we add to them? Speakers/Artists:
Nelson Maldonado-Torres is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut and a leading voice in decolonial theory.
Nadia Yala Kisukidi is an Associate Professor at the NYU Department of French Literature, Thought, and Culture.
Grégory Pierrot is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Connecticut, Stamford, specializing in the cultural networks of the Black Atlantic.
Mame-Fatou Niang is a Professor of French & Francophone Studies and founder of the Center for Black European Studies and the Atlantic at Carnegie Mellon University. A scholar, filmmaker, and photographer, she co-directed the documentary Mariannes Noires and authored Identités françaises and Universalisme.
Junior Mintt is a Brooklyn-based drag artist, comedian, and Black trans activist, host of The Junior Mintt Show, an independent late-night program centered on Blackness, queerness, and radical positivity.
Brent Hayes Edwards is a Peng Family Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, affiliated with its Center for Jazz Studies. He is the author of The Practice of Diaspora, winner of the John Hope Franklin Prize, and Epistrophies: Jazz and the Literary Imagination.
Mistura Allison is an independent researcher, curator, and art historian based between London and Milan, currently Curator and Project Coordinator at Villa Romana in Florence. She is the founder of ashikọ, a research platform centered on contemporary diasporic visual and oral production from Africa and its diaspora.
Seumboy Vrainom is a French artist, writer, and self-described "digital shaman apprentice" whose work critiques colonial history through appropriated internet imagery and DIY video. An advocate for decolonial ecology, he is a contributor to the media outlet Histoires Crépues.
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Fri, Nov 6
10:00 am
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10:00 am
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Book Discussion | Pulitzer Prize–Winning Journalist Shares Her New Book, Safe Passage
Evelyn Iritani uncovers the little-known story of the dangerous negotiations that led to the exchange of American and Japanese civilians during World War II. In the fall of 1943, as some of the Second World War’s bloodiest battles unfolded across the Pacific, the United States and Japan pulled off a diplomatic coup—the return of civilians caught on the wrong side of the battlefield after Pearl Harbor. In Safe Passage, journalist Evelyn Iritani reveals the rarely told story behind this wartime exchange, featuring a cast of determined diplomats, sharp-tongued journalists, missionaries, and refugees—and the difficult choices involved in bringing everyone home. Iritani sheds new light on this remarkable story of diplomacy and survival.
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Fri, Nov 6
2:00 pm
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2:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Multi-Media Artist Breaks Down Her Practice
A conversation between the artist, Tith Kanitha, and Sohrab Mohebbi, Director of SculptureCenter, New York. Tith and Mohebbi will introduce and contextualize Tith's practice, which moves across film, performance, sculpture, installation, and works on paper. A reception will follow.
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Mon, Nov 9
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Filmmaker Roundtable Discussing Themes of Migration, Identity, & the Quest for Belonging
Three powerful documentaries recently screened at the 2025 Queens World Film Festival: Home by Johanny Mota; Soñando America by Judit Angle; and Safari by Seyeon Bang. Katha Cato, Executive Director, Queens World Film Festival, and the filmmakers will be present to discuss the films. These three films explore migration, identity, and the quest for belonging from different corners of the world. Home centers on the Dominican immigrant experience and the meaning of “home”; Soñando America follows undocumented immigrants from Mexico striving for a better life; Safari tells the story of a North Korean defector whose escape and survival lead her toward a dream of freedom. Together, these films reveal shared themes of hope, resilience, and the human cost of seeking safety and opportunity.
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Tue, Nov 10
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Talk | New York Times-Featured Photographer Shares Her Journey & Craft
A talk by New York City-based commercial, editorial, and fine art photographer Emma Rose Milligan. Milligan is an Eddie Adams Workshop XXXVII alumnus. Her editorial writing and visual commissions have appeared in Bloomberg, The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Zeit, and other publications. She is an American Photography 40, 41, and 42 chosen and selected winner; an ADC 104 Merit and Bronze Cube winner; and an ADC 105 Bronze Cube winner. Her personal work has been published internationally by Paris-based magazine Courrier International, as well as London-based book publisher Hoxton Mini Press. Her commercial work focuses on product, lifestyle, and brand activations for clients like MOSCOT, Sotheby’s, Vestiaire Collective, Warby Parker, and more.
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Tue, Nov 10
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Best-Selling Historian Shares His New Book on the Middle East
The Cauldron, by Simon Sebag Montefiore, takes the reader on a spectacular journey from the Ottoman sultanate to the Trump presidency, from Morocco to Iran -- a panorama brought to life by an extraordinary cast of kings, warriors, poets, terrorists, and peacemakers. A master storyteller, Montefiore reveals the origins of the world we live in. Montefiore will appear in conversation with Tom Reiss, author of The Orientalist, The Black Count, and coming this spring, We Will Never Die, about the greatest rescue effort of World War II. “Vivid and monumental . . . could not [be] more essential” – Sunday Times.
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Thu, Nov 12
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Talk | National Book Award Finalist Discusses How Literature Can Shape Radical Political Moments
In this hour-long craft talk, Camonghne Felix will depart from Let the Poets Govern to reflect on poetic principles. Over the past decade, Camonghne Felix has been at the center of American politics, working in strategy, communications, and as a speechwriter. Throughout it all, she has maintained her unwavering belief in language’s foundational revolutionary potential, outside of its deployment for legislative and political ends. In Let the Poets Govern, she argues that Black radical poetic traditions model an ethical code and overcome entrenched structures of patriarchy and paternalism, inventing a new form that examines the historical and legislative, and the personal and poetic.
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Thu, Nov 12
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Bilingual Conversation with Theater-Maker Carolina Cuervo
An intimate conversation exploring the artist's work as a writer, playwright, screenwriter, showrunner, and creative artist. In conversation with Martha Schreiner, Carolina will take the audience behind the scenes of her work - from the first spark of an idea to developing characters, writing for theater and screen, collaborating with other artists, and navigating a career built around storytelling. This is not a masterclass or workshop. It’s a TALK. A chance to hear directly from an artist about her body of work, her experiences, her creative process — and the stories behind the stories.
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Sat, Nov 14
11:00 am
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11:00 am
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Symposium | Conference in a Landmark Art Museum: Artistic Representations of the Body & Fashion
Dive deep into themes found in the exhibition Costume Art through dynamic conversations and presentations by leading scholars, designers, artists, models, and more. Explore the indivisible connection between clothing and the body, and the complex interplay between artistic representations of the body and fashion as an embodied art form.
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Sat, Nov 14
11:00 am
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11:00 am
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Discussion | Death Cafe Discussion Group
An informal, group-directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. The purpose of Death Cafe is "to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives." This is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session.
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Sat, Nov 14
3:30 pm
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3:30 pm
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Book Club | Book Discussion: Moon of the Cursed Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
Readers who enjoy horror and other dark literature are welcome to this in-person discussion. This meeting focuses on Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice. This month’s theme is: Native American Heritage. Moon of the Crusted Snow was originally published in 2018. With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds as the food supply dwindles. While the band council and a pocket of community members struggle to maintain order, an unexpected visitor arrives, escaping the crumbling society to the south. Soon after, others follow.
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Mon, Nov 16
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Hospitality Mogul Shares Insights on Culture & Cuisine
Restaurateur Danny Meyer — founder and owner of Union Square Café, Gramercy Tavern and the Shake Shack empire, among others — has a conversation about his new book, What Could Possibly Go Right? Nearly twenty years after his bestselling book Setting the Table introduced the world to "Enlightened Hospitality," Meyer returns with an honest, hard-won account of building a culture that scales — through growth, setbacks, reinvention, and change. From a single burger kiosk called Shake Shack to a global company spanning 700 businesses in twenty-four countries, Meyer explains the mantras and leadership principles (Don't F'ing Settle, Change Your Grip, and Think Like a Winemaker) that have guided him. Come hear one of hospitality's great minds share how culture — not just cuisine — is what keeps people coming back.
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Mon, Nov 16
6:30 pm
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Discussion | Johns Hopkins Bioethics Researchers Discuss Advances in Reproductive Technology
Speakers explore the promises, risks, and societal implications of a technology that could reshape the future of human reproduction. What if ordinary skin cells could be transformed into eggs or sperm? Scientists are exploring in vitro gametogenesis (IVG), a technology that could expand reproductive options while raising profound ethical questions. Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH is the Andreas C. Dracopoulos Director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the Levi Professor of Bioethics and Public Policy. His work focuses on the ethics of research, ethics and public health including global health, and ethics and emerging biomedical technologies. He speaks widely in the US and abroad, has published five books and over 160 articles, and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. Anna Mastroianni, JD, MPH, is Research Professor in Bioethics and Law at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. Her scholarship explores complex issues at the intersection of law, bioethics, public health, and health policy, with a particular focus on the challenges of research in pregnancy, genetic technologies, and family building through assisted reproductive technologies. She has published widely across these areas and is recognized for her contributions to major debates in bioethics and public policy.
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Thu, Nov 19
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Club | Luddite Book Club: The Last Human Job by Allison Pugh
Offline Book Club is a space for in-person conversation about the role technology plays in our world. This month's pick: The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World by Allison Pugh (2024). About the Book: Reveals connective labor as a particular kind of mutual recognition of each other's humanity, essential in so many professional relationships, whether teacher-student, coach-player, or doctor-patient. Questions whether this work can ever be replaced using “AI”.
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Thu, Nov 19
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Club | Reading & Discussing Dealing With the Dead by Alain Mabanckou
This book club will be reading and discussing a fiction book set in a new country every month, with a high priority on reading books in translation that are written by authors from the countries the group is visiting. This month: Congo. Dealing With the Dead by Alain Mabanckou, translated from French by Helen Stevenson! About the book: Abruptly deceased at the age of twenty-four and trapped forever in flared purple trousers, Liwa Ekimakingaï encounters the other residents of Frère Lachaise cemetery, all of whom have their own complex stories of life and death. Unwilling to relinquish their tender bond, Liwa makes his way back home to Pointe-Noire to see his devoted grandmother one last time, against all spectral advice. But disturbing rumours swirl together with Liwa's jumbled memories of his last night on earth, leading him to pursue the riddle of his own untimely demise. A phantasmagorical tale of ambition, community and forces beyond human control, Dealing with the Dead is a scathing satire on corruption and political violence by one of the foremost chroniclers of modern Central Africa.
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Fri, Nov 20
4:30 pm
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4:30 pm
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Talk | Fashion Museum Curator Discusses the Relationship between Dolls & Fashion
As early as the fourteenth century, dolls circulated throughout Europe as miniature fashion models, showcasing the latest trends in three-dimensional detail. The first models for many aspiring creatives, dolls have inspired fashion designers from Marc Jacobs to Anna Sui. Dr. Colleen Hill, curator of The Museum at FIT’s exhibition "Doll Dressing" and author of the companion book, provides an in-depth look at the often unexpected relationship between dolls and fashion. Hill is senior curator of costume at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Since joining FIT, Colleen has curated 20 exhibitions, including "Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities" (2025), and "Shoes: Anatomy, Identity, Magic" (2022). She has authored or co-authored nine books on fashion.
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Fri, Nov 20
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Book Club | Discuss Your Favorite Romance Books with Fellow Readers
If you love romance or want to get into it, you're welcome at this romance book club! Attendees will be discussing their favorite romance books, current reads, and more!
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Sat, Nov 21
11:00 am
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11:00 am
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Talk | Puppetry Arts Expert Discusses the Legacy of Designer & Puppeteer Tony Sarg
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is one of the world’s biggest theatrical events and always an event characterized by iconic 100-foot balloons, whimsical floats, and character costumes that act as the ultimate street theater. The parade we know today —and what the whole world tunes into to see—was the vision of Tony Sarg, a prolific toy designer, illustrator, and puppeteer who served as the first creative director for the Macy’s event. The charismatic Darin Johnson, Artistic Director of the American Theater for Puppetry Arts, and a Tony Sarg scholar, reveals the creative life of Sarg in an evening of storytelling, historic photos, and even a thrilling, live marionette demonstration. Come meet Johnson as he relates the life of a man who changed the meaning of Thanksgiving, and revel in the joy and drama that puppets can convey.
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Mon, Nov 23
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | Archeology Scholar Discusses Preserving Significant Terrains & Indigenous Ancestral Homelands
This lecture by Brian Daniels of the University of Pennsylvania and President of the Archaeological Institute of America focuses on the Shasta Indian Nation, documenting the Kikaceki traditional cultural landscapes. It demonstrates vital historic links between the Tribe and its ancestral homeland. Native American tribes and archaeologists share a common interest in preserving significant terrains. Following negotiations with the State of California in 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom agreed that Kikaceki’s 2,820 acres would be returned. This includes places sacred to the Shasta, serving as a reminder to maintain this territory for both its people and for future generations.
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Tue, Nov 24
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Guided Poetry Discussion Group
Love reading poetry but wish you had someone to discuss it with? This event features an hour of guided poetry reading and discussion in the library. Take in the views of the Hudson River as the group chats about poems new and old, classic and cutting-edge. Staff will provide poems for discussion, but contributions from participants are always welcome. A staff member will lead a discussion about a set of poems.
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Sat, Nov 28
12:00 pm
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