The Forbidden City at 600: Women in the Imperial Palace
Much is known about the lives of the emperors who lived behind the vermilion walls of the Forbidden City. But what of the women? In the third program of a […]
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Seaport Fit Virtual Workouts
Fitness classes via Instagram released every Tuesday and Thursday, featuring Trooper Fitness, Pure Barre and Lyons Den Power Yoga.
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STEM Supremes: In Conversation with Elizabeth Blackburn
NY Academy of SciencesConversation with the queen of telomeres: Australian-American scientist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn. Light years on from her early work sequencing the DNA of pond scum, Blackburn unraveled our understanding of the […]
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Stories Survive: Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff
Museum of Jewish HeritageAs a small child, Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff fled her Nazi-occupied hometown of Kosice, Slovakia (then Czechoslovakia) along with her parents and infant brother. They remained on the run and […]
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Lost in The Desert Sky: Kayhan Kalhor in Memory of Mohammad Reza Shajarian
Brookfield PlaceLost in The Desert Sky: Kayhan Kalhor in Memory of Mohammad Reza Shajarian was filmed in the spectacular Mahinistan Palace in Kashan, Iran and features all new music by Kayhan […]
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Core Value
Skyscraper MuseumSkyscraper Museum webinar. Peter Weismantle spent 31 years in the Chicago office of SOM before moving in 2008 to AS+GG as Director of Supertall Building Technology where he has been […]
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Digital Trivia Tuesday
Brookfield PlaceTest your trivia IQ at home with your friends and family! Follow along on Zoom and enter your answers via Kahoot, as you compete for a variety of fun BFPL […]
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Isabel Wilkerson And Rabbi Angela Buchdahl On “Caste”
Museum of Jewish HeritageWhile working on her Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Warmth of Other Suns, about the Great Migration of African Americans out of the Jim Crow South, Isabel Wilkerson realized that the […]
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ReImagining Place
Gibney DanceThe Deeper Lecture Series is a new talk + Q&A program on Zoom designed to acquaint Gibney’s community of artists and audiences with the most provocative, influential and inspiring minds […]
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Speak with Influence and Advocate for Yourself
Even for the experienced speaker, keeping an audience engaged and connected can be a challenge, especially while remote. In this session, we’ll read the (Zoom) room and build a toolkit […]
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Pieces of China: Ben Wang on Qi Baishi’s Chicks
China InstituteQi Baishi, who lived from 1864-1959, is one of the most revered Chinese painters of all time. One of his paintings sold for $144 million in 2017, breaking world records. […]
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“Plunder” Book Talk With Menachem Kaiser And Stephanie Butnick
Museum of Jewish HeritageMenachem Kaiser’s new book Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure is the story of his quest to reclaim his family’s apartment building in Poland—and of the astonishing […]
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