For more than 200 years, the name “Rothschild” has been synonymous with two things: great wealth, and conspiracy theories about what they’re “really doing” with it. Almost from the moment […]

Panel discussion on the immigrant experience. This conversation will explore the origins of immigration and how it illuminates or contrasts with the future.

Every Monday leading up to the election, McNally Jackson Seaport is hosting journalists and writers to help break down the events of the week, as it relates to their area […]

While the tabloids and fan publications portrayed the Nimoys as a “close family,” to his son Adam Nimoy, Leonard Nimoy was a total stranger. The actor was as inscrutable as […]

Event honoring the life, work, and legacy of poet and scholar Tyrone Williams with readings by and about Williams, and bring your own remembrance.

Featuring Michael Lee Bross, Roberto Carlos Garcia, Michelle Greco, Darla Himeles, and Yesenia Montilla.

Alice Carrière presents Everything/Nothing/Someone, in conversation with Michael Imperioli. A "remarkable" (New York Times Book Review) memoir that tells of a young woman's coming-of-age amid glamour, excess, and neglect, and […]

Though it is one of the world’s oldest building materials, wood is still revolutionizing the way buildings are designed and constructed today. It is imperative that everyone – from architects, […]

Reception and lecture on the formation and implementation of the United States Constitution by Tom Hand*, author of An American Triumph: America’s Founding Era through the Lives of Ben Franklin, […]

Discussion of well-regarded contemporary works. Each session will feature questions and talking points to help readers further connect to the story.

September 17, 1787 marks the signing of the US Constitution. George Washington wrote a cover letter explaining to the states why they should ratify it. The first printing was in […]

A recent Associated Press poll reveals that 58% of US adults across both political parties believe that AI will amplify the spread of misinformation in the 2024 presidential election. Despite […]

Innovative coral restoration through the lens of both science and art.

Right from the beginning of his career, Sholem Asch, a yeshiva school dropout from a small Polish village, placed himself at the center of global theatrical culture. His 24 dramas […]

Schindler’s Listed tells the story of Mark Biederman’s twenty-year quest to find gold coins which his father’s family buried in their backyard in Poland just prior to being deported by […]

Livestreamed talk with Tulane professor and author Rob Lalka on his latest book, The Venture Alchemists: How Big Tech Turned Profits Into Power.

Nora Lange presents Us Fools, in conversation with David Wallace-Wells. A tragicomic, intimate American story of two precocious sisters coming of age during the Midwestern farm crisis of the 1980s.

Chinese-language stand-up comedy.

New York and Hong Kong are dense, intense vertical cities. In this truly international webinar, architects and educators Jason Carlo, a professor of Architecture at the American University of Sharjah, […]

Book talk. In When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion, award-winning journalist and author of the widely acclaimed 2019 book, The Plaza, Julie […]

Experience the newest poetry collections from Sophie Cabot Black and Marie Howe through poems that capture visions of the pastoral and glimpses of the quotidian. The evening’s readings and conversation […]

Join Adam Dalva and Brandon Taylor to discuss the life and work of Karl Ove Knausgaard, in celebration of The Third Realm.

Between 1939 and 1945, Nazi genocide claimed the lives of nearly three hundred thousand people diagnosed with psychiatric illness or cognitive deficiencies. Not until the 1980s would these murders, as […]

Experience a new verse translation of the Qur’an that captures the exalted magnificence of the Arabic verses, expressing its original elegance in simple English. This is the first time the Qur’an has been translated by an Islamic scholar in collaboration with a poet familiar with the traditions and techniques of English verse. Translators M.A.R. Habib […]

The Icons of Culture Festival brings audiences into the room with trailblazers in music, comedy, film, sports, and more to talk about pushing boundaries, making a mark, and elevating the everyday to the iconic. Tonight at 6pm see Ally Love or Alok. At 8pm, see Chloe Bennet and Charles Yu, or John David Washington.

Join McNally Jackson and the literary podcast, Burned by Books, for a live recording of a conversation between Jennifer Egan (The Candy House), Katie Kitamura (Intimacies), Tess Gunty (The Rabbit Hutch), and host of the show, Chris Holmes. Touching on their most recent works, the power of creative writing in times of crisis, as well […]

The Icons of Culture Festival brings audiences into the room with trailblazers in music, comedy, film, sports, and more to talk about pushing boundaries, making a mark, and elevating the everyday to the iconic. This afternoon at 1pm see Kathleen Turner, and at 3pm see Misty Copeland or Philippe Petit. At 6pm, see Alex Edelman […]

Find out what happens behind the scenes when poetry and film meet. Join us for a screening of award-winning short poem films and discussion between filmmakers and poets who’ve collaborated with the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation’s ongoing Read By poem film series, featuring poets Moncho Ollin Alvarado, Sarah Sala, and Adeeba Shahid Talukder and directors […]

Using remote sensing data, including LiDAR (light detection and ranging) and high-resolution satellite imagery, archaeologists are working across scales and mapping sites at levels of detail that once seemed impossible. In parallel, deep learning models are transforming our ability to analyze the resulting large-scale datasets. However, these new developments also present practical and ethical challenges. […]

Jewish Currents senior reporter Alex Kane will host a conversation with journalist Spencer Ackerman, historian Stephen Wertheim, and civil rights leader Maya Berry on foreign policy and the 2024 presidential election. They will discuss Donald Trump’s and Kamala Harris’s foreign policy visions, regional war in the Middle East, and the bipartisan consensus on upholding US […]