Todd Diamond’s new book Pass the Trauma, Please is a comedy-drama Holocaust memoir where scandalous secrets about a father’s survival as an orphan and a soldier who fought for Israeli independence come to light over an unforgettable Sunday night Chinese dinner.

Throughout 1905, an amateur photographer dedicated himself to capturing Broadway, from the bottom of Manhattan to the top. In sun, rain, and snow, at dawn and late at night, C. G. Hine photographed buildings that were threatened by rapid development: outmoded stores, hotels, theaters, workshops, and shanties. His survey also foregrounded the precarity of the […]

In this riveting portrait of George B. Schaller, the world’s leading field biologist, Miriam Horn captures the seventy years he spent living among wild animals in the world’s remotest regions, forever altering how we see—and save—the natural world.

Historian Joanne Freeman on the life and legacy of one of Trinity's most famous parishioners — Alexander Hamilton. As America nears its 250th anniversary, Freeman and Trinity’s rector, the Rev. Phillip A. Jackson, will reflect on how the political intrigue, ambitions, and polarization of Hamilton’s time continue to echo today.

In this talk, professor and translator Jawid Mojaddedi will highlight Rumi’s unique narrative style through “Moses and the Shepherd,” the most popular story for Persian readers among the dozens in Rumi’s masterpiece, the Masnavi. The Masnavi is celebrated for taking the reader on a transformative journey in which the destination is never predictable. Drawing on […]

Francine Prose presents Five Weeks in the Country, in conversation with Michael Cunningham. From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Reading Like a Writer and Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris, 1932 comes an utterly original novel inspired by the strange friendship between Charles Dickens and Hans Christian Andersen and set during the summer when Dickens's […]

Step into the creative world of Coenties Slip for a special evening premiering three short On This Spot documentaries celebrating pioneering women artists Agnes Martin, Lenore Tawney, and Chryssa. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a group of artists transformed a quiet stretch of Lower Manhattan—right down the street from where the Seaport Museum […]

One of the most daring and unique voices in the American theatre, Baker will be in conversation with Emily Stokes, editor of The Paris Review. In Infinite Life, a group of strangers in search of healing (and pleasure) meet at an exclusive retreat. By exploring the relationship between, and juxtaposition of, pain and desire, Baker’s […]

An evening with visiting Lithuanian poet and philosopher Aušra Kaziliūnaitė, whose work explores the intersections of art, technology, and critical theory, examining how surveillance shapes and challenges power and gender. Kaziliūnaitė will read poems in Lithuanian and English, followed by a conversation with writer Bayasgalan Batsuuri on contemporary Lithuanian poetry, translation, and the poetics of […]