Tag: talks-readings
FOUNDATIONS: Construction History in New York and Chicago
Chicago and New York offered a handful of very different preconditions that influenced the way skyscrapers were designed and built in the two cities....
The Bond King by Mary Childs
Book launch.From the host of NPR’s Planet Money, the deeply-investigated story of how one visionary, dogged investor changed American finance...
Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed The World
In the century between 1847 and 1947, a handful of men and women changed the world. Many of them are well known—Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein,...
Optimize Your LinkedIn Branding
Join Erin Andersen, Career Transition Coach & LinkedIn Marketing Strategist to learn how to optimize your LinkedIn profile and increase your...
Dao De Jing by Laozi: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times
Written by the Chinese sage Lao Zi around 400 BC, Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching) is the most important scripture in Chinese culture. All the major...
The Bronx in the American Revolution
Join Roger McCormack, Director of Education at The Bronx County Historical Society, to explore the significance of the Bronx in the American...
Stories Survive: Ernest Glaser
Ernest Glaser was born Ernst Adolf Berthold Glaser on March 2, 1924 in Berlin. In 1939, his family left Germany to escape the Nazis and attempted to...
Hard Hat Reading: Laure-Anne Bosselaar
First day of a poetry reading, online. Laure-Anne Bosselaar—award-winning poet, translator, and educator—reads Poets House Executive Director...
New York: An Illustrated History
Twenty-two years after the original New York: An Illustrated History – first published in 1999 as a companion volume to the acclaimed 17 ½-hour...
The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz: Thomas Geve
In June 1943, thirteen-year-old Thomas Geve and his mother were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Separated upon arrival, he was left to fend for...
