Tag: talks-readings
The Buddhist Art to the East: A Monumental Spread
Online lecture. Buddhist art emerged from India, spread eastwards to Central Asia, Xinjiang, the Hexi Corridor, and eventually arrived at the...
Stories Survive: Dorien Grunbaum
Dorien Grunbaum was born in 1942 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, where her father was in the grain import/export business and her mother was a social...
Unless: The Seagram Building Construction Ecology
Skyscraper Museum webinar. In his new book Unless, Kiel Moe, professor of Architecture at McGill University and author of Empire State &...
Stories Survive: Erika Hecht
Growing up in Hungary during the Holocaust, Erika Hecht was a “hidden child,” one of many Jewish children who were provided with false identities...
“Mengele: Unmasking The Angel Of Death” Book Talk
Perhaps the most notorious war criminal of all time, Josef Mengele was the embodiment of bloodless efficiency and passionate devotion to Nazism. His...
Picture of His Life
Amos Nachoum is one of the greatest underwater photographers of all times. Fascinated by the most fearsome creatures on Earth, he has developed a...
Inside Money: Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power
Lunchtime event with acclaimed historian, commentator and former financial executive Zachary Karabell, as he offers the first full and frank look...
New York City Poetry Festival
Every year on the last weekend of July, The Poetry Society of New York (PSNY) invites poetry organizations and collectives of all shapes and sizes to...
Declaring Independence: New York City’s Revolutionary Beginning
On the evening of July 9, 1776, General George Washington ordered the Continental Army to gather at the Commons for one of the first readings of the...
Tavern Trivia Night
Round up your history-loving friends and test your knowledge of the American Revolution at one of the oldest taverns in New York City. Winners will...
