Tag: talks-readings
In Search of Great Soy Sauce
Why is Chinese food so seldom considered “haute cuisine?” Supermarket shelves are stacked with dozens of award-winning extra virgin olive oils,...
Flag Day Program: Honoring the American Flag through Native Art
Objects decorated with American flag designs were incorporated into Native art in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Today, objects adorned with the...
Stories Survive: Ivan Vamos
Ivan Vamos was born in March 1938 in Budapest, Hungary, nearly the same day that German troops marched into neighboring Austria. After Ivan’s...
Craving Chinese Comfort Food
Chinese family life is centered around food. So how do the flavors of family recipes, the fragrances of childhood memory, carry us through hard...
A Conversation With Menachem Rosensaft About The Second Generation
New York lawyer and Jewish community leader Menachem Z. Rosensaft traces his activism back to his roots. Born in the Displaced Persons camp in...
Crafting Your Five Word Life Story
Join Tell Me A Story Founder Hillary Rea for this interactive, “dip-your-toes'' approach to crafting your personal narrative. By the end of this...
“Horse Crazy” And The Holocaust With Sarah Maslin Nir
As a New York Times staff reporter for the last decade, Sarah Maslin Nir has seen a lot. She covered the escape of two inmates from the Clinton...
Lower Forever or Set for a Regime Break? Lessons from Real Interest Rates Since the 14th Century
Paul Schmelzing will discuss his groundbreaking research on real interest rate dynamics since the beginning of secondary debt markets, the topic of...
Pieces of China: Carolyn Phillips on the Wok
What’s in a wok? Stir frying, steaming, pan frying, deep frying, poaching, boiling, braising, searing, smoking, and stewing! And none of this would...
China’s Biotech Frenzy: Opportunities and Challenges
China has witnessed a bullish growth in biotech, with a plethora of labs and biopharmas churning out innovative healthcare solutions. In 2020,...
