Free Event
Free Talk: Film Comment Best of 2019 Countdown
Film at Lincoln Center 70 Lincoln Center Plaza #4, New York, NY, United StatesIn a new annual tradition, Film Comment Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold and special guests unveil the results of the magazine’s year-end critics’ poll in a real-time countdown. Don’t miss the invigorating live conversation. Appearing in person to discuss—and perhaps debate—the results will be a selection of top critics, including Devika Girish, assistant editor of Film Comment; Michael Koresky, co-editor of […]
Performing Knowledge: What Does Learning Feel Like?
Segal Theatre 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, United StatesWhat can knowledge feel or look like? How might it move us? What might the emotional and aesthetic effects of knowledge be, in addition to the cognitive? How does one know or come to know? What place do repetition, gesture, rhythm, mimesis, rehearsal, meditation, and travel have in knowledge? Now in its second year, Performing Knowledge is a one-day festival of […]
Mikhal Dekel, the Flight East: WW2 Refugees in Tashkent, Tehran and Tel Aviv
CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesBeginning in September 1941 and throughout the war, Central Asia and Iran became places of refuge to hundreds of thousands of Jewish and Catholic Polish citizens. Mikhal Dekel, whose father was a child refugee in Tehran, will recount the research and writing process of this epic yet relatively unknown Holocaust story, told in her new […]
City of Science 2019: Brooklyn
Park Slope Armory 361 15th St, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJoin the World Science Festival and Con Edison for this larger-than-life, touring event where the wondrous properties of science, technology, engineering, and math collide! Filled with interactive demonstrations, hands-on activities, and enormous exhibitions, this FREE program unleashes everyone’s inner scientist.
Secret Science Club Presents Marine Biologist & Explorer David Gruber
The Bell House 149 7th St, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJust returned from an expedition exploring the frigid waters underneath the ice in Greenland, David Gruber typically spends about two months of the year conducting undersea research—scuba diving or riding in tiny submersible vehicles that allow him to spend hours below the surface. Dr. Gruber tries to see the ocean through the eyes of sea creatures and lately, he’s particularly interested in how these […]