History
The Making of a Masterpiece: Gustave Courbet, Woman with a Parrot, 1866
The Met 1000 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesIn a continuation of this hit series, each talk focuses on a single, iconic painting in The Met collection, framing it in the context of the artist's work and its contemporary resonance and legacy. This season, Kathryn Calley Galitz, author of The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Masterpiece Paintings, looks at work by Courbet, Monet, Cézanne, […]
History Behind the Headlines: Socialism
Center for Jewish History 15 West 16th St., New York, NY, United StatesEmbraced by some, deplored by others, misunderstood by many, socialism is back and it’s a hot topic in presidential politics. With younger voters increasingly supporting socialism, the growing movement is changing the national conversation and potentially, the Democratic party. But when a recent Gallup poll asked Americans what socialism actually is, answers varied wildly. Columbia Journalism […]
Talk with David W. Blight, Author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
Queens Public Library at Flushing 41-17 Main Street, Queens, NY, United StatesJoin us for a presentation with the historian David W. Blight about his 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. Blight, a history professor and director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University, will discuss what prompted him to pursue the story of the escaped […]
United States of Outrage
Caveat 21A Clinton St, Manhattan, NY, United StatesListed as "A Comedy Show to Catch" by the NY Times, this show is where outrage culture meets comedy. Regardless of sex, race or party affiliation, there's one thing that we as Americans have in common. No, it’s not our love for Game of Thrones. It’s the fact that we have become a nation of […]
Passions: A Book Signing with Nicolas Sarkozy
Albertine Books 972 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesJoin Nicolas Sarkozy, former President of France, as he signs his latest book, Passions, recently published in France with éditions de l’Observatoire. Free and open to the public. No RSVP necessary.