History
Haunted History Tour of Fraunces Tavern
Fraunces Tavern Museum 54 Pearl Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United StatesStart your Halloween off by visiting the oldest standing structure in Manhattan for a special spooky, Halloween-inspired tour of the Museum! Hear stories about the tragic events that took place in this very building, step back in time to participate in 18th century funerary customs, and learn about George Washington's last days at Mount Vernon. You'll also […]
Philosophy Workshop on Joel Whitebook’s Freud: An Intellectual Biography
The New School 63 5th Ave, New York, NY, United StatesDr. Joel Whitebook, Philosopher and Psychoanalyst, will discuss his book Freud: An Intellectual Biography. Cutting through the tired clichés of the “Freud Wars,” the author presents us with a radically new portrait of the founder of psychoanalysis. Because Whitebook is a philosopher as well as a psychoanalyst, he has been able to integrate many of […]
Popular Science Presents: The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Caveat 21A Clinton St, Manhattan, NY, United StatesThe Weirdest Thing I Learn This Week can get plenty spooky any Wednesday of the year: Popular Science's hit podcast has featured tales of murderous taxidermy art, fatal insomnia, and the time people tried to turn George Washington into a zombie (yes, really). This October, let Rachel Feltman and the rest of the Weirdest Thing […]
A Bridge Between You and Everything: Iranian Women Artists in Conversation
NYU Hemmerdinger Hall, Silver Center 32 Waverly Place, New York, NY, United StatesWorking in the aftermath of the 1979 Revolution, contemporary Iranian women artists are embracing themes of gender identity, repression, religion, and memory. In this panel, speakers will also discuss the complexities of cultural duality and the nuances of an evolving artistic discourse. Moderated by artist and curator Shirin Neshat, with artists Shiva Ahmadi, Afruz Amighi, Ala Dehghan, Roya Farassat, Nazanin Noroozi, […]
Carmen C. Bambach: Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered
Italian Cultural Institute 686 Park Ave., New York, NY, United StatesOn the occasion of the publication of Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered, the Italian Cultural Institute welcomes Carmen Bambach, internationally renowned Leonardo specialist and author of the prestigious monograph. Carmen’s four-volume work is a groundbreaking contribution of original scholarship that continues the long legacy of Leonardo studies, while simultaneously reexamining the multifaceted artist’s life and work from […]