Latest Past Events
Unexpected Pairings: Katz’s Delicatessen and Teranga
Museum of the City of New York 1220 5th Avenue, New YorkWhen New Yorkers think of "comfort food," there are unending possibilities beyond the classic pizza slice – from pastrami to the ancient grain fonio. In this warming, winter iteration of our Unexpected Pairings series, Pierre Thiam, co-founder and executive chef of the new West African comfort food spot Teranga (at The Africa Center), joins Jake Dell, owner of the famed NYC landmark Katz’s […]
Artist Talk with Sinan Antoon and Hadieh Shafie
Center For Book Arts Inc 28 West 27th St, New YorkCurator for “I open my eyes and see myself under a tree laden with fruit that I cannot name.” , Lila Nazemian will be in conversation with poet Sinan Antoon and artist Hadieh Shafie to discuss the themes in the exhibition, relative to narrative-making practices of language, translation, and the mechanics of the written word. “I open […]
How We Watch in the Age of Social Media: Andrew Marantz + Emily Nussbaum in Conversation
Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Ave, New YorkThe New Yorker's Andrew Marantz and Pulitzer Prize-winner Emily Nussbaum address how social media has changed the way we watch television and presidential debates, as well as the parallels in each of their new books, Marantz's Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation and Nussbaum's I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution. […]