Monday September 2, 2019
Manhattan
7:30pm $12: The Story Collider: Stories About Science. Join The Story Collider for five true, personal stories about science! Hosted by Erin Barker and Gastor Almonte, with stories by Gastor Almonte, Eric Cunningham, Kambri Crews, Ali Mattu, and Emma Young. More info. [SCIENCE]
8-9:30pm Free: Harry Potter (Book) Trivia. See if you’ve got what it takes to be a ‘Prefect’ at Harry Potter Trivia at Slattery’s Midtown Pub for FIVE rounds of Ordinary Wizarding Levels that will challenge your memory of the beloved books! More info. [GEEK]
Tuesday September 3, 2019
Manhattan
5-9pm Free: Climate Disasters and the Green New Deal. The increasing frequency and severity of climate disasters around the globe is a great challenge for society, academics, and policymakers. To mitigate climate change, members of Congress have proposed a Green New Deal — a host of economic policies aimed at tackling climate change from the creation of sustainable jobs to pollution reduction. Join SCEPA for a presentation and panel discussion on climate disasters and the Green New Deal. More info. [SCIENCE]
7-8:30pm $10: An Inconvenient Talk Show. Everyone’s favorite former vice president and environmental crusader is now a late night comedy talk show host, and he’s taking no prisoners in this riotous breakdown of the current state of climate change. An Inconvenient Talk Show brings together New York’s hottest comedians (Comedy Central, SNL, UCB, etc) and world’s hottest climate experts (NASA, VICE, NYU, Smithsonian, etc) to tackle the globe’s hottest problem. Written and hosted by Rollie Williams (Funny Or Die, Inverse). More info. [GEEK]
7pm $30.47: Rick Ross Discusses His New Book HURRICANES at B&N Union Square. Join Barnes & Noble – Union Square as they welcome hip-hop icon Rick Ross for a discussion and signing of his highly-anticipated memoir, Hurricanes. He will be in-conversation with Charlamagne tha God. More info. [BOOKS]
7:30-9:30pm $15: Psychopaths: Everything You Wanted to Know, but Were Afraid to Ask. In this presentation, NYU Professor Pascal Wallisch will explore common myths and misconceptions about psychopaths, for instance, that they are rare, violent, and predominantly male. He will also discuss how to identify and what to do about the psychopaths in our own lives (spoiler: There is usually at least one, the only question is whether you are aware of this or not). More info. [SCIENCE]
Brooklyn
7:30-8:30pm $20: Dan Rather presents WHAT UNITES US (with Katy Tur). In his latest book, What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism, venerated journalist Dan Rather reflects on—and writes passionately about—what it means to be an American. Rather discusses his work with NBC News Correspondent Katy Tur at St. Joseph’s College as part of the Brooklyn Voices series. More info. [BOOKS]
Wednesday September 4, 2019
Manhattan
5-6:15pm Free: Chemistry in the Cosmos: From Simplicity to Complexity. In this lecture at the Simons Foundation, theoretical astrophysicist Amiel Sternberg will present an overview of chemistry in the cosmos, from the formation of the first stars in the early universe to present-day galaxies and the stellar and planetary systems that they contain. More info. [SCIENCE]
5-7pm Free: September Narrative Medicine Rounds with Eve Ensler. Columbia University’s September Narrative Medicine Rounds welcomes Eve Ensler, the Tony Award winning playwright, activist, and author of the Obie Award winning theatrical phenomenon The Vagina Monologues. Ensler will speak about her new book The Apology, a powerful memoir where she revisits her childhood in an imagined letter from her abusive father. More info. [BOOKS]
6:30pm Free: Battle For The Marble Palace: Michael Bobelian with Alicia Bannon. In Battle for the Marble Palace: Abe Fortas, Earl Warren, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and the Forging of the Modern Supreme Court Michael Bobelian provides a timely portrayal of the clash in this seminal moment in Court history, detailing the Machiavellian maneuvers to secure ideologically driven justices for a coming generation. Michael Bobelian, former research scholar at The New York Public Library and a lawyer covering the Supreme Court will be joined in conversation with Alicia Bannon, the Managing Director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. More info. [BOOKS]
7-8:30pm $15: PEN Out Loud: Salman Rushdie and Marlon James. Sir Salman Rushdie joins PEN America and the Strand Book Store to celebrate the release of his newest novel, Quichotte. Quichotte is a dazzling, modern take on Don Quixote by a literary master, at once an homage and a unique work of art. Rushdie will be joined in conversation by Man Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James (Black Leopard, Red Wolf). More info. [BOOKS]
Queens
6:30pm Free: An Evening of Poetry with Ian Dreiblatt, Anna Fridlis, and Maria Lisella. Join Book Culture LIC on Wednesday, September 4th at 6:30pm as they partner with Poets of Queens Reading Series for a special poetry reading with Ian Dreiblatt, Anna Fridlis, and Maria Lisella. More info. [POETRY]
Thursday September 5, 2019
Manhattan
4:30-6:30pm Free: David Abraham Presents: Immigrant Integration and Social Solidarity in Pluralist Welfare States. With the austerity of neo-liberalism, the growth of migration of various sorts, and the emergence of identitarian politics, we have moved from “what belongs to whom” to “who belongs to us.” In this presentation, David Abraham (Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Miami) will review and assess each of these developments for Germany and for the U.S. and then examine the prospects for immigrant integration policies that might build or rebuild solidarity. More info. [ECONOMICS]
6-8pm $25: Collecting Mucha: An Evening with Jack Rennert. Join the Poster House for an evening with Jack Rennert, a leading authority on Mucha, as he discusses how posters brought Art Nouveau to the streets and the enormous influence of the sensuous, colorful style. Rennert will also speak about how he put together one of the most admired poster collections of all time. Afterwards, he will be available to sign copies of Ivan Lendl: Alfons Mucha, his most recent book on the artist. More info. [ART]
6-8pm Free: Data Colonialism and the Hollowing Out of the Social World. The first talk of The New School’s Sociology Department’s Fall lecture series will be presented by Nick Couldry and Ulises Ali Mejías. This talk will introduce the argument of the speakers’ new book, The Costs of Connection: How Data Colonizes Human Life and Appropriates it for Capitalism (Stanford University Press, August 2019) and foreground its implications for the social world and social knowledge. More info. [TECH]
6-8:30pm Free: Repairing the Invisible: Kader Attia in Conversation with Souleymane Bachir Diagne. Artist Kader Attia will present his film Reflecting Memory (2016, 48 min.), followed by an in-depth dialogue with Philosophy Professor Souleymane Bachir Diagne about the idea of “repairing the invisible” in his art and how notions of repair emerge in relationship with art, language and memory. More info. [ART]
6:30pm $15: NY Mag Intelligencer Live: Our Warmer Future. How far will climate change have advanced by 2039? How will that change how we live — how we eat, how we travel, how we socialize? What kinds of technology will we use to help mitigate and prevent the causes and effects of climate change? David Wallace-Wells, Deputy Editor New York magazine in conversation with Mary Heglar, Climate Justice Essayist; Tatiana Schlossberg, Climate Change and Environment Journalist. More info. [SCIENCE]
6:30-8:30pm Free: An Evening with Mizna: Bookbinding Workshop + Poetry Reading. Free printmaking workshop and poetry reading presented by Mizna and the Center for Book Arts. Workshop — 6:30 pm, with artist Ana Paula Cordeiro. This free workshop will have attendees create a hand-printed broadside with poetry from Mizna’s literary journal. Poetry reading — 7:30 pm, with Hala Alyan, Noor Ibn Najam, Zeyn Joukhadar, and Kamelya Youssef. More info. [POETRY]
Friday September 6, 2019
Manhattan
2pm Free: Symposium – Humanism Across the Atlantic: Looking for Common Ground. This symposium brings together Dutch and U.S. Humanist scholars to discuss our different approaches to Humanism. The New York Society for Ethical Culture is proud to co-host a free symposium on September 6 and 7 bringing together Dutch Humanists from the University of Humanistic Studies in Utrecht, Netherlands, and U.S. scholars to explore our different approaches to Humanism. More info. [PHILOSOPHY]
6-8pm Free: Tricky Translations: Shakespeare’s “Nachreife” in Contemporary Serial TV Drama. The Department of German at NYU and Deutsches Haus at NYU present a talk by Professor Elisabeth Bronfen who will speak on Tricky Translations. Shakespeare’s Nachreife in Contemporary Serial TV Drama. Using the critical tropes developed by Walter Benjamin in his thoughts on translation, this lecture will explore issues of translatability regarding the resurfacing of Shakespearean Drama in contemporary serial TV. How does Hamlet resurface in Westworld? What does it mean for the image of the first female president that, in House of Cards, Claire Underwood should take her self-fashioning from Lady Macbeth’s playbook? More info. [BOOKS]
6:30pm $10: The Big Combo (1955): Introduced by Ann Douglas. In conjunction with the exhibition Roger Brown: Virtual Still Lifes, MAD presents a special screening of The Big Combo (1955), directed by Joseph H. Lewis and filmed by iconic noir cinematographer John Alton. The film will be introduced by Ann Douglas, Parr Professor Emerita of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and author of the forthcoming book, Noir Nation: Cold War U.S. Culture 1945–1960. More info. [FILM]
6:30-8pm Free: Shooting the Moon and New York City with Jennifer Khordi. Develop Photo Week brings together a week-long pop-up photography exhibit with a full menu of free photography events at Soho Photo Gallery. Tonight’s event features Jennifer Khordi, a semi-pro cityscape and landscape Nikon photographer based out of New Jersey and NYC. She is best known for her moon shots and Milky Way photography here in the tri-state area and out west. More info. [ART]
7-9:30pm Free: The Sensationalized Crimes of Mexico’s First Female Serial Killer. The surprising true story of Mexico’s hunt, arrest, and conviction of its first female serial killer, Juana Barraza Samperio, is told through ten years of research and one of the only interviews that Barraza Samperio has given while in prison. Susana Vargas Cervantes deconstructs this story, focusing on the complex gendered aspects of the case and how Barraza Samperio—with her “manly” features and strength, her career as a masked wrestler in lucha libre, and her violent crimes—disrupted traditional narratives about gender, criminality, and victimhood in the popular imagination. More info. [BOOKS]
7-9pm $25: The Platform of Joy – Sharon Salzberg, Mark Epstein and Robert Thurman. This evening’s gathering, bringing together three Western Buddhist therapists and teachers, will explore this platform of joy, what makes it available and unavailable, and how it can contribute to our psychological and spiritual health. Meditation will provide some relief from the discussion (or vice versa). More info. [MINDFULNESS]
Queens
7:30-9:30pm $5: 80th Anniversary of the 1939-40 New York World’s Fair. Bayside Historical Society is honored to host a presentation by World’s Fair authority, expert, and author Bill Cotter. Join us for a trip back in time! Bill will be signing and selling copies of his book, Images of America: The 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair. Fun memorabilia and souvenirs will be on display! More info. [HISTORY]
Saturday September 7, 2019
Manhattan
1pm $29: Chelsea First-of-Season Gallery Tour. Be the first to see the new season’s top exhibits from Chelsea’s 300 galleries, the world’s center for contemporary art! You’ll see painting, sculpture, electronic media, and photography, by American and international artists. There will be some overlap of exhibits with the Sept. 14 Chelsea tour, but the art will be completely different from all previous tours. Tour led by Rafael Risemberg, Ph.D., founder and director of New York Gallery Tours. More info. [TOUR]
2-4pm $30: Transit Walk: Lower Manhattan. Join Senior Museum Educator Katherine Reeves in Lower Manhattan for a transit walk and explore the fascinating history of pre-subway New York. We will visit the former site of Thomas Edison’s power plant, and learn the story of Elizabeth Jennings Graham, whose landmark 1854 lawsuit led to the eventual desegregation of all New York City transit systems by 1865. From ferries and horsecars to pneumatic tubes and trolleys, we will discuss the inventions, mishaps, and activists that would eventually lead to the construction of the subway– which unified the people and places of New York and allowed for the development of our great city. More info. [TOUR]
3-6pm Free: Wave Farm Works in Progress Workshop with Samuel Hertz & Carmelo Pampillonio. Join Wave Farm residents at Governor’s Island to learn and participate in experimental radio communications to the Moon and back! This workshop, led by Wave Farm residents Samuel Hertz and Carmelo Pampillonio, will expand on the duo’s transmission research and experiments with their Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) radio communications relay, which bounces and receives signals off the Moon. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of their research through experiential text-scores, listening sessions with radio technologies, and hands-on activities that will prompt conversations about sensing, relating, and reflecting. More info. [SCIENCE]
Sunday September 8, 2019
Manhattan
11am-12:30pm $20: Walk Through the Fascinating Medical History of Roosevelt Island. Join this walking tour exploring the medical history of Roosevelt Island. Hear about the research facilities, maternity hospital and rehabilitation center that were groundbreaking in their fields. Led by Judith Berdy, president of the Roosevelt Island Historical Society, this 90 minute walking tour tells the history of the abandoned hospitals, lunatic asylum and laboratories on the island and their role in the health of New York. More info. [TOUR]
12:30-1:30pm $15: Walking Tour of Historic 19th Century NoHo. Join us for a journey back in time to the elite ‘Bond Street area,’ home to the Tredwells, who lived in the Merchant’s House. You’ll see how the neighborhood surrounding the Tredwells’ home evolved from a refined and tranquil residential enclave into a busy commercial center. Visit important 19th-century landmark buildings on this tour through 21st century NoHo. More info. [TOUR]
1-2:30pm Free: Stories Survive Speaker Series: Rene David Alkalay. At the Museum of Jewish Heritage’s monthly Stories Survive Speaker Series, hear Holocaust survivors share their life stories in their own words. Rene David Alkalay was born in Croatia during the war, and was imprisoned as an infant and toddler from 1941–1943 in the Kraljavica Concentration Camp with his mother and grandparents. More info. [HISTORY]
7:30-10pm $18: An Evening with Buddy Wakefield. Come out and enjoy 3-time world champion performance poet Buddy Wakefield’s only NYC tour stop this year. The first author released on Write Bloody Publishing and the most toured spoken word artist in history, Wakefield delivers raw rounded, disarming performances of humor and heart. Wakefield is a three-time world champion spoken word artist featured on the BBC, HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, and ABC Radio National. More info. [POETRY]
Brooklyn
6:30-8am $15: Birding in Peace at Green-Wood. Before the Green-Wood gates open to the general public, birding expert Rob Jett leads these peaceful Sunday morning walking tours to discover the birds that make Green-Wood their home – at least temporarily. By September, offspring of these nesting birds will be on their own. Returning warblers will be in their less flamboyant fall plumage. Large numbers of blackbirds, flycatchers, sparrows, vireos, and swallows will also be passing through. More info. [NATURE]