Books
Batman at 80: Dark Knight of the Soul
The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture 18 Bleecker St, New York, NY, United StatesHoly anniversary!! Come celebrate the pop-cultural legacy of the Caped Crusader in film, television and graphic novels, as we explore his mythology over the past eight decades and unpack the philosophical/moral themes beneath his iconic cowl. This will be the hottest ticket in Gotham! Featured speakers include former DC Comics president Paul Levitz and author Bradley Birzer (Batman: America’s […]
Book Fair for Grownups
Lightbox 248 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United StatesBack in the days of recess, snap bracelets, and Dunkaroos, life was simpler, wasn't it? When your biggest fear was getting detention, and your best days were when you had the luxury to spend an hour picking out which book(s) to read next? We miss that, too—so we decided to bring it back for an […]
Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered: Carmen Bambach in Conversation with Walter Isaacson
92 Y 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY, United StatesFive hundred years since the death of one of the all-time greatest creative geniuses, we’re still making new discoveries about Leonardo da Vinci. Join Metropolitan Museum curator Carmen Bambach, considered one of the world’s leading experts on Leonardo, as she discusses her landmark new book on the artist. This four-volume work (which took 24 years […]
Inside the Members-Only New York Society Library, NYC’s Oldest Library
The New York Society Library 53 East 79th Street, New York, NY, United StatesStep inside a members-only library dating back to 1754 that has been through it all, from getting looted by British soldiers during the American Revolution to George Washington forgetting to return two books (c'mon, George!). Join New York Adventure Club for an exclusive trip through the members-only New York Society Library (NYSL), the oldest cultural institution in New York City, which […]
Medieval Medicine and Literature: A Galenic Presence in Dante’s Writing
NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò 24 West 12th Street, New York, NY, United StatesThe attention to the relation between medieval medicine and Dante’s writing shows how contemporary scientific thought manifests itself both in evident and less explicit terms, which allude not to exclusively scientific concepts, but to structures of thought shared by other contemporary intellectual discussions, such as philosophy, ethics, political thought. This lecture investigates how the manifest […]