Culture
How We Watch in the Age of Social Media: Andrew Marantz + Emily Nussbaum in Conversation
Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY, United StatesThe 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. […]
Unexpected Pairings: Katz’s Delicatessen and Teranga
Museum of the City of New York 1220 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesWhen 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 […]
Jessica Valenti and Jaclyn Friedman: Believe Me
Books Are Magic 225 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesHarvey Weinstein. Brett Kavanaugh. Jeffrey Epstein. Donald Trump. The most infamous abusers in modern American history are being outed as women speak up to publicly expose behavior that was previously only whispered about -- and it's both making an impact, and sparking a backlash. From the leading, agenda-setting feminist editors of Yes Means Yes, Believe […]
Reflections on a Life in Public Service: Brooklyn Borough Pres. Eric Adams
St. Francis College 180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesBrooklyn Borough President Eric Adams will discuss his life in public service with SFC President Miguel Martinez-Saenz About this Event St. Francis College is pleased to welcome Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams as a guest in Reflections on a Life in Public Service, a discussion series between SFC President Miguel Martinez-Saenz and leaders in politics, business […]
The Science of Sleep and Dreams
Subject 188 Suffolk St, New York, NY, United StatesWe spend about a third of our lives in altered states of consciousness, commonly known as sleep. Despite spending so much of our time devoted to this activity (more than any other, over a lifetime), we are just beginning to understand why we sleep and what is going on in the brain while we do […]