Culture
34th Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, NY, United StatesNew York City’s largest public celebration in honor of iconic civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., returns to BAM for the 34th year. BAM welcomes all members of the community for this beloved annual tradition, which brings together world-renowned activists, public figures, and civic leaders alongside musicians and other performers. Join us in […]
Martin Luther King and Mary Shelley
Federal Hall 26 Wall St., New York, NY, United StatesJoin us for a special Martin Luther King Jr. day Olio, free and open to the public. Patricia Kim will use Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as a lens to understand MLK's reflections on our society which is often TOO well adjusted. This is a free event but participants should RSVP to reserve a seat. We will […]
American Manifesto: WNYC’s Bob Garfield with Ken Auletta
Grand Central Library 135 East 46th Street, New York, NY, United StatesBob Garfield examines the troubling confluence of the American preoccupation with identity and the decline of mass media. Join us as he speaks with New Yorker media critic Ken Auletta about ways to counter the forces of fragmentation, drawing from the manifesto's subtitle: Six steps to take to reassemble our fractured society. Join the conversation […]
Decolonizing the Heart and Mind
Work Heights - Electric 650 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesThis two part Olio series with Kim Nguyen asks how might we use scientific research, as well as indigenous ways of knowing and healing, to unlearn false and harmful narratives about human differences? This Olio will challenge us to explore within ourselves and reflect on some ways that we all participate in perpetuating systems of […]
Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s Heartland
New York Academy of Medicine 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesWith the rise of the Tea Party and the election of Donald Trump, many middle- and lower-income white Americans threw their support behind conservative politicians who pledged to make life great again for people like them. As Jonathan Metzl shows, the right-wing policies that resulted from this white backlash put these voters’ very health at […]