Culture
Tiny Habits: Small Changes to Transform Your Life
92 Y 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY, United StatesWhat creates habit change in the real world? At last, you can learn what really works. Stanford behavior scientist BJ Fogg is joined by his former student Ramit Sethi for a special evening all about human behavior. They will share breakthrough change methods they’ve tested over the course of two decades, drawing on real-world results […]
PERSON PLACE THING: Randy Cohen in conversation with Budd Heyman, MD
NYU Langone Health Science Building 435 E 30th St, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us for a live taping of Randy Cohen's podcast PERSON PLACE THING with Budd Heyman, MD, medical director of Prison Health Services at Bellevue Hospital Center. Budd Heyman, MD, has been the medical director of Prison Health Services at Bellevue Hospital Center for more than 26 years, and is a clinical instructor in the […]
Martha Graham’s Cold War: The Dance of American Diplomacy
New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West, New York, NY, United StatesModern dance icon Martha Graham once claimed, “I am not political." But in historian Victoria Phillips’s new book, Martha Graham's Cold War: The Dance of American Diplomacy, the author uncovers how Graham and her company infiltrated the American propaganda machine, from a White House performance in 1937 to a planned tour of Eastern Europe under George H.W. […]
Adam Davidson and Ariel Levy in Conversation: The Passion Economy
92 Y 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY, United StatesNPR’s Planet Money creator and award-winning New Yorker staff writer Adam Davidson stops by to reassure us that the middle class isn’t dying and robots are not stealing our jobs. He explains how our feelings of dislocation, confusion, even panic result from a lack of understanding, and he counters them with clarity and insights from his new book The Passion […]
The Iconic Flatiron Building
The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY, United StatesWhen the Flatiron Building was erected in 1902, critics savaged it. But this oddly-shaped building at the intersection of 23rd Street, Broadway and Fifth Avenue immediately won New Yorkers’ hearts. In later years, as the surrounding neighborhood turned shabby, the Flatiron remained a beloved symbol of New York. Journalist Alice Sparberg Alexiou, author of The Flatiron: […]