Free Event
Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse Symposium
FIT 227 West 27th Street, New York, NY, United StatesBallerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse will be The Museum at FIT’s 23rd academic symposium. The one-day event will explore the ways in which twentieth-century ballerinas and their glamorous, romantic costumes profoundly inspired modern fashion. Speakers will include Lynn Garafola, professor emeritus of Columbia University; Laura Jacobs, dance and fashion critic; Jane Pritchard, curator of dance at the […]
Free Talk: Serge Toubiana on Helen Scott
Film at Lincoln Center 70 Lincoln Center Plaza #4, New York, NY, United StatesCelebrated author Serge Toubiana, president of Unifrance and former director of the Cinematheque française, will discuss the life and work of Helen Scott, subject of his latest book, L’amie américaine. A legendary figure for film buffs on both sides of the Atlantic, Helen Scott is perhaps best known for her passionate work and friendship with François Truffaut, […]
The Politics of Race in America
Baruch College - Newman Vertical Campus 55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY, United StatesBaruch College’s Weissman School of Arts and Sciences of the City University of New York presents a free panel discussion on “The Politics of Race in America” on March 9 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. to address the complexity of racial profiling and the impact it has on public perception and legislative policy. The program on racial […]
What Future for Our National Heritage? Panel Talk
Cultural Center, Lycée Français de New York 505 East 75th St, New York, NY, United StatesWhat do we do with buildings and objects of national and historical importance ? About this Event The controversial reconstruction of Notre Dame, which suffered considerable damage last spring due to a fire, has sparked another question around national heritage and its adaptation to the present and future. Technological advances sometimes render obsolete construction that […]
Cairo: The City of 1,000 Minarets
The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY, United StatesJourney into the riches of the art and architecture of one of the world's most important metropolises, Cairo About this Event Join Iman R. Abdulfattah, PhD Candidate in Islamic Art and Archaeology at Universität Bonn, for a visual journey into the riches of the art and architecture of this important metropolis. When the Fatimid dynasty […]