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Grand Illusions: Nora Ephron’s Magical Manhattan on Film
Landmark West! 45 W. 67th St., New YorkIn this multimedia lecture/presentation, Paula Uruburu revisits Ephron's words of wit and wisdom while touring a city transformed through her unique lens in some of her most iconic New York films. And we will look back on her own love affair with some of the city’s beloved landmarks that make appearances in her films where […]
Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s Heartland
New York Academy of Medicine 1216 Fifth Avenue, New YorkWith 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 […]
Ultra-Spooky Action at a Distance: From Quantum Materials in the Lab to Black Holes
Simons Foundation 160 5th Ave, New YorkThe strangest feature of quantum theory was dubbed “spooky action at a distance” by Albert Einstein. Today, scientists have convincing evidence that two quantum particles far apart can entangle with each other such that the observation of one can instantaneously determine the state of the other. In this lecture, Subir Sachdev will describe how this […]