Monday October 14, 2019
Manhattan
6:15pm Free: The Perils of the One (Stathis Gourgouris). In The Perils of the One, Stathis Gourgouris offers a philosophical anthropology that confronts the legacy of “monarchical thinking”: the desire to subjugate oneself to unitary principles and structures, whether political, moral, theological, or secular. Join Columbia University and New York University professors for a discussion celebrating the work of Gourgouris. More info. [BOOKS]
7:30pm $35: Chef Sean Brock in Conversation with David Chang. Join chef Sean Brock, author of the new cookbook South: Essential Recipes and New Explorations, for a conversation with fellow James Beard Award-winning chef David Chang (Momofuku) about why he thinks Southern food should be considered among the most revered cuisines of the world. More info. [FOOD]
Tuesday October 15, 2019
Manhattan
4:30-6:30pm Free: Changing Two Minds Is Better Than One: Seminars in Society and Neuroscience. Join the Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience for “Changing Two Minds Is Better Than One: Biological and Behavioral Experimentation Within Complex Social Relationships.” This seminar is not about conventional intervention research. Instead, we spotlight novel research designs that examine interdependent individuals embedded within complex relational systems, from the interactions of couples, to middle-school friendships, to parent-child dynamics. More info. [SCIENCE]
5-6pm Free: The Lerner Lecture – Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic. The Division of Medical Humanities (Department of Medicine) and the Division of Medical Ethics (Department of Population Health) at NYU present: Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic, by Matt McCarthy, MD. Matt McCarthy is an assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell and a staff physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where he serves on the Ethics Committee. More info. [SCIENCE]
7-8pm $38: Ronan Farrow: Catch and Kill. Both a spy thriller and a meticulous work of investigative journalism, Ronan Farrow’s Catch and Kill breaks devastating new stories about the rampant abuse of power and sheds far-reaching light on investigations that shook our culture. Join us in The Great Hall at Cooper Union as Farrow shares his latest work. More info. [BOOKS]
Brooklyn
8pm $20: Sean Brock presents South: Essential Recipes and New Explorations, in Conversation with Kat Kinsman. Chef Sean Brock presents South: Essential Recipes and New Explorations, in conversation with food editor Kat Kinsman, and hosted by the Greenlight Bookstore. More info. [FOOD]
Wednesday October 16, 2019
Manhattan
12pm $29: Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey. Join author Mikhal Dekel at the 92Y for a discussion about her new book, Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey, an account of the all-but-unknown Jewish refuge in Muslim lands. More info. [BOOKS]
6:30-8pm $5: The Seafaring Cats of Gotham: A Talk with Author Peggy Gavan. The South Street Seaport Museum presents The Seafaring Cats of Gotham, a book talk with author Peggy Gavan. The evening will feature true tales of ships, sailors, and their mascot cats in early 20th-century Manhattan and Brooklyn. More info. [BOOKS]
6:30-8pm $15: The Great Decoupling and the Sino-U.S. Race for Technological Supremacy. After nearly 40 years of engagement, a “great decoupling” is underway between the United States and China. This event, at the Asia Society, will include a panel of eminent experts on technology and U.S.-China relations as well as an Oxford-style Great Debate featuring top columnists, editors, and reporters from the Financial Times and Nikkei Asian Review. More info. [TECH]
Brooklyn
7-8:30pm $15: Redlining and its Repercussions. Intense discrimination persists as non-white communities face continuous exclusion from the “American Dream” of homeownership, or are targeted by predatory lending practices, further widening the racial wealth gap. Join UC Berkeley’s Richard Rothstein, as he reveals the findings of his recent book, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America, April de Simone, co-creator of the Undesign the Redline project, Sarita Daftary-Steel, founder of the East New York Oral History Project, and Catherine Green, Founder and Executive Director of ARTs East NY, in a conversation moderated by Kai Wright, host of WNYC podcasts There Goes the Neighborhood, Indivisible, and The Stakes. More info. [ECONOMICS]
Thursday October 17, 2019
Manhattan
6:30-8pm Free: Biohack the World: The Science of Qi, Featuring Jill Blakeway. Take a close look at what science says about TCM, Ayurveda and associated modalities and why the results continue to bewilder scientists and Western medical practitioners alike. What is it about the movement of Qi energy in and around our bodies that works to keep us balanced and resonating with the world around us? Speakers include: Jill Blakeway (founder of the Yinova Center), Tim Daly (actor and producer), Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharya (primary care physician and holistic healer) and David Choi (technologist, entrepreneur). More info. [MINDFULNESS]
6:30-8pm Free: Author’s Talk: Chasing My Cure by David Fajgenbaum. A former Georgetown quarterback nicknamed “The Beast,” David Fajgenbaum was also a force in medical school, where he was known for his unmatched mental stamina. But things changed dramatically when his organs began to fail inexplicably. Diagnosed with a rare and deadly disease, he decided to find his own cure through crowdsourcing research and similar histories, creating a blueprint for advancing rare disease research. Join Dr Fajgenbaum as he tells his incredible story of turning hope into action and answers questions about how the search for a diagnosis and treatment started his journey from doctor to patient to researcher, and what advice he has for those who are battling illnesses and for their loved ones. More info. [BOOKS]
6:30pm $15: The Big Fella: Babe Truth and the World He Created. Drawing on her new book, The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created, Jane Leavy will discuss Ruth’s journey from Baltimore to the big league to the center of the nation’s adulation. In conversation with Yankees expert Marty Appel, she will go behind the mythology to uncover the man whose approach to the game and to life was always to hit it with all you’ve got. More info. [BOOKS]
7-8pm $35: Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants. Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion with The Body: A Guide for Occupants, as he guides us through the human body–how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately) the ways it can fail. Join the Cooper Union’s Great Hall for an evening as one of the great raconteurs takes us on a tour of our own insides! Admission includes signed copy of the book. More info. [SCIENCE]
Friday October 18, 2019
Manhattan
6:30-8:30pm Free: Panel: Breaking Ground: Architecture by Women. Breaking Ground: Architecture by Women is a timely record of the extraordinary contribution women architects have made to the profession. Marking the celebration of this new book’s release will be a panel discussion at Cooper Union including Toshiko Mori, AR ’76, Brigitte Shim, Hilary Sample, and Marion Weiss. The panel will be introduced and moderated by School of Architecture’s Hayley Eber and Lorena del Rio. More info. [ART]
7-9pm $25: The Social, Cultural, and Political Impact of the Mindfulness Revolution. Is the Mindfulness Movement just “McMindfulness” as some wary critics have argued? Is it just a consumeristic fad? Or is there a deeper social transformation happening here? Join Buddhist teachers David and Ethan Nichtern at Tibet House for a lively discussion of how far mindfulness has come in our society, and how far it has yet to go. More info. [MINDFULNESS]
7:30-8:30pm $23.95: Dr. Jacob M. Appel | Who Says You’re Dead? In his newest book, Who Says You’re Dead?: Medical & Ethical Dilemmas for the Curious & Concerned, Dr. Jacob M. Appel presents an invigorating way to think about vital health and ethical issues that many readers will confront as individuals, or we as a society must reckon with together. Join Dr. Appel at the Strand for a discussion about his newest book with Tom Cathcart. Admission includes signed copy of the book. More info. [SCIENCE]
Saturday October 19, 2019
Manhattan
10am-12pm Free: Buzzin! Native Bees and Honeybees Workshop. Join Grow to Learn, the school gardens program of GrowNYC, and an expert from The Honeybee Conservancy on a native bee walk in The Battery, followed by a honeybee hive demonstration. At this outdoor workshop, we’ll be identifying different native/solitary bees and learning about their importance as pollinators, as well as what you can do to help them and their habitats! We’ll also be opening up the honeybee hives located at The Battery to see the inner workings of a real honeybee hive. More info. [NATURE]
2-4:30pm Free: Author Talk: “I Was Their American Dream” & “Americana.” Join Grand Central Library for a conversation with the creators of two of the most talked-about graphic-novels of 2019 as they discuss their own life-changing journeys on the road to identity and self-discovery in America: I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir by Malaka Gharib and Americana (And The Act Of Getting Over It) by Luke Healy. More info. [GEEK]
4pm $15: Doctors Without Boundaries: ER Docs and Comedians Break Down Medical Stigmas. Real-life ER doctors Andres Mallipudi and Darien Sutton welcome chronically over-sharing comedians to tell stories of their weirdest diagnoses. The Doctors then do what they wish they had time to do with their patients: break down the insane history of how the medical community has treated that condition, why that condition has been stigmatized, and the real facts you should know when dealing with the condition yourself. More info. [GEEK]
Sunday October 20, 2019
Brooklyn
1-2:30pm $20: Great Trees of Green-Wood. You don’t have to leave the city to be among some of most beautiful trees (and oldest!) trees in the Northeast. There are 7,000 of them right here at Green-Wood, and they represent over 700 species. Do a lot of trees look the same to you? They won’t after you tour of Green-Wood’s great trees! Come with us to go off the beaten path, look up, and learn to spot the subtle differences. You’ll become a tree expert in no time! More info. [NATURE]
4-6:30pm $10: Screening and Discussion: Traces of the Trade. When filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history, she and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade and gain powerful new perspectives on the black/white divide. Browne, who testified in June at the House Judiciary Committee hearing on reparations, will discuss issues of racism today following the screening of Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North. More info. [FILM]