Monday October 21, 2019
Manhattan
6:15pm Free: The Drama of Celebrity by Sharon Marcus. In the fascinating and deeply researched book, The Drama of Celebrity, Sharon Marcus challenges everything you thought you knew about our obsession with fame. Join author Sharon Marcus at Columbia University for a panel event about her new book, featuring Columbia professors and researchers. More info. [BOOKS]
7pm $29: The Food of Sichuan: Fuschia Dunlop with Grace Young. Fuchsia Dunlop, author of Land of Plenty, revisits the region of Sichuan, where her own culinary journey began and provides insight into one of the world’s greatest cuisines. Join her at the 92Y as she discusses how to re-create classics such as Mapo Tofu, Bang Bang Chicken, Numbing-and-Hot Dried Beef and more. More info. [FOOD]
7:30pm $15: Attraction or Fetish? Exploring Racial Trends in Dating. This Olio event – featuring professor Kim Nguyen of Baruch – traces the history of interracial relationships in the US. It also addresses how western imperialism has impacted attractiveness and desirability in the Global South. Let’s dive deep into attraction, fetishization, and explore how we can be actively anti-racist, even in the bedroom. More info. [CULTURE]
8pm $15: The Chemistry of Chemistry: How Hormones Affect Romance and Relationships. In this talk, Dr. Adar Eisenbruch will pursue the theory that hormones are signals that orchestrate our brains and bodies for particular goals. For example, we’ll look at how testosterone (in men) and estradiol and progesterone (in women) regulate — and are regulated by — mating behavior. From flirting to taking care of a baby, and everything in between, your hormones might be pulling the string. More info. [GEEK]
Brooklyn
6:30-8pm $12: Haunted History: Bog Bodies of Iron Age Europe. “Bog bodies”: the eerily well-preserved remains of hundreds of people – men, women, and children – found in the swamps and peaty wetlands of northern Europe. This class, taught by Patty Hamrick who has an M.A. in Archaeological Anthropology from New York University, will discuss who the bog bodies were during life, how they died, and the science behind their amazing preservation. More info. [SCIENCE]
Tuesday October 22, 2019
Manhattan
6-7pm Free: How the Artist is Redefining Herself. Curator Heather Zises, editor of 50 Contemporary Women Artists, will moderate the panel of distinguished artists, including Audrey Flack, Barbara Segal, Maria Kozak, Jane Lafarge Hamill, and Babette Bloch, as they address cultural shifts experienced throughout their careers. From Women’s Liberation to #MeToo, each panelist will offer her unique perspective on what it means to be a “woman artist” today. More info. [ART]
7-8:30pm Free: Bouchra Khalili, Calling the Ghosts: On Bearing Witness to the Future. For this lecture, artist Bouchra Khalili will share and articulate some of her work in order to address the essential questions that her practice investigates: the politics of memory of anti-colonial struggles and international solidarity; forced illegal migrations in relation to imperial and colonial continuums; egalitarian forms of citizenship as opposed to the nation-state model of citizenry; and language, dialects, speech acts and agency. More info. [ART]
Wednesday October 23, 2019
Manhattan
6:30-8:30pm $15: Forest Bathing: Seeking Wellness Through Nature. At this talk, Dr. Yoshifumi Miyazaki, former deputy director of Chiba University’s Center for Environment, Health, and Field Sciences and author of Shinrin Yoku: The Japanese Art of Forest Bathing, examines the scientific evidence behind the concept of forest bathing and its potential to enhance wellness and happiness. More info. [NATURE]
Brooklyn
7:30pm $15: Eros: The Geometry of Desire. This Olio event – with professor Jamie Warren of BMCC-CUNY – will explore this mercurial creature, the Devil-God Desire. Through a close reading of Anne Carson’s work Eros: The Bittersweet, we will question how we have come to believe that love requires the number two, when logic demonstrates that the answer is three. Triangles, not lines, are the vehicles for our most precious longings and the engineers of our most devastating voids. More info. [PHILOSOPHY]
Thursday October 24, 2019
Manhattan
7-8pm Free: Primo Levi and Friendship in the Camp. Affection is a lesser known aspect of the human and Jewish experience in the camps. Mostly it is related to the fractured past of which the camp is the present. Having written some of the essential pages on the human experience in the Lager, Primo Levi continued contemplating and writing about it throughout his life. This talk will question affection in Levi’s writing and its place in the camp as a strategy of survival. Affection saves, but it also prompts Levi’s internal inquiry that leads to the heart of his defining conceptual innovation: the Gray Zone. More info. [HISTORY]
7:30-8:30pm $15: Antisocial: Andrew Marantz (Author Event). Author (and staff writer at The New Yorker) Andrew Marantz will discuss his new book, Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation. Antisocial reveals how the boundaries between technology, media, and politics have been erased, resulting in a deeply broken informational landscape–the landscape in which we all now live. More info. [BOOKS]
7:30-8:30pm $15: Cleo Le-Tan: A Booklover’s Guide to New York (Author Event). Part guide, part sophisticated scrapbook and part desirable object, A Booklover’s Guide to New York is an absolute must for any book-savvy person–the young bookworm or old scholar, the visiting tourist or homegrown New Yorker, the aspiring writer or doting parent. Join author Cleo Le-Tan talks about her book with Strand owner Nancy Bass Wyden. More info. [BOOKS]
Brooklyn
7-9pm $16: Chinese Traditions Now: Bingyi, Zheng Chongbin, and Sun Xun. Celebrate the much-anticipated reopening of our Arts of China galleries with a conversation among artists Bingyi, Zheng Chongbin, and Sun Xun, all of whom are featured in the collection of contemporary Chinese paintings. The artists discuss the ways in which they engage with pre-modern Chinese artistic traditions to honor the past while innovating for the future, and explore current questions around climate change, global media, and cultural memory. The conversation is moderated by Susan L. Beningson, Assistant Curator of Asian Art, Brooklyn Museum, and Jane DeBevoise, Chair of the Board of Directors, Asia Art Archive. More info. [ART]
Friday October 25, 2019
Manhattan
5-9pm Free: Pop-Up Planetarium at the Intrepid. Explore the universe in the Museum’s pop-up planetarium, with Intrepid Educator-led shows that will take you around our galaxy and back again. Celebrate Halloween with special activities including “SPOOKY” cupcake decorating workshops and learn about the spookiest planets in the universe from American Museum of Natural History senior scientist Jackie Faherty. More info. [GEEK]
6:30-10pm Free: Music and the Brain. A “Brain Bar” salon is a gathering of like-minded individuals convening to celebrate people within the brain community, share stories and expand perspectives through the power of conversation, curated speakers, and live entertainment. Each salon will feature four talks and live music on a selected theme of the evening. Tonight’s theme is Music and the Brain. More info. [MUSIC]
6:30-7:30pm $25: Inflammation and the Keto Diet. Join Dr. Will Cole (international bestselling author of Ketotarian, co-host of The Goopfellas Podcast, and leading functional medicine expert) and Dan Churchill (Under Armour chef) for a conversation on inflammation and the keto diet. More info. [FOOD]
Saturday October 26, 2019
Brooklyn
6-8pm $10: The Whole Fish with Australian Chef and Restaurateur Josh Niland. In The Whole Fish Cookbook, Sydney’s groundbreaking seafood chef Josh Niland reveals a completely new way to think about all aspects of fish cookery. The evening will include a moderated conversation, Q + A, and signing. More info. [FOOD]
Sunday October 27, 2019
Brooklyn
1pm $15: Olio Breakfast Club | Frankenstein: Who is the Monster? For this Olio Breakfast Club with Baruch College Professor Patricia Kim, we’ll meet for brunch at Three’s Brewing and take a deep dive into Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to discuss the human compulsion for scientific knowledge and some of its cultural consequences. More info. [PHILOSOPHY]